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Bruce Wainright has (onerule) wrote in doors,
@ 2013-11-26 20:42:00

Entry tags:

batman, catwoman, death, red hood, red robin, riddler, stephanie brown

batfam., iris m., eddie n.
[Tuesday evening-ish.]

[batfam lock]

Jonathan Crane is slated to be released next week. Regardless of past indiscretions and the potential risk, it seems as though this will indeed come to pass. I do, however, have a way to keep tabs on him. I thought you all should be aware ~~before~~.

[iris m.]

I'm sorry I wasn't available before, Iris. Luke currently needs more time than I do.

[After the above, shhh.]

[comm to eddie n.]

Beeeeeeeeeep beep, Bats calling.

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	[Eddie/Bats] riddlethem 2013-11-27 05:13 am UTC (link)
	[The sound of Elvis in Hawaii playing in the background. He's at his workbench, making Cass a utility belt. Almost unbelievably calm.] Dark Knight. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: [Eddie/Bats] onerule 2013-11-27 06:51 pm UTC (link)
	[Eyebrow raise at the music, but no comment. The sounds on his end are muffled, somewhere above his head, fading in and out of volume.] I thought you might appreciate a firsthand account of whatever I find in Blackgate City. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Eddie/Bats] riddlethem 2013-11-27 08:40 pm UTC (link)
	[A little brighter, but not much.] You know just what to say. Are you going in now? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Eddie/Bats] onerule 2013-11-27 10:55 pm UTC (link)
	[Pointedly nooooooot mentioning Crane. Movement, and a muffled grunt.] Yes. The sooner we find out what they're hiding, the better. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Eddie/Bats] riddlethem 2013-11-28 06:44 am UTC (link)
	[His tone is all business. Bruce has never heard Eddie's voice as flat and normal as it is now.] Tracking your GPS location. [Chair moves over. Typing. Typing.] The third tunnel to your right leads to an air vent above a patrol point. I can black out security for a couple seconds without them noticing. Tell me when. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Eddie/Bats] onerule 2013-11-29 07:13 am UTC (link)
	[Taking note, but not commenting on it. Yet. Surprisingly patient silence, then movement once he has direction. Quiet and swift, and his voice is much the same.] Now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Eddie/Bats] riddlethem 2013-11-30 07:10 am UTC (link)
	[Nothing in the chamber below changes visibly, but all the cameras are under Eddie's control. None of the automatic turrets go off, the motion sensors don't sound and everything seems normal. There are two guards below lazily doing their rounds holding rifles.] Exit is to your north up high. You have thirty seconds. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Eddie/Bats] onerule 2013-12-01 03:46 am UTC (link)
	[An acknowledging sound, and then he drops. Neither guard manages to get off a single shot; he takes the first out without a sound, and the second shouts once before he too is incapacitated. Swift and sure, their weapons are emptied in barely more than a second. More movement. On the twenty second mark:] Clear. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Eddie/Bats] riddlethem 2013-12-01 03:54 am UTC (link)
	[Typing, typing.] You're heading into the black zone. Through the vent you'll find a guard in front of a locked door. I don't recognize the tech, so I need you to scan the input console for me so I can decode. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Eddie/Bats] onerule 2013-12-01 05:30 am UTC (link)
	[That same wordless acknowledgment. Simple enough. Here and there the vent creaks a little under his weight, but otherwise he's quiet. Again, no shots fired, just the usual sound of Bat violence. More quiet as he scans the console.] The data should be coming your way now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Eddie/Bats] riddlethem 2013-12-01 05:32 am UTC (link)
	One second. [Furious typing. Pause. A little more typing, almost like he's trying to make sure. Gravely.] Oh my god. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Eddie/Bats] onerule 2013-12-01 05:55 am UTC (link)
	[Frown.] What is it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Eddie/Bats] riddlethem 2013-12-01 06:02 am UTC (link)
	[Intake of breath.] This is Luthor technology. [The door console starts to flash green numbers and letters before it audibly unlocks.] I've gotten a taste for it before, but nothing like this. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Eddie/Bats] onerule 2013-12-02 08:04 am UTC (link)
	Luthor. As in Lex Luthor? [Not that he doesn't already know the answer. He waits until the door unlocks before continuing onward.] Why would his technology be here? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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riddlethem
2013-12-02 08:08 am UTC (link)

[Typing stops for a second.] Because the federal government is afraid of Superman. So afraid they won't even accept him as a member of their phony Justice League. Who doesn't have superpowers and would be willing to go after the strongest man on earth? Lexy, that's who. [Typing. Pause.] You're entering a dark zone. I'm not seeing any cameras, only a automatic turret up ahead. I'll disable that, but there's got to be guards.

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Re: [Eddie/Bats]

onerule
2013-12-04 01:53 am UTC (link)

[Grim.] Beneficial for both. [Pause. Slowed steps.] Disable the turret. I'll handle the rest. [He waits the appropriate amount of time and then, for whatever reason, the comm goes silent. It's still on, still active, just on mute.

A minute and a half later, the sound clicks back on. Unimpressed.] You're right. There were guards. More than before, separated in pairs rather than grouped together. An attempt at a more efficient line of defense.

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riddlethem
2013-12-04 05:26 am UTC (link)

[A tiny bit of humor comes back.] A poor attempt. I mean, do they even know who they're dealing with? [Typing.] These guys aren't even carrying cells on them. That's amazing. Either they hired the best goons in the city, or they don't care if the men get lost down there. [Pause.] Alright. If I know Lex, he loves his big metal chambers with glass windows that show off his baby. Look for a door that seems very secure and see if there's a way to get around it.

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Re: [Eddie/Bats]

onerule
2013-12-07 12:31 am UTC (link)

[Wryly.] Apparently not. Perhaps I still rank below those who possess actual powers. [...] They could be expendable. Or sorely overestimating their abilities. [Unimpressed, either way.

More movement as he searches for said door, which doesn't take him long. Study, reinforced; that's the easy part. He's reluctant to risk and explosion and going through it will, of course, take too long, so he opts for up, back into the vents. As he works at getting through:]

Is this area still dark for you?

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Re: [Eddie/Bats]

riddlethem
2013-12-07 04:09 am UTC (link)

Still dark. Lex knows how to be sneaky. [Typing. An oh! like he just caught a fish.] Here we go. I'm getting weird signatures. Definitely not technology I've ever seen before mixed in with Lex- hold on [The map Eddie has provided finally gives a bare bones directions through the vent.] No way. I think that sonofabitch is using Kryptonian tech. This is classic Lex. Classic.

[A green arrow pops up.] Go through there and look out the third vent. Take some pics for my instagram. [What's there is a large, warehouse sized space carved out of the Gotham underground. Inside are scientists and guards walking around a big cylindrical space station that's still being built.]

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Re: [Eddie/Bats]

onerule
2013-12-07 07:12 am UTC (link)

[Eyebrow raise.] I'd ask what for, but I believe I'm about to find out.

[Slower, more cautious. The last thing he needs is to trigger some sort of lockdown. It's audible when he stops, but he's silent for a long, long while, just watching. Quietly.] They're building something. I think I know what that Kryptonian tech is for. [He sends visual, both video and pictures.]

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	Re: [Eddie/Bats] riddlethem 2013-12-09 06:14 am UTC (link)
	[Pause as Eddie goes through the pictures and footage.] Welp, I sincerely wish they didn't fire me from the JLA now. Didn't think I'd ever admit to it, but there you go. That, Dark Knight, is a Watchtower. If there's a punch, they're beating the real Justice League to it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Eddie/Bats] onerule 2013-12-09 09:10 am UTC (link)
	We had plans to build our own, but they fell through. [Thoughtful pause.] They were beating us to it. It goes without saying that this technology can't remain in the wrong hands, but why destroy it? I'll inform the others. We'll find a way to remove it. [Pause.] You haven't spoken to any of them, have you? Diana, perhaps? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Eddie/Bats] riddlethem 2013-12-09 09:14 am UTC (link)
	I agree, blowing it up would be a waste. But, you need to get the entire system wiped if you want to take it for your own. Any chance that Lex could tap in or trace this would be a nightmare. [Confused.] Do I look like the kind of guy who chats up Lasso? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Eddie/Bats] onerule 2013-12-09 09:19 am UTC (link)
	Between the four of us, we'll manage. You're right. It's too risky otherwise. [Sigh.] No, but apparently Selina believes you replaced her with Diana on some prison op, or so I'm told. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Eddie/Bats] riddlethem 2013-12-09 09:24 am UTC (link)
	[LOUD SIGH.] I said might I said it might be bigger than what me and her can handle. And, look Dark Knight I was right. Why the hell- why- [Refraining from saying anything else.] Is that why she dropped off the face of the planet? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)