Second Chances: the Network

That's a little redundant. I woke up from resting with wings.

...Also the dog does I found during the ice does seem to have an owner. That owner wants him back. :/ I don't love today. He's going to come get him in an hour.

OOC. If you see Bruce, he has actual bat wings now.

The universe thinks it's so funny, doesn't it. Well, it's not. Or at least, I don't find it very funny at all. I have spent years traversing heights and distances without wings just fine.

Bat Family + Adjacent
I've decorated a cake (which I didn't bake) and there's a slice for each of you. Come by today to enjoy.

Is it going to bother anyone if I sleep on the roof?

Side note: maybe practice flying close to the ground before you stretch those new wings I'm seeing crop up. I'm guessing they don't come with how-to-fly instincts and you don't want to catch a thermal before you know how to handle it.

Uhhhh... this morning has been interesting.

I know we have bigger problems and this is a random statement but

It's weird when you hear two people arguing (Jason and Yelena. It's Jason and Yelena) and they switch languages mid-sentence. Multiple times. And it's weirder when you can follow the argument.

Which brings me to my point and I know it's been asked before but I'm asking again:

Other than English, what languages do you speak? I'm only claiming fluency in 12. Yes, I realize that's a brag. But I blame Bruce.

Okay, what the hell? It was 1986 ten minutes ago and now a guy in a suit is telling me it's 2028? And this isn't even the same universe?

I mean... Okay that makes sense. No way you can get from Indiana to California that quickly- Unless you use portals or teleportation or wormholes but two would take an enormous amount of constant energy consumption and the other would probably spit you out in a different universe. Oh wait! I'm sorry. That's exactly what happened!

This is supposed to be theoretical but now it's science fact? Though given what we deal with... maybe I should have expected other weird science to be real, but I didn't think about it because we had enough to worry about.

Suit Guy says I forgot to introduce myself... Right. I'm Dustin. Uh, Dustin Henderson. And I'm from a small town in Indiana. I like science. DnD and- Isn't California supposed to be warmer than this?

[Private to Steve Harrington]
STEVE! You're here? What are you doing here?

They said something about me needing a guardian and then said your name. Dude, what is going on???

Mike and I have been talking about it off and on for awhile, so I figured I would see how much interest other people might have in joining a D&D campaign. If you don't know how to play, we can teach you. It's not as hard as it might seem. We can even do a one shot if anyone wants to try it out, but isn't super committed yet. It can get pretty time consuming, but is a lot of fun. We have some ideas already in the works and Mike is one of the best DMs around.

[Mike]

Think we'll get many people? It would be cool to put some of the things we've been talking about into play. Even if we get just a small group together.

Need a stocking stuffer for the beer drinker in your life? Might I interest you in some of my homebrew? Please, take some of this off my hands, I went a little overboard.

[Jennifer Walters, Bruce Wayne, and Natasha Romanoff (Hawkins Kids Guardians)]
Hey. I was thinking, should we get Mike, Will, Eleven, and Max together for a little Christmas party just for them? So they can celebrate together before they get dragged to whatever family things we'll all be at. Bruce, I know we're probably crossing over at Dick and Jason's place, but I'm sure the rest of you have plans already for the big day.

[Dick Grayson]
Hola, mi vida. What's the big plan for Christmas day?

Fuuuuuuck
There isn't enough alcohol in the world

Anyone got any tips and tricks for insomnia?

Margo
Busy this weekend?

Bat-Family
The Batmobile is here.

I have learned far more about holiday teas than ever planned. If ye want a good cup, well, some of those ain't it.

Also, people keep leaving napkins with writing behind. Put yer trash where it belongs. I work at a shop, not a dump.

[Malsy]

Debated not telling ye for some reason, but that group photo of all of us arrived. Do ye want to see?

Sometimes good things do happen around here I guess.

[BatFam+]

Not to be weird, but I came back from class Friday and my computer was here. Like my custom set up from home. With all of our programs.

I took it apart piece by piece to make sure there was no suspicious additions, and I swept it twice for anything that could be pulling data from it, and it's absolutely clean.

I still feel like I should be suspicious.

And just like that, the systems are mine.

I got the network. I got the phones. I got the CCTV around the apartments. I got what the liaisons had, and now it is only us. You can still call and text anyone outside of our network, but anything you post can't be found by any non-displaced resident.

If anyone, even friendlies, tries to hack this, they will get a nasty little something as a consequence. I have contingencies built into the system in the event of my departure, but as long as I'm here, Big Brother can't get any of our information.

And with that, I'm gonna go sleep for 36-48 hours. If you see me on here, don't judge. I'll at least be in bed.

[Texts to Dick and Jason from an unknown number]

» Come get me?
» 📌 [Pinned location]

Enid is MIA. No phone, no tracking. What've we got?


[ ooc; anyone who knows him knows he wouldn't risk posting (AND unfiltered!) this if he weren't absolutely LIVID - he's gonna do a Violence, y'all ]

[FILTER: known hackers and associates]

I might be concerned over nothing, but I noticed a drop in dark web chat recently. Has anyone else seen that?

😬

[BATFAM & ASSOCIATES]

...okay?

Fun fact about me? I actually really like old cars and most cars in general. But I've never driven before. There are Model T cars around town, and they'll drive you places. Took one to go get sushi for breakfast.

Yeah, you heard that right. I prefer sushi for breakfast.

[Barry and Caitlin]
I think we need a night out. Observatory night out that is.

[Dr Strange]
Status update on the ridiculously expensive software is it's being linked to your other systems so they will all talk to each other properly and be able to relay information as needed. But it's gonna take a while to complete.

Text to Dick Grayson, sent as soon as his plane from Mexico has landed
⇉ Good, you've landed.
⇉ Help me decide for my first day.
⇉ [Photo 1]
⇉ [Photo 2]

Group Text: Bat-Fam
⇉ A voice memo: Will be at work until 4. Texts are encouraged.

Text to Eleven
⇉ Freezer is full of Eggos.
⇉ I also bought several flavors of syrup.
⇉ What's your favorite flavor of ice cream?

[ filtered; BatFam+ & Julio Richter & Mike Wheeler ]

Sorry not sorry for the late notice but the boyfriend and I are en route to Mexico for our anniversary.

Enid - you know where the cash stash is. Or bug Jason.
Mike - he says you know where the cash stash is and that you can also bug Jason.

Back in a few days. Don't kill each other while we're gone 😘

[ ooc; El and I meant to handle this weeks ago lmao and work/life ate us both PLEASE PRETEND MIKE WAS HANDLED GUARDIAN-WISE ]