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. ([info]spacecowboys) wrote in [info]doors,
@ 2014-03-17 22:58:00

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Entry tags:batman, catwoman, harley quinn, hulk, poison ivy, red hood, red robin, riddler, stephanie brown

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[Public, Gotham & open to anyone with a comm/journal]

[Gotham's Peace Department falls first. And, let's face it, that doesn't take very long at all. Pheromones and handcuffs, and the little keepers of the peace are all trussed naked at their desks by 10:15 p.m. Their little squad cars are all flat and empty, and the phones ring and ring and no one can answer them.

Why? Good question.

Maybe it has something to do with Gotham Bank, and the fact that three women emptied it out, while leaving more naked cops in their trail? Or maybe it's the trussed up workers at the museum, the ones vowing their love to plants while some precious artifacts are gone, gone? Or maybe it's the three very, very wealthy Gotham families that just lost some very, very old jewels, and who are covered in hyena slobber?

Or, and this is the most likely, maybe it's the zoning office, where the plans for the demolition of one of Gotham's last natural habitats is being planned? After all, the place is going up into the Gotham night like fireworks.

And anyone who turns on the comms? They can hear three very familiar voices. The girls are broadcasting on all channels, and they're just getting started. Oh, and they're helpfully setting themselves to transcribe to the journals. They're sweet that way.]



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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]onerule
2014-03-18 05:19 am UTC (link)
It's difficult to tell, sometimes, but I think you do.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]spacecowboys
2014-03-18 05:21 am UTC (link)
I'll tell you. After. If you want me to.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]onerule
2014-03-18 05:23 am UTC (link)
Before this happened [...] you didn't want to speak to me, Selina.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]spacecowboys
2014-03-18 05:28 am UTC (link)
[A thready inhale.] Alright. Tell me why.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]onerule
2014-03-18 05:30 am UTC (link)
[Pause.] Promise me something first. No matter how you feel, or what you want to do, you'll stay exactly where you are and not move.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]spacecowboys
2014-03-18 05:32 am UTC (link)
[A chuckle, a tired one.] Are you sending the naked police to get me? [...] Alright, but you have to tell me if what Eddie said is true, and you don't lie to me about it.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]onerule
2014-03-18 05:33 am UTC (link)
[Avoiding the question, somewhat.] I just need you to stay where you are. [...] I will. [A deep, deep breath.] Where do you want me to start?

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]spacecowboys
2014-03-18 05:35 am UTC (link)
Wherever you want to, Bruce.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]onerule
2014-03-18 05:45 am UTC (link)
[A sigh.] Alright. [...] We come from different worlds. I suppose I should start there. In mine, you didn't exist. In yours, I was a different Bat. In the very, very beginning, you were younger and we didn't know each other very well. I wasn't the man you remembered and you were little more than a stranger to me. [Pause.] There's a lot of time to cover, but [...] things were always complicated. Not just between us, but overall. I had a family thrust upon me that I didn't know, and who didn't know me, and there was very little trust. You and I took a while to warm up to each other, but eventually we did. [...] There was a plague. You almost died, and Tony Stark did, along with countless others. We recovered, but barely. [Sigh.] And then you went back. Back to your Gotham, and when you returned, I didn't recognize you right away. You can imagine how well that went over. [Pause, then, to get a feel for how she's reacting.]

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]spacecowboys
2014-03-18 05:52 am UTC (link)
You? Without the Batfamily? [A whimpered hum.] Tony mentioned the plague. [Curiously.] How much did we warm up to each other, and why didn't you recognize me? How much time passed?

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]onerule
2014-03-18 06:01 am UTC (link)
Yes. I worked alone. It was difficult to adjust, and in all honesty sometimes it still is. [Pause.] Yes. It was [...] it wasn't good. [Thoughtful hum.] You were different. Not like anyone I'd known before. And I believe you stopped comparing me to your Bruce somewhere along the line. We [...] started to trust each other. And we were together, once. [Oh, so vague.] Seven years. I suppose I was expecting the you I remembered. And when you came back, you were working for an organization that called themselves the Justice League of America, a sort of counteractive measure to the actual Justice League. The one I was meant to be a member of. I didn't know, not at first, but I found out. [...] I wanted to help. I knew you wouldn't betray me, not like they wanted you to.

[Sigh.] And then you and the other JLA members were arrested. There was a breakout and, afterward, you stayed at the Manor for a very short period of time. You were on the run, and you went to Marvel for a while. Before-- [Pause.] Before you willingly joined the Suicide Squad to help gather intel.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]spacecowboys
2014-03-18 06:07 am UTC (link)
That explains why Jaybird's angry that he didn't know what was happening. Aren't you used to telling them yet? [The, quiet.] Seven years is a long time. If I didn't tell you I was older, then you couldn't know. But [with something like a fond smile in he voice] I could see how that might hurt my feelings slightly. [Almost reluctantly curious.] Did you like me better when I was younger? [And the whole Justice League/Justice League of America thing makes her frown.] I wouldn't betray you, Bruce. I don't care what Edward says about me, I wouldn't do that.

[A very long pause.] The Suicide Squad doesn't sound like an organization that specializes in happy endings.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]onerule
2014-03-18 06:18 am UTC (link)
Yes and no. The instinct to do it myself still exists. There was [...] something I didn't tell him about before, something I'll get to, and I'm sure he's still upset about that. In this instance, I wasn't sure if he was still under the drug's influence of not. [Hint of a smile.] Yes. I clued into the truth too late, and I didn't do a very good job of explaining myself afterward. I rarely ever do. [Thoughtful pause.] At first, I'll admit, I missed the younger you. But it was still you, and I realized that. [Not fond, exactly, he keeps it from going there, but it's close.] I know.

[Grimly.] No. It doesn't. There is no out. What you hadn't counted on, when you joined, was them implanting a bomb in your head. A way to keep you in line, I suppose. You didn't tell me, not right away. I was-- [A hitch of breath.] I was dealing with a loss, and you and Nigma decided to keep me out of it. The government was building Watchtower, a sort of space station, along with a man named Lex Luthor, and you were gathering information on it. When I found out, I was furious. You'd already told Tony, and he was working on a way to get it out, but it could have been detonated at any moment. So I, along with some others, began to devise a plan to get Watchtower from Luthor before he could get it into orbit. [Solemn.] And now comes the part you'll hate me for.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]spacecowboys
2014-03-18 06:27 am UTC (link)
[Wry smile.] You're very good at ominous storytelling, Bruce. [And a chuckle.] Believe it or not, I completely buy that you did a terrible job explaining yourself. [Considering.] That doesn't actually answer the question, does it? Do you still wish you had that younger version back? [That near fondness earns him something fonder sounding in return.] That confident in how I feel about you, Mr. Wayne?

[But then onto serious things, and her smile fades as she listens.] Damian. Em- Death mentioned that, while she was trying to not tell me that her only friend tried to kill her on Valentine's Day. [She's quiet, so quiet.] You're about to tell me you launched it knowing they'd detonate the bomb?

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]onerule
2014-03-18 06:45 am UTC (link)
[Almost apologetic.] I don't do it very often. [Hmph.] I assure you, it wasn't intentional. [Slight rustle as he shakes his head.] No, I don't. I did, at first, but not anymore. [...] Confident that you wouldn't betray me. I couldn't imagine you doing it.

[A long, quiet exhale.] Yes. Damian. [...] My son. You were close to him as well. I still miss him. But then again, I always will. [Quiet.] No. Not-- [Pause.] You have to understand, Selina, the last thing I wanted was for that bomb to detonate. I tried to make sure that wouldn't happen. I told you, again and again, to get it taken care of, to go to Tony and have him get it out. I held off on taking Watchtower for as long as I could but-- there was always a risk. Always. If Luthor succeeded, then he'd detonate it anyway. He wouldn't need you anymore. If we failed, and Watchtower was destroyed in the process, all of Gotham would be destroyed with it. [A deep, ragged breath.] There was a ring. A ring that, apparently, only you knew the location of. I-- when I was told about it, I didn't know about the bomb. Nigma and I asked Wonder Woman to go after it. And then-- then I found out, and I knew there was a risk. I knew. But there was no way to get Watchtower and save you without a risk, and I thought-- I thought if she drew the ring out, if it didn't look like we knew it existed, it would be fine. I thought there would still be time.

[A few seconds of silence.] There wasn't. It was [...] luck that saved you. Not me.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]spacecowboys
2014-03-18 06:50 am UTC (link)
[The quiet is long. There's jagged breathing, too shallow, but nothing else for a few minutes.]

You didn't know about the bomb, you said. But Eddie did? And he didn't warn you before going after the ring. Did he warn me? No, I don't think I actually need the answer to that question. And once you did know, you didn't warn me either.

[...] Why?

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]onerule
2014-03-18 06:59 am UTC (link)
Nigma knew, yes. [And silence, after that. At least a full minute.]

[...] I thought us taking Watchtower was more of a risk than Diana getting the ring. You said we couldn't go after it. I assumed, incorrectly, that if it was done the right way it wouldn't arouse suspicion. You knew we were moving before the bomb was out. I told you to go to Marvel. You knew. [...] You would have died if we'd failed, either way. It didn't mean my feelings were a lie. It didn't mean you would have been an acceptable loss. It only meant I had to make a choice, and I made the only one I could.

You have every right to be angry. You have every right to be hurt, and to hate me. But I just [...] I need you to know now, while I have the chance, that you mean more to me than I thought anyone could.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]spacecowboys
2014-03-18 07:07 am UTC (link)
[There's another long, long silence, and her voice is shaky once she speaks.] I just want to know why you didn't trust me enough to tell me anything that you were doing. There are so many I statements in that story. Why?

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]onerule
2014-03-18 07:14 am UTC (link)
[He has to think about that.] I don't know. Because the League left the planning to me, I suppose. [...] Plans for Watchtower started before I knew about the bomb. I didn't know you were involved, Selina, not for a while. After the breakout, they were looking for you. I didn't want them to find you. And when I did know [...] I should have told you about the ring. I should have. It wasn't a lack of trust, it was [...] me trying to take everything on myself, when I should have known better.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]spacecowboys
2014-03-18 07:26 am UTC (link)
[The safe dial spins, but it's too quick to actually be an attempt at opening it.] You know, regardless of Edward's claims that this is all I am, I have to assume I would have told you to go forward with it, if I didn't tell you to stop the launch, and if I got myself involved in the first place. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I wouldn't have. Maybe there's nothing more to me than being a thief. I guess we'll never know. [Audible head shake.] I don't even think I care that you put Gotham first. [Thoughtfully.] Or, I think that maybe I expect that from you, even if it does hurt.

[There's another pause, movement that feels much more exhausting than it did a minute earlier.] You need to involve your family more. There was no mention of any of them there. Though, maybe it's not my place to say that. I don't know.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]onerule
2014-03-18 07:31 am UTC (link)
[...] No. No, there is more to you. He's wrong. Edward Nigma is many things and I think he does care about you, but he isn't always right. He's not right about this. You got yourself involved because you wanted to do the same thing we did, to stop Luthor and tip the scales back in our favor. [Pause.] I think you expect it too. But you're right, that doesn't change that it hurts.

[Heavy sigh.] You're right. I do. I kept them out of this. Stephanie only knew because Nigma told her.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]spacecowboys
2014-03-18 07:43 am UTC (link)
I don't like him. I don't trust him. I don't care if he cares. All that, and I don't actually remember him. Though, I think he's the one Em was talking about, and that doesn't make me like him any better. [A quiet, mirthless thing of a laugh.] Well, I learned that lesson the hard way.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]onerule
2014-03-18 07:48 am UTC (link)
[A hint of genuine surprise.] I wasn't aware you felt that way. [...] They are friends. Or were. I'm not sure. [Wince. Quietly.] Don't.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]spacecowboys
2014-03-18 07:52 am UTC (link)
Well, I might change my mind once I remember him. Right now? That's how I feel. It's okay. He says he dislikes me too. It's mutual. [After a pause, and after another spin of the safe dial.] Why not?

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]onerule
2014-03-18 08:01 am UTC (link)
[Silence to the first part. A tired shrug that translates to movement.] I don't like how it sounds.

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