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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]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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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]spacecowboys
2014-03-18 08:04 am UTC (link)
[Hesitantly.] Would you do anything differently, if you could?

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]onerule
2014-03-18 08:09 am UTC (link)
Yes. I run through the possibilities over and over despite telling everyone else that I don't.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]spacecowboys
2014-03-18 08:10 am UTC (link)
And?

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]onerule
2014-03-18 08:17 am UTC (link)
And, even though I should stand by my choice, there are a lot of things I'd do differently if I had the chance. [...] I'd pay more attention. Realize what was going on sooner, maybe. I'd push harder for you to get the bomb taken out instead of continuing to gather intel until the last minute. I'd make sure there was enough time. [...] I'd leave the ring and find another way. Or, at the very least, warn you in advance. There's more. I could come up with a very, very long list.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]spacecowboys
2014-03-18 04:02 pm UTC (link)
[She begins to say something, but she stops herself. Instead.] At the risk of sounding repetitive, why?

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]onerule
2014-03-18 04:03 pm UTC (link)
Why what?

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]spacecowboys
2014-03-18 04:08 pm UTC (link)
Why wouldn't you do precisely the same thing you did before?

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]onerule
2014-03-18 06:06 pm UTC (link)
[Pause.] Have you ever made a decision that, in the moment, seemed [...] solid? The best thing you could do under the circumstances? And you thought about the consequences, of course. You mapped them out and considered them and came to the conclusion that you could live with whatever happen, only to realize once it was too late that you were wrong?

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]spacecowboys
2014-03-18 06:14 pm UTC (link)
[A hint of sad fondness.] I don't think I'm much of a planner, Bruce. [Pause, hesitation.] Why do you think you were wrong?

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]onerule
2014-03-18 07:12 pm UTC (link)
No. No, I suppose you're not. [Sigh.] You're asking a lot of whys.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]spacecowboys
2014-03-18 07:19 pm UTC (link)
[Softly.] Just answer.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]onerule
2014-03-19 04:15 am UTC (link)
[A rather significant pause, as other conversations distract him. His voice is tighter when he speaks, a more audible effort to maintain control.] Because of what happened after. Because of how I felt.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]spacecowboys
2014-03-19 04:19 am UTC (link)
[Her response takes awhile, even after she cuts off the comms with Eddie and Steph. And she sounds sapped and down.] If I ask how you felt, will you tell me? Or have I pushed too much already? [A pause, then.] I get the feeling I won't ask, once I remember. Not if things are as acrimonious in Gotham as it seems like they are.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]onerule
2014-03-19 04:21 am UTC (link)
Yes. I'll tell you. [Pause. A touch of something that might be sadness. Maybe.] I suspect much of this won't matter once you remember, Selina. Things are bad. Worse than I thought. But perhaps I just forgot.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]spacecowboys
2014-03-19 04:27 am UTC (link)
Maybe it just feels like that, after having things be good. I still can't believe the way they're talking, but maybe I will once I remember. Either way, it feels like there's probably no place for me here. [Sadly.] I don't like the feeling. [An inhale.] Alright. Tell me.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]onerule
2014-03-19 04:30 am UTC (link)
You will. It feels worse, but at the same time there's a sense of familiarity. [Pause.] No. It's a terrible thing, to feel as though you don't belong. [A stretch of quiet.] Empty. I should have felt something. Gotham was saved. Watchtower was out of Luthor's hands. But all I could think about was what it had cost.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]spacecowboys
2014-03-19 04:35 am UTC (link)
Em - Death and I were talking about how she doesn't have any friends now that things are back to normal. I told her I was pretty sure I didn't either, and now I think I might be better of without them. Well, in case I don't say it later, it was nice, belonging, even for a little while. [A pause, a very, very long one.] You have a city to save, or I'd tell you to swing by.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]onerule
2014-03-19 04:39 am UTC (link)
Friends are [...] difficult, here. Everything is. [Pause.] Do you think it's better or worse, having what we wanted for a while? Even if it wasn't real? [Quiet. So much quiet.] I could spare some time. [Humorless smile.] I might not get this chance again.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]spacecowboys
2014-03-19 04:45 am UTC (link)
Six of one, and a half-dozen of the other. It might be good for us, knowing what it could be like. [...] I don't know, you tell me. Am I really that different than I normally am? [A pause.] I'm heading to the zoo with the girls. Harley's upset. Meet me around the back?

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]onerule
2014-03-19 06:54 am UTC (link)
Good for us how? [...] In some ways. You're less guarded. [Pause.] Alright.

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Re: isolated: bruce/selina
[info]spacecowboys
2014-03-19 07:09 am UTC (link)
I'm winging it here, but I don't think it's a huge leap to assume that everyone in Gotham is miserable. Well, mostly everyone. Isn't it worth knowing that it doesn't have to be that way? It's easy to blame, and to say things can't be, but this puts that in doubt, doesn't it? Maybe I have a different point of view, since I still don't remember things. But what I see happening here is a division, a nasty little tug of war, a power struggle. I don't know what caused it, but it doesn't have to be that way. [A quiet scoff.] Doctor Banner says his initial impression of me was that I never trust. [Slow movement, and then she manages to speed up a little.] I'll see you there.

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