Barbara didn't want to be at this party. After her nightmare, she had dedicated the better part of her day into chasing down any potential hits she had on the Joker, but nothing concrete was coming of it. She was exhausted and moody--once upon a time, she had been good at hiding it, but in recent years, she'd lost that little bit of finesse that let her put a happy smile on her face.
Still, this was important for her organization, so she'd forced herself to throw on something to make it out to the networking event. She ordered herself a ginger ale at the bar, wanting to keep herself sharp in case her phone alerted her on finding anything in the system. She noticed Dinah a little ways down the bar and tried not to grimace. Her friend was obviously giving it another go with Ollie. Barbara wanted to be an optimist, but she just didn't have it in her. She reminded herself to keep the subject off the Facebook update as she made her way over to her friend. "Hi."