PARABOLICAL GRAFFITI

[Filtered to Good Guys]

So, now that I've had the full "battle of good and evil, parallel Earths, might disappear at any moment without warning" briefing, I think I've earned a few drinks. Anyone wanna show me to a nice bar where the wine list don't include virgin blood? I used to go to a place called Paco's, outside Edwards Air Force Base, but I ain't sure if it exists here.

I can pay for my own drinks, and I have all sorts of fun war stories.

If this doesn't fit the bill for SNAFU, I don't know what does.

Two questions:

What in Sam Hill just happened to me, and where can I get a stiff drink?

There goes my week. And my lunch.

Normally, if anyone is going to be ill in one of my classes, it's the kids. It's no surprise, given the viruses they come in with from home and the complete lack of hand washing, tissue using, and mouth covering. I don't go over two weeks without someone in the younger classes going home sick after throwing up in the bathrooms during flu season.

Today completely skewed my average.

The Joker thought it would be... funny to send dead puppies to my classroom. Among other things The few kids who saw had to go home after crying for a good thirty minutes ending in dry heaves and I can't say I blame them. I managed to wait until they were gone to be ill myself. It wouldn't have gotten to me, but well... it's not the kind of thing you actually expect at work. Happy birthday, right?

Normally I wouldn't mention this here, but just in case anyone hadn't figured out how sick he was? There you go. I've never done anything to him aside from being my father's daughter. I get sent to an entirely different universe and he's still here, terrorising me. I'm not the police commissioner; I'm not my father. I'm just a librarian and a second grade substitute teacher, yet here we are. I'm a wheelchair and there were dead beagles in my classroom.

[as Babs]

[Bruce and Helena]
Dead beagle puppies, a Batgirl costume, and a joke handbook to being Batman. The latter two were labelled from you and Terry, Bruce. His sense of humour hasn't changed at all.

Don't mention it to the kids.

[Joker]
There are better and easier ways to get our attention. Rest assured, you have it. I hope you're prepared for the consequences.

This may sound ridiculously mundane in a city like this, but here it is: My team has a temporary holding facility and as soon as I finish about thirty of the final run-throughs, it's going to be open for use to the rest of the vigilante (or whatever you prefer to call yourselves) population of the city. Unfortunately not everything here can be turned to dust or sent back to hell, and --surprise, surprise-- the humans we catch are relatively breakout savy. Gotta love our luck and how it follows us from 'verse to 'verse.

Let's not even go into the legality of this, alright?

[as oracle]

[Bat-Family]
March 3rd, Bruce's penthouse, 6:30pm. We're having dinner.

Terry, you're starting school on Monday and Helena, there's an opening at his school teaching if you want it. I can have fake papers done up by Sunday.

[Helena]
And it would please me immensely if you wanted to take it and keep an eye on the kid during the day.

You noticed, he's using the name Nightwing now?

I'm going out on patrol tonight. Anyone feel up to joining me?

I never realized how much I missed having a dog until Wayne got me a puppy. The only problem is..he needs a name. I can't just call him pup or dog the whole time.

I was thinking about Ace, but I already had one dog in Gotham named Ace.

Aden
Nova
Dante
Delta

Edit: special option five
Cheddar.

I'm a fan of Dante. It kinda fits considering he's already devoured one of Bruce's left shoes. But for the fun, how about a random poll.

Talia Al Ghul is gone. She disappeared from our holding this morning along with her property, servants too, as far as I can tell. One has to wonder why they waited to get rid of her until after she tried to burn down the city.

Mysterious ways and all that, I guess.

[as Oracle]

[Filtered to Helena]
I got you a new toy. A fast new toy.

[JLA]
I made an impulsive real-estate purchase yesterday. I'm affectionately calling it Arkham Jr., but we're going to have some work to do.

Los Angeles. 2006.

Someone better start explaining.

[ OOC: Posted as Helena. Oh, and pissed off Helena is pissed off. What else is new? ]