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Tweak says, "If you strike me down..."

Richie Trashmouth Tozier (trashmouthloser) wrote in snapthread,
@ 2019-10-23 19:28:00

Entry tags:

barbara gordon, dick grayson, eddie kaspbrak, gamewide plot, natasha romanoff (mcu), remus lupin, richie tozier, siri tachi (sw), sirius black

Who: Anyone who wants to have a comfortable but bad time.
What: Some Spoop at the Overlook: Haunted Psychic Hotel of Doom
Where: Sidewinder, Colorado
When: Length of the Halloween Plot.

During the warm summer and spring months, The Overlook Hotel in Sidewinder, Colorado does excellent business: visitors thrive on a wonderful view of the Rocky Mountains while being able to enjoy remote quiet and catered comfort.

In the winter though, the snow is too plentiful and dangerous to allow visitors to come and go freely — and so the Hotel becomes a sleepy quiet place with less than a skeleton staff. The empty halls, fully stocked kitchen and bars and choice pick of rooms should be a delight for anyone who ends up there. But the halls are less empty and quiet than what they might originally appear.

All roads lead to Room 237.

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Babs and Dick

batgirlbabs
2019-10-26 11:18 pm UTC (link)

"Maybe when winter does actually set in, in town, we can find a beach. Now that would be kind of amazing." She was picturing it already, even while she was thinking about how nice a place like this could be too. But when Dick spun around with her, her mind was entirely here in this moment and in this place. She laughed wrapping an arm over his shoulders keeping him close.

"I'm sure you'll be able to find something just as amazing in the future." She teased him, after all it was how they worked right? Pushing one another, in all the right kind of ways. Dick pushing her to be better, stronger, brave, and Dick - she pushed him too, to remain himself despite everything, to fight for something good, to be every bit the amazing man she knew him to be. And maybe that didn't directly translate to picking locations through the doors but she could draw a parallel there if she wanted.

"Come on, I want to see if we can find a good room, I'm not sure anyone else is here." Which really only made the whole thing that much better - being alone with Dick in a place like this. Where they could just bask in it for a little while until they ended up back in town.

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Babs and Dick

ohboywonder
2019-10-28 11:28 pm UTC (link)

The doors really were a mystery. Being able to open one into a Dave & Busters, an endless void, a gas station convenience store, a hotel like this? It was so random, but that was kind of thrilling, wasn't it? Dick didn't take it for granted or let himself become too lax with it. He knew there were could be dangers; that was why he usually took a weapon or two tucked into his pants or his shoe or wherever. This place that Babs had found was definitely the best so far.

"I love the faith that you have in me," he said with a laugh. Pushing each other came naturally to them, always had. She'd always helped him maintain his morale. She helped him not to go into that dark place that always seemed to be right there; where Bruce often retreated. Dick did not want to go down that path, and he hadn't. He found it so much more rewarding to turn the other way, toward her.

"Then we should find the best room," he said. Dick kept hold of her hand as they started walking. "It is.. kinda weird though, right? That we don't see anyone?"

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Babs and Dick

batgirlbabs
2019-10-30 11:52 pm UTC (link)

She grinned, faith in him was one thing she had in excess - it didn't matter what was happening, it didn't matter the odds Barbara always knew that Dick would come through in the end, whether it was finding some place maybe even better than this snowy hotel for a vacation, or it was some of the dangers they'd faced in the past. Dick was the one constant in her life, and she had a feeling he always would be.

"Yes, we should." She agreed not quite skipping as they made their way over toward where she thought the reservation desk was. A quiet place like this, she thought the very best room would definitely be available.

"It is a little weird, it doesn't seem like there is anyone around at all." She pursed her lips while looking over the counter like maybe someone was hiding back there or something like that. "Maybe it's closed?" She suggested looking back at Dick to see what he thought. "For the season maybe?" Which wasn't that strange exactly, but there should probably still be caretakers here or something like that - it wasn't like it seemed rundown exactly. Outdated yes, but not in disrepair.

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Babs and Dick

ohboywonder
2019-10-31 02:25 pm UTC (link)

One of the things had always been a constant between him and Barbara was their ability to be there for each other when it was needed. He'd always be in her corner, and he knew she'd always be in his. When push came to shove, even if they weren't romantically involved, it didn't change how he felt about having her back. They were always going to be in each other's lives, one way or another. Even here, in this town, they were from different worlds but still were brought together. It spoke volumes to Dick.

"Maybe," he agreed when she suggested it could be closed. But right, there ought to still be someone around. It looked like things had been kept up with in terms of dusting and cleanliness so someone had to be there. "Let's just.. um.. Let's just look around? If nothing else, this place looks interesting and we're due an adventure."

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Babs and Dick

batgirlbabs
2019-11-02 05:47 am UTC (link)

The more they sort of wandered around the more it was starting to become apparent that this wasn't the sort of brilliant find she'd hoped for and it was instead something else entirely. But it didn't have to be a complete waste did it? They could still have a little bit of fun here, maybe they could find - well she didn't know what exactly they could find, but maybe they could find something to take back with them.

Whatever they did though it'd be together and that felt like enough.

"Sure, they're probably just.... you know around somewhere." She agreed, trying to keep her spirits up and not let the weirdness of this place overtake her. "Maybe we'll find something interesting."

Walking further down the lobby together something interesting did catch Barbara's attention and she pulled Dick along with her as she went to inspect it. "Wow look at this," She said standing over what looked like a miniature hedge maze. "Can you imagine being in something like this?" She shook her head just picturing it, "That's like those corn-field mazes you see, I don't know how people ever want to do those."

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Babs and Dick

ohboywonder
2019-11-05 12:56 am UTC (link)

Even if this trip turned into an absolute bust, Dick was happy to be there with her. Hell, they could just run outside into the snow, build a snowman, and then find the door back to town and that'd be fine with him. They just shared the sort of connection that no matter what they were doing, there was a level of greatness to it because it was them. Whether they were just sitting back in town in their house doing nothing but hanging out in their house or exploring a creepy seemingly abandoned hotel they had no idea how to get out of, Dick was happy because he was with her. It'd always been like that. It felt good to feel that with her, even if they were from different worlds. They were still Babs and Dick, and that was perfect.

When he spotted the hedge maze she pointed out to him, his eyebrows rose. Curiously, he wondered what it would be like. Probably terrible and make him feel like the walls were closing in on him and he wasn't about that life. "Could you imagine Bruce in one of those? I'd pay to watch that." He passed a hand across her back as he looked out the window, and again, he just felt that terribly unsettled sensation course through his body.

"It looks like you could get trapped forever in that thing."

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Babs and Dick

batgirlbabs
2019-11-07 04:18 am UTC (link)

This wasn't exactly what she'd imagined for this trip, but she wasn't too worried just yet - it just might not be the spectacular victory she'd hoped for. Which was only slightly disappointing. She did love a good victory. But really, having Dick with her? That kind of felt like a victory all on its own.

"Oh my god," Barbara had to laugh at Dick's suggestion. "I don't think I could handle that." She admitted, looking over the maze again she shook her head at the thought of anyone being stuck inside something like that, she pictured the hedges growing so tall that they blocked out the sky and all there would be was twisting lanes of green without an end in sight. She shivered at the thought, like her body was trying to get it out of her head.

"It's not exactly the sort of fun filled maze one might hope for." She agreed, there was just something a little bit unsettling about this place, she didn't know what it was exactly, but something didn't feel right.

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Babs and Dick

ohboywonder
2019-11-08 06:46 pm UTC (link)

If there was anyone he'd want to be stuck in a creepy abandoned hotel in, it was Barbara Gordon. Granted, he could say that about literally any location and it'd be true. Violent alley in Gotham? Barbara. Tropical island with ocean front views? Barbara. She wasn't the same Barbara from his world, but that didn't matter. This was their world, currently (well, not the creepy hotel, but the town they were living in), and they belonged to each other in it. That was simple enough for Dick, and he liked learning about the differences and similarities in their worlds. It was fun, getting to know each other all over again. Falling in love with her all over again. What a victory that was.

Dick was not setting foot in that maze. They were highly skilled in a number of ways, but freakish corn maze navigation wasn't something he could say was on his list of abilities and he wasn't about to push that. "Er.." He thought he heard something. Was that a child's voice? "Did you hear that? Please say no so we can ignore it." He definitely didn't want to investigate that but knew there was no way they couldn't if she'd heard it too.

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