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Stephanie Brown || Batgirl (stephaniebrown) wrote in wariscoming,
@ 2010-03-27 04:06:00

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stephanie brown/batgirl, xander harris

Who: Stephanie Brown/Batgirl and Xander Harris
What: Steph just got to town. Xander finds her. There's probably gonna be squeeing.
When: Imma say Saturday. In the daytime.
Where: Random street! Woo!
Warnings: Uh... none that I can think of.

"Gotham's just full of surprises. And I'm ready for whatever's next," Stephanie said to herself with a smile as she drove the Rocochet of the roof of a Gotham building. Things were going good for her. She was out patrolling, she was in costume, in her element. Barbra had her back, Dick had accepted her. So what if Damien still didn't seem to like her all that much? She didn't like him all that much either, but she could deal with him. Hopefully, he'd actually start maturing at some point. The kid was only like ten, after all.

It's too bad that she didn't realize just how strange the next thing was going to be.

Her Rocochet bounced a bit as she landed on the asphalt of the ground and sped around a corner. But it didn't take her long to realize that something really wasn't quite right. She pulled her bike to a stop, slid the cockpit open, and sat up to look around, because she wasn't in Gotham any more. She knew Gotham pretty much like the back of her hand. After all, she'd lived there her whole life, except for that year she spent in Africa, and she'd been a vigilante by night for four years. This city... it was way different. And it was most definitely daytime. "Hey, O," she started, thinking she was speaking to Oracle through her comm link. "What's going on? Where am I?" And then she paused. "O? You there?" Another pause, complete with a nervous chewing of her lip. "Oracle?" The last thing she said was much quieter, but loud enough that if Oracle had been listening, she would have heard it. "Babs?"

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xander_shaped
2010-03-27 08:49 am UTC (link)

It was only the sound of the name that made Xander halt in his tracks. Oracle. Followed by the 'Babs'. Before, he might have thought someone was running around taking their LARP a tiny bit (and by tiny, he meant completely) too seriously. But Xander knew better now. This whole city was filled with masked superheroes and villains alike, what with that McCrazy Seal zapping people from all over the place back and forth like it was the worlds most entertaining video game ever. He was no longer a member of the Fictional Character Skeptics Society after his first Hellboy encounter either, so Xander knew better than to take these things by chance at this point. He had been moving in exactly the opposite direction that Stephanie had been headed in, only just a few paces ahead so that he had been able to miss her as she wheeled out from the corner behind him. However, as soon as he heard those words, it was a different story entirely. He turned in his tracks, the hand that was gripping onto the plastic cup of coffee he'd been out getting suddenly loosening it's hold.

Then, just like that, the cup fell. It dropped onto the sidewalk, lid popping off and hot coffee spilling itself all over the sidewalk. Xander didn't notice. He was too busy gaping at the figure ahead of him - and, in association, the set of wheels that came with her. Mouth wide open, Xander brought both hands up to grip at each side of his head and immediately let out a: "Holy witty phrase of the moment, Batgirl!"

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stephaniebrown
2010-03-27 09:01 am UTC (link)

When Stephanie heard that last word her attention was definitely caught. And, well, she guessed it was an alright sign if people actually recognized her, though it really wasn't that hard. There was only ever one Batgirl at a time, so even though the costumes were extremely different from each other, it wasn't hard to figure out who wore what. Plus, she obviously wasn't Batwoman because that one had red all over her costume. It was weird. No Bats had red before.

Then again, purple wasn't exactly standard-issue either, so Stephanie really wasn't one to talk when it came to things like that.

She turned to look over at whoever it was than had spoken, and it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that it was probably the guy that was staring at her. "Yep, that's me," she said, wiping the shocked look on her face as quickly as possible. But next she had to figure out a reason for a Bat to be riding around during the day. "Uh. You haven't seen any crazy people on this street, have you? Just, you know. Doing patrol." Yeah. That was sure to sound convincing.

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xander_shaped
2010-03-27 09:19 am UTC (link)

Holy second witty phrase of the moment, Batgirl - she was Batgirl! Fighting off a grin of pure delight, Xander clasped his hands together and glanced over his shoulder. Well, there certainly wasn't anyone else around. That meant that she was definitely acknowledging him. Which meant that he was having a conversation with a Batgirl. One of the many. Why couldn't they all show up at once? And then all of them could hang out with him while allowing him to toy with their awesome bat-tech. Like that motorcycle. Xander tried not to stare. He was failing rather miserably in that regard. "Crazy people? Uh...no offense or anything, but...ha...ha." He pointed at her. "You're kinda the one that looks crazy right now. Again - I say that with no intent on the offense button."

He stepped in, just a little closer. "What I mean to say is: Hi. I'm Xander. And you...Batgirl. Well, you're kinda not supposed to be here. Like...really not. Except you are along with a lot of other people that aren't supposed to be." He clapped his hands together, then snapped his fingers as if he just remembered something important. "Like Babs! She's here. She's actually teaching me how to throw batarangs - and I'm rambling." He shook his head. "Stupid, Xander. Stupid."

Okay, maybe he was the one that seemed like a crazy person.

"You're in an alternate universe. But you're not the only one. Like I said, Oracle is here. Robin is here. Superman is here. All those people! It's...well, it's a lot to take in." He shrugged. "...and this is probably the part where you're going to call me crazy and slash or refuse to believe anything I'm telling you. That happens sometimes and I'm okay with it. But I can get you in contact with some of the previously listed people. If that helps." Jeez, he was a rambler.

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stephaniebrown
2010-03-27 09:33 am UTC (link)

Stephanie stared at this Xander person for a moment, taking in what he said. And he was right. She did think she'd found a crazy person on the street, and hey, she hadn't even really been trying. Go me, Stephanie thought to herself, suppressing a grin as she did so.

"Uh, Xander was it?" she started, frowning just slightly at him. "Are you feeling alright?" It wasn't until after she had asked that something he said really sunk in. He had flat out said Babs and batarangs in the same statement. He really didn't look like a cop that would have been with the force back when Babs had been hurt, or before that. This guy was way too young. But still, he knew about Babs and she didn't know him, so this was potentially a bad thing.

"Another universe. Right. Where is Babs exactly?" And if Superman actually was there, he was going with all of this why? "...Robin is here? Really? God, that brat is annoying."

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xander_shaped
2010-03-28 07:52 pm UTC (link)

She seemed to be skeptical and Xander couldn't blame her. If he were in her position (which he had been at one point), he'd have thought that the person telling him that they were in an alternate universe was out of their freakin' mind. But that wasn't exactly the case here. And since there were demons running around, he didn't want to just not say something. Besides, she was Batgirl. Xander really didn't want to leave Batgirl in a bad position. Or not ever talk to her. Because that would really suck. "I'm fine. Great, even. I'm just a little -" He didn't need to tell her that he was fanboying her right now. That wouldn't end well, would it? He was already risking his ass by putting all this other crazy info out there. One thing at a time.

"She's at this apartment complex. All the people who got here - like you and me - are staying there. Or most of them. You don't really have to, but it's safer than most places. The demons can't get in and it doesn't seem like any other baddies have gotten in there either." He shrugged, somewhat sheepishly. "I can take you there if you want me to. And, yeah..." Xander rolled his eyes a little. "He is. Or he's been. Getting all bad moody about some rules that have been put into place. But that's another story."

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stephaniebrown
2010-03-29 06:03 am UTC (link)

She mulled that over for a moment, wondering if she really could trust this guy or not before she came to a decision. "How about this," she started simply. "Why don't you tell me more about this place first. Then, after we're done with that, you tell me how to get to the apartment complex and I'll drive over there." Because, really, if it was a trap, that could be potentially bad. Sure, Stephanie thought she'd be able to get out of it in one way or another, and that was why she wasn't just brushing off the idea entirely.

"After all, I've got my," she paused for a moment, looking back at her transportation. It wasn't exactly a bike, what with it's three wheels. Two of them came together if she wanted, making it more bike-like, but that wasn't even close. When she got in, she was enclosed, like in the cockpit of a fighter jet or something, but she was sort of laying forward like she was riding a Ninja motorcycle or something. All in all, it defied classification. "Rocochet. And it really only seats one."

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xander_shaped
2010-03-29 06:21 am UTC (link)

Xander couldn't help but feel a tiny bit let down when Batgirl told him that she was going to make her drive over to the apartment complex on her own. He didn't really know what he had been expecting to come of it, but her response was kind of a hard one for him to take on right then all the same. It was like meeting the President and having him tell you to take a few steps back and closer your mouth so that you don't breath on his finely pressed suit. Kinda embarrassing. "Right. Yeah, I can do that." He tried to hide the disappointment from his face, though it came out slightly in his voice as he straightened up and glanced the other way. He pointed in the general direction of the complex, then gave her the address.

"THey'll take you in there. Give you one of the anti-possession amulets, run through the rules and stuff for you about how to defend yourself against the demons. Stuff like that. I wasn't here when the apartment thing started, but I do know that a bunch of the first people who came here banded together and made it for future arrivals." He looked back to Batgirl and shrugged. "Such as yourself. It's pretty well protected and there are plenty of us good guys on the inside. So you should definitely head over and see if you can talk to Ba - Oracle. And Superman and Robin. Like I said, they're all there."

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stephaniebrown
2010-03-30 03:22 am UTC (link)

Stephanie did notice the disappointment in Xander's voice, and even though she didn't really know the guy, or know what he was up to just yet, it made her frown some. "Sorry. But like I said, it only seats one. You can tell just by looking at it. Plus, I don't really want to leave it just parked somewhere." Hopefully, if this complex really was what Xander said he was, and people like Babs were there, then it would have a safe parking deck or something. Hopefully.

But something caught her attention after she explained a bit more about her Rocochet, and it made her perk a brow under that mask she wore. "Anti-posession amulets to defend against demons? Seriously?" That was pretty new to her, after all. She was used to just... generally crazy badguys that were still human. Or at least mostly human, like in Ivy's case. Then again, Ivy had been acting better for the past while, so that helped some. But demons, that wasn't exactly what she did.

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xander_shaped
2010-03-30 06:38 am UTC (link)

"Hey, of course. I said nothing." He did say nothing. It was just the sound of his voice that was giving him away. He needed to man up! He wasn't Andrew. He was Xander. And even though his geeky heart was skipping for joy at everything that was happening here, he knew that he couldn't exactly get away with flailing on about Batgirl when she needed him to help. He was helping, of course, but he could have been more helpful. "It's really cool, by the way. They definitely don't sell those around here." He made for a lame smile. Okay, okay. He had to comment on the Rocochet. But that was all he was gonna do. Honest.

"Sounds crazy, huh? If you're willing to accept that you're in a completely different world, then you'd better be willing to take on the fact that there are things here that you wouldn't ever find in Gotham." He shrugged. "Well, not exactly. There are demons here. Demons who are kinda trying to release Lucifer from hell. Again: I know. It sounds like I'm just adding more crazy on top of the former crazy, but it's true. You need the amulet to keep the demons from possessing you. It won't help you fight them off or anything, but it'll keep your ass from getting taken over...for the most part. And getting taken over is bad. 'Cause unless the demons let you go, you're gonna be their bitch until someone either kills or exorcises you."

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stephaniebrown
2010-03-30 11:59 pm UTC (link)

When it came to everyone in the Bat family, Stephanie was actually the least doom and gloom of the bunch. She never fought for vengeance like so many of the others did, it was always trying to do the right thing, and she fought for hope. Stuff like that. And because of the fact that she wasn't filled with so much doom and gloom, Stephanie sometimes tended to comment on the less important stuff. That didn't mean that she missed the bigger stuff, she was just more relaxed than the others quite often. Which did lead to screw ups of epic proportions from time to time, but still. And that was why she felt the need to make one last comment about the Rocochet. "Yep. It's custom. They don't sell them back in Gotham, either." And boy, wasn't that the truth.

And at the description of exorcising demons and wearing anti-possession amulets, Stephanie had to blink, quickly followed by a short spell of her staring at him. "Demons that go around possessing people? Seriously?" she asked, frowning a bit. "Well crap. Sounds like this place needs help alright.

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