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Natasha Romanoff ([personal profile] outstandingbalance) wrote2015-10-27 06:57 pm

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[personal profile] dickbats 2016-01-28 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Of course he's serious. That's why he's using the business screenname. Differences are important.]

Something like that.

Meet me by the lake. East side. I'll have to try to magic you in from there.
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[personal profile] dickbats 2016-01-28 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds good. I'll be there.

[Though when she arrives, there'll be no sign of him. But that's mostly because he's being a jerk and lingering in a shadow while he waits for her. He can't quite abandon the theatrics.]
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[personal profile] dickbats 2016-01-28 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[He emerges behind her, his favorite place to say hi.]

Is it sexist to tell you that your hair looks amazing in the moonlight?
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[personal profile] dickbats 2016-01-28 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Hard to find anyone that good looking, but sure why not? I'd hate to discriminate.

[You know what? Screw it. He's going in for the hello kiss. Things will never progress if he doesn't do something about them.]
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[personal profile] dickbats 2016-01-28 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
It's fine, it's just.

[He hesitates.]

I don't share notes with people. It's a big step for me, okay?

[He doesn't force the kiss longer than necessary, instead taking her hand and urging her toward a ridged cliffside.]
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[personal profile] dickbats 2016-01-28 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't be. You know you're the most competent person here.

[He escorts her to a crack in the stone, just a subtle thing easily ignored.]

Okay, so usually I'll just shadow in from here. It'll take a minute to open wide enough for guests.

[He digs his claws into the crevice, and a breeze kicks up from nowhere as he tries to force enough wind pressure into the spot to push aside the heavy boulders sealing a cave opening.]
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[personal profile] dickbats 2016-01-28 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it is.

[With a grunt of effort, it dislodges and shifts, rolling away to reveal an entrance just wide enough to accommodate her enlarged form.]

Sorry you had to find out about it that way. Having a Batcave usually isn't this literal.
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[personal profile] dickbats 2016-01-28 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
They don't. Not without a whole mess of trust.

[Though he amends it a moment later:]

Amelia knows, though. She's the girl I train. She just might be more into this stuff than we are.
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[personal profile] dickbats 2016-01-29 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
You'd like her. She's one of the good ones. [Natasha doesn't have to ask for details. Dick's proud enough to volunteer them.] Always trying to find a way to find justice here.

When things were at their worst in the attacks? She flew over to every attack site looking for survivors. Purest heart I've seen in a long time.

[As he talks, he escorts her to a catacomb network, a near pitch black that doesn't bother his pale eyes in the slightest.]

Can you see all right? I've got some torches around if it gives you trouble.
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[personal profile] dickbats 2016-01-29 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
There's a couple of rooms. It's not much, but it's not a bad home.

[He pauses, making a sharp right turn into a more open space. This one has several banquet tables lined up, filled with monster victims. They're all ostensibly alive, victims of the soul-eater type.]

Okay, here's the part where I start with "don't judge me," and end with "I can explain."
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[personal profile] dickbats 2016-01-29 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
[He pulls off his cowl for this one. At least he's past the part of it that usually involves a ton of denial. Amelia's reactions already clued him in on the abnormalities involved.]

Look. This thing's been affecting people since this whole monster business started. And the ones that end up like this are the only ones who've still got a shot. Physically, there's nothing wrong with them. They have pulses and heartbeats. They can still digest food. They're still alive.

But if I leave them out there, someone's going to assume they're already gone and finish them off. I'm keeping them safe until we've come up with a cure for it.

[And because it makes him feel so good to keep a collection like this. It's satisfying in a way nothing else has ever been.]
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[personal profile] dickbats 2016-01-29 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
[He lifts one shoulder in a shrug.]

I've been trying different things on and off since the start. No luck yet.

[a small, lopsided smile forces its way onto his face as he attempts to make light of something more serious.]

Amelia thinks it's a compulsion. A bunch of her friends are obsessed with collecting things. I used to tell her she was wrong about it. But that time I had to be a vampire? I didn't pick up anyone.

Can't say I really know what the deal is anymore.

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