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[withoutaworld]

[ Rikki's in her suite, in her street clothes, toying with the long knife she took off that kedan and frowning to herself, not quite looking at the camera as it comes on. She glances up briefly, but she's too distracted to try and keep up the eye contact. ]

So... I guess a lot of us were at the thing at the festival. Obviously. I hope everyone came out of it okay and all.

But I've been thinking about what that guy said, before he was killed. About us saving them. Have any of you heard the kedan say anything about that before? Did I imagine that? And... maybe it's just me, but I don't see a whole lot to save anyone from, other than... y'know... the kedan.

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[video || anonymous]

[cowled]

[You have a good instinct, Rikki, and Bruce can appreciate that. So here he is in his Craig persona, brow slightly furrowed.]

So what do you think that means?

['Batman' has theories. No, really. They're like. Thirty pages deep at the moment. But 'Devin Craig' isn't nearly so savvy, and Bruce is more than willing to play the congenial, absent-minded professor role to dig for other people's opinions.]

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[withoutaworld]

[ She eyes her screen for a long moment while she considers her answer. ] He could just be crazy. The guy who grabbed those girls. I mean, obviously he's crazy or he'd have found a different way to say what he did, but... assuming he's not delusional...

I think maybe we're not here accidentally. That the emperor or whoever brought us here for a reason. [ She clenches her jaw and looks down at the knife in her hand. ] And I don't trust people who want to use me without telling me why. Or that they're doing it at all.

[video || anonymous]

[cowled]

[O-oh baby. Still, he's ~ incognito ~ at the moment, and so his expression - that of the kindly professorial bloke - doesn't so much as waver.]

Are you going to speak to her? The Emperor, I mean. I've heard there's going to be an audience soon.

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[withoutaworld]

I don't know. Maybe. I'm definitely going to go, see what she has to say...

What about you?

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[cowled]

Oh, I don't know if that sort of gathering is for me. I'm, ah... a little nervous around royalty.

[in other words: he'll be there as Bruce Wayne. Because Reasons.]

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[withoutaworld]

[ She smiles sympathetically and nods. ] Well, let me know if you want a rundown on whatever happens. I'd be happy to fill you in.

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[cowled]

That would be very lovely of you, thank you.