✦ 008 ✦ [VIDEO]

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[It takes several on-camera seconds before Zatanna can finally figure out the right words for this; her mouth opens and closes twice before she gives up and just comes out with it:]

...is anybody else slightly concerned about the fact that some of the local bakeries've started selling cookies in the shapes of these thi--?

[And the Network is suddenly treated to a GIANT UPSIDE-DOWN TRIBBLE FACE taking up the entire camera.  Because it wanted to say hello, of course.]

[Zatanna can barely get out the shriek of surprise in the background before her unexpected visitor suddenly tumbles downward, taking the feed with it.  The screen goes dark, leaving one last audio cry before it cuts out completely:]

Get back here, you cheap horror film knockoff!

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Towards why I can still trust you.

[demon_brat]

That is entirely up to you. I do what I do.

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So I've noticed.

[demon_brat]

Astute.

[That may actually be amusement.]

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What can I say? You batboys are all horrible influences on me.

[To which she smirks right back in similar amusement.]

[demon_brat]

[Deadpan.]

There is a lot of work to be done yet.

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[Spoilsport]

With the tribbles? Yeah, I know.

Did you miss the part where my freezer's already full? And if I keep blasting them like Captain Igloo there behind me, this place is going to end up cold enough that Jack would be able to move in.

[demon_brat]

[Always.]

You could try sealing the entrances to your apartment with--

[Beat.]

Not ice, that would probably not affect the tree very well.

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I thought I did.

Any more, and this place is going to end up air-tight. There must be a leak somewhere, but I can't find it.

[demon_brat]

[SIGH.]

Go outside. Turn the air in your suite blue or some other color that you like. Then walk around - with permission from your building neighbors, of course - and see where the air is coming out of.

You do not need to make it airtight. A grid of some sort would do, until the situation is brought under control.

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I don't think either of them are around, anyway.

Dick's off doing...whatever it he does. [Working, would be her guess; she'd never known a boy to be so devoted to the idea of keeping himself busy.] And Jack's gone into hibernation over at the Stark's, remember?

[Assuming this conversation takes place before he contacts her.]

[demon_brat]

You still should check through the suites, in case the opening - or openings - is there.

Also, Frost's plans might have changed, all things considered.

[Some things Damian knows. Others, well. Stark did leave, after all.]

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...what's that supposed to mean?

[demon_brat]

That there may have been changes in the circumstances.

Stalker, remember?

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I know you are, but that still doesn't tell me what's going on.

He's okay, right?

[demon_brat]

Yes. Outside of probably unhappy with this place's tendency to take people away, but otherwise okay.

[Somebody important to him disappeared. Damian might be underestimating the effect of that.]

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...alright.

[Mental note: check on him later and find out what's going on.]

I'll just...go do that thing you mentioned with the blue air and the leaks. See if I can figure out where these little furry ninjas are coming from.

[demon_brat]

[Good plan. And, hey, remember - when this Robin is concerned about Jack, he makes her check on him. He hasn't, so things ought to be fine, no?]

Hhn. You do that.

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['Makes'?]

Talk to you later.

And next time, just knock on the window instead of staring at me from a distance, alright? As long as I'm not changing or anything, I'll probably let you in.

[demon_brat]

Provided I was interested in talking with you.

[The staring had its point. He'll just go back to it now.]

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You won't learn anything more by just staring, I can promise you that right now.

[demon_brat]

Not about you, no. About anything that may be a danger to you, though?

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I can handle it.

[demon_brat]

More difficult at the time when you saw me doing it.

[She had less backup, just then. And less magic.]

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[Yeah. She remembers.]

That was then, and this is now.

I have my powers back, full force.