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( A sleepy Steph starts up the video, yawning a little before she takes her thumb off the camera to reveal herself. She's not messy or sloppy or anything like that, just yawning. Her voice is very matter-of-fact and she nods occasionally as she speaks to confirm how right her point is. )

Y'know I think this place needs to give newbies a warmer welcome. Hotels give you like coffee and maybe a fruit basket? We need that, waiting in our suite for us. Maybe with a cute message card saying something like, "Welcome to our city, and oh, remember you're stuck here! Have a mocha on us!" It's common courtesy to give folks some kind of compensation.

( She pauses. She's forgetting something, isn't she... Oh, right! )

Oh yeah, I'm Stephanie. Or Steph. Probably not Stephie. ( Bad memories associated with that one. ) Aaaand I really want a mocha. That actually sounds really good right now. Nice to meet you and especially nice to meet you if you know about a Turtlebucks close to the Wood Sector.

( Confirm her secret identity in this place as an ordinary and hilarious college student? Check. She honestly is seriously thinking about her situation, but for now she doesn't want that to show through as Stephanie Brown. Gotta be safe and all. )

I think that's everything? Laters.

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Hey, what you call a lack of capitalism, I call not having to shell our six bucks for my morning caffeine source.

[Get it? Turtle? Shell? ~~Run while you still can, Steph~~]

I can show you whenever you like. I'm usually up pretty early, and only work in the evenings. Which leaves me with way more free time than I know what to do with.

( At the pun, she cracks up, laughing pretty hard until she stops herself to at least make some sort of a response. )

Cool! I think I'm free most of the time since I haven't handled the job thing yet. Maybe I'll do that before we hang out, yeah.

[No, Steph, don't encourage her.]

[...and, by that, she means please, keep going. She always did appreciate a good sense of humor.]

Just name the time and place, and I'll be there. [Because "It's a date" sounded a little strange for a first meeting. ~~And this, coming from a girl who once said it to Bruce Wayne himself.~~] I'm Zatanna, by the way.

[Since she was fairly certain, judging by the lack of familiarity on her end, she didn't remember being here before.]

I'll have to get back to you on that. Very busy, you know. All this coffee sampling and such. But of course, I will pencil you in. ( By which she means, she'll figure it out later, probably tomorrow, and tell her then. )

I'm Step- Wait, you already know that, right... It's nice to meet you, Zatanna.

I feel so honored to be squeezed into your schedule.

[Hi.]

As you should be. I'm currently having an exclusive meeting with a princess, for example, so it really is an honor.

( Someone has to stop these girls from making terrible jokes. )

A princess, huh? I'm royally impressed.

Don't forget to drink your tea with one pinkie up.

[It might be too late.]

Ah, almost forgot that part! I've got to hand it to you for reminding me.

Not like it took much effort. I barely had to lift a finger.

( Steph spends several minutes agonizing over how to reply. What pun, what joke? Her mind is totally blank. Finally, )

Oh, would you look at the time! ( She says dramatically looking at her bare wrist. ) I've gotta go, sorry! And it's not cause I ran out of puns, so don't think that! Had fun talking to you, Zatanna, and I hope we can have that coffee date real soon! Bye!

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No, of course not.

[Something tells her she just won the pun-off.]

Bye, Steph.

I'll see you later. Just give me a call whenever you're free.