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[So, first, she’d almost drowned. Then, her best friend (and sort-of boyfriend) had drowned...only to come back as a zombie. Whom she had to watch die all over again. And, to top it all off, she was still suffering from the after-effects of running around while all this was happening in sopping wet clothes.]

[To put it mildly, Zatanna was not in good spirits (hah--oh, forget it). And had a few dry words for the Network:]

Some ‘world of dreams’, or whatever they’re still claiming this place is. More like one, big, slow-moving nightmare.

If I’d known the Turtle was going to find inspiration in every bad movie we watched the other night, I might’ve reconsidered picking a different theme.

[...of course, none of them had much to do with how she was actually feeling right then. Too public.]

[Her eyes were still glassy from sleep as she sneezed twice before ending the feed, message delivered.]

[But then, it switched back on as an afterthought occurred to her:]

Oh, yeah: whichever of you perverts decided to leave that tiny ‘surprise’ in the frame of my vanity mirror? I took a particular satisfaction in frying that thing. Twice.

Just so you know.

[’sup, Batman, she definitely just inadvertently called you a pervert. Because bugging teen girls’ rooms is incredibly rude.]

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I think they're gone now, but seriously. Couldn't we have done Shawshank Redemption instead? [He's cheerful, but strained as well. Hasn't slept in a bit.

A pause.] I think that might have been a certain - uh [colleague? friend? idiot?] person who works the graveyard shift. Sounds like his M.O.

[A beat.] You okay?

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Pass.

[She waves a dismissive hand at the notion, which is immediately used to cover her mouth as another yawn escapes her. Yeah, she was mostly okay. Tired and pissed, but otherwise just great.]

[Though her eyes narrow at the thought of Kyle possibly knowing who the Pervert was.]

It better not be the person I think you're talking about.

[Because ew. Also slightly awkward. But mostly ew.]

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[demon_brat]

[... hey, have a Robin. Who even doesn't bother to point out that things could have been much worse, because he doesn't want to bring up the fact that he wasn't there so didn't watch the movies...]

You... caught a cold.

[He can be rather unimpressed, however.]

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[Bitty Bat, you only get a pass because you sort of saved her life. So, rather than a particularly scathing comment in relation to his phenomenal detective skills...she bites her tongue and gives a weak nod.]

That's what happens when you forget your towel in the middle of a major zombie attack.

[notdreaming]

Are you alright? [ Kara feels bad. She passed out and she has no clue if her friend needed her. ]

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[Oh, hey, Kara. Zatanna tries to force a smile for one of the few people on the turtle who most likely couldn't piss her off if she tried. And she was 99% certain that Kara wasn't the bugger, so there was also that.]

...define "alright."

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[wintershepherd]

Zatanna...

I'm-- I'm glad you're feeling better.

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[People really need to stop being sweet when she wants to sit here and be in a bad mood. It completely ruined the moment by making it a little better.]

Hey, Jack.

That makes two of us. [And speaking of...] By the way, you wouldn't happen to know anything about those little designs that kept appearing on my window most of the week? [She already knows you do.]

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[nohsatsu]

Some people believe our everyday world is like a dream. I wouldn't go assuming "dream" means anything good, if that's the case.

[ But hey, he is kind of a realist here, or rather... not an optimist at least. ]

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[Hello, new person she hasn't seen before. You seem pleasant.]

I wasn't really going for a philosophical angle with this, you know.

[thetyrant]

Surprise? [They don't have recording devices where Logan is from (or at least, not small enough to be useful in espionage). He's curious.]

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[She instinctively opens her mouth to reply back with some sarcastic comment...oh, but wait, she doesn't actually know this person. In fact, she doesn't really recall seeing him around before.]

The person who put it there would know what I'm talking about.

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You have nightmares about turtles?

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Only one. But it seems to be recurring.

[All day, every day.]

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[sophos]

Someone left a bug in your suite? [MILD ABOVE AVERAGE CONCERN....]

Are you okay from all that? [She means the zombies and underwater things.] Beyond being sick, I mean.

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Don't worry, Annabeth. It wasn't her.

[She says this with absolute certainty, knowing exactly what the first thought on the older girl's mind had been. They had far too many shared secrets between them not to freak out. The thought alone of Batman possibly knowing everything--which, fortunately, he still didn't, because they'd never talked in her room--was still better than her finding out.]

[No need to mention exactly who her is, of course.]

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[wallcrawler]

Even slower when you spend a few days locked indoors.

[Not that he'd know.]

...are you going to be alright?

[The choice of words is deliberate. He's figured out by now that no, presently, she is not alright. Even if he doesn't know the details yet.]

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[She was better than she had been, on all accounts. But Peter was both right and incredibly observant to notice: no, presently, she wasn't. Neither physically nor emotionally.]

Eventually.

Some week, huh? I'm glad you seem to have made it out okay.

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Chicken soup spell, go.

[He says this more like an order than a suggestion.]

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Actually...vegetarian, so, no.

[But the effort was appreciated nevertheless.]

[not here]

[cowled]

[Don't worry, Zatanna, it was audio-only and activated by specific keywords.

He's paranoid, not voyeuristic. And especially not where contemporary-cum-children are concerned. Still, all her announcement makes him do is give his console a considering look, before he turns back to his work.]

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[How was she supposed to know that? And even if she did, for all she figured, one of the keywords could've been Robin, who just happened to be her most frequent visitor and keeper of almost all her remaining secrets.]

[This was so not the last you would hear about this, Bats.]

[the_other_eight]

[Pepper looks SO relieved to see that you're alright Zantanna. Then she frowns heavily.]

Someone was watching you?

[Pepper doesn't like this idea.]

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[Just wait until she hears about the adventures it took to get her to 'alright'.]

Watching, listening...

Either way, I'm about 90% certain I know who it is, and I like that thought even less.

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[Cass isn't sure whether to feel defensive or exasperated. But she can't show either of those things to Zatanna, which is just frustrating. And worst of all, Zatanna doesn't look that good.

She can at least show concern.]

Are you - doing okay? Besides - the zapping.

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[No, she couldn't. Not without giving Zatanna yet another hint towards identities. As it was, she already knew Tim's and had her suspicions about a certain neighbor of hers too.]

[Hidden frustrations aside, the concern was appreciated.]

Well, there's also the boredom.

But aside from that...yeah. I'm doing a lot better than I was. [You don't even want to know what she looked like a few days ago, beautiful stranger Cass.]