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[Well, hello there. There’s a friendly face smiling at the network, nervously pushing his glasses up. He doesn’t seem to have any kind of trouble with the computers, but it’s obvious by the way he’s looking speaking to crowds (and he seems to consider whoever might be looking a ‘crowd’) isn’t really his thing.
Or that’s what he wants to make you believe, anyway. Clark Kent had always been the go to personality in case of kidnapping. He isn’t stupid enough to show where is he exactly living, but you get to see enough of his room to guess he’s in the water sector if you care enough to notice that kind of things. Seeing how calm and easy going the guy seems it shouldn’t come as a surprise.]
Um, hello. [A little friendly wave and a tilt of his head.] I’m not really sure if we’re supposed to-ah, introduce ourselves? I was told everything would be alright and everybody I’ve seen has been rather welcoming so far so I though… [He trails off, shrugging.] Call it farm-boy routine I guess.
Anyway, I’m Clark. Clark Kent. It’s a pleasure.
Or that’s what he wants to make you believe, anyway. Clark Kent had always been the go to personality in case of kidnapping. He isn’t stupid enough to show where is he exactly living, but you get to see enough of his room to guess he’s in the water sector if you care enough to notice that kind of things. Seeing how calm and easy going the guy seems it shouldn’t come as a surprise.]
Um, hello. [A little friendly wave and a tilt of his head.] I’m not really sure if we’re supposed to-ah, introduce ourselves? I was told everything would be alright and everybody I’ve seen has been rather welcoming so far so I though… [He trails off, shrugging.] Call it farm-boy routine I guess.
Anyway, I’m Clark. Clark Kent. It’s a pleasure.
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[And god knows he's been looking. And looking.
And looking some more. And experimenting. And theorizing. Using every extensive method in his repertoire just to try--
At this point he's starting to seriously consider smoke signals. His kingdom for a Green Lantern. Preferably Stewart, but he'd take Jordan if needs be. (Jordan may be an unmitigated ass, but they have... an understanding) Or even Rayner. If the world's most powerful weapon couldn't eke out a message to Oa...
Bruce pinches the bridge of his nose. The domino sits differently on his face than the cowl, it hits different pressure points and right now he's fighting off a headache.]
But by all accounts, the passage of time ceases 'back home'. Tim is from several weeks after my last remembered point and according to him I never left, much less spent nearly a month in another dimension. You being here now certainly didn't change my meeting you again after I returned from time. So either each of us coming here creates a divergent line along which time travels normally, or they're telling the truth. We may not even keep memories of this place once we leave it.
[He exhales sharply, having made a full circuit of the room to his satisfaction. Nothing here that can kill Superman.]
Regardless of the potential passage of time, the League has functioned without both of us before. There's no reason to suspect they can't continue in that capacity now. Diana knows what to do.
[And... because he sees you toying with that ring,]
No matter what happens, Lois will be fine. She's a remarkable woman, and you didn't marry her for her looks.
[a hint of a smile.]
At least not only for her looks.
[What is the world coming to when Batman is trying to get Superman to lighten up.
Mostly Bruce just... doesn't like seeing Clark distressed. Clark has spent years being something solid in his life. He can't count the times the other man has kept him grounded and focused when his own determination faltered or his strength flagged. If... he can do that in return, even by the barest amount, then his own discomfort at having to lapse into an emotional rapport is inconsequential.]
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And the news aren't good, but not surprising. If there had been a way for Bruce to contact home he would have now. He would have found a way to tell him he was alive and well and lost in time and he really needs to stop thinking about that because the urge to reach for Bruce again and make sure it's real is getting overwhelming.]
It's not the league I'm worried about... they have been more than able to handle things in the past.
[Without the three big names, no less.]
And so has... so has Lois.
[And Bruce gets a tentative smile at that as he lets go of the ring in his hand. He's aware people thought Superman had stole Lois' heart and that she was like a puppy behind him, but it was pretty much the other way round ever since day one. Lois is his anchor, and it's going to take a time to get used to not having her around.]
I think I'm more worried about what I might end doing without them. At least I've got you and the kids.
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Give yourself more credit. You'd be fine with or without us.
['I believe in you'. He doesn't say it. Then again, he doesn't need to.]
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[The thank you is also left unsaid.] You have seen my place. May I see yours?
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It's in the Metal Sector. Come on.
[They'll walk like normal people.]
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The Metal Sector. Is it safe?
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[Welp time to alter his clothing such that no one would recognize it or compare it back to 'Batman'. He strips off the black overshirt. The pants are silk, and fairly common as far as style goes, and won't garner any specific attention. He leaves the overshirt neatly folded over the back of one of Clark's chairs, musses his hair, adjusts the cuffs of his cream-coloured undershirt -- chosen because the grain of the silk is in direct contrast to the heavier black overshirt, and has more potential of turning aside a blade than a single layer -- and c'est voila, Bruce Wayne.]
The Metal sector has the highest incidence of random crimes, though there's less of a Gang influence there than in, say, Fire or Earth.
[It's one of the reasons he's stationed himself in Metal, beyond the fact that its architecture is similar to Gotham. He can deal with organized crime, such as what the gangs provide, but he's always the most at home preventing muggings and shake-downs. The incidents that occur in back alleys or behind closed doors.
So yes, it's dangerous. But it's nothing he can't handle.]
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At Bruce's words about the Metal sector, he turns with a frown.]
Figures.
[Because there was no way Bruce was going to end in a quiet, calm sector. Clark bets he would have moved if that had been the case. ]
I was told this one was one of the safest. At least Clark Kent won't have to worry about getting attacked.
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[Farmboy naivety.]
Come on.
[And Bruce just leads the way to the door.]
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[Nope not even Farmboys are this naive. He follows him, making sure to close the door behind them because he isn't that stupid thank you very much.]
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[Telling him to relax is like telling Clark to stop being a Kryptonian, lbr. And if Clark is going to be so cavalier about it, Bruce has to be doubly on the alert.
It's not that he resents it. Clark's optimism is as much a part of him as the
He watches - mostly to make sure Clark's going to lock the door - before he continues on. But they're in public now, and publicly he's Bruce Wayne. The shift in his body language is subtle but present. It changes from a man who's confident because he can do anything to a man that's confident because he has everything. A fine line.]
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I have bee thinking about that, actually.
[He reaches for his glasses, pushing them up. He's really glad his actual human identity isn't supposed to be dumb or he doesn't know how he could handle some of these conversations without pulling his hair out.]
If we actually know the days people appear, maybe there's some way to... I don't know, find out how. You said some foreigners were metas, I'm sure we could patrol air, earth and water to check everywhere.
They can't just 'appear', right?
action; god, I meant 'friday and sunday'. gj self.
[Clark's alternate persona may be intelligent, but while Bruce has been steadily working towards increasing his public image in the past few years, he's still seen as the profligate playboy. Here, at least, there's a malleable foundation to his public identity. No one yet who knows or can assume exactly how Bruce Wayne is supposed to act. So while his tone is light and airy, cavalier as anything, he's still being somewhat serious.
Because like it or not, they're still Superman and Batman discussing a mission. Like any other day of the week back home.]
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But teleportation means they have nothing to do to stop it short of trying to guess what is causing it in the first place and try to guess when and where the next one will be. And that isn't an option Clark likes.]
Could we focus on that once we have ruled out the possibility that they do end getting thrown in here in some way? At least if that's the case we can actually do something about it.
action; don't you love me anymore :(
[It's one of the reasons he's friends with you, even though he'd never admit it.]
action; I was made for loving you baibeh
[He grins innocently, then gives him a shrug] But I don't see how focusing in the scenarios where we can actually help is being optimistic. I'm not ruling the others out.
But I refuse to believe certain people have spent in here more than a single day and not come up with any plans to check what happens with all these appearances.
[By 'Certain people' he obviously means Bruce, and by 'people' he obviously means 'paranoid bat'.]
action; the only way of loving me baby is to pay a lovely fee X-(
[...Actually, knowing Luthor...]
Hnn. Let's hope they're kind enough to share these details, then.
['Kind' and 'Batman' generally do not go hand in hand, except in the very rarest of occasions and to those that know him best.]
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[Don't worry B he likes you more than Luthor. He likes anyone more than Luthor though.]
Yes, let's hope. Like we can only hope there's someone stubborn enough to keep on checking everywhere as people appear even though he's been discouraged from it.