29 - Video

[bodilesswarrior]

[Barbara is sitting on her couch, Jonesy curled up on her lap. Her communicator is carefully angled away from her control centre.

She starts off with a wry wave.] If you can see this, you've gotten pulled into a space prison's telecommunications network. As far as I can tell, it won't affect your systems any, so don't worry.

[Her smile deepens.] And if you're from Gotham, I know damn well this isn't the strangest thing that's happened to you this week.

((Fourth wall! GO TO TOWN.))

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[theverysoulofgoodness]

[Her brow crinkles slightly and smooths. Tap into technology. Okay. She's sure that makes sense somwehre. Probably in Gotham.]

And what Barge is that?

[bodilesswarrior]

[Everything makes sense somewhere, she's pretty sure.]

It's...hard to describe. Mostly because I'm still not entirely sure how it works. [Yes, that is frustration. It's still annoying, okay.] But the purpose, basically, is to reform people and give them another chance at life.

[theverysoulofgoodness]

Sounds like a good purpose.

[She can certainly appreciate that, given what she's turned her own life into.]

Are you one of those in need of reforming?

[bodilesswarrior]

[Her lips quirk in a wry smile.] Not at the moment. I'm here to help people change.

[theverysoulofgoodness]

Lucky you. [She matches that quirk.]

How has it gone?

[bodilesswarrior]

Could be worse. [Which isn't an answer, really, because it can always be worse.] My last Inmate up and disappeared, and this one has killed me already, but I think we're making progress.

[theverysoulofgoodness]

[squint]

You're looking pretty well. For being dead.

[bodilesswarrior]

Yeah, that kind of thing doesn't stick around here. [She's not quite as blasé about it as she sounds, but - adjusting is what she does.]

[theverysoulofgoodness]

[s q u i n t]

Lucky you.

[bodilesswarrior]

Very. I managed over thirty years in one of my world's most dangerous cities, then I come to the Barge and die twice in two years. [Her smile is a sharp, ragged thing, but there's genuine humour in it.]

[theverysoulofgoodness]

Your world, huh.

[She's processing. It's not impossible, it's just....strange. After all...]

I died, once. Wouldn't want to do it again.