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bodilesswarrior) wrote2023-08-15 05:50 am
bodilesswarrior) wrote2023-08-15 05:50 am
You've reached Barbara Gordon. I'm too busy to talk, but if you leave a message I'll get back to you eventually.
Edited 2017-08-06 10:07 (UTC)
You've reached Barbara Gordon and Dinah Lance. We're too busy to talk, but if you leave a message we'll get back to you eventually.
[From the background - ] Soon! We'll get back to you soon.
[Barbara huffs, something between a laugh and a sigh.] Dinah will make sure we get back to you soon.
[Hey, her other girlfriend has a time machine.]
[From the background - ] Soon! We'll get back to you soon.
[Barbara huffs, something between a laugh and a sigh.] Dinah will make sure we get back to you soon.
[Hey, her other girlfriend has a time machine.]
Edited 2017-08-06 10:09 (UTC)
jaguar, my jaguar, guess who turned up
only the sodding master again
except she goes by Missy now
just look at her
[attached is a snap of Missy in the barge pub, wearing a hat covered in berries and a rather shellshocked expression.]
i have a lot of feelings about this
love to D
also your horrible moggy says hi
[attached: a snap of Jonesy up on deck, disdainfully riding the Imperial mouse droid that Han and Iris stole to poop-scoop the deck and greenhouse.]
only the sodding master again
except she goes by Missy now
just look at her
[attached is a snap of Missy in the barge pub, wearing a hat covered in berries and a rather shellshocked expression.]
i have a lot of feelings about this
love to D
also your horrible moggy says hi
[attached: a snap of Jonesy up on deck, disdainfully riding the Imperial mouse droid that Han and Iris stole to poop-scoop the deck and greenhouse.]
Well damn, the Master got attractive. And vulnerable. You're in trouble, aren't you?
[Yes, Barbara types in perfect grammar even doing a one-handed IM while she repairs Jason's cowl.]
My horrible moggy is a queen and she clearly knows it.
[Yes, Barbara types in perfect grammar even doing a one-handed IM while she repairs Jason's cowl.]
My horrible moggy is a queen and she clearly knows it.
SO MUCH TROUBLE.
she's so proud and so brittle and so angry and I just want to scoop her up and cuddle her till she stops biting.
i'd always felt this was one of those people not capable of graduating, but i think i was wrong.
she's so proud and so brittle and so angry and I just want to scoop her up and cuddle her till she stops biting.
i'd always felt this was one of those people not capable of graduating, but i think i was wrong.
Proud and brittle, huh?
[Yeah, Iris is definitely doomed.]
I've been proven wrong myself enough times.
[Yeah, Iris is definitely doomed.]
I've been proven wrong myself enough times.
i'll believe that when i see it, lady.
this is the first of her incarnations that shows any sign of recognising other people are real. usually the Master tends to think of everyone not him as cardboard backdrop.
proud and brittle and angry isn't exactly new, but there's never been anything underneath it but a black hole of ego.
she got quite pissy when i invoked Bechdel's law, but i think I had to.
this is the first of her incarnations that shows any sign of recognising other people are real. usually the Master tends to think of everyone not him as cardboard backdrop.
proud and brittle and angry isn't exactly new, but there's never been anything underneath it but a black hole of ego.
she got quite pissy when i invoked Bechdel's law, but i think I had to.
That won't work if the Doctor shows up as a woman.
But no, I know what you mean. It can't be about him. Maybe later, once you've spent more time together.
But no, I know what you mean. It can't be about him. Maybe later, once you've spent more time together.
to be honest, it was a purely panic reaction at first. it was an instinctive guarding of my vulnerable places.
he really isn't that, not any more, but old habits die hard. and besides, he is that for her. so i'll chalk that one up to me having good instincts because you're dead right. we'll never be friends if he's the axis we revolve around.
and I am damn well being her friend whether she likes it or not.
he really isn't that, not any more, but old habits die hard. and besides, he is that for her. so i'll chalk that one up to me having good instincts because you're dead right. we'll never be friends if he's the axis we revolve around.
and I am damn well being her friend whether she likes it or not.
Sometimes the stars align and the things we don't want to talk about are the same things we shouldn't.
And I'm pretty sure she will, even despite herself. You're you.
And I'm pretty sure she will, even despite herself. You're you.
right? i'm just second-guessing myself because i'm not used to that kind of luck.
and you're damn right she will. and then I'll bring her to visit. you'll like her.
oh hey did I tell you Dillon's back? And Obi-Wan Kenobi just signed up too. Except a young version.
[I wish you were here is a thing Iris has arranged with herself not to say to Barbara, and she holds firm.]
and you're damn right she will. and then I'll bring her to visit. you'll like her.
oh hey did I tell you Dillon's back? And Obi-Wan Kenobi just signed up too. Except a young version.
[I wish you were here is a thing Iris has arranged with herself not to say to Barbara, and she holds firm.]
I apologise in advance for giving her a mask.
[No she doesn't.]
Oh, good, the Barge can always use someone like Dillon. ...He's from the prequels?
[No she doesn't.]
Oh, good, the Barge can always use someone like Dillon. ...He's from the prequels?
You've reached Barbara Gordon. I'm too busy to talk, but if you leave a message I'll get back to you eventually.
[shiva has other shit going on. she isn't even sure she wants barbara to see her under these circumstances, and barbaras who weren't hers have been here before. but when the name comes up in the network directory, she takes pause. after a long, long moment, she finally sends a text, a code she hasn't had reason to use in months and months. a careful measure--if it's the barbara she knows, it will mean something to her.]
12 9 12 19 9 19
12 9 12 19 9 19
[Barbara has started studying the network, but hasn't interacted, because she doesn't use any tech she hasn't hacked yet. The last thing she expected was a message.
For a moment, she just stares at it. It would be easy to feel exhilarated, downright giddy with relief, with hope, but that's dangerous. There are people here with all sorts of powers. The government knows her identity.
This could could so easily be a trick, could put her - or Cassandra, if she's really here - in danger.
Finally, she settles on something relatively safe.]
You left Detroit?
For a moment, she just stares at it. It would be easy to feel exhilarated, downright giddy with relief, with hope, but that's dangerous. There are people here with all sorts of powers. The government knows her identity.
This could could so easily be a trick, could put her - or Cassandra, if she's really here - in danger.
Finally, she settles on something relatively safe.]
You left Detroit?
[No one can see her, so it's okay that hearing Cass's voice brings tears to her eyes.]
Yeah. Yeah, I did. [She keeps her voice steady. It's habit, more than anything else.] So you could find who you were looking for.
[And she hadn't seen or head a damned thing since, just like Ted - ]
God, Cass, what happened? [Dammit.] No. No, not like this, where are you?
Yeah. Yeah, I did. [She keeps her voice steady. It's habit, more than anything else.] So you could find who you were looking for.
[And she hadn't seen or head a damned thing since, just like Ted - ]
God, Cass, what happened? [Dammit.] No. No, not like this, where are you?
[after a moment's hesitation, she sends a GPS pin, just outside of de chima.
shiva has work to do. but right now that almost doesn't matter to her. and even if she's been thinking quite a bit since her ascension about her connection with the woman who shares her namesake...
barbara is family. and right now that's something shiva doesn't have much of. so as busy as she is, in this moment? this still takes precedence.]
The manor. Um, I can--call you a car? Or come to you?
shiva has work to do. but right now that almost doesn't matter to her. and even if she's been thinking quite a bit since her ascension about her connection with the woman who shares her namesake...
barbara is family. and right now that's something shiva doesn't have much of. so as busy as she is, in this moment? this still takes precedence.]
The manor. Um, I can--call you a car? Or come to you?
[De Chima.
Barbara feels a wave of grudging gratitude for the Porter.
Again, she has to make a decision. This could still be a trap, and either way she's offering her position. (Her home, maybe, eventually.)
But it's Cass. Cass is worth the risk.]
A car would be good. [She's not alone here, after all. She sends Cass her own location at Residence 005.]
Barbara feels a wave of grudging gratitude for the Porter.
Again, she has to make a decision. This could still be a trap, and either way she's offering her position. (Her home, maybe, eventually.)
But it's Cass. Cass is worth the risk.]
A car would be good. [She's not alone here, after all. She sends Cass her own location at Residence 005.]
[Her brow furrows.] If he was from our world - he'd already be dangerous, but not a wild card. Do you have any - what did he look like?
Mayor. [Definitely not their Penguin.] We've had plenty of bad ones, but goddamn.
Do you think he'd try a power grab? Do you know if he tried anything like that before?
Do you think he'd try a power grab? Do you know if he tried anything like that before?
[she frowns, thinking.]
Don't think so. His Nygma was here, kind of... enabled him. They were-- [look she's gay but she still doesn't really want to think about that relationship. cass waves a hand.] Different now. Don't think he... remembers before. But still. He's... trying something. Old tricks. Had Jason check it.
Don't think so. His Nygma was here, kind of... enabled him. They were-- [look she's gay but she still doesn't really want to think about that relationship. cass waves a hand.] Different now. Don't think he... remembers before. But still. He's... trying something. Old tricks. Had Jason check it.
Barbara, I-- [fuck. fuck. yeah, she knows she doesn't sound great, but she's been crying, so whatever. downside: it's probably not hard to tell she's been crying. she's off video for a reason, not that it particularly helps. she managed to mostly keep it together while she was talking to the other Cassandra, but--]
Laura's gone. I'm... I don't... [she draws in a shaky breath, letting out a humorless laugh that borders on a sob.]
Come over? Please.
Laura's gone. I'm... I don't... [she draws in a shaky breath, letting out a humorless laugh that borders on a sob.]
Come over? Please.
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