TLV 4 - Video

[bodilesswarrior]

[Here is Barbara, looking distinctly irritated. There are dark circles under her eyes, and her hair is a mess. It's clear she's been paying far more attention to work than herself, and that she's in absolutely no mood.]

You know, it'd be nice if he got specific for once. "A problem". What kind of problem? What glitch, exactly, makes people able to communicate with us across time and space? Why can't we do this on a regular basis?

[Her voice is just dripping with disdain, now.] Should I even assume he knows?

[She takes a moment, reigns in the jagged aggravation.]

Any of you looking for answers - I'm sorry, but I can't give you any. I don't know why you can communicate with us. I don't know how it works. I don't know if you'll even remember this later.

We're a cross-dimensional rehabilitation facility. Our Admiral is staggeringly incompetent.

((Completely open to Fourth Wall shenanigans! Don't mind her she's had a rough week.))

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O HAI

[batsitter]

Miss Barbara?

HEY THAR

[bodilesswarrior]

[Well, she's now completely startled out of her temper, well done.]

Alfred?

[She hadn't wanted to hope. It was cruel, to wave the possibility - infinitesimal, it had to be - of home in her face, of lost family and friends.]

[batsitter]

Indeed, miss.

[He squints at the screen. She looks younger.]

[audio]

[cowled]

Barbara.

[dost thou recognizeth the batgrowl, Babs? Because it's there, in full force.]

[video]

[bodilesswarrior]

[She knows.

She could tell herself it's because of the whip-quick analysis her mind is constantly doing - first and foremost, the Bruce here wouldn't bother with the voice.

But maybe she just knows.]

Batman.

[There's more emotion than she'd like, in her voice. She misses him and it shows.]

[audio || batcrypted awwh yiss]

[cowled]

[A slight quirk of the lips. Barbara hasn't always been his favourite person, but he respects her and the work she's done for Gotham.]

Where are you?

[righthandofdoom]

Sounds like you need a mutiny.

[ This is coming from a dude who is currently spending several years drunk at the bottom of the sea in Davy Jone's locker. ]

[ And is still not dead. ]

[ It's a long story, okay. But that's one big weird red dude, with a bottle of rum in hand, staring into a magic mirror talking to the hot red head on other end (he's got a thing for red heads, okay). ]

[bodilesswarrior]

[Her eyes widen, but just for a moment. Hey, one of her best friends is green.

Her smirk is just this side of vicious.]

Don't tempt me.

[righthandofdoom]

But that's what you do. If your captain can't steer, you take it away or you get in the lifeboats. [ He bailed out on Manning's BPRD, after all. ]

[crossestheline]

[Jason's been listening in on the various broadcasts he's picked up on, gathering information and piecing it together.]

Hey, gorgeous. Jump any sharks lately? Sounds like it could come in handy wherever you are.

[bodilesswarrior]

[Her heart just about drops out of her chest.

It takes her a moment to speak, and when she does it's hoarse with emotion and she doesn't even care.]

Jay? Jason?

[crossestheline]

[The emotional in her catches him off guard, although he doesn't show it. He still plays it cool and casual but he is watching her very closely.]

That's me. You know, the guy who took a trip to the grave and then decided that whole dead thing wasn't for him.

[stillshinigami]

The only answer I want is whether it's a glitch on your end or ours so I know if I've gotta fix it or not.

Still, this is vaguely familiar.

[bodilesswarrior]

Far as I can tell, it's ours, but it might be screwing with your systems somehow. It'd be best to check.

...Familiar how?

[stillshinigami]

I will. Worse thing that can happen is a computer error in a space shuttle half way between Earth and Mars.

Familiar like I've already talked to a buncha guys on some interdimensional prison before.

But I've been somewhere else before myself, I just can't remember the bulk of it.

[bumblebeeb]

Hey, gorgeous. [Here, Babs, have a Ted looking seriously intrigued.]

[bodilesswarrior]

[Rage forgotten, Barbara is beaming.]

Hey yourself.

[bumblebeeb]

What's all this about cross-dimensional facilities?

[totallyhisniece]

Man Barbara, when was the last time you slept? You look like hell.

[bodilesswarrior]

[Eyebrow arch.] I'm sure it's happened some time in the past few days. Have we met?

[darknessb4me]

I usually assume the Admiral is intoxicated and go from there.

[bodilesswarrior]

[snort] What do gods drink, do you think?

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[liveralone]

[A calm, unidentifiable male voice:]

Maybe we just wanna talk...

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[bodilesswarrior]

[Her eyebrows arch; she's wryly amused, slightly intrigued.] So talk.

[doctor_j_crane]

This glitch has happened before. No doubt he's just amusing himself further by toying with us.