Barbara Gordon | Batgirl (
ladyofgotham) wrote2012-07-08 01:27 pm
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[The smile she gives the camera is the sort she's practiced a thousand times; friendly and soft and completely unthreatening.]
Hello. My name is Barbara Gordon, and I think there's been some sort of mistake.
[Her voice, too, is a gentle one, though edged with confusion.]
I have no idea why I'm here. I'm nothing but a novelist, an activist – I'm pretty sure my worst crime is a few boring lectures.
[She runs a hand through her hair, lets the fingers tremble just slightly.]
I really would like to go home. The Waynes – my family will be worried.
Hello. My name is Barbara Gordon, and I think there's been some sort of mistake.
[Her voice, too, is a gentle one, though edged with confusion.]
I have no idea why I'm here. I'm nothing but a novelist, an activist – I'm pretty sure my worst crime is a few boring lectures.
[She runs a hand through her hair, lets the fingers tremble just slightly.]
I really would like to go home. The Waynes – my family will be worried.

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Only her family gets to call her Babs.]
Do I know you? [She never forgets a face, and his just isn't registering, even if there's something vaguely familiar about it.]
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It's me, Dick. You do know me, right? [Prompting, with maybe a little bit of hope sneaking in there. Because seriously please know who I am. :C]
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I'm sorry, no. Dick...? [She doubts a surname will help, but information is information.]
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The surprise is clear on her face, she doesn't bother to mask it. Then she's shaking her head, because no, that doesn't make any sense at all.]
No. I haven't seen you since you were a child.
[She has no doubt it's him, though - it's clear, now, why he's familiar. There are no nights she forgets, but some are especially vivid, even across a decade.]
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What happened?
[Meaning, why are you here, why are things different, and it's said in a tone that's sort of skirting around Batvoice because how do cope otherwise. :|]
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I wish I could tell you. We were just sitting down to dinner.
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...I'm sure Bruce got it, he usually does.
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How do you know him?
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His parents took me in when mine were killed. [She says it calmly, quietly; she can speak of it, now, with a level voice and a steady gaze.
It is, in fact, the only way she can speak of it.]
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What? What happened?
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[She shakes her head.] It was too late. He shot them both and he would have killed the rest of us too.
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Oh my god, Babs, I'm so sorry.
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[She's peering at him, now - but when she speaks, her voice is gentle.] How long has it been for you?
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But, that said, he moves along to get this out of the way, his voice businesslike, but still a little gentler, because there's no real easy way to say in my universe, your parents weren't gunned to death in front of you in an alley.] But- the first thing you should know about this place right now is that it pulls people in from different points in the time stream, and from parallel worlds, sometimes, which is why I've known you since we were younger and I guess you've only met me once.
In my world, Bruce's parents were killed.
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It's not something she's used to, being so utterly surprised. It's not parallel worlds, she's always had theories on that concept. But the very idea of - ]
Bruce...
[It's a pained whisper, and the first word she's said here that wasn't completely calculated.
She takes a moment, gathers her thoughts and her breath. When she speaks again her voice is firm and cool.]
Crime Alley?
[She's not disregarding the possibility of this being some sort of trick, but it would be a bizarre one.]
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Her voice remains calm, when she speaks again, but it's quiet.]
Was he alone?
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So where do you come in?
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Bruce took me in after my parents were killed.
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...Bruce as a father. That's...
[That's just odd. But - clearly, this is a very different Bruce. He must be.]
So you grew up in the manor? [It's a bit disconcerting, to think they lived in the same place, and yet...didn't.]
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Interesting place to grow up.
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Her next question is perfectly light; one would easily mistake it for simple conversation.]
You ever explore the caves?
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[Private - Video] gah sorry lost this tag
[Private - Video] it's okay! clearly i lost track too
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