batmanschmatman | 073 [voice]

[Have some proto-Batvoice, Barge. Dick mad. :| And planning on getting some stuff done. He's going to be doing some investigating and digging around and general controlled freaking out before the bridge assault gets organized if anyone wants to bug him for stuff.]

Alright, if this is his endgame, then we need to stop running around like chickens with our heads cut off and actually get something done. The CES is closed off. People are getting pulled into it without warning. The infirmary's got plans to go mobile in case things get worse, and the faceless people are getting more corporeal, and potentially more hostile. Stay in groups, don't do anything stupid, and stay alive. Whoever's in charge might think it's funny to shut the death toll off.

We need to pool knowledge. Anyone who knows how to access the inner structure of the Barge needs to speak up now before things get any worse. Has anyone seen or heard from Trip and Tosh, or the rest of the engine room crew?

For the people stuck in the CES: we're going to get you out. Don't panic, stay together, and watch each other's backs. Keep in communication with other people who aren't with you and try to find out how many people have gotten sucked in.

We're going to get through this. We just need to stay calm and work together.

[Friends Filter - if you think you're on it, you are.]

Check in.

[Private to Jim, Arthur and Kay]

[You're all also on the filter, he just wants to bother you for think tanking if you're not stuck.]

Where are you?

[Private to David]

What do you know? [Say hi to the Batvoice, kid. :|]

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[David still looks kind of stunned, but he's not about to argue. He's heading out as soon as he gets his legs free.]

[Dick waits until David's gone before heading over to retrieve the gun he pulled on him.]

Thanks. Let's hope he listens.

Can't worry about him now. [ It's ~all up to you~ now, David. ] You got shit to handle? We can't waste any more time.

Two pit stops and I'm good. It'll take five minutes, tops. [He needs one of Jim's phasers and somewhere to change into his suit and he'll be good to go.]

I can fill you in on the way.

I'll time you.

[ Deadpan. Let's roll. ]

[And walking and talking. Very quickly.]

O'Brien knows how to get access to the interior of the ship. I know people have been able to get control of the bridge from there, so I figure he can get us in, we find a way to get to the bridge, fight off whatever's in control right now, and fix whatever damage he's done to the ship's computers.

I can hack anything. That won't be a problem.

Where's our point of entry?

The engine room.

Una's offered to help, too. That makes four of us. [And lala distance traveled, excuse him as he bypasses the lock on his best friend's door.]

[ John will just work on being a sentry, then - he stops and fires a warning shot at a ghoul-like crewmember at the end of the hall, and it backs off. ]

Four's not a huge number.

No, but it's workable. Better than having everyone come with.

[The door opens, and Dick is immediately heading in to grab a phaser, leaving the door open so John can step inside if he wants, figuring he'll either stand guard or shut the door behind him.]

[ He stays at the threshold, because like fuck is he risking them getting locked into a room now. ]

Are Una or O'Brien fit for this?

Una, yeah. O'Brien, I'm not sure, I've never seen him in a situation like this before.

[Phaser retrieved, Dick sneaks in a quick ear scratch for a lonely looking Aristotle before heading for the bathroom to get changed.]

I'll be right back.

Hm.

[ He doesn't voice his thought, that bringing anyone along who's going to slow them down is not a good idea, but he decides to wait and see. ]

[Honestly Dick isn't super thrilled about it either, but if he's their ticket in, they don't have a ton of choice. He quickly changes into his suit, which he'd kept stored in the emergency kit Martha and Snape had made before putting the kit in one of his gauntlets and strapping on the phaser belt. Escrima sticks retrieved and snapped in place on his back, he doesn't bother with the mask and steps back out into the room in what's a form fitting but pretty clearly heavily reenforced body suit made of Kevlar and Nomex material. It would almost be not all that distinctive except for the blue V across his chest and extending in stripes down his arms.

He puts out some food for the dog just in case this goes on for more than a few hours before heading over to John.]

Let's go.

[ While Dick is changing, there's a strangled, inhuman shrieking noise, a gunshot, then silence.

... Anyway. John begins to walk so they can carry on, but not without giving the other man's new attire A look. REALLY? ]

[Dick shuts the door behind him, rearms the lock and just gives him a look right back.]

What?

So I guess that's what uniforms look like in Jersey these days?

[ Off they go. ]

Some uniforms.

[You have to have had an idea after the robot stuff and talking about comic books.]

I figured.

[ He did. OKAY HOW DO YOU GET TO THE ENGINE ROOM, he's just... gonna go there. ]

[And Dick is just going to follow and have some quiet guilt over not being straight with him.]

Sorry. I try to keep it quiet in case anyone from back home shows up unexpectedly.

You don't have anything to apologize for.

[ Sweeping each area they pass through, moving quickly - at one point he shoves a faceless being back into another room and slams the door after it. ]

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