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[batmanschmatman]

I guess everything that needs to be said about that breach has kind of been said already, but honestly, I kind of prefer those to ones where only half the Barge is confused about where they are and what the hell is going on. It's been my experience it's a little less awful if you get in a fight with someone you're pals with back here when you're both not yourself.

[And he does actually have first hand experience on how bad that sucks when one person's affected and the other's not, thanks Mirrorverse. :|]

Anyway, this something that came up a couple days ago that I figured was worth saying to a wider audience: I know this place is hard on people in general? But for non-vampires, it would probably be a good idea for people to make sure they're heading into the CES for some sunlight every once and a while. I'm not saying it's going to be a magical cure all for depression or anything, but it does actually help.

Of course, as soon as I say this, the CES is only going to be cold and rainy for the next three weeks, but I figured it was worth putting out there anyway.

[Private to Rorschach]

I think we should talk about that breach.

[Private to Parker]

You made a pretty awesome pirate captain.

[Private to Cass]

So, settling in okay?

[Private to Shego]

What are your thoughts on paintball? [He may or may not have a slightly ulterior motive to this, but he does actually want to hang out. :V]

[Private to Steph and Tim]

This could easily just be me being paranoid- [Or having learned his lesson from you two about the horrible douchebag he is in the future. :|] But is there anything in particular I should know about in terms of when Cass is from?

[Steph you had better spill because Tim is kind of sucky about the whole honesty-when-it-comes-to-this-stuff-slash-when-it-comes-to-anything thing. :V]

[And an extra Private for Tim]

Have you heard of a movie called Kick-Ass?

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[gotgreenmagic]

...Never played. Why?

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[batmanschmatman]

Because assuming the CES isn't cold and wet when I head up there, I kind of wanted to play with someone and you seem like someone who would appreciate it.

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[gotgreenmagic]

'Hey Shego, I was interested in some recreational simulated violence and thought of you'?

...

Yeah, okay. When?

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[batmanschmatman]

[This is why you're awesome, Shego. :c] Whenever. It's not like I've got a full schedule today. Or, you know, ever, on this boat.

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[wemaketheworld]

Nothing to talk about. Was led to believe occurrences during changes have no bearing on ordinary operations.

[Translation: yes, he's back to repressing. Not that this is any different than usual.]

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[batmanschmatman]

Yeah, I'm not going to yell at you for what happened or anything, and neither is anyone else, but events like this do tend to sometimes have life lessons attached to them that are kind of important to discuss.

[We need to work on that, bro. :c]

[Private]

[wemaketheworld]

Was willing to see use in last flood. Proved...educational in some ways. Alternate versions with longer-reaching consequences.

[...Which he ultimately didn't approve of, so clearly it backfired.]

No lesson from this.

[Other than that he should start avoiding Claire and piracy is still bad, but he's not talking about the first, he already knew the second, and everything else about it is off the table, thanks.]

[Private]

[batmanschmatman]

[SORRY BRO, Dick is not letting this go. :v]

I think there might be. Just humor me.

How different would you say you are from your counterpart? Morally, I mean.

[Private]

[peektuttut]

She's from a little before me. Gave Steph the Batgirl uniform, and she's been working in Hong Kong for a while.

[...] Never heard of it. Why?

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[batmanschmatman]

Claire and Rorschach watched it together apparently, and she offered to let me borrow it or watch it with me sometime because it would be "right up my alley", since it's about a kid who doesn't have super powers who decides to be a vigilante.

I know part of this is probably my fault, and between that and the comic books, but it's still weird to have people I barely know just casually tossing around that sort of stuff in conversation.

[Private]

[peektuttut]

[Tim really hates that she and people like her know. :\]

Are you going to watch it? [It sounds bad. :|]

[Private] lol grammar fail my bad :c

[batmanschmatman]

[Dick does too even if he kind of feels like it's very his fault. :V]

I don't know, I feel like I've seen the real thing a little too often to get excited about it. [Remember Tad? Yeah, let's never go there again.]

batcryptions!

[bodyreads]

I found the gym.

[That should be...very telling.]

batcryptions!

[batmanschmatman]

So, I'll take that as a yes?

batcryptions!

[bodyreads]

Yes. Steph gave me a tour.

[And she's been learning things on her own.]

No one seems too bad from what I've seen. [But looks can always be deceiving.]

batcryptions!

[batmanschmatman]

Yeah, most inmates I would say are more misguided than anything else. It's been a really long time since we've had someone who's Joker-level crazy around. Even some of the people I used to really seriously wonder about have been making some progress.

[hourglass_twin]

I'm fairly certain I'm no longer trusted to go to the CES.

[batmanschmatman]

That's kind of what happens after you poison people.

[hourglass_twin]

Person. And a particularly unpleasant one at that.

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[ichoosefight]

Pretty much what Tim said. I don't know how up-to-date she is, but she took Bruce's 'disappearance' pretty hard.

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[batmanschmatman]

What do you mean?

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[ichoosefight]

She just sort of ran off, with no real explanation. I mean, she doesn't talk much anyway, but all she told me was to not look for her.

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[yourunichase]

I really did. If my other life doesn't pan out, maybe I can be reincarnated there.

[Yes, she knows that's not how it works, but that's not the point.]

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[batmanschmatman]

I could think of worse alternate lives to slip into for the foreseeable future.

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[yourunichase]

Definitely. And you were cute, boy wonder.