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[batmanschmatman]

I think I'm going to be hopping on the bandwagon of "let's never talk about that breach again."

[And there's about a second where he thinks about saying something to new arrivals, but that's kind of not his thing and he's kinda cranky because of the whole dream plot thing. So that's all, Barge.]

[Private Separately to Tim, Dean and Buffy]

We should talk.

[Private to Leslie Knope]

So, the breach kind of got in the way, but if you're up for that self defense brush up, I'm available whenever's good for you.

[Private to Superboy]

Have you talked to Wonder Girl yet?

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Private

[batmanschmatman]

You don't need to worry about that.

How much do you know?

Private

[psychic_hotline]

About you?

Not much. I saw a couple of the movies, a few years ago, and I'm not about to assume anything about how accurate they were. I didn't make the connection until Tim mentioned Gotham.

[Somewhat understating the case here, buut not by much.]

Private

[batmanschmatman]

[Sigh, Tim. This is why we don't mention Gotham.]

They're not accurate. At all. It's like someone took the names and then just ran with some crazy interpretation they thought an audience would want to see.

Private

[psychic_hotline]

Don't worry about it. I don't believe anybody's press back home, I'm not planning to start here.

Private

[batmanschmatman]

I appreciate it.

Private

[psychic_hotline]

Has it been a problem?

[How many nerds even end up here :|a]

Private

[batmanschmatman]

Often enough that I've learned to really hate comic books.

People are generally okay about it, but there has been the occasional person who's really abused the information.

Private

[psychic_hotline]

Anyone like that on board at the moment?

Private

[batmanschmatman]

No. Once people find out there's a pretty good chance they're fictional, they generally back off. The ones who have caused the biggest problems left a while ago.

Private

[psychic_hotline]

Pleased to hear it.

Good tip on Arthas, by the way.

Private

[batmanschmatman]

What happened?

Private

[psychic_hotline]

Nothing serious. He's not taking this dream stuff all that well either, and I think he thinks it's my fault. Hell, I hope he thinks it's my fault.

Private

[batmanschmatman]

You hope?

Private

[psychic_hotline]

I can defend myself. And I doubt that's true of everyone who's even theoretically capable of something like this.

Private

[batmanschmatman]

What did he tell you, exactly?

Private

[psychic_hotline]

That he didn't believe me when I said it didn't have anything to do with me. [A beat.] Us.

Private

[batmanschmatman]

What's it called? And where did it come from? If that's okay to ask.

Private

[psychic_hotline]

...Yeah. It's okay. [Lol just kind of reveals how shockingly little she knows :c]

It's called the Witchblade. I mean - that's what people call it, nowadays, generally. The Vatican calls it the Digitabulum. If it's got a name of its own it hasn't told me.

If you're asking where it's from originally, I...don't know that either. An archaeologist friend of mine dated it to at least 2000 BC, in Egyptian temple writings, but she didn't think it originated there.

Private

[batmanschmatman]

And it's passed down from person to person over the centuries?

Re: Private

[psychic_hotline]

Woman to woman. It's...very specific about that.

And it wasn't really passed down to me. I was just in the right place at the wrong time.

Private

[batmanschmatman]

One of those "gift and a curse" type deals, huh?

Private

[psychic_hotline]

You could say that. The only thing worse than me bearing it is the idea of anyone who actually wanted the damn thing getting it.

Private

[batmanschmatman]

That seems to be how this sort of thing usually works.