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It's been over a year and a half since I've been home for more than a few hours. I can pretty safely say this isn't the welcome back party I expected. [There's some humor there, but he mostly just sounds... tired. Maybe a little in shock. There's a short pause, and there's some quiet, largely unintelligible conversation with someone that sounds like Tim for those with good ears before Dick continues, and his voice is harder, more focused.

This might not be their Gotham, but they sure as hell aren't going to let it burn to the ground, and Dick is stepping up into leader mode. Which means bossy, lecture-y Bat, so sorry about that guys. :c]

I understand that for some of you, this is like stepping onto a set of a movie, but these are not characters from a cheesy kid's cartoon. They're violent, psychopathic murderers. If you see the Joker, or anyone dressed up in clown make up, run as fast as you can in the opposite direction. Do not try to engage him or any other costumed criminal unless you have no other choice. This isn't me trying to lecture you on laws of reality or common sense, it's advice to keep you safe.

Anyone who's able and willing should support the GCPD in any way they can. I understand first priority is keeping your inmates and yourself safe throughout port, but I'd be appreciative to anyone who's able to help stop this from getting worse. [And here he's warden filtering directions to the GCPD headquarters and Gotham General, with a note about how he's not sure either will be operational, but they're enough of a jumping off point to orient people and he'll provide further information once he gets updates.]

Stick together, and watch each other's backs. If anyone starts getting reports of or runs into anyone who's fallen overboard, keep people informed. Keep track of your inmates.

[Filtered Separately to Steph, Cassie and Superboy]

Tim and I are headed to see how bad the damage is. [Meaning, they're finding the Manor and the Cave and seeing if there's anything they can salvage/any proof that people they care about are still alive. :|] Try to organize anyone who's willing to help to start getting things under control, and make sure someone's helping out anyone who doesn't have combat experience who decided to leave the ship. We'll be able to help in a couple hours at most.

And I know this isn't a major concern on the Barge, but try not to be too open about our identities, especially on public filters. We don't know who could be compromised, and who they could pass the information along to in this world that could endanger our counterparts when things go back to normal. [Assuming they're still alive, anyway. :|]

If we find any information about [what happened to everyone else and if they're alive or not] you'll be the first to know.

[Filtered to Steph and Cassie]

Keep an eye on him. I trust you both to be able to figure out where to start working.

[Filtered Separately to Kirk, Shego, Buffy, Dean, Sara and Steve, forward dated to after he's got some more gear]

I need to meet with you in person at your earliest convenience. Assuming you came into port.

[Private to Rorschach]

We need to talk.

[Spam for Tim]

[Messages sent out, Dick put away his communicator and surveyed the street briefly again. It felt like he was right back in the middle of the gang war, or Bludhaven, except this time, they were alone. There was basically no back up, not really. A couple Bats and Titans members did not a Justice League make, and there was no Bruce to be the detached leader, either, probably no Babs to run tech support, no anyone. Just them. And the people on the Barge, who - as much as he liked and respected some of his coworkers - weren't exactly a well organized strike force against crime in Gotham.

Which meant he was already shutting down. It was instinct, in times of true crisis, to shut down and act more like Bruce, and he was falling back on it now without even realizing he was doing it. His expression, voice and posture were suddenly altered, and while it wasn't as obvious as it could be - and would probably only be getting worse - Tim would probably pick up on the difference.

Dick just privately hoped he wouldn't call him out on it.]

Let's go. We should run by the clock tower, see if there's anything there. [Not that he was getting his hopes up, based on what they'd been able to put together so far.]

[ooc: Dick is slipping pretty heavily into Batman mode, so he probably won't reply to trollish responses, and Tim will probably be chiming in as well. Dick will be out and about in port in the Batsuit pretty much the whole time, and I'll be putting up a log for that later in port for anyone who wants to run into him, and will obviously be tagging around with him! Batman tags will probably be coming from

isthenight because omnomnom icons.

FEEL FREE TO ASSUME THIS IS A WHILE AFTER THE ADMIRAL'S ANNOUNCEMENT. I just got impatient and wanted to post. :V]

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[A shrug.] Fine. City's a lot bigger than Sunnydale but I'm good at adjusting. Less demons, more criminals with guns. Less magic, more hostages. Easy.

You let me know if you need me for anything, okay? I'm a fully-functional Slayer this time. I'm going to keep patrolling for now. Try to keep potential badness from escalating on the ground level.

I appreciate it, seriously. Right now I'm just trying to keep things under control. [And find Bruce. But. :c]

Have you heard from Azula?

[Just a nod and a look of understanding in response.]

[She sighs.] No, but I know she's here. Gonna go ahead and find her before she decides to burn everything down.

...This is going to be a really busy night. [Said in a way that indicates that she's bummed out by that, but by her expression.. She might be a little excited. A little. Tiny bit.]

[That coaxes a small smile out of him. He wishes he could enjoy being able to cut loose like this more.] Probably gonna be a really busy couple days.

It's a big change from the whole lotta nothing I did when I was all deathtoll-y. [Which is a good thing. Not that she isn't taking this very seriously, she's just.. She likes helping. Doing things that she's good at.

She gives him a light smile, steps forward and places a hand on his shoulder, looking right into his masked eyes.]

You take care of yourself, okay? Don't overdo it. You have people here to help you.

[Dick gets it, and he's glad other people do. They might not have a Justice League to call in for back up, and he'd be lying if he said they were anywhere near organized enough to really fix this problem for however long they'd be stuck here, but it was better than nothing, and he was grateful.

He has every plan to overdo it, but he still appreciates the gesture and the sentiment behind it. He puts a gloved hand over hers for a moment and nods.] Thanks. Seriously.

[Buffy nods, sincere and sure.] It's what I'm here for.

Now, go on and do Batman-y things.

[He smiles a little, taking out a grapple gun from his belt.]

Stay safe, and keep in touch. You know how to reach me if you need me.

Yep. Got you and Tim on speed dial.

[A little wave.] Good luck.

Thanks. [He aims, shoots, and lets the grappling hook pull him quickly up onto the roof of the building. There's a swish of his cape, and then it's like he wasn't there at all.]

[That was really cool to watch, Dick. She watches till you're gone, then goes about her way.]

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