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[batmanschmatman]

[Warden Filter]

I just brought Poison Ivy down to Level Zero after she kidnapped, tortured and murdered Edward Blake, who's recovering in the infirmary. Steve knows what happened. [And you won't be getting any details on it, because it was pretty horrific and Dick really wants to just go sit in the shower for like, an hour.]

As long as T'Pol's in a coma, I'll be taking responsibility for Ivy from here on out, so if anyone has any questions about what happened or has an issue with her, I'd appreciate you directing them to me. She'll be down in Zero for the full week.

Again, I just want to stress with people that even with her abilities weakened, she's still extremely dangerous, and her pheromones still pack a punch. Use caution when approaching her, and don't let her have access to any toxic plants.

[Private to the Admiral]

I need a plant light, please.

[Private to Sara, about two hours later]

I don't know about you, but I could really use a break from being here right now, and I'm bringing a bottle of wine and a picnic blanket up to the CES, if you want to join me.

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[psychic_hotline]

[Oh good a distraction.]

I'll be ten minutes.

...call it fifteen.

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[batmanschmatman]

I'll see you up there.

[It's maybe a little embarrassing how relieved he sounds when he says it, but he doesn't really care. He'll be up there in like, three minutes anyway, waiting outside the CES.]

Spam

[psychic_hotline]

[It takes her ten minutes after all, but she used the time to make a minor effort to look halfway decent and not like she's spent the last two days trying not to freak the fuck out about her abrupt and intimate reacquaintance with her adolescence. Which she has.

She's checked on Loki and he's taking the whole thing freakishly well. Jackass. But that and everything else can go to one side as she makes her way to the entrance and summons up a smile for Dick.]

Hey.

Spam

[batmanschmatman]

[Dick immediately smiles back when he sees her and - possibly left over from the breach, but maybe not entirely - tried to not pay all that much attention to the way it felt like he was blushing or maybe looked a little too much like a teenager with a crush. He'd sought her out for a reason, and it didn't have to do with the breach.]

Hey. How are you doing? [He turned to unlock the door and held it open for her.]

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[psychic_hotline]

I don't think I'll ever be old enough to feel like I'm a safe distance from my teens, let's put it that way. [Very dry, but also a mute admission that the needlessly aggressive psychopath-in-recovery was a not inaccurate depiction of herself at that age.] Is it worth me asking if you're okay?

[She steps through the doors, and the CES has done them a favour - rolling meadows, dotted trees, pretty much the sort of atmosphere you'd want to bring a picnic blanket to.]

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[batmanschmatman]

[Dick laughed softly, not really sure if he should make a joke about it or not, because apparently his breach self had found that all endearing. He starts walking away from the door, wanting to get a little further in so it would be less likely they'd be interrupted by someone else.

Which brings him to her question, and he sort of considered how to answer it for a moment.]

I'm not, but I will be. [Which was more honest than he'd be with a lot of people, because he knew Sara knew it was bullshit, to say you were fine after something like this had happened.]

[Private]

[love_slave]

She... what? [She knows its for her, at least in part. She doesn't know how to feel about this, either. Someone was that angry, but-.]

Is she allowed visitors?

[Private]

[batmanschmatman]

Yeah.

Are you doing okay?

[Private]

[love_slave]

I was fine. I'm always fine after this happens.

[But she wasn't expecting- well, Kai always killed the people that harmed her. And it occurs to her while she would have liked the life Ivy led during the breach, Ivy might not have.]

How is Steve? [Because she's more worried about him than Eddie]

[Private]

[batmanschmatman]

[Dick isn't really sure he believes that, but he knows it might be some cultural difference or something, and he's already too upset by the whole thing to want to spend a lot of time thinking about situations like this happening before or again.]

He's okay. She didn't hit him with anything too bad.

[Private]

[love_slave]

[She doesn't know how bad it was, but it's always horrible and awful.] I'm sorry you had to see it. [Because he seems like a sensitive guy. She'll have to go and check on Ivy soon.]

[Private]

[batmanschmatman]

[There's a pause as Dick shrugs, almost forgetting for a moment that she won't be able to see it anyway.]

It's not the worst crime scene I've ever seen. [It had bothered him, yes, they always did, but. He'd been exposed to a lot of violent stuff in the sixteen years since his parents were murdered, and if he couldn't hold it together in the face of something like this, he couldn't do his job.]

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[buildindreemz]

[She's been a little concerned about Dick lately. He seems to take on a lot of responsibility for one guy.

But, she'll try to keep it light.]

Do you even sleep anymore? It seems like whenever there's any kind of trouble, you're the one fixing it.

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[batmanschmatman]

I can sleep when I'm dead. [There's a little humor in there.]

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[buildindreemz]

But you might live longer if you got some sleep before then.

[She huffs out a little laugh, because otherwise she might just start to lecture him about biting off more than he can chew, the value of teamwork, etc. And he probably doesn't need to hear that.]

Well, if you're not going to sleep, but you need some quiet time, it's usually pretty peaceful around the art room. Just saying. [So: Come talk to her Dick, you're her bud.]

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[batmanschmatman]

[Good call, Ariadne. Calling him out on Batman tendencies right now would probably just get him defensive and flighty.]

What, people aren't trying to drown each other in buckets of paint down there? I'm shocked.

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[buildindreemz]

[Sob Dick stop being Batman.]

I try to keep a zen-like environment. There aren't too many places like that around here.

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[batmanschmatman]

[No. >C It is comfortable and perfectly healthy to be Batman. >C]

Tell me about it. I doubt there's been a public place where someone hasn't been attacked or hurt.

Private

[bargemods]

So terribly polite, Mr. Grayson. Granted.

[At least it can run off a battery?]

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[batmanschmatman]

Thanks.

[Private]

[peektuttut]

Need anything?

[Private]

[batmanschmatman]

How do you feel about watching a movie tonight?

[Private]

[peektuttut]

I've had my fill of movies and never want to watch one again.

[Which means duh of course.]

[Private]

[batmanschmatman]

[Still the best sibling. :c] My place or yours?

[Private]

[peektuttut]

Yours. I could do with a change of scenery.