batmanschmatman | 014 [audio]

[Dick is still sorting through all the stuff at his house. He's maybe starting to get a little obsessive about it, and probably would look a little crazy to anyone who wasn't from the Barge, as he's got clues to his fake life sprawled out around him on the floor. Not that you guys can see it, but to any passersby, he looks a little nuts. Or at least like he's getting started on spring cleaning a little early by ripping everything off the shelves.]

Anyone else have some pictures of people from back home around the house? Like, not Barge people? I'm trying to figure out how closely this place parallels our home universes, which obviously isn't all that much, but I'm still curious.

I mean, obviously we're all here, and some of us have pretty developed family units that aren't like our original ones at all, but what about the people we left back home? Do they exist here too, or is this place just populated with strangers and us?

[There's a specific reasoning behind this questioning, but most of you aren't getting any reasons as to why this is suddenly bothering him.]

[Private to Tim]

I found pictures of my parents.

[Private to Steph, added after talking to Roman]

Are you okay?

[ooc: Multiple spam threads are welcome if you're so inclined, Dick's just probably on the couch watching home movies or analyzing all the information he can find in the albums and papers around the house.]

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How old are you usually, if you don't mind me asking?

Twenty six. Plus the year I've spent on the Barge.

Not gonna lie, I still kind of can't think what it must be like to have been on the Barge for a year.

So, everything's okay on your end?

It's... it goes faster than you think.

Aye, it's okay. If we don't count the giant pile of someone else's paperwork, an incident involving a bathroom and a seven year old, and another involving cakes.

... I'm almost scared to ask for elaboration.

...It's not as bad as it sounds. The first is self explanatory, and just doing my job. The second was... Persephone decided flooding a bathroom would be a good idea. The third was, well, some serious attempts to make a cake, and where they went very, very wrong.

So you're busy enjoying the pleasures of parenthood too? Just the one kid or did you get a couple?

I am. Just the one, though, even if the one used to be Persephone, and is now seven.

Have you just got one?

Yeah, Wally, he's twelve.

To be honest, that's kind of been the easiest thing for me to accept about this port, which is all kinds of weird, but... I guess I shouldn't be complaining.

I think going back to being a policeman's the easiest thing for me, but that's just because it's something I've done before.

I'm getting into it, though, and I'm not going to complain. I always wanted kids, so... at least I'm not panicking about it.

I definitely don't mind being back on the force, I'm honestly just not used to things being this quiet. Not that I mind, I guess, since things have been kinda crazy lately, but it's still different.

I'm used to a little quieter, if I'm entirely honest. Back in the real world, anyway.

Compared to the Barge, this is practically sleepwalking.

Yeah, the Barge is more what I'm used to pacing wise, I guess you could say. I guess it's nice to get a break every once and a while.

It is. And I'd hate to see what your city is like if the Barge is your standard of pace.

Then again... Sounds a bit like Ray's city.

Ray's city?

Oh, sorry. A cop that used to be here. He was from Chicago. I didn't envy him one bit.

Chicago's not so bad. A good friend of mine started his career there.

I suppose it isn't, really. Your imagination gets the better of you, half the time. Especially when all you've got to go on is one friend's impression and nothing else.

Well, to be fair, I'm going off of no where's as bad as Gotham, so I might be biased.

I imagine Gotham is... [entirely fictional? Bound to be full of crime?] quite busy, compared to most places.

It keeps its officers on their toes.

I really don't envy you then, either.

Technically, I wasn't a Gotham cop, but Bludhaven's just as bad. It's only about twenty minutes out of Gotham. But I liked my job.

Oh, right. I liked mine too, and I doubt I wouldn't have liked it if I was in Glasgow or somewhere.

What was your department like?

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