to tie up loose ends to make amends

[skort]

WHO: supertorso & battothefuture
WHERE: Terry's apartment.
WHEN: Sometime around today-ish? Today being Thursday.
WARNINGS: ... Possibility of some violence.
SUMMARY: Kara and Terry were gonna try again after their failed notadate. But then he got exPorted and never called, so she stops by. SHIT HAPPENS.
FORMAT: Quick to start, can do whatever after.

[ It starts like this: Terry and Kara parted ways and agreed to try again for coffee. But there was never a 'Hey, how does tomorrow sound' from his end and Kara was just this side of shy and worried about this whole friendship with a civilian thing that she wasn't sure she could call him about coffee.

But when she'd seen neither hide nor hair of him on the Network for a while, she got a little worried. She wasn't sure picking up the phone and going 'You're not dead, right?' was the kind of thing one did, so she didn't act on it, instead keeping eyes and ears out should he show up anywhere.

On the other hand, though, if she was just patrolling and happened to be in the area, she could stop by and knock on his door, right? Just... checking in. She could say she lost his number, wanted to make sure he and the dog were okay. And wanted to see the dog again. Yeah, that would work.

Which is how she ends up standing in front of his door, wishing terribly her x-ray vision could penetrate lead. One hand raises and knocks gently, so as not to... accidentally break anything. Because that would be bad. And she'd have to buy him a new door. ]

Terry? You home?

[ Wait a little bit, then knock again, a little harder this time. Maybe it was too soft of a knock. Just because she had superhearing... ] Terry?

[ More knocking. She pauses again and then knocks just a little too hard, knocking the door off its... surprisingly sturdy hinges. ]

Oh, crap! Ohcrapohcrap! Terry! If you're home, I'm sorry I broke your door. ... if you're not, I'm sorry for breaking and entering to fix your door...

[ She moves the broken door aside so she can step into the apartment and... freezes. Because that— that stuff can't be what she thinks it is. It just can't be. ]

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[battothefuture]

I'm not entirely sure that any of the family are that happy with me right now.

[skort]

Why? What'd you do?

[ Also, she's just gonna sit mid-air now, because that's more comfortable than just standing around. ]

[battothefuture]

[Kara that's weird.]

... remember how I told you that, back home, the Joker got Tim?

[skort]

... yeah.

[ She's not sure she likes where this is going. ]

[battothefuture]

He- Tortured him, when he had him. Drove him insane. That's bad enough, but at the same time, he planted a microchip in him. It was old Cadmus tech, and... because of it... Drake... he became the Joker. Memories, personality, right down to his DNA. And he-

I couldn't let that happen again. I couldn't risk that it might. So I... knocked him out, so I could sweep him for chips.

[skort]

[ Kara's eyes go very wide for a moment but then her expression settles into something that can only be described like this: B|

She floats a little closer to him and just linefaces at him for a moment.








And then she smack him on the side of the head, very gently. ]

[battothefuture]

[For pretty much the first time during the conversation, his eyes were genuinely hard.]

You weren't there.

[skort]

I know this is a hard concept for you Batpeople to grasp, but there's these things people have, we call them friends and allies. Generally, they're more than willing to help out in situations like this so you don't have to knock out your associates to scan them for microchips.

I mean, hello! You've got a chick right in front of you who can use x-ray and microscopic vision at the same time. I could've scanned him for you without him even knowing.

[battothefuture]

[Terry looks aggrieved.]

I didn't have much time, and didn't want to risk anything. And more than that, the last time I teamed up with someone an S on their chest, they were being controlled by an alien starfish and wanted to kill me.

[skort]

[ Facepalms all over the place. ]

Oh, Rao, I hate those starfish.

[battothefuture]

Uh-huh.

[skort]

They were around during my very, very brief stint with the Titans back home.

[battothefuture]

Well, they were around in my time too. And out to -- you guessed it -- take over the world. Almost managed to take out the JLU.

[skort]

Mind control sucks.

[ Her frown deepens for a moment before she sighs. ]

Hey, Terry? Do me a favor. Whatever you do, don't smile.

[battothefuture]

... do a get a reason for that request?

[skort]

... The usual instinct when someone tells you that is to automatically smile. Like when someone tells you don't think about elephants, the first thing your mind jumps to is elephants.

[battothefuture]

[Now he grins.]

You seemed pretty serious for it to just be that.

[skort]

I just have a strange sense of humor sometimes.

[ She grins back at him. ] Now that's better than the brooding look.

[battothefuture]

I'm Batman; the brooding is part of a proud tradition.

[skort]

And I'm a Super, carrying on the long and proud tradition of bringing some optimism and cheer into Batman's life.

[battothefuture]

Hey, I've got cheer! I've got optimism! Mr. Cheer and Optimism right here, in between the brooding.

[skort]

Between you and Grayson, Batman's going to lose his dark and menacing image. Next thing you know, he'll be punning all over the place and cracking bad jokes.

[ ... oh wait. Dick already does that when he's Batman. 8| ]

[battothefuture]

It's part of my charm.

[skort]

[ She just stares for a minute before she starts laughing. ]

Okay, I don't believe that for a minute. You can have fun, but I sincerely doubt you're brimming with optimism and cheer. Even I don't do that.

[battothefuture]

Don't do what, brim with optimism and cheer or crack jokes on patrol?