A Night in West Egg

[professorlionface]

WHO: EVERYBODY OF ALL AGES
WHERE: The Xavier Institute
WHEN: The night of June 16th, all night!
WARNINGS: Who can really tell anymore? Probable language. Possible violence. Copious dancing.
SUMMARY: PROM PROM PROM PROM PROM PROM PROM
FORMAT: OPEN

The guests into an auditorium transformed. Through the magic of papier mache, the room has been decked out like a speakeasy, the refreshments laid out on a very makeshift bar that will not stock alcohol as long as they can prevent it. The whole room is cast with a cool blue light, and a jazz band's been hired to take the stage for an hour before leaving the rest of the evening to the DJ.

It was time to get this party started.

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[batmantled]

On a night like this? [ he'll offer her a friendly arm. ]

What happened to the boyfriend?

[sweetvalleygirl]

[She takes his arm, oh so eagerly.]

He disappeared somewhere. He barely even agreed to come in the first place.

[All the disappointment.]

[batmantled]

Sounds like his loss. [ But he'll be scanning the crowd a little over her shoulder. ]

I bet he doesn't like the punch.

[sweetvalleygirl]

He wanted me to spike it. He said it'd be better if he was drunk.

[batmantled]

Cause every girl dreams of carting home a wasted deadbeat on prom night. [ oh whoops did he say that out loud? ]

So you're graduating, right Jessica?

[sweetvalleygirl]

I'm not carting anybody. He can cart himself.

I'm graduating next week, Dick! You should come watch!

[batmantled]

If you want me to be there, definitely. [ He might be beaming, just a little. How flattering to be asked! ]

I think I mostly slept through mine. Prom was a lot more exciting.

[sweetvalleygirl]

What did you do at your prom?

[batmantled]

We had too many chaperones to get away with spiking the punch. But I got to dance with the girl of my dreams.

[ ah, memories ]

I guess considering where I grew up being at a party that didn't revolve around Bruce was a nice change.

[sweetvalleygirl]

Bruce? [Oh wait... he means Batman. Heh. She remembers that show...] You mean your Dad.

[batmantled]

Yeah... [ Suddenly awkward. ]

Forgot Jason might not have mentioned him.

[sweetvalleygirl]

He has. But not a lot. [It seems like a touchy subject...] I met Bruce before, you know. Back when he was here in the City.

[batmantled]

[ Now that earns something like a startled double-take. ]

...Wow, he-

He actually introduced you?

[sweetvalleygirl]

[Which in turn earns a trollish laugh.]

Oh no. I introduced myself.

[Don't give Jason any credit. He doesn't deserve it.]

[batmantled]

Bet that went over well. [ oh to be a fly on the wall for that encounter. ]

[sweetvalleygirl]

Yeah. It's weird because in my world, you guys are on TV and stuff.

[batmantled]

Now that's a new one. [ SHE MUST MEAN AS REPS FOR WAYNE ENTERPRISES...

OR SOMETHING... ]

Funny, cause so far I don't think I've met anybody else who'd even heard of Gotham if they didn't come from some version of my world.

[sweetvalleygirl]

That probably because most of us aren't comic reading dorks, Dick.

[batmantled]

[ ...give him a minute. ]

...Okay, wait, back up. You're saying you read about us in- in a comic book?

[sweetvalleygirl]

Not me personally. I'm not a giant dork.

[batmantled]

But you knew who Bruce was.

[sweetvalleygirl]

Well, yeah. Everyone knows Bruce Wayne is Batman. That's like common knowledge for anyone with any sense of pop culture.

[batmantled]

[ He could think fast and dredge up a new lie. Change the subject. Deflect with a nonsequitor. Instead he'll force a small laugh and try a headshake. And neatly dislodge his arm because wow suddenly his palms are sweating. ]

Begs the question of how you explain why Batman's still in the city when Bruce hasn't been here in almost a year.

[sweetvalleygirl]

[She gives him the most somber of looks, staring at him very intently.]

No it doesn't.

[She then gives him an evil grin.]

[batmantled]

[ She knows. Somehow, inexplicably she's telling the truth. Or repeating something Jason said.

Really, he should've been more prepared for this. ]

I've lived in Gotham long enough now to tell you we'd know if it was somebody else wearing the mask.