We've got the superhero costumes

[ichoosefight]

WHO: the blonde Batgirl and you guys!
WHERE: In the City, somewhere
WHEN: Not during the trauma tentacles. Doesn't really matter, specify a date if you need it!
WARNINGS: Violence
SUMMARY: Rampant vigilantism
FORMAT: Choose one, I started with both

There was nothing quite like a night on the town. The bright lights on the streets so far below, the wind through her hair as she swung between buildings, the sounds of late-night-early-morning traffic , and the ocassional girly screams of would-be muggers having their arms twisted by a chick in a black and purple cape.

Yes, this was the life. One of them, anyway.

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[ichoosefight]

[ Have something specific in mind? Insert your scenario here! ]

two nights pre-voidplot!

[gevurah]

[ Nathan was gone again, which was another sore spot for Kate. He was one of the few she had no qualms about patrolling or hitching a ride with. But flying solo was something she had been trained for. It didn't take any effort to fall back into the pattern. It came almost natural for her when she was patrolling.

Repairs and detours aside, the nights were just the way they had always been in the City. Criminals weren't deterred for long and returned to breaking into stores, or selling drugs and weapons at the docks where they thought nobody would catch them. Places they felt safe and in control.

Kate liked to burst their bubble.

A quick run-in with some thugs at a jewelry store and a beatdown later, Batwoman exited as quietly as she had entered. Police were en route thanks to a tip off from the locals, so she had to move. ]

[ichoosefight]

[ Batgirl had been drawn to the scene by the sound of sirens. When she reached the scene, though, it was already too late. Well, that was nothing new. There were an awful lot of people on the job here. She'd have gone someplace less populated by heroes if she had anywhere else to go.

She watched the scene from the rooftops, keeping an eye on things to make sure the cops didn't need a hand with the clean up. ]

[gevurah]

[ In a City full of vigilantes, criminals, and everything in between, there was always the odd feeling of being watched by someone (if not something).

She made her way up to the rooftops anyway, as she preferred to stay out of the sight of civilians and stopped about halfway. That was definitely another Bat.

Not one she recalled meeting. ]

You all need to start coming with name tags. [ Was it a joke? ]

[ichoosefight]

[ Of course it was another Bat, sneaking around like that. How could she have ever thought otherwise. But the voice isn't really familiar to Steph, so she turns to see who it is.

Well what do you know. The one Bat she hasn't met not because of timeline shenanigans. ]

What, the bat on my chest and my sunny personality aren't enough? [ Although when Gage was new in town he couldn't figure out which Bat she was supposed to be. Weirdly enough. ]

Maybe I should write "girl" in the middle in big black letters. Think that would do it?

[gevurah]

[ Kate had been aware there were at least two women running around as Batgirl, but that seemed like forever ago. Another time and place. She had never met them, so running into this one had her suspicious about whether or not she was using "girl" or "woman".

She had only briefly heard on the streets or in the news back in Gotham about a blond Batgirl. Maybe this was the one. ]

I'm not particularly close with the family. [ Which was true.

And with all the alternate universes... keeping up was a bit of a task here. ]

[ichoosefight]

I've noticed. [ She laces her hands behind her back and smiles. She's heard stories about Batwoman, but she doesn't know who she is and they've never met. Being friendly and making nice aren't exactly on your typical Bat-Agenda, but Steph never really wanted to be a typical Bat anyway. ]

I wouldn't take it personally, they're not great when it comes to new people. Or, you know, anyone Batman didn't hand pick. [ Meaning the two of them, pretty much. ]

[gevurah]

[ For the first time in days, Kate smiled a little herself. ]

Haven't had a problem really. [ A thoughtful pause. ] Robin is the only one, anyway.

[ichoosefight]

Sure, there's Robin. And then there's Robin. And then there's Robin. And then there's the twerp, who's also Robin. It must be the hair. [ He's apparently really into black hair, who knows. ]

[gevurah]

The "twerp". [ Well, that felt odd to say in uniform. ] He's harmless.

[ When he's not running around with katanas and his emotions unchecked. ]

[ichoosefight]

I don't know, have you seen his knives? [ And has he ever threatened to stab you, because he totally means it. You can see it in his mean little eyes. ]

[gevurah]

He's mostly bark and no bite. Well, some bite, I have to give it to him. [ He did unmask her successfully. Kid was good, as much as she disapproved of it. ]

[ichoosefight]

Admittedly I have yet to be actually stabbed. [ But she can see him thinking about it. See him. ]

It doesn't really make him any more likeable.

[righteoushog]

[ It's somewhere around 2 AM that a figure comes weaving out of the Porter building, brushing off flakes of stone as he goes. This is... awkward. Man, how much of the night has he missed here? He's so disorientated that he almost forgets to exit carefully, and jerks back in through the door a second after stepping out, to do a hasty scan of the street outside.

Looks clear. Whew. So there he goes, dashing toward the nearest dark alley on all fours. ]

[ichoosefight]

[ It's just a coincidence that Batgirl is nearby. She let her mind wander, followed the sirens, and ended up back in the center of town. Oh well.

She wouldn't have thought anything of someone coming out of the Porter building if it weren't for the abnormally large shadow moving quickly into a dark alley. Suspicious behavior for abnormally large shadows.

She follows, curious, sticking to the shadows herself. ]

[righteoushog]

[ He vanishes into the shadows pretty quick here, and just a few seconds later comes the puncture-and-crumble of brick that sounds very unlike anything identifiable — unless one happens to know what a gargoyle scaling a brick wall sounds like, of course. ]

[ichoosefight]

[ She's not lucky enough to have heard that sound before, but she can still follow the sound. She can barely make out the shape in the darkness, and it's vaguely familiar. Like Manbat, or... or Brooklyn. But she hasn't seen Brooklyn at all lately, even patrolling around the city proper. She was beginning to suspect he was just gone. ]

Who's there?

[ Even if it is Brooklyn, she doesn't want to give herself away. She sticks to the shadows herself, keeping out of sight. ]

[righteoushog]

[ Whoops, he wasn't being as sneaky as he thought. He freezes for a second, darts a glance around, and— there, a corner to hide behind. So with one last scrabbling against cracking concrete, Brooklyn darts through a slat of streetlamp light and disappears past an edge, falling still there.

Nothing to see here, whoever that was! Just an overgrown alley cat, using... a building as a scratching post? Most humans get no answer and eventually go on their merry way, though, so he plans to wait it out. ]

[ichoosefight]

[ She never loses sight of him, although his attempt to hide convinces her that he isn't dangerous. At least not at the moment. She grins, mostly because she knows he can't see her. ]

I'm waiting.

[righteoushog]

[ Oh, come on. He hates when he gets a persistant one. He rolls his eyes, but... well, he's probably better off gaining enough altitude to just leap into the air and vanish. Then whoever this is can wait all they want.

So in a second that crumbling noise comes again as he makes for the roof, a little more quickly than before. Almost there... ]

[ichoosefight]

[ Perhaps he can hear her snicker moments before pulling out her grapnel gun and aiming it at the roof. She bets she can beat him this time. ]

[righteoushog]

[ Well, he definitely hears something weird, and pauses just long enough to listen to grant a pretty good head start to anyone trying to beat him to the roof. When he doesn't hear it again he keeps moving. He's looking back over his shoulder as he pulls himself up onto the ledge around the roof, searching for any glimpse of whoever it was he'd just evaded down there, and a little puzzled not to be seeing anyone. ]

[ichoosefight]

[ She waits for him at the top, poised to wave, a smug grin on her face. ]

[righteoushog]

[ Welp, nothing down there... so he turns forward again, and— ]

Aw, jeez!

[ A wall of purple and blonde is pretty much the last thing he'd been expecting! He jerks back, loses his grip, and starts to fall. Not usually much of a big deal when you have wings and are seriously durable, but... for some reason his wings aren't snapping out quite right. And that hand he can see out of the corner of his eye looks a lot... more pale than the usual dark, dusty red. ]

[ichoosefight]

Oh, crap.

[ She was pretty sure that was Brooklyn for a second there, but when she races over the edge all she sees is some guy. There's no time to waste wondering, though. She drops the wire and jumps off the edge at the same time, swinging in an arc to catch him around the middle and come to a sweeping landing a few feet away. ]

Jesus, I didn't mean to scare you that much!