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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[deadthenred]

I don't got a phone on me. [Bucky knew cellphones existed, but it was another thing for him to buy one.]

[ichoosefight]

[ She points across the street to a pay phone. ]

Maybe it's time to invest. I'd offer to give you a ride but I don't fly. [ So, you know, she'd just be walking him home and that would be weird. ]

[deadthenred]

Oh, I don't actually— I don't have a car. This is New York.

I just didn't know if you would. We don't have people stalking about in costumes, where I'm from. Not like this.

[ichoosefight]

No? Well then, welcome to the City. [ She kicks her legs out over the edge of the roof and glances towards some of the nearby shadows. ]

Most Bats aren't as talkative as I am, though. So consider this a special occasion.

[deadthenred]

I know. I met Batwoman.

[ichoosefight]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say "met" is probably a strong word, there.

[deadthenred]

[He shrugs.] We fought Nazi vampires.

[Bucky broke his leg it was embarrassing.]

[ichoosefight]

Somehow that seems worse than just regular old vampires.

[deadthenred]

I never get to fight any other kind.

[ichoosefight]

You fight Nazi vampires a lot?

[deadthenred]

Nah, not a lot, I— [he has to stop a second, like he's counting this up in his head] I fight Nazi vampires on occasion.

[ichoosefight]

I didn't realize vampires had such pressing political agendas. [ But then the only vampires she's fought were all holographic representations of a manically depressed Dracula. ]

[deadthenred]

They were Nazis before they were vampires. Hitler's real sweet on the stuff you're s'posed to find in the Poverty Row pictures.

[ichoosefight]

I've heard that. [ She thinks. Probably. Whatever 'Poverty Row Pictures' are, she can guess the connection to vampires. ]

They still around, or is this one of those time travel things?

[deadthenred]

There's a guy here who kept bringing 'em back. Wore a swastika and the whole bit.

[And though he's generally a cheery-seeming guy, some part of him seems drained when he talks about this.]

He's dead now. He hasn't come back.

[ichoosefight]

Well that's lucky anyway.

[ She can tell it's bothering him, mostly because she's talked to him in civilian clothes before. But that's also the reason she hasn't gotten any closer to him. ]

You ever need a hand, I've never fought Nazi's before but I've staked a few vampires in my time. [ 24, subtracting the ones Kara got. ]

[deadthenred]

Well. I kinda hope they don't come back, if that's alright with you.

[ichoosefight]

Just in case.

[ Hey maybe she should take a minute to pretend she's never actually met him. ]

I'm Batgirl. You got a name?

[deadthenred]

It's Bucky.

But maybe I should change it to Bat-Bucky to fit in better.

[ichoosefight]

It'd probably piss off one of the birds. [ She pauses for dramatic affect... ]

So I vote you do it.

[deadthenred]

The Robins, right? How come there're sixteen of them?

[He pauses a second.]

If I'm allowed to ask.

[ichoosefight]

Time shenanigans. [ Which doesn't really answer anything, if you think about it. ]

Nobody stays Robin forever.

[deadthenred]

They don't get killed, do they?

[ichoosefight]

Uh. [ Yes. ] No. Not always.

Mostly they move on to bigger and better things.

[deadthenred]

[He has to think about that, for a second.]

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