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]

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.]

Like a… like graduating?

[ichoosefight]

Exactly like graduating. [ Let's focus on the positive here. ]

Like, I was Robin once, for a bit. And now I'm Batgirl.

[deadthenred]

So all the Robins are amateurs. Good to know.

[ichoosefight]

[ She laughs. ]

Go on, tell that to the short one. I haven't seen him stab any civilians yet.

[deadthenred]

Don't think that I wouldn't. I laugh in the face of danger.

[And he shakes his head.] But I'm not a civilian. [He means that he's in the military.]

[ichoosefight]

Well, I've only actually ever seen him stab criminals. And he's usually pretty good about not hitting anything vital. When he's in a good mood.

[deadthenred]

I'm pretty good at not getting stabbed. [No he isn't.] So I bet it'd work out.

[ichoosefight]

You're a braver soul than I am.

[deadthenred]

And I'm not the one wearing a costume waiting for thugs and worse to stroll by.

[ichoosefight]

I think that says more about Robin than it does about me.

[ That kid and his knives, you don't even know. ]

[deadthenred]

There's nothing wrong with knives. They're quiet!

[ichoosefight]

There's nothin wrong with knives. Doesn't mean I want to be stabbed.

[deadthenred]

Okay, fair point. Being stabbed's not much fun. Don't get yourself stabbed, Batgirl.

[ichoosefight]

I'll do my best. Just do me a favor and don't tell the stabby Robin I said they're all still learning.

[deadthenred]

I won't tell him that it came from you.