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[brat]

WHO: Bats, birds, and friends.
WHEN: Late April into May
WHERE: Wayne Tower
WHAT: A Bat-Mingle.
NOTES\WARNINGS:

In the Northern section of Nova City, Wayne Tower stands tall above the multiple empty buildings that make up the cityscape. The top two floors consist of the Wayne Penthouse in gothic architecture while the lower floor and main entrance are largely abandoned and home to a number of fruit bats. A basement serves as a work in progress Batcave, complete with hidden elevator to the penthouse.

And within the Tower itself? Who knows how many bats and birds may be found wandering about. After all, it has WAYNE written in big bold letters right across the front of it. That means it's free real estate, right?

Comments

[knightowl]

[ He doesn't go anywhere without Ace these days. It's easy to fall back into their routine now that he's here and Bruce is feeling a little less alone in Etraya. Sure there were other Bats, but Bruce had very deliberately pushed them as far away as he could manage. Somehow, it didn't feel right. Getting close to them while his relationships back home sat burned to ash. Ace helps him think about that less.

But it also means he's out and about a little more often than usual. Without Terry, he's left to walk the dog himself and he doesn't trust this place to let him roam freely without him. So he's out today, though if he's being honest it's because he wants to check on the other Bats, even if it's not something he'd admit out loud.

Things were difficult for them on the last mission. He just wanted to make sure they'd returned to Etraya in as singular a piece as possible. It takes him a minute to step foot in the Tower; he'd told the younger Bruce he didn't belong there. And that feeling is only exacerbated when the doors close behind him. Ace stays close by, though he's not nearly as tense as his master.

Bruce only gives himself a minute before he begins the trek further inside. He'd come across someone eventually and when he does he's got one question: ]

Where are the others?

[her_own_rules]

[ Barbara is sans Haley for the moment, returning from running an errand in the lower levels and having been headed toward the kitchen, when she spots Bruce. Hears the direct question. (There's still a moment she's half-pretending it isn't so strange to see him like this. So much older.) But she only takes a drink from the coffee cup lingering in one hand. ]

Which ones?

[knightowl]

Bruce.

[ Bruce isn't who Grandpa Bruce had ventured to the Tower to see. If he ever needed to communicate, he would have just used the younger's inbox. It just felt easier to admit than who he'd really come to see. ]

And Damian.

[her_own_rules]

[ Well, isn't that right there a familiar sentiment? ]

I haven't caught Bruce yet, but Damian was in the kitchen, last I saw.

[knightowl]

[ Good enough. He could speak to Bruce later. ]

That's all I needed.

[ No thank yous to be found here. Sorry, Babs. ]