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[cassassin]

"Uh, hi. This is Cassandra, sorry I... missed you. Leave a message?"



"... Make it good."

[specify cass or batgirl]

Comments

[chiroptophobic]

Still no word from Robin. Have you spoken to any of the other members of his team?

[cassassin]

Wally, a week ago.

[chiroptophobic]

Any longer and we'll have to engage precautionary measures to make sure that his identity remains secret. We can't be sure that his parallel disappearance wouldn't be marked as more than a coincidence.

[cassassin]

Right. [even if she doesn't like it.]

What would you need? From me.

[chiroptophobic]

You can move like him. I'd need you to be Robin, for one weekend--to be seen only from a distance.

[cassassin]

[Easy.]

Okay. [She makes a vaguely affirmative sound.] You'll have to... take time from Scarecrow. More time on the streets. I'm already-- [--Keeping up appearances for the both of them. On these streets, you are me. Batman--her Batman--had said it to her early on, just after the No Man's Land ended. The simplicity of it had stayed with her.

The two of them were effectively the same, as far as the populace needed to be concerned at this point. Superstitious and cowardly lot, all that.]

They need to see the Bat. [Covering up Robin's disappearance was one thing, but Robin's visibility wasn't a long-term priority.]

[chiroptophobic]

They need to see the Bat, I agree. And they need the League.

[ But he had an idea on that front, something that would cause more talk than a simple appearance. With the death of his contact in the mob, and the fall of Archangel, leads in Maurtia Falls had dried up, but with a little more hard graft-- ]

We're almost airborne. I have a few more kinks to iron out in the computer systems, but after that...

I won't just be seen. Batwing will make a lasting impression. I know it isn't what you have in mind, but these are all pieces of the greater puzzle, and moreover they will put us above government border checks.

[cassassin]

... Right. [He's right, of course. The unconscious comparisons to her Batman were causing problems, she needs to stop that.]

Good. Sooner we don't rely on them... the better. [She doesn't even like being registered. It was the best way to go untroubled while they tried to set up shop, but...]

[chiroptophobic]

I agree. Registration is dangerous, and the threat of it being revoked - and it is a threat - will continue to hang over us until we're independent of it.

Soon. Not this weekend, but soon.

[cassassin]

Okay. [She takes a deep breath, relaxing. She still trusts Batman, even if it doesn't come as naturally for this one.]

Call if something happens?