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[ The video clicks in and Dinah is sitting comfortably inside some building, munching a hotdog. ]

Someone please tell me there are cheeseburgers in this watery hellhole. Mr. Pinkerman, I think I at least found a temporal alternative.

[ You just give her a moment to finish devouring the hot dog. Once she’s done, she’s ready to get down to business. ]

Oooookay, so I got the You’ve Been Chosen! Tour, saw the sights, got myself soaked wet and found the dirtiest, smelliest and cheapest hot dog stall that has ever been put in a corner. Exsilium, huh?

[ She shrugs, her tone casual, but those who know her might notice the tension in her shoulders and the sharpness in her eyes. ]

Sure beats Apokolips any given day in my list of worlds to suddenly get zapped into. I mean, if you can work out the plumbing issue… [ She points at the rain that can be seen in the window behind her. ] It would be great, really.

Anyway, I’m not much into whining. Name’s Dinah, Dinah Lance, and if you’ve seen a trigger happy…uh, blonde, do let me know. Babs, Helena, Zinda, if you’re hearing this, I’m starving, so be the friends you’re supposed to be and get me something to eat.

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Actually, considering how often he comes home with a broken nose, you might be onto something there.

[wait they're getting distracted.]

You can decide for yourself when you get over here.

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Told you.

[ No Steph this is totally in topic. ]

On my way!

[ And a few minutes later she's knocking on the door. God bless her motorcycle. ]

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[The sequence of events goes like this:

Steph practically bounces around the apartment with excitement, pulls open the door at the knock, and kind of just throws herself at Dinah for a hug.]

Hey.

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[ Wow she wasn't expecting the surprise hug. There's a moment of shock (mostly because you don't want to startle someone with the fighting ability of Dinah) but she quickly gets over it and hugs back. Tightly. This girl was dead back home, after all. ]

Hey yourself. You look...actually I can't really get a look at you yet.

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[She trusts Dinah not to accidentally punch her.

So she's just going to hug her tightly for a moment before pulling back just enough that Dinah can see her, though her hands stay on her arms.]

I guess I've got some explaining to do, huh?

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[ Dinah is pretty damn good at not punching the wrong people.

She gives her an once over. It's all there apparently. ]

I think you've done this before with the others so yeah, lets hear it.

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You guys are all from the past, from my perspective.

[A little reluctantly, she takes a step back, running a hand through her hair as she tries to work out how do this.]

Dr. Thompkins lied to Batman, about whether they could save me. I was revived after he left and taken to a hospital in Africa. It took me a year to be ready to come back.

[There's more than that, but she wants to give Dinah a chance to process that bit, first.]

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[ Dinah's just going to stare for a while...and then let a big sigh of relief out. It could be worse, she was actually never dead.

Dinah has seen some shit, after all. ]

Okay, alright. That's good to hear, awesome. Do I find out in the future? I mean, you said you came back and all...

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[Steph relaxes with that sigh, glad that Dinah believes her, since the thing with Helena was such a mess.]

Yeah, I mean-- I guess Babs tells you? [and back to a little awkward, chewing on her bottom lip.] We don't really see much of each other.

[Not since Dinah stopped training her, really, which. Steph isn't mad or anything, it's just the way things are.]

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[ Well Dinah has seem some shit, so she's not really new to this sort of situation. ]

Oh. I see. [ She's always in the middle of something, which is a shame, because she liked training Steph. ]

Well, you've got me here, so I say we see where are you, ass-kicking wise.

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[That gets a proper grin; it's a little strained around the edges, but she's making an effort.]

I'm at the top of my game, ass-kicking wise.

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Well, not right now...or ever, if you don't want to.

[ Oh God she's doing that thing when she's pushy isn't it? ]

But I'm around, and always in need of people to throw punches at.

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[Dinah pls.

She makes a bit of a face, because of course she wants to, she's just-- It's been a rough few months, having to confront her "death" so many times.]

You're on, just don't think it'll be as easy as it used to be.

[She's improved a lot, since she last trained with Dinah.]

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[ She grins right back at that face. ]

I'm so looking forward to that.

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I'm gonna remember you said that, when you're complaining later about bruises.

[Steph pls as if you're gonna land that many hits]

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That's the spirit, always believe you can achieve the impossible.

[ Don't make her go easy on you, Steph. ]

So you mentioned a bed?

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This is why no one likes you.

[She even sticks her tongue out, to prove how much she's matured.

The problem is that everyone likes Dinah. Even Batman likes Dinah.]

Oh, right! [She takes a step back and nods towards the empty room, before heading over.] Technically there's only supposed to be three to an apartment, but El and I share a room, so you can have the spare.

[She opens the door to said spare room, which is fairly neatly kept, although there are some assorted clothes laid out on the bed, as well as Steph's sewing machine. She moved it in after Leonard left, and has mostly been using this bedroom as a sewing room.

But she can move it back into her room.]

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[ She made out with Batman. Your Argument is invalid. ]

Cozy.

[ It's just a word, but it carries a lot of gratitude because it's always raining outside and it doesn't matter how tough she is, she wants a warm bed.

Now all she needs to wrap her head around is the idea of living with a couple of teen girls. ]

This will do nicely, yeah.

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[Sometimes "cozy" can be a bad thing, but she can hear the gratitude in Dinah's tone, so Steph knows what she means.]

I should probably run it by Jim, but I doubt he'll mind. [And if he does, well. Considering how much Steph does around the apartment, he isn't allowed to complain.] And Ellie won't mind, but if she tries to give you a hard time about me, just tell her you're technically not a Bat. She's just got the whole over-protective girlfriend thing going on, and I may have given her certain impressions about the other Bats.

[Since Steph totally saw some of Ellie's conversation with Babs.]

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We'll deal with Jim when the time comes.

[ Don't sound so entertained, Dinah. ]

Well, I'm a Bird, not a Bat. I'll make sure to point that out. And I'm so not entering a discussion about the Bat-family without a restful sleep and ungodly amounts of coffee first.

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Don't hit on him too much, it just encourages him.

[Steph really can't talk when it comes to that sort of thing, though at least she's stopped hitting on Kirk.]

I'll try to explain the difference before you meet her. [Not that she doesn't think Dinah couldn't handle Ellie, but the girl can be intense.] You're welcome to borrow some of my clothes until you've had a chance to go shopping.

[Speaking of, she's just going to start carefully folding up the half-finished sewing projects that are on the bed. Most of them are normal civvies, but there's two black bodysuits and one leather jacket.]

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Aye aye, captain.

[ He's probably too young for her anyway. Too young meaning not older than her, because this is Dinah.

And so no commenting on the clothes and the stuff or anything. Dinah knows when not to pry. ]

Thanks. I'm going to be getting myself acquainted with this place pretty fast, so I probably won't need much. Which is exactly the way I like it.

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He's one of those, actually.

[SPACE CAPTAIN.

Becase look okay as much as she will antagonize the fuck out of Jim, she still thinks it's pretty damn cool that he's captain of a spaceship.]

I figured you'll adapt pretty fast, Babs and Helena did. [Steph... sort of did, but mostly by kind of holding herself apart from everyone.] But if you need any clothes tailored or anything, I'm your girl.

[In case the sewing machine and projects didn't give that away.]