01 ⨁ VOICE

[shotup]

I just gotta say, a moon zombie encounter was exactly what I wanted for my birthday. You guys sure know how to make a person feel right at home.

But seriously, what the hell was up with that and can we nix that from the schedule in the future? If there are other zany, undead surprises lurking around here, it'd be great if you could give a head's up ahead of time.

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voice, private.

[shotup]

Yeah, we should. We've got a lot to talk about.

[Also there's this weird person claiming to be Jason Todd and it's totally messed up!!!!!!!]

Can I meet you someplace?

voice, private.

[crossbearing]

Sure. I can meet you outside the Transporter room. Twenty minutes?

voice, private.

[shotup]

Sounds great. I'll see you then.

[And he will be waiting, with bells on.]

perma-action?

[crossbearing]

( A sound of agreement, and the feed cuts: Helena needs to do a couple of things before she makes her way to their meeting point. It raises uncomfortable prickles in her skin, almost, knowing that Dinah is gone and remembering how Dinah went off when she found out that Helena slept with Roy. It's an unhappy memory and she brushes it aside.

And for the record, bells aren't stealthy, Harper.
She's there before the twenty minute timing she suggested, but approached with with a stiff gesture that could possibly be a wave. Maybe. )

Hey.

( So. About all the stuff. At least she knows he'll recognize her without the mask and uniform. )

perma-action!!

[shotup]

Hey. [His voice echoes hers, though he seems slightly more relaxed. He doesn't know how Dinah will take it, because it hasn't really occurred to him that she'd find out. He's more thinking about how appalled Dick was about it. Friggin' hypocrite.

Whatever, he's just super stoked to see someone familiar. Familiar and the proper age.]

Hel. It's good to see you.

awww yisss

[crossbearing]

( Dick is the biggest hypocrite. Why is her life full of this? )

Likewise.

( Is this is a hug moment?

No, she's Helena, this is so not a hug moment, though there's a moment of hesitation as she wonders if she should shake his hand or something. She settles, instead, for leaning against the wall, watching him thoughtfully. )

I never imagined I'd be spending time on the moon with you.

(yea)

[shotup]

I can't say I ever imagined this either. [He crosses his arms, all casual like.] But here we are. Funny thing, isn't it.

[Roy lets out a sharp laugh. It's forced, almost sounds like barking.]

How long have you been here?

[crossbearing]

( She almost makes a sarcastic comment about it being romantic before the rest of her shrieking in horror reminds her that'd be a bad idea. )

Whatever comedians thought this up should get sacked.

( The sharpness in her smile is an echo of his forced laughter. )

I got here-- five cycles back, I guess. June. Barbara came after that, then Dinah. Then Dinah left.

( Not to mention the clusterfuck of people already here. )

[shotup]

[Roy perks up at the mention of Dinah, expression faltering briefly when Helena says she's gone. It's too bad. He'd have loved to see her.]

Anyone else from home I should know about?

[crossbearing]

( A beat, because she remembers how this had been a shock to all of them. Had Roy even known Spoiler? Had he known Stephanie Brown as Robin? Would her death have been anything more than something sad in the community for him, or is he from before she even died? )

That depends what your recent memories are. I came here and thought I was looking at someone mocking an ally's memory. Turned out sometimes people don't really die.

( Go figure. ) Do you know Spoiler?

[shotup]

Not personally. [He shakes his head.] I mean, I just met her today.

[Does he know her as Robin though? No. Then again, he's not a Bat. He doesn't keep up with everything that clan does.]

Why? Who's she mocking?