[ so, later sunday evening after the execution, papika is gonna be poking her head into her hotel room. she doesn't go in right away as she seems to be checking... for... ]
[ she notices that he faltered there for a second, but she is nice enough not to point it out. then again, it also made her smile even more, so that is practically the same thing as verbally calling him out on it. ]
If he's your teammate then he has to be okay! You're very capable.
One of the few. [It's grumbled. It took him a long time, but he realizes, deep down, they're all capable in their own ways. Even if Jason is still a giant idiot in his timeline.]
I'll tell Todd later. If he knows anything important, I'll tell you after.
[Maybe.]
also important but they are gonna have a big ass bean bag chair bc she put it in the suggestion box
[ she knows damian well enough to at least know that he isn't big on the whole trusting thing, so she wouldn't be too surprised if decided not to share the info. she does not look too bothered by it though. ]
[ she almost immediately hurries over to the door to let the most important character in whole ass into the room. ]
Um. I'm a member of a group called FlipFlap. We're not... superheroes or anything, we were just trying to collect fragments of something to get a wish.
[True to the exclaim, it's Pennyworth. The cat trots in and leans heavily into Papika's legs after a meow of greeting, and then he stretches his front long over her foot, spreading his paws.] A wish?
[More importantly: the fuck is a name like FlipFlap?? Says the boy named after a bird with a father named Batman.] Like a djinn? It's dangerous.
[ she kneels down to scratch pennyworth behind the ears.
also like. is it really a surprise that someone like papika would work for something called flipflap. ]
Not exactly like that. It's, ah, complicated to explain? But something bad happened to a friend of mine and I'm trying to get her back, and collecting all the pieces is the only way to do it.
[ she picks pennyworth up to take him over to damian. ]
No. Mimi was... special, and there were people who wanted to use that until she couldn't stand it anymore. She ended up doing something that wasn't really good, even if it wasn't her fault. When she was trying to get away I managed to stop her, but that just made her... vanish... so we're trying to get her back now.
[ the explanation is vague, but it's less to do with not trusting damian to have the full story and more that papika just isn't really sure how to explain it in detail. ]
[It really doesn't make a lot of sense, but Damian will take Papika's word on it despite being curious.] I see. [Rather than take Pennyworth, he just reaches out to stroke the cat along the head and around to one side of the chin.]
If anything happens to me, I want you to take very good care of Pennyworth. He's a good cat. [From his pocket, he takes out a slim tin container of sardines.] I put a request in the suggestion box for these. There's nine of them left, including this one. They're for Pennyworth.
Four are at the homestead, and five are here.
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[ she opens her mouth to argue, to say something along the lines of that nothing is going to happen to him. but she shuts it. even she's aware that's a lie in their circumstances. ]
I'll ask for more. [ then, more softly, ] I hope that won't happen though.
Then... you two definitely can't die! That wouldn't be fair, it's-- [ none of this is fair. but for someone to come back to life just to die in such a meaningless game like this is horrible. ]
[ it still seems unfair though. she won't ask how it happened; their job sounds like a dangerous one, so it's easy to assume that it probably happened while they were doing their superhero thing. ]
[The words startle Damian, though not visibly necessarily. He frowns, but thinks about them in relation to his father. Yes, as selfish as it had been, Bruce loved him a lot.] He cares about a lot of people.
[The last time he tried to shake a girl's hand, he was doing it to see if she had defensive wounds, and then she ended up getting kill as justice anyway...
But after a long moment, he reaches up to take her hand. To shake.]
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If he's your teammate then he has to be okay! You're very capable.
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I'll tell Todd later. If he knows anything important, I'll tell you after.
[Maybe.]
also important but they are gonna have a big ass bean bag chair bc she put it in the suggestion box
[ she knows damian well enough to at least know that he isn't big on the whole trusting thing, so she wouldn't be too surprised if decided not to share the info. she does not look too bothered by it though. ]
LMAO oh my god!!!
At the door, something begins scratching. Then, slowly, a little white paw eases curiously under the space at the bottom to dig at the air.]
they are gonna have the COOLEST room now
[ she almost immediately hurries over to the door to let the most important character in whole ass into the room. ]
Um. I'm a member of a group called FlipFlap. We're not... superheroes or anything, we were just trying to collect fragments of something to get a wish.
[ since. damian told her about himself. ]
i'm ready
[More importantly: the fuck is a name like FlipFlap?? Says the boy named after a bird with a father named Batman.] Like a djinn? It's dangerous.
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also like. is it really a surprise that someone like papika would work for something called flipflap. ]
Not exactly like that. It's, ah, complicated to explain? But something bad happened to a friend of mine and I'm trying to get her back, and collecting all the pieces is the only way to do it.
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She died?
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No. Mimi was... special, and there were people who wanted to use that until she couldn't stand it anymore. She ended up doing something that wasn't really good, even if it wasn't her fault. When she was trying to get away I managed to stop her, but that just made her... vanish... so we're trying to get her back now.
[ the explanation is vague, but it's less to do with not trusting damian to have the full story and more that papika just isn't really sure how to explain it in detail. ]
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If anything happens to me, I want you to take very good care of Pennyworth. He's a good cat. [From his pocket, he takes out a slim tin container of sardines.] I put a request in the suggestion box for these. There's nine of them left, including this one. They're for Pennyworth.
Four are at the homestead, and five are here.
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I'll ask for more. [ then, more softly, ] I hope that won't happen though.
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[ she gapes slightly. papika hadn't really thought that some of the people here might have already died once, but. ]
You died before?!
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Todd, too. [Now he can't make fun of Jason for dying. Well... he can and will, but listen.] Todd is older in my timeline. Just as stupid, though.
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I'm sorry.
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Bruce used to think so, back when Jason was the age Jason is right here, right now. It's too close to playing God.
But then his son died, and that's somehow very different than parents and orphans.] Neither of us are dead.
Todd may be during his current timeline. He's the right age, and he makes terrible jokes regarding it. He comes back to life.
My father resurrected me.
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[ it still seems unfair though. she won't ask how it happened; their job sounds like a dangerous one, so it's easy to assume that it probably happened while they were doing their superhero thing. ]
You shouldn't have to go through that again.
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We'll be fine. We won't die.
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[ she peers down at pennyworth in her arms. ]
And I'd be a good mama to him, but I think he'll prefer you in the end.
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As long as you treated him respectfully, you would be fine. He's very forgiving.
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If anything happens to me you can take my board. Um, I know it's not very useful here, but it can be when you go back home.
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But he feels a little bad (amazing) for dissing her attempt to compromise. So:] Deal.
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also she holds her hand out. to shake. ]
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But after a long moment, he reaches up to take her hand. To shake.]
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also if papika dies after this then damian is 100% cursed and it's his fault ]
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