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Feb 01, 2011 16:47

[Terry won't ever admit it, but he actually kind of misses the old man and the mutt, not to mention Dana and his family. Having Maxine around helps, but only so long as she isn't throwing herself into danger or being reckless. And frankly, despite the bleakness and constant criminal activity and violence, Gotham seems a lot more attractive while ( Read more... )

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[commentlog] pinkefficiency February 2 2011, 03:03:00 UTC

[Like Terry, Max misses Gotham. It's a violent city with a bad crime problem, but it's home, and she needs to get back as soon as possible. Even with her eventual training with Zuko, Max's top priority will always be getting back to Gotham. Terry might be here now, but he's still missing in the time she's from, and she needs to find him.

Besides that, this place isn't all that great, anyway. Maxine was killed, bitten, the most advanced technology here is a surly robot, and her roots are starting to grow back. That, and she hasn't been able to get much sleep thanks to bad dreams involving the thing in that fog.

So, she's just been spending her time either trying to figure out how to get back, planning things with Zuko, or going outside to try and clear her head - which is exactly what she's doing right now.

The forest is nice, and so long as she's far enough from the fog, Max can allow herself to feel comfortable in here. She glances up, and...hm.

Hi, Terry.]

You think that tree has room for one more?

[commentlog] gimmethesuit February 2 2011, 04:11:36 UTC

I think I can make space.

[Swinging down to a lower branch, he reaches down and offers her a hand.]

[commentlog] pinkefficiency February 2 2011, 04:24:24 UTC

[Max grins and grabs Terry's outstretched hand, content to take a seat on a branch once safely pulled up. She glances over at Terry.]

So, how've you been adjusting?

[commentlog] gimmethesuit February 2 2011, 04:28:08 UTC

[It's tougher without the suit, but Terry's been working out since starting out under Bruce's tutelage and he pulls Max up to the next branch with only a slight grunt of effort. Settling back against the trunk, he shrugs.]

Okay, I guess.

Never thought I'd actually miss Gotham this much.

[commentlog] pinkefficiency February 2 2011, 04:36:46 UTC

You and I both. [Seriously.] There's got to be some other way we can get back there.

[Because yeah, waiting for wave after wave of monsters until the people who brought them here decide to send them back? Max would rather be the one in control of when she's allowed to go home.]

[commentlog] gimmethesuit February 2 2011, 05:11:40 UTC

There is.

[Terry says it with absolute certainty. It's there, they just haven't found it yet.]

If we don't find it, he will.

[commentlog] pinkefficiency February 2 2011, 05:23:04 UTC

I'd hope so.

They've done a good job so far, but there's no way they could have everything taken care of. It's just a matter of finding a loophole that we can exploit.

[Even the best of the best make mistakes, after all.]

[commentlog] gimmethesuit February 2 2011, 05:26:13 UTC

They'll slip up eventually.

[And in the meantime, Terry will keep investigating.]

How's your leg?

[There's none of the passive aggressiveness of before. Terry's just acting with the concern of a good friend.]

[commentlog] pinkefficiency February 2 2011, 05:31:51 UTC

It's better. It can put weight on it no problem, and the stitches can probably come out in a day or two.

...Thanks, again.

[commentlog] gimmethesuit February 2 2011, 05:33:59 UTC

Anytime.

Now I get why the old man made me learn so much first aid for the field.

[commentlog] gsdfgdhf did not get notif orz pinkefficiency February 2 2011, 06:02:32 UTC

No kidding.

[...]

I wonder what he's even doing, right now. [Probably still looking for Terry. Even if she suddenly vanished, there's no way that the Bruce she and Terry know would stop looking until he was found.]

[commentlog] <3 gimmethesuit February 2 2011, 06:04:31 UTC

Prob'ly polishing up one of his old suits.

[Terry knows Bruce, and he wasn't the kind of guy to let something like a heart problem stop him from donning the cape and cowl.]

[commentlog] pinkefficiency February 2 2011, 06:05:55 UTC

Yeah, probably.

...I hope everybody else is okay. [Because a Gotham without a Batman is a very, very bad place to be.]

[commentlog] gimmethesuit February 2 2011, 06:07:09 UTC

Hey. They'll be fine.

[Naturally Terry doesn't know that, but he has to keep Max's spirits up somehow.]

[commentlog] pinkefficiency February 2 2011, 06:22:52 UTC

[That's awfully sweet of you, Terry.]

I've been thinking, though. If they've pulled people from different times, how would that even work?

I mean, think about it - they brought the first Batman here, from when he was really young. Logically, if something like that happened and time kept on going, the future would be completely different. There probably wouldn't be a new Batman, there might not even be a you and me. Something that big happening so early would have drastically altered things, and who knows to what degree?

Except you and I are still here, so something like that wouldn't make any sense. So, maybe time stopped right when we were all taken. Or, there's also a chance that we were brought here, and that created some sort of alternate reality. Like maybe there's a world where Batman is gone, and another where he's still there and doing what he needs to do. That's the only possibility that makes sense to me, but even then, it all seems too weird.

How in the world could they even make this work?

[A brief pause.]

And don't ( ... )

[commentlog] gimmethesuit February 2 2011, 06:27:00 UTC

Uhhh ...

[You lost him a while back.]

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