Stephanie Brown (Spoiler/Robin IV), Batman (DC Comics)

[busty_robin]

"Aiiiiieeeeeeeee!"

A blonde girl in a brightly-colored costume came tumbling out of nowhere, flapping her arms like mad.

Spoiler’s death-journal, day whatever. I’m currently falling to my doom. Which is weird, because I thought I was already at ‘my doom’. Shouldn’t whole ‘Steph is dead’ thing be doomy enough? The apex of doom, if you will?

Comments

[wh0_kill3d_m3]

Good call on the bartending thing. You should see the ones that let in 16-year-olds. Or not.

Could you tell me more about the posthumous interventions, please? One dead girl to another?

[busty_robin]

"Oh, I have. Usually when breaking up drug rings. It's all Lenord Skynard, and demin cut-offs, and ick..."

Another deadgirl? Why would I get sent to a second afterlife?

"Hm. Kind of hard to describe. I just tend to come back when my friends need me. Not corporeally, just sort of a 'don't go towards the light' kind of deal."

[wh0_kill3d_m3]

Yep, that's the roadhouse back home, all right. Maybe they're like those prefab sheds they sell, and they come complete with the neon Bud signs and watered-down booze and skeezy bartenders?

So were you like in a limbo? I was, 'til I came here. The Hat made me solid again. If you weren't corporeal, how'd you make the interventions work?

[busty_robin]

Steph giggled. "That's gotta be it! How else could they all have the same three stools, and all of 'em broken?"

"I don't think it was limbo. There were a lot of nice people there, lots of things to do. I got to hang around with the Blue Beetle- that was pretty cool. I just popped over to earth when I was needed. As for the interventions, all credit goes to the interventionees. I was just there to offer encouragement."

[wh0_kill3d_m3]

Cool. You had a lot more mobility than I did, sounds like. So let's say I was in Limbo and you were at least in Heaven's front lobby?

And now you're here. You know about here already, right? Or should I explain the whole Hogwarts deal?

[busty_robin]

"That sounds about right. FYI- Heaven's front lobby has amazing after-dinner mints."

"I don't, actually. Not well. Hogwarts sounds familiar, though."

Does mentioning that my old boyfriend had some of the movies create a paradox? I am so not a fan of paradoxes. Paradoxi?

"Magic school, four houses, and whatnot?"

[wh0_kill3d_m3]

Yep. It's not like it used to be, though. People show up here pretty much at random, seems like. Like, say, you, just now, even though you're technically dead?

The deal now is, students and teachers talk to you and vote on which house - there's four new ones for, ah, not ready for prime time applicants? but I don't think you're going there - and then the Sorting Hat makes the call. Bribery's kind of a big deal here now too. If I were you I'd save something sweet in the junk-food category for the Hat, it loves those.

Let's see - spandex in bright colors, aerial feats with no stunt double, gang wars and busting drug dealers, heaven's front lobby - I'm thinking Gryffindor, home of the brave, for you. Sound right?

[busty_robin]

"Honestly, that sounds like the way things work back where I'm from. Dead people don't stay dead that often."

"Oooh, sounds fancy! Sign me up! Can I offer you anything in return? I'll set something aside for the Hat, but there's plenty of junk food to go around."

Vote: Gryffindor

[wh0_kill3d_m3]

Gryffindor it is, then! It's a pleasure to deal with a back-from-the-dead student who's not totally freaking out. That happens a lot in these kinds of cases. Me, I was all ghosty for so long I was happy for any kind'a change.

Eenh, I think I'll take a magazine. What titles, and how recent are we talking?

Re: Vote: Gryffindor

[busty_robin]

"I honestly don't see anything to freak out about. The worst has pretty much already happened. And it's nice to have a body!"

"Good question." Steph pulled out a few titles. "These are all February 2007 editions. Wow. Is that what year it is? I've been gone longer than I thought. There's a Vogue, New Yorker, Time, National Geographic, Car & Driver...any of those sound good?"

Re: Vote: Gryffindor

[wh0_kill3d_m3]

I'll say it is. Having five working senses again after so long was amazing when I first came here.

Eep! Vogue, please! I'm 15 years behind the fashion times! *giggles*

Re: Vote: Gryffindor

[busty_robin]

"Oh, I hadn't even thought of that! Five whole senses! I am going to have so many mashed potatoes when I get out of here. I've been craving those for years!"

"Sure thing! Enjoy, um- sorry, what's your name?"

Re: Vote: Gryffindor

[wh0_kill3d_m3]

Oh yeah, food is fantastic when you've been a ghost a while. Watch out for the booze, though - your tolerance's gonna go right back down to zero from wherever it was.

Aagh, sorry. I'm Laura. Laura Palmer. Bad habit. Sortings get a little crazy, it's easy to just start talking and forget your manners, y'know?

Re: Vote: Gryffindor

[busty_robin]

"Aw, man! I don't want to go back hangovers."

"Don't worry about it! At least you have manners to speak of- I didn't even offer my name. Nice to meet you, Laura Palmer. I'm...hm. This is actually kind of awkward. Normally, I don't give out my real name in-costume. I don't know what rules apply here."

Re: Vote: Gryffindor

[wh0_kill3d_m3]

Well...There's dramas here, and occasional violence, but nobody can be killed here. Big-time protection spell on the castle. So maybe not as much work for you here as you're used to.

If you wanna start with your, ah, professional name and give out your real name as you get to know people, that'd be okay, I think. I know I wouldn't take offense.

Re: Vote: Gryffindor

[busty_robin]

"No killing? That sounds like a welcome change of pace."

"Oh, thank you for understanding. I just need to suss things out, make sure there's no consequences for the folks back in Gotham. For now, please feel free to call me Robin."