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[twiceahero]

It's Halloween.

And while Barbara works pretty hard to keep from getting her hopes up as the day approaches each year, she's only ever partially successful. Disappointment is a hard thing, of course, but as each year comes and she's not disappointed, it's hard not to anticipate just a bit

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X's nostrils flare, and she pauses on her way down the stairs, searching through the crowd until --

There.

She slips across the floor of the Bar, approaching Barbara from the left.

She stays clear of the other woman's blind spots.

It is only polite.

"Hello."

The first question is whether or not Babs recognizes her.

[twiceahero]

Quite polite. Of course even a giddy Barbara notices X. Since X isn't really going for not being noticed.

"Hello," she responds. Recognition, or the lack thereof, doesn't make it onto Babs' face. But she does smile. It's somehow softer than her usual smile. For those who care to compare the two.

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X notices it, even if the meaning probably passes her by.

She is used to that.

But then, very carefully --

"I am allowed to ask when you are from?"

It could be relevant.

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Barbara laughs. "You are, but it's not long after the last time you saw me."

X has a good nose, Babs knows.

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"Oh."

X absorbs that, adjusting her mental files accordingly.

"I am glad you are not from the future."

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"Time travel is confusing," Babs says, doing her best to imitate X's flat, matter-of-fact tone.

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X tilts her head, studying Barbara carefully.

Then, very deliberately --

"People from the future are jerks."

She is only speaking to experience, here!

[twiceahero]

Babs can't help but laugh at that.

"Anyone in particular?" she asks, trying to imagine what might have happened this time around.

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"Duo has been from the future. And Castiel."

She looks displeased again.

"They are themselves again. Now."

[twiceahero]

"Which is a relief?"

Babs is definitely amused. "Did you kick either of them?"

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"No," X says, shaking her head once.

"But Castiel kissed me."

Beat.

"It was very strange."

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Babs blinks.

"Huh. Really?" She smirks. "Did you kiss back?"

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"No."

She tilts her head a little.

It is kind of like an inquiry.

"He was on drugs."

[twiceahero]

"Ah. That must have been more than strange. Not to mention awkward."

Babs shakes her head. "Did you give him a knee?"

That was, in Babs' opinion, the appropriate response to such unwanted advances.

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"No."

X is certainly getting mileage out of that particular syllable.

"He is Castiel."

She did not want to hurt him.

And she was very confused.

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"He did kiss you," Babs points out with a shrug.

That probably just made Castiel lucky he'd tried it with X, not her.

"Any other time travelers trying to make out with you?"