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[blackbat]

[Black Bat had woken up on the castle roof in the middle of the night when, luckily, a good number of residents were either asleep or not around. After the initial (silent) moment of "wtf this isn't Gotham" and such, she had found the book with her name on the front and began to skim quickly and quietly. A few words made themselves known during her

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[batfail]

B--Buuh... [Batgirl? Black Bat? IS SHE HALLUCINATING? She'll go with the safer bet, hesitantly:]

Batgirl?

filter; dictated

[blackbat]

[Cass has been caught up with the basics of the castle now, so she's going to address Stephanie without as much hesitation as she would have prior.]

Talking to yourself again?

foreverrrr

[batfail]

[No way. No way. This is too good to be true. Cass. HELP.

This greatly lowers Steph's chances of a mental breakdown.]

Where are you? You need to tell me what the heck you're near ASAP.

[blackbat]

Grove of trees a little off the path into the city. About five minutes from the castle.

[batfail]

Stay put. No disappearing into the shadows or else I will... I don't even know, but it won't be nice for my brain.

[blackbat]

Staying put.

[batfail]

[Will be running a run, so there will be a blonde approaching... eventually. In shorts and a t-shirt, but approaching nonetheless!]

[blackbat]

[And there's a Black Bat sitting on a tree branch, legs casually swinging as she waits for the blonde to spot her.]

[batfail]

[And she does! Steph flails her arms in the air.]

Getdowngetdown!

[blackbat]

[Cass blinks a bit before easily hopping off of the branch and landing in front of her friend.]

I'm down.

[batfail]

[Once she's on the ground

she's gonna get

BODY SLAMMED with an INTENSE HUG.]

this is the closest hug icon i have

[blackbat]

[She had a feeling this was coming, but she's still a little taken aback. In a good way.

Slowly, and a little awkwardly, her own arms wrap about Stephanie before she's hugging back, a sort of smile on her face.]

It's nice to see you, too.

ahahhahaa

[batfail]

[Just when she was feeling alone, so very, very alone, Cass shows up. She knows she's not supposed to be so happy about someone being trapped here, but this is the best thing to happen in a long time. Last she was at home, Cass was still in Hong Kong, so it feels like forever since she saw her last.

Hence the hugging turning more into clutching.]

I almost can't believe this. Holy crap. Holy crap...

[blackbat]

[Cassandra pats Steph's back a little before chuckling slightly.]

That bad?

[batfail]

Damian and I have been here together. For a year.

You tell me.

[blackbat]

It could be worse.