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All I have ever known is movement. Words, sounds, they are the second language that he and Barbara have taught me or have tried to. Words are imprecise; words are harder than the meaning of a smile or the tension in shoulders when a father looks at his errant daughter. But movement it is fleeting, quick to change its meaning from one moment to the next but words, words can be forever. I know these words; I know how these words pull at me as I leave.
Goodbye Gotham.
My home, my family they are here but I cannot stay. Every building is a reminder, every rooftop a memory and I cannot bring her back. Steph is- Tim needs me and Batman needs me to go with him; he needs me to look out for him. So, I am leaving my home for Blüdhaven, Dick’s city and home. Dick told me that the city is like Gotham’s wicked stepsister, I did not... understand. My father showed me how to kill a man in less than ten seconds but Cain never told me fairytales. Dick did, he acted out all the parts so I could understand. He made me laugh like she made me laugh.
Stephanie... I can’t talk about her now. I need to find Tim. My place won’t be ready for a few days so I head to the place Batman has assigned me for now. It isn’t... nice but I have survived worse than a cheap motel room. And I do not need to sleep; I need to find him before he hurts himself. I will not bury two people this month, I will not cry again. I need to be stronger... like him, like Batman. And I need to find Robin. Luckily it does not take long to find him or the man he is fighting.
Shrike, I recognise him from Dick’s files, as I launch my line flying through the air. I detach the last moment, flipping in the air into a controlled strike, leg extended as it connects and I land, crouched. This is the language I know, the language taught to me by my father. I lived through his training, I understand its limitations and openings, this fight is over before Shrike even realises it. I leap off the building catching the shurikens thrown at me before returning them into his flesh.
I land, ready for the knives I know he is already going for. His body betrays him but it is the roof that betrays me. It is soft and not hard like I expected, I know I am falling before my feet have slipped through the roof and I crash into the room below. I land awkwardly amongst the roof I have pushed through, I know before I see that something has happened to me.
Robin. I touch my communicator but all there is- is silence. The noise, the smell, this room... it is all wrong, this is not Blüdhaven. This is somewhere else and I am alone.
(OOC: Public debut for Cassandra Cain who has just crashed through the roof of an empty hut. The first person can explain to Cass where she is and anyone else can either find her as Batgirl or dressed in civilian clothes. ST/LT as always is perfectly fine!)
Goodbye Gotham.
My home, my family they are here but I cannot stay. Every building is a reminder, every rooftop a memory and I cannot bring her back. Steph is- Tim needs me and Batman needs me to go with him; he needs me to look out for him. So, I am leaving my home for Blüdhaven, Dick’s city and home. Dick told me that the city is like Gotham’s wicked stepsister, I did not... understand. My father showed me how to kill a man in less than ten seconds but Cain never told me fairytales. Dick did, he acted out all the parts so I could understand. He made me laugh like she made me laugh.
Stephanie... I can’t talk about her now. I need to find Tim. My place won’t be ready for a few days so I head to the place Batman has assigned me for now. It isn’t... nice but I have survived worse than a cheap motel room. And I do not need to sleep; I need to find him before he hurts himself. I will not bury two people this month, I will not cry again. I need to be stronger... like him, like Batman. And I need to find Robin. Luckily it does not take long to find him or the man he is fighting.
Shrike, I recognise him from Dick’s files, as I launch my line flying through the air. I detach the last moment, flipping in the air into a controlled strike, leg extended as it connects and I land, crouched. This is the language I know, the language taught to me by my father. I lived through his training, I understand its limitations and openings, this fight is over before Shrike even realises it. I leap off the building catching the shurikens thrown at me before returning them into his flesh.
I land, ready for the knives I know he is already going for. His body betrays him but it is the roof that betrays me. It is soft and not hard like I expected, I know I am falling before my feet have slipped through the roof and I crash into the room below. I land awkwardly amongst the roof I have pushed through, I know before I see that something has happened to me.
Robin. I touch my communicator but all there is- is silence. The noise, the smell, this room... it is all wrong, this is not Blüdhaven. This is somewhere else and I am alone.
(OOC: Public debut for Cassandra Cain who has just crashed through the roof of an empty hut. The first person can explain to Cass where she is and anyone else can either find her as Batgirl or dressed in civilian clothes. ST/LT as always is perfectly fine!)