Comments | jla_watchtower: *On the Mountain in the Graylands*

ibn_al_xuff in jla_watchtower

On the Mountain in the Graylands

Jul 05, 2006 09:23

The journey has been difficult. The snow is very cold, but Ibn is determined to continue. He has seen strange things and he knows the dangers of waiting too long in the mists. He will have to fight for every inch towards life.

deadman, batman, as time goes by, ibn al xu'ffasch

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_darkknight_ July 5 2006, 16:51:08 UTC

The snow is very cold, an unrelieved stretch of white, which is why a black figure against that stark landscape stands out so much, so well. Caped, cowled, determined, the Bat is here.

ibn_al_xuff July 5 2006, 17:36:24 UTC

Ibn continues to follow the path; he knows that it is dangerous to leave the path, as one could become lost in the Twilight Lands forever. He sees the image of the Bat, his father, but he does not acknowledge it. This place has a power to affect the mind, if he let it. This is clearly an illusion designed to weaken him. He attempts to pass the Dark Knight without acknowledging him, but can’t help but say something, anything. “This is a fear I conquered long ago.”

_darkknight_ July 5 2006, 18:42:02 UTC

"Ibn."

ibn_al_xuff July 5 2006, 18:48:07 UTC

It is difficult to sense anything in this place. But there is a spark, a small one. This is the Bat! "Father!"

Wait? Did that mean the Bat had fallen. "What are you doing here?"

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jla_villains July 6 2006, 16:02:34 UTC

As the two approach, the figures around the exit seem to solidify further, taking shapes more familiar to them both. One is entirely unmistakeable as anyone other than who he is.

Bane stands in front of them all, wearing a sneer upon his face.

Behind him are fewer figures than one might expect but the numbers do not lessen the lethality of the collected personages. Still, those behind Bane still seem to be solidifying themselves and do not yet move forward.

ibn_al_xuff July 6 2006, 16:10:41 UTC

Although he has recent reasons to want to pummel Bane, this one he defers to his father. Some monsters needs to be handled personally. Ibn prepares himself for the fight ahead.

_darkknight_ July 6 2006, 16:27:09 UTC

The smile doesn't falter. Bane's an old foe. "Careful," he advices Ibn softly as he approaches, two warriors prepared for combat.

jla_villains July 6 2006, 18:10:26 UTC

As Bane moves forward there, one other comes into clarity.

A man with a knife, though Zsasz can never be considered just a man with a knife.

Bane moves with amazing speed, as always, for a man of his size. He swings toward the Bat, giving Ibn a glance as he does so but Ibn is not currently his concern as the other man moves forward toward him.

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_darkknight_ July 6 2006, 23:18:42 UTC

And so they continue moving along. Behind him, just to be sure, Batman tosses a grenade of knockout gas at the villains they just left behind.

Just to be sure.

ibn_al_xuff July 6 2006, 23:35:55 UTC

Only the Batman would have knockout gas in the Underworld. That makes Ibn smile, just a bit. He follows his father towards the portal.

deadmanbrand July 7 2006, 20:41:10 UTC

A voice familiar to one of them echoes from the darkness.

"Bat boys, bat boys. Watcha gonna do? Watcha gonan do when they come for you?"

_darkknight_ July 8 2006, 00:13:22 UTC

Normally he wouldn't be that pleased, but now?

A smile spreads across Batman's usually stern features. "Figured to run into you here, Boston. Your home field."

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