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[kingofrooks]

[ The video comes on to a close-up to Bruce's cheek. He's surprisingly clean-shaven, though the skin looks pretty pale. Then, there's a finger, scratching at the skin... then the camera pans back, back. Bruce is peering at it. ]

... Okay, that's just rude, Core. No candy for you. [ He sighs quietly. ]

So. I'm back. [ Pause. He rubs at the back of

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[proxysearch]

I sent you out to get coffee three weeks ago, Bruce. The least you could have done is bring it to my office before you get sent home.

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[kingofrooks]

[ LONG PAUSE.... ]

... Speaking of the coffee, I think it's gone.

Hi, Re-l.

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[proxysearch]

[Sarcastically:] Wonderful. Guess you're going to be treating me to some eventually.

Welcome back, Bruce.

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[kingofrooks]

Thanks. But why do I have to pay for the Core being an ass to me?

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[beenwaitinglong]

[Hey, a welcome sight. Diego's spent the past week wishing he could thank Bruce.]

Ha...! Well now, I didn't think you'd be able to stay away for too long.

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[kingofrooks]

A crazy Darkness-infested island doesn't have much of a draw for a tourist.

[beenwaitinglong]

No, but it does have a way of sucking you back in, doesn't it?

[kingofrooks]

You can say that.

[ Pauuuse. ]

So, uh, is that visor a fashion statement, or did something happen? [ YEP Bruce Wayne can recognise the visor he makes from the one Diego had before with just one video!!! ]

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[gaveherwings]

Halloween. Among other nightmarish ordeals. Corporal Mayer was recently injured, in pursuit of the Red Hood. I'm sure you'll hear the details of that around the office. [And there's a certain severity in that, contrasted with the almost delicate delivery of his next article of news.]

The career choices of the likes of Batman and Superman appear to be coming under fire?

[Stated deliberately casual, conversational, as if the searing mark on Wayne's chest was something he'd never taken notice of.

And here he gives the man a curious eye.]

Has...Gotham been holding together?

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[kingofrooks]

[ Oh, Daedalus. The more casual you try to deliver those lines, the more obvious you are. You can't see it, but Bruce's eyes narrow.

He knows you suspect. ]

I would never understand why people would put Batman and Superman in the same category. [ Grumbling, a little under his breath. ] They are completely different from each other.

And Gotham's fine. Do I want to know about those nightmarish ordeals?

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[gaveherwings]

Oh? [Innocuous interest.] Are they? Last I heard, they were rescuing trick or treaters from their peers in tandem?

But I know you can't put much stock in press, for understanding these things.

Your probably don't want to know about those. Most of us lost sleep.

[kingofrooks]

It must've been Superman taking pity on that jerk. [ ... Oh his pride. His pride... ]

Anyway, was it lost sleep in the sense of stock markets crashing... or in the sense of horrific nightmares? [ PAUSE. ]

Please tell me the stock market crashed.

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[lockandkeyblade]

If you reeeeally wanna know, a few of us saved the city a couple times. I'm filling in for Santa this year. Oh- and you missed my birthday.

[He's totally jerking your chain, Bruce-buddy. But you already knew that.]

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[kingofrooks]

They must be really desperate, to go for such a tiny Santa. Not many kids will be able to sit on your lap. [ ALL THE DROLL. ]

Did you save the city from rampaging dinosaurs? Tell me it was dinosaurs.

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[lockandkeyblade]

Tiny? Who you calling tiny?

[A chuckle. Dinosaurs, huh? That's news to him. Unless...] Do the kids in Halloween costumes count?

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[kingofrooks]

Depends. Are you the one in the costume? [ ... It's a two-pronged insult in one! ]

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[hisdiscretion]

[Franz is goofing off on his break, probably. He's in a rather sweet-looking office, dressed in a suit, etc.] I do believe Dr. Yumeno covered all the seriously depressing stuff. Or important stuff. Whichever you might deem it. [laugh]

...There's a really good sale on turtlenecks?

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[kingofrooks]

Do you wear turtlenecks that often? [ WITH THE UNDERLYING CURRENT OF 'Do you get bitten that often on the neck'? ]

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[hisdiscretion]

[laughing] They're a must have for casual winter fashion this year, and they look excellent under a statement-print jacket.

I believe the sale also extends to sweaters.

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[gaveherwings]

I'll be taking your approval as an invitation, then?