oo4 § i come round, around the hard way [ location :: wayne manor / the royal chambers ] [ dean ]

[dieneidio]

Once Dean's services as an ambulance driver are no longer required and Enfys finds that in the chaos of all this she actually does have a free moment, she squints up at the tower she can see from her vantage point in front of the manor and makes an abrupt and sneaky decision.

[ voice ]Hey, Dean, don't give those keys back just yet. Meet me

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[voice; private to enfys]

[fudgingkillyou]

[In a lazy drawl:] What's the magic word?

[ voice; private; enfys + dean ]

[dieneidio]

[ thoughtfully ] Now?

[ voice; private; enfys + dean ]

[fudgingkillyou]

Heh. [Right, that's why Dean puts up with Enfys; he likes her.] Yeah, alright, be there in ten.

You owe me some goddamn pie, woman. [he's joking. mostly.]

[ voice; private; enfys + dean ]

[dieneidio]

It's your lucky day, sport. See you in ten.

[obscuronoctis]

It's been hours by now, and it feels like weeks; a sensation Bruce is used to, having spent years by now fighting fire by trying to rip its throat out. (A losing, but necessary battle.) After he escorted Cat to her room and promised (lied) that he'd go to bed, he showered, fixed his bandage again, got some blessedly clean clothes, and began to make a circuit around the house. He takes in what's been touched, rifled through, peered at, he comes to the ballroom-turned-triage, ghosting in between beds and stopping once to help an Extra with an overturned pile of blankets.

He passes by Penelope, then Morgana, and has an endless well of thoughts for them both, but doesn't dwell on it. When he leaves he flicks lights on in the halls - this mansion is so easily lost in a shroud of mourning, so vast and often-empty. There's no reason to make it seem like anything but what it is right now.

[dieneidio]

From the other end of the hallway there is a young woman without any pants on marching towards him; after coming back and properly unpacking in the room she claimed in one of the manor's towers while nobody but Dean was looking, she'd taken a shower and put on a clean tshirt and her favourite socks. She's thinking about fixing the tears in her jeans, but not right now.

Right now, she's carrying pizza on a platter and a pile of DVDs.

[obscuronoctis]

The fact that Enfys has moved in is a detail Bruce would love to be aware of, but for right now, he's much more concerned with the pizza she's toting. In fact, he seems to just materialize closer to her like someone photoshopped the difference in, suddenly a Real Dude and not some bizarre repressed wealthy ninja. "How'd she run today?"

He doesn't think he'll need to elaborate-- and he steals a slice of pizza immediately, yes, and eats it. Right there.

[dieneidio]

"Good!" she enthuses, despite the weight of the day; the Ducati had probably been her highlight, except for maybe kissing Judith, which she's still a bit puzzled by in a way she's ignoring. "Anyway, point me somewhere with a DVD player, we're going to eat pizza and watch these."

With her sort-of-free hand, she waggles the Top Gear at him.

(She'll get to that 'oh I moved in' thing all in good time.)