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hellofist[It's late, it's been dark for hours and she's pretty sure everyone else is sleeping, but Cass can't. It's not really a new thing, since generally crime fighters are out all night anyway, but the events of the port haven't helped much.
She's in her room when she turns the feed on, dressed in her Batgirl costume except for the cowl and gloves. She feels more like herself, dressed this way.]
What are... tips, for sleeping? Or... to do, to make tired? Don't say reading.
Is anyone else... even up?
[He said she could visit when she wanted. She even told him it might be at night and he said it was okay. That's why Cass is at Merlin's door in the middle of the night, not knocking before she just goes right in. The door was unlocked, so maybe he remembered she said she'd visit. She doesn't look around before she closes the door behind her because she's not really sneaking, so getting caught isn't exactly on her mind.
It's dark inside, which is good. It means he's sleeping instead of staying up all night doing magic things, or whatever it is Merlins do in their spare time. She makes her way to his bed, then climbs onto it to sit beside him and poke him in the shoulder.]
Hi, Merlin.
She's in her room when she turns the feed on, dressed in her Batgirl costume except for the cowl and gloves. She feels more like herself, dressed this way.]
What are... tips, for sleeping? Or... to do, to make tired? Don't say reading.
Is anyone else... even up?
[He said she could visit when she wanted. She even told him it might be at night and he said it was okay. That's why Cass is at Merlin's door in the middle of the night, not knocking before she just goes right in. The door was unlocked, so maybe he remembered she said she'd visit. She doesn't look around before she closes the door behind her because she's not really sneaking, so getting caught isn't exactly on her mind.
It's dark inside, which is good. It means he's sleeping instead of staying up all night doing magic things, or whatever it is Merlins do in their spare time. She makes her way to his bed, then climbs onto it to sit beside him and poke him in the shoulder.]
Hi, Merlin.
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3/12/12 04:19 (UTC)Tell some? If you... have time?
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3/12/12 04:22 (UTC)Okay. Wear armor, wouldn't want to... hurt a king.
[Someone is teasing you now.]
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3/12/12 04:25 (UTC)[She knows the meanings behind most of those words, but in that order? She's got nothin'.]
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3/12/12 04:28 (UTC)What else can you tell me about your home?
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3/12/12 04:47 (UTC)I do.
[ There's a brief pause as he considers where to begin. ]
Many years ago, when I was still young, I paid a visit to a land whose king had begun to fail.
During my time there, I met his eldest, a youth both kind and fair-minded, who had no wish to assume his father's throne. His younger brother, well-spoken and clever, desired greatly to be king in his brother's stead.
It came to a head, one day, when the king named the eldest his successor. In a fit of jealousy, the younger son arranged an attack on his elder brother. The plan backfired; he was scarred over his left eye, and the elder saved the younger.
The relationship between the two was strained after that, and though they made peace with one another, a seed of bitterness was sown in the scarred brother's heart.
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3/12/12 06:44 (UTC)It would be treason if you did.
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5/12/12 01:20 (UTC)I'm - [It's instinctive, to just say she's fine, but it's a bit pointless when it's Cass.]
I'll be okay. I didn't get hurt, really, not - not physically.
[She takes a breath and tries not to think about - about the voices, about the images, about Bruce.]
Do you want to talk about it? Sometimes - working through it when you're awake means you won't have to deal with it as much when you're sleeping.
Private Video
5/12/12 03:51 (UTC)The hotel was... bad. Bruce let me... be with him. This Bruce did. It was like... home, again.
Then he locked me up. So I wouldn't... get hurt. Just left me.
[She'd been by herself, rejected again, hoping he would come back for her. He never had.]
Had to kick door down.
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5/12/12 09:01 (UTC)So? Still worth it.
Private Video
5/12/12 13:44 (UTC)It fades quickly.]
Oh, Cass, I'm sorry.
[She runs a hand through mussed, damp hair.]
It wasn't - leaving you like that, it wasn't about you. [Barbara thinks she can say that with certainty.]
Private
5/12/12 18:31 (UTC)If you can manage it.
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5/12/12 20:29 (UTC)Normal Gotham things.
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5/12/12 20:32 (UTC)What happened, to scarred brother? Did he... make up with brother?
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5/12/12 22:47 (UTC)(no subject)
6/12/12 03:31 (UTC)Private
6/12/12 06:09 (UTC)[audio]
6/12/12 16:56 (UTC)[ Or at least not in any meaningful way. ]
The bitterness the scarred one harbored drove him to effectively murder his brother and drive his brother's son, the rightful heir, into exile.
It was some time before the youth returned and re-claimed what his uncle stole.
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8/12/12 02:12 (UTC)How can I be Batgirl... without Batman?
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8/12/12 02:52 (UTC)(no subject)
8/12/12 02:53 (UTC)Private
8/12/12 06:16 (UTC)Private Video
8/12/12 17:36 (UTC)You can learn. I...had to learn how to be Barbara, again, after I became Oracle.
[A slight smile.] And - you know, our Batman didn't want a Batgirl, either. The first time.
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9/12/12 02:29 (UTC)Private
10/12/12 02:57 (UTC)[Arthur why are you putting Merlin in soup that sounds really weird.]
Re: Private
10/12/12 06:53 (UTC)It's a wooden apparatus you lock people in to so other people can throw food at them and laugh.