Seventeenth Unused Utility Belt | Spam and text

[hellofist]

[Open Spam]
[Cass inhabiting the CTS isn't a new Barge occurrence, but it's not typical for her to go in looking upset and come out still... really looking upset. But here she is, sitting on the floor outside the CTS to catch her breath and wait for her legs to start working again because it's been a few hours now of nothing but punching and kicking and pushing herself so she wouldn't feel anything, but it's not really doing the job this time around.

So yeah, she's kind of brooding outside the CTS like any good Bat does after an upsetting day.]


[Private text to Dean]
Out.


[Spam for Merlin]
[She goes back into the CTS after her break, but it's still not enough. In the end she's just on her knees punching the floor until her hands are bleeding and that helps, finally. Only took her hours to get there. Finally she leaves the CTS and makes her way back home to wait for Merlin. He can fix her, her hands and her heart.

It's a bit surprising, though, that she runs into him in the hallway, him approaching the door from the other direction. Even after everything, she's able to smile when she sees him.]

Was just... gonna find you. Hi.

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[bodilesswarrior]

[Barbara knows, by now, that Cass is okay, but they haven't spoken face to face. It's both a shock and a relief to see her sitting in the hall, and her chair speeds up with barely a thought.]

Cass!

[hellofist]

[Right now, physically, Cass is fine. The rest of her isn't at all, but Barbara knows that already. She has to, she saw the conversation with Cain.

Cass doesn't say anything, just gets up onto her knees and reaches for Barbara when she's close enough so she can hug her, face pressed into her stomach. This has become such a familiar posture for them, but it's as close as Cass can get and it always feels good. It always helps.]

[bodilesswarrior]

[Barbara, as always, is quick to wrap and arm around her daughter's shoulders, holding her close.]

It's all right. [It's a soft murmur, as Barbara strokes her hair.] It'll be all right.

[hellofist]

[She can almost believe it, when Barbara says it.]

Can't stop. I know- shouldn't talk, but...

[bodilesswarrior]

But it's hard, because he's your father. [It's hard to say that, to admit it, but - that connection will always be there, no matter what he's done, how little he deserves it.]

I...it's not comparable, not really, but my first dad - I couldn't let him go, either.

[hellofist]

[She nods, buries her face a little more in Barbara's stomach.]

What did... you do?

[bodilesswarrior]

[Her voice turns soft and sad. It was so long ago, but - ] I just kept trying to get through to him.

[She keeps stroking Cass's hair; it comforts her, too, grounds her.]

He was a good man. Except for when he was drinking. And - it killed him, eventually. [He kept promising to stop, and she'd believed him until he didn't have a chance any more.]