Ninteenth Unused Utility Belt | Video, backdated to after the breach ends (cw: fire damage)

[hellofist]

[The feed comes on to show Cass... well, she kind of looks like crap. But more than that, behind her her room, her real room on the Barge, seems to be confused about what it wants to be. In some places it's a replication of what Merlin's room looks like - there's his bed in one corner, a large wooden table with a red rose in a pot, for example.

Other parts are what the inside of a burned down building would look like. There's smoke damage, blackened walls, the remains of a dresser. The big computer is halfway melted and warped, the screen cracked and beyond repair. Looks like the Barge couldn't recreate what home is for Cass because she doesn't even know herself anymore.]

I'm back.

[There's not... that much to say after that, really. She's back, yay, no she doesn't want to talk about it.]

It was... about a week? I think. Learned... lots of things. About me, about... what I'm for. Why I... was made. It's funny, how you can... be so sure, who you are, but be... completely wrong.

Anyway. Back.


[Private to Merlin]
Are you... working? Or in room?


[Private to Dean, Chris, and Cassel, sent separately]
Have... to give you something. Can I come over?


[Private to Stephanie]
I understand, now. Why... I'm not Batgirl. Why you are. I didn't really, before. But... I'm glad you are.


[Private to Kon]
[After far too long passes with no answer to Steph, Kon gets a slightly panicked message from Cass.]

Where is Stephanie?


[Private to Dick Grayson and Tim Drake]
I know... that you won't see this. You can't. I just miss you. I shouldn't, but I wish... you were here.

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[notdreaming]

[ This is kind of a disturbing thing to see when you've just arrived and not gotten used to the weirdness of the barge. Though from her own history she's hesitant to ask about it. Although, her own room was in perfect condition, as though Argo had never been blown from the surface of the planet into the orbit of a dying star. ]

What, um...

[ Nope she is not quite comfortable asking. ]

Where did you go?

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[hellofist]

Bludhaven? It was home, before Barge.

[And you... look very familiar.]

Must have... missed you coming here. I'm Cassandra.

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[notdreaming]

I arrived during a, um, breach? [ That's what she was told it's called anyway. ]

I'm Kara Zor-El. It's nice to meet you, Cassandra.

Bludhaven, is that on Earth?

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[hellofist]

[Well that would explain it. She knew Kara before when she was here, a little bit. Not well, they had only spoken a few times, but it's nice to not immediate be asked why she had tried to kill Kara before. She hadn't had an answer then, doesn't have one now, but at least it's not a question this time around.]

Yes. Near Gotham. I, um... know Superman.

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[notdreaming]

Gotham. [ She frowns, examining the word in her mind. It sounds familiar in the same way that Bludhaven sounds familiar. ]

Is that near New York? I'm sorry, I really don't know Earth geography very well.

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[hellofist]

Uh... don't either, so not sure.

[What a pair.]

It's okay, though. We're here, now. Not Earth.

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[notdreaming]

[ She chuckles quietly in relief. ]

Oh good, I feel better then. I hope I don't get an inmate who needs me to know these sorts of things about Earth.

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[hellofist]

[Small talk has never been easy, but it's especially hard under these circumstances. Still, she wants to help. Or at least try.]

Well, there's... big library. People who can help. Should be okay.

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[notdreaming]

That should be my next stop.

[ As excited as she is by the prospect of going through that entire library, there is one more pressing question on her mind. ]

Um. I hope it's not too rude to ask, but you said you were... made for something? Were you genetically altered? [ Just please don't be a clone ok ]

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[hellofist]

[It's not like she has a good grasp on science, on how these things work. She just knows the basics, the parts that pertain to her.]

Kind of. It was... selective breeding.

[The same thing you do to get a pet the color you want it.]

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[notdreaming]

Oh.

[ She's quiet for a moment, trying to figure out how to say this without being insensitive. Selective breeding is basically how Krypton works. ]

I don't think- I mean, whatever was intended for you, you're still free to make your own choices.

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[hellofist]

[She tries at least, and that's the thing that Cass counts. Delivery doesn't matter as much when she can see the intentions behind what people say.]

Doing my best, with that. Trying to... do what's right. That's what heroes do, right?

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[notdreaming]

I wouldn't know, but it sounds right. [ She certainly doesn't think of herself as a hero. Maybe Cass should be talking to Kal and not Kara. ]