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 Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 10:34 pm
Tim bowed his head a bit and looked down at the communicator he was still holding in his hand.
"Jinx was the first to tell me about it. Kai and I found Gar and Conner alive and well in the bunker. The lowest levels are still mostly in tact. So far some.... remains have been found... but we don't know who all was actually still in the building when it collapsed."
Robin's voice cracked a bit as he placed the device manually in d**k's hands since he hadn't taken it from him yet. It had files of names, dates, and missing persons on the incident.
"Kor... made a memorial. And, we heard Raven is alive...but....we're unclear on many titans."
A picture of the carved rock with the poem and inscription was actually the first image on the device to see, and it was in front of what rubble remained of the site. Tim looked away after he set his arms back to his sides.
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 10:47 pm
Crystal looked down at her feet. With her heightened hearing she could hear everything the two birds were talking about and it made her sad. But an idea popped into her head. "I know who to get a hold of Star!" Crystal shouted excitedly. Big Daddy could wait, her friends needed each other right now.
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 11:32 pm
d**k took the device and looked through it, but his eyes seemed glazed... and then his head snapped up so quickly at Crystal's words, he may have suffered whiplash.
"You know where Star is? What about Raven?" he asked her.
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Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 11:40 pm
Tim also turned his head to look at the doorway between rooms. He couldn't see Crystal, but it was clear she was excited.... there was definite reason to be.
"..... you can find her? Even after the whole Stonewall thing?"
He turned his head to look at Richard again.
"We heard Raven busted Star out of containment over the past week, hopefully that means we'd find them in the same place."
Wow, was everyone out to get them?
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 12:05 am
Crystal smiled and nodded. "Raven's usually with Starfire." She said as she went into the room with the other two.
"I can get a hold of her any time I want really..." Crystal pulled out her cellphone and dialed up Starfire's number.
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 5:34 am
C.J. smirked, then looked over at Misty. "We'd better get goin', hon." he said with a nod, helping her down into the batcave. If Misty wasn't hurtin' bad, he would have been SO excited to do this. Especially with the occurrences . . . elsewhere. But the writer wouldn't milk THAT for all it's worth, right?
((Exit Sapph and C.J. down into the Batcave))
Meanwhile Arell smirked a little bit. "I know Beast Boy an' I were room-mates fer a while. Star an' Raven let me crash at their place a while ago." he said with a smirk. Of course, that was before C.J. and Dundee had decided to come up and play with him.
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 12:19 pm
d**k looked to Arell and Crystal as they walked into the room he and Tim were in, and he sighed.
"I just want to know she's okay," he said softly. Old feelings were... hard to get past. The same counted for his other main love interest: Oracle herself.
Meanwhile, Aiden didn't seem to be looking at anyone in particular. A most peculiar sensation had come over him; something he'd never felt before. He was looking toward New York City, though he didn't know it, and it felt like some kind of... voice in his head was compelling him to go there; except it wasn't so much a voice as much as it was... an instinct. Abby looked up at her brother, frowning, and tugged his sleeve.
"Aiden? Y'okay, bro?" she asked, and Aiden slowly looked to her, a frown on his face.
"Think I'm gonna have to leave for a while, kid. Dunno why, but... Somethin's tellin' me to go somewhere." Aiden said to her, and then he looked over to those assembled in the other room.
"Oi! If you all would be so kind as t' look after me sister for a while longer, I'd be grateful. 'Specially you Tim..." he said, and he gave Abby a hug before he set out for New York. He didn't have a transport yet, but that didn't mean he couldn't just find one...
[Exit Aiden O'Connor to New York City]
Abby looked toward her "writer", looking for an answer, but he gave her a look that said: "Everything will be okay. Trust me." So, Abby just sighed and moved over to Tim, clearly upset.
"He comes back into my life after several weeks of searchin', and he's gone again in an hour or so.... Dammit..." she said, and then she started to cry, though she didn't mean to. It was just... she had been so worried in the weeks following up to being transported here by Danu... and she'd been so damn happy when she saw him in the Batcave... What could be more damned important than sticking with his own family? The only family he had left in this Merged Multiverse?!
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 12:37 pm
Tim watched as more joined him and d**k in the room. This really left him in a funk, despite Crystal's connections with Starfire. It was good news and all, but he was worried about other friends.... like Cassie and Bart for instance. Those two, him and Conner had started a team they were that close, and he had no idea if they where even alive. Them, and Steph. Barbara said she was here in this merge, but no one had heard from her for a while. Now that really bothered him. Maybe Cassie and Bart were not in this merge to begin with, but Steph had been here, fighting. Where could she have gone?
Robin looked with a downed look over to Abby in time to see she'd started crying. He sighed and wrapped an arm around her to offer some comfort. In truth he really needed it too.
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 12:45 pm
Abby didn't seem content with just a hug; she practically bowled Tim over as she wrapped her arms around him and started sobbing into his chest.
"A-Aiden an' me... W-we're the o-only members of our f-f-family in t-this universe..." Abby said, her words muffled as she sobbed into Tim's jacket and her accent becoming thicker. "Th-the others are back h-home.... Oh God, they-- they prob'ly don' know 'bout me leavin'... They m-must be worried s-sick.... Mum, Daddy... Johnny, Matthew... Mickey an' Sean... an' Caitlin..."
Abby started bawling again, and she felt more alone now than she had when she first arrived.
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 12:46 pm
Crystal looked at the depressing scene in the room and decided to start to sing. She hoped that the upbeat song would get a few smiles, or at least a few laughs as she started dancing around like an idiot
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 1:09 pm
Tim staggered back at the first from the impact, but let Abby sob into his jacket. He kept silent and glanced over to Crystal and her tune. He gave her a bit of a smile... but too much was going on right now for him to relax. On top of that, what Abby was describing.... was all to familiar.
"It's hard, I know. But Aiden'll be back."
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 1:42 pm
"I-I know..." Abby said. "H-he'd never leave me alone for too long since he knows I'm h-h-here..." she said, and she slowly calmed down.
"I-I'm sorry," she said softly, sniffling a bit. "S-stupid o' me... t' be cryin' when I know he'll come back..." she muttered, and then said something in the Irish tongue before kissing Tim on the cheek for the third time since she'd met him earlier that day.
This caught d**k's attention, and he looked rather... dumbfounded for a moment, looking from Abby to Tim. And then he realized why Aiden had singled Tim out in the "take care of my sister" bit of his words before he had left. The dumbfoundedness soon gave way to a sly, knowing grin. Oh, how he would tease Tim about this... Sure, Tim was technically still with Steph, but... hey, if d**k could juggle two girlfriends at once...
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 1:44 pm
Crystal Sighed and gave up, getting annoyed with the wait for Star. 'Dang she has a long ring time.' She thought to herself.
((Short post DX))
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 1:55 pm
"It's not stupid. It's okay."
Honestly, each time he received a kiss on the check Tim didn't know the proper way to respond. He was so task-oriented, that most of the time it appeared he was ignoring or dismissing the gesture, but by this time he acquainted it with Abby's way of thanking him. On another note, he also hadn't noticed the smile forming on d**k's face.
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 2:04 pm
Abby looked up to Tim with those bright blue eyes of her's and blinked. Was he that oblivious, or did he seriously not know how to react when a girl kissed him? Because if the latter was the case... he was a total dork! And that made Abby smile. Dorks were fun, after all. She glanced over at Nightwing and caught the grin on his face, and almost laughed. He looked like the sort of guy who knew what it was like to have women practically throw themselves at him.
She gave Tim another cuddle/hug (huggle?) and then stepped back, taking a deep breath and wiping her eyes again. "Thanks again, Tim," she said softly, looking back to d**k, who gave her a wink and thumbs up.
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