one (smile like you mean it)

[scathefires]

un: j.doe
how does this thing know what day it is

anyway time is a construct and this thing on my wrist is giving me a rash

[oops guess who checked the date and saw that today’s his birthday. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯]

Comments

[scathefires]

[wellll, shit. good thing “jason todd” means nothing around here. it’s not like wonderland, with a vast library and nosy people who’ve apparently read his whole life story. nobody knows him, or knows of him. it’s ... a little bit comforting, actually, to be a complete unknown.]

world better not have ended

i have unfinished business back home

[spoileralert]

well that's no good. I'm still attached to the 'I'm dead' theory.

[scathefires]

trust me

being dead isnt anything like this

[spoileralert]

know from experience, do you? I distinctly remember bleeding out.

[scathefires]

i remember getting blown up after getting the shit beat out of me by a deranged clown

so yeah personal experience

[spoileralert]

a deranged clown? [ cause that sounds an awful lot like... ] this wasn’t in Gotham, was it?

[scathefires]

[... wait a sec.]

didnt happen IN gotham

but thats where im from

why

[spoileralert]

I’m from Gotham too. haven’t met anyone else here who’s even heard of it. the joker though? yikes, that’s rough.

[ If he’s been through that kind of crap, he probably won’t get all weird about her crap, right? it would be nice to be able to share with someone without having to see that awful look in their eyes... ]

have you heard of the Black Mask?

[scathefires]

[has he heard of the black mask. boy howdy, has he ever. so much for being a complete unknown in this village. also it’s probably time to take this conversation offline.]

name sorta rings a bell

tell you what my hands getting a cramp from typing on this thing

why dont you meet me over by the fountain and tell me all about this black mask guy

[spoileralert]

[ Ugh she was kind of hoping she wouldn't have to go into a bunch of gruesome detail. But, okay, she did start this. It would be weird if she backed down now. ]

yeah, ok. be there in 5