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[ofhope]

[Cassandra Cain & Stephanie Brown]

Is she there? She isn't answering the journal; get her to say something if she doesn't want me to drop by. It's been too long this time.

[/Cassandra Cain & Stephanie Brown]

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[secondchances]

[Her least favorite person.]

If by she you mean Lucrezia, then no.

[ofhope]

Did she just leave your house?

[secondchances]

No? Did you try filtering to her?

[ofhope]

She probably hasn't opened her journal in awhile. The little princess does that a lot.

[ Just like the unannounced sleepovers, so he's not panicked yet. Still, he trusts Stephanie about as far as she can throw him. ]

Please get Cassandra. Maybe she's seen her more recently.

[hellofist]

[Oh, this isn't good. This isn't good at all.]

Haven't seen her, either.

[But she isn't sure if she should jump to conclusions or start worrying. The castle wouldn't take Lucrezia. It couldn't, she's too important.]

[secondchances]

Been around the city lately? She hangs out there sometimes.

[ofhope]

[ Gross, he does avoid the city most days. But he'll be a lot faster than them, 'Batgirls' or not, so he gives. That shouldn't take him more than an hour, since it's not like he's looking in dumpsters or gross alleys. He's not looking for a body yet.

Or at all, when he resorts to facing the castle halls to check her room. That's when the realization hits, and after enough time has passed that anyone might assume he just isn't responding, he opens the journal back up. He wouldn't bother just for Stephanie, but Cassandra died. She at least deserves to hear. ]

Her name is gone.