paradisa | ( o55 )

[ stephanie brown ]

[ Just as expected, she dwells on this for some time. They haven't spoken in months and had things not ended up this way, she would have kept ceased communications. There isn't much anger she holds toward the other woman anymore, but there is a severe lack of trust. For Kate, if she could not trust someone or they didn't fit her standards as reliable, she dropped them, no matter how guilty or guiltless she felt about it.

But to not say anything would be cruel and nobody deserves that. While she doesn't consider her a friend anymore, she's still an ally. ]

Come to the clinic.

[ kidnapped filter ]

[ Kate abhors using those words for this filter. Time to check in on everyone, though. ]

How are you all doing?

[ If you're in the clinic, holla. ]

[ And it should not come as too much of a surprise, but Kate leaves out a filter to her own friends. At least for now. She's tired and has to deal with Stephanie soon, so she wants to be completely prepared for whatever is to come. She doesn't mean to make anyone worry.

With some effort, she manages to sit up on her bed. She's currently in the clinic, much to her chagrin. Never has she liked being stuck on bed rest and being made to feel so helpless, frustrated and tired. It makes her feel like a victim, something she's always hated since the time she was a child. Even knowing the clinic staff were just doing their job, it makes her feel petty.

Now? She feels restless. She pours through the journal for details on what's happened in the castle during the days she was stuck elsewhere, yet there's nothing that really explains what exactly happened. As usual, there's no reason. There's never a reason.

She shouldn't waste any energy feeling so angry about this. ]

[ ooc; open in the clinic to whoever! ]

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Ah...I'm glad to hear that.

Thank you, by the way.

Eh? For what?

For carrying Tim.

[ A slightly awkward pause. ]

Did he say anything to you?

[........]

[.......um...]

When do you mean?

Before. [ He died. ]

Ah...

He said...to say sorry to you and Stephanie.

[ Ugh, Tim. ]

God. What a nightmare.

I know...

Did you know him well?

Not too well, but we are from the same world.

I see.

[a pause]

I'm sorry if this isn't my place to ask, but...

We've met before the Pokemon world, haven't we?

[ Way too perceptive for comfort. She doesn't really want to answer that. ]

What do you mean?

[Sorry Kate, but Allen may be a shonen, but he has his observant moments]

I know who Tim and Stephanie are...or what they call themselves when they wish to fight.

And....you acted far too familiar with me when we spoke. As if you knew me.

[ A long pause, followed by a heavy sigh. She hasn't been confronted by someone from outside her world like this. Spike forcefully (but reluctantly) unmasked her, that was different.

There's just never a way to be prepared for this, is there? ]

Allen... it's complicated.

I know...I know your world has all sorts of reasons why you keep it quiet. They explained that.

[He didn't really want to put her on the spot. He just wanted to know...if his suspicions that Kate and someone he greatly admired were one in the same]

...I promise not to tell anyone.

You can promise, but we can never be too sure if Paradisa will mess around with that one day.

[ Truth losses, etc. Also she knows about that girl, Uru. She also has some knowledge that Two-Face got way too close to learning the truth. ]

Perhaps, but...I think the castle would focus on my own secrets before yours. That's how it usually goes.

Besides, it's not really something you bring up in a conversation. [ Dry humor which actually falls flat. She doesn't even chuckle at her own weak joke. ]

Not many Gothamites left, though.

[ That makes it difficult to keep up a secret. She's going to have to work on that. ]

Ah..not really, no.

Mm...I've noticed that. [most of the gothamnites he knew are long ago]

Are you friends with Tim?

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Maybe?

I was...a previous time he was here. But I've only spoken to him a few times since he arrived here.

Then I'm sorry.

[ Because this isn't the first time he's lost a friend, that's for sure. ]

It's...

[a pause]

Please...make sure he has a burial, okay? No cremation.

Unfortunately I don't get a say in that. His family's not here. Stephanie is a good friend of his so she might make the arrangements.

It's not about who has the right to say!

Arthur...he told me that...cremating his body made what happened when he was....when he was dead worse!

They must not have to go through that too!

Allen

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