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Post by Bruce Wayne on Aug 15, 2008 14:32:04 GMT -5
*The dark figure moved swiftly through Paris, arriving at the property of Wayne Manor...or rather, through a circuitous route that took him and Lois underneath the mansion.
The Batcave.
He set her down carefully on a low table like Rachel.*
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Post by Lois Lane on Aug 15, 2008 14:39:35 GMT -5
*It was a while until Lois finally came to. She looked around at the damp, dark place.*
"Let me guess: the Batcave?" *she said, slowly getting up from the table.*
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Post by Bruce Wayne on Aug 15, 2008 14:44:35 GMT -5
"Got to have a lair."
*He gave her some space, though he didn't go far*
"How are you feeling, Miss Lane?"
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Post by Lois Lane on Aug 15, 2008 14:50:08 GMT -5
"A bit rattled but I'll be alright," *she said, ignoring the splitting headache she had and the bleeding cut on her cheek.*
*Suddenly remembering, Lois reached into her pocket and took out her tape recorder.*
"Here," *she said, handing Batman the object.* "I think you should hear this."
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Post by Bruce Wayne on Aug 15, 2008 20:31:26 GMT -5
*He nodded as he took the recorder*
"I'll get the original back to you after I make a copy. Is it of Crane?"
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Post by Lois Lane on Aug 16, 2008 14:27:28 GMT -5
*Lois replied simply.*
"The Joker," *she said, visibly agitated at the mere thought of him.*
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Post by Bruce Wayne on Aug 17, 2008 9:46:26 GMT -5
*The Joker...
Gordon had mentioned him, after the entire incident with Ra's al Ghul and the League of Shadows. He'd been about to start an investigation when the whole time-and-space displacement shoved him and his house into 19th Century Paris. It had pulled in Ra's and Crane, so why not this Joker?*
"I'll definitely look into it.
Do you have a place to stay?"
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Post by Lois Lane on Aug 17, 2008 17:48:40 GMT -5
"That's what you told Gordon before you dropped off the face of the earth," *she said, unable to hide the resentment in her voice.* "And while you were gone, he blew up City Hall-- twice, murdered four judges, dangled a school bus full of children over a garbage condenser for no apparent reason other than to get media attention, almost gassed all of Gothan General Hospital--again, for no apparent reason other than to get media attention-- and robbed six banks. It would've been seven if it wasn't for my one hour lay-over at Gotham International Airport and Gordon's quick thinking. He arrested him but that wasn't any help, no thanks to you."
Dammit, I'm doing it again...
*Lois pinched her eyes closed and shook her head.*
"Sorry... I didn't mean any of that."
Most of that, anyway.
"And yeah, I have a--" *Lois stopped as she remembered what the Joker threatened her with.* "Well, I had an apartment but I can't go back."
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Post by Bruce Wayne on Aug 17, 2008 19:58:57 GMT -5
*His fights tightened in anger...not at Lois, but at what had happened thinks to the strange phenomenon that had brought him here.*
"It's all right. Before I could deal with him, I was dragged here to this strange place. Now that I've heard what he's done...consider him on the list with Dr. Crane."
*His voice, and demeanor, calmed somewhat, though he was still a coiled spring of energy*
"No one in Paris you can stay with? One that Joker doesn't know?"
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Post by Lois Lane on Aug 17, 2008 20:11:14 GMT -5
"I do but it's not like the Joker couldn't get to them in the process of getting to me. I can't risk it," *she explained.* "I'll probably figure something out-- unless you've got a safehouse somewhere..."
*Lois looked around.*
"...With a bit more furnishing," *she joked.*
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Post by Bruce Wayne on Aug 17, 2008 20:13:06 GMT -5
*He had to stop himself from breaking into a grin. Instead, Lois got the same gruff-voiced, stoic exterior*
"I know somewhere you'd be safe. A friend of mine who is no slouch in a fight take you in."
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Post by Lois Lane on Aug 17, 2008 20:22:41 GMT -5
*Intrigued, Lois' gaze snapped back to Batman.*
"'A friend'?" *she repeated.* "Didn't take you as the type to keep friends."
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Post by Bruce Wayne on Aug 17, 2008 20:23:39 GMT -5
"More of an associate, but he's trustworthy, and somebody that my enemies wouldn't ever think would be connected to me: Bruce Wayne."
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Post by Lois Lane on Aug 17, 2008 20:30:11 GMT -5
"You're kidding. You want me to stay in that playboy's mansion?"
*Lois laughed.*
"Tell him that I'll kill him if he even thinks of putting me in a bunny costume."
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Post by Bruce Wayne on Aug 17, 2008 20:32:53 GMT -5
*Batman gave an amused snort*
"Noted. I'm sure he'll be on his best behavior."
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