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Post by Queen Dopplepopplus on Aug 21, 2008 18:30:17 GMT -5
Jess had told Bruce and Alfred that she wanted to put the window back together that Ra's and his men had come through.
It would give her time to think about her book, maybe come up with a new painting, all the while doing something constructive.
Plus she just liked the quietness of the library.
She moved the panes of glass to one side and began to cut the wood for the window.
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Post by Lois Lane on Aug 21, 2008 18:49:09 GMT -5
*Unaware of the other occupant, Lois slipped into the library with a phone to her ear, hoping to find a private place for the call.*
"No, no. Listen Perry: everything's... fine. I know I haven't been in..."
*A pause*
"Just take my word for it. I am fine. If anyone asks just tell them that I took a sabbatical."
*Another pause.*
"What? No! I mean... No, it's got nothing to do with Superman. I've gotta go. We'll talk later, Chief."
*She quickly hung up and sighed heavily.*
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Post by Queen Dopplepopplus on Aug 21, 2008 18:57:40 GMT -5
Jess raised an eyebrow at the sound of a female voice talking so someone name- Perry? the voice and the name were familiar in a way that she couldn't understand.
Until she set the saw down and turned walked in the direction of the voice.
Holy Balls!.
"Lois Lane?"
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Post by Lois Lane on Aug 21, 2008 19:02:30 GMT -5
*Lois started quite dramatically.*
"I'm sorry, I didn't... expect anyone else to be in this place," *she said, smiling apologetically.*
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Post by Queen Dopplepopplus on Aug 21, 2008 19:06:09 GMT -5
"No, no it's fine, I- I thought you were Bruce, instead I find it's you" she smiled widely and wiped the dust from her jeans and extended her right hand "Jess Cartwright."
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Post by Lois Lane on Aug 21, 2008 19:08:53 GMT -5
'Bruce'?
*Without missing a beat, she took her hand and shook it firmly.*
"Lois La--" *she smiled.* "But you already knew that."
*She glanced over at all the tools.*
"What's all this?"
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Post by Queen Dopplepopplus on Aug 21, 2008 19:19:15 GMT -5
"Oh-" she laughed "a couple months ago Bruce and I had a party and some drunk fools came upstairs and threw a chair through the window. We just haven't had a time to fix it, we'd call someone to fix it, but hey why worry about dealing with people when I know how to do it just fine."
She laughed and pushed the boards across the floor "What brings you here Ms. Lane? Doing a story on Bruce?"
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Post by Lois Lane on Aug 21, 2008 19:33:08 GMT -5
"Oh," *she said, cringing.* "Have a lot of those kinds of parties?"
"Um, not really-- no," *she relented.* "I sort of had a run-in with this... freak and apparently this is the safest place."
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Post by Queen Dopplepopplus on Aug 21, 2008 19:38:31 GMT -5
"No actually, it was suppose to be a benefit party for the homeless, but those fools ruined it." Jess rolled her eyes and scratched the back of her head.
"Wayne manor is probably one of the safest places in all of Paris, seeing as though it's not technically in Paris, on the outskirts really." She looked up at Lois and raised her eyebrow "Care to talk about it? I know we just met, but you'll learn I'm a pretty good ear."
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Post by Lois Lane on Aug 21, 2008 19:55:10 GMT -5
*Lois wasn't sure she should tell anyone. If there was anything she learned during her time here, it was not to trust everyone. But Jess was in a first name basis with Wayne and she had quickly come to trust his judgment and he company he kept.*
"Yeah," *she said with a grateful smile.* "Yeah, I'd like that a lot."
"Have you heard of the Joker?" *she asked cautiously, almost as if speaking about him would make him appear.*
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Post by Queen Dopplepopplus on Aug 21, 2008 20:02:12 GMT -5
Jess's eyes widened.
No, no, no, no....
"I-I have."
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Post by Lois Lane on Aug 21, 2008 20:19:17 GMT -5
"He broke in to Charenton a few days ago. Crane tossed me into a cell next to his and..."
How do I explain?
*Lois figured showing her was easier.*
"He did this," *she said, moving her hair out of the way to show her the scar on her cheek,* "which is honestly the least of my worries."
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Post by Queen Dopplepopplus on Aug 21, 2008 20:22:26 GMT -5
Jess shuddered at the thought of Crane, but it wasn't him he was so worried about, it was the joker.
Bruce had yet to meet him I don't think and god- she smiled sadly in Lois's direction -what will happen when he does.
"That's awful! That crazy clown!"
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Post by Lois Lane on Aug 22, 2008 14:32:19 GMT -5
"Is that what he's supposed to be?" *she said sarcastically.*
"I recorded everything he said and when he realized, he threatened to kill me."
*Lois shook her head and laughed mirthlessly.*
"Then Crane shoved me out of a window and Batman... well, he swooped in as he usually does and saved me."
"That's my story, what about you?"
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Post by Queen Dopplepopplus on Aug 22, 2008 20:30:55 GMT -5
"That seems to be what the batman does" she smiled and set down in one of the large chairs and motioned for Lois to join her, little did she know that the fireplace near it was also the entrance to the fortress of solitude.
Oh well, give it up for multiple personality disorder.
"My story is rather long and let's just say Bruce and I have a very interesting relationship, I met Bruce on the top of the opera house for god sakes. I had heard of him through the news and had because I had no life as someone like me does, I decided to research him so I probably new more about him that he knew about himself. We just kind of, hit it off I guess, which was strange, what would the prince of Gotham want with a plain Jane like me?"
Jess laughed, she wasn't about to tell Lois about Ra's or what happened to her with crane, because that would just raise a suspicion that Bruce didn't need.
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