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fluxnet2021-04-02 11:48 pm
stayfightgive) wrote in fluxnet2021-04-02 11:48 pm
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[ There is a singular purpose behind posting this message: offering help with the current situation, and in doing so, finding out who can fight and who needs protection.
The video starts with a shot of a woman dressed in armor, with a sword at her side. She appears comfortable in said armor, as well as being very comfortable with her weapon of choice. She purposefully picked a neutral place with nothing remarkable in the background for this first message to the network at large.
Depending on the reception it garners, she may very well be making more. ]
Hello.
[ It's only an introductory statement, but she's just getting started. ]
Something is very wrong here, from the curfew to the feeling that the streets are not safe. And there are the ice statues to consider.
I have also heard talk about the Unseen and the threat they represent. I don't know what I can do against them, but there must be something that can still be done.
What has been done before? Surely all options have not been exhausted.
[ She pauses for a moment to clear her throat. ]
And even if it turns out that there is nothing, if there is anything that I can do, even if it is as simple as providing any one of you with an extra set of eyes- I am prepared to make that offer.
[ Never mind that she's barely gotten settled and that she hardly knows anyone. These seem like dangerous times, however, and she knows she can't remain idle. ]
The video starts with a shot of a woman dressed in armor, with a sword at her side. She appears comfortable in said armor, as well as being very comfortable with her weapon of choice. She purposefully picked a neutral place with nothing remarkable in the background for this first message to the network at large.
Depending on the reception it garners, she may very well be making more. ]
Hello.
[ It's only an introductory statement, but she's just getting started. ]
Something is very wrong here, from the curfew to the feeling that the streets are not safe. And there are the ice statues to consider.
I have also heard talk about the Unseen and the threat they represent. I don't know what I can do against them, but there must be something that can still be done.
What has been done before? Surely all options have not been exhausted.
[ She pauses for a moment to clear her throat. ]
And even if it turns out that there is nothing, if there is anything that I can do, even if it is as simple as providing any one of you with an extra set of eyes- I am prepared to make that offer.
[ Never mind that she's barely gotten settled and that she hardly knows anyone. These seem like dangerous times, however, and she knows she can't remain idle. ]
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Gansey.
[ She says his name, as if trying it out. It feels strange on her tongue, but that sensation is not as strange as learning that they meant something to each other in another reality. ]
In this other reality, what exactly did this person and I mean to each other?
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He called you his aunt, although you weren't related by blood. That version of me was Bruce Wayne's adopted son. You were his friend. His mentor. The conversations the two of you had...
[He couldn't keep the envy out of if voice. He'd love to be able to speak with her like that, especially if she's as knowledgeable as that Diana.]
You were one of the reason he studied history and art.
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I see. It sounds as though the two of us- Or rather, them, were very important to each other.
[ She couldn't help but hear that tone in his voice, and although she wasn't one to make assumptions, she thought she understood why. ]
History and art... Two things I know quite a bit about.
[ But she supposed he had a reason for telling her all this, so she posed a question to him. ]
What would you like to have happen now?
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[He almost mentions Evie, but she's a detail that might be too much for someone already trying to adapt to knowing about a life she hadn't led.]
Has anyone else spoken to you about that alternate world?
I know quite a bit about them as well. More history than art, but I've been learning since I experienced his life.
[For a moment, he's thoughtful, knowing what he'd like to say but he also knows that's unfair to Diana.]
What I would like isn't important in this situation. What you want to happen is what matters.
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No, I haven't heard anything about it.
[ She has a feeling that Bruce has something he wants to tell her, but she can't quite tell just what that might be. In actuality, she figures he has several things he wants to talk about, but she can't tell if that's related to what Gansey's saying or not. She means to find out, however. ]
Well, I work as a curator of art at a museum, so if there's anything you want to know, I'm sure I could tell you.
[ She makes a point of intimately knowing the histories and backgrounds of each bit of art she works with, so she supposes if that's an interest of his, she could divulge some things. ]
In situations like this, I find that the best thing to do, when one person knows more than the other, is to simply start out being friends and to see where that leads.
[ She can't help but feel like they could be friends, but she can't really speak to anything else that might have happened in that other reality. In her experience, things like that can't be forced. ]
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There's quite a few details regarding it that might be easier to discuss in person. There are four of us that remember parts of that reality.
You work at the Louvre?
[He can't help laughing over the comment about anything he wants to know. Gansey's curiosity can insatiable.]
You might regret that offer. My mentor used to say he thought I would never run out of questions.
[Malory had rarely minded. He'd encouraged Gansey's curiosity and drive to learn.]
I would never expect you to take up that role with me. That Gansey knew you from childhood. You - or that version of you - helped him through a traumatic time and his grief. I would appreciate being friends, if you don't find this too strange.
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[ She smiles a small smile. ]
I would never begrudge someone's curiosity. There are far worse things in the world. And I would never hope to claim that role because it would feel too much like overstepping, but we can certainly be friends. Would you like to meet for coffee? If there is coffee in this place.
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[He gives her a smile that the world rarely sees, nervous and hopeful, one that a politician's son is never supposed to allow out in public.]
I miss talking to someone who understands the scholarly side of the world. I had a mentor back home who helped me in my search. We used to talk about history and art and magic. He didn't think it was strange that a teenager wanted to know so much. I'd like having another friend like that again.
[Assuming that Diana wouldn't think it was odd that a ten year old had started a quest that ended up lasting eight years.]
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[ She enjoys it for the taste more than anything else, because the caffeine buzz isn't exactly necessary for her, but it also does open the door for social connections too. ]
Your mentor sounds like a very nice person. I'm sure you miss him, but while we are both here, as long as you'd like to, I would like to talk with you about history, art, and magic. Friendships have been formed on far less.
[ Meaning she already considers this a budding friendship, for whatever that's worth. ]