capeandcowl | [ 20 | Batcomm | voice | backdated to last night, an hour or so after skrull!Kate's reveal ]

[ voice; batfiltered to the Batfam filter ]

I’m sealing off the cave.

Believe me, I’m sorry it’s come to this. I’m sorry this... situation's bad enough now that it needs to be done. But until we have a failsafe way to tell the difference nobody but me, Redbird, Batwoman 2.0, and... Robin [ no one say anything 8| ] have access. I’m gonna know if you break this rule, so don’t. Or I won’t hesitate to let you keep the brig warm for the duration. If you need a place to work, use a safehouse. [ and here’s some coordinates to the most gutted, useful information free, bare bones things left in the bat brigade. SORRY KIDS. ]

[ public ]

...So. Honesty hour.

I'm... not a guy with powers to rely on when it would make the difference. I need facts to make accusations and I can’t let myself draw conclusions based on anecdotal evidence. Which is kind of a long way of saying that I know sometimes that approach leads to a whole lot of shortsightedness. And this... past week would be one those moments.

...But things change. I don’t have much, but what I do have is free. No strings, and no promises. I need help. And I’m betting you do too.

[ batcryption to Spider-Man ]

Skrulls need to take precedence, but I’m not letting go of the torture case. I need to know what you got out of the victims.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Well, since you asked so nicely and all, why not?

[ There's a... pause while he wonders whether or not he's supposed to be hearing sarcasm there.

And a little like a peace offering: ]

Grayson might've said something.

[The sound of a fingersnap.]

'Course. Cheerful guy like him, I keep forgetting he's from Gotham too.

Alright, well, I can't say I'd object to comparing notes with Some Other World's Greatest Detective. Let me get my notes together.

I appreciate it. I've been a little out of it, or I would have gotten there already, believe me. [ and just to be fair, he'll send a document containing some extra details from the side of the case he's been working on. ]

Better not to work at cross purposes.

Hey, I'm always up for a tete-a-tete. Just ask all the folks from back home; I'm practically the King of Team-Up Mountain.

[Beat.]

I'm not sure we should trust these files to the Network, though, especially not right now. How d'you want to swing this?

[ ...well this is awkward. How to swing an in-person meeting while too beaten to a pulp to suit up. ]

You okay with a drop box? With say nine-ish layers of encryption on top of it?

Well, I'm not the fastest hacker in the west, but I'll give it a shot.

I'll talk you through it if you need help.

Worth a try, anyway. Where am I headed?

[ 20 | Batcomm | voice | backdated to last night, an hour or so after skrull!Kate's reveal ]

same encryption, backdated;

same encryption, backdated;

same encryption, backdated;

same encryption, backdated;

same encryption, backdated;

same encryption, backdated;

same encryption, backdated;

same encryption, backdated;

same encryption, backdated;