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[batricide]

will make pretty later

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@tony.stark, (ni)text—

[voicelog]

[ he really couldn't have foreseen that two people from new amsterdam would show up today, but here we all are. ]

damian, you there?

[batricide]

[ ... well.

that's not a name he was hoping to see, but he feels relief all the same. ]

I am. It's me.
I remember.

[voicelog]

from when?

[ he can't be sure with all the mismatched timelines coughkatecough. ]

it was beginning of october 2512 for me

[batricide]

[ a short pause. ]

October 2512.
I think.

[ "I think" is not a definitive statement. He casts his memory back but finds it shoddy. ]

I didn't come straight here.

[voicelog]

you returned back to your earth first?

[ again? ]

for how long?

[batricide]

Not long. Maybe an hour or so.
But long enough that things from New Amsterdam feel faded.

[voicelog]

are you ok?

i can come to you

[batricide]

I'm fine.
Bishop is here too.
We seem to be underground.

[voicelog]

i'm speaking to her right now

underground?
like a tunnel?

how did you end up down there?

[batricide]

I don't know.

[voicelog]

did you wake up there?

@hawkeye; text

[fledges]

hey
billy wants to meet you
are you up for it?

[batricide]

[ the gut instinct is to tell her no. because he hates people and they're not generally a fan of him.

but this means a lot to her and he's been doing reading on how to be a decent boyfriend (which he will never, ever admit to) and everything seems to indicate making a good impression on friends is vital. ]

When?

[fledges]

whenever you're comfortable. we didn't set a time yet.
it can just be the three of us to start.

[Because she knows this is hard for him, and easing him in seems like the smartest plan.]

[batricide]

[ okay he can be normal. he can be a NORMAL twenty-something year old guy who doesn't immediately scoff at NORMAL things. it can happen. ]

How about dinner tonight?

[fledges]

really? okay
he wants to cook for us, so all you have to do is show up and be cute.

[batricide]

Is that a polite way of telling me not to be myself?

[fledges]

you're plenty cute when you're not driving me nuts or making fun of my costume

[batricide]

Your costume would be fine without those holes.

[fledges]

you don't think i look good in it?

[This is what you get, Damian.]

[batricide]

I didn't say that.
But I'd enjoy it more if it doesn't leave me worried about someone putting holes in you.

[fledges]

i know, i know
you want me weighed down in body armor

[batricide]

You're acting like I want to put you in a full suit of platemail.

[fledges]

do i have to change my name to knightwing?

[ha ha get it]

[batricide]

Ha ha, very funny.