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"This is Zatanna.  

Evael a egassem."

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That's the guy. Turns out, he's not a real big fan of murder either, asked me to make sure you guys were apprised of the situation. Think he's hoping that if we're aware and prepared, we might be able to stop anyone just up and killing her.

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Aware, yes. Prepared? ...50-50.

I don't know when the last time they had a census around here was, but I'm pretty sure we're slightly outnumbered.

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Hey, being under-whelmed in the face of over-whelming odds? Last I checked, that was as big a deal on the job description as not killing was.

'Sides, Al knows some other people who are also big on the no-death policy.

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I think this is the part where Robin goes on something something about being whelmed.

[Because that's what he did. She kind of liked it. Fit perfectly into her habit of playing around with words for fun. Backwards and forwards. (Word of advice: don't ever play Scrabble against these two.)]

Yeah? How many of them?

'cause I'm thinking of one off the top of my head who isn't afraid to get himself killed, let alone worry about others.

[superissues]

Not just gets very quiet and authoritative and starts making 'plan' like noises?

[Kon's better at pool.]

I didn't write down any names, but at least five? Ish? But more importantly than that are you implying something I should be picking up on?

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Not that I've ever seen.

[She could go for a round of billiards. Now if only they could find a table around here.]

I would hope you didn't write them down. Did you see what happened to the Red guy? A bunch of us watched the whole thing, and it wasn't pretty.

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I guess we just lucked out, and drew the 'fun' Robin.

[Is that the sounds of another joint post?]

Red Hood? Yeah. Worst part is what we saw wasn't all of it.

... Also now I am slightly paranoid so please tell me no-one died.

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[Maybe]

...umm...about that....

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I'm waiting.

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Look on the bright side: it's not paranoia if you're right?

[Zee, that is not even close to being a bright side.]

1/2

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[...]

[No words.]

[2/2]

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Who?

[2/2]

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Same guy I was talking about before.

If what I overheard was true, his injuries were fatal.

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[superissues]

That jack-in-the box? Laced with some kind of toxin. His body just started going under with extreme rapidity. He said he'd rather have been blown up.

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We did warn him.

[Even though that didn't make things much better.]

[superissues]

Would never have worked.

Sometimes you got to do something so bad, it doesn't matter that it's the wrong thing. You have to do it to be doing something.

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[A sigh. She knew. Why did all the boys in her life have to be so stubborn? Even the casual acquaintances were just as bad....]

It was stupid.

If you're going to defy the Yao Corporation, at least find a better way of doing it than something you're not even going to get anything out of.

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He got something out of it. Their attention.

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That kind of attention, we could've all done without.

I couldn't even sleep that night. Every time I closed my eyes, the whole thing replayed in my mind. It was horrible.

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Don't be too hard on him. He's done that enough already and I don't know how long you have to be here to be that in need of justification, but -- well, you can figure it out.

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I'll be as hard on him as it takes to make me feel better.

[Because that was what was important.]

...but, yeah, I can.

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Brutal yet honest. Still, as long as you feel better.

[Note to self: make sure Zatanna never hears about probable suicide mission you're planning with Red Hood.]

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[yeah, don't tell her about that. she'd hex you both to your beds. and she barely knows Red Hood.]

See? You're starting to get it.

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[Kinky.]

I am indeed.

So, message delivered, I think mission accomplished?

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[Maybe a little.]

Mission accomplished.