performance | IC CONTACT - MASK OR MENACE

So far, no. There were mechanical sharks once. And a bombing.

But the kidnapping was the worst.

[ It was personal. ]

kidnappings usually suck been kidnapped twice in the last few months and ugh it does not get any more fun

figures this place isnt as crash as it seems

Wait, you're actually enjoying it here?

Ignoring the kidnapping part because I'm sure that qualifies as a spoiler.

well yeah i mean you guys are all here so why shouldnt i be?

dude it would be if it didnt happen every other friday

I know how that is.

The kidnapping, I mean.

Maybe the other part, too.

i mean i do miss the BBs and the Robin I know and gramps and grandma but ive been through the whole landing in a different place and getting stuck thing before

and its really not that bad here, spud

[Yup. Bart's hopped on that new lingo train.]

It helps if you're stuck with people you like.

yeah

hey so multiverse. porters. weird unexplainable technology. all of us getting taken from different times. you know if theres ever been two of the same person?

I've been told there was a different universe's version of me here at one point, but at the same time? I don't think so.

uuggghhh man thats moded. guess thats the line they draw with all this chronal paradox stuff

You make it sound like a bad thing.

Someone you wanted to meet?

more someone i want someone else to meet

[There's a slight pause before this next text is sent. But... hey, maybe it'll make him feel better for lying earlier.]

its also not fun when your best friend doesnt know you

[ Dick feels a sudden, uncomfortable pang of sympathy for him — or maybe empathy? He isn't sure. He barely knows this kid, and he's not great at saying the sensitive thing at the best of times, so he takes a minute to compose a response that he's not at all sure is going to help. But maybe knowing he's not alone will make it better. Things misery loves, and all that. ]

You know, the Batman here doesn't know any of us. It's not the same, but I kind of get how that must feel. And it would probably be even worse if it was Wally.

Alternate universes are the worst sometimes. I'm really sorry.

nah its just not fun as in boring. like i said totally have practice with knowing people who dont know me

[ Well. That's just embarrassing, then. Also worrying. ]

... oh.

Sorry for assuming?

[It's the only way Bart knows how to deal, but at the least he's realizing that... was probably one of those times he was supposed to emotionally connect before shrugging it off]

no nono i mean ur right if i went back to 2056 i guess itd be weird if no one knew me and i wouldnt have asked if i didnt want to see my worlds blue here

It's fine. However you're dealing. I'm in no position to question your coping methods.

hey totally crash over here no coping necessary i mean dude im getting to hang out with you guys while youre my age

Living the dream, I guess.

you have no idea

Are we pretty much what you expected?

And has anyone made you watch Back to the Future yet?

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