[ what greets blake on turning around is the hunched silhouette of a bat, watching from atop the pumps. there's a pause where the figure doesn't move, doesn't speak, before it nods its head.
damn. she wishes she had noticed the cat ears' movements before, now, though, having written them off as an accessory. she's sure she might have gone undetected if she'd known to account for stronger hearing.
batgirl rises to her feet and drops to the ground, cape pooling around her shoulders once she lands. it still doesn't feel right to be wearing this again, not yet, but until she knows what she's dealing with, it still feels safest. as she draws up to her full height again, the faceless batgirl still stands a good few inches shorter than the stranger in front of her. ]
In that garage. [ she repeats the words, nodding once. it's a young woman's voice, scratchy and raspy at the edges. she raises both gloved hands briefly in a mollifying gesture, allowing a glimpse at the gold outline of a bat on her suit's chest, before letting her cape envelop her again. batman would press, see if this strange girl with the stranger weapon knows anything, so she considers it briefly. much more likely, though, they're in the same boat. a different angle, then. ]
ruin exploration
damn. she wishes she had noticed the cat ears' movements before, now, though, having written them off as an accessory. she's sure she might have gone undetected if she'd known to account for stronger hearing.
batgirl rises to her feet and drops to the ground, cape pooling around her shoulders once she lands. it still doesn't feel right to be wearing this again, not yet, but until she knows what she's dealing with, it still feels safest. as she draws up to her full height again, the faceless batgirl still stands a good few inches shorter than the stranger in front of her. ]
In that garage. [ she repeats the words, nodding once. it's a young woman's voice, scratchy and raspy at the edges. she raises both gloved hands briefly in a mollifying gesture, allowing a glimpse at the gold outline of a bat on her suit's chest, before letting her cape envelop her again. batman would press, see if this strange girl with the stranger weapon knows anything, so she considers it briefly. much more likely, though, they're in the same boat. a different angle, then. ]
Found a pair of keys. A bike. You?