#bxrningblack

[gotham-crusader]

@bxrningblack

"Hello, Cassie."

He knows how he looks, which is why he's perfectly still outside of the window and why he makes sure his voice is softer than it otherwise should be.

Trying to have this talk at the compound would be impossible, and he doesn't want to chance getting lucky and finding her elsewhere in the city. No. Here at Gotham Academy was the best place to find her.

"I won't hurt you. I just want to ask about Deacon Blackfire."

[queryxecho]

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Send X for Q or E to take a bullet for you // Still Accepting @bxrningblack ilu

Cassie did warn them about the East End. And now they knew why. All those missing people. They had to admit, it was pretty ingenious of the Deacon. Who missed the transients in Gotham? The Mayor had been bragging about how the homeless “problem” seemed to be on the mend. They wonder if he knows how the “Angels” of the city were fixing it. They really wouldn’t be surprised if he did. 

They didn’t plan on running into the scared teenager while snooping. These tunnels are hard even with their blueprints. Not to mention, there seemed to be a whole section not even on the map. And they really didn’t mean to get her in trouble. Nina barely registered the younger redhead’s eyes dart to the side with fear before moving to shove her to the side. The gunshot from one of the Angels followed by two of Diedre’s own. 

“Fuck!” High pain tolerance or not, any hit to the shoulder hurt like hell. Nina gripped pressure to the aching wound, grimacing. She stayed standing, firmly keeping herself between a shaky Cassie and what she was sure was a body behind them. Dee was a good shot, but damn if all of their ears weren’t fucked from the tunnels echo.

“Cassie? It’s okay. Lookit me, sweetie.” it was better than the alternative. Things were shaking. And even if Cassie never admitted it to herself, they needed her to calm down to keep it from escalating. “It’s okay. We know this wasn’t you. We know why you didn’t say.” Who would have believed her? Not when the media had been praising the work no matter the cost. No one would have listened to a teenager with so much to hide. The rumors weren’t new. It’s just that people were okay with this method of “cleaning up”, even if they wouldn’t admit it aloud. Though, plenty had openly admitted it to the few news anchors who DID try to look at the rumors. 

“This. Wasn’t. Your. Fault. We saw the bodies. You were never going to be able to stop anything that made a pile that high.” Cassie’s hell was a real, tangible place that they finally understood. “You were never going to be able to stop that alone without doing something you might regret.” 

Diedre used the ripped bottom of her shirt to start wrapping her beloved’s shoulder, sharing a look that they needed to move. That echo would travel. Fighting a horde of Angels was the last thing they needed tonight. 

“You’re not what he says,” Nina pleaded, putting a bloody hand on Cassie’s shoulder. “You’re not evil. You’re not bad, Cassie. It’s okay to be angry. You know very well what righteous vengeance can really look like. Even if you are a witch, you don’t deserve destruction. Those were lies. Just like everything else. I know a part of you knows this. It’s the tiny voice in you that doesn’t sound like HIM.” They know it’s in there. They’ve seen her talk. To Lonnie, to Robins, not all of her believes. 

“Come on,” Diedre cooed, taking the girl’s other hand to gently pull her along with them. “I promise. It’s gonna be okay. We can help you figure it out. You don’t have to figure out anything tonight other than coming with us. We can go see Althea, and then Nina’ll be good as new, yeah? And in the morning, you don’t have to do anything either, because you’ll be with us, and you’ll be safe.”

[volucerrubidus]

"I wasn't really planning on doing anything this year..."

Holidays Are Hard! II Accepting

"Well, now you are." Tim insists, as he holds out his elbow for her to take. "We're going to the mall, and then I'm taking you out for dinner. And, y'know, if there's anything else you wanna do today, just ask. The whole world is ours for the taking!"

[arobinwithoutbatman]

@bxrningblack from [x]

Seeing her startle, Tim immediately held his hands up and backed up about three paces. Forgot to turn off the silent walking again. Whoops.

"Sorry, thought you saw me coming." He apologised before sitting across the table from her and pulling out his lunch. "I'm fine, just had a bout of insomnia last night so I didn't sleep."

Not a complete lie. Patrol had been a lot and by the time his adrenaline started to crash, his alarm for school was about to go off so he just downed an energy drink and hoped it would be enough. He had planned to sneak off by now but once he saw Cassie, he figured he may as well come say hello.

"But I'm not the only one, you're looking pretty tired yourself. Everything okay?"

[arkhamcalamity]

She comes in peace. Purple flowers on the ground next to her before the old stone. "....I never knew mine. And you didn't know yours so..." Maybe even tortured ghosts deserved Mother's Day flowers. "Wanna just sit a bit?"

WHO GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO DEVASTATE ME LIKE THIS Mothers day things accepted, since i'm crying anyway I GUESS @bxrningblack

It wouldn't be the first time the little witch had made her way to Amity's grave. But it was the first time she'd ever come bearing gifts. The ancient stone scarcely still had trace of her name. Leaning over a bit, and hollow underneath. Even lacking her bones, she still felt drawn to it. Amity had left the academy. Not being able to tolerate Olive's crying in her room all day. Sybil should still be here. Even the asylum had a glum that just hovered through the halls and cells. No one needed to say anything. The silent sad looks said enough.

She wasn't expecting anyone to be at her stone. Or anything so soft and pretty laying along with it. There were plenty visitors in the grounds today, she'd seen them with their gifts and flowers. They never come this far back though. The city's oldest souls scarcely had an audience. Coming closer, she brushed over the petals while listening to the baby witch.

Nothing could have prepared her for that offered explanation. Like getting shot, it takes her down to her knees. Beatrix, Beatrix, Beatrix.

And want to know a secret? This ghost can still cry.

[dementedspeedster]

@bxrningblack liked for a starter

With each day that Thad found himself stepping in to Gotham City, the more he began to realize that he knew less about the city than he originally thought. His purpose in Gotham recently, other than his typical villain business, was to familiarize himself with the city.

After all it was better to know the twist and turns of the back roads and the secrets of the city than to be caught by surprise by them in a moment where rounding one corner over another could be your last.

It was through this desire to know more that unintentionally Thad had found himself surprised by the city and sent stumbling downwards toward the unknown.

Whether it had been a step or a stumble or something else entirely like the ground giving up beneath his feet he, with a groan of pain and a grumble of frustration as he picked himself off of the dark ground, found himself amid Gotham's tunnels.

"This is what I get for being nosy isn't it?" He scoffs to himself, after all who else would be lurking in what appeared to be long abandoned tunnel system? Right?

"Great, just great." He mutters to himself as he looks about and tries to get his bearings, but not long is spent on that as his grumbling ceases and his head whips around. He stares down one direction of the tunnel silently. He had heard something or so he thought.

"Is someone there?" He calls out into the dark.

[twcfaces]

wait, how do you know about that

"Harvey Dent studied law from the time he graduated high school 'til he was... well, twenty-something.

He didn't skip over the ugly parts. Not learning from the past means you're doomed to repeat it... right?"

[babydxhl]

@bxrningblack | starter call. 

A quiet morning ambush. Mary steps out of the doorway behind the girl with the air of someone collecting the paper off their front doorstep, but her hand closes around one skinny wrist with a grip that's vicelike.

"Hi there." She smiles, all teeth and baby blue eyes, one hand closed around cold metal in her coat pocket. A casual flick of her head clears a stray curl from her brow. "Got a sec?"

[nrth-wind]

"don’t breathe, don’t move, it’s too loud, you are too loud" (*throws disoriented cassie @ lonnie*)

Reality vs. Fantasy Starters II Accepting

Lonnie scowled, but they did drop their voice to a respectful whisper. "Cassie, look at me; I need to see your eyes. And if you can handle touch, I'm also going to need you to put your hand on my chest, so that you can feel when I'm taking proper deep breaths-- and then you must do them with me. Alright? We only need start with those two things. The breaths are calming, and your eyes are going to show me whether or not you're concussed. Do you hear me?"

[noetic-noesis-noein]

@bxrningblack​ from this

    “Hey hey, it’s okay, take it easy,” Arden hummed, gently placing a hand on the girl’s shoulder, eyes wide with concern. “How you feeling? What’s going on in your world?” Laster’s Repair and Rentals had a tendency to house some of the more interesting folk from Gotham, including Arden and Helen Laster herself. In fact, it was Helen who found Cassie on the storefront when closing the store. Having gotten Cassie to the shop’s couch, she had propped her head up with a pillow and tucked her in with a quilt. 

     Dressed in her supersuit, she pressed the black mask around her eyes. “I promise you’re in good hands here.”

[kryptonianclone]

"When I say I’m meditating, I’m just trying to figure out what the fork is happening."

The good place || Accepting

Kon totally understood Cassie. He was wondering what was going on too. He watched as the boys from Cassie's school were trying to light their aerosol deodorant on fire with a lighter. He wondered if he should stop them or if he should standby and watch natural selection happen in real time in front of him. "Why are they so bad at this. This feels like it should be easy to do?" Kon was so confused. They were struggling with lighting and spraying at the same time. "I feel like I would be able to do this and Cassie I'm not very smart I'm concerned for these guys."

[oculusxcaro]

@bxrningblack was followed into Pauli's Diner...

"This might be a diner but that doesn't mean it's okay for you all to come in screeching like that. Get the hell out." Khare snapped, eyes sharp as daggers as she glared at the group of girls who'd come storming into Pauli's Diner. Maybe it wasn't the most professional moment of her career but the way they'd slammed open the door like they owned the place, shrieking and giggling while slinging insults at the girl who'd arrived moments before they did, it didn't take a genius to see these girls were trouble. Bad enough to have to work a double-shift in the run up to Easter without a gaggle of high school bullies causing everybody headaches, much less when a bunch of tiny eyes wriggled and writhed beneath her uniform. "Out. I'm not saying it again." There was a moment of silence before the blessed words "C'mon..." came from one of the girls, the group turning to leave with her amongst hisses of bitch and freak as the chime of the bell signalled their departure. Khare quickly turned to the last girl before she left too. "Not you, sweety. You can stay as long as you need to. Cassie, right? C'mon, I'll get you a shake."

[queryxecho]

Trouble

Word Association Meme @bxrningblack

"....Cassie. You ever see a car crash right in front of you, but know you can't turn away?" Not that you could stop it either.

[volucerrubidus]

"It's hard to hold this much anger in my body"

Game Changer Prompts II Accepting

Tim approaches with a soft expression and gentle, unarmed hands, gloved though they might be. "I know. Rage likes to burn everything, and sometimes, it doesn't care if its source goes with it."

"I'm here, Cassie. Just reach out."

[arobinwithoutbatman]

@bxrningblack continued from here

“I know the feeling.”

He chuckled back as he picked up the book and scanned the contents page to find what he wanted.

“Also not a fun read so I don’t blame you. I don’t think I’ve seen you in any of my classes.” Ignoring that he only attended three in person, his body double doing everything else. “I’m Tim.” He extended a hand and a polite smile.

[arkhamcalamity]

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Amity thoughts about your muse // Still Accepting @bxrningblack

Oh, darling, darling girl. Aren't you just aching to let it all go? Aren't you just so tired of being so well behaved? So, 'yes, father', 'yes, teacher'- all you do is comply. You could bring them to their knees. A perfect prayer to the being they really should venerate. No worrying about anyone laying a hand on you again. You could show them a real Hell to fear. And all it takes... is just a little less control. So much less work than what you must do now.

Don't you know the salvation you could be? All wings and righteous fire- and don't you know how much this city needs cleansing? Isn't that what you've repeated all along? You could do it right. Better than him.

And she could help. If only you'd just take a hand...