000 | Appointments

[noitatnacni]

Need a place to get in touch with Zatanna Zatara at luceti? Feel free to post here. Please label threads with the method of contact (voice/video/action/etc.) and the date: Action [June 13].

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Re: October 10th

[teenwonder]

[How is he? Back in full costume, as if capes and masks are enough of a shield to function properly.]

I'm fine. Same as always, I guess.

You should go back to sleep. Sorry I woke you.

Re: October 10th

[noitatnacni]

You didn't.

[Yeah, sure. He's dressing normal again, great. But fine?]

Look, you don't have to hide it. I know you're not okay.

Re: October 10th

[teenwonder]

I will be. It's not like it's anything new. I'm sorry you had to see it, that's all.

[He rubs one of his elbows awkwardly. So they were just jumping right into uncomfortable conversations?]

Re: October 10th

[noitatnacni]

[Yep. Was he expecting something else?]

Robin. [Zatanna sighs softly, wondering just what it's going to take to get him to actually admit the truth.] I lost my parents too. I know there's a lot more to it than that.

[And also that she can't fix it, but she doesn't think keeping it all in is going to help. Even if there was one person he could trust, then maybe it'd be easier.]

Re: October 10th

[teenwonder]

They left when I was just a kid. We already took care of the people responsible. What happened last week was just a fantasy. [And that was it. It didn't have to be something deeper than that.]

From what I hear, you and Jason did a good job getting to the bottom of it.

Re: October 10th

[noitatnacni]

Are you telling me that, or yourself? [Even if it didn’t have to be, that didn’t mean it wasn’t. Zatanna had seen Robin—Dick during that fantasy. She can’t remember a time when he’s been happier.]

Kind of. It was really Teddy who put an end to it. We just kind of helped find Billy and got involved in the fight.

[Which still feels like more than enough to make her responsible.]

Re: October 10th

[teenwonder]

[He ignores the first part. It leads to places he doesn't want to go. He's much more comfortable with making inspirational speeches.]

He wouldn't have been able to do it if it wasn't for you. You kept going even when it was hopeless. You both proved yourselves as heroes then.

Re: October 10th

[noitatnacni]

[Of course he doesn't say anything about the part that really matters. It kind of hinders the effectiveness of that inspirational speech a bit.]

Thanks. [Zatanna huffs out a soft breath, then takes a step closer to Robin. He says she's a hero; he probably really believes it. But it still doesn't feel right to her. Not when she thinks about that fantasy, and how absolutely happy he'd been.]

I'm really sorry, Robin.

Re: October 10th

[teenwonder]

Don't be sorry. You did what had to be done. You made a tough call, and it was the right one.

Re: October 10th

[noitatnacni]

Yeah, I know.

[She really does, at least on some level. But it wasn't easy. Hasn't been. She glances down, already sure of what he's going to say--even if it doesn't stop her.]

I can still be sorry for what you lost though. Even if it wasn't real.

Re: October 10th

[teenwonder]

It was real. [Not the most recent set of parents, but the original ones? Very real.]

But I'm not that person anymore. There's no need to be.

Re: October 10th

[noitatnacni]

There's no need for you to be happy?

[Because that's the big difference. Not giving up crime-fighting and the mask, not even having a family. Robin had been absolutely happy with his life, and Zatanna has to wonder when the last time he'd felt anything close to that had been.]

Re: October 10th

[teenwonder]

There's no reason to prioritize it.

Re: October 10th

[noitatnacni]

Right. Because it's not like you're a person who deserves it or anything.

[Geez Robin. Times like this? She gets why Artemis likes hitting things.]

Re: October 10th

[teenwonder]

Not until I get us home, I don't.

Re: October 10th

[noitatnacni]

...Wow. You know, one day I'm going to figure out how to make you realize how ridiculous you sound when you say things like that. Especially to me.

[Since they're kind of together and all.]

October 10th

[teenwonder]

You've got your own version of me. You'll survive.

Re: October 10th

[noitatnacni]

I'm not talking about after we end up back home. [Nope, definitely not opening that can of worms.] I mean here and now. And I also mean you, not my Robin back home. You two aren't just interchangeable parts.

Re: October 10th

[teenwonder]

Of course we aren't. he's the one you want. I'm just standing in until you can sort it out.

Re: October 10th

[noitatnacni]

...You can't be serious.

Re: October 10th

[teenwonder]

[He stares at her impassively, not quite ready to backpedal yet.]

Re: October 10th

[noitatnacni]

[Not smart, Dick.]

You think that the only reason I'm with you is because I can't be with him. [Zatanna crosses her arms over her chest, narrowing her eyes at Robin.] Funny, but I've been thinking it's because I care about you. Not that you make it easy sometimes--like now.

Re: October 10th

[teenwonder]

So now you're going to be upset.

[Zatanna are you going to be a total girl about this?]

Re: October 10th

[noitatnacni]

[YEP.]

Well let's see. The guy I've been sort of dating for almost two months just told me that I'm just using him as some sort of boyfriend substitute.

Yeah, I think upset is a good way to describe it.

Re: October 10th

[teenwonder]

You shouldn't be. I'm fine with it. [And he's the one who would have a case to be upset if anything upsetting were to happen, right?]