Video 2 - From a Public Console

[ichoosefight]

Okay, I've had it about up to here with this crap.

[ The masked blonde does not indicate where exactly 'here' is, but she does glare at the camera and take absolutely no notice of the people behind her giving her odd looks. Screw off, she needs to be Batgirl sometimes. Her assumed Standard American accent, though somewhat slurred by her aggravation, still manages to hide the New Jersey in her voice fairly well. ]

Shadows. Voices. I want to know who's heard and-or seen them, what's been tried to make them go away, and whether or not anyone has been hurt by them. If this is anything like the temperature shenanigans of last month it's only going to get worse, and our generous kidnappers haven't said a word.

[ And with a note of finality, as she's sure people are wondering what the hell she's wearing and why: ]

I'm Batgirl. I'm one of the good guys. I'll answer your questions if you answer mine.

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[tofu_idol]

I've heard them. But I don't think all of them are bad. I know what bad Shadows feel like and these are different.

[She sounds a touch distracted, mostly because she's been trying to learn as much as she can about them]

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[ichoosefight]

What do you mean Shadows? And how does that mean they aren't all bad?

[stillshinigami]

I dunno, Batbabe. [He smirks at that.]

I was under the impression that our captors, by definition, didn't owe us an explanation.

But yeah. I've noticed and it's giving me the creeps.

Any chance you heroes are going to investigate it? Or just chalk it up to some of those experiments I've heard so much about?

[ichoosefight]

Call me Batbabe again, see how long it takes me to find you and break your arm. [ Sorry, she's a bit touchy at the moment. ]

Of course we're investigating it, what do you think I'm doing now? Making idle conversation?

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[someonetowatchoveryou]

[He looks pretty damn tired compared to the last time she saw him, what, five or six days ago. While his voice and face are as expressionless as ever, there's a touch of hesitation to his words.]

I have attempted to investigate these anomalies. I am... still not certain if they are not a kind of interdimensional bleedthrough. They... appeared... to need help, though I could not find out what they needed help with. I think... I saw...

[He actually has to stop and collect his words.] I believe I saw a glimpse of their universe. It appears there was... an earthquake.

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[ichoosefight]

[ It's strange to see him tired, when she couldn't register any level of emotion on him the last time she saw him. Strange, which also means worrying. ]

An earthquake? How bad does an earthquake have to be for there to be interdimensional bleedthrough?

[ She lived through a bad earthquake. The government gave up on Gotham that year, but they sure didn't tear a hole in space-time. ]

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[staystraught]

You okay, B.G.?

[Asks rather than answers because no he does not really want to talk about this.

But he really should.

Sigh.]

I've seen them. Not well. Fleetingly.

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[ichoosefight]

I'm frickin' pissed is what I am. [ These things have been making her feel off-balance for days now, and as she said, it's only getting worse. ]

That seems to be the case for most people. Though I have to tell you I'm relieved it's not just me.

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[loveswaffles]

Another Batgirl?

[This just keeps getting better and better.]

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[ichoosefight]

[ Oh look, it's Raven. When did you get here, Raven? Clearly paranoia is making her sloppy, too. ]

Nuh uh. My questions first.

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[feetarestrange]

You were here for when the temperature changed?

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[ichoosefight]

I've always been here, in the shadows.

[ She draws her cape around her a little tighter. Spooky, right? ]

[hamburgerhero]

[He stares dumbly for a while because he really thought this was just a girl in a Halloween costume at first.]

Um. [What was he going to say?] Shadows and voices? I haven't seen anything strange lately and I just figured any voices I hear are in my head but... Do you think they might be ghosts? [His voice drops to a near whisper.] I encountered a ghost back in June.

[ichoosefight]

[ No such luck, Alfred. ]

It's possible they're ghosts, but if they are they're a weird sort. What did you see in June, exactly?

[veepofchess]

That's reassuring. I had thought I was imagining things.

Yes, I have seen them as well. It's rather disturbing.

[ichoosefight]

It seems like a lot of people are seeing them, but nobody seems to know why. The best I got from the telepaths is that they need help. Or they claim they do.

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[wontdoanyless]

[A costume? She had an alias, Batgirl, so maybe she was some sort of hero or fighter. Either way, Steve wasn't going to comment about it yet.]

I've seen 'em. Haven't had much luck making them disappear, but I haven't been harmed either. [He did remember the whole hot and cold situation though, that wasn't much fun to say the least.] Almost feels like someone's been trying to get us all in the spirit of Halloween. Not the way I would have gone.

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[ichoosefight]

[ Everyone who says they're a hero is totally a hero, right? ]

If this is a gimmick somebody is going to get the crap beaten out of them for it. I can only hope that I'm the one throwing the punches. [ NOT COOL, MAN. ]

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[4balls]

Has anyone been hurt by them?

[ Sorry, but that's where his priority is. Besides, the way he asks that question practically implies he saw the shadows too, either way, so he doesn't need to say it twice. ]

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[ichoosefight]

Not that they've reported. Not yet. [ She has a bad feeling about how long that might last. ]

[wallcrawler]

Seen 'em, heard 'em, but no danger signals yet.

[Then again, at times it almost felt like his Spider Sense was just picked up at the local dollar store. Not exactly known for its consistent accuracy.]

Batgirl, huh? The whole naming-yourself-for-an-animal thing must be more popular than I thought.

[ichoosefight]

Yeah, just ask Animal Man. No telling how long that 'yet' will last. What are you, Spider Boy?

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[screwmeister]

[hey, look who it is. looking completely blank as usual.]

Hearing voices? Sounds like a personal problem to me. [but no wait he has something useful to say. here it goes.] Here's a question, did you notice the shadows moving before I mentioned it.

[because, you know, she didn't say anything to him earlier about 'oh hey I saw that too'.]

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[ichoosefight]

[ Oh look, it's Frankstein's Monster in a lab coat. STILL FREAKY. ]

I did, and so did several others I spoke to.

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[readytobe]

[Bat...girl...........you know what, there are lots of weirdly dressed people in the Pokeverse, this is nothing too new.]

At first, I believed them to be products of a lack of physical contact. However, if they are so widespread...

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[ichoosefight]

[ Such is her life. ]

They definitely are. Lack of physical contact isn't consistent with my observations.