makemescream (makemescream) wrote,
@ 2010-11-10 09:22:00

Rough Night
Dinah Lance hated computers. It wasn't the run-of-the-mill "gotta love technology" frustration frequently uttered by cubicle cattle and students. Dinah's hatred of computers was almost pathological. She couldn't use them, didn't own them, wasn't ever going to touch them. She was even extremely wary of the so-called smartphone that Babs had given her only relenting because Barbara had made a damn good point about visual intel. She'd hated that, too, but she took the phone. Too bad it had gotten smashed when Dinah laid down her bike in a narrow escape. Yes, computers and anything remotely like them were just bad. Which was what made the evening's patrol something of a nightmare.

The call had come across the police scanner that there was a break in at 8231 Fifth, smack in a shopping district. Realizing that she was closer than the fuzz, she sped there on her bike and went right about going after the crooks. It was only as she got into the store room that she realized she had responded to a break in at the Apple Store.

The would-be thieves suffered for that.

Back home, Dinah was still full of aggression and irritation. She headed straight for the gym, relieved that Ollie wasn't using it because she really didn't want to have to deal with him taunting her about her dislike of technology. Dinah started to punch and kick at the bag, muttering everything she hated about stupid computes.

She had, however, kind of enjoyed hitting the one guy with a stolen iPad. That had been fun.

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	i_can_hit_that 2010-11-11 02:16 am UTC (link)
	"A girl? Hm." is Roy's reply. The idea of Speedy being a girl will take some getting used to for Roy. Now he's going to have to make it a goal to meet this person and check her out. Roy doesn't like the sound of Dinah having to "handle something out of town". "Is everything all right?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	makemescream 2010-11-11 02:20 am UTC (link)
	Dinah never could get much past Roy. "Ollie and I had a disagreement, I told him where he could shove his arrows, then went to pound on some criminals in Metropolis. It's fine. I figure we'll patch up once he gets home tonight. I'm less pissed now." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

i_can_hit_that
2010-11-11 02:31 am UTC (link)

"Wow. Okay, I'll just end my line of questions right there." Roy says.

"You should let me know when you're free and I'll bring Lian by to see you. She likes hanging out in the flower shop with you. She also said you two were going to have a 'Girls-Only Sleepover' and that no boys are allowed. Not even Dads.

She didn't look all that sad when she said it." Roy says. "Don't go teachin' my kid how to sass me, now."

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makemescream
2010-11-11 02:35 am UTC (link)

"You can bring her by tomorrow if you want. I could use an assistant and she's absolutely right about the sleepover. I'll have you know, Roy, the goings-on of Girls Only Sleepover Night are confidential. The lessons gleaned from it are only the begining." Dinah playfully stuck her tongue out at Roy. "And there will be lots of sugar involved."

She laughed at that. That right there was the fun of other people's children.

"Things are fine, Roy," she said after a moment. "Honest."

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	i_can_hit_that 2010-11-11 02:40 am UTC (link)
	"Hey, if Lian comes back looking like Violet from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, we're gonna have words, Miss Lance." Roy says, trying and failing to suppress a smile. "Anything else new and interesting going on that I should know about?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	makemescream 2010-11-11 05:22 am UTC (link)
	"Well. Hal's back." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	i_can_hit_that 2010-11-11 05:28 am UTC (link)
	"Wait, what? Since when?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	makemescream 2010-11-11 05:29 am UTC (link)
	"I'm not sure exactly when he showed up, but he's alive Roy. Can you believe it? Hal Jordan beats death. Lucky bastard." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	i_can_hit_that 2010-11-11 05:37 am UTC (link)
	"Proof positive that Death is female." Roy grins. "Only Hal could charm death into letting him go. Have you talked to him?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	makemescream 2010-11-11 05:39 am UTC (link)
	"You think Ollie's let me have a chance to?" Dinah chuckled. "Bro's before...canaries. Those two are probably getting surgically attached by this point. I figure I'll get my chance to give Jordan a hard time." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	i_can_hit_that 2010-11-11 05:43 am UTC (link)
	"Well, I'm glad he's back. I know how much it hurt Ollie when Hal died." Roy says, not bothering to say how Hal died since they both already knew. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	makemescream 2010-11-11 06:29 pm UTC (link)
	"I think we're all a little relieved. Ollie's a pain in the ass when he mopes. And we missed Hal, too." She nodded. "What about you? What's going on with you? Other than deciding where to live and what to do?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

i_can_hit_that
2010-11-11 07:12 pm UTC (link)

"Those are my biggest concerns outside of taking care of Lian. Oh, and learning to field her questions about Jade. It's hard to tell an eight year-old that her mother is an international assassin-for-hire, which is why she can't be around for holidays or even at all." Roy says, looking down at the floor.

"Like I said, I plan to be someone Lian can always count on, but I can't hide the truth about Jade from her forever. She'll find out someway or other, so I'll just tell her when she's older and let her make her own choices on how to feel." he says.

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