grimm cmo

[vigilantics]

for all of your post-grimm shenanigans! 💕🔪
notes: she went back to gotham with hikage and belph, can world hop, got the leggy back

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I want Steph to be full Batgirl :/ so

[alchemenace]

[ it's not the first time Varian has visited Steph since their adventures in murder castle, but he wonders if he'll ever get used to the sheer size of Gotham City.

Big, looming, dirty, dark-- it's nothing like Varian ever experienced in Corona or outside of it, and right now, that's a blessing. He's probably as far from anything resembling a forest as he could be, and not a single building here could be said to resemble a small cottage. It's. Good.

He knows where Steph lives, and intellectually he knows he should be heading there-- either to find her or wait for her, depending on what she might be doing-- but he's still a bit out of breath from how fast he moved out of there. It's not hyperventilating, of course not. It was just... very sudden running. Yes.

Varian is just going to casually lean against this building in Gotham in a dark alley and catch his breath before going to see his favorite person, and everything is Fine! Super fine!

Fiddling with the red scrunchie Veronica gave him is for fun and not a nervous habit also because everything is Fine ]

[vigilantics]

[ it's been a busy night. it's mostly just been a variety of different types of robberies-- home break-ins, convenience stores, just people mugging others in the street. so, nothing too dangerous, at least to steph's standards.

she's actually in the middle of following one mugger after he ditched his group when she showed up. steph is seated on the roof of a building, watching him run down the sidewalk before taking a sharp turn into an alleyway. she sighs, because of course he'd choose an alley. they always choose alleys, that is the most stereotypical place in gotham to run to. without any ceremony, she leaps down from the roof... to land right on top of him!

and also, in front of varian. ]

Gotcha! [ she looks up. ] Holy crap!

[ hey, bro. here's steph standing on top of a now knocked out stranger. ]

[alchemenace]

[ there may or may not have been a slight strangled scream from Varian when Steph dropped down, but then he recognizes the outfit and lets out a sigh ]

H-hey, St--[ wait shit secret identities ]--Batgirl. Um. Is this a bad time?

[ he's going to take a step back away from the. body she tackled down. just in case ]

[vigilantics]

Nah, I'm fine.

[ she just, steps off the guy before leaning down to pick him up. ]

Just gotta dump my friend here somewhere. Did you just get here?

[ she is curious as to why he's... in a random alley and not her house. ]

[axilium]

[listen i wasn't kidding when i said belph would stay up and wait for steph to return home

which is all i'm writing, you come up with the rest.]

[vigilantics]

[ wow!!

so, it's not quite 4am yet when a stephanie brown is going to crawl through her window and flop uselessly on the floor. it's fine. ]

Ow.

[axilium]

[belph stops whatever he was doing on the computer, before swivelling around on his chair with false casualness.]

Congrats on still being alive!

[vigilantics]

[ give her a sec to properly sit up. she yanks the mask off; there's a small gash on her forehead, like she got hit by something, but other than that she's fine. ]

Do you ever sleep?

[melancoffeea]

[Here is Sandalphon, going from one corner to another and avoiding unnecessary interaction with the casino's patrons. Does the Singularity actually like this stuff? Whatever. He isn't here to judge, but to keep to himself. He's definitely not here to be bothered by otherworldly travelers, because that would be too fubby—]

[vigilantics]

[ LEAVE ME ALONE

but sadly for sandalphon, he is probably going to be bothered by otherworldly travelers. and by probably i mean definitely, because stephanie is suddenly appearing above him and is just crashing down. this world traveling nonsense is not as smooth as she would like, sometimes. ]

Crap!

[melancoffeea]

[ not again.

the gamblers around these parts are too drunk or otherwise preoccupied with their activities to mind the duo's crashing onto the floor. with a grunt, sandalphon pushes himself up against the floor to glare at stephanie, whatever position she's in now. ]

What are you doing here?

[vigilantics]

Sandalphon!

[ she is completely ignoring the glare. she also sounds rather chipper for someone who just landed on someone? she's probably used to it (she's very used to it). ]

Oh. Uh. Sorry for the landing?

[vigilantics]

[ i'm not writing out a proper toplevel. for reasons, steph, sandalphon, and ion are all at disney world. how did they get sandy here? who knows. mauyn says arietta. anyway, the point is, they're all at disney world and they're all wearing normal people clothes because steph was not prepared to try to convince disney staff to let someone wearing full armor into an amusement park. ]

Welcome to the happiest place on Earth!

[melancoffeea]

[Couldn't she have been prepared? Anyway, there are way too many people here. Crossing his arms, Sandalphon grouses.]

The two of you can choose to go anywhere . . . but why am I here?

[fonlines]

[ By this point he's probably lived in New York long enough that he doesn't mind the crowd as much as Sandy, nevermind that Daath wasn't exactly a small city itself.

He's also frowning mildly, though it's mostly curious as he glances around. ]

... Admittedly, she did not entirely inform me of what plans she had before I was sent to pick you up, either.

Is it really the happiest place here? What makes it such?

[vigilantics]

They have giant turkey legs?

[ wait, sandalphon doesn't eat. hm. steph just gestures wildly, not pointing at anything in particular. ]

It's an amusement park! The most famous one. It's fun. The word "amusement" is in the name, so, super fun.

[vigilantics]

[ ok so tenka is doing some sort of thing. for people. government people. i guess. and he needs shirasu's help. so now steph and shirasu are pretending to be a couple at some party while tenka does something.

I DON'T FUCKING KNOW I JUST WANT HILARIOUS FAKE DATING SHENANIGANS

but here they are. at this party. yeah. kick it barack. ]

So.

[wagashis]

-So? Aren't you enjoying yourself?

[shirasu is fine with faking it, honestly? it's not like he hasn't done a whole lot of faking in his life, and he's already kissed her without there being anything more to it. pretending to date is a simple thing.

so he looks completely unruffled as he gives her a little smile, taking her by the arm.]

It won't do if you don't look at least somewhat like you're enjoying my company, dear.

[vigilantics]

[ okay that makes her smile; at least he remembers the pet names. ]

But I always enjoy your company, sweetie.

[ steph assumes that the usage of "babe" would go over everyone's heads here. ]

[vigilantics]

[ guess who loves fake dating... this binch does....

so, sandalphon finds himself in gotham because of (LOOKS AT MUFFLED WRITING ON HAND) shenanigans. unfortunately, the timing is bad, so stephanie can't really send him back home at the moment because she is on a very important case!! one that she needs someone's assistance with!! they gotta be dates!!!

anyway, that is how steph is now borrowing a suit from someone and shoving it into sandy's arms. ]

Try this on, please.

[melancoffeea]

[ one day, he's going to have a spiritual stroke and never return to either world, because he has one (1) job and that means staying in the sky realm, but nobody wants to let him stay in said realm. they just think he's a hobo, which he is not (he is).

anyway, while he does not drop the clothes, sandalphon's face scrunches at the sight of them. ]

I'll do no such thing. Return me to the Sky Realm immediately.

[vigilantics]

I will. In a bit. I'm kind of in the middle of something.

[ there's a pause. ]

Something important?

[vigilantics]

[ why are they at a haunted house. let's say there were a lot of mysterious reports regarding it and people disappearing, so steph decided to check it out to see what the heck is going on. and ion is coming with because like... he was visiting, and she wasn't going to leave him in her house all day on his own. every kid needs to sneak into a haunted house at some point in their lives. ]

This doesn't look that bad!

[ it's a house that definitely looks like a ghost could be in there. ]

[fonlines]

[ that sure is a house that looks like a ghost could be in there. ]

... In comparison to what, exactly?

[ what has he been dragged along to, steph. ]

[vigilantics]

... there's no dead bodies?

[ see. it could be worse.

steph will approach the door to further prove this isn't that bad. ]