<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/64/Young_Batman.jpg)</div><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><strong>Name:</strong> Batman (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=294841.msg14455706#msg14455706)<br/><strong>Date | Time:</strong> Present<br/><strong>Location:</strong> Earth probably<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Raven, Hal, Open<br/><strong>Note:</strong> New information and a bad reaction</span><br/><hr/>Bruce would never know whether his assurances about the purpose behind the knife actually reassured his female companion, because before he finished laughing or could explain why he found her comment so amusing (the look of confusion on her face was plain to see, but he wasn't sure himself how he would have explained it) someTHING happened, and once again it was something Bruce could not explain. He was really hating that feeling, but even in the context of his and from what Raven had told him her experience, this didn't make any sense.<br/><br/>For a being as powerful as the one who had brought them here, why hadn't they all arrived at the same time? Bruce could only assume the mysterious portal was how he had been transported to the building...but why had the new arrival arrived directly here, instead of the upper floor like the rest? There had to be a reason...there was always a reason behind everything, but Bruce couldn't figure it out, and that bothered him more than being abducted.<br/><br/>When Bruce noticed that his hand had once again dropped to the hilt of the knife strapped to his shin, his mind automatically assuming it was a threat, he could only hope Raven had been too distracted to notice as that likely would have undone his reassurance that the knife wasn't a threat to her. He could only shrug when Raven did glance his way as he had no more idea what was happening here than she did, except he could guess how the new arrival had fallen back asleep so easily. Alcohol tended to do that, and the new arrival reeked of it...right before it reeked of something else as well.<br/><br/><em>Well, at least I'm not the one who smells the worse her anymore.</em>Bruce thought. As far as Raven went, he hadn't been able to detect any odor at all, though these were hardly laboratory conditions. But right now, the unmistakable odor of a fart dominated the room, and unlike Raven Bruce didn't make an effort to avoid it. It would likely have been futile anyway. "Let's just say we could both probably use a shower." Bruce responded to Raven, trying not to let himself think about what she might look like in the shower.<br/><br/><em>You're an idiot.</em>Was Bruce's initial thought at the new arrival's guess about their location. How on earth (Bruce felt a flicker of amusement as he recalled they didn't even know that much) would anyone think this was a military installation? Or at least, not a military installation you didn't need a Top Secret security clearance to get into. But Bruce saw no need to be rude, though he did wonder how the new arrival fit into the situation. He and Raven appeared to have nothing in common besides wardrobe color, and the new guy didn't even have that.<br/><br/>Bruce just listened as Raven explained what little they knew about the situation to the new arrival, but then his ears perked up as Raven revealed some new information...information she would have no way of knowing about events happening beyond the room.<br/><br/><em> Telepath?</em>Bruce thought at first, but that didn't quite add up. She wouldn't have needed to ask him any questions to determine his intentions if she could read his mind. Some sort of ESP then? Raven described the emotional state of one of the future arrivals, so...empathy? Could Raven read emotions?<br/><br/><em>Oh, bloody hell.</em>Bruce cursed silently, and for the first time his face betrayed his emotional state as his cheeks turned a bit red in embarrassment. Did that mean Raven had picked up the flash...okay, several flashes...of attraction he had felt towards her? The totally illogical wave of protectiveness he'd felt when he'd thought the new arrival might be an enemy? Even though it was quite possible Raven would do a better job protecting him?<br/><br/><em>Stop it.</em>Bruce scolded himself. He'd learned long ago to keep his body from giving away any clues to what he was thinking, but his mind was a different story. And even as he tried to redirect his thoughts, his mind kept coming back to what he was trying not to think of in a vicious circle.<br/><br/><em>E=Mc squared. The square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the square of the other two sides. Atmospheric pressure at sea level is 14,2 PSI. .43 for every foot you go in the water. </em>Bruce began to recite scientific formulas in his head in an effort to keep his emotions under control, but he couldn't help the emotion of hope that Raven wasn't paying attention to what HIS emotions were doing.<br/><br/><br/>