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[galwonder]

Flash bang flash

Flash.

The second flash there had meant to hit Bi-Face, except apparently the universe had different ideas. The third  flash was an automatic reaction to suddenly being jerked out of Gotham and into some strange place that's other, and Sparrow doesn't really appreciate that.

"What the heck?"

 - see?

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[has-its-poetry.livejournal.com]

"Sparkly," Stranger observes, sprawled comfortably on her stomach six feet above the ground, elbows resting on some unseen support and chin propped in her hands.

[galwonder]

Sparrow - because she's still Sparrow, in the costume and with the shades down - spins, still tense from the battle she's just left. She relaxes to a degree when the person in question isn't a threat, and gives a cheeky grin.

"All part of the routine. Hey there."

[has-its-poetry.livejournal.com]

"Hi!"

Stranger smiles, sits up, and waves.

"There used to be flowers," she says, a little regretfully. "But," and she brightens, "there's people instead!"

She digs into the back pocket of her jeans and produces a slightly battered but improbably whole chocolate bar, which she offers grandly.

[galwonder]

Yeah, no way is Sparrow eating something offered to her by a strange person in a strange place. She read about Persephone!

Or 'Claw forced her to read it. Same diff, right?

"You know what's going on?"

[has-its-poetry.livejournal.com]

Stranger wrinkles her nose and stuffs the chocolate back where it came. There's a muffled squeak.

"I met a man in the desert whose head was on fire," she announces grandly. "He was the best. I gave him chicken noodle soup because he said flowers were girly."

[galwonder]

"Gee, thanks, that's helpful."

That is Sparrow's sarcastic but not that annoyed voice. Looking around them, she observes,

"Don't see anything that dangerous. Maybe Bi-Face just wanted me outa the battle."

[has-its-poetry.livejournal.com]

"Everybody's gone," observes Stranger. "The Earth has been invaded by bugs from outer space."

She doesn't seem that displeased by the prospect.

"Or maybe it was things with tentacles crawling out of the ocean. Or demons. It could've been demons. Maybe all three!"

[galwonder]

"Not my Earth, sista."

She'd've noticed!

Thinkyface firmly in place, Sparrow reaches into one of the pouches on her belt and pulls out a small handheld device.

"Com'oooon G.P.S..."

[has-its-poetry.livejournal.com]

"I think," she says, uncharacteristically sensible, "this Earth is everybody's."

Beat.

"Even the tentacle bug demons."

[misterbunny.livejournal.com]

"Dear lord!" The rabbit, tumbles from his nearby perch, landing on the ground with his feet kicking in the air. "Argh I'm fiskin' blind!"

[galwonder]

Hey, that wasn't the desired reaction!

"Oh boy," Sparrow says, taking a few quick steps over. "Hey, it'll wear off, honest!"

[misterbunny.livejournal.com]

"What the hell, lady? Why not warn a guy, huh? Damn it, I'm gonna hafta switch to black and white until I can repair my main photorecepters." The Bunny claws at his eyes as if to wipe away the spots. Inside his little body, things are shifted around, and he finds his world a lot dimmer.

It's probably best not to ask where the fedora now perched on his head came from. These things just tend to happen when certain factors are triggered.

[galwonder]

This may make Sparrow calm down a bit- that wasn't an organic choice of words.

"Hey," she points out, "I didn't ask to suddenly be transported here in the middle of a fight."

[misterbunny.livejournal.com]

"And your automatic reaction is to blind people? Well toots, that's just not peachy." The dame had gams like you wouldn't believe, and them little short shorts sure showed them to her advantage. Not built especially well, but cute, in a boyish kinda way.

The outfit had me worried though. So did this damn monologuing program. "Who the fisk are you?"

[galwonder]

"You don't recognise me?"

Fists firmly on hips now.

"I'm Sparrow!"

[misterbunny.livejournal.com]

Figures. The girl was nuts. "Sparrow, right, sure thing, and a cute bird ya are." Damn, I'm not english, so the joke isn't as funny. This whole wisecracking gumshoe thing can be tough on a guy. I lower my fedora over my eyes, then tilt it back to get a real good look at her.

"That supposed to mean something to me sweetcakes?"

[galwonder]

"As in 'Dark Claw and...'?"

Duh.

[verb-not-noun.livejournal.com]

Hey.

She knows you.

Well... maybe.

Sparrow is just different enough from the Jubilee of Xavier's school for Penance to be a little wary of her. Terribly curious, sitting up on a tree branch and peering over, over, ooooooover...

(and probably visible because of it)

...but also wary.

[galwonder]

Conveniently, out of anyone in her world, Jubilee probably bears the most resemblance to any one person from Penance. Equally fortunately, her Sparrow training involved very little reading up on old West outlaws (though it did involved), so she's not about to see Retribution and think she's under attack.

The red movement catches her eye, and she turns towards it.

"Hey, anyone there?"

[verb-not-noun.livejournal.com]

The leaves of the tree rustle - she'd ducked back when Jubilee turned toward her. The sudden onslaught of falling leaves is a result of her hair cutting through the stems when she moved backward.

...also, those few branches.

But they were only little ones, really.

[galwonder]

Really.

Sparrow draws back, muscles tense in case whatever it is attacks her, but she doesn't worry that she might not be able to handle herself.

"Hey," she says. "Who's there?"

[verb-not-noun.livejournal.com]

Hey, she looks upset. That's bad. If it were Sokka or Claire or Toph, she would come out slowly and smile, let them know that it's just their friend!

...Jubilee was never quite a friend, though. Also, she looks really upset.

There's some rustling among the leaves, but honestly? A petite red girl with bright blue eyes really doesn't blend in well with a tree.

[galwonder]

Sparrow doesn't really go in for attacking people who may be on her side, and when peering through the leaves does actually show someone who looks - like a shy red girl, she steps forward gently.

"I won't hurt you."

Cause that's clearly the question at hand.

[verb-not-noun.livejournal.com]

It was, actually, yes. So those blue eyes blink at her a couple times before sliding a foot forward on the branch. She peeks out at Jubilee a little warily. People don't always have 'happy' faces on when they see her.

...but hi!

[galwonder]

"Hi!"

OK, that can get a happy face. Or an attempt at one.

"You OK, there?"