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[notafraidofyou]

[The video flips on to show a teen peering into the camera. This thing is on? Good. He grins and settles back a little, expression and body language relaxed.]

So I got the basic rundown, ride to the new place, full file on me--and how weird is it that they have all of that on hand? I don't think even my doc back home has my full medical workup! [He shrugs carelessly, like it doesn't really matter.] But, like, no one has answered the really important questions yet.

[He ticks off his questions on his fingers as he goes through them] One: Are there comic books? Two: Where is the best place to get them? Three: What is the video game situation around here? Four: How boring is school, since apparently I have to go. [He rolls his eyes, making it very clear how he feels about that.]

If there is anyone out there with answers to these really important questions, can you help a guy out? Thanks.

Oh, I'm Tim, by the way. Tim Drake. [He grins one last time at the camera and shuts it off.]

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[adultwonder]

Tim?

[Dick's been here for about five minutes, so he's only barely started getting the hang of things. It's good to see a familiar face. It's too bad that the familiar face belongs to an actual child. Tim might be pretty resourceful and smart, but he's still a kid. He shouldn't have to be a part of this.

Then again, would Dick have been any different at his age?]

Where are you?

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[notafraidofyou]

Uhhhh.

[He makes a show of glancing toward the door, like he doesn't remember where they dropped him off.]

Heropa? 'Residence One' or whatever. Where are you?

[He is so happy to see you, Dick, he can't even express it, so he won't.]

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[helpdesk_hero]

[Wow, this is almost like talking to Billy Kaplan. Comics, video games, does he HAVE to go to school?]

If you find out anything about the video game situation, I'd love to hear about it.

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[notafraidofyou]

sure. what's your genre? fps? puzzle games? role play?

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[hatestrashcans]

It. Is. AWESOME.

[Of course, Marco's from 2000, so... ]

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[mysterioisthetruth]

Always good to see a kid just enjoying being a kid.

Sorry I can't help you with the information you want but I'm sure you can find a comic book shop here somewhere.

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[notafraidofyou]

[He laughs.]

I am a kid! What else would I do?

I mean, yeah, you're probably right. I'll find one eventually, but sooner would be great!

[honeybadgered]

You don't have to go to school. It's not like they can do anything to you if you don't.

[notafraidofyou]

Aren't there, like, truancy laws and stuff?

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[kid_flash_found]

[The teen on this end of video seems to have forgotten for a moment that he'd opened up a link, because he's still kinda just staring at the screen, gobsmacked.]

Please tell me you're not from Gotham. Because....

[He doesn't have words for this.]

Kriffing multiverse. Tim Drake. Comic books.

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[notafraidofyou]

[Ooooookay, well Tim had been about to reply to Bart's network post, but he can reply here instead.]

Uh, yeah, actually. I'm guessing you've heard of it, based on what I saw in your post. But I think you're a little confused, because the Flash is from Central. [He gives a kind of abashed smile.] I'm kind of a fan of the Justice League.

[Also he reads Bruce's notes all the time.]

And what's wrong with comic books??

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[cassassin]

[ aaaand here's a young woman in glasses, sitting in a dark and very large space, lit mostly by the screens in front of her.

is something fluttering around in there? sounds like wings.

she's about to head to steph's place because this is tripping her up in a weird way, but.

keeping close watch on that thread with bart tbh, ]

Hi, Tim. We should talk.

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[notafraidofyou]

[Whoop, between the privacy settings and the surname, you have Tim's undivided attention.]

Uh. Yeah. Probably.

...Who are you?

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[made_up_names]

Man, if you find out about the video game thing, I really wanna know too.

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[notafraidofyou]

Sure thing! What's your favorite genre?

[Tim is always happy to talk video games with someone who cares.]

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[khajidont]

[ That's Tim? Oh, god. He's so tiny. And he's not acting like himself, on account of the fact that he's not grinding his teeth yet. ]

...nice to meet you, Tim. I do encourage going to school, just for the record. It's good to try to have something that, um, resembles normalcy when you get teleported into a different universe.

The comic book situation's just a little weirder, 'cause half of the comic books are about us.

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[notafraidofyou]

Okay, but normal also includes trying to ditch at basically every opportunity, so.... Keep it up, right? [He grins.]

Woah wait. About us? Why???

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[girlybruiser]

[ Haru is certain she's spoken to a Tim before, but... this one looks younger. ]

School isn't terrible, really.

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[notafraidofyou]

[He looks extremely dubious.]

Yeah, but... school. Have they done anything to deal with the fact that you have to be there for hours?

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[bodilesswarrior]

[Seeing Tim again - clearly a different Tim - was weird enough. Seeing Dick on the network, apparently from the same world?

Yeah, she took a break after that.

But now she's back, and composed, and her smile is wry but not brittle.]

Welcome to the chaos, Tim. I can only vouch for the high school in De Chima, but it's not bad. And if you need help adjusting to the new courses you can always give me a call.

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[notafraidofyou]

Oh, man, I am so glad to see you.

[Even guessing that she's not his Barbara (Cassandra had been too surprised by Tim's description of his Batfamily to have met the Barbara he knows), he's happy to see her.]

I don't know, do high school transcripts from alternate realities really count on college applications? I mean, assuming I even bother.

[hellosirs]

You don't actually have to go to school, sir! Nobody will really make you.

[ So says Angus McDonald, Preteen Delinquent! ]

[notafraidofyou]

My guardian person is here. I'm pretty sure he'll do his best to make me.

But please keep encouraging me to ditch because I probably will anyway, and also it annoys him.

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[bifroster]

At least you just get to learn. Apparently I'm a professor now.

[She has to figure out lesson plans. She can barely explain her theories to colleagues. How is she going to manage college kids?]

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[notafraidofyou]

[He grimaces.]

Yikes. Yeah, I'll take "Student + Ice Cream Employee" over professor any day. No offense. Way less pressure.

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[batburgers]

[Jason isn't really sure what to think of this. A Tim Drake that is basically a baby. He's pretty sure that Damian is older than this...infant. He wonders very briefly if this Tim is lying by pretending to care about video games and comic books to throw people off, but seeing his conversations with other people...not it's just a pod person version of Tim.]

Comic books and video games. No one can say you don't have your priorities set.

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[notafraidofyou]

[Another Wayne; another person Tim doesn't know. He's starting to feel a little weird about all of the Batpeople around that he's never even heard of, or who know a version of him that doesn't sound all that familiar, but he's trying not to let it get to him.]

Well, it's a whole new world. It's not like I can just go to my usual place, right? Why? Any suggestions?