Thursday Pt 5 GB&G

"Good to see you, meatbag."

Mission sighed. "Hi, HK. I see you're the same charming personality as ever. Hi T3!"

T3-M4 happily chirps and whistles at Mission and she smiled. "Is that so? So the new one you fixed is the one talking to Penny about "patrolling" and "crummies"?"

HK-47 nods. "Correct except for the crummy part. Sergeant RL-3 wants to patrol for "commies", an outdated political group from his world, but meatbag Penny seems to think he's talking about "crumble cookies" and neither has caught on yet. *Sigh* Truly a discussion for the ages."

Mission chuckled. It was rather cute and amusing and some of the other girls are having a good time watching and recording the two's communications fail. "So Walt found and fixed you two up?"

"Correct," HK-47 stated as T3-M4 beeps. "Apparently RL-3 there and some of the other droids or robots are from some of his other adventures. Like the feline meatbag Ahnassi. It seems to worry him."

Mission nodded. "He said something like that to me as well. Also apparently someone is after Penny. I get the feeling his luck is dragging him into trouble again... we should be cautious."

"Ok... this wasn't quite what I had pictured."

Walt grinned. "Well it's dark and atmospheric and yet should be familiar to you."

Raven looks around the Gotham Bar and Grill. "Yeah, 'cause it's filled with loonies! Why are we here?"

"Well-"

Their server comes tumbling over. "Hiya, kids! I'm Harley and- Oh! Mr S!" A classic Harley Quinn gives him a hug. "How are ya?"

Walt grinned. "I'm actually doing great, Harls. Harley Quinn this is Raven, Raven this Harley Quinn. Harley belongs to an old friend of mine. How is David?"

Harley squees. "My puddin' is fantastic Mr S! He got me a huge bomb for our anniversary! The classic round kind with a fuse but it's as big as a house! We're setting it off soon. I'd invite you to come watch but that ain't going to be the only firecracker that goes off, if ya know what I mean!"

Walt chuckled and Raven blushed. "I gotcha. Well tell him I said "hey" and to give me a call sometime."

Harley grinned. "Will do, Mr S! So what can I get ya?"

Walt nodded. "Two Bat burgers with cheese. Full utility belt for both. One with fries, the other with onion rings. An order of Bane wings and make then "Reckoning" hot. Hmmm... Yall got Rainier?"

Harley shook her head and walt nodded. "Coors, then. Gordon size." He looked at Raven.

Raven looks at the menu. "Uhh.. just a Robin burger. Utility belt... and a Non-poison Ivy salad. Uhm... tea?"

Harley nods. "A Mad Hatter or Mr Freeze Tea?"

Raven blinks. "Oh... Mr Freeze?"

Harley writes it down. "Gotcha! I'll get those out in two laughs of a hyena!" She skips away.

Raven looks at him. "Did you bring me here because of I'm "DC" or to see her?"

Walt chuckled. "Little of both but neither actually. I need her owner to contact me."

Raven shakes her head. "And you can't just pickup the phone?"

Walt shrugged. "Old spy habits don't die easily... he's in a position to get me some information I need or start looking into some of it."

Raven raised her eyebrow. "For your investigations?"

Walt nodded. "He's still with RealDreams... and he owes me from back in the day."

Ravens eyes widen as she begins to understand. "So you're..."

Walt nodded again. "I need to go back in."

Harley brings their drinks over. "I'll get ya wings out as soon as they're done!"

Walt grins. "Thanks, Harls!"

Raven watches her flounce away. "So it's not because she's cute?"

Walt shakes hus head. "Oh, she is cute but it's because her and her husband wouldn't be together if it weren't for me. Also she's classic Harley. She's crazy about David... literally! She's one of our oldest Villain-anon regulars though. Great grandma Harley is looking good for her age!"

Raven nearly spits her tea. "You're kidding me?!" She looks at Walt. "You're not kidding me! But... how? You're older than she is?"

Walt chuckled. "David adores her and soares no expense in rejuvenation and other treatments. I'm older but I spent so much time in the otherworlds where time works differently sometimes. Think about when you're reading a book or playing a game or watching a show. Depending on the amount of time you spend on it in that setting days, weeks, months can fly by faster then in "the real world". It's the same thing visiting other worlds especially on extended stays. Spending a few weeks there isn't so bad. Going deep for a few years at a time, repeatedly? It gets a bit funky."

Raven nods. As a book fan she could understand that. Speaking of... "Speaking of books, Walt..."

Walt chuckled. He had been wondering when he would have have this discussion and with which one of his book lovers. Ahnassi was too chill so he'd figured it would be one of the others. "Don't tell me you've all finished reading them all?"

Raven laughed at that and Harley who'd brought the greens and wings. "Heya! Here's your Non-poison Ivy salad and Bane wings. And they're super hot-" She makes a funny Bane impression. "They'll be your reckoning!"

Walt and Raven and even Harley laugh... Bane from his section a little ways away though didn't think it was that funny. "I don't really sound like that... do I? You rarely hear yourself speak..."

Killer Croc refilling water at one table and clearing another table made a gesture and said, "kind of."

"No. We haven't read them all," Raven assures him. "It's a huge selection... and we appreciate that you're willing to order more."

Walt nods tearing into one of the wings. They really were spicy and probably would be the "Reckoning" for most. "So the restricted section?"

Raven nodded and stabbed her salad sniffing. It did seem really fresh. "The restricted section." She began eating.

Walt sipped his beer and wiped his mouth. "Some of the books in there are embaressing. Lifts-Her-Tail's books are in there for example. I didn't want her to be embaressed by that but I didn't want her or yall to not be able to read them. Others are original or pre sanitized versions that are rare now. So the first level is okay for you all to access... but you probably already figured that out. I know Ahnassi did her first night! She'd hardly been home more than a few gours and she was curled up on the couch, drinking the good wine and reading the original "The Real Barenziah"!" He chuckles.

Raven nods. "Blake was delighted you added some of her "favorites" as well. I also noticed some old journals and other books."

Walt nodded. "My ancestors. Penny apparently has been looking through the old recipe books. Some of them are more interesting than others. Some of the explorers and war journals are harrowing stuff. My own journals are... deeper restricted."

Raven sipped her iced tea. "Yes... there's spell books down there, aren't there?"

Walt nodded as he ate another wing. He washed it down and wiped his mouth again. "Grimores, tomes and the like... some of the ones on the upper levels are fine for you all to read. Some of you might even be able to use some of them. I'm willing to bet you and Serana can. Probably Haruhime and maybe Haruna for that matter. Pirotess too most likely... Glynda or some of the other RWBY characters might? Magic is rare but does exist in their world so there's a chance that they might have an aptitude for it or not. Ilulu and Senko I'd bet on it if they wanted or cared about human or mortal magics... but the deeper restricted sections are off limits for good reasons. There's things down there that would be dangerous for even them. Some of those "books" are practically entities themselves and many aren't just in the restricted area. They're on a restricted list on Prime. Including my specialty."

Raven nodded and stabbed her salad. "Necromancy..."

Walt nodded. "Necromancy along with chronomancy is highly regulated and restricted on Prime for obvious reasons. Summoning and gates and portals as well. With extremely good reasons and not all of them "earth shattering" ones. For example Senko and Ilulu's gates. If they just open them on occasion to relatively safe places that's fine and no big deal. Heck if I had 3S move a small army through one in a dire situation I'd probably only receive a "small" fine. But if they opened up willy-nilly and going to places they shouldn't it can make a big problem for everyone from RealDreams to the transportation industries and seriously upset some folks."

Raven thought about that. "So like the chronomancy with Soma?"

Walt nodded. "Perfect example. Chronomancy is extremely highly regulated. Half of the high cost of a "reset" is the fees and processing costs that comes with it. Certain select businesses, like Rein Corp, are highly trusted and authorized but also carefully watched and scrutinized but allowed to do it because it's an important part of their business and honestly crucial to how Prime and RealDreams works now. Using our previous example say Senko opens a portal to another fox shrine? But it's within another world and let's say someone owns that world privately? That's a criminal trespass at least and likely more serious charges. Say Ilulu opens a gate big enough to transport a fleet of ships? If it's outside of an emergency situation, transportation groups will have a fit. Avoiding levies and taxes. Again is that space a public or privately owned one? Big damn fines and possibly legal action. Upsetting multiple industries, law enforcement agencies and divisions, law makers and politicians is bad enough, but the bureaucrats and paper pushers? No, thank you very much!"

Raven laughed but saw his point. "Which is why you've been building them "on base" or having them use them at home?"

Walt grinned. "Yup. That's one of the reasons 3S owns so many bases everywhere. They're costly but essential to running the business effectively that way. It's also the same reason major shipping suppliers can offer next-day priority or even same-day ultra-priorty. They can open a portal or gate. Move a bunch of goods from one "shipping center" to another and there you have it. Close to their destination. It's a super expensive licensing to get though and you better believe that they got people watching. Us using it around the house? No ones going to care. I had a Wong though open up a portal to a lunch box a while back and we got hit with a transportation fine of moving a goddess across several lines... it was just an Aqua though, so super small fine. I'm surprised that they even bothered. Must have been a slow day at the office."

Harley came over with their burgers setting the small infront of Raven and the two big ones infront of Walt. "Get you guys anything else?"

Walt nodded. "I'd like to get something when we're done. A doggie bag for the dog. Let's see... how about a plain Alfred steak?"

Harley grinned. "One plain Alfred steak for the pooch! You got it!"

Raven grinned. They'd even seared the Robin symbol on the top of her burger and "Bats" on the top of Walt's. She rolled her eyes. "Walt... you're wearing your food."

Walt curses softly and wipes his cheek... the wrong one. "Other cheek... no down... too far. You know what, let me do it."

Walt nods and sighs and leans in, "thanks Rae."

Raven takes his face in her hands along with her napkin and starts cleaning. *Oh! We're so close now!* she thought.

Walt watched her blush but concentrate. She even stuck her tongue cutely in the corner of her mouth.

Their eyes met and this close it was impossible for either one to look away. She started to draw his face even closer and-

She freezes as she hears it. Someone at the piano is playing a jazzy version of the Teen Titans theme. She and Walt look at each other blushing but now he grabs her kisses her cheek and wipes it with his napkin. "You had a little dressing."

She blushes but smiles. "Thanks, Walt." They settle back in their seats.

"You're very welcome, Rae," he says watching Harley get dragged away by Poison Ivy as Bane and Two-Face pull the Joker away from the piano. Harley still berating Joker for "killing the mood".

Walt shakes his head. Fucking clowns. This is why he didn't eat at Joker Burger anymore. One Joker was bad enough... that and he thought the food there sucked as did the service... intentionally. The final straw had been taking the kids there because they wanted the toys.

Lil' Star had specifically asked for extra mustard. Not only did she not get mustard, there wasn't any in their entire order and everything was covered in "Joker sauce", including the crappy toys and Walt's drink was nothing but. Again. It was one of the rare times he'd not been a good role model for the kids as they'd personally "closed" that location. He was pretty sure he and Starfire were still both under a lifetime ban. *Not that I ever want to eat there! Probably why I don't give Jimbo a hard time about the casinos,* he thought. *Not one of my prouder moments but what kind of A-hole messes with kids, like that? And that "Joker sauce" is just vile!*

Walt shook his head cleared his throat. "Anyway, it's the same thing for "summons". Technically that's a character but an unlicensed one and so it is a "no go" as well as portals to fictional realities. Those are the domain of RealDreams and they have a very big interest in keeping a monopoly on the market."

Raven swallowed her food and sipped her drink. "And Necromancy is..."

Walt nodded. "Necromancy is both popular in small circles but unpopular over all. People have a natural aversion to it. Likely always will. Unfortunately I developed not only a skill with it, thanks to my quests I spent more time in the underworlds of multiple realities. Let's just say I'm stuck with an affinity with the forces of life and death from longtime exposure to that mystical crap." He picked up his second burger and took a bite.

Raven nodded. "So what you're saying is there's books in the deeper restricted sections that we shouldn't read."

Walt chewed and swallowed. "There's stuff in there I don't want anyone to read and even more that I wish I hadn't read." He smiled and sipped his beer. "Trust me, true believer. Cosmic powers ain't what they're cracked up to be." He looked at her. "But you know more than a bit about that. If you all want access to the upper restricted levels, I have no problem with that. Caution though. Even some of the seemingly "safer" books are a bit wild. And some are on semi-permanent loan."

Raven quirks an eyebrow. "Do I want to know?"

Walt chuckles. "Nothing nefarious. Beneficial actually and good for the environment. We and 3S are actually pretty "green" that way. Let's just say not only are we not paying utilities but utilities are paying us for the surplus we generate."

"How?" She asked.

He looked at her and lifted his burger. "Can you keep a secret?"

She nodded.

He winked. "So can I." And bit into his burger.

She chuckled. "Fine. Keep your secrets."

That made Walt grin.

They'd finished the burgers and Raven was working on her salad while Walt finished off the last of the wings and started on his fries and onion rings. Harley came over shaking her head. "Honestly Mr S, I dunno how you can eat that stuff? It's basically pepper spray!" She put the to go container with the cut up steak for Zwei on the table.

Walt points at the pile of chicken bones. "There! Take that chicken wings! Tonight I am your reckoning! The streets will run red with hot sauce!"

That time even Bane laughed and gave him a high-five as he passed. "That's how it's done!"

Harley grinned. "Getcha dessert?"

Walt looked at Raven who shook her head but smiled.

Walt nodded. "Not this time, Harls. I gotta watch my figure. Just two refills and the check. Thanks for everything. It was great!"

She nods. "I'll get those for you right away!" She's about to go when Raven grabs her hand. "Can you..."

Harley grins. "You got it! A "Hard" Mr Freeze Tea! Be right back!"

Walt is a little surprised but decided not to comment. Raven is an adult and one drink probably won't be a problem. She had a tough time at Rein Corp.

Harley returned and set the drinks and the check down. "There you go!"

"Thanks Harls. Tell Dave to call me soon?"

She laughed "Anytime and you got it! It was great meeting you, Raven! Take good care of Mr S!" She scampered off laughing.

Raven blushed and sipped her drink. She felt obvious to everyone but... she watched him smile at her. It didn't really matter she supposed. Just like at Rein Corp, He'd support whatever decision she made when she knew what she wanted.

*And that's the problem,* she thought. *I "want" him. I almost lost control of myself a couple of times with him already... and I wanted to kiss him earlier! And he definitely wants to kiss me! It's going so quickly and great though it makes me nervous! And-*

Walt touched her hand. Raven startled from her thoughts sucks down a large gulp of her doctored drink and almost coughs. "Yes, Walt?"

Walt smiled at her and nods at her plate. "Want me to finish that for you or get it to go?"

"Oh," she says sliding the plate his way blushing. "Be my guest."

Walt nods and picks at her leftovers. She watches him eat. Eating her unfinished food. His mouth where her mouth was. Indirect kiss. Devouring the food with relish. An insatiable appetite. *The same way he'd devour me,* she thought drinking her drink, watching him. *The big handsome predator Devouring his bunnygirl.* Walt licked his lips. *Gobble me up! Savor every last juicy bit of me until satisfied... until I was satisfied! Satisfied with him... by him!* Walt picked up the last of the Robin burger. *Big hands! Strong. Powerful. Big man.* she gulped. *Ilulu said he was "Big" too! Mated her! Mating... breeding... breed his bunny!... Breed me!...*

Walt finishes the food. He hates seeing food go to waste. He pulls out several bills and tips generously finishing his beer. "Well we should probably go... Rae?"

She looked very flushed. "Oh, geez... don't tell me you're a lightweight?" He looks at her small curvaceous body. "Though I probably should have guessed that. You're so very mature looking but your body is definitely lightweight one so that figures. I should have guessed. Sorry, Rae."

She smiled. "It's fine, Walt. Everything's fine!"

Walt raised his eyebrow skeptically. "You're fine, Rae? Everything's all good?"

She beamed and nodded. "Sure is! Hunky dory Everything's super great infact!"

Walt looked at her. "Oh, boy howdy... "hunky dory", Rae? You're definitely lit." He shook his head and offered her his hand. "Come on "super great" Rae! Let's go get you some fresh air and feed Zwei..."

[Walter Stark Penny Polendina F.R.I.D.A.Y Neopolitan Pyrrha Nikos Blake Belladonna Kali Belladonna Sienna Khan Willow Schnee Glynda Goodwitch Nora Valkyrie Zwei Ahnassi Lifts-Her-Tail Senko Sayoko Shinozaki Roberta Cisneros Haruna Sasha Blouse Ilulu Raven Manami Aiba also with Tsuyu Asui Haruhime Sanjouno The Baroness Demona Mystique Pirotess Lydia Aela the Huntress Serana and Mission Vao

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