The Way To Painfully Revert Every Batkid To Robin In .5 Seconds Is For Bruce To Get Injured Doing Something

the way to painfully revert every Batkid to Robin in .5 seconds is for Bruce to get injured doing something he wouldn’t have ever done if they hadn’t fucked up. like throwing himself off a ledge to catch them when they misjudged a grapple line, or diving in front of them at the last second to take a hit they didn’t see in time. and suddenly they’re 12 again and Batman is bleeding and it’s their fault. it’s their fault, if they had just been better—

The victim was found strangled to death with a rosary, stabbed through the heart with a crucifix and stuffed full of garlic from several orifices. No reason to suspect the victim was a vampire, so currently we are trying to figure out what the fuck did he do to piss off the italians.

A light-hearted interactive fiction game about soulmates, chances and choices, written in ChoiceScript.

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Here at Soulmates Inc we specialize in chance meetings!

Love happens.

It takes by the storm. It is lucky, it is cruel, it makes no sense, it elevates. It is beautiful, it rears its ugly head, then it is beautiful once again. Now that, humans can manage on their own.

Soulmate-grade connection is an entirely different brand. Enter you. That's your brand. It requires dedicated labor. Whimsical meetings. Nuance.

As a soul-link, you arrange for those destined matches to happen using the powers of glamor at your disposal. An ancient practice, really, though, as with everything, it has evolved and happily marched with the times. You work out of an office, have a phone plan, a lease, and a favorite restaurant. Your boss is not a half-naked man with a bow and arrows but a fashionably dressed man who goes to a gym and drives an electrical Mustang.

It is nice. Modern.

Just one rule. The only rule, in fact. A scripture, if you will: never interact with a soul directly.

Which is precisely why your most recent half-match staring at your confused face is so damn bad. Worse yet, they can see right through your glamor for some reason.

Now what?..

love is all around you but it does not have to be for you: play as aro, ace, bi, gay or straight. Your romantic prospects are three, but each has a story to tell

explore who you are: a firm and enthusiastic believer, a burned-out office worker, or a skeptical soul-link questioning their purpose

use and evolve your soul-link powers: Empathy and Shroud

keep up with your job duties and bring people together while trying to protect your employer from a greater looming threat

someone is throwing around heavy words like 'destiny', but dealing with existential questions is entirely optional!

Amber | Andrew Wyatt Once a high-performer soul-link, they flew too close to the sun and snooped around where one does not snoop around. Having fallen from grace at a company that believes in chances, Wyatt is back on probation, though under your supervision. The light is snuffed out of their eyes, and instead of being a firm believer, Wyatt now drips disillusioned pearls of what they think is wisdom.

A languid redhead who wears sunglasses more often than not.

Samuel | Samantha C. Powell Sam has a steady job, does weekly family visits and always parks the bike properly. How do you learn that? Sam is also your sparkling new charge, a common everyperson, a salt of the earth—nope, not that simple at all! You cannot seem to find their soulmate (never happens) and they can see through your glamor (never happens either). To be fair, Sam is freaked out by it, too.

Your sporty charge in a wrinkle-free T-shirt with a mess of locs held back by a band.

Martin | Mia Romero A hectic ball of energy that is a human person, they are passionate about their distaste for your employer's business and are happy to go in length about it. Romero is messy, yet strangely put together in their belief: a hurricane that may sweep you off your feet if you are not careful enough. They know things, things no human should. You should probably report that to your boss...

A city dweller with hair tied sloppily in a short low ponytail, perfectly matched with dramatic eyebags.

And they were flatmates

A Patchwork Fantasy Tale about a cohabitation calamity.

Surely all that stuff about vampires and werewolves not getting along is just nonsense, right?

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Superman thinking him and Batman are courting, while Batman thinks they are bitter rivals.

Superman drops off some pretty flowers for Batman one day ‘To Batman xox Superman’ (he’s so brave - very proud of himself). Bruce immediately googles all the flowers in it to try and work out the meaning.

“Gazania’s represent wealth and Richness.. It has moon flowers in it. Moon… it’s currently a waning moon… *GASP* he knows I’m Bruce Wayne.”

“Sir maybe he just liked the look of the flowers-“

“BEGONIA’S MEAN BEWARE ALFRED! He knows my identity and he is BLACKMAILING me!”

“What about the note, sir. He signed it x o x ”

“It’s one of those ‘emoticons’ Alfred! Two x’s for dead eyes and the o is the surprised mouth. My god he’s going to kill me and he thinks I’ll never see it coming.”

Superman is leaving every encounter kicking his feet and writing Clark Batman Kent in his diary, while Batman is updating his will and preparing to wage a war against a god.

Is so right lfmao ( twitter post )