The Park, Saturday morning

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After a long night on the mainland, Batman took a quick patrol through the town. In retrospect, it was clearly a mistake to go through the park. That was where the plants lived. And now the plants had covered his cape and were weighing him down.

And for the second time this week, Batman was forced to do a quick check. "Poison Ivy?" he called out. The only response were a few more sprigs of mistletoe shooting over to attach to his cape and wrap around the neck before he could even think of pulling the cape off.

Batman touched the communicator in his cowl. "Alfred. Send me the standard formula for taking care of Ivy's monster plants. I'm having an issue here."

This wasn't going to stop him from continuing his patrol, though. It would just be going a little slower. And he might spread allergens.

[OOC: Open for all of your parkly or Batmanly needs!]

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April and Cliff had made it through most of their walk unscathed, which was really good news for both of them. Consequently, when she encountered someone who hadn't been so lucky, April had to stop and snicker.

"You shouldn't wrap plants around your neck," April advised.

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Batman glared. "It wasn't intentional."

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"I thought it was a fashion accessory." No, she didn't. "It really brings out your mask, by the way."

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"It's a pest. Probably Fandom seasonal magic at work," Batman said. "I should be able to develop a toxin to neutralize it." You know, if it worked on magic plants.

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"Or it'll tie up your toxin development kit before you go to open it," April hypothesized. "Equally possible."

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"I have ways of preventing that," Batman said. He was talking about razor-sharp batarangs. And fire. And explosives.

Some more mistletoe was making its way down his chest from his neck. He hated the holidays.

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"My dog can kiss you, if it'll help," April said, largely just to be obnoxious. "Probably the only way it's gonna go away unless you set yourself on fire."

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Batman was glaring at you, April. He was not kissing a dog.

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"Okaaaay," April said, rolling her eyes like she thought Batman was making a mistake. "Going once, going twice..."

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"Gone. I'm not kissing a dog," Batman said. He needed to emphasize that since the silence apparently didn't do the job.

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"Weird choice," April said.

No, it wasn't. It was a normal choice.

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"Are you done joking yet?" Batman asked, pulling his grapple out of his utility belt and aiming it at a tree. He was being polite enough to give her a chance to answer before leaving to go use science.

He was going to ignore the mistletoe that just jumped onto his arm.

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"No," April said, but she crossed her arms and stayed put, wanting to see how this played out.

Also, mistletoe was starting to snake around her legs.

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"I'd get ready to kiss the dog if I were you," Batman said, nodding toward her legs.

And then he fired the grapple line into a tree. He wasn't swinging away just yet. He wanted to see what her reaction to the mistletoe was first.

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"Nah," April said. "I like it here."

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"If you decide you want to give not being rooted in the ground a shot, just shout. I should be in shouting distance for a couple more minutes, so decide quickly," Batman said. And then he pressed a button on his grapple, pulling him off into the trees.

Ideally, a few sprigs would have fallen off. But no.

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Oh, he had not been bluffing. Alrighty.

Silly April. You should know that a man who walked around dressed like a bat was not a man who bluffed about his dramatic exits.

"Okay, come back," April groused loudly.

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Batman dropped down from a completely different direction. "Changed your mind?"

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"Uh-huh." Sigh. "Can I borrow your grappling hook?"

Left to her own devices with a grappling hook, she would probably knock herself out, or die.

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"The motor's not strong enough to pull you free. I can try cutting you free." He pulled a batarang out of his belt. "But you have to stay very still."

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"What if my leg itches?"

Stop being difficult, April.

"I feel like kissing is the easier way to go on this one."

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"Are you going to refuse to stand still?" Batman sighed, continuing to hold the batarang up.

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"I guess," April said. "Yeah. I think so."

Poor Batman.

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Batman put the batarang away, stepped forward, and went to sweep April into a passionate kiss.

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That seemed to content the mistletoe.

And April, but it took her another minute or so before she reached that point. That was a nice kiss.

"Nice doing business with you, Bat Guy," she said once she recovered.

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By the time she recovered, he was already gone.

BATMAN!