Opening Your Eyes [OPEN]

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Jean-Paul couldn't stand it. He was too restless, too driven at the moment. There was so much he had to do, so much he needed to finish. And everyone here was holding him back. He wanted them to let him do what he wanted, let him finish the fight like the REAL Batman should.

But, someone had other ideas...

||Jean-Paul Valley, you haven't been kind to your fellow crewmates.|| a voice echoed out.

"What in the...?!" Jean-Paul snapped, watching as tentacles extended out and wrapped around him, peeling his equipment off of him. "NO! THE SUIT! GIVE IT BACK!"

||You taunt and attack everyone you see. I'm afraid I have to take away your belongings until you can start befriending people.|| the voice replied.

"STACY! GIVE IT BACK! GIVE IT BACK!" Jean-Paul said, trying to chase it down, but stopping and dropping to his knees. Without the suit, without the mask, the hold The System had on him was starting to die out.

And, then... it hit him.

"Oh, my lord... what... what have I...?" Jean-Paul muttered. Everything came back to him. All the people he mauled, all of those he left on the brink of death... or actually killed. All while using Batman's name, Batman's visage.

"...I am nothing... I... I was never Batman... never was, never will... I'm nothing..."

With that, he hunched over in sorrow.

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[avenging-bat.livejournal.com]

Jean-Paul looked up at Terry, recognizing him. One of the three he attacked out of his System-induced anger.

He let his head drop down again as he spoke. "...'m sorry."

[beyondgotham.livejournal.com]

Terry was genuinely surprised by that.

"...what?" He said slowly, still a bit defensive.

[avenging-bat.livejournal.com]

"I said... I'm sorry." Jean-Paul said. "I... what I did. What I said. I..." he let out a sigh. "I can't control it. Can't control the System. I let it get a grip on me..."

He let out a sigh. "How many others have I attacked?"

[beyondgotham.livejournal.com]

The 'System' thing made not sense to Terry at all. But Valley seemed sincere in his apology.

"Only me, as far as I know," Terry said. "But if I find out you hurt my brothers -" by which he meant the Robins "- well, let's just say I don't care if you mess with me, but if you mess with my new family..." There was some serious anger in his voice, enough that he didn't even have to finish that threat.