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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Jean-Paul looked at Bruce, a bit surprised. The fact that he told him what he was going to do him. Shape up or ship out - and in this case, shipping out equals, most likely, spending the rest of his existence locked up. He was getting another chance. He wasn't going to let that go.

"...alright. When do we begin...?" he said. He probably knew the answer, but right now, he was still too dazed to think of it.

[crusades]

It's got to be a strange day when Bruce's response to that question isn't a resounding 'right effing now'. But strange it was, and though brief, being forcefully ripped from the System like Jean-Paul had just been must have been something of an ordeal.

"When you feel up to it. I'm guessing you might appreciate a chance to sleep on it first."