Shiva.

I go by many titles and designations, but I am still just 'Sandy from Detroit.'

[Shiva. @APaperMonkey]

Thus Spoke Lady Shiva.

[Shiva. @APaperMonkey]

the six paths of mahākāla.

[Shiva. @APaperMonkey]

- yourself, from a time where I thought I was very receptive of new faces. Now I just find myself over checking and getting before I even do anything like a signal boost. Tremendously exhausting.

[Shiva. @APaperMonkey]

Indeed I am. Will you quit this charade or must I bury you beneath the hell of several weighted blankets?

[Dinah Lance @ofdecibels]

(Sighing and huffing dramatically.)

You’re terrible.

[Shiva. @APaperMonkey]

"Oh! She appears to be well, nevermind!"

Honestly, Dinah Lance.

[Dinah Lance @ofdecibels]

(Miserable attempt to get that phone out of Shiva’s hand — her cognitive skills are questionable at this moment.) C’mon.

[Shiva. @APaperMonkey]

Hold that thought.

"Hello, yes! My name is Sandra and I am reporting a medical incident--"

[Dinah Lance @ofdecibels]

You’re breaking my heart.

[Shiva. @APaperMonkey]

I shall call an EMT.

[Dinah Lance @ofdecibels]

(Sinks further into the couch, coughing. Maybe a part of it is just for the drama.) I’m too tired to go to the doctor.

[Shiva. @APaperMonkey]

Go to the doctor and you'll get your second opinion.

[Dinah Lance @ofdecibels]

…No.

[Shiva. @APaperMonkey]

Did you go to the doctor.

[Dinah Lance @ofdecibels]

(Sneezes — wiping her nose ungracefully.) It’d be a shame if your favorite pupil died of cold, though.

[Shiva. @APaperMonkey]

Absolutely not. You were trained how to alleviate common ailments, it's your fault you forgot. I, however, didn't. So now I bury those secrets with me to the grave.

[Dinah Lance @ofdecibels]

Amazing. You’re taking care of me, then.

[Shiva. @APaperMonkey]

I can.

[Dinah Lance @ofdecibels]

Can Batman with prep time beat a cold?

[Shiva. @APaperMonkey]

"without question."

"...but it was fate for me to fail her. I wouldn't be who I am had I not failed her."

"Such is life."

[Talia. @BelovedsBlade]

She goes quiet, looking away for a moment to contemplate Shiva’s words.

“… You think you have failed Cassandra?”

[Shiva. @APaperMonkey]

I'm well aware. For now, I must remain against the wind and waves, letting it carry me as they come.

[⋆ 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑮𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑵𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑪𝑨𝑻 ೃ༄ @THECHESHC4T]

Typical fondness? Yes. But excitement lies within the familiar. Just let it find you.

[Shiva. @APaperMonkey]

That looks rather painful.

[𝓑ᶦᵍ 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐀. @DoyenneOfFuries]

⠀
⠀⠀⠀ @APaperMonkey, have you ever had this hallucination or was it me alone.
⠀

[Shiva. @APaperMonkey]

"so, I say this not to make you feel worse. Its all just perspective, Talia al Ghul."

"Your love for him should not erase the fact that you've grown many different foundations he couldn't begin to fathom."

"I suppose that's what divides us, yes?"

[Shiva. @APaperMonkey]

"I am not doing that."

"The beauty of children - of successors - is that they seem to subvert expectations given to them...no matter what. That was my flaw with Cassandra, and Ra's' flaw with you, my dearest friend."

"You've become much more than a student of your father."

[Talia. @BelovedsBlade]

“Now is not the time to try and upset me, Shiva.”

[Shiva. @APaperMonkey]

...It's not about changing, Jade, and it isn't about trying to find purpose in this world.

My greatest challenge has always been the burden of ennui.

It's come to the point where superficial ideas like fondness has grown boring to me.

[⋆ 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑮𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑵𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑪𝑨𝑻 ೃ༄ @THECHESHC4T]

Sandra. You're terrible. I'm terrible. That's why I adore you. Why do you wish to not be like this? You're perfect just the way you are.

[Shiva. @APaperMonkey]

Jade. Please. I'm struggling to ...not shut this down. I'm struggling to converse.

[⋆ 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑮𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑵𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑪𝑨𝑻 ೃ༄ @THECHESHC4T]

I just know you suck at parties.

[Shiva. @APaperMonkey]

@UnduIati0n | ??????(

[Shiva. @APaperMonkey]

You and I have been in this business long enough to know we are not harmless.

[⋆ 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑮𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑵𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑪𝑨𝑻 ೃ༄ @THECHESHC4T]

From me?! I'm harmless.

[Shiva. @APaperMonkey]

Protection mostly.

[⋆ 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑮𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑵𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑪𝑨𝑻 ೃ༄ @THECHESHC4T]

Hey, you were the one that blocked me. Why do you have this need to always provide?

[Shiva. @APaperMonkey]

You just refuse to let me provide something out of this. sigh, very well.

[⋆ 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑮𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑵𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑪𝑨𝑻 ೃ༄ @THECHESHC4T]

No. I'll make tea. You sit down, and relax. For once.