Chapter 91 - [AT] Brewing Interest...

[After Transition]

I decide to just ignore what she said and think it was just a phrase she used and even if she did mean it I'd rather ignore it and feign ignorance right now as I'm currently much too busy and stressed to worry about that and instead of wanting to go on a date with her right now I want to see if I can get any information out of her about what Batman and the police are doing and see if there's anything I can do to speed the process up, honestly I'd much rather go on a date with her and forget about the rest but the heart wants what the heart wants and what it currently wants is revenge against the matron and the drug dealer but unfortunately that's unattainable so I'm just going to have to settle for having them imprisoned for the rest of their natural lives and it's not because I'm not wanting to stoop to their level or anything as I would easily stoop so low but all the other possible solutions I came up with were risky as it could risk giving me a sin and even just one sin would result in me being paid a visit by the spectre otherwise known as the spirit of vengeance.

What constitutes a sin is actually very confusing outside of of the regular things such as the Ten Commandments and the 8 prohibitions and all that crap because there are so many religions with so many differences that it's hard to say what could actually count as a sin aside from the obvious ones such as murder and theft but even they are a bit iffy in such cases as 'An Eye For An Eye' as that can get misconstrued in a lot of different way such as harming someone back in an equal way to how they harmed you or killing someone they love if they killed someone you loved and it just gets a whole lot more confusing when you start to think about it so I've just decided that I'm going to follow the laws (most of them at least) as they are set in place to keep people civilised and if I follow them (some of them) I should minimalize the risk of committing a sin but even then some of the things I might usually do are still up in the air, am I allowed to blackmail people or does that count as a sin because if so I'm gonna be very limited in what I'll be able to do in the future though I suspect blackmail might be alright as it's just holding bad things other people have done over their heads in order to gain an advantaged and does a sin really count when its committed against someone bad or in order to help other people such as a poor man stealing food to feed his family?

I think it's best if I just follow the law as close as possible and if it ends up that I might have to break some of them I'll cross that bridge when I come to it and just pray that no spirits of vengeance turn up when I do so but for right now I'm just going to focus on my current date/interrogation of Barbara and for just that occasion I've put on some nice clothes that DC me had before the merge dressing in some nice black shoes, some slightly baggy blue jeans and a white shirt with a nice leather jacket on top finally finishing off the look with some gold rimmed aviators to wear on my face (DC me had some nice fashion sense, either that or both versions of me had bad fashion sense and I just don't realise it) and I'm currently driving to the coffee shop I'm meeting Barbara in in a nice BMW I've rented in the last week as I needed something to drive and have s.e.x in when the girls I met in the bars I'd visited were too horny to wait for us to get back to either of our apartments though I have been having to park the car in a close by nice neighbourhood with good security instead of the slightly dangerous district I live in now, I'm currently driving towards the coffee shop which I managed to find while collecting information on the matron and the drug dealer and it looked alright so it's where I chose to meet her I just hope she doesn't actually think it was a date as I've dressed pretty casually (as its a coffee shop) and I hope she isn't too mad when she eventually realises that I'm just pressing her for information on the case surrounding the orphanage and she will realise because the is a very intelligent woman.

I've just pulled up next to the coffee shop and I can see Barbara inside and she sees me too so I decide to wave at her but then I look further down the street to see the the Gotham City Orphanage which is only a little but away and can clearly be seen from this coffee shop which is another reason why I chose this coffee shop as I'm sure that Batman has already placed surveillance on the orphanage and would surely have a problem with me sniffing around the place on account of him knowing that my plan was originally to kill the two of those pieces of shits but this way I'm down the street on a date with Barbara and I have no doubt that Barbara has already figured out the reason I chose to meet her here and will probably report it back to Batman but at least this way he'll know that I don't plan to murder them and shouldn't be too angry with my presence observing the place, I quickly park the car making sure that the windows are fully closed and the doors are properly locked without anything of any worth being obviously displayed through the window as you can never be too careful in Gotham though one can say I'm being risky just by parking it on a street in Gotham though I'm not too bothered about that as i took out some insurance on it but I can think about this sort of boring stuff later as right now I have a beautiful redhead waiting on me and I'm not one to keep a woman waiting.

Entering the coffee shop I notice Barbara seated across the way in a nice spot next to the window which is just perfect for me as it provides a clear view of the orphanage and I suspect that that's also the reason she chose such a spot as she knew that I would definitely want to see it which means that she likely already knows the reason I invited her here although I'm unsure of whether or not she's angry that I've just used this meeting between us as a chance to get a closer look at the orphanage and not to actually court her which I'm unsure of if she actually wanted that to happen, I make my way towards her noticing her hair done up in a ponytail with her purple glasses on the tip of her cute nose as well as some light makeup covering her face not that she needed it and she's wearing some nice brown hugger boots, some tight jeans and a great bug blue puffer jacket that's covering up the contours and lines of her body which is mildly disappointing though that's gone when I finally reach her and sit down on the chair opposite.

I'm about to speak to her when a waitress comes over to take our order. "Hi what can I get you?" She asks and I notice that Barbara already has a cup of coffee and so I order one for myself. "Just a coffee, thank you." She nods to affirm my order. "A hot and steamy coffee coming up just for you." She practically purrs trying to flirt with me but before I can respond she walks off to fulfil my order and I notice Barbara giving me a raised eyebrow which I chose to ignore. "Anyway, hi Barbara it's nice to see your beautiful face again." To which Barbara replies. "It's nice to see you again as well though I think there's someone else here that's particularly happy to see you." She say eying the waitress who took my order to which I chuckle and scratch the back of my head. "Well I for one am particularly happy to see you again." I say which seems to mitigate some of her irritation though I can see there is still some there which I once again choose to ignore and barge ahead into conversation.

And so for around the next half an hour we chat and get to learn more about each other all the while I'm keeping a visual on the orphanage out of the corner of my eye while Barbara keeps an eye on me though I am listening and paying attention to the conversation as I have learned that Barbara has a black belt in karate and a brown belt in judo, she is excellent at gymnastics going as far as to regional championsh.i.p.s but not continuing as she would rather focus on her studies (I.E fighting crime as Batgirl), she has a photographic memory, she is super advanced in the field of computers and electronics as well as having graduate training in library sciences (the field of study that teaches how to manage books and other information, particularly through collecting, preserving, and organizing books and other materials mainly in libraries though I believe she did it to develop a better database on criminals), she currently has a doctorate in history but she is about to graduate summa c.u.m laude with a Ph.D from Gotham State university, I've also learned personal things about her as well.

I've learned that she had her tonsils removed at the Gotham Presbyterian hospital the day before its roof collapsed, that her eyes are actually blue but when the light hits it at certain angles it can turn a mesmerising green, that her birthday is on the 23rd of September and I've also learned that I'm getting a bit too interested in this girl...

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