February Drabble 2024

February drabble

World to Explore: Dawn of DC

It was another customary tradition for Harley ,   now she'd found her feet again in GOTHAM.   Since she MOVED back ,  the blonde had noticed that a twenty-four-hour donut shop now graced the streets.   She was surprised it had lasted longer than a WEEK without anyone trying to BURNit down   — maybe Gothamites were respectful to the art form that was donut making.   It was a great place for a midnight SNACK ,   and someone else APPARENTLY agreed.

❝ How do you sleep at night ?? ❞   Harley asked ,   cinnamon covered donut in one hand ,   jelly filled donut in the other.   If anyone else had been LOOKING at her they'd have THOUGHT she was simply talking to herself as she sat down and made herself comfortable on the roof.

❝ I don't sleep. ❞   Was the SIMPLE answer the shadows REPLIED before revealing themselves to be the batman.   If she'd have put more than three seconds of thought into her QUESTION then the ANSWER would have been predictable.

❝ Lemme rephrase then ,   how come you DON'T sleep at night ??   'Cause I'm guessin' yas ain't like a real actual Bats ,   because you're a GUY in Bat costume tryna scare everyone outta bein' BAD but that means ya gotta sleep at some point ,   and ya GOTTA be able to hold a job to keep ya fancy gear in TACT and that means ya don't sleep during the day so   —   —   — HOW do you do it ?? ❞   Her eyes WIDENED as she tried to STARE him down through the mask.   There wasn't much of a facial expression to read but that her onto a CRAZY train of thought that once she STARTED ,   couldn't keep control of.

❝ Y'know what I don't think yas REAL !!   Or alive or whatever.   Ya probably just some HUNK of indestructable robot ready to take over GOTHAM at any given moment.   With one call and the rest of your robot army will SHOW up but you've tried to conceal that fact by hiring human help to MASK the fact you're secretly evil and want to take over the planet to turn everyone into a SLAVE for your robot species !! ❞   Harley nodded.   yes ,   that was exactly the most logical explanation for his ACTIONS.

The Bat NEVER responded ,   so all she could do was assume she'd caught him red handed and ate the rest of her donuts next to him trying NOT to distrurb the PEACE for fear a laser beam would shoot out of his eye superman-style and turn her into God Knows What there and then.   Robo-Batsy really would be SCARY.