>>5879888>>5879792>>5879780You put your hand over your face and sigh as you drag it away, shaking your head.
"Nia, this is a bad time for whatever 'this' is. Can you drop the cryptic shit and just tell me what this about at least?"
She looks a little shocked at your irritation.
"I just said that I can't tell you." She stutters.
"Cut the shit." You respond sharply. "Another cape put you up to this, they must have, you know I don't appreciate having you root around in my head when I sleep. So somebody must have pushed you for it."
Her faces grows red and she remains silent.
"Alright then so we do it like this, I'll give you a taste of what my new job has me doing for the past 3 days." You kneel to the ground and close your eyes, focusing hard on your memories and recalling a trick Nia had taught you before, when you open them you see the detective's office where you sat with Grey and Kimble. You approach the white board and clear the pages from it, most of them containing gibberish scribbles and blob-like artwork, tapping a spot you say out loud.
"People pressuring you isn't something that happens often, people know you hate it and have a hard time saying no."
A sheet of laminated paper appears under your finger, a small crowd of people.
"That takes family and friends off the table."
"Mark.." Nia protests but you hold up a finger.
"If you don't want to tell me then I'll figure it out myself. I'm different than you remember and if this doesn't prove it then nothing will."
You tap a new spot.
"In the realm of capes you're very well acquainted with one." You tap and a sheet bearing the bold red S of Superman and Supergirl appears. "But Supergirl is also a close friend of yours, which means she wouldnt push you unless she was being pushed."
You drag your finger down leaving a trail that becomes red yarn, connecting to another image. The Symbol of The Justice League.
"This brings us to your 'colleagues' at The Justice League. I'm not exactly a threat to anyone, and I doubt they care about the work I'm doing now or they'd send help and not a messenger."
"Mark..please." Nia says. You ignore her and tuck your head while you tap your fingers on your jaw.
"That means it's someone who holds a lot of sway, someone who would have reason to have taken note of me, and more than that someone who believes I could be useful to them or the league specifically but also doesn't want me in the City using my abilities on them." Your brain connects the piece and you lift your head tapping the center of the board and very slowly a large profile shot of Batman appears.
Nia looks down and away from you.
"It's Batman isn't it?" You ask, a little in shock of where the pieces led you.
Nia throws her hands up in exasperation, her discomfort all over her face.
"Congratulations." She whispers. "I'm gonna be the one who gets in trouble for breaking Opsec, but I'm glad you got to solve your mystery."
