[Chiraptora: For Bryce Wayne]

[serinusniger]

The book launch Dinah so much wanted to go to is taking place in the ballroom of the Gotham Hilton, and the guest list is long and illustrious enough to warrant a large media presence in front of the hotel lobby, parting occasionally to let cars arrive.

It's into this crowd that Dinah, dressed to impress in red, with impressive slits up both sides, pulls her matching red Ferrari. She grins at the snapping photographers, pulls on her heels while still sitting in the convertible, and offers the keys to the valet who opens the door.

Then she offers a hand to her passenger, because coming out of this door will still be easier than fighting the other side.

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[serinusniger]

No fishnets.

Dinah pulls a thinky face, eyeing up Bryce for size.

"I could ask my partner if she's got any old out... okay okay that's a no. Hang on..."

In fishnets and with her dress half off, she returns to her closet.

"This is what I get for never throwing anything away," she says, and pulls out a catsuit.

"Kevlar weave, full range of movement. I won't make you wear the jacket. We all had an unfashionable phase."

Be grateful she's not pulled out the tracksuit.

[gothamsheiress]

Bryce raises her eyebrows, accepting the catsuit.

"Black and yellow. Go Rogues."

[serinusniger]

Dinah, pulling her own black body suit on and shedding her dress without the slightest modesty (too many rushed costume changes for that), gives Bryce a blank look.

"Sports team?"

[gothamsheiress]

"Football," she confirms, starting to strip off her own outfit.

[serinusniger]

"I'm a Knights girl myself," Dinah replies.

The world differences are kind of weird sometimes.

She doesn't take long to dress, because she's not wearing much, and adds a jacket and black and yellow boots and gloves quickly.

"Alright, you've had experience with Jonathan Crane, right? Ever encountered Jarvis Tetch?"

[gothamsheiress]

"Can't say I have."

Once the suit's on -- not a perfect fit, but close enough for now -- she starts twisting her hair into a quick braid to keep it out of her way.

"Similar MO?"

[serinusniger]

"Only in that they both like to mess with your mind," Dinah says. She's about to leave when she stops, doubles back and opens her jewelry box.

Speaking again to someone not Bryce, she says, "hey, O? Will my old Canary studs cancel Tetch's device? Yeah? Great."

She glances at Bryce, "are your ears pierced?"

[gothamsheiress]

"Yes."

Why?

[serinusniger]

Dinah hands over a pair of earrings, shaped like canaries.

"Tetch uses mind control devices that operate on a radio frequency," she says. "These will cancel the effects.

"Also they're microtransmitters. The mouthpiece is in your zip pull."

[gothamsheiress]

Bryce's expression hardens, and she immediately slips the earrings on.

"I see. Good to know."

There are a few things that put Bryce extremely on edge; the prospect of losing control over her own mind is one of them.