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Characters: Dinah Lance and OPEN
Date: July, all after Clueventure
Location: Wood Sector, and wherever you need her.
Situation: There are ideas and commitments that Dinah started before being distracted by detective work. Now she intends to follow up on them.
Warnings/Rating: Blood, wounds in the Arthur thread.
I started with prose, but will switch to action if you'd like.

General Starter: She found it in the wood sector, a courtyard formed by four trees growing from each corner, growing and intertwining together above, walled by hedges that have been growing out since the last master left. As soon as she had a spare morning and the presence of mind to do so, it is here Dinah returns.

She keeps the name and cleans first the sign painted so neatly in Chinese: “The Jade School of Kung Fu, overseen by Grand Master Shifu.” She doesn't know what happened to the Grand Master, but a dojo cannot be left unused, and she plans to honor this Master she never met by returning his space to the use it was intended.

She sent messages to the people she knew were interested in training with her, to let them know where they could be found, then she set about trimming the hedges, sweeping the building and the courtyard, and transforming it into a usable dojo again.

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[raptorcanaria]

Dinah does a sterling job of keeping her face as straight as possible, despite the urge to grin at his realization.

"I mean I already have a way of getting around the place. This is for you. I mean it's not as cool as flying so if you don't want it..."

She'll be mortally offended and never talk to him again.
(Actually that last bit isn't true.)

[escarabajo]

"No way." His expression goes through the most entertaining shift from total shock to five-year-old-on-Christmas-morning joy. "You mean it? You didn't need to--"

Oh, screw politeness. He beams from ear to ear. "This is the best present I have ever gotten. Thanks, Dinah!" And with that, Dinah gets a hug-- and the coveted title of Coolest Superhero Jaime Knows.

[raptorcanaria]

Dinah laughs as soon as she sees that face. And though she needs to take a step back under the force of sudden hugs, she hugs him back cheerfully.

"It's not a big deal. It just turned up and I figured you'd want it. You're welcome, though."

Though she can live with the title Coolest Superhero. Batman never gets called that.

[escarabajo]

"I didn't know I wanted it until I saw it!" His excitement's settled to maybe ten-year-old on Christmas morning, but he's still very clearly giddy about the whole thing. "Seriously, you're awesome."

"Though," he adds, "I've never actually rode one of these, unless you count sitting behind the person driving. I might need some pointers."

[raptorcanaria]

"We can arrange that, too," Dinah says, still grinning. "It'll make a change from all the self defense students I've suddenly acquired."

[escarabajo]

"I can help if you need it," Jaime offers. "Like a trade. Peacemaker taught me a little bit back home."

[raptorcanaria]

Dinah considers this in all seriousness for a few seconds. then she smiles and offers:

"Actually, I could use some help around the place. you want to take some beginners' classes?"

She has no idea what Jaime is capable of without the scarab, but if he offers, she assumes he's capable.