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Separate Identity

After falling into a vat of chemicals while being chased by the Batman, a man finds himself at the desk of a waiting room. He looks around in confusion. The receptionist(?) behind the desk hands him a piece of paper.

Name____________

Death: Chemicals leading to Identity Death New Position: To be decided upon review Waiting Time: Unknown

He looks at the receptionist.

"Why is my name not on there? You have other information about me already."

"It's an old procedure. Just write your name to have the identification be validated." The receptionist responds with a dull tone.

He looks at it. He thinks.

"I don't remember."

---

Danny hums to himself as a man walks into the throne room. He explains that he can't remember his old identity, and that he would be eternally grateful if Danny would be able to help. Danny's not omniscient, so he doesn't know either.

His clothes aren't very indicative, nor his features. His memories lack history of his life, but he does remember how to do certain things. The most unique thing he remembered was a man in a bat costume and the vat.

At that point, it would be easier go to where he died and follow a trail. Somebody in the royal family would need to be with him to ensure nothing goes wrong.

Danny's way too busy with work, Dan is trying to learn how to cook with Realms ingredients, and Fright Knight is just overkill.

Ellie, of course, has already rushed in and taken the opportunity to go somewhere. It wouldn't be too hard, would it?

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You Look Lonely

Inspired by this iconic scene.

When Jason was with the League, he'd thought he'd spotted something lingering above the pits sometimes. Then again, he'd also been hopped up into a mad rage by nasty death water, so his memory wasn't credible by any means.

But after a particularly bad day, as Jason just sits in front of the Pits looking at his reflection, he looks up.

"Hello, handsome."

Gorgeous eyes looking down, freckles dotting the skin. White hair gracefully flowing, a playful smile directed at him.

"What a day, hm? You look lonely..."

A warm bubbly feeling sprouts in his chest. Like if pit rage had a distant cousin.

"I can fix that."

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The Moon Looks Back

As a child, Bruce liked to stargaze with his parents. It was something that connected them, and soothed him in a way hard to describe.

That hadn't changed, after the night in the alley, when he went soul searching, or even when he took up the cape. It certainly hadn't stopped after all these years, with all of his children beside him.

During his trek around the world, he regarded the moon as a sort of companion, ever-changing but consistent. It stuck with him, even just by existing.

He stargazes less often, of course, with everything he does nowadays. But he still takes time to look at the night sky, constellations and childhood friend still there.

Of course, he didn't know that it was actually alive. And he'd really of appreciated if he didn't have to learn that while stranded in space.

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It was nice to just relax when things got a bit difficult. The moon was a nice little cove for Danny to just decompress and watch the world go by.

One such benefit was that he could see those who looked to him as the moon. The grandfather of a family, watching the sky as the kids go to sleep, the couple on a late night date, and the astronomers that study the stars.

Amongst them, one Bruce Wayne stood out. In the beginning, just the child of a wealthy family, though after the death of his parents he continued to look to Danny. Every once in a while, Danny would sense Bruce, in some drastically different location and situation.

Eventually, he seemed to settle back down in Gotham. Though not without a few new habits, so to speak.

Now, this was an opportunity to finally talk face to face. After all, it wasn't everyday he got the chance to speak to such an interesting stargazer in person.

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Loving Threats

Inspired by a song and its remake. But I am trash at syncing lyrics to storybeats.

Danny and Jason met in the ghost zone when Jason was dead, but he forgot it all coming back to life. When the two of them were together, they went through the entire song and dance (literally) of asking each other out.

I'm serious. There were like 10 different musical scenes with varying themes. It was Fenton Romance at its finest. And Jason's old school romance heart was certainly played a large part too.

It was their love language. Dramatic acts, vague threats and all.

Post revival and reconnection with the Batfam, Jason spots a familiar face. A flood of memories wash through him, and with it a bout of giddiness. Though he's currently dressed as Red Hood, Danny'll be able to tell who he is and keep quiet. Just have to greet him in a way that he'll recognize.

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Danny is out taking the kids for a walk. Dan was grumpy since he wasn't allowed any ecto chips, for both his health and as punishment for severely beating a guy who tried to mug Danny without permission yesterday. Ellie is quite cheerful, since she's going to visit the Crocodile and Zombie sewer-dudes when Danny's not looking.

All of a sudden, Red Hood, casually wielding a gun, approaches Danny. He makes an overly familiar gesture, wrapping an arm sideways around Danny's waist. He whistles under the hood, a faint green glow from the white eyespaces.

"Well who do we have here? You look half dead, honey."

Danny looked at him. Horrible pick up line? Check? Thin veneer of confidence? Check. Zero self control around Danny? Check.

Jason. The rancid ecto signature is new, though. Honestly, not surprised he's a crime lord now.

"Well, you know how it is. The kids have been running me ragged. And you sure haven't been any help."

Danny puts on an innocent smile. Jason sidles closer. A few bystanders watch them with varied expressions.

"Well you don't need to worry about that now. How about you and I go somewhere more private?"

---

"A crime boss, huh?"

Dan is raiding the fridge. Ellie is watching a fight on TV.

"It was a... necessary step. I promise I would've visited you sooner if I had known."

"It's fine. What else happened while you were gone?"

"Well..."

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New in Town

Jason is... worried. Somewhat. There's a new group in Gotham.

The first indication of this when he'd encountered a towering man in armor, his face shrouded in shadows. The man had introduced himself as Fright Knight, proudly declaring to be the Royal Knight of the High Queen.

A group of royals? He asks.

The most powerful! The Knight replies.

A girl is seen flitting around Gotham, mischievous grin on her face. She calls Jason stinky.

A man lurks behind her, grumbling to himself. He calls Jason unimpressive.

A couple zoom the streets on a motorbike, followed by an unnaturally dark shadow.

A new soup kitchen opens up. The moving truck with it donates lunch boxes to the less fortunate.

---

Fright Knight strolls the streets, humming to himself about a job well done. The High Queen had been muttering about how the Prince and Princess may have been getting bored, so he'd taken the initiative to find something interesting for both of them.

His Queen would be pleased. Now to tell her.

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Titles I've Acquired

So I've decided to just jot down all of the titles I made some time ago in older posts and some more recent ones @jedipirateking helped with.

Danny:

First of Holy Name, The Reluctant King, The High Queen, Queen of the Cosmos

Bringer of Balance, Embodiment of Space, Mother of Wrath and Trickery, Siren of the Stars, The Great One, The Inevitable Authority

Danno, Little Badger

Ones we made on a recent post, focused on a joke. Not meant to signify Danny's Rank:

Avatar of Outta Here, Knight of Nope, Sir Scurry Scatter and Scram, God of Getaways, Emperor of the Bounce, Queen of Quick Exits, Prince of Poof, Zealot of Zoom, Duke of Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, and Dodge, The Great Gun It, Valet to Vamoose and Vacate, Baron von Bail, Scenechal of Scatter, Coup to Clamor and Climb.

Dante:

First of His Name, The Wrathful Prince, The Erratic Prince, Hate-Filled Union Born Anew, The Watchful and Filial Son

Dani/Ellie:

First of Her Name, The Mischievous Princess, The Wandering Princess, Mirror Turned Painting, A Futile Chase of Desire Remade, The Protective and Loyal Daughter

Vlad:

The Avaricious Duke, The High Queen's Rival, The Greedy Interloper, Creator of Shattered Mirrors, He Who Desires That Which Is Unattainable

Fruitloop.

Lady Gotham:

Home of Many, Perseverance in Protection, The Lady Who Commands the Knight, Bird Keeper

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Blue Screen

Danny is the type of guy gal ghost to Commit To a Bit. This is very common knowledge

But he may have overdone it this time.

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Dan and Ellie had met the Red Hood, who seemed yucky. Ellie said this herself. Jason was not amused, and did not appreciate them following him around for the rest of the week.

After a bout of panic, Danny had finally tracked the tykes down. After seeing who they were with, he sighed. Of course those two would. Well he could play at that game.

Danny had popped in and pecked him on both sides of the helmet, leaving a casual lie before legging it.

"Hey hun, thanks for watching the kids. I'll take it from here."

---

It's been a month now, and somehow he has two kids with a notorious crime boss and goes on nightly dates with him.

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Dick and Jason are dead. A causality of battle.

Well, not really. But the otherworldly hunter thought they were, and it really wasn't in their best interests to dispute that. It was too chaotic to get back to Bruce, so they decided to just wait it out.

There was a scuffle and the crate opened, the two of them taking the opportunity to jump out.

Jason scans the room. Dick stretches.

"What in the-"

---

"You sure, Skulker?"

"Trust me, High Whelp, these two were knocked out cold!"

Danny opens the door. They look at him. He turns back to Skulker.

"You know, for the Best Hunter of the Infinite Realms, you sure aren't good at keeping your prey down."

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Example Scene: @heirxofxtime @nochance-noway

At a Wayne Foundation Ball:

Jason: Holy shit is that my neighbor? Cute nasa dude? He looks fucking beautiful what the fuck.

Danny, All Dressed Up, cooing at the tykes, completely oblivious to Jason's somewhat-simping(TM): This is nice. Ellie and Dan are having fun!

Vlad, making his way to Danny to attempt to be friendly and do better, not knowing both he and Danny have gone through so much it's warped their views on Many Things: Hello Little Badger. I see you've brought the children with you today.

Danny: Well, they are my kids, Vlad. I wouldn't be a very good parent if I didn't spend time with them now, would I?

Vlad: Then perhaps you would let me have the chance to do that as well?

Danny: Oh, I don't know. Probably not. Maybe if you hadn't been so forceful about having them and paid a little child support, I might agree. Along with being a decent human being.

Dick: Hey little bird, you okay there? Been standing there and staring off into space for a solid ten minutes.

Jason, looking at Danny and Vlad, calculating the age differences and how old the kids are, planning to commit homicide: I'm fine!

Danny and Vlad still bicker and argue just as violently and viscerally. It's just how they are.

Dan and Ellie and super protective of their mom/mama. He's alreasy gone through a lot, and they won't stand for any more!

Danny of course absent-mindedly drops the fact that Ellie was forced on him to make a perfect son and Dan was a violent accident without thinking. He and Vlad are good, he's genuinely not trying to imply anything. Just, well. It's Danny. Fenton/Phantom kid. The one who's gone through so much he has no scale of trauma. So used to Vlad being Vlad that doesn't even register as possibility.

Vlad's trying, he is! But he's Vlad.

Vlad "I love the Green Bay Packers and Wisconsin and also got obsessed with a 14-15 year old because he's the son of a woman I liked in college" Masters. Even the best therapy and inner reflection will not make his habits and mannerisms the slightest bit uncreepy.

He could have the best intentions and still be sus.

The 3D's are basically: He may be a creepy failure, but he's our failure.

Vlad is not amused. He is a billionaire, Daniel! Is that being a failure?

Dan would violently kill a man for his mom.

Ellie would give someone a week of Bad Things for mama.

Danny is tired.

Clockwork is cooing over the little tykes

It's Complicated

Danny's in Gotham, Clockwork "for the good of the timeline" (he just likes seeing them tiny) turns Dan and Ellie about 7-12 ish and Jack and Maddie are off terrorizing the vampires in Romania.

Vlad has been both dragged along and is somewhat stalking Danny via 1. trying to make things right with him and attempting to actually Parent His Kids and to get Danny to stop lording it over his head. And 2. trying to also not get obliterated by the two little tykes by acting like, well, himself to Danny.

Jason is very interested in the new neighbor, for reasons that are Completely Professional and hold No Romantic Intentions. So he does a little digging. For security, of course.

He comes out of it horrified.

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Lady Justice

Danny's Balance, right? Half alive, half dead, Ruler of the Realms, High Queen. Everything comes to him eventually, no matter who or what?

Well, you know who else shares few of those attributes? Lady Justice!

Stay with me here. I'm not crazy I swear.

Lady Justice holds the scales and ensures they're balanced. She's blindfolded so everything's equal before her, and everyone and anyone can be taken before her. Not easily, of course, or very practically, but you know what I mean.

Danny becomes Lady Justice. Metaphorically and literally somehow. Clockwork sends him on missions throughout time in the DC universe and he Appears(TM)

The JL need help with something (can't do anything about an enemy due to "foreign law, perhaps?) and The Question brings up one of his theories that the picture of the woman representing law was actually a supernatural entity sent to ensure justice.

This is, obviously, not completely believed until Constantine digs a little just to humor him and actually finds some Real Evidence supporting his claim.

The Question crows about being right, running off to find Lady Justice.

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Lady of Leaving!

Haha!😂😂

In Contempt of Time

Clockwork has told Walker of his woes, and the two have come together to prosecute the Flash Family for the crimes of messing with the timelines repeatedly, undermined and ruining Clockwork's plans.

Barry gets a glowing green letter delivered to his doorstep, declaring that he and all other users of the Speed Force must appear in the High Queen's Court. Anyone who has worked with him or his family are informed that they must also arrive, and may build a case in their defense.

Clockwork told Danny he had an important meeting next week. He rolled his eyes a bit when he was told to wear the High Queen Outfit(TM). Who would've thought that with eternity on their side, fashion and uniform obsessed ghosts would go all out with a much more agreeable ruler?

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Queen of Quick Exits

In Contempt of Time

Clockwork has told Walker of his woes, and the two have come together to prosecute the Flash Family for the crimes of messing with the timelines repeatedly, undermined and ruining Clockwork's plans.

Barry gets a glowing green letter delivered to his doorstep, declaring that he and all other users of the Speed Force must appear in the High Queen's Court. Anyone who has worked with him or his family are informed that they must also arrive, and may build a case in their defense.

Clockwork told Danny he had an important meeting next week. He rolled his eyes a bit when he was told to wear the High Queen Outfit(TM). Who would've thought that with eternity on their side, fashion and uniform obsessed ghosts would go all out with a much more agreeable ruler?

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Danny Phantom, High Queen: Exit Right

Those Remaining in Courtroom: Stunned

Perfection

In Contempt of Time

Clockwork has told Walker of his woes, and the two have come together to prosecute the Flash Family for the crimes of messing with the timelines repeatedly, undermined and ruining Clockwork's plans.

Barry gets a glowing green letter delivered to his doorstep, declaring that he and all other users of the Speed Force must appear in the High Queen's Court. Anyone who has worked with him or his family are informed that they must also arrive, and may build a case in their defense.

Clockwork told Danny he had an important meeting next week. He rolled his eyes a bit when he was told to wear the High Queen Outfit(TM). Who would've thought that with eternity on their side, fashion and uniform obsessed ghosts would go all out with a much more agreeable ruler?

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It's Complicated

Danny's in Gotham, Clockwork "for the good of the timeline" (he just likes seeing them tiny) turns Dan and Ellie about 7-12 ish and Jack and Maddie are off terrorizing the vampires in Romania.

Vlad has been both dragged along and is somewhat stalking Danny via 1. trying to make things right with him and attempting to actually Parent His Kids and to get Danny to stop lording it over his head. And 2. trying to also not get obliterated by the two little tykes by acting like, well, himself to Danny.

Jason is very interested in the new neighbor, for reasons that are Completely Professional and hold No Romantic Intentions. So he does a little digging. For security, of course.

He comes out of it horrified.

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Clockwork and Walker retort that messing with the structural stability of a timeline is no joke, the Speedsters retort that they know how to use their own powers, and it basically devolves to a very long repetitive argument.

Danny, of course, has no idea of this. He just thinks he has to get dolled up for some Really Important Meeting(TM) that Clockwork and somehow Walker are so vehement about. He's oblivious.

In Contempt of Time

Clockwork has told Walker of his woes, and the two have come together to prosecute the Flash Family for the crimes of messing with the timelines repeatedly, undermined and ruining Clockwork's plans.

Barry gets a glowing green letter delivered to his doorstep, declaring that he and all other users of the Speed Force must appear in the High Queen's Court. Anyone who has worked with him or his family are informed that they must also arrive, and may build a case in their defense.

Clockwork told Danny he had an important meeting next week. He rolled his eyes a bit when he was told to wear the High Queen Outfit(TM). Who would've thought that with eternity on their side, fashion and uniform obsessed ghosts would go all out with a much more agreeable ruler?

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Are You Not Entertained?

The High Queen has a problem. Boredom! Just a tad. But boredom can lead to many things, like mischief and meddling. And the Ancients know what happens when the High Queen is bored.

So Ghost Writer has teamed up with some other the other playwright and novelist ghosts to find something to entertain her.

With a little advice from Clockwork, they find the perfect dimension to amuse the Queen. So they all draft up a plot and set off, influencing various events to lead to a way for the Queen to come along and watch as every little plan unfolds.

They're done now, so it's time to bring the Queen to watch something interesting.

---

Constantine inspects the various runes, glowing items, and green smudges on the table, the rest of the JL watching him expectantly.

"Well, what are they?" Flash speaks out nervously, fidgeting. He'd found several traces of this stuff in Central city, from cars to buildings to even people. The rest of the JL members had reported the same.

"Nothing good. From what I could gather these things are the work of the subjects of the High Queen."

"The High Queen?"

"Well Bats, officially it's the High Queen of the Infinite Realms. Ruler of All and whatnot. I'd say that this is the work of some of the Realms Beings that she controls. Though none of it is her directly doing anything from what I can tell."

The rest of the JL look at him for more explanation, Zatanna gives him a look that he's on his own for this one, and John inwardly curses at the fact he's the one that has to explain this.

"The Infinite Realms are the In-between. They're also The Beginning and The End at the same time. Anything is, was, or will be has at one point been there. The High Queen, as a result, controls all of this."

"What does that mean, Constantine?"

"Well dark and broody, that means that we're royally screwed."

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Space Lady

When Bruce gets lost in time he sees a common sight between each jump.

A woman in a dress of nebulae, stars studded around her neck, hair a soft silver.

He asks who she is, and she does nothing.

He asks who she is, and she smiles mischievously.

He asks what she's doing. "Watching" is all he gets.

He asks what the purpose of this is, and she looks at him like he's stupid.

He tries to move around, but seems to loop back around. She looks amused at his attempts.

After Vanishing Point, during his last jump, he asks her if she knew what was going to happen.

"Aren't you the world's greatest detective? I'm sure if you put your mind to it, you'll figure it out. Now off you go."

---

It's been 2 years since Damian had been dropped into the family. Even after, Bruce felt like he was being watched sometimes.

He gets a visitor at the door, and standing there is the Lady.

"How have you been, Bruce? Doing well I hope. Be a dear and let me in, would you?"