[Three Batmen]
"How long are you going to pretend to be asleep?" Bruce asked his younger self, the man immediately opened his eyes.
"How long have you been awake?" he asked his younger self.
"Four hours" Batman answered him.
"Lift your right hand and you'll see how much you've changed" Bruce said to batman.
He could see his younger self lift his right hand and his eyes widen at the sight of the help screen in front of him, the screens were invisible to everyone, everyone except for their respective users.
"Your skills, your titles everything that has to do with who you are is on it" he explained.
"The league" Batman said as he sat on the edge on the bed.
"Dead or scattered, the war is over so maybe we can find the survivors of our worlds" he said to his younger self and the man repeated the word
"Worlds"
"Move your hand to the far corner of the screen, you'll be able to see what's going on outside" he watched his younger self follow his instructions but the man didn't show any reaction.
"Where are we?" his younger self asked.
"We call it the ark, it's the last safe place before you ask no we aren't in a cage where the legion puts us until they choose to drag us out. We know this because they invaded the ark and want it."
"To put it in simple terms, its a refugee ship, we pick up any survivors from the worlds that the Burning Legion invades, but its the first time since any of us have gotten here that we haven't been fighting."
"There are three universal rules in every town and city, by the way, a city is an unofficial kingdom."
"One there is no jail time, if you commit a crime you get sent to the military and pass your time there."
"Two everyone when they reach a certain age must get married and start to have children as soon as possible, you'll understand when you go for a walk and see how empty the city is."
"Three, we protect the ark at all costs, nothing else matters...if we lose the ark we have nothing left, no world, no no homes to go back to, no families, nothing" he said to his younger self.
"Who were the first to arrive here or the eldest beings on the ark?" batman asked him.
"The adventurers, but they guaranteed themselves and are under gong phycological therapy, something was done to them in our last push to force the invaders of the ark and they guaranteed themselves to keep everyone safe." he said to his younger self, as he sent a video showing adventurers, suddenly breaking down into mad laughter, or screaming in terror.
"Their last act was keeping everyone safe from themselves" batman said as watched the conversation that had occurred not to long ago, with the knight and the gathered group of people.
"What else can you tell me?" batman asked him.
"I'll explain some of the things you'll see if you decide to go exploring, the blood river is exactly what it sounds, it was a normal a river but a lot of giant creatures died there and all of the water was replaced by blood, some normal, some trained, the plants and insects mutated so almost everyone stays away from there." Terry said as he walked in.
"The crystal mountains aren't mountains at all, their corpses of beings whose bodies crystallized, the crystals themselves can be made into explosives ore used to make long-lasting everyday things from clothing to nails for building houses."
"Wild animals roam the forest, oceans, and fields outside of the walls, they are the main source of food everyone has"
"Things such as child labor, slavery and things that would have sent you top jail arent seen as bad things anymore, everything was used to fight off the legion, the towns and cities were originally surrounded by walls and had guards patroling them."
"We're slowly regaining our humanity because we finally have some form of safety" Terry's words hung heavy in the air.
"You're going to need to learn customs and I can't stress this enough stay away from any woman that isn't married or has someone that says their an item because they will do whatever it takes to ensure you take them in"
"It sounds like a good thing having women want you, but trust me you have to see it with own eyes, to understand why you need to stay away from them"
"Right now the only thing everyone wants is to rebuild and from the messages, I'm getting, most of the army is splitting itself int three groups right now."
"Some will join the doctors in collecting the corpses and identifying who they are, exploration teams will be exploring the kingdoms and towns, just in case something managed to get thru, building to building door to door."
"I know it sounds wrong, but almost all of those buildings are empty, only the sick, the elderly, children, and pregnant women remain"
"The last group is going to go exploring, we need to map out the ark because we were just moving around from place to place we don't really know much about the place and we need resources." Terry finally finished talking.
A beeping sound caught bruces attention and a new title had been given to him, Lord of the city, he didn't say anything, he just looked at it"
"What are you going to do?" he asked Terry.
"I'm going to explore the inside of the city, I didn't spend the last few years fighting just to have some mad man kill everyone inhere" Terry answered him before the two of them turned to look at batman.
"Waine enterprise belongs to you, "he said as he looked at his direction.
"There isn't any need for batman at the moment, but exploring the ark doesn't seem like a good idea a the moment too many unknowns."
"What happen to"
"They're either scattered, dead or started new lives, that's the answer for anyone whose missing" Terry answered his question.
"...I don't know" he answered honestly, it all still felt wrong like if it was just one more nightmare amongst the many he had.
"Then live, as far as people know, counterparts are running around, people from different universes, so no one will ask why there is a batman with the defense force, a Bruce Wayne as city lord and you doing whatever you fall into" he said to his younger self.
"I'm going for a walk" batman said to them.
"Use your screen to help you navigate the city, it's different now, building forced into one another, streets that dong lead anywhere and things like that" he said to his younger self before the man was out of sight.
"Do you think we should tell him about the entity that rules this place, or that both heaven and hell don't exist anymore and that their replacements are at the top and bottom of the ark?" Terry asked him.
"No, not yet, he still needs to adapt to everithing," he said to Terry before he began to walk away, his destination was the mayor's office to see what the new title he had been given was all about.