A Retired Player's Guide to Batman's Return to Work

Also titled I Came Back After Becoming the Dark Knight Hello, everyone. I'm an utterly ordinary gaming fanatic. I'll leave my name out for now. You can call me Player, or B, or whatever. Here's what happened: One day during a vacation, I suddenly transmigrated, becoming Bruce Wayne, aka Batman, the Dark Knight, as a child who'd lost his parents. Some guy calling himself the System said this world was missing Batman, a pillar of the world, and needed someone to fill the role. So, unlucky me, I got picked. Send me 50 and watch me make a comeback and get home! But just when I was finally nearing the end of my life, this damn world rebooted! Reboot after reboot. It rebooted every single day, over the slightest thing. What a joke. No wonder this world managed to lose one of its pillars. What are you, an elementary schooler? Even I, a player, don't pull this kind of crap! (pointing JPG) What? You mean reloading a save and starting over? When a player does it, it isn't called reloading a save! (indignant JPG) Of course, none of that could stop me. In the end, I still managed to get home. And I even made it back just in time for the tail end of my vacation. ...No!! My vacation! My vacation!! How could it be gone just like that?! It was like someone had dragged me into working a summer job seven days a week, with no chance to refuse. Then, just as I was ready to rest after finishing, I looked back and saw that my vacation was gone too. Fine. What else can I do? Guess I'll make do. The Player, who'd acted in all sorts of chaotic storylines like Injustice, Lord of the League, Arkham City, Earth 2, and Tearing, wore a calm, numb expression that said he'd seen it all. He dragged his long-young body and utterly exhausted mind to a new school. Then he met a roommate named Bruce Wayne. The guy didn't have black hair and blue eyes, but his name sounded awfully familiar. Me: ...? Holy crap, did I transmigrate again? So this joke of a name caught the attention of a former Batman, and his curious DC-fan roommates started asking questions. The truth left them all stunned. Young Master Wayne said modestly: Oh, didn't you know? I actually licensed the Batman comics to a friend! As it happens, I came up with the idea for Batman's original design. Black hair and blue eyes, isn't it great? Hahaha! Me, the guy who really was Batman: ...Haha. (weak, awkward laugh) Bruce, a genuine rich Wayne: Huh, little B does have black hair and blue eyes. Want to go to the next comic convention together? It'd be a shame not to try cosplaying Batman with such pretty blue eyes. (wink) And so my nightmare began. Who could have guessed that this guy, who looked like a fan of the whole DC cast, was secretly a devoted Batman fanboy?! He's even the kind of person who shamelessly calls Batman his wife and uses all sorts of other ridiculous nicknames for him!!!! Dying of embarrassment, cosplay-transmigration, and running into visitors from other worlds who then watch his life are all minor problems. The real problem is... Why does my heart seem to race when he casually says stuff like that??? [Click to read about the wonderful campus life of "retired Player Batman" x "sweetheart rich guy Bruce Wayne," and see how the two spark a different kind of chemistry! (Not really)] [My take on the Player version of Batman. He's been through all kinds of reboots and has a game System, with lots of gear stored in the System space. He looks cool and aloof, but is actually lively, snarky, and loves showing off. His characterization is partly inspired by JLA and Lego Batman.] [Pairing: Bruce] (Player = me. Black hair, blue eyes, sort of a Chinese-foreign mixed-race guy. For Player's looks, think Alan DeLong. Hehe. For Wayne's looks, think Christian Bale.) (As for why a half-Chinese guy and someone who isn't even Chinese would study and meet in China, and why the rich Wayne would choose a school dorm instead of living elsewhere... Please don't sweat the details. Just call it an accident, coincidence, and a parallel universe.) [This is just something I wrote for fun. Player has a huge cheat, the timeline is a mess, the settings are whatever, and logic is dead. It's mainly for laughs, references, and shipping. No research, just my take on a parallel world. The characters belong to the original creators; the OOC writing is mine. Written at an elementary-school level.] [Happy ending for everyone. Pairing is BatBruce/BruceBat (yes, I ship the two versions of Bruce with each other!), other pairings to be decided. Or just ship whatever you like.] [That's all. If you mind any of this, don't read.] [Please read with an open mind. If it's not for you, don't flame me.] (P.S. As always, I'm writing out of love. Updates whenever, no backlog or outline. Maybe this rookie author will just vanish one day, lol.) (A sudden idea popped into my head, so I typed it up at lightning speed. When I'm out of inspiration for my other story, I can come over here for a change of mood.) Theme: Somewhere, somehow, there's always a meeting where the feelings are mutual