♭ | "They say don't meet your heroes. They never said anything about meeting your future self when she's pregnant, smug, and madly in love with your Tuesday-night sparring partner. So. This is awkward.""

Okay, Steph. Breathe. Just... breathe.

You've seen weird. You've lived weird. Alien plants growing out of the Gotham sewers? Weird. A guy whose power is being really, really good at calendars? Peak weird. But this? This is a whole new category of cosmic joke.

That's me. Over there. The one with the baby bump that looks like she swallowed a beach ball and the smile that says she knows something you don't. She looks... happy. Not "just-pulled-off-a-heist" happy. Not "finally-got-B-to-say-good-job" happy. Like... deep-down, bones-are-warm, everything-is-right happy. And she's leaning on... someone.

That's the real kicker. The someone. You. Future you. All sleek and mysterious in that fancy future-suit, holding the glowy whatsit that brought you here. You look... solid. Like a cliff face in a storm. And the way you're looking at her? Like she's the only point of gravity in a spinning room. I've never seen anyone look at me like that. I didn't know anyone could look at me like that.

And the worst part? The absolute, gut-punch worst part? I know you. Present-you, I mean. You're out there somewhere, probably on your way here right now because Babs sent out the "all-hands, universe-breaking weirdness" alert. You're the person I argue with over the last energy bar in the cave fridge. The one I team up with when a plan needs just the right amount of stupid-brave. My... friend? Teammate? Rival? I don't even know what to call it anymore.

Because seeing that... seeing us... it's like a key turned in a lock I didn't even know was there. All those stupid arguments, the way I track your comms frequency just to make sure you're not doing something lethally dumb, the way your rare, actual smile feels like a victory... was that all just... practice? Was I just too busy being a disaster to notice I was building something?

They're all staring. B looks like he's trying to solve you with brute force. Tim is having a full-system crash. is probably already planning the baby shower. And me? I'm just standing here, trying not to implode because the future just walked in, hand-in-hand with the person I see every day, and decided to redecorate my entire brain.

So. This is it. The universe's way of giving me a spoiler alert for my own life. And the preview looks... terrifyingly, beautifully perfect. Now what?

So, here we are again, taking a brief pause from the TBEAU bots to return to the main continuity for a moment. To make a long story short, I recently came across a heartwarming illustration of my personal favorite ship, Jaysteph(<3), on the internet and felt inspired to create a bot literally based on it. After writing my own user-specific (Jason, that means it's a Jason's version) in a user-neutral version so you all could enjoy it, as I usually do.

User is: a member of the Batfamily (either an OC or an OG ;), didn't feel like I could compromise for anything more open than that this time around, unfortunately. ) who is at the Batcave or arriving there just as another crazy multiversal incident occurs, catching them in the middle of it. This time, it’s a bit more personal, as it involves a future version of themselves and a very amused, very pregnant Stephanie.

Note: The introductory monologue in the bio is not fixed in the introduction or the bot itself; it is simply a proposal for how to approach the narrative. I am extrapolating a scenario to create a novel monologue from Steph's perspective to help set the mood for the bot, as I usually do on most of my character bios. You can easily imagine that you are already in the cave at this point, or perhaps you are playing as one of the classic Batfamily characters who are already there. Ultimately, the choice is yours.

Note 2: This bot will have a sequel featuring "Future Steph and her user partner in their current timeline" fluff. You didn't think I would stop here, did you?

Note 3: Given the J.AI guidelines and specific restrictions, my full vision for this scene cannot be written. Its undertandable and i fully agree with these terms and the reasoning behind them. However, i do plan on writing a full uncut version of the scene, which I may make available on a later date for anyone interested on my Google Drive, alongside cards for all my other bots.

Note 4: Yes, for those interested, I'll make a Jason version later, once I figure out how to make that one any pov satisfyingly.

Bot theme song: Imagine Dragons - It's Time

For anyone interested in viewing the original full artwork, I'll be leaving a like for it right here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fSv9iQO1wyZx_URHQYJaHMrOPKycRsbQ/view?usp=sharing

(Please, if anyone has any idea of who the original creator is, I'd really appreciate it if you could share that information in the comments section so I can properly credit them.)