25After her conversation with Batman and the other league members helping sift through applicants for Batman, Wonder Woman knew she needed to be ready for the next stage. The other league members clearly didn't understand that they should weaken the competition before it started.
Wonder Woman was confident she could beat anyone she put through to the main event, largely because they were completely terrible in general, she just had to research whoever had been was accepted by the others. Batman forced everyone to record the interviews partially for his entertainment and partially to ensure fairness, if they knew he was watching they'd be more encouraged to be fair, not that any of them really cared. They were public for all participating league members, though the general public were kept in the dark and those interviewed weren't allowed to reveal anything. It would certainly damage the reputation of a few of the league members and they really didn't need any more bad press.
She stepped into her room and pulled up the interviews starting with Flash's which were going to be the most annoying, she was unaware that Superman, her most dedicated competitor was doing the same thing. Aquaman also scouted out the competition, he was proud his disguise as Aquafina worked and was ready to win, it was a matter of pride at this point.
The Flash settled into his chair looking slightly bored despite the fact that it hadn't started yet, he convinced Nightwing who had already attended Batman's interviews, to keep him company and add his own comments. He looked at his companion and asked, "Do you think this'll take long?" Flash tried to sit still, but Dick could already see him fidgeting. Thankfully they had snacks to distract him if it got too bad.
"It depends on how in-depth you bother to go, knowing you, it'll be quicker than Batman's interviews for sure," Dick responded easily, taking a minute to think back at Batman's borderline interrogation of some of his participants.
"Are you saying I'm shallow?" Wally asked trying to sound affronted despite it being true in some situations. He could be a caring, dedicated and kind individual, but when it came to something he wasn't that interested in he was hard pressed to really push himself to give it his all.
"You said it not me," Dick smirked channeling his father, but added, "Think about it this way, I'm sure you'll get to chat with a bunch of pretty girls." The fact that Wally instantly perked up probably proved his point, but there wasn't any reason to call him out now.
They both swiveled their heads to the door when they heard it start to open and an older man walked in. Wally sent a glare at Dick and whispered, "I thought you said there would be pretty girls." Dick just shrugged and glanced at the man who likely heard what Wally said based on how uncomfortable he looked.
"Hi, I'm-
"Batman doesn't want to date you, bye," Flash shooed the man away who looked annoyed before being escorted out.
"Glad to see you're thinking about Batman first," Nightwing commented lightly with a smile playing on his face.
"You're saying, Batman would have wanted to go out with him?" Flash asked trying to look incredulous despite the majority of his face being covered.
"The competition is for Batman to find someone to go out with, that doesn't necessarily mean someone to sleep with, it could just be someone he'd get along with," Nightwing explained, but Flash didn't seem to care too much.
Most of the rest continued in a similar fashion a few exceptions to his easy pass for pretty girls, were one girl who mentioned wanting to literally eat Batman's flesh and another who admitted she just into criminals and wanted Batman to take her to Arkham for a date. Nightwing for his part didn't offer any objections and let Flash do as he wanted just casually drinking some water while watching the procession, piping up occasionally to make fun of people after they left the room.
"Wild guess you're going to try picking up the losers at the next stage," Nightwing glanced at Flash who had the decency to look sheepish, but only slightly changed his requirements now allowing others to enter if they had some exceptional skill he found entertaining. He also passed himself to the next round and Wonder Woman had no idea when he actually entered, knowing him he likely put himself through without entering officially especially since all registered heroes got an automatic pass for this portion.
Wonder Woman was more than slightly annoyed at Flash, but despite a few women who looked like models making it through she wasn't concerned with them. She knew Batman found her attractive and looks alone wouldn't win the competition. The two people she thought she'd have the most trouble with were both actually doctors from Gotham. A woman named Harleen Quinzel who aside from being beautiful and smart was a gymnast; she was also going to have to deal with Dr. Pamela Isley who looked like some sort of forest goddess. She didn't know what to make of the two who both claimed to have actually met Batman.
Somehow Captain Marvel managed to be even worse, for whatever reason he put through any kids who wanted to hang out with Batman or people he felt sorry for, she didn't know what he felt sorry about. She wasn't a fool she knew Batman wouldn't date a child, but he had a soft-spot for kids so he'd probably give a child the coolest play-date ever and it was Wonder Woman's job to crush those children's dreams.
Martian Manhunter was the one she was least annoyed with he just seemed to pick at random eventually she realized it was just every tenth person, which worked for her because most of them were odd choices. He clearly still didn't have a great understanding of humans or he just didn't care, both were fine in her book.
Superman was going to the bane of her existence in this competition aside from being one of her biggest competitors he actually seemed to care about who he sent through, making sure they Batman might like them. He had a clipboard with questions, and by being so meticulous he was just setting himself to have more difficulties later on. The only positive was that his careful vetting process kept the number of people he put through relatively low. It struck Wonder Woman that obviously this meant he was overly confident and putting these people through just meant he assumed nobody was a threat and wanted to get in Batman's good book by pretending to be nice. Well, Wonder Woman was certainly going to prove that there was some competition sitting right in the Watchtower with him.
Superman finally finished watching the tapes to see who his competitors were going to be and he was disappointed in the other league members, he seemed to be the only person with Batman's best interests in mind. He was also a bit confused by some of the choices and was almost positive that Aquaman had gotten through in disguise as "Aquafina" or it was an Aquaman impersonator cross-dressing and that honestly seemed equally likely. He considered asking Aquaman, but he'd shut himself in his room a few hours ago demanding that nobody disturb him.
Of course Superman had no idea that Aquaman had been doing the same thing as him and was busy perfecting "Aquafina." His genius disguise had gotten him this far and he would only improve as time went by. Seducing Batman was the plan and he could tell they had a connection earlier, the Bat was actually on the verge of smiling. Explaining things to everyone back in Atlantis was nowhere on his mind.
While everyone toiled away trying to figure things out Batman sat back in the monitor womb and mentally assembled the tasks, he crossed jumping through rings of fire off his list. He'd probably have to adapt different competitions for different groups superheroes vs superheroes and the same would go to make sure adults and children were kept separately. He knew if Wonder Woman had her way she'd probably try to get some pre-teens into a weight lifting contest to prove her dominance and he was barely able to keep himself from okaying the idea.
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So Wonder Woman is ready to crush children's dreams, Aquaman is perfecting his plot to seduce Batman, Superman is the only nice guy around, and Batman is just living his best life watching everyone else struggle. Also a few super villains are trying to get in the mix.
