Chapter 7: Venom Wayne goes to the city
[Venom POV]
"So how does this work? I just try to sleep then you do your autopilot thing? "Batman asks me.
I thought for a minute then pull us both into a mindscape thing. While inside our minds, I create a representation of the wayne manor.
"So lets try it this way. The living room will be the representation of our lobby. If we want to sleep, we go to our rooms. The TV in the living room will be our window to reality. The current pilot heads to the batcave in front of your computers and stuff. The TV in the living room is kinda like taking a backseat. If you want to take over, just head to the cave. If you want to sleep, head to your room. While you are in your room, you will be 100 percent asleep so when you take over the body, despite it not actually sleeping, you wont feel tired because I will mostly exhaust my own energies.
To you, it will just feel like you just woke up from a good 8 hour sleep."
He ponders about this type of switching but thinks nothing of it for now.
"Alright I'm going to bed give this unusual rest a shot. Wake me up 6pm when the sun goes down." Then he heads toward his master bedroom.
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Outside the mindscape
"Bodily movement, Check! Sense of touch, Check! Alright every thing seems to be in order. Maybe I'll start out with my first real meal in this world."
I head upstairs to leave the cave and find Alfred missing. He's probably asleep considering his actual master is nocturnal anyway.
I make my way to the kitchen and assess what simple meal I can cook but then I remember that I'm a billionaire so I don't even NEED to cook.
I get dressed with one of the good looking casual get ups Wayne has. White long sleeved turtleneck and smooth black slacks. I walk around to find the garage.
"Holy F--! That's a lot of sports cars!"
I find one that I like, not really knowing the difference since I know little about cars. I start the engine of the silver Lamborghini from the Nolan films and start driving towards the city.
The Wayne Manor is a little bit outside of Gotham so I have a bit of a drive before I even get there. As I drive slowly, I can see just a bit of the sunrise over the horizon.
"What a beautiful view! Bats probably stopped appreciating simple things like this since that night his parents died."
I deliberately slow down my drive as I want to experience this breathtaking view of the outskirts. Feel the slight warmth of the sun as it starts to rise.
After a while I start to see structures and buildings start to populate my surroundings. I reached Gotham City. I'm not familiar with the restos in the city yet so I open up the navigating unit of the car to check for nearby restaurants and slowly head towards some random italian one.
The valet seemed surprised to see the car as he probably never saw one this expensive drive up to this particular resto. I stop the car in front as I slowly get out of the car and throw him the keys. The valet who seems like he's barely 20 stumbles for a bit but tries to be professional and greet me.
After a simple good morning, I walked inside and had them seat me near the window. It seemed the manager saw my car and me and personally took over to be my waiter.
"G-good morning Sir. Will you be waiting for your company?" She asks.
"No just for me. I'm in the mood for some of your fettuccine alfredo, croissants and which ever you think is your best coffee." I said with a smile.
The manager who seems to be a young woman in her 30's blushes before answering: "Y-yes Sir. Right away sir!" Then she quickly scuttles off to the kitchen for my order.
A few minutes later, my food comes. And damn it looks good! I take a bite and slowly take my time to experience the flavors and relax while sometimes peering out the window to watch as Gotham slowly wakes up.
"What a lovely morning." I whispered to myself. "This looks like its going to be a good day."
I just sat there, enjoying my meal, blissfully relaxed and not a care in the world.
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[3rd Person POV]
Outside the Italian resto, a group of young girls took notice of Bruce as he was enjoying his time eating by the window. The girls were not familiar with whos who in high society. then again, Bruce spent most of his training to become batman so not a lot of people know that the prince of Gotham has come back from his long disappearance. Not many people knew what he looked like so only very few knew. Besides, its been years since anyone has seen Bruce Wayne. That was long ago when he was a lot younger and looked like a boy of 15. Now he was a young man of 20. The difference was so vast that no one can recognize him anymore apart from Alfred who has been there all his life.
The girls secretly take photos of the gorgeous hunk they see by the window and slowly share it among their circle of friends.
A handsome guy alert becomes viral in seconds as the images become very popular with collage girls and social media.
Little did Venom know, his simple meal already spread like wildfire and put him in the eyes of lovesick college girls yearning for their romantic encounter all over Gotham. A city that needs light to give life to that usually cold and dark city.