inbox (etraya).

[riskfalling]

{tbd}

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[her_own_rules]

[ She stops to send exactly one message to the man she left sleeping, with a kiss in his hair,
before stepping out for her morning run a good while ago in the pre-dawn dark. When it arrives, it's short and sweet. ]

There's a new city out there to the South East. With high rises.

Come find me, Boy Wonder. If you still can.

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[her_own_rules]

I took Bruce to the Clocktower.
His answer is still no.

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[her_own_rules]

Also, the Clock Tower is here. And fully kitted out.
Southernmost-middle island.

[ But she has priorities, okay, and one of them is child!Bruce complaining to Damian about everyone avoiding him
and then turning down anyone who shows up choosing him, or Batman, first and foremost, too.
In every universe, Bruce's dramatics are exhausting.


(Yes. Of course. She's taking it personally.) ]

[riskfalling]

Then we'll do it without him.

[ They can't make him want to be a part of any of this; not just their family, but their work. Whether he understands it or not — he doesn't — it doesn't change the facts of what they're working with.

But her second message makes him smile, even through his misgivings about the first. ]

That an invitation?

[her_own_rules]

[ Unless you're turning me down, too is the flippant responses in the back her mind, but it never meets the back of her throat or her lips. Because. She'll never have to question his answer to that same question, and he'll never evade answering it like a sullen teenager. (There's only one reason to evade the answer. To never be out there, in all black, helping or even just avenging those doing the hurting.) Dick Grayson will always choose to save the people around him, no matter where he is. That's who he is—and not singularly universal since his other version was out there with them destroying dolls and fighting off snakes, too.

(Same with the other Clark. And the other Barry. And...)

Barbara lets her head rest back on the chair, and unlike anyone else so far,
she leaves the channel open instead of flipping it to mute between her responses. ]

As though I could keep you out of here for long.

Nothing much is set up or even cleaned up,
except for the computers.

text » un: d.wayne

[brat]

This is your warning.
Prepare yourself or suffer the consequences.

( prepare for what? suffer what? he's not telling. )

[riskfalling]

do I get any parameters for my prep?

[brat]

That would ruin the fun.

[riskfalling]

[ that's concerning. ]

you're not breaking into my apartment again, are you?

Mailbox delivery

[mostdangerousbird]

[ In Dick’s suburban mailbox, Tim sticks Damian’s Game boy and a note. ]

Damian left this at someone else’s house.

text » un: d.wayne

[brat]

We're too spread out.

We need to have a meeting to discuss how to resolve this.

[riskfalling]

If by 'resolve' you mean 'get those of us left closer together' then I don't know if we need a whole meeting about it.

Think Bruce would go for it?

[brat]

Then we're in agreement.
Father will figure it out.

text » un: robin

[brat]

It's getting close to about when Aurora usually announces upcoming missions. Given how light-hearted the last one was, I anticipate this one likely will not be.

It may be wise to reach out to the community to ask what their individual skill sets are, and get a good idea of what we're working with.

[riskfalling]

I know you're not asking for permission to ask around.

[ He knows. This is his role, as much as being Nightwing is. The public face, the nice one. ]

Sounds like something Tim might be interested in.

[ ....just because he's nice doesn't mean he doesn't occasionally stir the pot. ]

[brat]

He's preoccupied with the giant he's permitted to move in with him.

[riskfalling]

Well, who wouldn't be?

rooftops.

[batsymbol]

( While it may not be Gotham, there's something about being above it all and away from everything and everyone that feels familiar despite the change of scenery. Nova City currently has the most high rises for this and so he often makes his way throughout the city when night falls and he's left feeling restless. Unable to help himself, he always looks for trouble — always scouts from the rooftops of the buildings he lingers on and despite very often not finding anything or anyone to come down on in a dark alleyway, he still finds himself out here most nights.

He's standing near the ledge of one particularly high building — gaze trailing along the streets below. It's as his cape gently wraps around him some when a cool breeze drifts by that he sighs and, without taking his eyes off the streets, he speaks up. )

I'm guessing you wanted me to hear you.

( Hear in the way one trained for this sort of lifestyle would only be able to. To anyone else? Dick's as quiet as ever. They all are. )

[riskfalling]

Rule of thumb: it's better not to surprise the Batman if you don't have to.

[ The rooftops still feel like home in a way most of the rest of this place doesn't and never will, and he's still working through those — thankfully fewer, now — jolts of trepidation when he looks down.

Catharsis is nice and all, but healing takes time.

He walks along the edge of the roof now, balancing easy as a cat, the breeze tugging at his hair like it tugs at Bruce's cloak. ]

Am I interrupting?

[batsymbol]

Rarely do.

( That is to say, this isn't Gotham and there's not much to be on alert for aside from when missions are happening. Still he finds himself up here — blue eyes casting their gaze down to the world below them. )

Still have the beard?

[riskfalling]

For now.

[ His grin flashes white through the dark scruff. ]

Keeping one step ahead of Damian and his razor is good for me. I was worried I might get rusty here.

text » un: d.wayne

[brat]

Laura returned before the last mission.
I wanted to warn you, given her tendency to break into the manor.
Do not eat the cereal in the pantry, that's hers.

[riskfalling]

but I got some of that cereal for me

[brat]

You should be eating better regardless.

text » un: robin

[brat]

Tell the other Robin it's his turn to watch over Batman.

( tim. he means tim. )