[Closed] More BatGym antics

[robintohood]

Who: Jason Todd robintohood, BatFamily members, and friends of BatFamily members who've been trusted with their secret identities
What: Various shenanigans taking place in the BatGym during October
When: Throughout October
Where: Central City
Content Warnings: None for now. Will edit if something comes up.

[After some drama that happened in August, Jason thought about abandoning the warehouse gym. It was supposed to be his own safehouse. Four (or five as it's likely Tim or Kon would've also told Bart) people knowing about it means it's much less secure than Jason would've liked.

On the other hand, he hasn't found another abandoned property with a fully equipped gym. The warehouse is still more private than a normal civilian gym. There's less of a need to be on guard and no concerns about sticking out too much. Jason and the rest of the BatFamily could use the space. It's large enough to possibly do other things too. As far as Jason knows, none of them have a BatCave in Central City.

On October 1st, he sends a message out to every BatFamily member that says if they want to use the place then they should help renovate it and they're free to make additions if they want. The message also says that they should use their best judgment about who else to invite.

Jason already cleaned up the equipment, rearranged the mats and set up blackout curtains on almost all the windows except for the skylight.

If you walk in on Jason, he might be working out or trying to do more renovations like cleaning up the backrooms.

Or Jason's not around and the BatGym is being used by other people. Have fun!]

Comments

[mostdangerousbird]

That’s your call. Eighteen’s the legal serving age, so we’re all legal to work at a bar, even if we’re unregistered. It depends how clean you want the place to be. And how crazy.

[ If Steph and Cass sign on, it’s going to be to extremely hard to cause trouble in the bar itself. ]

The BGs would kill it on tips. I don’t know if the other guy would agree to it.

[ He deliberately leaves Superboy and Kid Flash off the list. He can’t see either working in a seedy bar. ]

[robintohood]

If they have attitudes like yours about working at a seedy bar and me being involved, then we might as well ask them if they want in. That way it's not just us two keeping an eye on things. Easier to gather intel.

[It feels so strange to have this now to be a family project but they might as well go all in if they want it to succeed]

[mostdangerousbird]

If you convince one, you'll convince both. One is more pragmatic than I am.

[ Understatement, but Jason should know what he's in for with Cass. Tim thinks she's the one to direct Jason to. If Jason's got anything up his sleeve with this offer and it's gotten by Tim, Cass will catch it. ]

The other, you'd have to negotiate with more.

[robintohood]

[Too bad Jason's last conversation with Cass didn't end well]

Who's more pragmatic?

[Jason has some idea who Tim means but he wants to be sure. He's... not looking forward to talking to Cass but he knows he has to eventually, even if Tim hadn't bought up the idea of having a bar]

[mostdangerousbird]

[ Having no idea how casual either Steph or Cass have been with their identities and this Jason, Tim has to differentiate in other ways. ]

The one who tazed me, of course. Not the one who hit me in the face with a brick.

[robintohood]

[Jason chuckles]

Got it. I had a good first meeting with the one who hit you in the face with a brick. She's been fun.

[mostdangerousbird]

She's the best.

[ It's the sort of easy, automatic compliment and open smile that he reserves for the most deserving people in his life: Dick, Alfred, Kon, Steph. Bart and Cassie too, but it's a very short list. Even Bruce isn't on it. ]

I don't think I have to warn you to not mess with her.

[robintohood]

I'm aware. I know enough details to get the general picture at least. She also bought up her time being in the traffic light colors.

[As shocking as it was to learn about Steph being a Robin, he likes her enough to not begrudge her for being one]

[mostdangerousbird]

I did warn you the tally was up to five.

[ He's going to assume Jason knows all that needs telling, or will soon, and not try to guide them into friendship. Tim will keep a hand on the rudder to course correct, obviously, but they'll likely know what he's doing if he interferes. ]

[robintohood]

[Jason lightly huffs]

Yeah, you weren't kidding. After big bird, me, and you though, I gotta admit that she was a surprise.

[mostdangerousbird]

She surprised me, too. She earned the job, though.

[ More than earned it. Tim won't say where he was, and he won't tell any parts of Steph's lifestory. It's hers to share.

Having finished the final chair, he gets to his feet and dusts himself off before righting the last seat at the table. ]

So, that's what I came for. Table and chairs. Et voila.

[robintohood]

Yeah and a completely innocuous suggestion too.

[He rocks one of the newly assembled chairs]

Obviously you'll all want to throw in your input for the place too.

[mostdangerousbird]

All of my suggestions are innocuous.

[ He can still do a fair impression of innocent in costume. It's more than just facial expression - it's the slope of the shoulders, the head tipped slightly down, bent knees and toes turned inward. Fidgeting fingers and a hesitating little intake of air that is repeated twice before he speaks.

Maybe not as good as it was when he was thirteen, but he's only a bottle of brilliantine away from being a clean-cut young man in the 1950s. ]

I might have a few equally innocuous suggestions about design.

[ Of everything from the cash register to the screws in the door locks. ]

[robintohood]

[Golly gee. How adorable. That being said, Jason can see what he's trying to do as he used to occasionally do that too, during his first couple of years as Bruce's son]

Yeah? Like what? Hollowed-out spots for emergency batarangs?

[Meanwhile, Jason's already formulating how they could Bat-ify a bar]

[mostdangerousbird]

Can you still afford custom batarangs?

[ Tim's not actually trying to pry with that question; he hates the lack of infinite toys that he's currently operating. Even with Bruce's recent cash crunch, the batarang budget has been safe.

He holds up on of the long, dart-like shuriken that he's been using instead. ]

I'm thinking more subtle than that. You don't want it to get out that you're staffing your bar with vigilantes. But we can certainly find ways to hide alternative weapons in the place, and there should probably be a panic button that isn't under the counter that alerts the others if something quietly goes haywire. Changes a lone light, or something.

[robintohood]

I wish. Gotta use my budget for my other toys first.

[He looks back at Tim's shuriken, thinking]

If the place has more than one floor, we'll need more than one light as the alarm to make sure at least one of us will notice. Maybe a couple of lights that'll flicker when the silent alarm gets flipped on.

I'll still want a couple of my guns stashed somewhere just in case.