( open ) and what's the worst you take

[batsymbol]

Who: Bruce Wayne/Batman batsymbol
What: July Catch-all, Bruce assimilating to things, Batman being Batman
When: Throughout July, some August things too
Where: Primarily Central City, will mention otherwise
Content Warnings: TBD but let's just say Bruce being Bruce and Batman being Batman.



BRUCE or BATMAN

open to both [brackets] and prose, i'll follow your lead if you have a preference. if you want something else with bruce or bats, shoot me a PM or PP at telekinetics to discuss. otherwise things we've planned/discussed can be dropped in here as well. starters in comments.

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[batsymbol]

( what are the odds of those being from gotham who somehow aren't related to him in some capacity? his expression says it all: unimpressed with the smirk. )

You like keeping tabs on people from Gotham?

[robintohood]

Try to. It's useful when you gotta consider the multiverse here.

[Jason gestures at Bruce's haul]

Got a big project to do?

[batsymbol]

Just keeping busy.

( which isn't a lie. he needs to keep himself busy and he also needs to set up shop for himself around here, especially with needing to start from scratch here. )

You know the feeling?

[robintohood]

Yep. Don't have a choice when you're alone.

[A funny statement to say given how many family members Jason's gotten since the Confluence dropped him off]

You just got here?

[batsymbol]

Why are you asking?

( this is where bruce evades questions and asks his own. naturally. )

[robintohood]

[Oh Jason senses that and isn't surprised]

We're fellow Gothamites. Maybe we know of the same people or some versions of them.

[batsymbol]

I doubt that.

( because unless alfred or jim gordon... selina... show themselves here, that really does it for any sort of pool of people he has. )

[robintohood]

[In a lower volume]

Not even Alfred?

[Because everyone in the family knows Alfred has been with Bruce the longest]

[batsymbol]

( alfred is a touchy subject for bruce and it shows in the way he stares to jason. )

Which one are you?

[robintohood]

You can figure it out.

[Jason suspects that Bruce already found the tracker and he's purposely keeping it on]

Nice to see you're hard at work already, Bruce.

[batsymbol]

( a heavy rumbling there in the back of his throat that could be equated to a sigh of sorts is all he gives to jason initially before he looks away, jaw slowly growing tight.

rather than say anything, of course, he simply starts to walk away from jason, tossing another thing into his basket on the way as he does. )

[robintohood]

[Jason just keeps following while still trying to keep his temper in check. It's getting a little more tempting to take another swing at him though]

What're you gonna do if you find him?

[Jason knows there's only one person Bruce is really only caring about while he's stuck on this version of Earth]

[batsymbol]

( he feels they both know why they're talking about here. this is jason— not the one who told him what the joker had done to him — to them? — but still jason, much as he's still bruce.

still moving down the aisle, he doesn't let himself look back to jason. )

How long are you planning to tail me?

[robintohood]

However long I feel like it. And you still haven't answered the question.

[Because if they're all going to be stuck together for awhile, Jason needs to prepare if this Bruce will interfere with his own clown hunt]

[batsymbol]

Find a new hobby.

( that isn't tailing him, he means. )

I don't have time to babysit.

[robintohood]

[In a tone almost as dry as Alfred's]

Tell that to the rest of the gaggle of orphans and strays you'll take in. We're gonna need a belfry at the rate we're going.

[batsymbol]

Hasn't happened yet, has it?

( for him. back in gotham. )

[robintohood]

It's gonna happen soon enough. Because you're can't help yourself.

[For better and for worse]

You're only what? Two years in so far?

[batsymbol]

( maybe he can't. he certainly feels a crushing wave of empathy for those who end up like him. orphaned. but he's still not there yet. he's too much batman and not enough bruce. )

I haven't been here that long.

( he's funny. )

[robintohood]

[Jason rolls his eyes. Right. Bruce's sense of humor is also dry as hell]

No shit. We couldn't tell.

["We" meaning the whole dang flock]

[batsymbol]

Then you're not doing a very good job with surveillance.

( again, it's dry. he knows it's sarcasm, but he's only dishing back what he's being given. again, this bruce is younger. he's not as collected with his emotions. at least not when it comes to jason... the jasons. they're... too similar in certain ways.

reaching into his pocket, he pulls out the tracker he'd found, and tosses it over to jason. )

Think that's yours.

[robintohood]

[Jason catches the tracker, unsurprised Bruce noticed it or left it undamaged]

Landed one on you in the first place, didn't I?

[batsymbol]

Or maybe I let you.

[robintohood]

[And there goes that temper rising up again. God, how is it that Bruce can keep getting under his skin even when he doesn't know him?]

Do us a favor and look over the psycho's internet postings when you start building his file here. I'm guessing yours is already Arkham and has a body count. He won't stop.

[batsymbol]

( he's a natural at it.

the advice given gets him to pause though, because he knows exactly who he's talking about and it's a concern he has, both here and back in gotham, even with his own locked up currently. )

No. He won't.