( 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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[torchbearer]

[ hm. better to show and explain. kyle creates some constructs. scores of superheroes, leaping over rooftops. superman flying in the sky, wonder woman jumping over walls with her lasso. plastic man, aquaman, cyborg, the flash . . . they all seemingly appear and vanish like glitter. ]

I am a Green Lantern. Whatever I want, I can will into existence.

[batsymbol]

( seeing the various things that kyle seemingly creates, bruce watches with a genuine curiosity there in his eyes. unlike anything he's ever seen before since, again. gotham doesn't exactly have superpowered villains to deal with at the moment. but it seems, one day, it might. )

But not here. ( he adds then. ) There's limits to what you can do.

[torchbearer]

[ kyle pauses for a moment. ]

Actually, no. The place hasn't limited my power at all in that sense. The only limits there are . . . are my own.

[batsymbol]

( hm. )

You're holding back?

[torchbearer]

[ kyle smiles faintly. ]

I'm always holding back.

[batsymbol]

Because of what you're capable of?

( he might be able to relate to that, if so. even if he doesn't always hold back himself. )

[torchbearer]

[ kyle isn't superman. he doesn't hold back because of a code of ethics. jenny's starheart is still there, the power of a sun and more. but he also knows that power isn't everything. ]

Because I'm only human. And I rather keep it that way.

[batsymbol]

( hm. there's something akin to a puff of the faintest laughter under his breath as he looks away from kyle and off towards the skyline. )

A human who glows green and flies.

[torchbearer]

[ he heard that! ]

Coming from a guy dressed in a bat suit? I think I got off easy.

[batsymbol]

( it's to intimidate and strike fear into others. however, bruce being bruce. )

Can you bring people back to life?

[torchbearer]

[ what kind of question is that? kyle stares at bruce for a moment. ]

Uh, no. The things I will into existence are constructs. They come from my willpower and imagination. I can't bring people back.

[ if he could, well . . . he would have. technically kyle did, once, by bringing oa and the guardians back when he was ion. all the universe's powers at his fingertips. he could bring them all back. play god.

you are just a man, the spectre had said. hal had said. and who would know better than hal? ]

[batsymbol]

( bringing a foot up to touch the very edge of the ledge he stands upon, he stares down. he hopes to never need to find someone who can do that here. after hearing what had happened to jason at the hands of the joker... )

If Joker's here, I'm going to find him. I can't afford to ignore the chance that he's here. You hear or see anything, you let me know.

[torchbearer]

[ isn't that what kyle proposed to begin with? ah, whatever. ]

Fine by me.

[batsymbol]

( he has a better feel of who you are now, kyle. )

Stay out of trouble, too.

[torchbearer]

Will do!

[ probably. ]

[batsymbol]

( the only sort of response he gives kyle is a low rumbled hm deep in the back of his throat, accompanied with a sidelong glance before he's looking back down to everything below... and he just lets himself drop off the side of the ledge. cape spread, arms out... and he's gone. disappeared into the darkness. )

[torchbearer]

[ yeah. that tracks. at least progress was had? still bizarre dealing with a bruce closer to his age. ]