( 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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[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.

[robintohood]

[Jason's scowl further deepens]

Last year he got one of us. Made a fucking show out of it and posted it everywhere. There was a rescue but the sick fuck is still out there. If you really understand that he won't stop, then you better have a better solution than the B we know.

[Jason won't say it out loud while they're in public but he hopes Bruce gets what he means by "a better solution."]

[batsymbol]

( he knows what joker did to jason— to the one who told him what he'd done, but. does this also apply to this jason here? who else has joker harmed here that are associated with him? it has bruce regarding jason rather seriously and in a way that shows concern. )

Who?

[robintohood]

Robin. The older one. He puts up a front to show everyone he's still okay but we know how that kind of trauma can linger.

[Maybe it's hypocritical of Jason to talk about people putting up fronts despite being traumatized but he knows painfully well how post-Joker nightmares have a way of ingraining into someone]

[batsymbol]

( there's something there in his expression that he had when jason had told him what had happened to him— what joker had done to him. this is twice. this is two of the ones under his care— under the care of the other him that this has happened to and it only makes his resolve more stronger in finding joker here. )

Was that the last known sighting of him?

( the joker, he means. )

[robintohood]

In person, yeah.

[More quietly]

There's more to say but need a little more privacy.

[batsymbol]

( considering their last interaction had involved an unexpected fight which led to a tracker placed on him, he wonders if this is a good idea, but. when it comes to joker, he doesn't get the feeling it's something jason would play around with. )

Where?

[robintohood]

There's a park nearby. We can find an isolated enough spot.

[Jason doesn't trust Bruce to show him any of his safehouses. The BatGym and Descendant's bugs are accessible by others and Jason would rather keep this conversation between him and Bruce. He's used the park before when Dick first showed up]

[batsymbol]

Lead the way then.

( because the more he knows about this, the better. possibly for all of them. )

[robintohood]

[Jason nods]

Done shopping then?

[batsymbol]

Yeah.

( he's more or less got what he needs from this place at least. so he'll go to check out then follow after jason. )

[robintohood]

[Once Bruce finishes paying, Jason takes the lead to a nearby park and scoping out a bench that's far enough from people but open enough that no one would suspect the two of them just talking.

His body language mostly seems casual but he's subtly watching out for any nearby hazards. His Bruce taught him well when he was Robin]