( open ) hunger games, bats ver

[reneger]

Who: jason todd reneger, island kidnapees, and pals
What: survival: the hunger games and other misc january plots
When: early to mid january
Where: an island, central city,
Content Warnings: comic book violence, probably more things eventually.

Comments

[reneger]

( and then there were two.

for all intents and purposes, jason looks completely unbothered. he's fought gods before, aliens, he's wrestled with supergirl on occasion. accelerator's abilities are a little different than he's used to, but ace has already given him his weakness: all jason has to do is outlast him. he's mouthy, knows how to get the hell out of dodge when he needs to, how to maneuver his way around those with meta abilities without taking his own into account. he's good at it. would have died a long time ago if he wasn't.

it's no big deal. hitting and punching each other, breaking a few bones, going hard during a fight to make it seem real, that's just - all part of the job, isn't it? he's fucked up tim worse for less. taken down bigger and badder than what should have been in his weight class because jason's hardy. or more like, he's too stubborn to let anyone take him out.

but none of that matters right now. jason doesn't need to go hard right now, because he doesn't need to win.

so he raises a hand to gesture accelerator to come closer instead. )

You can't hurt me unless I let you. You know that, don't you?

( it's not a lie as far as jason's concerned. but it's also a hint: he'll go down as easily as he expects would be seen as reasonable, given all the damage he just did. )

[levelshift]

[Accelerator isn't sure if it's better or worse that Jason looks unbothered. The kinds of people he's used to fighting are the terrified ones, the ones who realized they're up against an unstoppable force, and the ones with too much confidence, and that confidence was always temporary. There were a couple outliers - they were the ones who could actually beat him.

So he doesn't like it. His expression is tense, curling his hands into fists before stepping towards Jason.]

Shut up.

[That's the kind of thing Kihara Amata would say to him, and the last thing he wants to do is start conflating Jason with that bastard. Better to just get this over with quickly, though he's pulling the same move as before - launching himself straight at Jason to punch him, though this time he has a proper fist and he's keeping his wrist straight.]

[reneger]

( jason's not a statistics guy, that's what he has tim for. he's an alright strategist, but he's not the best of the best. he's a trained detective, but he'd argue he's not all that great at that either. there's always someone better. better trained, faster, more clever, and he's just fine with that. but this?

this is his area of expertise. he could just let accelerator have it, but that'd be way too easy. instead, he's waiting for the kid to get closer. counts down the seconds as that fist gets nearer, when it almost, almost manages to slam straight into his solar plexus again.

but jason doesn't let it. at the last moment, he's sidestepping the hit and reaching out for accelerator himself. knows already from his earlier fakeout that his guard isn't up against jason despite them being in a fight ring, so he takes advantage to try and grab hold of his wrist and twist it around accelerator's front. a means to pin him against jason's chest with both arms wrapped around his scrawny frame, if accelerator doesn't throw him off first. )

[levelshift]

[He honestly isn't sure what he's expecting with a slightly improved version of his punch from earlier. That he'd get the one hit in and that'd be it? That's pretty laughable when you think about it. Why would it be that easy.

Jason dodges like it's nothing, grabs his wrist, and Accelerator gets that he could re-blacklist Jason right now, blow him back and that would likely end the fight.

He doesn't. That isn't something he wants to do. He's seen what happens when a person hits his reflection thousands of times, he's seen it here with Leo, and he doesn't want that to happen with Jason.

Back home he had threatened to shoot Yomikawa and she had taken the bullets out of the gun even as he pointed it at her. It'd be nice to have that luxury right now.

Fortunately, he can still at least manipulate the vectors of his own body to increase his durability and strength. With a few calculations he does just that, aiming a kick at Jason's knee as he yanks himself backwards.]