( closed ) twisted steel beneath my knees

[reneger]

Who: bruce wayne batsymbol & jason todd reneger
What: a fun family trip
When: late january into early february
Where: excelsior, the shadow realm
Content Warnings: shadowbugs, joker, head trauma, discussion of child trafficking and sexual assault, comic book violence

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[batsymbol]

( hand there at his shoulder, he brings his own up. lets fingers wrap around jason's wrist. )

I'm human and so are you.

( even if they sometimes forget they are with this gig. )

[reneger]

( this would be where jason argues. where he says he isn't human, he's the monster who climbed out of some stupid kid's grave. realizes as soon as he opens his mouth to snarl it out that he's going to open his mouth and give bruce something to latch onto and jason doesn't have an out here. and he'd - talked to tim about this. he's trying.

so he keeps his mouth shut, even as he's pulling roughly at his hand to get bruce's own off of him. even if throws his balance off. )

I can't open a door 'less I can see where I'm going. ( changing the topic feels safer. ) Got here by not focusing on a place to get out at. Don't know if it'd work both ways.

[batsymbol]

( jason doesn't want to talk about it and bruce isn't about to force him to, but they will discuss it at some point. especially when they'd been doing that exposure therapy at his request.

for the moment, he scoops his cowl up off the ground — dusts it off and looks over to jason there when he tosses him that idea. )

It's a theory. I wasn't exactly looking to come here.

[reneger]

Figured, when you disappeared.

( if bruce wanted to make a dramatic exit, he would have done it in a way that wouldn't leave jason standing around wondering if he was still alive or not. )

We've got time to figure it out. Rations should last a weekish between the two of us, longer if we're careful.

[batsymbol]

( a week. they'll need to find some other means of nourishment in this place... if that's even possible, never mind the fact that neither of them have any idea what could be considered edible or even safe to eat here to begin with. seems there might be some trial and error involved here. maybe. )

I'd rather it not be longer. The sooner we get out of here, the better.