[Open] Marching to the beat of his drum

[robintohood]

Who: Jason Todd robintohood and you
What: Various antics as a civilian and as Red Hood
When: Throughout March
Where: Central City
Content Warnings: PG-13 level violence

Jason:

[The weather is gradually warming up and moods are lifting up for people! Well, lifting up for most people. For the owner of the Descendant Karaoke Bar and Lounge, he’s just briskly working as usual. Maybe he’s being less talkative and more introverted than usual but sometimes that’s what happens when one is busy. He even sometimes still puts on a smile to make customers feel more welcomed.

But that’s assuming people are following his rules. If otherwise, then his vocabulary gets colorful as he snarls out statements like…]

Pull that shit again and your brains get splattered across the floor.

[Okay, maybe how much rougher he’s gotten this month when he’s literally throwing and kicking out belligerent patrons might indicate he’s in a certain other kind of Mood. Don’t worry. He doesn’t usually bite.

On a note that can’t possibly be related, the 4-eyed black and yellow talking cat that used to hang out at the Descendant hasn’t been seen in a while]

Red Hood:

[The Backbreakers are as active as ever in Central City. They had a few setbacks over the last few months but that hasn’t kept them down. They’re maintaining their territory. Illicit goods are still being handled. The racketeering business is sturdy. The chop shops are always having a good time. If you ask a local in their territory, they might say the gang members are also friendly neighborhood vigilantes.
The Backbreakers are Society members after all. Overall, the gang’s recovery has been okay.

So in their territory during an evening, it’s possible you might see the Backbreakers’ leader with a couple of his people outside of a dive bar.

Though the Red Hood’s helmet hides his facial expressions, the way he’s whaling at a rule breaker might indicate he’s not in the best of moods at the moment. Blood splatters on his helmet also indicate how brutal he’s being tonight. He then drags his screaming victim by the hair across the sidewalk]

It’s time to get back to basics.

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Comments

[atypical_echo]

That sounds pretty wise. I try not to as well.

[He puts his own coat on and heads outside.]

Some people really use it as a crutch when they are hurting.

[Mark had too.]

[robintohood]

[Jason follows]

We all have our indulgences and vices but some are worse than others.

[atypical_echo]

Yours seem to be walking a different path to self destructive. Have your other friends been helping you out?

[robintohood]

I don’t need it. I’m fine.

[The response comes out automatically despite how he’s really feeling]

[atypical_echo]

Oh come on. Anyone saying something like that so fast...

[Well, come on man, it sounds as bullshit as it is.]

[robintohood]

Look, it’s my own bullshit. Nobody needs to deal with it.

[Jason’s a regular swimmer of Denial that he doesn’t even realize it]

[atypical_echo]

Visit Egypt a lot, do you?

[Yeah, Jason, accept being vulnerable for a moment.]

[robintohood]

[Dryly]

Funny. There’s no winning this for me, huh?

[Because if he tells the truth, then it’s leaving him emotionally vulnerable, which is a hell of a position he doesn’t like to be in most of time. But if be denies it then it just reinforces Mark’s point]

[atypical_echo]

[Mark grins.]

Sometimes, no. Hug?

[robintohood]

Fine.

[Jason's clearly reluctant but evidently, Mark isn't giving up on this]

Don't get the wrong idea and think this is gonna be a regular thing though.

[atypical_echo]

[Mark laughs and moves to hug the guy. It's a small one. One of those side hugs that guys use.]

Don't worry. You're a porcupine, I know.

[robintohood]

[Jason huffs as he lets Mark hug]

Just as long as we're clear.

[atypical_echo]

Very clear. Like mud.

[But he does release Jason.]

Come on, let's go break things with axes.

[robintohood]

Fine.

[Though still in denial, the idea of getting to purposely break shit does have appeal to Jason]

How'd your date go anyway?

[atypical_echo]

Miserably. Because, you know, turned out he was uber conservative and against Starfallen

[robintohood]

Ouch. You deserve someone a lot better than that.

[atypical_echo]

[Mark nods and sighs.]

Prejudice is always a bitch, right?

[robintohood]

Never heard otherwise. You'll find somebody though.

[atypical_echo]

Maybe I will. Maybe I won't. But I don't need that to define me, right? I have my art, and that's amazing.

[robintohood]

Naturally. Just as long as you’re happy. That’s what matters in the end.

[atypical_echo]

[Man, you really left him the opening there.]

What about you. Finding your happiness again is good.

[robintohood]

[Ugh. This again]

I’m doing just fine.

[Nevermind the ache he’s feeling all the time now from not being able to sense Sleeper anymore]

[atypical_echo]

[Mark's look says he doesn't believe it. But he also can't argue against it without making it worse.]

ALright. Yeah. Fine.

[robintohood]

[Jason sighs. Evidently, this topic is going to keep coming up in fits and spurts. He might as well give something, if only so people could get off his back about it]

Look, I'm feeling shitty now but I'll recover. I always do. Sleeper leaving isn't what I wanted but it's not any different than when others have left here.

[atypical_echo]

Yeah.

[Mark's lost people too but...]

There's a difference though. Your connection was different. It would be like my boss losing his fiance.