metalogs | [Open] Marching to the beat of his drum

Who: Jason Todd

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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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You guys are still drying out from that? We seemed relatively okay here.

There are extensive waterways in the wilderness-- how else are the tentacle monsters supposed to get around? Naturally, they flooded. Brought some kelpies into environment, to boot.

And made themselves home I’m guessing.

[Jason may be laughing, Mayuko sure isn't]

You'd guess right. Two of those bastards have come closer to killing me in the last month than that demon death curse has in a year.

They’v all been kicked out yet or you still got some stragglers?

It's down to the odd sighting. The combatant-metaheroes in town are more geared towards monster-hunting than crimefighting, and the native monsters are loathe to lose territory.

They'll adapt or they'll die.

Is the Alliance keeping you busy by having you keep the peace then?

I keep myself busy, thanks. Despite both me and Loki being in it, the guild gets no say in how we manage things.

Guess they got boundaries after all.

[Jason still doesn’t really trust the guilds even after the time travel adventures some of them went on]

Sturdy fences make for good neighbors~. Besides, more Starfallen have joined, now that the policy's changed. The guild's keen to give them as much as they can handle.

Ha. Go figure. They do have a couple of brain cells after all.

Which "they"?

The Alliance.

Hey, I can't speak for all of the higher-ups, but the Silent Mystic has his priorities straight! Plus I got a protective charm from him for a job... granted, that went straight to Mark. I assume it's working....

What was the charm? Something related to all the muggings he’s gone through?

[Mayuko thinks a moment, then holds up her hand and makes a gap between a thumb and an index finger for measurement.]

Just a little metal star-- it wouldn't look out of place on one of those charm bracelets, where the trinklets clip on? Even looped and tied over a watchband, or through a hole if it's leather. "Close to the hands" is better, I was told.

And I hope it tamps down on the muggings-- I didn't receive it specifically for him, but as I thought it over, I decided he needs it more. It's a mix of intimidation-aura to ward off attacks, and... some slight defense if one is attacked.

It’s better than nothing. It’s crazy how often this shit happens to him.

Often enough for you to... hear about it? As well.

[By which she means "bust some skulls over it"]

[Jason slightly smirks]

Of course. We're friends.

And friends help each other however they're able.

Naturally.

[Though allowing that help is another matter]

Then you won't treat us like we're twelve feet tall with three heads when we offer to help, riiiiight?

[This is accompanied by the most ~~ominous~~ innocent pink sparkles. Which fizzle out pretty quickly, to her disappointment. Ayame made them look so easy.]

[Damn you, shoujo sparkles]

Nice try again.

It can't be helped.

[She gives a casual shrug as she rises and pads over to the liquid-bearing saucer on bare feet.]

Nature first pointed out my brother to me/And early taught me, by her sacred force,/To love thy person, ere it knew thy merit,/'Til what was instinct grew up into friendship.

... even when he is being particularly dense about it.

[Jason snorts]

Call it a force of habit.

Oh, fear not in a world like this/And thou shalt know ere long/Know how sublime a thing it is/To suffer and grow strong.

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