Open and Closed

[knight_shift]

Who: Terry McGinnis knight_shift, Bruce Wayne the_caped_crusader
What: Terry introduces himself to Bruce, then gets the lay of the land in Central City as Batman
When: April 28th
Where: Central City
Content Warnings: Violence



[The Old Man (locked to Bruce)]

It really doesn't take Terry long to figure out Bruce is here once he gets a chance to settle in. Batman dabbing is still all over social media. Once Terry sees that it's not exactly the hardest thing in the world to track him down. Bruce had advertised himself online under his real name, after all, and a quick check on a library computer is all that's needed to find him.

It's not really a difficult decision to go meet him. They're going to run into each other sooner or later, Bruce is definitely going to have questions, and it's probably for the best if Terry just gets them out of the way now.

Also Terry really can't bring himself to avoid the opportunity to annoy a younger Bruce.

It's with that in mind that Terry and Ace find themselves at the door of Wayne Investigations, knocking at the door.

[Night Job(OTA)]

Night, when he goes out as Batman, is mostly about starting the lay of the land. Figuring out who the big time players are and who's moving what where. Sneaking around and staying out of things isn't something he likes doing, but it's necessary. Terry knew Gotham like the back of his hand. He doesn't know Central City. Not yet.

That said, he's not ignoring any calls for help. Like, say, from a woman who's being mugged by a pack of dregs. The thug who pulls a gun on her is almost immediately taken out by Terry gliding right into him.

"Lady, run. I've got the four or five Stooges here covered."

[Wild Card]

You know the drill.

Comments

[the_caped_crusader]

I thought it would be something like that. You'll have to elaborate.

[ he looks to a cheap desk clock. ]

Four and a half minutes left.

[knight_shift]

By my time you'd quit pretty much everything. You put up the suit, Wayne Enterprises got taken over, and pretty much nobody was talking to you. Except Ace, and he's not exactly much of a conversationalist.

[The dog in question circles around the desk to sit by Bruce.]

And then I found the cave.

[the_caped_crusader]

A lot of people have found the cave.

[ he sighs and looks at the dog. after a moment between the two of them, his eyes soften enough to give him a pat. good boy. ]

How long?

[knight_shift]

Two years.

[Congratulations Bruce. You at least managed to wait until they were old enough for a driver's license this time.]</small Unless you meant how long between me finding the cave and me stealing the suit, because that was closer to two days.

[the_caped_crusader]

[ he doesn't respond to that. just a moment of silence as he processes his displeasure. ]

Not very long. [ a pause. ] I'm assuming you know the rules?

[knight_shift]

You wouldn't have let me keep the suit afterwards if I didn't.

[And Terry agreed with them. Maybe he wasn't as precisely stringent with them as Bruce was, but he wasn't about to go out and kill people.]

And it's longer than you think. I had to jump right into the deep end. You were in the cave giving me advice, but I was still the only one out there dealing with everything.

[the_caped_crusader]

[ he looks tired, though not just from this conversation. he tips his chin up towards the coffee machine. ]

...You want a cup of coffee?

[knight_shift]

Yeah, sure.

[It's not like any of them slept at reasonable hours.]

Look, I'm not actually expecting anything from you. You don't know me, and all jokes aside? I'm not related to you. Not even by adoption. Technically I'm your personal assistant.

[This Bruce wasn't his Bruce. Not yet and possibly not ever. It would be nice to build some kind of friendship with him, but it wasn't something Terry needed to do.]

I just wanted to clear the air a bit and make sure you didn't have to wonder who else was running around wearing pointy ears.