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[batmansphoenix]

Speak.
Or not. Free country.

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[sidecars]

Right, well, I am in serious need of that drink now.

[ Curtis sure put him in a horrible mood. He needs a drink and maybe another bloody nose. ]

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[batmansphoenix]

Kind of figured. I know how that things go.

Anywhere you want, it's not like I have anything else to do.

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[ikols]

Hello, bright eyes.

I have a confirmed location where there's going to be an awful lot of illegal cash changing hands at a specific time. I'm putting together a crew to clear the place out, your cut will be around ten-to-fifteen kay depending on how fast your fingers can put it in a bag when you break into the jackpot with the other guys. One more hired for muscle as well as yourself, and a ... sneaky-type fella whom I trust to at least serve his greed by helping us break in through finer security measures. I'll be dealing with the magic-users holed up so you lot don't have to.

If you want to make some money fast, call me back for more deets. Kisses!

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[batmansphoenix]

[He's not even in it for the money, and yet he still calls him just a couple minutes later. He'd be more comfortable with a smaller team, and he's reasonably sure Loki and himself could do whatever it is Loki has planned on their own, with his training and Loki's abilities. But he isn't going to give away just how much training he's had. Not yet.]

I'm in. [Yes, it's that simple.]

What kind of illegal cash are we talking about?

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[ikols]

Are you free tonight?

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[batmansphoenix]

For you, I'll make time.

Where and when? And is everything ok?

[ a few

[frightening]

days later.

There are only a small number of really good vantage points to spy on his location in total cover. And it would have to have been total cover - spend too long spying on Batman, no matter how good your foxhole, and you will get caught. Best to find a great spot and pick your timing battles wisely.

Bruce considers height, personality, weather, possible equipment. Goes on a hunch in the end.

Stuck on a wall at the back end of a high corner, directly at Jason's boot-clad eye-level, is a card. A business card. In particular, it is one of the business cards that Batman hands out to victims of collateral damage who need to apply for emergency funding help from the anonymous organization that covers those debacles. Face up, displaying the somber, unassuming font and out-of-state phone number.

On the reserve, written with a cheap black ball-point pen in a familiar neat print:

He is dead. He has been dead, and nothing will undo it.

There's no sign of anyone, no single scuff of shoe or discarded newspaper overturned, no nighttime sentries with glimpses of someone to report. Because of course there isn't, and of course there won't be.

He's harder to follow, after that. ]

[batmansphoenix]

[The man is good, isn't he? No wonder Jason admired him so much once.

Because Jason tends to assume the worst of people, he assumes Bruce is talking about Jason himself. Because Bruce still mourns the kid he was too late to save, even when Jason has told him over and over he never blamed him for not rescuing him. It wasn't his fault. He never avenged him. He found a replacement a couple of months later. He never really cared, and that's why Jason latches onto his hatred like a lifeline. Not his actual death.

Still, as far as Jason is concerned the note is a low blow. And he has to do something big in return. He wouldn't risk giving away Bruce's location- he's not that kind of jerk and he gave up on killing Bruce long ago, even before he revealed he was alive. So while he'd rather paint an entire bat-symbol on his door, he's content to simply draw a with bright red spray. That will get the message.

Underneath the Robin, in perhaps surprisingly clear calligraphy:]

It was undone, like it or not. Clinging to the memory of who I was won't change a thing.

[Have fun scrubbing that one off.]

anonymous, familiar encryption.

[frightening]

All right.

[ That's all the warning he's getting. Soon: company. ]

magical delivery; dec 25th »

[ikols]

[ Christmas morning there is a brown-wrapped, plain package tied with a green bow on Jason's bed. The tag reads HAPPY DEATH TO ALL TURKEYS DAY!! --LOKI XOXO and inside is a fitting gift.

Giving presents out for a monotheistic holiday seems like the thing to do when no one expects it of him, and so. ]

[batmansphoenix]

[The reply is a picture of Jason wearing only the shirt and boxers as he faces the camera with a lopsided grin. Thank you, not-boyfriend.]

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[ikols]

[ Stalking along the cobbled streets after meeting with Bruce and Clark, he dithers on pressing speed-dial until impulsiveness wins out. When the call connects, a terse sigh buffets free of its own accord. ]

I only wished to help.

[ Okay, so he's done something. May as well preface everything else in the call with the important part (in Loki's opinion). ]

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[batmansphoenix]

[Oooh boy.]

What did you do?

[jesses]

((after AK's encounter with Bruce and also after Jason's conversation with him...))


[ it's probably a futile point to constantly move apartments when clark can locate him in an instant, if he really tried, but jason leaves bruce's starter flat with a dislocated shoulder and an awful, dark hollow in the pit of his stomach. staying in one place after that is unacceptable.

so he's out scouting empty apartments, dressed as a civilian with leather jacket, red hoodie, bandaged cheek, and for good measure a black winter half mask pulled up over his nose. it makes him look a little bit more like a thug than a scarf would, although nobody really seems to give a damn that he's loitering with his back turned on the doors he's trying to jimmy open, picking the locks behind him. he'd rather get a little exercise scaling fire escapes and empty balconies to test for unlocked windows, but not until his shoulder heals up. ]

[batmansphoenix]

[It takes Jason a few seconds to open the door.

First, he has to get his weapons. Then he has to check all the possible exits, make sure he hasn't been locked in. And then, use the hidden cameras he installed on the door to see who's trying to break into the apartment he'd thought was safe from suspicion.

Wait- is that?]

The fuck? [That's his greeting as he opens the door with a raised eyebrow, holding a knife in one hand.]

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[ikols]

Hey, an archangel wants to have sex with us! Are you up for it?

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[batmansphoenix]

Sure, I guess, but you're gonna have to be more specific than 'an archangel'.
Is it Gabriel?

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[pleasant]

Hi, this is uncomfortable.

I'm letting you know I slept with Loki. I didn't know you two were involved, and I don't think he knew we're involved, either. I won't see him again. That's it.

( ♥ ??? )

[batmansphoenix]

[The takes a while to reply. But that's fine, luckily for them both Dick used text which means he doesn't have to wait until he can control the anger in his voice. Or explain why his entire body looks like it's vibrating. He never really learned how to process strong emotions and what he's feeling right now is so strong he can't even put words into it.

Is he jealous? He doesn't think that's the problem, no. Both of them had slept with people, the important thing was that they came back to each other. And he saw Loki flirting with Drake, quite blatantly, over the network. He didn't really mind that.

But it's- well. It's the Golden Boy. It's not even a competition here, Jason had already lost before the race began. But- wait.]

when was this?

(FEB 14TH ) »

[ikols]

[ A knock comes at Jason's door around nine in the morning from a delivery service. It's a gift of bacon in a box, a lot of it, and the note in Loki's Asgardian script reads:

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Bacon is cheaper
Than a dinner for two!

Because they may not be pseudo-dating anymore, but he needs to send the guy something. ]

Re: (FEB 14TH ) »

[batmansphoenix]

[Jason doesn't want to deal with delivery service. Too many loose ends, too much information to share.

So he's the one that taps an envelope on his "secret passage" to Loki's bedroom before knocking and getting the hell away.

Inside there's a giftcard for a two-person meal at the fanciest restaurant he could find, a red mask so he knows it's from Jason, and a gift card for an ice cream.

The horse deserves a present too].

text.

[pleasant]

Here's where I test the water to see how weird it is to talk to you.

Anyway, we need to talk.

text.

[batmansphoenix]

test away
what do we need to talk about?

action.

[frightening]

[ 'Patrol' is always crowded, but bats of all kinds have to have their solitary stretches or they go nuts. Bruce knows how it is. His touch down onto a rooftop a few meters behind Red Hood is silent out of habit, made lighter by his gear being civilian clothes with his utility belt stuck on under his coat. ]

Jason. [ Quietly. Hi? ]

[batmansphoenix]

[Jason just nods in acknowledgment, even as he inwardly screeches lie a banshee. He tries to remember if he did anything to get Bruce's attention- every time they have talked it has been because Jason did something, reached out, pushed Bruce until he couldn't help but reply. But last time they talked on Valentine's, about the fucking s'mores so what gives.

Is this about the marshmallows?]

Need anything?

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[truth_and_justice]

Clearly, s'mores were too much but

I've got some of those cookies around the apartment. If you'd ever like to stop by.

[batmansphoenix]

[He tries to hate Clark, for just a second. For being so nice after Jason's fuck up, for being the big person when all Jason is is a pile of hate and resentment that pushes everyone away. But even for a second, even in his head, he just can't.

Because Clark is Clark.]

not afraid i'll just scream and run again?

text » un: LOKIOFASGARD

[ikols]

Hi! I think I'm having a panic attack. I may have been having it for a day or two, it's hard to tell. Verity would tell me to talk to someone, I think, so I'm informing you.
Consider this an invitation to fuck me until I can't think straight, or something.
Many thanks.

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[batmansphoenix]

are you at your house?

text » un: d.grayson

[pleasant]

You're invited!
What: Clark Kent's birthday celebration.
Where: House number XXXXX, Northern Quad.
When: This Monday at 6 o'clock.

Please RSVP with this number :) Hope to see you there!

[batmansphoenix]

how surprised were you that i actually got invited, goldie?

audio » un: LOKIOFASGARD

[ikols]

I've something for you, summoned here from Asgard. May I come over with it?

audio » un: LOKIOFASGARD

[batmansphoenix]

I'd say you don't need to ask for permission but if I'm not here you'd trigger the alarms.

So yes, come by anytime. I'm free.

text | private

[granularity]

I was provided this number by B.

Sanderson Hawkins here. If you have one of those in your world, fantastic. If not, I'm just trying to touch base with all of those in associated worlds to my own in case of emergency. The organization I'm with tends to like to keep up with people, after all.

Anyway, you need anything or you for some reason want to talk to me, I'm around. Probably for a while, if I'm honest.

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[batmansphoenix]

what b and why?

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[jesses]

[ FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK ]

Babs is here. Not my Babs. She can walk.

Also who the hell is Cassandra Cain to you?

[ SHE KEEPS AMBUSHING HIM AND BEATING THE SHIT OUT OF HIM AND THEN RUNNING OFF ]

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[batmansphoenix]

not my babs either if she can walk

[FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK back at you, bro. Batmom scares all the Jasons.]

Cass is batgirl. One of them, second one. She's cool as heck.

text.

[pleasant]

So, I told him.

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[batmansphoenix]

gotta have to be more specific goldie

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[metabolizes]

yo
probably shoulda checked back in with you earlier
but whatever
im sure you have enough to deal with with all the batfamily drama

[ he hears about 90% of this shit just by being dick's best friend. sometimes it's nice, but mostly it's exhausting. ]

anyway
just letting you know i believe you
if thats something you actually care about
also just fyi you get an A+ on temperament
the other you not so much
maybe more like a D
for neeDs to calm Down

[ such anger wow ]

but also question
natural ginger or just a fuck you to the bman?
since youre totally ruining the black haired blue eyed thing hes got going

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[batmansphoenix]

i got more time to relax
get back to my senses
he didn't
he'll be fine in a couple years

and i'm a natural ginger
bman didn't want people to guess robin had changed

text, private

[notlikeanyone]

Leaving the city for a while. Maybe a week?
However long it takes your twin to calm down.

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[batmansphoenix]

happy honeymoon
want me to plantsit?

[pleasant]

( there's an attached picture dick took of a flyer at the gym that reads in big, bold letters, "ROOKIE BOXING NIGHT TONIGHT".)

:)
How excited are you to kick my ass tonight?

[batmansphoenix]

excited enough to ignore the 'rookie' part

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[notlikeanyone]

fyi we discussed things and we're not exclusive
(also still not actually dating, for the record. neither of us is dating material, we agreed.)

I was expecting a tent in the woods but this place is nice, would recommend

[ attached: a picture of the cabin, from the front, with AK's head visible peeking out over the edge of the hot tub... which he's cleaning. ]

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[batmansphoenix]

ok
good for you?
you can find someone else you wanna kiss
idek what i'm supposed to say to that

nice cabin
but does he know you're sending me this
i could eventually find the cabin

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[jesses]

[ come on pick up pick up pick up ignore that it's some unholy hour of the morning ]

Answer your damn phone, come on, I need your help.

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[batmansphoenix]

[Jason doesn't sleep much. But he needs the little sleep he gets ok this is ridiculous.]

If you're having another gay crisis I'm going to murder you.