won't help at all to worry about it

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WHO: Ari & Robin
WHERE: Starting at the MAC and then SOME RANDOM COSTAL TOWN??
WHEN: not long after this post.
WARNINGS: n/a!
SUMMARY: TRAVEL IS COOL. and carrie is happy to facilitate it.
FORMAT: quicklog!

[It's not exactly her motorcycle. Not entirely. But the owner of it is pretty firmly behind bars for drug possession and manslaughter by now, so... he probably won't miss it. And she'd needed some kind of transportation, right? Right. So it's entirely justified, even if it's not exactly hers.

Either way, she's pulling up in front of the MAC in 18 of the promised 20 minutes (if you're not early you're late, quoth bat-training) and climbing off the bike, glancing around. She knows what the kid looks like, but she's willing to bet that the Robin-color-themed biking outfit and green-visored helmet are a new look on her, if he even knows what to look for in the first place.]

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[daddysoldmysoul.livejournal.com]

[[Ari, for his part, had been standing around outside since not long after he'd finished talking.

...what, it wasn't like he was doing anything.

When someone stopped in front of the MAC at about the right time, he looked up, blinking a few times.

...what the hell was that?]]

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[She's headed over as soon as she'd spotted him, and pulls off her helmet as she goes. Big, dark sunglasses under the helmet, in lieu of her usual green visor/glasses? Yes indeed. She's picked up a few of Red Robin's identity-keeping habits.]

Hey, spud. You ready?

[daddysoldmysoul.livejournal.com]

[[well that looks kinda silly. Not that Mr. superfluous over sized belt that hung loose on his hips and thus didn't even serve any function could talk about that]]

Sure. [[look, he's almost smiling! Isn't it amazing?]]

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[she stops in front of him, helmet under one arm and the other hand thrust out.]

Robin, for the record. Ari, right?

[daddysoldmysoul.livejournal.com]

[[nods]] Yeah.

[[awkwardly reaches his hand out as well to shake hands.]]

[slingshots]

[oh man, even more timid than she thought. :T she'll just be snatching his hand up, shaking it FIRMLY AND MAYBE HE'LL LEARN THROUGH WATCHING, and then turn and head back for the bike.]

Figure it's about a half hour drive, once we're outta the City. Ever been on a bike before?

[daddysoldmysoul.livejournal.com]

[[Gaaah! Sudden enthusiasm out of nowhere!

Another awkward pause as he looks at that "bike"]]

I've never even seen one before.

[slingshots]

[She's pausing suddenly, grinning at nothing in particular. It's practically an exact echo of one of her own exchanges with Batman. Empathy points for Ari go up twofold! but anyway, moving on...]

You'll figure it out. It's not real hard. [climbing back onto the bike, gesturing for Ari to climb on behind her.] Or you'll fall off a lot. Either way, I figure.

[daddysoldmysoul.livejournal.com]

[[oh goody. Falling. Welp. Couldn't be any worse than anything else.

...now how in heck did he manage this thing.

There's one horribly bungled awkward attempt to get on the bike before he actually manages.

... suddenly very aware that he's suddenly close quarters with a girl. Awkward +3]]

... where do I hang on?

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[don't worry, Ari. she barely counts as a girl. and she's trying not to roll her eyes at that, since she'd promised herself to be patient and all.]

Here.

[stealing his arm, wrapping it around her own waist as she starts the bike and pushes off. it might feel awkward now, but she's willing to bet he'll be glad for the hold when they're doing anything above 20 mph.]

[daddysoldmysoul.livejournal.com]

[[Oh god, the noise. And oh crap it's moving oh god. Clinging pretty tightly already because oh god what is this thing oh god. He's only ever been on a bus so far, any speed over a good run is a little nerve wracking.]]

[slingshots]

[She tries not to laugh at his reaction. Really, she does. Good thing what does manage to escape is drown out by the engine.

She's willing to take it slow at first, but eventually there's some traffic-weaving and some exceeding-the-speed-limit going on. What's the point of joyriding if you're not doing it recklessly enough, after all?]

[daddysoldmysoul.livejournal.com]

[[He's clinging for dear life now, in a full out panic. He'd felt like he was gonna die before, ya know, fighting Evil Kings, Rosalyn’s death threats... but now he REALLY felt like he was REALLY gonna die this time!

It's a good thing he's naturally very quiet. Else he'd be screaming like a little girl about now.]]