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Jason Todd ([personal profile] undeadsidekick) wrote in [community profile] capeandcowllogs2011-09-15 12:47 am

Josie's on a vacation far away...

WHO: [livejournal.com profile] girlyboywonder, [livejournal.com profile] undeadsidekick
WHERE: Roof of the Hershey store in Times Square.
WHEN: Tuesday night. 9-ish.
WARNINGS: swearwords and bat-insanity
SUMMARY: Jason and Carrie meet to catch up and talk winged creatures of the night.
FORMAT: Prose to start off, and then whatever.



Generally speaking, Jason didn't go for that fashionably late bullshit. There was nothing fashionable about keeping people looking for you. That was just manufactured, self-important nonsense and if people really gave a damn to watch for you, they'd do it whether you were late or not. With this deep philosophy on life's social complexities in mind, he arrive promptly at nine-oh-five, lighting a cigarette as he recovered from his landing, and looking for the fluff of red hair in the shadows.

"Sorry, kid. Didn't mean to keep you waiting." And honestly, he didn't. Situations beyond control and all that. Some dealers just needed to learn when the hell to stay down, and that if the Red Hood said he was about to shoot them in the kneecaps, he damn well meant it.
slingshots: (rb; on duty;)

[personal profile] slingshots 2011-09-15 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ If how on-edge she is shows at all, it's in the tenseness of her body and the involuntary quick jolt that nearly gets her to her feet when Jason lands. She catches herself though, and rises a little more casually. She even adds a shrug. See, see how nonchalant she is? She can decide to push away the Bat-family any day, no problem. ]

No sweat. [ A smile's a little beyond her reach just now. Too bad. ] Late happens.
slingshots: (shadowed;)

[personal profile] slingshots 2011-09-15 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ Sparse as her conversation usually is, it's even harder to think of a non-essential reply than it is to fake a smile. So she stays quiet, shifting a little in a suit that feels too big.

She glances away, out over the none-too-dark city. Softly:
] Yeah, that. Your lead, I figure.
slingshots: (;coffee break)

[personal profile] slingshots 2011-09-15 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ She shoots over a curious glance, a little searching. She'd expected... that he'd be disconcerted to be idolized. She hadn't really been subtle. Angry, maybe? At least annoyed?

That it's a warning instead is a quiet little reminder of why she'd come to like him in the first place.
]

Noticed that one, actually. [ a breath out. ] But it's fine. Not like I didn't see it coming.
slingshots: (rb; on duty;)

[personal profile] slingshots 2011-09-15 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She shrugs, breaking the study to glance away again. ]

Tim's okay. Said I could still come over, even if we're not on the same side. [ That one gets a frown. Pretty much definitely not taking him up on the offer, it just seems sort of stupid that there's sides at all if he can pretend they're gone for a social visit. ] Dick's probably about swimming in guilt. I don't figure Damian picked up on much, 'cept that the name's all his again.
slingshots: (rb; strength;)

[personal profile] slingshots 2011-09-15 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Huh. He'd gone and summed it up in one breath. She'd never actually come out and asked Jason how he'd felt about being ostracized for preferring a more effective method, but it's a little comforting to see that they'd come to the same conclusion on it.

It even gets a thin smile.
]

...Yeah. Figure that's a pretty good word for it.
slingshots: (Red Hooding;)

[personal profile] slingshots 2011-09-16 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ She listens carefully, checking and matching each point to her own. They all seem to match. She'd take a seat at the edge of the building if she weren't full of so much nervous energy, but the threat of Batman swooping in is pretty much enough to keep her standing.

Finally, with a nod:
] Joker's always the exception. And I'm thinking even they'd have to agree about getting vicious. It's not death, dunno what more they could want.

[ Except she can take a few guesses. Her Batman had never had a problem with ruining someone badly enough to take them out of the game. ]
slingshots: (impatience;)

[personal profile] slingshots 2011-09-16 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ As if rehabilitation would ever work on him. Dick had shown her a case when it unexpectedly had worked on someone, someone who wouldn't have had the chance if he'd been killed-- but sometimes that just didn't apply. ]

Well, you got help if you want it. Figure I could think of a few with similar takes on it willing to lend some powers, too.
slingshots: (deadeyes;)

[personal profile] slingshots 2011-09-16 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
You could learn to.

[ Because he had before-- she knows it's possible. She glances over, sidelong. ]

I know it's a-- point of pride to do it alone, or whatever you wanna call it, but the chances of taking him down and keeping him down only go up, the more help you got.
slingshots: (rb; on duty;)

[personal profile] slingshots 2011-09-16 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ In all the time she'd known Jason, she'd never actually worked with him. (A brief excursion to South America had been more adventure than mission, after all.) She thinks briefly of talking with Tavros, of being asked if she was "pursuing a boss relationship with the second Robin". Of telling him she hadn't looked to Jason as a boss, because her boss was a dimension away. And she nods. ]

Crystal. Your word's law.
slingshots: (rb; you did what;)

[personal profile] slingshots 2011-09-16 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ All true, right up until that last. That gets a quick frown. ]

I don't figure anyone hows how he works. Not even Ba-- Bruce. But I got one advantage, anyway. Unless he's gone back and looked over the Network, this version doesn't know I'm around.
slingshots: (jeopardy;)

[personal profile] slingshots 2011-09-16 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
Fine by me.

[ Because last time he caught onto her was not an entirely pleasant experience. ...But now that she's not Robin, maybe it wouldn't matter as much? She considers the matter a few seconds, watching nothing in particular, before she tosses another glance over. ]

You got somewhere to stay yet?

[ Because the Joker's... a little more longterm than some of the more immediate issues she's been working on. ]
slingshots: (study;)

[personal profile] slingshots 2011-09-16 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
You happy with that?

[ Man, being in a position of having more resources than Jason is... strange. ]
slingshots: (shadowed;)

[personal profile] slingshots 2011-09-16 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ She hesitates (would he even take it? would he resent the offer? will she just make herself overeager extending it? but if they're going to be working together, even just on one guy--) before speaking again. ]

I got a-- well, place to put my stuff. Dunno if I'd call it any kind of home. But there's room.
slingshots: (rb; on duty;)

[personal profile] slingshots 2011-09-16 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ She shrugs and glances off again, already taking that as a refusal-to-be. ]

Not like I'd be there real often, anyway.
Edited 2011-09-16 06:53 (UTC)
slingshots: (upward;)

[personal profile] slingshots 2011-09-16 07:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ oh. hey. She manages not to look surprised, and nods instead. ]

[address to a crappy apartment!]. Locks are a little advanced, [ the first thing she'd changed, even before she'd officially moved in ] so I'll text you the codes.
slingshots: (bound;)

[personal profile] slingshots 2011-09-17 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ Another nod, and for a second it looks vaguely like she wants to add something else. But-- she's added enough for tonight. So she pulls out her grappling gun and is off without a goodbye. She'll be seeing him soon enough anyway, apparently. ]