i learn resistance

[gevurah]

WHO: BATWOMAN and YOU
WHERE: various places in the City. Rooftops, alleyways, etc.!
WHEN: backdated from the night of the 7th till the 11th
WARNINGS: violence and blood
SUMMARY: redhead bat doing her thing again. Running into people. Maybe helping civilians. Who knows? FIESTA PART II.
FORMAT: tagger's choice


[ It's not odd in that time most imPorts had either spent as a child or in Venezuela, crime had risen in the City to take advantage of the eerie silence from the heroes. What is odd tonight is as Kate's gaze falls upon the City at her vantage point, an unsettling silence is all she feels from streets. From the murky corners of the alleyways to the incredulous harbors, she knows it's all wrong.

No, it's--

She can't afford to lose her focus now. She never does when she's in uniform, leaving the troubles and other burdening thoughts behind at the apartment until she's returned. But somehow, she hasn't managed to shake it off when she's sitting atop of a high-rise building all by her lonesome.

Well, there's always work to be done. The dead air is shattered by the distant police sirens, as if timed to remind her of that fact. Without a moment's hesitation she dives off the side of the building, a blur of red and black that eventually sinks into the dark to get to work. ]

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[gevurah]

[ Her masks veils her surprise. Though she's been trained to pick up on whether or not she's being tailed or someone else is in the vicinity, never does she expect Red Robin to be the one to run into tonight. Hardly an unwelcome surprise, however.

She turns to address him, long red strands masking part of her face. She smirks. ]

Like music to our ears, isn't it?

[red_robin]

[ He can't help but smile a little, though it doesn't go as well with the cowl as it did with a domino mask. ]

A song we can't resist. Shall we dance, then?

[ He's not Dick, and he doesn't have a lot of charm, but he could use a friend. He gestures off in the direction of the sirens, hoping she'll be up for company. ]

[gevurah]

Let's.

[ She doesn't have any real files on the other members of the Batfam. Whatever she "knows" about them comes from whatever is mentioned in the Gotham paper. She doesn't need to know; all she needs is for them to be competent. For as long as she's been in the City, she's fully aware of how competent they are.

Kate doesn't wait for him and is already swinging down her own line over to the next rooftop. ]

[red_robin]

[ Tim would learn everything about everyone, here AND home, if he could. Still, he's willing to bet Bruce knows far more about Kate than he does. She's good at keeping to herself. That alone speaks volumes about her.

The smile stays on his face as he chases after her. ]



[ ooc: I'm total shit at writing fights, you want to hand wave forward to chilling on a rooftop later or ]

handwaved then!

[gevurah]

[ And it had been a fairly routine fight; a heist that had almost gone as planned until police intervened. Daring attempts to escape had been thwarted by Red Robin and her.

Really, it was like she had never left the City.

To avoid police detection, Kate had slipped back onto the safety of the rooftops knowing Red Robin would follow. She doesn't need to glance over her shoulder. He's younger than her, clearly, but it affords her some comfort not having to think he's not capable of protecting himself. ]

Petty thieves never learn.

[red_robin]

[ Tim watches her during the heist, when he has a second to do so. Who trained her? That's something he doesn't know, and he's not sure how to ask without being weird.

The rooftops are somewhere they all seem to gravitate to naturally, so of course he follows her. ]

Nice to know some things never change no matter where you go, huh?

[gevurah]

[ She pulls herself away from the edge of the building. They don't need to keep an eye on police procedural below anymore; she trusts them to do their job now. ]

Bad for civilians but gives us a job to do.

[ She honestly can't picture her life without duty. Where would she be? Probably back in bars and in the beds of nameless women. Nowhere. ]

[red_robin]

[ he stands mostly still. ]

Yeah. I always wondered what Batman would do if it ever all ended. If the city didn't need him.

[ Bruce always had plans for everything. Tim wasn't much different. But even Bruce had to know there wasn't a real end, right? ]

[gevurah]

[ The quirk of her eyebrow is hidden beneath her mask. She gazes back at him, quiet for a moment. ]

It will always need someone. [ Batman's human, of course, but someone else will rise to the call. She did and she assumes so did Red Robin, Batgirl, even Robin to some degree. ]

[red_robin]

Yeah. I know.

[ and he does. He told himself once that this was temporary, that he'd only be Robin for a bit, then he'd grow up and go to college and be normal. But it had always been self-delusion. Even before his dad had died, he'd realized he couldn't get out or be free of it. And he didn't really want to. What else did he have? ]

Do you miss Gotham?

[gevurah]

[ She's silent once more. It's a personal question-- a loaded one at that, she feels. Questions about home get her thinking about her father, Bette, Dick, Vic...

Renee...

It's such an odd thing to discuss, even among fellow Gothamites. ]

I do.

But I [ we ] dwell on that all the time.

[red_robin]

[ he knows the feeling. Stephanie and Barbara are here, but...not Bruce, not now. He'd found Batman only to lose him again in another world. It was so typical it was almost funny. ]

Yeah. I do, too.

This city...we can do the same things, I guess, but it's not home.

wow my last tag was supposed be she "doesn't" dwell IDK HOW I DID THAT

[gevurah]

Don't lose your focus now, Red Robin.

It happens! I figured that's what you meant x)

[red_robin]

Never.

[ he manages a smile at that; the cowl hides the fact that it doesn't reach his eyes. ]

PHEW

[gevurah]

As unfortunate as it can be to be here, it's good to have one of Gotham's finest here.

[ She genuinely means it. Having another who knows what exactly they're doing is always helpful. ]

[red_robin]

[ his mouth twitches. He's flattered, honestly, but he doesn't show that easily. He doesn't show MUCH easily, these days. ]

Thanks. I'm not...Batman. But I try.

This isn't home but if we can make it a little safer...

[gevurah]

[ She cants her head, hair blowing in a sudden cold breeze; a taste of what's to come in winter. ]

You don't need to be Batman.

[ Lord knows she's not, but she never will be. She's not molding herself after anyone. Kate didn't spend two years training and getting electrocuted, beaten, thrown, and chased to come back as anyone else but herself. ]

[red_robin]

[ he laughs, mirthlessly. ]

No. I guess. Even if I did need to be, I couldn't.

[ if it were Gotham, he'd argue that SOMEONE needed to be Batman. But in Gotham, someone WAS Batman. Here...well. ]

I should go back.

[ suddenly, he's feeling kind of awkward. Better to be alone when he's like this. ]

Thanks. For the company.