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tushanshu_logs2012-11-10 09:35 am
cowled) wrote in tushanshu_logs2012-11-10 09:35 am
well they call him the Prince of Gotham, anyway... (open)
Characters: Batman, Lina Inverse, and open to anyone else!
Location: 'Batman' will be on the Mainland, but Bruce Wayne/Devin Craig will be available on certain days on the Turtle. Because secret identities. They're a thing.
Situation: He's being the goddamned Batman that's its own situation I promise.
Warnings/Rating: Probable violence/fighting/injuries.
Notes: This log is good for 1-20th, give or take. He'll be available as Bruce Wayne earlier in the month (let's say 1-5th) and from the 12-13, and the rest of the days he'll be off Batmanning it up. Bruce will have his Batsuit from the 15-onward, but until then he'll be dressed in Ye Olde Batzorro get-up. Here.
[It's decades too late for any alien locale to cause particular unease as far as Batman's concerned. The desert landscape is harsh, yes, but it's no Apokolips. Still, there's something about it that he doesn't like.
Though truthfully, the same could be said of anywhere that isn't Gotham. It's the one place in the universe he knows with the complete and total intimacy of long familiarity. It's his home, both a prison in hard times and a refuge in the same. And it was a sign of how well Tim knew him that the simple act of bringing him back from cardiac arrest was to say tell him Gotham needs him.
These last three and a half months aren't the longest he's been away from Gotham, but they are in many ways the hardest. If he had something-- a direction, a clear goal, it'd be easier to endure. But between the secrecy of the Emperor and the clandestine nature of this place, he's come up with nothing time and again.
The architecture of Tu Vishan is seven hundred years old. The written language is as complex as any he's ever seen, though he's been working on deciphering it it's a slow, secondary project to keeping people safe.
But his family is here - as whole as it's ever been at any given time in Gotham. He's... trying with Jason, though every conversation they have feels like going ten rounds with Killer Croc, leaves him bruised and beaten in invisible ways. But Cassandra, Dick, Stephanie-- even Damian. Having them here, as much as it irritates him that they're as trapped as he is, he's... glad of their presence, as he is of Kal's and Lois' as well.
And Kon, if he has to admit it. (Though he'd rather not)
He has allies here, and he's come so far in this life as to be able to admit it without much more than a cursory grimace.
He's not happy.
But he's close, and that terrifies him.
So he shoves everything down and aside, throws himself into his work. It's what he always does when he has an excess of emotion he'd rather not dealing with. Bruce - not Bruce Wayne, but Bruce at his most human and vulnerable - ceases to exist, eclipsed by the Batman. The Landfall is a perfect opportunity, one he plans to spend largely alone.
Though, as has been said, 'no plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy's main strength'.]
Location: 'Batman' will be on the Mainland, but Bruce Wayne/Devin Craig will be available on certain days on the Turtle. Because secret identities. They're a thing.
Situation: He's being the goddamned Batman that's its own situation I promise.
Warnings/Rating: Probable violence/fighting/injuries.
Notes: This log is good for 1-20th, give or take. He'll be available as Bruce Wayne earlier in the month (let's say 1-5th) and from the 12-13, and the rest of the days he'll be off Batmanning it up. Bruce will have his Batsuit from the 15-onward, but until then he'll be dressed in Ye Olde Batzorro get-up. Here.
[It's decades too late for any alien locale to cause particular unease as far as Batman's concerned. The desert landscape is harsh, yes, but it's no Apokolips. Still, there's something about it that he doesn't like.
Though truthfully, the same could be said of anywhere that isn't Gotham. It's the one place in the universe he knows with the complete and total intimacy of long familiarity. It's his home, both a prison in hard times and a refuge in the same. And it was a sign of how well Tim knew him that the simple act of bringing him back from cardiac arrest was to say tell him Gotham needs him.
These last three and a half months aren't the longest he's been away from Gotham, but they are in many ways the hardest. If he had something-- a direction, a clear goal, it'd be easier to endure. But between the secrecy of the Emperor and the clandestine nature of this place, he's come up with nothing time and again.
The architecture of Tu Vishan is seven hundred years old. The written language is as complex as any he's ever seen, though he's been working on deciphering it it's a slow, secondary project to keeping people safe.
But his family is here - as whole as it's ever been at any given time in Gotham. He's... trying with Jason, though every conversation they have feels like going ten rounds with Killer Croc, leaves him bruised and beaten in invisible ways. But Cassandra, Dick, Stephanie-- even Damian. Having them here, as much as it irritates him that they're as trapped as he is, he's... glad of their presence, as he is of Kal's and Lois' as well.
And Kon, if he has to admit it. (Though he'd rather not)
He has allies here, and he's come so far in this life as to be able to admit it without much more than a cursory grimace.
He's not happy.
But he's close, and that terrifies him.
So he shoves everything down and aside, throws himself into his work. It's what he always does when he has an excess of emotion he'd rather not dealing with. Bruce - not Bruce Wayne, but Bruce at his most human and vulnerable - ceases to exist, eclipsed by the Batman. The Landfall is a perfect opportunity, one he plans to spend largely alone.
Though, as has been said, 'no plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy's main strength'.]
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Yeah, she's definitely heading over to investigate that, bouncing over the rooftops and hoping whatever it is isn't going to try to kill her, because that sure would be fun to explain to Steve and her not-quite-grandparents... ]
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Everything's a test where Batman is concerned. This is no exception.]
Nomad.
[His voice is pitched low and hard-edged, his body language gives nothing away.]
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Uh... do I know you? [ She's cautious, poised on her toes and prepared to run if he seems to be an actual threat - she is not getting in a fight out here in the middle of nowhere when her family doesn't even know where she is - but not actually especially concerned. He's a fellow foreigner, so she's willing to consider him an ally until he gives her a reason to think otherwise. ]
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[He keeps his body language still, projects a lack of hostility. It's... one of the harder things for him to do, dressed like this, but the attempt is at least sincere. Bruce knows full well that his appearance as Batman tends to strike fear in the hearts of others. He's counted on it for nearly fifteen years.
Rikki's a little too old to benefit from seeing him with a Robin, but at that moment he almost wishes he had one to offset the simple state of being Batman. Not Damian or Dick or Jason or even Stephanie, but Tim. The way he used to be.]
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O...kay. She shifts her weight a little uncomfortably and tilts her head. ] But you know who I am.
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[Hey, she asked.]
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I don't think that's really an answer...
So who're you?
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Batman.
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I've never heard of you.
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[He is not good at this. After a moment--]
Why are you out here?
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She pauses, scuffing her foot on the rooftop, and adds after a moment: ] I'm not alone or anything. I'm with some people, I just needed some space for a little while.
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Good. It's best to have people you can rely on. Needing your space isn't a crime.
[Why do you think he's out here alone.]
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[ A little grimacing smile. ] Not... that that's in the plan. That's just what they're afraid of, with me wandering off alone.
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[But so does-- having a partner.]
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[Two can play that game, Rikki.]
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I didn't have a choice for a while. I guess I got used to it.
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The human psyche is built to adapt to any circumstance. The question is whether or not you survive it.
[a beat.]
I'm sorry.
[Because she reminds him of Stephanie, and it's easier to acknowledge the mistakes he made with her in hindsight.]
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[ Still smiling, she shrugs a little. ] It's okay. I guess it's not that much worse than ending up here, except... here, I'm not the only one.
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Would you return to Earth if you could?
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Maybe some heroes do, where I'm from, but... not people like me.
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['Normal', he assumes. In which case, wow has he got stories for you.]
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[He drops a hand to her shoulder. Because mentor reasons.]