Ladymance Landfall Log

[tasteforpoison]

Characters: Yelena (tasteforpoison), Annabeth Chase (sophos) and anyone who gets invited to join in threads.
Date: All month loooong~
Location: Mainland!
Situation: Yelena and Annabeth make trips to the mainland for adventures and exploring!
Warnings/Rating: Fighting thiiiiings and stuff at some point. There might be injuries we'll see!

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[sophos]

Not much of one, I guess.

[It's the slight familiarity in the way he regards her, a familiarity in how he speaks, the way they keep snapping at each other.] What's your name?

[She entirely expecting a codename, but she wants to ask anyway.]

[demon_brat]

Correct.

[He shrugs, the acrid wind picking up on the yellow cape.]

Robin. One of two currently operating out of Keeliai.

[sophos]

[She makes a monosyllabic noise, sort of a hmm but not quite.]

And you know who I am. [It's not a question.]

[demon_brat]

Batman is a detective, and so is Robin.

[It's an almost bland statement. Impersonal.]

It is my job to know.

[sophos]

Maybe so, but it's more than just your job in this case.

[demon_brat]

Is it? Why would you think that?

[glimmer of curiosity, there.]

[sophos]

From the way you're interacting with me. [Squints at him again.]

[demon_brat]

Why do you think it's different from how I interact with anybody else?

[Because, for all Damian is aware, it hasn't been. At least not on purpose. But what does he know?]

[sophos]

Because there's a certain familiarity in it. That you know who I am beyond the whole "my job to know" thing. Therefore, I probably know you, too.

[She knows she does now, for sure.]

[demon_brat]

[Damian considers that. He can keep on denying, of course. He probably should, even though that would be insulting her conclusions. So he - stalls more.]

And if you do? What would that mean, to you?

[sophos]

[She considers that.] Well, you're keeping it secret for a reason. It doesn't really mean much beyond my own curiosity.

[And she is so unbelievably determined to figure this out now. There's like what, a handful of kids on the turtle? She trails off in thought for a bit.]

[And slowly, a deep look of consideration and very slow not quite there realization etches onto her face.]

[demon_brat]

And what if somebody asked? What if somebody pushed you to find out?

[sophos]

You underestimate me if you think someone else could easily sway me like that.

[She's carrying on the conversation, but her brain is spinning a mile a minute at the same time.]

[demon_brat]

Those who go after Batman and Robin never go for 'easy,' woman. That is why there are masks in the first place.

[There may be a bit of a grump, in his voice.]

[sophos]

[Insta-frown.] And you think I don't know what hard is? [She's pretty much lost track of how many times she's come close to death at this point.]

[But honestly, all he's doing is making her more determined. It hasn't slipped her mind that he hasn't denied anything she's said yet - that means she's on the right track.] I get the secrecy thing and the need for it, but I'm not an idiot.

[She narrows her eyes. Almost there.]

[demon_brat]

No. I think you should not want more of it when you can avoid it.

[Low. Sharp. Yes, there is anger and irritation, but he's trying to keep it... something. Within the parameter of arguments that can be acceptable, rather than automatically discarded.]

I can deal with my own enemies. You don't have to, too.

[sophos]

Avoiding it's usually not possible for me. [She sounds annoyed, but at what that means more than the fact he said it.]

That'd be my choice, wouldn't it? Assuming you have that say over me is arrogant. [Haha that's hilarious Annabeth talking about arrogance.]

I do know you.

[demon_brat]

Then I'm arrogant.

[0 problem owning up to that.]

[However.]

Although I thought I was giving you arguments to make the reasonable choice, rather than the rash one.

[sophos]

Yeah, probably. [Good to see he admits it!]

It's reasonable to you. [But Annabeth likes to know things. Sometimes that desire to know pushes logic and rationale out of the way. Her tone has also taken a shift - she's pretty sure she's got this now, and there's new recognition in her tone. The arrogance sort of cinched it.]

[demon_brat]

And I've been given good reasons for it to be reasonable.

[Note: he didn't come up with them. He had to be convinced.]

[sophos]

I don't doubt that. People will find a reason for anything.

You're Damian, aren't you? [Between the skillset - though it wasn't like when she sparred with the kid before exactly - the attitude, the familiarity, the banter - not to mention a minimal pool of choices.]

[demon_brat]

Sometimes, those reasons are good.

[Siiiilence, but he doesn't break his stride.]

[sophos]

[She completely just drops the first part, because she's too invested in the latter.]

Should I take the silence as confirmation? [She is watching him carefully.]

[demon_brat]

Take it as you will.

[Gruff, grumpy. He so doesn't like this conversation at all.]

[sophos]

[Annabeth smirks a little. She got it, she totally got it. She's more wrapped up in the fact that she was able to figure it out and being proud of that than the part where Damian has a secret identity.]

I'm not going to go babbling about it, so don't worry.