Nightwing (hunk_wonder) wrote in earth12_logs, @ 2009-03-18 10:02:00 |
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Entry tags: | nightwing!hunk_wonder, nightwing!knightprodigy, robin!brat_wonder, tim!onlydrake |
Double Your Bats Double Your Fun~
Who: Toon!Robin, toon!Nightwing, comics!Nightwing, and comics!Tim with special guest appearance by NPC!ninjas!
What: Tim meets Ra's Al Ghul's welcome wagon and the Bats decide it's only right to help him out.
Where: Random rooftop #85492
When: Not that long after Tim's first post
Warnings: . . . Bats.
Robin: *Robin thinks it is totally unfair that Wing can still be this crazy-stupid-good at cityswinging with ONE ARM IN A SLING B|*
Toon!Nightwing: *Was going to suggest taking the Batmobile, actually, SINCE IT'S FASTER 8|*
Robin: *oh. well. fine.*
Tim: *dealing with ninjas, as you do.*
Robin: So - uh, New Wing. *totally not holding on to his seat thanks to his brother's insane driving, thanks* Anything we should know about Other Me?
Comic!Nightwing: Well. *muttered* This is cosy *twoseaters yay* He's you? Taller, though.
Robin: *muttered* Figures. No broken limbs, fun powers, allergy to ninjas?
Toon!Nightwing: *This is not a smirk. Also if he has powers we're going to have to revoke his Bat-card, that's just not allowed*
Comic!Nightwing: *headshake* Nope. Nada.
Robin: Cool. That him on the roof? *of the building six blocks ahead and on the right, wut*
Toon!Nightwing: Being chased by a ninja horde? I'd say that's a good guess.
Comic!Nightwing: *peers* That'd be him. Yeah. Are those...Ra's'. Tell me those aren't Ra's'
Robin: Well, ANYbody can be CHASED by a ninja horde. *watching appreciatively.* It takes talent to not get caught-- uh-oh.
Robin: Really?
Tim: *If he had powers he wouldn't be having to dodge so much, jerk :|*
Toon!Nightwing: *Scowl* Only one way to find out. *Pulling into a nearby alley* Let's go. *P-chow!*
Comic!Nightwing: *out of car jump!* I hate ninjas.
Tim: *Oh, that's a familiar sound, good. Tim is getting tired of having to kick in ninja heads by himself.*
Robin: *right behind you guys!* I haven't had much chance to get t'know 'em! *aaand preceding our entrance with a smoke bomb or two.*
Comic!Nightwing: Let's keep it that way , shall we? *ENTRANCE OF AWESOME & bum arm*
Toon!Nightwing: *ENTRACE OF AWESOME w/o bum arm* Aren't rooftop gigs illegal? *Bye bye Mr. Ninja*
Robin: And here I was thinking we'd all sit down to dinner. *enters low and goes for the knees.*
Comic!Nightwing: *mental facepalm at their combined wit* Oh God. You do that too? *dodges shuriken like woah*
Tim: *Ducks and punches a ninja in the gut, and... cannot help observing the immediate differences in his family, here.* Hi, thanks for coming.
Robin: Do what? *mad grin, rolling past a descending katana to get that one in the hamstrings and come up near the (taller, darnit) dude in civs*
Comic!Nightwing: Well, we were in the neighborhood. *rolling leaping kicking. bye ninja~*
Toon!Nightwing: Would've been rude not to drop in. *Tossing a ninja at his ninja buddies*
Robin: Oh. Do that. *huh, this other guy's pretty good at this stuff. Getting his back.*
Comic!Nightwing: Yes. That *smirk and to hell with it, yoinks off his sling and wraps two ninja together with it & kick*
Tim: *Eyebrow raise - has he ever grinned that wide? No time for real comparisons, he cracks one in the jaw.*
Comic!Nightwing: *& suddenly back to back with Tim* Fancy meeting you here.
Tim: How many times do you get to say that? Really. *Glances over his shoulder and kicks a ninja in the face.*
Toon!Nightwing: *Doing his best to keep the ninjas off of you guys but damn does Ra's breed these guys with rabbits or something?*
Robin: *His next duck shaves a few spiked ends off his hair, but he recovers with a handspring forward feet-first into the attacker's midsection. Is it him or are they actually dispersing?*
Toon!Nightwing: *Maybe. That would be . . . unusual. Grabbing one of them* Leaving so soon? We've barely even gotten acquainted!
Comic!Nightwing: Woah *ducks* and mean it? Almost never. *series of backflips with one hand leading a particularly spry ninja astray, if you will*
Robin: *catches Nightwing's cue and throws a bolo to tangle that stray ninja's feet-- nevermind it's the wrong other Nightwing*
Robin: Stick around awhile.
Comic!Nightwing: *perfect landing* Sayonara. Thanks ....Robin.
Comic!Nightwing: other. Robin? We'll work on it. You might wanna-
Tim: *He doesn't have any of his fancy toys :/ But he's still able to sweep-kick one ninja off of his feet.* Hm.
Robin: *Ducks! Turns. Did other-Tim just save him from the ninja other-Wing was warning him about?*
Toon!Nightwing: *Yeah, we're gonna have to work on that. In the meantime, tying this guy up. Not expecting to get MUCH out of him, but he might still be useful*
Tim: *What are big brothers for? ... Oh god.*
Robin: *I am NOT going to be the baby. B|*
Toon!Nightwing: *Sorry, Squirt*
Toon!Nightwing: *You kinda already were*
Tim: *Just so long as you don't call me mom B|*
Robin: . . . Thanks.
Comic!Nightwing: Scuse me *uses Robin as a launch pad*
Robin: *fhdfd goddamn Nightwings* B|
Tim: Not a - problem. *goddamn Nightwings INDEED.*
Robin: *sharing a put-out look with you?*
Comic!Nightwing: *flying kick to the face. dusts off his hands* No, don't get up.
Toon!Nightwing: *Don't hate us 'cause we're awesome*
Comic!Nightwing: *and beautiful. don't forget the beautiful*
Toon!Nightwing: *Oh, well, that was a given*
Tim: *Totally sharing that look.* So, R'as is in town?
Comic!Nightwing: *good point*
Robin: First I've heard of it.
Robin: *straightening. Looks like we're down to one conscious ninja then.*
Ninja: *one struggling, spitting, snarling ninja.
Robin: *
Toon!Nightwing: He's been off of our radar lately. *Crouching down beside Mr. Ninja and tugging off his mask* Maybe you'd like to tell us where Mr. Al Ghul is staying.
Tim: *Quietly examines his clothing for holes and lets the natives handle the interrogation. For now.*
Comic!Nightwing: *to Tim* You okay?
Toon!Nightwing: *Oh, feel free to join in anytime*
Comic!Nightwing: *Nah. I'd like to take in the floor show*
Tim: *to Dick* I'm fine. My shirt may never play piano again. *Pokes fingers through a slash.*
Ninja: *he responds in Tibetan.* [You horrible little dogs can't understand a word I say and I wouldn't tell you anything if you could!]
Toon!Nightwing: *Smirk* [Unfortunately for you, I've spent some time in Tibet. Care to try that answer again?]
Comic!Nightwing: *Should clap* You have no idea how glad I am to hear you say that.
Ninja: *glaaaaaaaaaaare* [You may as well kill me now.]
Tim: *Raises eyebrow with a slight smirk* You always appreciated jokes far too much.
Robin: Why, was it really bad at Fur Elise?
Tim: ... *And now he's leaning his head in his hand and really looking at Robin. Other-him. Hmm.*
Robin: *the examination is mutual, if a little nonchalant on this end.*
Comic!Nightwing: ....would you both stop that and introduce yourselves.
Toon!Nightwing: *Put-on siiigh* [Now see, that's just not the way we do things around here.] *Hauling your butt up and slamming it against the roof access room*
Tim: *Glances at Dick* For whose benefit?
Toon!Nightwing: [See, this is how it works. I ask a question, you refuse to answer, I rough you up a little until you DO answer, and then I send you to jail. So let's try this again.] *SLAM* [Where's Ra's?]
Ninja: *The ninja makes no sound, but his glare has lost some of its venom.* [I know nothing.]
Comic!Nightwing: I had to do it. And he *thumbs at Robin* got to watch. So now it's my turn
Tim: *Raises eyebrow and smirks a little again* I didn't think you were the voyeuristic type.
Comic!Nightwing: *answering smirk* I- *oh hey there's my sling, i'mma go get that*
Toon!Nightwing: [Don't tell me your boss didn't even tell you why he was sending you on this little trip. You might wanna take that up with your local ninja union.]
Robin: *Robin snickers, and sticks out a hand.* 'Sup.
Ninja: [We require only the will of our master. Our orders are--] *he pauses, struggling with himself. His face flickers, for the first time, with fear.* [Our orders. Are clear.] *he's shaking a little.*
Tim: *Shakes hands with... himself, but clearly not.* Hey. So, number three, here. *Let's get that out of the way first.*
Robin: *blink blink* No kidding? Two.
Robin: *oh, wait* Actually I heard about that. B|a
Comic!Nightwing: *pops in arm back into his sling and comes to stand beside the other Nightwing. flatly* He won't tell you anything
Tim: ... Hmm. Yeah, you - *ah.* Well. You seem a bit more like him, but... not entirely.
Toon!Nightwing: *Backing off. Just a little, still staring the guy down. He saw that fear, time to exploit it* You're probably right. That's too bad. If he did we probably could've cut a deal with the commissioner. Arranged for some protection when he goes to jail.
Toon!Nightwing: Ra's doesn't really like leaving loose ends.
Robin: *Robin considers this, cocking his head and eyeing Tim.* Yeah, okay. That gonna be a problem?
Ninja: *shaking ninja is sliding into despair now.* [No American protection will hold off the will of our Master. There is nothing you have to offer me.]
Tim: *Raises eyebrow and, yeah, his stance is getting a little more Batman than other-Tim has probably EVER been.* It shouldn't be - just weird, for a while. And anyway, we're good at solving problems. *Knowing half-smile.*
Toon!Nightwing: If you help us, we can stop him.
Comic!Nightwing: (Your chances of survival increase exponentially depending on how much you want to tell us , of course)
Ninja: *cold fear.* [No one can stop him now. If I help you my death will only be all the more painful.]
Ninja: *a frightened glance to the other! Oh, shit, he thinks to himself, what if there are two Batmans.*
Tim: *And okay, Ra's' ninjas don't normally talk like that. Tim is very interested in this conversation.*
Robin: *Robin half-smiles back at Tim, subconsciously reassured.* I hear that. And things are weird anyway. I doubt you'll make 'em worse.
Comic!Nightwing: (You fear death?)
Ninja: *Reflexively!* [I fear noth--!!]
Ninja: *oh god, it's true, and you can see it on his face as he realizes: he doesn't want to die.*
Toon!Nightwing: *Getting a little frustrated here, this shouldn't be taking this long. SLAM* If you DON'T help us then we have no obligation to PROTECT you from him. It's your choice. What is Ra's doing?
Tim: ... Yeah, I can really see how things are weird now. *Glances at the ninja and the 'Wings.*
Ninja: [I don't know!!]
Ninja: *blurted out.*
Toon!Nightwing: Where IS he?
Ninja: [I- he could be anywhere, our orders came from the Lady!!]
Comic!Nightwing: Talia?
Toon!Nightwing: *Have a Bat-glare* What did she tell you?
Ninja: [Only that-- that for the sake of this universe we were required to- to eliminate all intruders!]
Comic!Nightwing: *eyebrow arch* And the real reason?
Ninja: *almost a wail* [That is what I was told!!]
Toon!Nightwing: *KNEE to the gut* Why?! What threat are they supposed to pose?!
Comic!Nightwing: *Woah Hey Batman! ...keeps his face neutral, playing the good cop, if you like*
Tim: *Mildly, to Robin.* He's certainly getting into his work. So - sixteen, rich parents, now dead. How about you?
Ninja: *ooof!* [They are responsible for the- augh - for the - haah - the Terrible Awakening! One among them has-ss destroyed the- the balan-ce...] *shuddering, about to throw up from the blow*
Robin: *Robin was watching this, distracted and, uh, pretty disturbed. Considering holding 'Wing back.* Uh- what?
Toon!Nightwing: *The . . . balance. Oh fuck* What balance?
Robin: *Robin can, however, multitask.* Wait. Rich?
Comic!Nightwing: *crouches putting a hand on the ninja's back, shooting a minor glare at Wing*
Toon!Nightwing: *Ignoring you, this is more important!*
Ninja: *whimper* [That is all I know.]
Tim: *Well, can't blame him there - trust that to get his attention.* Reasonably well-off business people, at least. Lived in the same sort of neighbourhood as the Manor.
Comic!Nightwing: *not taking his eyes off of Wing* (What's this 'Terrible Awakening'?)
Toon!Nightwing: *Listening, but has the terrible feeling he already knows the answer*
Robin: *Robin just shakes his head, trying to wrap his mind around this.*
Tim: Yours... weren't, huh. *He can guess, but it's better to get confirmation, and make it clear just how different they are.* Streetkid?
Ninja: [All have known it. Since a day past the ides, a month before.]
Toon!Nightwing: *Quietly* The day of the blackout.
Ninja: [All have felt it, the terrible loss.]
Toon!Nightwing: *Crouching down, this is less intimidation and more urgency* You know what happened to the girl?
Comic!Nightwing: *okay. this is something they clearly need to talk about. at some point.*
Ninja: *shrinking away* [I- girl?] *truly uncomprehending.* [An outsider has destroyed the balance! That is all I know, I... oh, god.] *he's going to die, isn't he.*
Robin: *Robin's watching the proceedings in Tibetan, partly to just not be looking at Tim when he says this.* Grew up next to Crime Alley.
Toon!Nightwing: *Okay, thinking this through, shit. Ra's has an idea of what happened to the girl. Or at least is claiming to. And is also claiming to be trying to help restore insanity to the world which . . . makes sense in some twisted Ra's way*
Toon!Nightwing: . . . [if we let you go back, will you tell him that we're interested in working with him?]
Tim: Ah. *Bites his lip, thoughtful.* Hm. That's different. How did you... get into this?
Comic!Nightwing: *whilst Talia is trying to maintain the balance by destroying those that enter this reality? this is some messed up BS*
Tim: *Aaaand then he's really SHARPLY paying attention to 'Wing and his attempt at a bargain.*
Ninja: *silence. He thinks. A desperate hope.* [I- I shall.] *if the Detective allies with the Master, perhaps he will even be rewarded!*
Toon!Nightwing: *Pulling out a Bat-knife and cutting the lines, sneaking a tracer on him, though* Then go.
Ninja: *so very gone!!*
Comic!Nightwing: You want to bargain. With Ra's. Are you seriously? You know this is a bad idea.
Robin: *Robin watches the ninja go, chewing on his own lower lip.* It's not a pretty story. Tellya back at the base?
Tim: Sure.
Toon!Nightwing: If he's got an idea where this girl is then we've got a better chance joining forces with him than trying to work against him.
Comic!Nightwing: What girl? And what happened on the 16th?
Robin: Does this mean you made up your mind? B|
Tim: *Raises eyebrow and... watches, quietly.*
Toon!Nightwing: *Pause*
Comic!Nightwing: *frowning*
Toon!Nightwing: Alfred's waiting at Grand Central. *Nod to other!'Wing* We'll follow you two in the car. *And heading over to it*
Comic!Nightwing: *watches Wing veeeery closely*
Tim: ... Right. *Heads downwards, also watching carefully.*
Robin: *flicks a glance to both of their counterparts, and follows 'Wing smoothly. (I'll talk to him,) he promises with a look, and (This isn't normal), and then he's gone.*
Comic!Nightwing: *muttered low enough so only his Tim can hear* I'm not entirely convinced he thinks he's not Batman
Tim: *And Tim smiles to himself a little, because that's reassuring, other-Tim - and concentrating on Nightwing, okay. He replies just as quietly.* Seems like that. Off-balance? *Deliberately chose that phrase, yes.*
Toon!Nightwing: *You have no idea*
Comic!Nightwing: Hn. Or something *dropping down on the fire-escape*
Tim: *Follows* Hm. The whole place is - different enough already.
***In the Batmobile***
Robin: Okay, Wing, take a chill pill. B|
Toon!Nightwing: What?
Robin: We're supposed to be LESS unstable this week.
Toon!Nightwing: I'm not unstable.
Toon!Nightwing: *Mutter* No one is.
Robin: Hey. Last time you roughed a guy up that bad? I had to pull you off him? We thought Batman might be DEAD.
Toon!Nightwing: I barely touched him! And he wasn't talking.
Robin: *ignoring this and going right along* And there's worry, sure, and then there's just taking everything out on the nearest guy in a ski mask.
Toon!Nightwing: I wasn't taking anything out on him.
Robin: Uh-huh. Look, it's not like I don't know what it looks like. I'd put on a lion suit if I thought it would help.
Toon!Nightwing: It wouldn't fit you anyway. *Not sure if that was supposed to be a joke or not*
Robin: *... well, back at you.* Yeah. Look. Deal with R'as. Wanna fill in for those of us who don't speak Tibetan?
Toon!Nightwing: He knows about the girl. Says that one of our dimensional travelers was the one that kidnapped her. Talia sent out the ninjas to go after them.
Robin: Rrrright. Which is why they were totally going after a guy who just got here.
Robin: But, okay, whatever, let's say we go with it. So what?
Toon!Nightwing: So even if that's not what they were doing, Ra's still has a stake in this, whatever it is.
Toon!Nightwing: So for the time-being, we're partners.
Robin: *significant pause.*
Toon!Nightwing: Think about it. If he's really trying to find her, then working with him will only make the search faster.
Toon!Nightwing: He's the only person on the planet with an information network that can rival ours.
Robin: Alright, bro. And if he's really trying to find her by stabbing everybody who's a suspect?
Toon!Nightwing: We make it a condition for working with us.
Robin: *nod* Aaaaaaaaaand I gotta ask.
Robin: What happened to 'the good of the many'? B|
Toon!Nightwing: *Ouch. Just ouch*
Robin: *keeping the tough front, watching you flatly.* B|
Toon!Nightwing: *Quietly* If Ra's Al Ghul is actively trying to save humanity -- to 'restore the balance' -- then whatever's going to happen because of this will probably be worse than anything the former residents of Arkham could cook up.
Robin: B|a . . . I thought he liked the apocalypse.
Robin: *settling into his seat* Yeah, okay.
Toon!Nightwing: Not the apocalypse. To free the Earth from the evil human race that have abused her for millenia.
Robin: *snort, eyeroll* Yeah, thanks. Appreciate the distinction. Do something for me, bro?
Toon!Nightwing: *Well there is a distinction 8\a* Yeah?
Robin: Keep in mind? Just 'cause we don't have Batman around for this one doesn't mean we need an extra. *not said meanly, just frankly.*
Toon!Nightwing: *Honestly? Not really bothered by this* There's a reason he's one of the best, you know.
Robin: . . . *o.O*
Robin: ... Yeah, and it's not because he forgets that how we do this stuff matters as much as what we do. You really wanna come out of this with less of your own rep?
Toon!Nightwing: There wasn't anyone there except for us and Ra's' men.
Robin: Yeah. And us.
Toon!Nightwing: And?
Robin: Extra. B/
Robin: *eyeroll* And if anybody knows the difference between Batman and Nightwing, it's Nightwing and Robin.
Robin: So just chill out a little, okay? *this hint of worry does not look good on this bird.*
Robin: *it's awkward and he doesn't know how to deal with it.*
Toon!Nightwing: . . . *he's honestly not sure why you're worried at all* I'm just trying to do the job.
Robin: Yeah. We always are.
Toon!Nightwing: So what's the problem?
Robin: Well, c'mon, I was also just trying to do the job, that night when you and Batgirl decided you had to play dress-up.
Toon!Nightwing: We weren't dealing with a global crisis then. Let alone one that had Ra's Al Ghul's name attached to it.
Robin: So what, it's okay to get brutal if the stakes go up? Where's THAT stop?
Toon!Nightwing: He wasn't answering the questions.
Robin: *facepalm* This is exactly what I'm talking about.
TO BE CONTINUED . . .