damian

[vigilantics]

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[vigilantics]

He was.

[ and it's true, he was. so was ookurikara.

she'll slowly lower herself so he isn't just forced against her torso. ]

He wouldn't leave us on purpose.

[bittybat]

[He opens his mouth, but then shuts it again because he's afraid his voice is going to croak if he talks. But it's obvious by the angry red lining his eyes and the wetness on his cheeks what's happening even if he doesn't say anything at all.

Squeezing one hand into a fist, and the other around the hilt of the sword, he drops his chin to his chest and exhale raggedly.]

[vigilantics]

[ she has to lift her gaze upwards to try to blink away any tears that threaten to well up.

jason was already bad enough. percy, too. what happened in winter's cabin. and every time damian did his best to remain levelheaded about it all. and she gets it. she does. getting too invested and emotional can lead to mistakes-- it's true even back in gotham.

but, in the end, he really is just a kid who lost his family. so she just stays quiet and wonders why this is happening.

[bittybat]

[Very quietly and hoarsely, he says,] I want to go home already. [It isn't whiny, or even especially sad. It's tired. He is tired of being in games with absolutely no loop hole they can take to get out of killing.

And yet, he thinks his father would have been able to find a way to stop all of this somehow. Probably.]

[vigilantics]

... me too.

[ it's really not that easy to admit. everyone it tired, and angry, and hurt, but for some reason it's really especially hard to admit it right after a loss. ]

We will. [ a shaky breath. ] And then we can complain about all the litter and how people can't walk two feet to throw their trash into the garbage.

[bittybat]

Not the time, Brown.

[But he sounds, like, tiredly fond in a very small way. Like some part of him wants to suck his teeth, but can't.]

[vigilantics]

My timing tends to always be bad.

[ she will pretend like she doesn't notice. ]

[bittybat]

[Thank God. He'd have to kill her if not.]

Fine. Your comforting is complete. Now you can go back down the mountain.

[vigilantics]

I need to take a break after coming up the mountain.

[ it took her so long to get up the mountain. ]

[bittybat]

[LET HIM BE A BROODY WAYNE IN PEACE!! He will be consumed by his moodiness and insatiable desire for righteous justice, and then he will murder several people the next week.]

Sit down then. He didn't... [A pause.] He didn't die so we could be stupid.

[vigilantics]

[ it's a good thing this happened right before endgame

but she makes a face? although she does... end up sitting, because he's right. ]

... no. We have to make sure we get to the end of this.

[bittybat]

[Wow, the one time Stephanie Brown listens to him. He will emboss this into granite.]

We will. [He wipes his eyes roughly with his arm.] It sounds like we have one last battle left.

[vigilantics]

A potential giant pink snake... lovely.

[ she says this so dryly. but honestly, it's nice to talk about a mission than what they uh, just. witnessed. ]

[bittybat]

Or a pink dragon.

[Yeah, when you're a Bat and you're thrown some trauma, you just immediately detour to stick to the mission. Very healthy.

Can't believe Pink Voice is just Regina George.]

Do you have any weapons?

[He remembers...........the bat.]

[vigilantics]

[ she doesn't want to think about the bat. ]

I've been buying some from the store. To keep other people from buying them.

[bittybat]

Be ready.

[He's aware how frowned upon it is to use dangerous weapons in their "family," but he doesn't care. HE REMEMBERS THE BAT. He doesn't trust this place, or some giant damn snake.]

I have vouchers, and the toy with three charges, and another item if needed.

[vigilantics]

Yeah, I still have all three uses, too. And there's a chance it might not be a fight, too, but we should be prepared regardless.

[ steph hopes it's a fight because every time she went on a break-in she was mad she got puzzles and shit instead. terrible. fighting is so much easier. ]

[bittybat]

No, we are going to only consider it will be a fight because I refuse to go through all of this to end up with what we had in the cabin.

[PLEASE BE A FIGHT, THEY'RE BEGGING YOU.

Can't believe the Bats' weaknesses are when you take the fighting out of the situation.]

[vigilantics]

[ damian is such a mood.

but she nods, rubbing at her face. ]

... yeah, it'll definitely just be a fight.