action/video 001; un: d.wayne Communal housing Floor 2.

[sonofab]

[Damian stares down his ...social worker... as she speaks. The woman explains the room, his bi-weekly stipend, the works. Still, Damian stares her down with a burning intensity that just screams 'I am displeased. Go. away. No mask, no Robin gear, just a pissed off teenager in a hoodie.

Clearing her throat nervously, she does leave and that's why Damian takes in his room. It didn't matter what the room looked like really, Damian wasn't having this communal living nonsense. He sees the extra beds in the room and ...that is just too many roommates. This is was 24-hour surveillance and he was not having that.

He frowns down at the device and switches it on. Have an annoyed looking ... 10-year-old? (No, he's 13 dammit, don't just assume things from his small stature!) glaring down at the camera.]

This communal living thing is not happening. What's the price range for houses or private apartments around here?

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[ video | un: jkent ]

[supersweet]

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Damian! You're back!

[ video | un: d.wayne]

[sonofab]

Kent! You're here?! Where are you!

[Why are you not here you Super slacker!]

[supersweet]

[ He's not a super slacker, don't be rude!! ]

I'm in my house. I'm guessing you're in the communal housing?

[sonofab]

[He's happy to see you really, but you know how it is supes.]

Of course, I am. I wouldn't hav-- Wait, you have a house? [WHAT?!] Is your father here then? How long have you been here? And what do you mean "You're back"?

[supersweet]

[ Jon stares a little before realizing what's going on. Damian doesn't remember Riverview. And while that stings, especially in light of the promise Damian made him, having him here is still better than nothing. ]

Uhm, I've been here since March. You were here a while back but you left.

[sonofab]

[Damian frowns at Jon's next words. 'Didn't remember...?' The idea of a chunk of memory just missing does more than unsettle him. This needed further explanation, but this wasn't the place for it.]

Jon, I'm headed outside... come find me. [He says, hoping the boy still remembers the sound of his heartbeat, because who knew how long he'd been away.]

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[supersweet]

[ Jon doesn't waste time speeding through Riverview before skidding to a halt as his eyes scan for Damian's heartbeat. Jon brightens when he catches sight of him. ]

Damian!

Text @givesyouhell

[hititwithacrowbar]

Look what the cat drug back.

[sonofab]

I was dragged by a portal, not a cat.

[He'd be in a much better mood if he was.]

Who is this?

[hititwithacrowbar]

I'm sure you'd be happier about a cat.

You have three guesses. If you don't figure it out, than you will never know. Impress me, kid.

[sonofab]

This is hardly the time for games.

[He huff in annoyance, but... not like he has anything better to do. A text comes in moments later.]

Fine, but first I get to ask for 3 hints.

[hititwithacrowbar]

Lame, but fine. Hint 1: black hair. Hint two: From Gotham. Hint Three: Batsteak.

[sonofab]

[Well black hair doesn't narrow it down at all. From Gotham? Okay, that's a good one. Batste--

Goddammit.

He fights the kneejerk reaction to start typing in all caps. If this was who he thinks it is, then that is exactly what they wanted and Damian didn't like being predictable.]

Unoriginal as ever TODD.
Could've at least made it a challenge.
And your old heart can't take steak anymore, try looking into oatmeal.

Voice - UN: lolococo416

[threatenwithcuteness]

Um, technically doable with the stipend kids get from the city, but you'd need to really skimp on stuff to make it work.

Better to find a roommate or two.

[sonofab]

But it is doable? Excellent.

Tt, the abundance of roommates in this place is the problem. [He pans the camera around for the girl to have a look at ALL THE PEOPLE! WHAT?] I don't wish to sleep where there are people I don't know around me constantly.

I can skimp. I have survived in jungles off barries and fish for weeks. This will now be an issue.

[threatenwithcuteness]

Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should.

I get not wanting nearly a dozen people around. It gets super weird, and this is weird when you live on a moon. But one or two people, people like a family, or friends? Don't you want that.

Plus you're like twelve, do you even know how to cook? I guess a little if you eat fish camping... wait, weeks? Why were you in the jungles for weeks?

[sonofab]

Sounds more like the exact reason you should something. [I mean, if you can do, then do, right?]

Of course, that would be ideal, but I just arrived here. Hardly enough time to make a friend trustworthy enough to sleep in the same vicinity as. [Not that he was very good at that tricky making friends thing to begin with.] As for family, I didn't really bring them with me when I was dragged here against my will.

[Wha- Excuse you?!] I am thirteen and I can cook. [Well...] ...If it's over an open flame.

[Oh, did he say that out loud? What jungle survival training? You are hearing things, Blue-haired girl! Let's just have a subject change, shall we?] Actually, I don't eat fish anymore. I became vegetarian 3 years ago.

[threatenwithcuteness]

You're another of those broody paranoid types, aren't you? From a world that sucks and probably wants to kill you?

*Lola's not completely done with that type, but she also is completely done with it.*

Well, yeah, I guess you can't just form a family with people when you've just got here. But not everyone ended up alone here like me. A bunch of folks show up to find out they're not the first one from their world in this place. I guess you can move in on your own and try to make a friend afterwards...

*But that seems like more work than just waiting to find the right roommate. She'll just dismiss the small child clamoring for that one important year to focus on the far weirder thing there.*

...who decides to be a vegetarian at age ten? That's weird.

[sonofab]

Wanting to know all the details of the people you live with is hardly paranoia. It's just common sense.

[Well, back home he made friends by kidnapping them first. Not sure that will work here... but maybe?!]

I made the decision after rescuing a pet cow from a slaughterhouse. If you'd ever been inside one of those places? I assure you, had you, you wouldn't find the idea of vegetarianism so weird.

Video @the.boneless

[ragnarsson]

Well, look who finally came back.

[Ivar looks rather pleased with this turn of events. Damian had been someone he'd grown quite fond of in the time he'd been here.]

[sonofab]

People keep telling me that.

I take it we've met before?

[It was a young guy. Maybe around Drake's age?]

[ragnarsson]

We have. We were something like friends.

[As close to being friends as the psychopathic Viking ever ends up being with anyone.]

I take it you don't remember me?

[sonofab]

[It's coo' Viking guys. People often call Damian a psychopath. They're likely right, but no need to let it get you down!

Anyway, "Something like a friend" Sounds about right. Even the people he considered friends, Damian tends to keep at arm's length. Did he kidnap you to? Hm...]

No, can't say I do. So "Something like a friend" what's your name?

[ragnarsson]

[Nah, Damain never kidnapped him. They just, y'know, tried to beat the shit out of each other when a sparring session got a little too intense. No big deal, Ivar didn't hold grudges over things like that.]

Ivar Ragnarsson. Some people call me Ivar The Boneless.

[A Viking straight out of the history books, though right now, he was still at the start of his career.]

[sonofab]

[That name... he's heard it before. The study or conquerors and leaders was one of the key lessons of the Al Ghul. Grandfather wanted an army after all and Damian was to lead it.

But the books were never clear on...]

Why "The Boneless"?