( closed ) bred, born, and raised to kick your ass

[brat]

WHO: damian wayne (brat) & associates
WHEN: april - may
WHERE: places
WHAT: a catch all for closed starters
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( he... didn't need to know that, but. damian goes and says it and bruce just... stares off across the room. lets the moment pass before he's looking back over to him. )

You must miss them.

( his words are soft as he says that. as he refers to damian's parents. then, a moment. a thought. hm. )

If I can get you back to them, I will.

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I miss Nightwing.

( it's not a lie. it's avoiding discussing his parents, or bruce's statement of getting him back. damian wants to save his world, but he also doesn't want to risk others. if he could save everything, he would. )

He's an irritant, but one who is more capable of managing situations like this.

( a gesture, between bruce and himself. you know. that mess. )

[batsymbol]

( there's a hum there on his lips, just barely heard. gaze drifting away from the boy beside him and across the room he still knows so well from when he, himself, was a boy. younger than damian. when both his parents were still alive. )

I don't know a Nightwing. ( to no one's surprise. ) But I feel the same about Alfred. ( a beat. ) Not with being an irritant, but. Missing him. More than I ever realized.

( and with being away from him given the condition he's currently in... it's hard for him to not feel all sorts of ways about it. about possibly never seeing his adoptive father figure again. )

[brat]

I know you don't. ( he hasn't met grayson yet. he won't know who nightwing is. there is always the chance that he could have known the moniker through kryptonian legends, but given bruce's. . . everything, damian knew how unlikely it was before he ever mentioned the name. )

Pennyworth has always been the glue that holds everything together. Like I said, he'll be alright.

( once they're able to save everything and can return home, at least. after their respective universes have been saved. because they'll save them both. save them all. damian just hasn't figured out how yet. )

[batsymbol]

( gaze dropping down to his cowl, he lets whatever remnants of bruce wayne slipping through here gently fade. he needs to focus. needs to remember the reason for why he's here. )

I need to figure out what we're up against. Figure out Aurora and the one she answers to. I don't trust them. Don't trust all of this.

( the room they're sitting in. the tower. the manor. everything. overlooking the fact that bruce has absolutely no experience in dealing with supernatural events, superpowered beings, or other worlds entirely just yet, he's also not one to blindly trust or think his best interest is in mind with another. especially one who seemingly just snatches him from his gotham and drops him here. )

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I don't either.

( bruce folds back into batman, and damian's raising his domino mask to paste it back onto his face. presses thumbs in against the area above his eyes, then below - to make sure it's sticking well. it hasn't fallen off yet but now would be a terrible time for it to start. )

The robots and Aurora are the only two outsiders we have the ability to speak with. Aurora's public responses indicate her programming may be blocking her ability to respond to certain questions. If we can get around her limitations, we may be able to get more answers. Either directly out of her or out of her source code.

[batsymbol]

( he slips his cowl on. does it relatively slowly. fastens it in the way it often is and, in doing so, fully becomes the batman. a slow tilt of his head, he looks to damian. considers his words. then rises from the edge of the bed to stand there, slight turn as he does. )

No one should have the final word in which worlds are saved and which are not deemed worthy to be.

( it goes along with his no killing mentality he has. )

Playing judge, jury, and executioner. I don't like it.

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( there are numerous ways he could respond to that. damian - doesn't disagree with bruce, but doesn't quite agree either. no, no one should have that power. but if there are choices to be made, if there is no other option, choices do have to be made, and it should be up to someone capable of sifting through what they have and choosing correctly. cut off the rotting branches to allow better ones to grow in their place.

but damian won't say that. instead, he pulls himself up to his feet. nods his head. )

Do you have a plan?

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Not yet.

( but that's not to say he won't at some point. )