That's rough, buddy. Did I bust you out back in your world, or did you get yourself out? The you from my world made... a big impression.[Tim switches the phone around as he continues typing. Granted, he didn't think Jason was back in Arkham in his world right now.]
I figured it'd match the feeling in your soul.
It's... I was working it out, before I came here. {The typing slows down. He pauses, a bit reluctant to divulge.] Mostly, my immune system sucks. I can't catch a cold or I might be out for a month; no more sewage hunts for Clayface or Croc if I don't want to die from something nasty.
I escaped. Me and my Tim may be on better terms than you and yours but that didn't happen right away. Everyone else escapes, and so did I.
[ He didn't want to confirm it was basically the same in the fact he bailed out while being transported. Since DC doesn't give enough info. ]
Dead and gone?
Noted, you are here by banned from anything with water or cold. Are you taking anything I should know about. If I have to play dad to our brother and Jon I guess I'll do the same for you...
[ He tossed the vape back in the glovebox, before shuffling back in the house.]
I'll call Doctor Crusher, I bet she knows something to help.
[Tim shifts, the chair he's on squeaking.] I need some shots- vaccinations since some stuff can be really dangerous for me now. I've made appointments at the hospital I got out of when I first came here.
You stay on that shit, or else. I swear to god if one more person expect me to be goddamn responsible I will scream. Bruce would be disappointed in you all for even talking to me.
I believe in your ability to break anything in your way.
That's okay, I tacked your to-do list in your room. [He pauses at that and frowns though Jason can't see it. A soft snort as he starts casually.] You say that like it's hard to do.
[He takes a breath.] I respect Bruce a lot. But he's never really known what to do with people. You seem alright and you're part of the family in your world- even the demon brat knows that, or you'd have a lot more shurikens stuck in you right now.
So I might not like you choking me back in my world...
...But you were a good Robin. In the way Robin mattered. [After all, he'd looked up to him all those years, to what he represented- Robin: a brightness for Batman's darkness. He'd made mistakes- one of them lethal, and it had defined Bruce for years. But that didn't negate that Bruce had needed him and Tim had spent time trying to live up to it.]
...There had better not be a fucking to-do list, I swear to god Timbers, your pushing your luck buddy. [ Guilt over skipping his funeral only goes so far...
Jason stays silent, before the sound of the trunk being opened can be heard, he's looking to see if Tim found his emergency stash, a six pack hidden behind the spare. He stops moving when Tim makes the comment about him being a good Robin. He's so glad Tim can't see how upset he looks... oh Tim BETTER not be able to see that sad look. He's good at schooling his voice to hear how Tim's words affected him though...]
So, if were cutting the bullshit here, I'll be honest, I hurt you and him pretty bad a long time ago, but I don't excuse what I did or make excuses. I'm not really on good terms with the family, and Damian doesn't like me. I'm only here as a favor to keep him and Jon from being swept up. That's it. The moment Clark show's up, I'm gone. But, between us, Fuck B, if he shows up here again, I'm not signing shit.
...That said, good, don't let me off the hook. And watch your back next time you touch my vices, understood?
I always watch my back. [Tim uses his 'Robin terror of the night' voice for that, but it lacks the same panache without the lurking in the shadows.]
[Tim supresses a relieved sigh. He never knows which way to jump, sometimes, with Jason. Honestly, he's not surprised that he might have a past. This Jason might be the most stable he'd encountered after the Pit, but it's not as though being a zombie got you a glowing psych review, even without being an ex-Robin.] You're really going to leave Damian with Clark? Don't know if Clark's gonna survive that.
[ What a good Robin voice, points for the other ex-Robin.] Is that so? Then how did old man Ra's get to your insides?
[ Jason knew it was a low blow, but that's just how he is some days. And yes, his psyche report definitely lacked gold stars, but he was doing better more and more. He was 50% less likely to live in a semi and drive around quoting Milton's Paradise Lost with a teenage girl... ]
He's superman, he better be able to handle one lone Robin. Besides, they'd be better off with someone stable, we both know that Timbo.
[ Jason's tone shows he's concerned, he didn't like the idea of anyone going through the pit. But, he knows his heart and he knows the monster he can be thanks to the pit. Tim deserved better. It's why he has to give points to Bruce, he got Damian back without putting him in the pit.]
Are you at work?
[ Cracking open a can, the trunk is slammed shut as he makes his way back into the couch sit down in the far to quiet house.]
Depends on the adult probably, but humor me, Timbo, what would you do in my shoes?
Didn't save me from getting on the radar, though. [Bruce really had to stop attracting all the super-obssessed criminal weirdos. Ra's had at least never actively tried to kill a Robin--yet.]
Yeah, just sending out some emails. Did you know most businesses in this place are owned privately?
...Let them choose. And Jason-- sometimes, it's not about being the 'best' or the most stable. [Tim exhales a bit.] Back in my world, my parents are dead. They were never around much. Even after he recovered, my dad was-- he was never really what I'd call 'stable'. But he was still my dad. I wouldn't have traded him for even Alfred. Family is different. After he died--[A soft hitch.] It was hard thinking about changing hands. I hired an actor to pose as my uncle to get the system off my back. I didn't want anyone replacing him and trying to control me. Control Robin.
[And that was the crux of it.] We're Robins. Damian's a Robin. A normal, stable household and life? It's not what we really need. I used to think I'd go back to being a civilian. But being Robin changes your whole world. It'll never be enough, knowing what I do now. Knowing I can help more.
Clark's great; and I'm sure there's plenty of non-smoking people who don't have a prison record. But he's not a Bat. He won't know him or Bruce or what it takes to be a mortal hero like we do.
Me either, clearly. Your lucky though, Old Ra's hates me. Sounds like he likes you to have saved you.
[ Oh, Tim if you only knew.]
Yeah, I know, apparently the version of me that was here before me, besides having a loud fucking mouth owned a private investigation service. Most of my friends are business owners.
[ Jason was quiet of course, listening to Tim as he sat in the large quiet house by himself, suddenly feeling like the small boy in the manor lost looking for which room was the bathroom. Clinging to Alfred to not be alone again... things he could never admit as an adult.
Part of him wanted to admit he could understand. That deep need to keep part of your parents alive. He lost Willis... he lost Catherine... then Shelia, fucking Shelia. He died for someone who sold him out just because he wanted to have a mothers love. ]
I don't know that much about our Tim's family life, I know his parents are dead to. I can't and wont judge you paying an actor, shit if I could have I would have. I'm the son of a bitch that choose to live on the streets rather than let the system take me. I get it, Timbers, I do. And you have a point. Robins have to stick together.
And Clark wouldn't understand, not with what Damian has gone through. Fuck... that's what Dick was trying to tell me. [ The sound of him sighing sinking on the couch could be heard. Remembering his fight with Dick before he left, how Damian needed his brothers. ]
I wont go, I'll keep my promise to Jon and Damian. Besides, Clark's already abandoned his son once, we don't need to see him become Super Robin if it happened again.
Yeah. Liked me enough to punt me through a window fifty floors up. [Tim snorts a bit.]
Yeah, we do. [Tim lets the quiet settle a bit. He hopes Jason keeps to it. It's not like he's any expert, but he meant what he said.]
My Damian didn't know how to shake people's hands. I really don't think Clark would know what to do. Nevermind remembering we're squishy little human beans who see and handle the worst of Gotham most days. [He was still Superman but he wasn't Dick Grayson.]
[He laughs a bit at the mental image.] Don't think it'd work, Supers are terrible at lurking in the shadows.
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on 2018-02-17 12:14 pm (UTC)I figured it'd match the feeling in your soul.
It's... I was working it out, before I came here. {The typing slows down. He pauses, a bit reluctant to divulge.] Mostly, my immune system sucks. I can't catch a cold or I might be out for a month; no more sewage hunts for Clayface or Croc if I don't want to die from something nasty.
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on 2018-02-19 04:22 pm (UTC)[ He didn't want to confirm it was basically the same in the fact he bailed out while being transported. Since DC doesn't give enough info. ]
Dead and gone?
Noted, you are here by banned from anything with water or cold. Are you taking anything I should know about. If I have to play dad to our brother and Jon I guess I'll do the same for you...
[ He tossed the vape back in the glovebox, before shuffling back in the house.]
I'll call Doctor Crusher, I bet she knows something to help.
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on 2018-02-20 02:34 am (UTC)Roasted and bitter. [Tim clarifies.]
[Tim shifts, the chair he's on squeaking.] I need some shots- vaccinations since some stuff can be really dangerous for me now. I've made appointments at the hospital I got out of when I first came here.
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on 2018-02-20 03:34 am (UTC)Bite me. [ He grumbled then.]?
You stay on that shit, or else. I swear to god if one more person expect me to be goddamn responsible I will scream. Bruce would be disappointed in you all for even talking to me.
[ Ignore him, he's still upset over Baby Bruce.]
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on 2018-02-20 04:22 am (UTC)That's okay, I tacked your to-do list in your room. [He pauses at that and frowns though Jason can't see it. A soft snort as he starts casually.] You say that like it's hard to do.
[He takes a breath.] I respect Bruce a lot. But he's never really known what to do with people. You seem alright and you're part of the family in your world- even the demon brat knows that, or you'd have a lot more shurikens stuck in you right now.
So I might not like you choking me back in my world...
...But you were a good Robin. In the way Robin mattered. [After all, he'd looked up to him all those years, to what he represented- Robin: a brightness for Batman's darkness. He'd made mistakes- one of them lethal, and it had defined Bruce for years. But that didn't negate that Bruce had needed him and Tim had spent time trying to live up to it.]
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on 2018-02-20 04:34 am (UTC)...There had better not be a fucking to-do list, I swear to god Timbers, your pushing your luck buddy. [ Guilt over skipping his funeral only goes so far...
Jason stays silent, before the sound of the trunk being opened can be heard, he's looking to see if Tim found his emergency stash, a six pack hidden behind the spare. He stops moving when Tim makes the comment about him being a good Robin. He's so glad Tim can't see how upset he looks... oh Tim BETTER not be able to see that sad look. He's good at schooling his voice to hear how Tim's words affected him though...]
So, if were cutting the bullshit here, I'll be honest, I hurt you and him pretty bad a long time ago, but I don't excuse what I did or make excuses. I'm not really on good terms with the family, and Damian doesn't like me. I'm only here as a favor to keep him and Jon from being swept up. That's it. The moment Clark show's up, I'm gone. But, between us, Fuck B, if he shows up here again, I'm not signing shit.
...That said, good, don't let me off the hook. And watch your back next time you touch my vices, understood?
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on 2018-02-20 09:03 am (UTC)[Tim supresses a relieved sigh. He never knows which way to jump, sometimes, with Jason. Honestly, he's not surprised that he might have a past. This Jason might be the most stable he'd encountered after the Pit, but it's not as though being a zombie got you a glowing psych review, even without being an ex-Robin.] You're really going to leave Damian with Clark? Don't know if Clark's gonna survive that.
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on 2018-02-20 01:59 pm (UTC)[ Jason knew it was a low blow, but that's just how he is some days. And yes, his psyche report definitely lacked gold stars, but he was doing better more and more. He was 50% less likely to live in a semi and drive around quoting Milton's Paradise Lost with a teenage girl... ]
He's superman, he better be able to handle one lone Robin. Besides, they'd be better off with someone stable, we both know that Timbo.
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on 2018-02-21 03:00 am (UTC)[Tim's chair scrapes back a bit.] I'm not arguing. But I don't think the demon brat will appreciate being pawned off some other adult.
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on 2018-02-21 01:36 pm (UTC)[ Jason's tone shows he's concerned, he didn't like the idea of anyone going through the pit. But, he knows his heart and he knows the monster he can be thanks to the pit. Tim deserved better. It's why he has to give points to Bruce, he got Damian back without putting him in the pit.]
Are you at work?
[ Cracking open a can, the trunk is slammed shut as he makes his way back into the couch sit down in the far to quiet house.]
Depends on the adult probably, but humor me, Timbo, what would you do in my shoes?
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on 2018-02-21 02:05 pm (UTC)Yeah, just sending out some emails. Did you know most businesses in this place are owned privately?
...Let them choose. And Jason-- sometimes, it's not about being the 'best' or the most stable. [Tim exhales a bit.] Back in my world, my parents are dead. They were never around much. Even after he recovered, my dad was-- he was never really what I'd call 'stable'. But he was still my dad. I wouldn't have traded him for even Alfred. Family is different. After he died--[A soft hitch.] It was hard thinking about changing hands. I hired an actor to pose as my uncle to get the system off my back. I didn't want anyone replacing him and trying to control me. Control Robin.
[And that was the crux of it.] We're Robins. Damian's a Robin. A normal, stable household and life? It's not what we really need. I used to think I'd go back to being a civilian. But being Robin changes your whole world. It'll never be enough, knowing what I do now. Knowing I can help more.
Clark's great; and I'm sure there's plenty of non-smoking people who don't have a prison record. But he's not a Bat. He won't know him or Bruce or what it takes to be a mortal hero like we do.
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on 2018-02-21 02:31 pm (UTC)[ Oh, Tim if you only knew.]
Yeah, I know, apparently the version of me that was here before me, besides having a loud fucking mouth owned a private investigation service. Most of my friends are business owners.
[ Jason was quiet of course, listening to Tim as he sat in the large quiet house by himself, suddenly feeling like the small boy in the manor lost looking for which room was the bathroom. Clinging to Alfred to not be alone again... things he could never admit as an adult.
Part of him wanted to admit he could understand. That deep need to keep part of your parents alive. He lost Willis... he lost Catherine... then Shelia, fucking Shelia. He died for someone who sold him out just because he wanted to have a mothers love. ]
I don't know that much about our Tim's family life, I know his parents are dead to. I can't and wont judge you paying an actor, shit if I could have I would have. I'm the son of a bitch that choose to live on the streets rather than let the system take me. I get it, Timbers, I do. And you have a point. Robins have to stick together.
And Clark wouldn't understand, not with what Damian has gone through. Fuck... that's what Dick was trying to tell me. [ The sound of him sighing sinking on the couch could be heard. Remembering his fight with Dick before he left, how Damian needed his brothers. ]
I wont go, I'll keep my promise to Jon and Damian. Besides, Clark's already abandoned his son once, we don't need to see him become Super Robin if it happened again.
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on 2018-02-21 03:16 pm (UTC)Yeah, we do. [Tim lets the quiet settle a bit. He hopes Jason keeps to it. It's not like he's any expert, but he meant what he said.]
My Damian didn't know how to shake people's hands. I really don't think Clark would know what to do. Nevermind remembering we're squishy little human beans who see and handle the worst of Gotham most days. [He was still Superman but he wasn't Dick Grayson.]
[He laughs a bit at the mental image.] Don't think it'd work, Supers are terrible at lurking in the shadows.
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on 2018-02-22 02:11 pm (UTC)[ Poor Timbers. AT least he's 85% less angry about being replaced, but Tim being replaced to kind of helps. Opps. ]
This one is highly educated, but I have a feeling Talia wasn't half as nice to him as she was to me. Which, is messed up.
[ He usually kept that kind of thought to himself, but no one else was home, and it was Tim. What doesn't Tim know?
Then Tim makes him laugh, and he needs a moment to get the laughter fully out before catching his breath.]
Oh god, your right. Picture Clark trying to imitate B.
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on 2018-02-23 04:05 am (UTC)...Do I want to know how nice Talia was to you? [Tim's voice is mildly dubious, but well, Talia hasn't had the best record back home.]
I am, it's like watching a puppy try to bark.
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on 2018-02-23 04:12 am (UTC)[ A man's death was very personal.]
She helped me when no one else would, she never gave up on me. That's all you need to know.
[ He didn't like to kiss and tell.]
Oh my God, your right, that's what it would be.
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on 2018-02-24 01:04 pm (UTC)Not strictly true, but sometimes all you need is the right place and time. [He supposes that applies for zombie pick ups and circus shows both.]
By the way, I found the papers you'll need to start meeting the kids' social workers. Sending it over. [A tap and the email is sent.]
Clean up nice, okay?
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on 2018-02-26 03:26 pm (UTC)[ He turns on speakerphone and pulls it from his face to open his email and look it over.]
Joy, I am so looking forward to this. [ Can you hear the sarcasam.]
Yeah, I'll dress to the nines, Timbo. Set up an apppointment for me okay?
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on 2018-03-03 04:53 am (UTC)I'm about to go do some visits. Anything you want me to pick up for dinner?
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on 2018-03-05 07:28 pm (UTC)[ Jason listens to the movement before yawning.]
Yeah, bring home some tofu and some potatoes. I forgot them.... and some spice barbecue sauce.
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on 2018-03-06 04:49 am (UTC)Alright, I'll hang up. Go get your beauty sleep-- you'll need it.
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on 2018-03-06 02:24 pm (UTC)[ He was still learning to cook with Tofu but, he liked a challenge.]
Yeah, right, I look better half dead. But, yeah I'm going to sleep. See you later Timbers.