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text; un:matches.malone

[reneger]

"hafrid alghul"
good job blending in, asshole

[batricide]

Like I'm going to take advice from the guy who stole one of the worst aliases out there.

text; un: kate.bishop

[fledges]

hey
so is this "temporary" team up happening or what?

[batricide]

You still need to prove you're worth my time.

text, re: network drama

[crisised]

[ it's just coordinates for a convenient rooftop. ]

[batricide]

[ He shows up. It takes a while, like he was pretty sure he wasn't going to and changed his mind at the absolute minute, but he shows up. He's wearing gloves, every bit of skin that could be touched - save for his face - is covered, and he's tense with anger.]

text; un: kate.bishop

[fledges]

hey. you okay?

[batricide]

Are you going to start in on me too?

@steph.brown | ic august 1

[quipper]

I think we should talk straight, don’t you?
You free for breakfast?

[batricide]

Depends if you're the one paying.

text, a couple days after the network clusterfuck.

[crisised]

did you ever hear the story behind 'nightwing'?

[batricide]

Once.

@matches.malone

[reneger]

left you a present in the base
i've been calling her fatty, you can name her whatever

[batricide]

[ You know Damian is Brooding when he doesn't answer immediately. he avoids the message... mostly because he's fairly certain it will be Jason telling him he's done with him.

And then he says it has a name. ]

What are you talking about?

@katelin.philips

[covertness]

hi, i'm katelin
fitz (who's a friend of mine from uni) said you cut yourself open to see if you could find an implant
i work in biochem and was hoping i could pick your brain a bit

[ did he cut himself or did he cut someone else? that wasn't entirely clear from how fitz put it. nbd, she's here to say hi and get whatever intel she can ]

[batricide]

I didn't do it to myself.
How would you prefer to discuss this?

[ look its not his fault his brother is an absolute madman ]

@noctis.sky

[fessus]

Did you take a nap this week?

[batricide]

[ Poor Noct truly could not pick a worse week for this. ]

What do you want.

@richard.grayson

[preceded]

[You've been hovering, but now he has an ID and he can leave, and he thinks it's about time they did a bit of bonding, the old fashioned way]

think you got some time for me?

[batricide]

[ He feels giddy every time he reads the name. And then nervous. so nervous. ]

Sure.

@leo.fitz

[retravel]

[ he may be fussy on the network, but — ]

I like the training sessions idea, and it's good of you to offer to teach. People need to be able to defend themselves and more.
That being said, it may be worth other specialists joining you, so a variety of fighting styles can be considered.

[ not everyone will be able to fight in a manner similar to damian, after all. ]

[batricide]

I'm not opposed. I've been trained in Kung-fu, Muy Thai, Krav Maga, Eskrima, Bacom, Vale Tudo, Ninjutsu, LINE, and a few lesser known or less deadly practices. There isn't an Earth weapon I'm unfamiliar with.

[ thanks talia. ]

@cassandra.cain

[cassassin]

[ well, after a particularly unpleasant dream, she's up. and can't sleep. cassandra doesn't quite want to see dick or steph, like this--even though normally they might be her go-to people. her whole body feels like it's numb and buzzing all at once with anxious energy. it's a terrible feeling, and she wants nothing more than to beat a punching bag until it breaks--

cassandra feels her leg bouncing as she sits up, firing off an impulsive message. ]

spar ?

[batricide]

[ He's up. Because he's always up. Sleep doesn't come easy for him - it never has, and he's taught his body to rely on as little as possible. The message blips in front of his eye, obscuring the terrible lifetime movie he's watching in lieu of anything better to do.

He scowls. ]

Why?

@kate.bishop

[fledges]

hey
are you busy?

[batricide]

Not particularly.
Why?

@matches.malone

[reneger]

can i apologize for kicking you out of loki's apartment the other day
that was a me thing
not a your fault thing

[batricide]

[ is this what emotional exhaustion feels like? he's finally just given up and curled up on his bed. ]

It's fine.
I get it.

@kara.lang

[crisised]

where are you?

[ that's it. no explanation, no nothing. just a question a couple days after they talked on her couch. ]

[batricide]

[ suspicious squinting. is she in trouble? is he in trouble? ]

Around.
Is everything alright?

@kara.lang

[crisised]

i have a somewhat random question for you
what's your mother tongue?

Re: @kara.lang

[batricide]

I was raised speaking Arabic and English equally.
Why?

[ and like a dozen other languages. But u know. ]

@katelin.philips

[covertness]

@katelin.philips has mentioned you.

@matches.malone

[reneger]

b's here
not yours
please don't kill him on sight

[batricide]

[ panic.

that's what he feels when he sees the word. ]

How do you know.

action / lmk if this doesn't work.

[retravel]

[ yeah, he does drop everything for this, shoving his blazer in his bag and braving the sweltering subway (wah wah). hafid doesn't seem like the kind of guy who pauses for long, or lets someone into his life but for small windows of opportunity.

as promised, fitz will round the exit of the stop that faces the river and hope to see damian there, stark against the waterline. ]

Hey. [ a calm opener, waiting to see how damian acts. ] Didn't mean to shoot you down at first, so I'm glad you've got time to chat.

[batricide]

[ Damian shoots him a glare.

He didn't expect things to go so sour so fast - but that's what you get when you lead everything with venom and rage. Bruce is here. It was going to happen anyway. They were always going to fall to Bruce's side, that's what they did. Falling into step behind him. They were going to focus on the right and wrong of it and not the immediate threat it posed to everyone.

His arms are crossed tight. Clenching so hard his knuckles are white underneath his gloves. ]

There's nothing else to discuss. I offered the most practical solution and they blew a gasket.

@kara.lang

[crisised]

hey
got a minute?

[batricide]

Are you going to tell me I'm a terrible person too?
Save it.

@stephen.strange

[rehandle]

I doubt you're in the mood for PR suggestions, but there are some people who are less likely to budge the more you fight them.

[ connor. he's talking about connor.

also, hi. ]

[batricide]

[ Oh. It's you. He was expecting someone to go off on him for being a terrible person, this is a pleasant surprise. ]

It's his kind of thinking that made a mess of the justice system.

[ In his world, at least. Trials were a joke. It was a forgone conclusion that every baddie they booked would be out on the streets again in a month. ]

@matches.malone

[reneger]

on my birthday you gave me an iou
i'm cashing it in

[batricide]

[ Fuck.

How long can he go without responding? He's going to test that. ]

@connor.resnik

[cyberlife]

Hafid, are you available?

[batricide]

[ He's stretching himself thin as it is, but. ]

What do you need?

@noctis.sky as promised here i am

[fessus]

Hey.

[batricide]

[ Oh no. ]

What do you want, Sky?

[ Text doesn't convey tone but this is at least not a MEAN what do you want, it's a please don't try to hug me what do you want. ]

delivery.

[retravel]

[ fitz hears about damian on the day it happens, when he reunites with dick at a safehouse. dying is easy, but living through it — well, that's something much harder.

several days later, the katana prototype arrives wherever damian is recovering, meticulously wrapped. scanning the package prompts a pop-up on the implant. ]

For next time.
Get well soon, so we can adjust and upgrade this together.
— Fitz

[batricide]

[ He isn't sure how wise it is to send something like this through courier, but he'd be lying if he wasn't elated to have his hands on a real weapon. Perhaps not the finalized version, but a real weapon. He's back home because home is relative and he can recover better in his own bed than he can in a hospital bed. ]

Good work, Fitz.