I know. ( raising the whiskey glass to his lips to take a good swig from it.
it's fucking delicious. and definitely a good thing to have on hand right now. )
But just 'cause it sounds stupid doesn't mean it's not at least mildly accurate. Loki was given some coordinates to check out. Supposed to be a gate of sorts there. We're probably gonna go.
I'm going with Loki, y'know. So it won't be alone.
( and loki can kick his ass. he hasn't. but jason's already figured out he's stronger, more dexterous, faster--he'd. have to be really careful to win, but there's really no need to. and if loki can kick his ass, jason knows he can trust him to be a great partner for a mission. )
We're not going for a while. I've got other shit I need to handle here first. ( speaking of. ) Matches Malone might cease to exist in the process, but when we go, if we do--we'll be in contact the whole time.
El. I told 'em I'd get some of the heat off of Morningstar, but I needed a favor to get it done.
( which isn't even close to all of it. )
There're whispers going around the underground that need to be taken care of before they get out of hand, and I've got connections to two of the bigger gangs. So I figure I'll take out a few birds with one stone--get the gangs off Morningstar's back, get a few gangs for myself, use 'em to get the media's attention off Morningstar.
Pulled the same shit in Gotham when I was your age, y'know.
( when he was slightly younger and a lot less angry. )
El hasn't agreed to shit yet. If he does, I'll get the scrambler tech for myself to build it how I want to. I'll get a new ID. And if we're real lucky, it'll give me control over a portion of New Amsterdam's criminal activity and a better way to keep an eye on shit.
And when I was half your age I was running strike teams for Mother and dismantling rival cartels. But we're not in our world, the same rules don't apply.
[ It sounds like a stupid plan.
But what the hell can he say? He can't change Jason's mind. He's yelled at him and corralled him into being less destructive, but there are limits. ]
Just 'cause they're not the same doesn't mean they're not unbeatable.
( he's not that confident. he's fucking depressed, anxious, and wants all this shit to be done with. but jason knows he can handle himself, too. knows that this is his field, this is where he excels. and if el agrees, then he's got a fucking ai who at least thinks he has a mild chance at being successful. so there's that. )
'sides, I got you as backup. How the hell am I gonna fail with that?
It means we're playing by different rules and falling back on old habits will get us killed.
[ He doesn't feel good about any of this. ]
And given how people like doing stupid things without notifying the rest of us [ which they have both done, multiple times ] we're never working with the whole playbook.
Aw, come on. My plan was a classic, D. Don't insult it.
( shut up sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. luckily, he's not relying on just any part of it. )
I'm working on a plan, I'm not running in half cocked. Every piece'll be carefully laid out before I do jack shit. And if it doesn't work out? You'll break me out of prison. Which, going to prison doesn't sound like a half bad plan either. Who knows what kind of shit you can find in there.
( leaning back a bit before he's raising his arm to gesture damian over to the couch. look there's plenty of space right next to him. come sit with good old big bro jay. )
And I've got back up plan after back up plan. I won't let this take me out of the game.
( no, come here. he's even sitting up and holding an arm out. jason wants hugs. )
I'll let you know before I pull anything. Even message you every step and every place I'm at, if it makes you feel better. ( ah, but also. ) But I'm doing this by my rules, not Dick's.
[ he's all hugged out why does no one respect his personal space. but he'll allow it, only because jason has to be dealing with this shit about as well as he is. so. he'll come a little closer. ]
Is this what we're doing now? Playing good cop and bad cop to keep the heat off Morningstar?
No. I'm not doing this for Morningstar. ( jason always has other intentions.
if damian were anyone else from their family, he wouldn't share. )
El has secrets. The AIs must know a shitton more about all of this than we do. El, Cassius. And I'm not going to kiss El's ass or anyone else's. But working towards something we both want, proving I can handle myself and get shit done?
That's gonna go a lot further than just covering us for this one thing.
[ It's the leverage. The ability to use those brownie points in their favor. ]
It leaves a bad taste in my mouth. [ admitting it is... hard. ] I don't have a problem with AIs, I have a problem with weaponized AIs who don't share human morality. Seems like something my Father would do. Is something he'd do. And he'd be just as surprised when it all goes wrong as these idiots were.
It's the countless goddamn bodies. ( how many kids died, when cassius decided to play god? how many innocents were lying on the streets? how many begged for something to come save them right before they passed? )
I don't give a shit what they are, anyone who can watch that many people--regardless of what those people are--suffer and die for no fucking reason's a prick who doesn't deserve to live.
You live too long and you stop seeing humanity as anything other than a parasite. There's...
[ ... ]
That's what Ra's intends to do back in my world. For the sake of the planet he wants to thin the population. [ and he was playing right along with it ] I imagine this is something similar.
( like maybe damian's grandfather is an insane evil mastermind who has lived for forever and a half by dipping himself in evil green sludge but damian's pretty okay usually. )
I won't say shit about Talia, I'd be braindead on a street corner without her. But Ra's? The way he pulls shit? I wouldn't trust him with anything.
The entire world is technology and they're incredibly advanced AI. For all we know, they're listening in on every conversation we're having regardless of where and how it's happening.
Damian. ( brows furrowed, but jason's leaning down to set the glass on the floor. stands himself up after to take a step forward. ) You're not like him. You're better. Given a lot of shit that was happening with you? No sane, rational person's gonna put any of the blame on you.
( ok now that he's cleared that out. )
If they're listening, I don't give a shit. If El wants to use me, then El has to be okay with me using Morningstar, too.
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Date: 2019-07-15 03:45 am (UTC)it's fucking delicious. and definitely a good thing to have on hand right now. )
But just 'cause it sounds stupid doesn't mean it's not at least mildly accurate. Loki was given some coordinates to check out. Supposed to be a gate of sorts there. We're probably gonna go.
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Date: 2019-07-15 04:31 am (UTC)If you're going you shouldn't go alone. I don't need to go get your corpse too.
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Date: 2019-07-15 06:13 am (UTC)( and loki can kick his ass. he hasn't. but jason's already figured out he's stronger, more dexterous, faster--he'd. have to be really careful to win, but there's really no need to. and if loki can kick his ass, jason knows he can trust him to be a great partner for a mission. )
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Date: 2019-07-15 06:20 am (UTC)[ It just sounds like a good way to get killed. ]
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Date: 2019-07-15 06:22 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2019-07-15 06:26 am (UTC)( which isn't even close to all of it. )
There're whispers going around the underground that need to be taken care of before they get out of hand, and I've got connections to two of the bigger gangs. So I figure I'll take out a few birds with one stone--get the gangs off Morningstar's back, get a few gangs for myself, use 'em to get the media's attention off Morningstar.
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Date: 2019-07-15 06:29 am (UTC)You're going to take all that heat onto yourself? What the hell are you going to do if that backfires?
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Date: 2019-07-15 06:32 am (UTC)( when he was slightly younger and a lot less angry. )
El hasn't agreed to shit yet. If he does, I'll get the scrambler tech for myself to build it how I want to. I'll get a new ID. And if we're real lucky, it'll give me control over a portion of New Amsterdam's criminal activity and a better way to keep an eye on shit.
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Date: 2019-07-15 06:35 am (UTC)[ It sounds like a stupid plan.
But what the hell can he say? He can't change Jason's mind. He's yelled at him and corralled him into being less destructive, but there are limits. ]
Just don't be stupid about it.
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Date: 2019-07-15 06:38 am (UTC)( he's not that confident. he's fucking depressed, anxious, and wants all this shit to be done with. but jason knows he can handle himself, too. knows that this is his field, this is where he excels. and if el agrees, then he's got a fucking ai who at least thinks he has a mild chance at being successful. so there's that. )
'sides, I got you as backup. How the hell am I gonna fail with that?
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Date: 2019-07-15 06:40 am (UTC)[ He doesn't feel good about any of this. ]
And given how people like doing stupid things without notifying the rest of us [ which they have both done, multiple times ] we're never working with the whole playbook.
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Date: 2019-07-15 06:46 am (UTC)( shut up sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. luckily, he's not relying on just any part of it. )
I'm working on a plan, I'm not running in half cocked. Every piece'll be carefully laid out before I do jack shit. And if it doesn't work out? You'll break me out of prison. Which, going to prison doesn't sound like a half bad plan either. Who knows what kind of shit you can find in there.
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Date: 2019-07-15 06:48 am (UTC)[ That's one thing this place has taught him. ]
Maeda nearly killed me and nearly killed you. I'm just - [ ... ] asking you to be careful.
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Date: 2019-07-15 06:49 am (UTC)( leaning back a bit before he's raising his arm to gesture damian over to the couch. look there's plenty of space right next to him. come sit with good old big bro jay. )
And I've got back up plan after back up plan. I won't let this take me out of the game.
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Date: 2019-07-15 06:54 am (UTC)Just don't blindside me with some idiocy.
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Date: 2019-07-15 06:57 am (UTC)I'll let you know before I pull anything. Even message you every step and every place I'm at, if it makes you feel better. ( ah, but also. ) But I'm doing this by my rules, not Dick's.
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Date: 2019-07-15 07:02 am (UTC)Is this what we're doing now? Playing good cop and bad cop to keep the heat off Morningstar?
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Date: 2019-07-15 07:05 am (UTC)if damian were anyone else from their family, he wouldn't share. )
El has secrets. The AIs must know a shitton more about all of this than we do. El, Cassius. And I'm not going to kiss El's ass or anyone else's. But working towards something we both want, proving I can handle myself and get shit done?
That's gonna go a lot further than just covering us for this one thing.
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Date: 2019-07-15 07:11 am (UTC)[ It's the leverage. The ability to use those brownie points in their favor. ]
It leaves a bad taste in my mouth. [ admitting it is... hard. ] I don't have a problem with AIs, I have a problem with weaponized AIs who don't share human morality. Seems like something my Father would do. Is something he'd do. And he'd be just as surprised when it all goes wrong as these idiots were.
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Date: 2019-07-15 07:12 am (UTC)I don't give a shit what they are, anyone who can watch that many people--regardless of what those people are--suffer and die for no fucking reason's a prick who doesn't deserve to live.
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Date: 2019-07-15 07:16 am (UTC)You live too long and you stop seeing humanity as anything other than a parasite. There's...
[ ... ]
That's what Ra's intends to do back in my world. For the sake of the planet he wants to thin the population. [ and he was playing right along with it ] I imagine this is something similar.
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Date: 2019-07-15 07:20 am (UTC)( like maybe damian's grandfather is an insane evil mastermind who has lived for forever and a half by dipping himself in evil green sludge but damian's pretty okay usually. )
I won't say shit about Talia, I'd be braindead on a street corner without her. But Ra's? The way he pulls shit? I wouldn't trust him with anything.
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Date: 2019-07-15 07:22 am (UTC)[ the usually is important here. ]
The entire world is technology and they're incredibly advanced AI. For all we know, they're listening in on every conversation we're having regardless of where and how it's happening.
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Date: 2019-07-15 07:25 am (UTC)( ok now that he's cleared that out. )
If they're listening, I don't give a shit. If El wants to use me, then El has to be okay with me using Morningstar, too.
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