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[reneger]

Metropolis is fine.

( which probably says a lot to damian, actually. jason shifts, moves his boots up onto the booth to the side of damian's leg and slouches over a bit more. gets comfortable. )

It has it's villains of the week, but it has good ol' Supes and his son pulling all the kittens out of trees and puppies out of the rivers.

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[ It's a good thing he didn't opt for a drink... but he thinks he might need one when all is said and done. He sits rigid.

Superman has a son? One old enough to be powered and rescuing people? And Jason knows him to be younger -- the divergences go back further, clearly, but... ]

Then we'll start there. The Joker dropped a bomb on mine and killed Superman's wife and unborn child.

[reneger]

( oh. yeah. he can see how that could cause some commotion. superman isn't fragile, he doubts even that would break the big guy down--but it'd be enough to hurt him severely. )

Jonathan. He's ten. You recruited him a bit back--you're still thirteen when I'm from--and roam the streets together on occasion. You've got your own Teen Titans too.

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[ He has the Teen Titans? Tim would be rolling in his fucking grave. But sharing facts like this will make it easier to talk about. Like playing cards. ]

Red Robin and his Titans died in the aftermath of the explosion. They were heading into town for some inane reason or another when the bomb dropped. Cyborg and Raven survived by virtue of being on the Watchtower at the time.

[reneger]

Cy's on the Justice League, not the Titans. Kori's fine, ( with a brief, brief pause. ) She was with me for a bit, her and Roy. Arsenal. Tim's alive. We thought he was dead for a bit, turns out Supes' mutated father kidnapped him for a bit. And then there was Batman Tim, who came 'round trying to kill Jon for supposedly-- ( that's a long story. maybe not relevant. )

Timmers is fine. The Titans are still around. Dick's alive and kicking. You're alive. B picked up Duke a bit ago. Babs is fine. So's Kate, even if she got on B's shitlist again. Cass's is alright.

( did he miss anyone? when did the list get so long. )

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[ He ticks it off on his fingers. ]

Harper's off my radar. I have no idea who Duke is. Nor Cass. Batwoman is dead. So is Montoya. Huntress. [ He doesn't sound particularly - well, empathetic to those deaths. ] Batgirl is alive.

[ He actually has to think. ]

Green Arrow is dead. Jessie Quick is dead. All of the Green Lanterns of Earth, save for Hal, are all dead. Hawkman. Luthor died. Shazam.. [ He's run out of fingers. But he pauses. Uncomfortable. ] And Grayson.

[ He moves on quickly, though. ]

You did die. The Joker took you out. Mother must have dug you up and revived you for some morbid reason. I only found out recently. Mother is fine. Ra's is fine. Animal Man and Vixen are both fine. [ .... ] And I'm not certain of Athanasia.

[reneger]

She didn't dig me up.

( maybe this bit's good to clear out at least. a little. maybe. god he hates talking about this. the crowbar jokes are fine but the actual bit after? hurts to remember. )

I died. Was, y'know. ( hand raising up and fingers curling in, gesturing like he's swinging the bar himself. ) Everyone knows that by now. Anyway. Woke up a bit later inside my grave, but most've this is pretty hazy. Had to dig myself out, destroyed most my fingers in the process. My head wasn't on right, I spent a shitton of time on the streets. Talia found me, dunked me into the Pit, threw me out her house and hoped good ol' grandpa wouldn't find me. Guess he was pissed about the whole thing.

( that's that. ) Harper went to college, last I heard. Duke's the newest orphan to join B's collection. He's alright. Cass was before--Shiva and David Cain's kid. Had a rough childhood, is functioning about as well as expected.

We've got two Wally's running around, one Barry, Hal's fine, Rayner's still running, Baz and Cruz were fine last I checked, as was Gardner. ( god why do they know so many people. ) No idea who Jessie Quick is. Haven't seen Hawkman in a while. Shazam's fine, left the League though.

Dick was Bats for a bit. He's back to Bludhaven. Tim said he was going off to college. B and Catwoman almost got married, but that went to shit.

( wait, actually. )

Who the hell is Athanasia?

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[ There's a nasty laugh at that second last bit. Of COURSE they did. ] Let me guess: she took off on him the second it got 'boring'.

[ Because that's the kind of person she is, as far as he's concerned. ]

My sister. [ which, honestly, if jason wasn't around the league he wouldn't know. ] She's sixteen. Mother only saw fit to tell me she existed when she came to liberate me from Father's grasp.

[reneger]

I don't know the story, I was busy dealing with my own crap.

( definitely. not the time for that either. getting into jason's mess of bullshit is only going to make everything worse. the sister bit as him nudging his own drink over, offering it to damian. )

Sounds about right for Talia.

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[ He looks at it. Considers. Then shrugs, takes the drink, and takes a long swig. ]

She's an okay kid. I think she's already been in the Pit a few times... Sometimes she's not quite right. One of Father's idiotic new League members blew up the sanctuary and she got hit in the crossfire.

[reneger]

( you're welcome, his favorite tiny asshole. hope you enjoy that whisky. )

I took one dunk in that pond and it took me years to sort my head out again.( he can't imagine numerous trips down that green sludge at that age. jesus. poor kid. ) She look like you?

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[ It tastes like ass and he's doing everything he can not to react. He pushes the glass back over. ]

I guess.

[reneger]

I'll keep an eye out.

( with fingers wrapping back around his glass and finishing off what damian left because clearly damian's a baby. )

Wouldn't want Damian Junior causing havoc everywhere.

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She's fine so long as Father doesn't factor into it.

[ Anyway. About that. ]

He disowned me when I was thirteen after an accident. Superman took me in.

[reneger]

( at least jason is able to keep the bewilderment out of his expression and shift right into stupid ass jokes. he can't even--think of something damian could have done that would cause that back home. hell, bruce would do anything to protect damian. )

He's disowned me more times than I can count in the last--what, six years? Five?

( that doesn't help. )

Before the men in the shit outfits shoved us out of those vans, last thing I remember was him kicking the crap out of me and saying "No more Red Hood." Welcome to the club?

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That's a completely asinine name, but at least you're not dressing up as Batman but with guns again.

[ But. The absolute bastard. You'd think he'd treat his dead kid with a little more care. His face clouds over, rage settling across his face. ]

He had me in lockup for a year. Mostly in solitary. Not the first time he pulled that stunt, either.

[reneger]

I had my stint in the batcostume, realized it wasn't the life for me.

( stabbed tim a few times and shit too but you know. they all go through their phases. )

Put me in Arkham for a bit, ( not lessening the blow of being locked up, but. trying to give damian enough for the message of i get you to pass. ) He's not gonna pull that shit again.

( because jason may have not fought back much when it was for his own faults, but he'd be damn sure to give bruce every ounce he's got to protect damian. )

We're family, right? I've got your six.

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We're family.

[ He wouldn't have admitted that at thirteen. Never. Being the blood son had been all that mattered. He could say something back - like, i'm not going to bury another brother. But really we're family says it all. ]

There's one more thing we should address.

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( something shifted in damian. the tiny child he knows wouldn't have admitted that just like--this. maybe if the situation called for it, but not. in a shady ass bar, discussing bullshit.

hell, jason wouldn't usually either. )

I'm all ears, little D.

( better to be open than to start asking him shit now, right. )

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It's only a matter of time before we get our hands dirty and start up the family business again. [ It's fact. Because they can't help themselves. You get a taste of being good and you choke for more. ] My father's methods are flawed. I've seen first hand what happens when you give unrepentant sickos and monsters an endless string of second chances.

[ Death on a massive scale. Far more human suffering than needs to ever occur. ]

If you still follow his philosophy -- fine. Don't expect me to, and don't get in my way. Some people deserve to die.

[reneger]

I stuff heads into duffel bags and toss them to their gangster bosses.

( like a: what the fuck, damian wayne. and b: why would jason even be concerned about murders in the slightest. does he want damian doing that shit? no. that's his thing. but. he agrees: some people just need to die. )

Don't worry 'bout me.

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Good.

[ Because he'd hate to have to add Jason to his shitlist of people who let their morality and ideology sit about human lives. ]

[reneger]

But I'd rather you leave the finishing part to me.

( leave all the blood on his hands rather than it being on damian's. )

Not gonna fight you on it, but. If one of us goes down, I'd rather it be me. You're the brains here. I can handle lockup.

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I was raised by the League of Assassins, you were at least trained by them. We're not going to be jailed unless you have the subtlety of a rampaging elephant and have forgot how to dispose of a body in a pinch.

[ And also that's dumb. everyone knows the last hitter gets all the exp, jason, you fucking kill stealing asshole. ]

[reneger]

We don't know how this place operates. How deep their surveillance goes.

( look sometimes you just need to collect all the coin for extra items? he needs them. )

Until we figure that shit out--if you need someone dead? Really prefer it if you leave it to me.