Dick Grayson 002 Ⓡ video

[usedacrobatics]

[The Pokegear snaps on, and Dick, in a nice waiter's shirt, slumps down against a wall and sighs.]

So this is, uh, ridiculously embarrassing.

[His hair's slicked back, too, and he's loosening a little bow tie with his other hand. Tugging at it with a little more force than strictly necessary.]

Exactly, um. Does anyone have any tips for how to... like, not go broke? How do people keep track of money? How do you not run out?

I plead lack of maturity, lack of understanding of the value of a... whatever the unit of currency is here, I don't even know.

And yeah, okay, if you all want a good laugh at my expense, my foster father is a billionaire, both through inheritance and being the CEO of a worldwide corporation. Go ahead, I've heard all the rich kid jokes and I don't really care, I'd just be grateful, in return, for a little--

[There's a voice yelling in the distance, something about not being paid to take breaks; Dick jumps up and shuts off the feed immediately. He does have a work ethic, okay, he was a circus performer until he was nine, but that money was all put in the bank.]

Comments

[heartdive]

Uh... Well.

[ rubs his neck with a little laugh. ]

This is the longest I've been anywhere for like what... Two years?

[usedacrobatics]

So, to correct myself: this is a fairly torturous development that makes you feel claustrophobic and trapped?

[heartdive]

No. It's just different. When I need to go back I will. This is kinda like... Um.

Vacation?

[usedacrobatics]

Haha. It's a little too stressful to be like that for me. But soon, maybe. Once my levels are higher and I'm safe in the black.

[heartdive]

Safe in the black?

[staystraught]

You know, like in accounting. When you have money and all your expenses are paid, you record it in a ledger in black ink.

If you're in debt or you owe money, you record it in red ink as a warning that you're in trouble.

[heartdive]

Ahahaha... I've never heard of that before.

[staystraught]

Keeping accounts or the color coding?

I think red's dire because it's the color of blood. You see it, you know there's a problem.

[heartdive]

Keeping accounts. That stuff's just way over my head.

[staystraught]

I mostly know it from word problems in my math book. And stuff my foster dad mutters.

I have no firsthand experience.

[heartdive]

...He must be one of those super smart guys.

[usedacrobatics]

[...Massaging his temple. Slight exasperation.]

Try 'certified genius.' You know how hard it is to be 'above average' when you're surrounded by genii?