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.]

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[staystraught]

Well, he's a genius, that has to count for something.

Take pictures, too.

[starspangledavenger]

It probably does, but it doesn't change his delicate feet.

Can do.

[staystraught]

You'd think he'd have the genius to wear better shoes. Or invest in a Pokemon you can ride.

He must be a very specific type of genius. One of the ones who's got such a specific focus that he's can't handle anything else.

[starspangledavenger]

Oh, he had one, he just decided it had to have a saddle before he could.

Well, his genius seems broad- science, weapons, clean energy, technology, artificial intelligence - he just seems to have no social skills and could care less about it. Uses it as his eccentricity.

[usedacrobatics]

As someone who similarly abuses his prerogative for eccentricity, I'm slightly more sympathetic, but not much. Social skills are not the ones you want to sacrifice. I mean, turn them off occasionally, maybe, but not sacrifice.

[starspangledavenger]

Oh, he can schmooze like any businessman, but the second he feels no need to schmooze you, his social inadequacies flare to life. Guess it's more like he chooses to turn them on at times, not turn them off.

[usedacrobatics]

That's not taking advantage of eccentricities. That's taking advantage of the fact that you happen to be a jerk.

I mean, you never know when you'll need to butter someone up a second time, right?

[starspangledavenger]

Yeah, he's a massive jerk, but he's not so bad once he decides you're okay in his book and a good guy when he needs to be.

I think it's more about if he needs to butter them up in the first place at all. Probably could have gotten away with me and my other teammate carrying him longer if he thought to be civil the first time we met him.

[staystraught]

I believe you when you say he's a good guy. Beginning to doubt the genius, because he clearly should have realized the genius move was to butter up everyone in anticipation of needing to be carried.

[starspangledavenger]

[chuckles]

I don't think any level of genius could anticipate him being deprived all his toys and cars and at any point needing to be carried.

[usedacrobatics]

So he's unimaginative, too. But I guess it's in his favor that he's satisfied with life.

[starspangledavenger]

He seems to make life work how he wants, so satisfied is probably an accurate term.

[usedacrobatics]

That makes it sound like conniving is another.

[usedacrobatics]

So he's unimaginative, too. But I guess it's in his favor that he's satisfied with life.