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usedacrobatics) wrote2013-03-19 09:31 pm
usedacrobatics) wrote2013-03-19 09:31 pm
ROBIN √ 001 √ 3-19-13
[The gear snaps on after falling out of the bag. Heard in the background is the sound of a Pokeball releasing its occupant, and wings flapping. The Pokemon, a Taillow, nudges the Pokegear towards the edge of—yes, it’s a roof. The bag was tossed up on to the roof of Mom’s house, the gear and Pokeball were jostled by the impact, and they are now both looking over the edge at a boy dressed in a red and black bodysuit, with a yellow and black cape. He’s climbing out of the bedroom window. The Taillow focuses the camera on the “R” logo on the kid’s chest. It looks important!]
Ooookay. Definitely not in Kansas anymore. Kansas would be so good right about now.
[He edges a little further out, seating himself on the windowsill, back towards the outside, and sizing up the roof. He catches sight of the bird holding the camera and grins, the eye lenses of his domino mask widening to reflect slight surprise. He doesn’t realize that it’s recording yet.]
Me not being in Kansas anymore must make you Toto, huh? Or Dinah. Birds holding cameras seem a bit more Wonderland than Oz, but I’m not the expert. So long as you’re not Cheshire, I think we can work with it, though.
[He looks back up at the roof, still grinning. He grips the edge with both hands, and pulls himself up with a grunt, and mutters:]
Since when does this require effort?
[Another grunt of exertion, and Robin forces his body upwards into a handstand, trying to balance on the edge of a sloped roof, before turning a quick tumble into a crouch.
It… doesn’t work that way. His legs are wobbling slightly, and when he tries to swing into the tumble, his balance shifts and he topples over with a brief yell of shock.
In the opposite direction.
Off the roof.
Shocked yell out of the way, Robin begins trying to grip something, anything on the wall while the Taillow squawks in distress and drops the camera. The Pokegear rights itself on the ground just in time to see the bird grasp the Boy Wonder’s cape.
It slows his descent, but the weight is too much for a small, level 5 Taillow and the two crash into the ground, Robin groaning as his knees absorb the impact. He gives the bird a pained, but grateful look.]
Well, you have Superman’s color scheme down. We can work on the rescuing thing.
[He flops over, lying on his side. Taillow uses his wings to shade his eyes from the sun, and Robin gently strokes the bird’s breast. Annoyed:]
I cannot believe I just fell off a roof. Nobody saw that, right? I just fell off a roof.
Batman would kill me if he knew I actually fell off a roof. I mean, there goes my reputation. Say nothing of the mystique. A roof. Not even a big roof. It’s only two stories—and—
[He notices the Pokegear Taillow dropped. It’s lit up.]
Why is that thing—
[Click!]
Ooookay. Definitely not in Kansas anymore. Kansas would be so good right about now.
[He edges a little further out, seating himself on the windowsill, back towards the outside, and sizing up the roof. He catches sight of the bird holding the camera and grins, the eye lenses of his domino mask widening to reflect slight surprise. He doesn’t realize that it’s recording yet.]
Me not being in Kansas anymore must make you Toto, huh? Or Dinah. Birds holding cameras seem a bit more Wonderland than Oz, but I’m not the expert. So long as you’re not Cheshire, I think we can work with it, though.
[He looks back up at the roof, still grinning. He grips the edge with both hands, and pulls himself up with a grunt, and mutters:]
Since when does this require effort?
[Another grunt of exertion, and Robin forces his body upwards into a handstand, trying to balance on the edge of a sloped roof, before turning a quick tumble into a crouch.
It… doesn’t work that way. His legs are wobbling slightly, and when he tries to swing into the tumble, his balance shifts and he topples over with a brief yell of shock.
In the opposite direction.
Off the roof.
Shocked yell out of the way, Robin begins trying to grip something, anything on the wall while the Taillow squawks in distress and drops the camera. The Pokegear rights itself on the ground just in time to see the bird grasp the Boy Wonder’s cape.
It slows his descent, but the weight is too much for a small, level 5 Taillow and the two crash into the ground, Robin groaning as his knees absorb the impact. He gives the bird a pained, but grateful look.]
Well, you have Superman’s color scheme down. We can work on the rescuing thing.
[He flops over, lying on his side. Taillow uses his wings to shade his eyes from the sun, and Robin gently strokes the bird’s breast. Annoyed:]
I cannot believe I just fell off a roof. Nobody saw that, right? I just fell off a roof.
Batman would kill me if he knew I actually fell off a roof. I mean, there goes my reputation. Say nothing of the mystique. A roof. Not even a big roof. It’s only two stories—and—
[He notices the Pokegear Taillow dropped. It’s lit up.]
Why is that thing—
[Click!]
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No, no Internet here. A network of sorts that all the gears connect to, send information and images and such, kind of like those smart phone things but without Internet?
[shrugs, because he's only recalling what people told him about smart phones and how they function]
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[He nods at that.]
Are just turned loose on the world, now? Some kind of social experiment set-up?
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That would probably explain it. They're not as competent where I come from.
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When something has hands.
[He glances at his Taillow, who does not have hands.]
Is there a trick for making this place make sense in your head?
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For me, it was to stop questioning. Made everything easier to just accept it as it is on first glance. I mean, before winding up here, life got really bizarre, so I've just learned to go with it.
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I guess I could be like you and just remind myself of how weird my life is. I mean, I'm wearing a mask and a cape.
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It might be a goal of mine.
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What keeps you away from the pursuit?
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I could use a vacation somewhere I won't get attacked by Nazis or aliens.
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And hey, here, you have fire-breathing and ice-breathing and water-breathing monsters to fight them for you.
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Spot on, they'll never see it coming.
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[About... Five. Six if you count SB, but he's a clone, created on Earth.]
Especially if you catch him while his levels are down!