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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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like Cap one to talk about that, really]That would explain... a lot.
[Robin's rather truly miffed by this development.]
You mean, this place takes away super powers. And not just super powers, but it's dampened my natural abilities?
[Natural abilities that he'd spent his entire thirteen years perfecting. Yeah, miffed.]
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[yeah well... He is a comic book character in his own canon so that wouldn't seem too weird actually]Well, if the roof thing just now is anything to go by, then it seems so.
[isn't sure how much of his own abilities being weakened is because of the serum or because of being highly trained, but is weaker all the same]
It's a hell of a thing to get used to.
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Tell me about it. I jump between rooftops and scale buildings for fun.
[And work.]
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What are you? World-class weight lifter?
[Since he'd also mentioned a power reduction...]
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[decides not to elaborate]
The name's Steve. What's yours, kid?
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You can call me Robin.
[He was seriously considering ditching the costume, figuring the superhero get up would make him a target, and not wanting to deal with that if he wouldn't be able to fight anyone off. Even so, no use connecting his superhero identity to his civilian identity this early in the game.]
Good of you to check in on gravitationally-challenged teenagers. D'you make a habit of it?
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[chuckles]
I seem to have extensive experience waking up in a new place or time lately, so I figure if I can make this whole situation easier on a gravitationally-challenged teenager, I might as well. So, if you have any questions, fire away.
Though, since you are gravity-challenged, my first bit of advice: don't try climbing the ledges, you won't be able to, so don't bother.
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[Is that a challenge? Because it has been quietly accepted.]
New places and times... People keep saying "Pokemon" to me, which is this video game that came out when I was little. I'm guessing you can't tell me how accurate this place is to the game?
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[quirks up an eyebrow]
Son, I'm from the forties. But, people have mentioned it being a video game or something, so that's the best I can say.
[still a little lost on how this is a video game, but not going to question it too hard]
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[The War is probably the handiest reference point for when in the '40s, but maybe not everyone likes to talk about that, so he doesn't.]
So you may or may not know what a computer is.
It sounds like a video game. I couldn't find the music coming from the... Pokegear, or whatever.
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[sighs, used to people assuming he doesn't get modern technology, which he's still lost on the useless technology, but photographic memory makes it easy to learn useful technology, but doesn't take it personally, this kid doesn't know him enough to know that]
Actually, I do know what a computer is and the internet, as well as how to use all of them.
Oh, hope you like the music, because it never turns off.
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[Internet, too, huh? Wasn't that invented in the '80s?]
They have Internet here? Video phones are pretty new.
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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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