Maria Helena Grayson (crossbow_bat) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2012-01-15 18:20:00

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A Lazy Sunday (Open)
It was Sunday and that meant that Maria didn't have to work at Wayne Enterprises and she even had the day off from dancing. She would go out on patrol at night, but while the sun was up she didn't have much to do. Winter had hit Gotham in full force and the temperature was barely into double digits so Maria was in sweats, heavy socks and had her hands wrapped around a mug of hot chocolate.

She was curled up on the couch watching the football game. Her cell was handy just in case something came up.

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	crossbow_bat 2012-01-20 01:51 am UTC (link)
	"Uh huh. I'm not afraid of a few big pussy cats," she shot back. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-01-20 01:55 am UTC (link)
	"Perfect! Then you won't mind me building an army of tigers. After all...over 600 pounds of ferocious tiger doesn't scare you, I'm sure you won't mind me befriending a few more. Now if only I could teach them to fight crime..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-01-20 02:08 am UTC (link)
	"You and an army of tigers," she said. "I'll see it believe it when I see it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-01-20 02:13 am UTC (link)
	"Then prepare to be amazed. All the rogues will cower in fear. From the common thug to the mobster all the way up to the thieves and themed criminals," he smirks. "Maybe if you're nice I'll lend you one." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-01-20 03:27 am UTC (link)
	Maria laughed. "Like I said, I will believe it when I see it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-01-20 03:35 am UTC (link)
	"Well Gotham's a big city and there aren't many of us so...helps cover ground. I'll tell the big boss once they're trained of course. Obviously not before, can't go telling Batman everything, he'd have nothing to do in his spare time." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-01-20 05:22 am UTC (link)
	Maria just laughed. "I'd pay to see his face when you tell him. I can't imagine the look on it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-01-20 05:26 am UTC (link)
	Thomas chuckles, "Oh we both know he disapproves of a lot. Best to keep your secrets best you can and reveal it when you have to. I promise to give you a heads up so you can get a front row seat." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-01-20 06:01 am UTC (link)
	"I will be there with a camera." Maria grinned. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-01-20 06:06 am UTC (link)
	"We should make a day of it. Throw all the weird things we want to see his reaction to at once. You got anything?" Thomas can't help but smile imagining the reactions they'd get. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-01-21 01:01 am UTC (link)
	"The only thing that I can shock him with is my exotic dancing. I don't think I want to drop that bomb unless I have to." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-01-21 01:10 am UTC (link)
	"...He doesn't know about that?" Thomas raises an eyebrow not quite believing that. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-01-21 01:42 am UTC (link)
	"If he does he hasn't reacted to it. Which would be really weird." Maria shrugged. "I have no clue." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-01-21 01:45 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah that would be...and he's not the type to be in denial either. Well, I promise I won't give you away. You keep my secrets I keep yours, seems fair," he shrugs and takes a sip of his hot chocolate. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-01-21 02:06 am UTC (link)
	"Bruce would make a stink or call my parents. My mother would flip out." Maria could take a good guess what Helena's reaction would be. She smiled. "Deal." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-01-21 02:14 am UTC (link)
	"Or find some way to shut the club down the night he finds out. Hell, I wouldn't be too surprised if he suited up as Batman to do it personally." The image of an angry old Batman on the warpath made him snicker imagining the reactions such a scene would get. "Now I just have to keep my secrets from you in the first place I guess," he teases. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-01-21 04:42 pm UTC (link)
	"He probably would," Maria said. "My mother would be worse. I'll learn your secrets. You can count on that." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-01-21 06:39 pm UTC (link)
	"Huh, you make me glad my mother never minded if I bent any rules." If anything she encouraged it. Thomas laughs a little, "Should I be worried about blackmail attempts? Or are you going to try the dissaproving glare method?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-01-21 07:32 pm UTC (link)
	"Mom's pretty tough, but I know she's that way because she worries." "Me? Disapproving glare? Never. I can't be that serious for that long." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-01-21 07:42 pm UTC (link)
	"Seems like we're surrounded by people like that." "Well at least I can count on not getting the glare from you if you ever go digging for things I've done that I shouldn't." He pauses for a moment thinking and then jokes, "Wait...so you're telling me that I need to fill the 'Mr. Tall Dark and Intimidating' role while you be the good cop?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-01-22 12:09 am UTC (link)
	"I think so. They all seem like that type," she agreed. "I don't think anyone would think of you as the tall dark and intimidating type." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-01-22 01:15 am UTC (link)
	"Hey! I can do the tall part just fine, it's the intimidating part that doesn't work. Well, okay it works if they don't see me and I do a Batman imitation while looming in the shadows. But I blame a certain someone who decided on Robin as a codename. Least intimidating thing ever," he growls. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-01-22 01:58 am UTC (link)
	"So change your codename if you don't want to be Robin. It's a new world for you. Take on a new identity." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cantkeepmeout
2012-01-22 02:10 am UTC (link)

"To what?" He tries not to sound annoyed and take his frustrations out on her, it wouldn't be fair. "I've spent my childhood training to be Robin, and then it was supposed to be that when I was older and good enough I'd be Batman. But that's all gone. I'm not going to be Batman, I'm lucky to even be allowed to be Robin." Thomas stops and glances at her apologetically, "Sorry. I shouldn't have said anything. Let's forget about it. Marshmallows?" He offers her the bag.

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	crossbow_bat 2012-01-22 02:14 am UTC (link)
	"To anything you want," she said. "You don't /have/ to be Robin. You can have any codename you want here. No one expects you to be Robin or anything else. Be Nightwing. My father is retired. Be Batman. Bruce is retired. Speak to him about it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)