Thomas Kyle (cantkeepmeout) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2012-03-24 18:07:00

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Stir-crazy at the Manor
It's been a few days stuck mostly in his room and Thomas feels like he's going to go crazy.

So far he'd manage to avoid questions about how he'd managed to get that badly injured (he hated to admit to any kind of failure) and more awkwardly, how he'd managed to come home the next day all stitched up. And far better than he could have done. But the too-much-pain excuse to avoid questions wasn't going to fly much longer.

Still, he's so used to going out almost every night to fight crime that being confined to a bed both by certain people and by his own injuries was getting to be too much. What was he supposed to do? Just lie there? No, screw what Alt-Dad might say or glare. This was too much.

Carefully limping down the stairs, he starts making his way towards the living room. At least he'd get the giant TV to entertain him.

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	cantkeepmeout 2012-03-27 01:21 am UTC (link)
	He frowns, thinking that if Bruce found out about Maria's job he could easily find out about how he's been bending the rules and letting a thief get away from day one. At least there would be no calling of his parents. "We need to get him a hobby to keep him from pursuing this one. Because finding out secrets is really what he's pursuing in old age." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-03-27 01:22 am UTC (link)
	"We could get him a hooker for the weekend," she suggested in jest. "He needs a girlfriend." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-03-27 01:33 am UTC (link)
	"I did not need that mental image," he cringes. "Besides, the former billionaire playboy should not need help with women." He grins playfully, "We could always send him on those matchmaking cruises..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-03-27 01:34 am UTC (link)
	Maria laughed and pulled out her phone. She spent a few minutes doing something on it and when she was done she grinned at Thomas. "Done! He sails in two weeks." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-03-27 01:38 am UTC (link)
	"Yes!" He high fives her. "We need to get his reaction to this recorded." Then a slow mischievous smirk forms, "We'll be free from glares and disapproval for the whole cruise...oh man this will be fun!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-03-27 01:45 am UTC (link)
	She returned the high five. "You do realize that he probably won't go, right?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-03-27 01:47 am UTC (link)
	"Don't ruin the imprisoned's fantasies," he shoots back. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-03-27 01:52 am UTC (link)
	Maria chuckled. "Here's hoping he goes. We could have a really wild party here if he goes." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-03-27 01:56 am UTC (link)
	"It's a manor, it's made for big parties," he laughs. "Not that he'd believe either of us would behave while he's gone..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-03-28 12:03 am UTC (link)
	"You he might," she said. "Me? No chance in Hell. I would bet money that if by chance he did go, he'd call someone to stay here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-03-28 12:05 am UTC (link)
	"We get babysitters at our age?" He laughs, "Wonder who he'd send to handle us?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-03-28 12:18 am UTC (link)
	"My dad," she said. "My mom would encourage us." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-03-28 12:21 am UTC (link)
	"Dick? Heh, that'll be interesting. Although I say we just wreck havoc off the grounds in that case." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-03-28 01:06 am UTC (link)
	"So normal modus operandi?" Maria asked with a wide grin. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-03-28 01:09 am UTC (link)
	"But why should we make things easy for him?" Thomas has a particularly mischievous grin. "You're only in trouble if you get caught." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-03-28 02:20 am UTC (link)
	"There's hope for you yet, young padawan," Maria teased. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-03-28 02:24 am UTC (link)
	"Thief blood, lady. It's all about if you get caught or not," he winks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-03-29 06:05 am UTC (link)
	Maria laughed. "Just don't let Bruce hear you say that." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-03-29 02:47 pm UTC (link)
	"Please, if he was really that serious about it, my existence would be far more weird. He breaks rules too," Thomas rolls his eyes. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-03-31 01:03 am UTC (link)
	"Yes, but you know Bruce is a 'Do as I say not as I do' person." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-03-31 01:31 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, I've gotten enough of those speeches from our very own hypocritical old man. It's hard to take them seriously sometimes." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-03-31 02:00 am UTC (link)
	"I know. I have some of them memorized. I cut him off and recite the rest of the speech to him. Oh boy the glares I get for that." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-03-31 02:11 am UTC (link)
	"I remember the first time I did that. I think that was the glare that even the biggest heroes cave. Man is he good at that," Thomas chuckles. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crossbow_bat 2012-03-31 02:17 am UTC (link)
	Maria chuckled as well. "Oh I know. The look on his face for a split second was priceless then the glare came. I took a picture." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)