Ezra Durlin (brotherkept) wrote,
@ 2011-08-09 14:27:00

The Great Ideas of Ezra Durlin
The Dads were out -- Savant had been shocked to discover that he hadn't taken his partner to dinner alone in eight months. They were on their own. Not that this was ever a problem. Ezra had been good and taken his meds and everything. Ezra was typing at his computer when suddenly he closed it, left his seat, and slipped into a handstand near his brother. "I have an idea!"

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	brotherkeeper 2011-08-09 05:02 pm UTC (link)
	Evan slowly turned to his brother, not at all fazed by his antics. Still, he felt a familiar twitch he got in his eye every time his brother said those words. "Do I really want to know, Ez?" (Reply to this)(Thread)

	brotherkept 2011-08-09 05:03 pm UTC (link)
	"Evan, we are far too old, far too talented, and far, far too pretty not to be superheroes by now." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brotherkeeper 2011-08-09 05:04 pm UTC (link)
	"Okay, first off, guys are not pretty. Second, why would you want to be a superhero? You know what they all think of our dads. What'd make us any different," Evan notes. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brotherkept 2011-08-09 05:12 pm UTC (link)
	"Fine. We are far too handsome to be seventeen and sitting around the house instead of glamorously strutting about beating up supervillains. And we have an advantage that dads didn't: years of information about what pisses superheroes off! We just avoid those specific things and it'll all be awesome." Ezra flips rightside up. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brotherkeeper 2011-08-09 05:16 pm UTC (link)
	"I do not strut, now or ever, thank you very much. And somehow I doubt being a superhero is as glamorous as it's portrayed in the media." Evan sighs as he looks at Ezra. "What brought this on, anyway?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brotherkept 2011-08-09 05:21 pm UTC (link)
	"Um, I was leaving a note in Dinah Kord's system again." Sending the girl an e-mail was for lesser guys. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brotherkeeper 2011-08-09 05:25 pm UTC (link)
	Evan rubs his head. He loved his brother dearly, but sometimes... "And just what kind of note was this?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brotherkept 2011-08-09 05:28 pm UTC (link)
	"Just 'Hello, Dinah. How are you? Seems like you're the Blue Beetle now. Don't worry; I won't tell or blackmail you or anything. Hope the family's well. Ezra.' That's all." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brotherkeeper 2011-08-09 05:38 pm UTC (link)
	Evan manages to stop his head from hitting the desk. "Ez, we're not exactly that close to them. Don't you think Dinah may believe it to be a little weird for to randomingly hack a message to her?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brotherkept 2011-08-09 05:41 pm UTC (link)
	"It's good to keep in better touch! I think she'll accept the challenge and leave me a note in response." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brotherkeeper 2011-08-09 05:43 pm UTC (link)
	"Maybe, let's just hope it isn't a restraining order." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brotherkept 2011-08-09 05:46 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, come on. Nothing to worry about. I'm not trying anything. I know about her boyfriend; heck, I know his shoe size, his ridiculous sunglasses, his best track time... Anyway, my point is, she's intelligent enough to differentiate friendly correspondence from stalking!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brotherkeeper 2011-08-09 05:50 pm UTC (link)
	"Well I guess that's tru..wait. Why the hell do you know about her boyfriend, not to mention his stats? Please tell me you're not sizing him up as a potential rival. That would not be a good way ingratiate ourselves with the hero community. I mean if we went with this idea, which I'm still not convinced is a good one." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brotherkept 2011-08-09 05:54 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm not going to try anything! A guy can't take an interest in his potential associates? And we really should go with it. It's Gotham. Not like there's ever a severe shortage of crime to fight." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brotherkeeper 2011-08-09 05:57 pm UTC (link)
	"Well you're right about Gotham, though the heroes here tend to be a territorial bunch," Evan replies. He sighs a bit. "Okay, before we go any further, promise me you're not going to start cyberstalking Dinah or some other unwelcome activity. We cannot afford to piss her off. I mean you know what kind of connections she has." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brotherkept 2011-08-09 05:59 pm UTC (link)
	"Okay. Not another word to Dinah until I get a reply. Promise." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brotherkeeper 2011-08-09 06:00 pm UTC (link)
	He pauses for a moment. "Okay Ez, I trust you. So lay this idea out for me, I'll listen." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

brotherkept
2011-08-09 06:13 pm UTC (link)

"Okay, no sign of any Calculator activity, or we'd just have to," Ezra begins, as he walks over to get his laptop again. It hadn't happened often since the twins became part of the family, but they could still hear it occasionally, when Savant woke screaming.

"So instead, here's the plan," he says as he sits down beside Evan with his laptop and brings up a map. "I've read through enough police reports, and in this four-block area, there's been a downturn in succesful apprehensions by capes or police. If we make our initial stand there, we're not intruding on anyone's turf, and we're clearly contributing. Once we've cleaned the place up, between fists and some non-lethal rounds for your guns, the heroes will be impressed with our skills, and the dads'll be proud that we're doing something practical with our time."

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	brotherkeeper 2011-08-09 06:18 pm UTC (link)
	It sounded sound enough. Though he was less than convinced that any heroes in the area would welcome them with open arms. "Is there a reason why this particular area isn't patrolled much by anybody?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brotherkept 2011-08-09 06:20 pm UTC (link)
	"Beats me. I just figured it out with statistics." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brotherkeeper 2011-08-09 06:31 pm UTC (link)
	"And that, Ez, is why we'd need good old fashioned surveillance. Tell you what. We go there, inconspicuous, take a look for ourselves. And if it really is as crime-ridden as your stats tell you..then we can give this a shot. Deal?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	brotherkept 2011-08-09 06:32 pm UTC (link)
	Ezra considers. "Okay. Plan." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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