Sam Weaver (angryarcher) wrote,
@ 2012-06-13 14:30:00

Night Driving- Thomas
Chasing down a lead on a drug ring had brought Sam to Gotham where he had run into Thomas again. After busting up the ring there the ringleader had already left and was headed Hub City. At least that's what they guy thy had scared into telling him had said. So they headed out to try and catch him.

Sam let Thomas do the driving since he still hadn't learned to drive himself. After several hours of late night driving they were both starting to feel pretty tired.

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	angryarcher 2012-06-14 05:59 pm UTC (link)
	"What you live in the middle of a city driving isn't really that important of a skill to learn. Plus that car is a screaming arrow death trap." "Old GA is cool. But I'm more of a fan of the new one." He made a face at one of the cars as they passed it. Honestly who goes that slow on a highway this late at night. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cantkeepmeout
2012-06-14 06:03 pm UTC (link)

"Hey, if it's a big enough city and you need to be somewhere fast...it's useful. Not to mention using it as a weapon in fights. Seriously, having that car drive into something has been a life saver before. Although you should really update that death trap anyway."

Thomas rolls his eyes at the snail-paced car. Really, it wasn't like there was police around, why go that slow? Speed limits were suggestions. "The new one seems more reasonable," he agrees.

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	angryarcher 2012-06-14 08:06 pm UTC (link)
	"I guess but it's just never come up as an issue before," Sam says with a shrug. "I'll leave that up to the old GA if he wants to do that. "Trust me you have no idea," Sam says, "The man's a fricking saint." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-14 11:14 pm UTC (link)
	"Nobody's a saint," he frowns, clearly thinking Sam was exaggerating. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angryarcher 2012-06-15 02:31 pm UTC (link)
	"Well I guess you are right about that but he's pretty darn close. And he certainly has the patience of one," Sam says. After all Connor was Buddhist. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-15 08:25 pm UTC (link)
	"So does that mean he takes screw ups better?" Batman could be patient, very patient, but it didn't mean he had patience for everything. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angryarcher 2012-06-16 12:26 am UTC (link)
	"Let's just say I was more than a bit of a handful growing up," Sam says. The stories Connor could tell about him when he was still in middle school. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-16 01:25 am UTC (link)
	"How bad?" It sounded like it'd be something interesting to keep him awake. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angryarcher 2012-06-16 01:32 am UTC (link)
	"Really bad," Sam says. He definitely had some troubles with school. "I ended up getting into five fights in one day of school and that was only before I got kicked out of school by second period." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-16 01:42 am UTC (link)
	"What did they do to set you off five times in one day?" Okay, well it wasn't like he'd never gotten in a fight at school, even thought Dad had very strict rules about it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angryarcher 2012-06-16 01:47 am UTC (link)
	"Honestly I don't even remember," Sam says with a small laugh, "I think I just woke up on the wrong side of the bed that day." Connor handled it pretty well and had decided to try some tai chi to see if that would work through some of the aggression. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-16 01:49 am UTC (link)
	Thomas shrugs, "Only time I've ever gotten in fights at school was about some guy making a shot about my mom. Granted, Batman didn't care and let's just say his rules about fighting in secret IDs are strict." "...So I take it you won?" Because that did matter. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angryarcher 2012-06-16 01:52 am UTC (link)
	"Yep," Sam says, "I was quite the scrappy freshman." "What kinds of shots did guys make about your mom," Sam asked curiously. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cantkeepmeout
2012-06-16 02:03 am UTC (link)

"Trained by Green Arrow has to count for a little." Although he was of the opinion that it didn't count for nearly as much as trained by the Batman.

"...Stuff. Wasn't true but when people don't know anything about the situation they say that stuff. I broke his nose for it. Let's just say that set the rest of them straight too. Or at least left an impression." He knew what people thought when any woman was with the billionaire Bruce Wayne, and that was compounded when there was a kid involved. But they knew nothing about Batman or the fact that his mother had more than enough money of her own. People made the mistake about saying that stuff around him only once. He found ways to make sure the second time never happened without breaking noses. Bat glaring practice had many applications.

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	angryarcher 2012-06-16 02:09 am UTC (link)
	"Oh it does but back then I was still getting training and was mostly using stuff I had learned on the street," Sam says. Martial Arts was Connor's idea of anger management. "I completely understand that," Sam says, "Had some family troubles of my own back home." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cantkeepmeout
2012-06-16 02:16 am UTC (link)

"Street fighting has its uses, we mix it with the martial arts because let's be honest, thugs don't fight fair." And martial arts, as Dad would stress, was about control. Had to be in control of yourself. Which didn't leave much room for anger.

"Nothing bad I hope," he says while doing a turn that clearly wasn't meant to usually be done at the speeds they were going.

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angryarcher
2012-06-17 02:17 pm UTC (link)

"Well at that point I was just starting to learn martial arts so I just used what I was most comfortable with in those fights," Sam says. Sam's martial arts training had more to do with acceptance than control and some zen stuff he still didn't fully get.

"Nothing worse than anyone else in the neighbor I was from," he says with a shrug as he tried not to let the fast turn move him too much.

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	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-17 08:21 pm UTC (link)
	Thomas nods understandingly. It made sense. "When did you start under GA?" Conversation was keeping him more awake and besides, it was good to know the person you were working with. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angryarcher 2012-06-18 01:26 am UTC (link)
	"That kind of hard to say," Sam says. There was exactly one moment where Connor had just decided to start training if in this stuff. "I guess about 14 when I really started," He says, "Though he showed me a few tricks before that. When did you start learning all of this." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-18 03:34 am UTC (link)
	Thomas chuckled at the question. "Real early. At 14 I was already doing solo patrols." Another tire squealing turn later and still no police. "So how is it working with him?" He's guessing now that the second GA had adopted him. Perhaps Batman had a file on this guy somewhere, he should check one day. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

angryarcher
2012-06-19 03:56 pm UTC (link)

"How early is real early," Sam asked curiously, "Are we talking like Elementary school or since you could walk?" The police had to be getting up for donuts soon but it was definitely nice not to have to deal with the, yet.

"It's pretty nice working with him," He says, "He really care about the people he's helping out. Hell he probably care more about that than stopping the bad guys." Legal guardian probably would have been the more correct term for what Connor was for him.

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	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-19 05:45 pm UTC (link)
	"I dunno, most people would say both those scenarios are real early," he chuckles but doesn't answer the question. Secret id considerations and all. "Yes, it's always more about protecting the innocent than stopping bad guys," he agrees. In his opinion that's what they did in Gotham although it seemed most people didn't seem to understand that. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angryarcher 2012-06-20 12:39 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah they are both really early," Sam says noting that he didn't answer the question. "Yeah that true," Sam says, "But what I met was he likes to make sure they are OK afterwards and taken care of." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-20 05:56 pm UTC (link)
	"Must be a lot of work. It's hard to keep track of too many of them." They tended to only si it for those seriously injured, in bad situations, or were a danger for falling into the wrong side of the law. Of course that was seperate from all the kids and informants. Still, what they did cover was work. The Buddhist Green Arrow must do even more of it he thought. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angryarcher 2012-06-20 10:57 pm UTC (link)
	"It's more the poorer people than the richer ones," Sam says, "But like I said saint." Connor really did put a lot of work into that sort of thing whenever he had the time. Probably part of the reason he though Connor took an interest in him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)