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 2012-06-13 05:02 pm UTC (link)
	"Well it's something to keep in mind for later," Sam says. "I'd just rather be a King," Sam says. "I would rather not be seen in that thing. Part of why I don't really use the trick arrows. Most of them are pretty silly." Ollie really did seems to like those trick arrows. But he agree more with Conner's views. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-14 12:12 am UTC (link)
	"Understandable. I can kind of see the boxing glove arrow working, but the handcuff one baffles me. How is it supposed to handcuff someone anyway?" They zoom by another speed limit sign, the car is clearly going much faster though. "Sorry to say, we've got the better deal with the car and trick stuff." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angryarcher 2012-06-14 01:30 am UTC (link)
	"My special arrows are the point kind that go right through someone. But I do have a few surprises if the situation warrants it." "Maybe but GA is a lot nicer guy than Bats." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-14 01:36 am UTC (link)
	"Well the gas and ice arrows are good in a pinch as are those foam and glue ones I've seen." Thomas smiles to himself at the second part. "Only people who don't know him say that." Dad may always be gruff and cold to most people, but people who knew him saw the nice side most thought didn't exist. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angryarcher 2012-06-14 02:03 am UTC (link)
	"I usually just use a smoke screen or cable arrow if I'm going to use those types of arrows." "I don't know Green Arrow is a rather nice guy." Though he did think Connor was much nicer than Ollie. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-14 02:07 am UTC (link)
	"Batman needs the big bad rep to work. What's the point of using fear if everyone thinks you're a nice guy?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angryarcher 2012-06-14 02:16 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah you can't really work as Batman and have people like Mr. Freeze talking about what a nice guy he is." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-14 02:25 am UTC (link)
	Thomas chuckles a bit, "Now imagine if he went around sending flowers or doing friendly visiting in hospitals like Supes." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angryarcher 2012-06-14 02:29 am UTC (link)
	Sam laughed too. "That would really scary actually. But in a totally different way." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-14 02:32 am UTC (link)
	"Probably give the poor patients heart attacks." He puts on a deep and rather accurate bat gravel, "Glad to see you better Mrs. Smith." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angryarcher 2012-06-14 02:42 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah most likely," Sam says, "Or at the very least get some comments on how he needs to work on his bedside manner." "Nice impression there," Sam says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-14 02:45 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, I'll admit his bedside manner actually does need work." "Thanks. It's good for making thugs talk and dry cleaners hate me." Just another pro of using Batman's rep to his advantage. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angryarcher 2012-06-14 02:52 am UTC (link)
	Sam laughed at that. "I always just preferred shooting an arrow right next to the guy's junk," Sam says, "They tend to be very talkative after that." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-14 02:56 am UTC (link)
	Thomas finds himself chuckling along. "Batarangs work just as well. There was also the time a guy had the safety off and his finger on the trigger as he was pulling the gun out the front of his pants. Let's just say that it makes it real easy to threaten a guy when you grab that wrist." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angryarcher 2012-06-14 03:10 am UTC (link)
	"Can't really blame them for panicking though especially if they think we're serious." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cantkeepmeout
2012-06-14 03:15 am UTC (link)

"Hence the need for the big bad rep. Nobody is actually going to think you're going to break both their legs or shoot their balls off if you don't have it," he points out. "But it does make our job easier when they do think that."

He had to admit, the way some of them scurried away when they saw you coming was rather satisfying. Good, they should fear bats.

Although he's sure that they were responsible for the marked increase in bat phobias over the years.

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	angryarcher 2012-06-14 11:45 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah I can definitely see how that would make things easier," Sam says, "I would just actually shoot them with an arrow first." Usually one of his blunt arrow but sometime a pointy one. He would totally agree on that probably being the reason for increased bat phobias. Sam then yawned with exhaustion. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-14 04:02 pm UTC (link)
	"Shoot first ask questions later?" Thomas muffles his own yawn, knowing that since he's the one behind the wheel of the car breaking speed limits that he should probably stay awake. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angryarcher 2012-06-14 05:17 pm UTC (link)
	"Kind of hard to ask them questions while they are trying to run away or kill you," Sam says, "So yeah generally shoot then ask." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-14 05:28 pm UTC (link)
	"You know, since I'm the one here who can drive, isn't it your job to keep me awake? No napping man." Another muffled yawn follows. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	angryarcher 2012-06-14 05:34 pm UTC (link)
	"What, I never needed to learn how to drive a car for stuff before," Sam says. Break into them sure, drive them no. "Let's see if this helps," Sam says turning the radio looking for some loud music to put on. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2012-06-14 05:38 pm UTC (link)
	"Really? Even with the arrow car around and collecting dust?" The music did help, and really with the speed they were going they already got enough attention from the very few cars they occasionally passed. "The old GA has enough to get you guys a car, or at least teach you to drive one." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	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)