097 [video/spam]

[batmanschmatman]

[Dick switches on the video feed to show he's sitting on a couch in his apartment, which for anyone who's ever been over to visit before probably looks a lot cleaner/well organized than it usually is. Tim is a lot neater than Dick and might have tidied up his mess for him while they were swapped. >>]

Sorry for anyone that was confused about the whole "swapping places with Tim but not exactly" thing. I'm pretty sure we're both back to normal now. [And almost like he's just checking to make sure things are in the right place, he rubs a hand briefly over his face and brushes some hair back from his forehead, smiling sheepishly.] I probably shouldn't think too hard about where we go when we're not here, should I?

Anyway, what languages do you all speak? I know the Barge seems like it translates everything to English - or it does for me, I guess perception could be different for someone who's used to something else - so there isn't a lot of reason for it, necessarily, but I was wondering if anyone would be interested in brushing up on their French with me. Or anything, really, I'm pretty fluent in a couple different ones and I'd be interested in learning more. [Basically, Dick is bored and understimulated, and this will help him feel productive. :c]

[Private to Jim]

You know, if you were going to start dating Shego, you probably should have told the one person on board who can talk her ex-boyfriend down from murdering you.

[Private to Rorschach]

Anything exciting to report?

[Private to Dean and Ariadne]

Just to get this out there, if you talked to the other me, I don't remember any of it, but I kind of remember you two talking to Tim. So if anything important was said, you might need to pass it along again. [He's half trolling half serious. :c]

[Private to Steph]

I didn't know you and Kara were buddies.

[Spam for Tim]

[It was weird, to come back and not really remember most of what had happened over the last weekend. His apartment was clean, a note was taped to the fridge making fun of him for being a slob and there was a Robin costume stashed in his closet, which really just confirmed what he already knew, and there was maybe a tiny part of him that was almost disappointed he'd missed seeing Tim as he'd been years ago.

But almost immediately, he felt guilty for thinking that at all, because as much as he missed Tim being a kid - cautious but still optimistic, and generally just a little dork - Tim had grown up. And even if it was weird that he'd changed, he still loved him. That hadn't changed, and really? Dick was proud of him and everything he'd accomplished, and he'd gotten over the ache that things were different. Tim was always going to be his kid brother. No amount of time or growing up was going to change that, and he loved Tim for who he was, not just for who he had been.

After mulling things over for a while over a bowl of cereal, Dick got up and left his room, heading down the hall to knock on Tim's door.]

[Spam for Ivy]

[Dick hasn't felt this stir crazy in months. Between getting pretty knocked out of commission for a while by a snake bite and bronchitis and then just general having done just about everything there was to do on the Barge at this point, he was almost missing feeling like he was running himself into the ground between being a cop and being a vigilante, and very, very occasionally having some time to himself. Things were easier when he wasn't basically forced to sit still and wait for things to happen.

So, for lack of anything better to do, really, he headed up on deck and decided the greenhouses were as good a place as any for a change in scenery, considering he didn't really spend much time there at all, really. He wasn't really expecting anyone to be there, and it didn't look like there was, initially, so he just opened and closed the door behind him, kind of just planning on attempting to meditate or something. Nothing wrong with some alone time, right?]

Comments

don't got to college

[batmanschmatman]

Are you going to spontaneously combust if I try to hug you?

broadway's dead

[peektuttut]

It's a distinct possibility.

THINGS ARE SERIOUS, A MAN IN A DRESS IS DEAD

[batmanschmatman]

I guess we better not risk it, then.

that's terrible advice, don't write that down. :|

[peektuttut]

It's probably safer t his way. [But you're a borg, so just this once you get a Tim initiated hug you loser.]

We're not just brothers right :c

[batmanschmatman]

[Hugs are good, alright, you just need to be less repressed. But aw Timmy, you didn't have to, Dick would have let it go. ;;

As is though, he's just going to hug you back and appreciate this moment.] Sorry.

we're friends too :c

[peektuttut]

Why? For making a mess of my room? [He's just going to stick to the time honored tradition of making jokes instead of feeling emotion.]

THAT'S WHAT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED US TO BE ;;

[batmanschmatman]

[Dick laughs softly at that.] For that, too. [But okay, letting go after a moment, but shifting to keep an arm slung around his shoulders.] Do you want me to pick up after myself?

I have lost ability to quote because icon :c

[peektuttut]

[Tim just nudges his side.] No. I'd probably do it better, anyway.

this was the best thing the entertainment industry has done to me in years :c

[batmanschmatman]

[Dick just laughs again and ruffles his hair. c:] Probably. Got anything exciting planned today?

pretty much :c

[peektuttut]

[DICK GOD STOP TOUCHING HAIR] Do you?

ICON ALL THE THINGS

[batmanschmatman]

[NO. C:] Do I ever? We're kind of short on crime rings to break up here, buddy.

OH I AM :C

[peektuttut]

Exactly.