open rp } { dc/marvel smash

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Free for all for superhero based fandom smashing. Make a top level with your hero of choice and someone else will smash into it. I figured this would be easy and fun to do until we figure out actual plot and then we can do that.

For now, shenanignans!

Comments

[wingdinging]

Yeah, I got that. [a beat] I was kinda hoping that wasn't her actual codename, though. [and another] I mean, I thought I had some bad ideas, when I was trying to come up with mine ...

[but_fearhimself]

Fair enough. [a beat] I'll try to keep that in mind.

[no, he won't]

[aworldonfire]

[Matt winces, albeit minutely, at that. he can figure out where this story goes, between her having dinner with him and when he let her go or she broke free, whichever, and it doesn't thrill him. it bothers him more, in fact, than his potential stake in this, than his worry about whether or not Kilgrave has a thing for the gifted. he's going to feed this guy his teeth, if he ever finds him. for all that he's slept around since Elektra, it's always been consensual. you don't do that to a woman]

[and he would apologize to her, for what was done to her, if he felt like she'd accept it -- if he felt like it would help anything. since that doesn't seem to be the case, though, he just sits there for a moment, quietly fuming, and then blows out a breath, shifts in his seat]

[focus, Murdock]

And Hope? Why her?

[that seems -- easier than asking how she got free]

[brokeharlem]

[he flashes him a wry smile]

Sounds familiar. [a beat] I'm gonna guess it's working for him, though? [since, you know, he hasn't seen anything like his own press making the papers]

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[She laughs.]

She didn't choose it. It was chosen for her, unfortunately.

[neverthehero]

Yeah, you won't.

[She calls it like she sees it.]

But by all means.

[And she will step to the side and gesture for him to head in and see Hope.]

[neverthehero]

[She purses her lips for a moment.]

She ran track. Her event was the long jump. I think ... I think he was trying to replace me without actually having me. She told me that he used to make her jump as high as she could, but always told her she was never as good as me.

[supertardiness]

[He nods a bit.]

For right now. He's got some good people helping him.

[A beat.]

I mean, that's what it seems like, anyway.

[aworldonfire]

[makes sense, even if it doesn't thrill him]

Why have her kill her parents, though?

[wingdinging]

[Dick lets out an over-dramatic sigh of relief]

That makes me feel so much better.

[seriously]

[but_fearhimself]

[it's probably good she's getting out of the way -- if this conversation continued, she might piss him off enough for things to take a turn for the unfortunate. as it is, thankfully, he flashes her a very icy smile and heads for the door without further comment]

[brokeharlem]

Oh, yeah?

[tell him about what his life could have been, if Ross hadn't run his name through the mud and convinced him he was a monster. never mind the fact that Bruce could have that life, surrounded by good people, if he'd just stop for five seconds]

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[She laughs before turning back to Oliver.]

Have Overwatch track me and Speedy can meet us there.

[Oliver grumbles but nods, before turning to Diggle and heading out. Once they're gone, she turns back to Nightwing with a small smile.]

Sorry about him. He doesn't know how to play well with others.

[neverthehero]

[She gives a small shrug.]

Because he wants to ruin people's lives? Make me suffer? Who knows.

[neverthehero]

[And she will watch from the outside to make sure that Hope isn't being mistreated in anyway.]

[supertardiness]

[He gives a small shrug.]

I mean, he seems like he has it together. He's helped keep a lot of dangerous metahumans off the street.

[wingdinging]

[Dick watches them go, and when they're gone, he turns back to Laurel with a shrug]

It's an alpha male thing. Trust me, I definitely get it. [a beat] Not that you'll have to worry about that from me. [because he's not Bruce] I'm more the Strong Female Character type.

[ ... and that. he and Clint Barton would get along way too well]

[brokeharlem]

[not what he was looking for, but eh. he'll take it]

Must be nice.

[aworldonfire]

[Matt hums. a clearer motive would be nice, but -- whatever. it's ultimately unimportant, from a legal standpoint, right now and for any number of reasons]

Okay. [a beat] Do you have anything else you wanted to add? [and another] And would it be possible to talk to Miss Shlottman?

[supertardiness]

[Well, more than that is a nice, much more involved conversation that's not for the local coffee shop.]

Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. But he's taken down people who have done a lot of damage.

[prosecutorial]

[She laughs at that, before shaking her head.]

C'mon. Let's go find the Penguin.

[neverthehero]

[She pauses before shaking her head.]

That's all I know for now. And yeah, you can try and talk to her. I've been trying to get Jeri Hogarth to take the case, but she's being a bitch about it and I'm officially out of patience.

[wingdinging]

[he grins dazzlingly, honestly, pleased that she wasn't offended by that. when it dims, he makes a showman's gesture in a random direction]

You lead, I'll follow.

[aworldonfire]

[he's heard stories about Hogarth, none of them good, and so he smiles tightly]

Well, now you don't have to worry about that.

[he'll take the case. and yes, he'd like to try and talk to Hope]

[brokeharlem]

[Bruce hums, and -- well, something seems to occur to him, if the fact that he squints at Barry for a nice, long time following is any indication. he's not the best at reading people, no, but this is all a little evasive, and for more than just the fact that Barry might not know much. he should at least have one cool story to tell, just based on something he saw in the papers or on the news or, maybe, personally, but this is all suspiciously lacking. hm]

[not that he's sure he wants to call Barry out for any number of reasons, and so, after a moment, he looks away, wetting his lips with his tongue] Well, at least there's that -- that he's doing good work.