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[ what if he just left RIGHT NOW and you'd have done all that for nothing.
but he won't. he will (reluctantly) get a little more comfortable. ]
Kate's mentioned them. [ "Kate" not "Bishop". ] Though I can't say the "entities" in my world share your sentiments on keeping their distance.
but he won't. he will (reluctantly) get a little more comfortable. ]
Kate's mentioned them. [ "Kate" not "Bishop". ] Though I can't say the "entities" in my world share your sentiments on keeping their distance.
[ Kate. it's been a while since he's been in contact - it's a good reminder. easy to let people drop off the map sometimes, especially when they're adjacent to your universe but not represented in it. ]
No, ours neither. That's what myself and the other Masters are for. You have people responsible for that where you come from?
[ dealing with those impolite extra-dimensional intruders? being aware that they exist ought to imply some knowledge of how they're combated. ]
No, ours neither. That's what myself and the other Masters are for. You have people responsible for that where you come from?
[ dealing with those impolite extra-dimensional intruders? being aware that they exist ought to imply some knowledge of how they're combated. ]
[ Stephen turns away from the boiling kettle to squint over, clearly displeased, unaware of his own early miscommunication. ]
There are people whose job it is to maintain the balance between your dimension and the rest and they just let things through?
[ incompetence!!! is not!! cute!!! ]
There are people whose job it is to maintain the balance between your dimension and the rest and they just let things through?
[ incompetence!!! is not!! cute!!! ]
[ Well.
He's not... wrong. Zatanna, Constantine, Klarion and the rest were so painfully inept it nearly got them all killed. Damian tips his head back. ]
Well, they rarely keep things in check. [ plus ] Then there's the Gods, the scientific tampering between dimensions, the egotistical magic users that continually play with life and death.
He's not... wrong. Zatanna, Constantine, Klarion and the rest were so painfully inept it nearly got them all killed. Damian tips his head back. ]
Well, they rarely keep things in check. [ plus ] Then there's the Gods, the scientific tampering between dimensions, the egotistical magic users that continually play with life and death.
[ he's
mad about it
it makes itself evident in a long, disgusted pause and then a slight raise of the volume of noise as he yanks the tea infusion out of its jar and stuffs it into a teapot. ]
Sounds like a blast.
[ what are these chumps doing!! Stephen nonchalantly threw Loki to Norway, scientific dimensional tampering has had a close eye kept and magic users are either on their books or off them and closely monitored/dealt with if they start causing trouble. none of these things should be problems. ugh. ]
mad about it
it makes itself evident in a long, disgusted pause and then a slight raise of the volume of noise as he yanks the tea infusion out of its jar and stuffs it into a teapot. ]
Sounds like a blast.
[ what are these chumps doing!! Stephen nonchalantly threw Loki to Norway, scientific dimensional tampering has had a close eye kept and magic users are either on their books or off them and closely monitored/dealt with if they start causing trouble. none of these things should be problems. ugh. ]
[ it's like nails down a chalkboard hearing about this. but then comes sounds like you might actually have a handle on it and - yes. most of the time.
that's not territory he needs to wander into right now. ]
We do.
[ the kettle's finished boiling and the water goes into the teapot goes onto the tray with the cups comes into the lounge. tray set down, Stephen slumps into a seat with more weight and less control than he might usually. is this what the sulk of a forty-something year old man looks like when he's forced to acknowledge that there are people in his field who are bad at their jobs to devastating effect and he'll never be ale to yell at them, let alone have them sued for gross negligence?
judging by his expression, yes. ]
that's not territory he needs to wander into right now. ]
We do.
[ the kettle's finished boiling and the water goes into the teapot goes onto the tray with the cups comes into the lounge. tray set down, Stephen slumps into a seat with more weight and less control than he might usually. is this what the sulk of a forty-something year old man looks like when he's forced to acknowledge that there are people in his field who are bad at their jobs to devastating effect and he'll never be ale to yell at them, let alone have them sued for gross negligence?
judging by his expression, yes. ]
Edited 2019-03-15 22:57 (UTC)
You've got to let it steep.
[ spoken from within the rage bubble, expression not changing in the least, barely even glancing his way. instinctive reaction to poor tea habits.
don't fuck up the tea, hafid. we've come this far. ]
[ spoken from within the rage bubble, expression not changing in the least, barely even glancing his way. instinctive reaction to poor tea habits.
don't fuck up the tea, hafid. we've come this far. ]
Edited 2019-03-15 23:11 (UTC)
It doesn't. [ if he was a sorcerer, he should've done better. if he wasn't, that doesn't excuse the people with the ability to do so for their failure to put the world in order.
... but it is enough to alert Stephen to the fact that he's elsewhere and bring him back into focus. a lungful of air floods into his cheeks for a second then goes released in a heavy gust. okay. over it, he's over it. moving on.] Sorry.
The tea'll only need a couple of minutes.
... but it is enough to alert Stephen to the fact that he's elsewhere and bring him back into focus. a lungful of air floods into his cheeks for a second then goes released in a heavy gust. okay. over it, he's over it. moving on.] Sorry.
The tea'll only need a couple of minutes.
The internet hasn't changed since my time, apparently, so drunk telepathy bringing in the views and attention doesnt surprise me, though
[Though maybe it isn't the kind of attention the displaced want. Not right now.
Right?]
though if we cant reverse it, we wait for it to die down, or you use it to your advantage somehow
[Notice the usage of "you". He has no idea what all these followers expect from his very art-related cooltalk, help.]
[Though maybe it isn't the kind of attention the displaced want. Not right now.
Right?]
though if we cant reverse it, we wait for it to die down, or you use it to your advantage somehow
[Notice the usage of "you". He has no idea what all these followers expect from his very art-related cooltalk, help.]
[ a glance over at Hafid, gauging the reaction. calm waters. hm. well, they've got a couple minutes to kill.
... is this next line of questioning likely to bite him in the ass? sure. but there's an opening and the man's come up twice already today, so. ]
You don't seem to be the biggest fan of your father.
... is this next line of questioning likely to bite him in the ass? sure. but there's an opening and the man's come up twice already today, so. ]
You don't seem to be the biggest fan of your father.
[ Damian looks up. There's really no end to the bullshit that is his father in his eyes. ]
He spends most of his free time looking at the people around him to figure out their weaknesses, so he can strike those and force them to do what he wants. He shackled me to the floor of a windowless room and left me there for months, telling me he'd let me out if I'd fall back into line. I was fifteen.
He spends most of his free time looking at the people around him to figure out their weaknesses, so he can strike those and force them to do what he wants. He shackled me to the floor of a windowless room and left me there for months, telling me he'd let me out if I'd fall back into line. I was fifteen.
[ at first, asshole seems like a good summary but the man still sounds like any old businessperson, exploitation being such a global industry. but then comes what follows, and any look of friendly agreement falls.
obviously some things had to have happened for Hafid to be the young man that he is, but Stephen had never really guessed at them. put it down to the life and times of a superhero made too young. which— yes, that's almost definitely part of it. helped along in no small part by a history of abuse and related trauma.
finally, after a few seconds of strained silence, a conclusion. ]
Asshole.
[ all the first thoughts (should've been reported to child services, did anyone call the cops) are too soft for this world of Hafid's, and absolutely no use to him now. so. asshole.
what he wouldn't give for a free trip to whatever fucking place Hafid was dragged in from. it needs some damn work. ]
obviously some things had to have happened for Hafid to be the young man that he is, but Stephen had never really guessed at them. put it down to the life and times of a superhero made too young. which— yes, that's almost definitely part of it. helped along in no small part by a history of abuse and related trauma.
finally, after a few seconds of strained silence, a conclusion. ]
Asshole.
[ all the first thoughts (should've been reported to child services, did anyone call the cops) are too soft for this world of Hafid's, and absolutely no use to him now. so. asshole.
what he wouldn't give for a free trip to whatever fucking place Hafid was dragged in from. it needs some damn work. ]
[ There's always that satisfaction when someone agrees. When someone isn't blind to the glory of the Batman, and can see his failings for what they are. ]
My mother raised me to think for myself, despite all her other failings, and he never appreciated that trait.
My mother raised me to think for myself, despite all her other failings, and he never appreciated that trait.
Just as well she did. [ for all it regularly gets him into hot water, his capacity for independent thought is invaluable. it's also what makes him adaptable. and what gives him the ability to know an asshole when he's fathered by one.
speaking of hot water, the two full minutes might not quite be up but there has never been a more apt time for tea. Stephen gets up and crosses to pour, his own first to make sure Hafid's gets the longest possible brew time, and when they're both poured he sits himself down next to him on the couch rather than retreating back across the room. ]
Sounds like quite a childhood.
speaking of hot water, the two full minutes might not quite be up but there has never been a more apt time for tea. Stephen gets up and crosses to pour, his own first to make sure Hafid's gets the longest possible brew time, and when they're both poured he sits himself down next to him on the couch rather than retreating back across the room. ]
Sounds like quite a childhood.
[ He takes the tea, raises an eyebrow at the shift in position but doesn't comment on it. ]
I didn't get a childhood. [ He had the start of one. Briefly. In that big old mansion, with three brothers and a handful of people who looked at him and didn't see bloodshed waiting to happen. ] The second I could hold up my own head I was given a book and a sword. You make sacrifices to be the best.
I didn't get a childhood. [ He had the start of one. Briefly. In that big old mansion, with three brothers and a handful of people who looked at him and didn't see bloodshed waiting to happen. ] The second I could hold up my own head I was given a book and a sword. You make sacrifices to be the best.
[ there's an argument to be made there, but the book part isn't unfamiliar - the sword though. it's one thing trying to turn your kid into a doctor or a gymnast, but sculpting a quote unquote superhero? ]
Sacrifices are choices.
[ it's not seeming as though Hafid had the chance to make many of those when it came to the shape of his life. ]
Sacrifices are choices.
[ it's not seeming as though Hafid had the chance to make many of those when it came to the shape of his life. ]
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