Casebook #002 | Idle hands make the Devil's work [Voice] | Damian Wayne

[until_i_say_so]

[Damian sounds dreadfully, dreadfully bored over the communicator as he delivers the following message:]     I'm still waiting for something interesting to happen, Fortuna.


[Oh Damian, haven't you ever heard of the saying, 'be careful what you wish for'?]

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[until_i_say_so]

[Okay, now you're really suspicious, because seriously, how would you not know about the Wayne brothers, the media loves how handsome they all are together in a picture.] He has three of them. I could understand you not knowing about Todd because he's not so much the black sheep as the red hood of the family, but the rest of us?

Who the fuck are you?

[hackingyoursensors]

[Wait-- wait, that's right. Steph said he had adopted brothers. Okay, okay, but this kid... who is he?]

I told you-- I'm Robin. [Hesitant.] The first Robin.

[until_i_say_so]

[...]

Grayson? [What. What. What. Why are there two Dicks here, Fortuna, Damian did not need him that much.]

[hackingyoursensors]

[All the Dick jokes I could make.]

[Luckily, he's starting to figure it out. The kid suspected Grayson from the start and seemed to emphasize his brothers so.]

Depends. Are you one of his brothers?

[until_i_say_so]

[S-sobbing please don't because my mind is already going down dark avenues.]

I said I was, didn't I? I don't remember you being this stupid when you were older.

[hackingyoursensors]

[I will have mercy on you, never fear.]

[Just...sighs.] Is this some kind of...hazing or something? Everyone keeps dumping future knowledge on me and look at me like I'm nuts when I'm surprised.

So I'm guessing you "take to the skies" too?

[until_i_say_so]

If this was a hazing, Grayson, I assure you it would be much more painful. [Because it's the only kind of hazing he knows.]

Yes.

[hackingyoursensors]

Uh, good to know? [Uhhh wow this is a strange one]

But you don't recognize my costume so this must be one of those alternate dimension things. [He sighs. He's had enough to last him a lifetime]

[until_i_say_so]

It looks that way, yes. Grayson-my Grayson- originally wore pixie boots and green underwear, so congratulations on the upgrade.

[hackingyoursensors]

Okay now you're just messing with me. Why wouldn't I wear pants?

[until_i_say_so]

Because he likes showing off.

[hackingyoursensors]

I'd rather show off my skills, not my legs.

[until_i_say_so]

Which is why you two are obviously quite different.

[hackingyoursensors]

Obviously.

So you know my name, but I have no idea what yours is.

[until_i_say_so]

Damian.

[hackingyoursensors]

Nice to meet you, Damian. I'd introduce myself but I don't really need to, do I?

So what do you do here?

[until_i_say_so]

Kill monsters mostly. Nothing really happens here- at least, until today that is.

[hackingyoursensors]

Monsters? Like twenty-foot-tall spiders?

[until_i_say_so]

I haven't seen anything quite like that yet, though that would certainly make things more interesting.

[hackingyoursensors]

There's such a thing as boring monsters?

[until_i_say_so]

When they're not a challenge, yes.

[hackingyoursensors]

Fair enough. So that's all there is to do here? Fight monsters?

[until_i_say_so]

I've heard that we're supposed to be rebuilding, or some shit, but I'm not doing anything for people who brought me here against my will in the first place.

[hackingyoursensors]

[He shrugs] Rebuilding sounds more interesting than doing nothing. Back in Marina, I do almost anything to keep myself busy.

[until_i_say_so]

[Because it's Dick, albeit a young Dick that he doesn't really know, Damian is willing to part with some of his plans.] I might build a temporary Bat Bunker, and I want to get started on a few tech pieces because this place is woefully unsupplied-- I'm just trying to settle on a suitably secluded place right now.