[Niah wants to be a free boy without any fancy frills. Same hat.
Jason rubs the top of Niah’s head, then squats down again so he can take the collar off.] You look fine just like you are, okay? [The starry fur.]
Probably will. But if I tell you don’t fucking possess me when you ask, no means no, contract or not. This undefined stir up trouble shit is making me mad.
[ Why is Jason coming back down? When Niah notices it's to take back what he gave him, he struggles! No. This is his now. You gave it to him, so it is his.
Joonghyuk doesn't say anything, pensive, but then he coughs and a bunch of petals (red and metallic) come out. He pretends that didn't happen. ]
Alright, alright. It's yours. [DAMN. He will let Niah keep the bow tie collar. Crazy wolf-dog. Just like the owner. He situates the collar again and stands up.] You good?
[He heard Joonghyuk coughing, but he doesn't, like, look in that direction actually.
There is so much here to show how Joonghyuk really feels. Wow.]
[Yeah, Bruce. Jason has the world's worst control issues right next to Batman.]
No, someone told me some, like, shadow thing asked Sieghart if he wanted to have a little fun being possessed, and he said no. But whatever it was did it anyway. "Nightman" maybe. I don't know.
[Jason is not done quite yet, but only because he was too busy putting Niah in a cute bowtie that Joonghyuk will take away later. He's still digging around for a red hoodie of some sort to go under the leather jacket.]
... Similar to the angels, then. In the end, it isn't an ask or a choice.
[ Since he has nothing else to do, he circles to where Jason is... Curious to see his picks in clothing. Black is acceptable and superior. ]
What choice we do have is how we play this game. [ He pulls out a regular red shirt with a v-neck and puts it in Jason's pile. I guess some sunglasses, too. ] Would you kill for your hostage?
Supposedly, we've signed our rights away to let Nightman do whatever the hell Nightman wants.
[He glances at Joonghyuk when the guy comes over. Black is superior, yes. He looks down at the red v-neck shirt and the sunglasses. Joonghyuk really said it's fine for his adopted son to show cleavage.
He frowns at the question.]
Yeah. [But. He coughs? A little. Even if he won't open his mouth. He's just stuck with the petals until he turns and spits out a couple of lilac ones. He also pretends like that didn't happen.] ...I'd kill whoever deserved it.
[He follows after them, idly browsing the shoes even though he isn't particularly looking for any. He glances at Niah like, "What are you going to do with shoes, you're a canine? Hello?"
[Those oxfords are the most Bruce Wayne thing, Hei. You won’t ever escape the Bruce similarities now.]
I don’t know if I’d call us that either. [They can leave the closet with their loot, yeah. He nudges Niah with his knee gently. They’re going! Wait… Why did they come in here, now his hands are full. He was supposed to walk.] It was just mutual agreement on not trusting anyone else. After, you know, trying to stab and tasering each other because we didn’t even trust ourselves.
[He really does stop outside the closet to look at his arms. How did this happen…]
[Hush, Niah this is a walk. Just to Jason’s room because Hei is trying to see it desperately.
The not accusation isn’t wrong. Jason doesn’t say anything for a long moment while walking. His expression yet again resembles a teenager who is debating whether or not to tell a parent something.
He rolls his head to crack his neck.] No. [He doesn’t cough!]
It was a guy who had a woman and a friend back home. [He is quiet for a long time again.] He was the Gunsmith on the island, and he was going to have to participate in Hunts again. So I made a deal with The Judge to take his place.
[He did not want to say this but it’s an explanation.]
Gross. Jason is a little good boy. Joonghyuk doesn’t say that, though, but maybe it’s in the silence. Stop projecting Joonghyuk acts like a toddler.
It really is awkward and uncomfortable for him to listen to someone tell a piece of themselves, their story. Knowing things he probably doesn’t need to know, watching another person struggle along… It makes him no different from the Constellations he despises. The fact he doesn’t dislike Jason makes it harder. ]
[He glances up with just his eyes at that, and looks at Joonghyuk. He hadn’t planned to say anything because the silence in these times just feels like the vibe they have, but he couldn’t if he even wanted to looks like.
A baby sister…? No way Joonghyuk can have a cute wolf soul or a cute little sister. Illegal.]
Let me leave these in your room, too. I’ll take them back after.
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Anyway, unfortunately for everyone: ]
Fourteen, but still asks me to tie her pigtails. Sometimes, she acts like a princess and pretends I’m her servant. [ It’s fine. ] A bit rude… Impossible to lie to… Her heart is in the right place.
[ Thinks some more. ]
She loves ducks because when she was younger her favorite clothes was overalls with a yellow duckling on the chest pouch.
He leads Joonghyuk and Niah back to the crescent collection of their rooms. The description makes him smirk, but it's more of a smile in the expression of his eyes. He will not admit this, though.]
Cute. Ducks are pretty cool. [And also Joonghyuk having to admit he is soft about her in his own way is funny.] I didn't get lucky enough to have a cute sister. Mine were all brothers.
[ Of all people, he’s the one thinking she has to change her rude attitude. Joonghyuk doesn’t say more because… Yeah? He agrees she is cute. It may be more obvious because Niah is wagging his tail for once. ]
Maybe other people should just approach her differently.
[He doesn't know Joonghyuk's sister, though, so he can't really make any judgements about her attitude. Besides... he can't make any judgements since LOOK AT HIS OWN SHITTY ATTITUDE. He has the worst attitude.]
Nah. The girls are cool. There's three. The boys are the ones who aren't cute. Except Duke. He's cool.
[He will dunk on Dick, Tim, and Damian, though.
Look, they are here! Jason will open the door, and he will let Niah in first if Niah goes because dog, but he'll go inside and hold it open for Joonghyuk.
It's about the worst bachelor room you would expect from an edgy city boy in his one room studio flat. The most surprising thing is--it's neat? Jason Todd is clean and, shockingly, organized. There's no mess, almost neurotically so.
The interior colors are muted and industrial, like greys, but there are a lot of clear instances of red--as if red is his favorite color, or something. The accents are all black. What do you know, it matches his top. Wild.
The bed is an iron-framed queen, just big enough to fit his stupid dorito body while also giving the impression he doesn't typically share. Just good ol' Jason Todd, alone. The sheets are red which is fitting, but after a while of looking at the room, it's evident it's because it's easier to hide blood stains with red. Probably. Nearby is a decent closet, the doors mirrored and expanding the depth of the room with illusion.
The desk is one that can be folded up against the wall to make more floor room; three guesses as to why a Bat needs extra space to move around. Right now, the desk is folded down, and the top has all the shit from the hotel neatly collected on it.
One wall has a pull-up bar near the ceiling and a fake flatscreen television on top of a short and wide bookcase. The shelves are filled with--WOW!!--books! Jason Todd reads! They are unfortunately all fake, but the titles are all worldly Earth classics. Jason Todd reads Pride and Prejudice. It's there. The adjacent wall has an assortment of fake display cases housing a variety of equally fake weaponry: guns, short swords, knives, you name it. Around them are framed posters of edgy motorcycles and American muscle cars.
The far wall has the only single window, a small thing that looks past a fire escape out onto a nighttime cityscape. Skyscrapers, lights. There is too much pollution to see most of the stars, and the moon is peeking out from behind a building. There is also... a cone of light shining on the sky with the silhouette of a bat emblazoned in the center. Hm.]
[ Joonghyuk takes note that Jason will probably just let her say whatever rude shut she wants. If he ever met her, he’ll see and know instantly that they’re related. ]
It sounds like you have a big family.
[ Niah comes in with his green bow tie and sniffs around. Joonghyuk also gives the room a look.
… It’s really Jason and it’s very funny to him. It is really fuccboi weeb jock but I read energy. The bat signal has him raise his eyebrows, but he’s here to just set his clothes before they go to walk. Sorry if he keeps STARING AT IT because it’s really weird. ]
Niah may sniff around and explore; Jason doesn't seem to mind at all. Since it's Niah, aside from Jason, the last scents lingering around in here are something industrial, steel, clean cotton, a bit of leather; and one that is masculine and a bit spicy, but this one leads to the bathroom door and through it.]
What?
[He puts the boots on the floor by the bed and the rest of the clothes on top of it neatly. He can see Joonghyuk continuing to stare at the window, but he wants Joonghyuk to ask.]
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Jason rubs the top of Niah’s head, then squats down again so he can take the collar off.] You look fine just like you are, okay? [The starry fur.]
Probably will. But if I tell you don’t fucking possess me when you ask, no means no, contract or not. This undefined stir up trouble shit is making me mad.
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Joonghyuk doesn't say anything, pensive, but then he coughs and a bunch of petals (red and metallic) come out. He pretends that didn't happen. ]
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[He heard Joonghyuk coughing, but he doesn't, like, look in that direction actually.
There is so much here to show how Joonghyuk really feels. Wow.]
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These effects are annoying. [ ... ] They asked? Unless you mean the contract. I wouldn't call the contract consent.
[ He's angrily done with clothing, coughing more red petals. Do you ever have control issues? ]
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[Yeah, Bruce. Jason has the world's worst control issues right next to Batman.]
No, someone told me some, like, shadow thing asked Sieghart if he wanted to have a little fun being possessed, and he said no. But whatever it was did it anyway. "Nightman" maybe. I don't know.
[Jason is not done quite yet, but only because he was too busy putting Niah in a cute bowtie that Joonghyuk will take away later. He's still digging around for a red hoodie of some sort to go under the leather jacket.]
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... Similar to the angels, then. In the end, it isn't an ask or a choice.
[ Since he has nothing else to do, he circles to where Jason is... Curious to see his picks in clothing. Black is acceptable and superior. ]
What choice we do have is how we play this game. [ He pulls out a regular red shirt with a v-neck and puts it in Jason's pile. I guess some sunglasses, too. ] Would you kill for your hostage?
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[He glances at Joonghyuk when the guy comes over. Black is superior, yes. He looks down at the red v-neck shirt and the sunglasses. Joonghyuk really said it's fine for his adopted son to show cleavage.
He frowns at the question.]
Yeah. [But. He coughs? A little. Even if he won't open his mouth. He's just stuck with the petals until he turns and spits out a couple of lilac ones. He also pretends like that didn't happen.] ...I'd kill whoever deserved it.
Would you?
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[ Joonghyuk says this pretty confidently. Also, the v-neck isn't that low, you slut. It's fine. He will ignore Jason's petals. ]
... Yes. [ Joonghyuk also coughs, but it's hidden behind his hand. Going to swallow that down no color for you. ] Your mentor?
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He grumpily (not at Joonghyuk) lays a thinner red hoodie over the stuff Joonghyuk has already piled on top of his jacket.]
No. [It's hard to tell whether he sounds irritated or relieved haha.] It's... someone from the island.
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Thinking. What kind of reaction is he looking for as he browses shoes? ]
Your girlfriend?
[ Niah has also gone to the shoes, seemingly biased to black boots. ]
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But then he turns a flat glance at Joonghyuk.]
It's a man, jackass.
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Joonghyuk, however, pointedly: ]
Boyfriend.
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No. [He says this exactly like a teenager talking to a parent who is GRILLING THEM.] He was... I don't know, an ally, I guess.
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Joonghyuk picks up some oxfords. ]
Your companion.
[ Maybe this word is better for Jason. Are they going to leave the closet? ]
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I don’t know if I’d call us that either. [They can leave the closet with their loot, yeah. He nudges Niah with his knee gently. They’re going! Wait… Why did they come in here, now his hands are full. He was supposed to walk.] It was just mutual agreement on not trusting anyone else. After, you know, trying to stab and tasering each other because we didn’t even trust ourselves.
[He really does stop outside the closet to look at his arms. How did this happen…]
I didn’t intend to get any of this.
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Overall. Understandable. ]
I find it hard to believe you would possibly die for him. [ It isn't an accusation. ] Did you intend to tell me about your hostage?
[ UNFORTUNATELY, they have loot and they have to walk back to Jason's room to drop stuff off. Niah chuffs because THIS ISN'T A WALK. ]
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The not accusation isn’t wrong. Jason doesn’t say anything for a long moment while walking. His expression yet again resembles a teenager who is debating whether or not to tell a parent something.
He rolls his head to crack his neck.] No. [He doesn’t cough!]
It was a guy who had a woman and a friend back home. [He is quiet for a long time again.] He was the Gunsmith on the island, and he was going to have to participate in Hunts again. So I made a deal with The Judge to take his place.
[He did not want to say this but it’s an explanation.]
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Gross. Jason is a little good boy. Joonghyuk doesn’t say that, though, but maybe it’s in the silence. Stop projecting Joonghyuk acts like a toddler.
It really is awkward and uncomfortable for him to listen to someone tell a piece of themselves, their story. Knowing things he probably doesn’t need to know, watching another person struggle along… It makes him no different from the Constellations he despises. The fact he doesn’t dislike Jason makes it harder. ]
They took my little sister.
[ A trade makes it easier. ]
Did you still want that walk?
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A baby sister…? No way Joonghyuk can have a cute wolf soul or a cute little sister. Illegal.]
I can once I put all this shit in my room first.
[He starts heading that way.]
What’s she like?
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[ :3c
Anyway, unfortunately for everyone: ]
Fourteen, but still asks me to tie her pigtails. Sometimes, she acts like a princess and pretends I’m her servant. [ It’s fine. ] A bit rude… Impossible to lie to… Her heart is in the right place.
[ Thinks some more. ]
She loves ducks because when she was younger her favorite clothes was overalls with a yellow duckling on the chest pouch.
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He leads Joonghyuk and Niah back to the crescent collection of their rooms. The description makes him smirk, but it's more of a smile in the expression of his eyes. He will not admit this, though.]
Cute. Ducks are pretty cool. [And also Joonghyuk having to admit he is soft about her in his own way is funny.] I didn't get lucky enough to have a cute sister. Mine were all brothers.
Well, there are some girls, but you know.
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[ Of all people, he’s the one thinking she has to change her rude attitude. Joonghyuk doesn’t say more because… Yeah? He agrees she is cute. It may be more obvious because Niah is wagging his tail for once. ]
What you’re saying is that they’re not cute.
[ Just be a mean girl, Jason. Talk shit 25/7. ]
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[He doesn't know Joonghyuk's sister, though, so he can't really make any judgements about her attitude. Besides... he can't make any judgements since LOOK AT HIS OWN SHITTY ATTITUDE. He has the worst attitude.]
Nah. The girls are cool. There's three. The boys are the ones who aren't cute. Except Duke. He's cool.
[He will dunk on Dick, Tim, and Damian, though.
Look, they are here! Jason will open the door, and he will let Niah in first if Niah goes because dog, but he'll go inside and hold it open for Joonghyuk.
It's about the worst bachelor room you would expect from an edgy city boy in his one room studio flat. The most surprising thing is--it's neat? Jason Todd is clean and, shockingly, organized. There's no mess, almost neurotically so.
The interior colors are muted and industrial, like greys, but there are a lot of clear instances of red--as if red is his favorite color, or something. The accents are all black. What do you know, it matches his top. Wild.
The bed is an iron-framed queen, just big enough to fit his stupid dorito body while also giving the impression he doesn't typically share. Just good ol' Jason Todd, alone. The sheets are red which is fitting, but after a while of looking at the room, it's evident it's because it's easier to hide blood stains with red. Probably. Nearby is a decent closet, the doors mirrored and expanding the depth of the room with illusion.
The desk is one that can be folded up against the wall to make more floor room; three guesses as to why a Bat needs extra space to move around. Right now, the desk is folded down, and the top has all the shit from the hotel neatly collected on it.
One wall has a pull-up bar near the ceiling and a fake flatscreen television on top of a short and wide bookcase. The shelves are filled with--WOW!!--books! Jason Todd reads! They are unfortunately all fake, but the titles are all worldly Earth classics. Jason Todd reads Pride and Prejudice. It's there. The adjacent wall has an assortment of fake display cases housing a variety of equally fake weaponry: guns, short swords, knives, you name it. Around them are framed posters of edgy motorcycles and American muscle cars.
The far wall has the only single window, a small thing that looks past a fire escape out onto a nighttime cityscape. Skyscrapers, lights. There is too much pollution to see most of the stars, and the moon is peeking out from behind a building. There is also... a cone of light shining on the sky with the silhouette of a bat emblazoned in the center. Hm.]
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It sounds like you have a big family.
[ Niah comes in with his green bow tie and sniffs around. Joonghyuk also gives the room a look.
… It’s really Jason and it’s very funny to him. It is really fuccboi weeb jock but I read energy. The bat signal has him raise his eyebrows, but he’s here to just set his clothes before they go to walk. Sorry if he keeps STARING AT IT because it’s really weird. ]
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[There are TOO many BATS.
Niah may sniff around and explore; Jason doesn't seem to mind at all. Since it's Niah, aside from Jason, the last scents lingering around in here are something industrial, steel, clean cotton, a bit of leather; and one that is masculine and a bit spicy, but this one leads to the bathroom door and through it.]
What?
[He puts the boots on the floor by the bed and the rest of the clothes on top of it neatly. He can see Joonghyuk continuing to stare at the window, but he wants Joonghyuk to ask.]
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