Fic: Rusted, Warped
Instead of giving Nye fic on her birthday, I'm giving it a week later! Because I'm unpredictable like that!
Title: Rusted, Warped
Spoilers/Setting: Justice League Adventures 1.24 (Savage Time I) First paragraph here will give you sufficient context. This cap, from this post, courtesy of Te will give you setting.
Rating: All ages
Author's notes: The astute reader will realize this is not pure toonverse. Maelithil betad this.
"He's not back yet," says the new girl. "Do you think--" But even new, she has more sense than complete that thought.
"Nah," says Dick, "the Batman always comes through, you'll see." He checks her over. "Have you got your re-breather with you?"
She holds it up.
"Good, you never know when they'll gas the tunnels." She gives a serious little nod and he feels bad for lecturing her. "So what's your name, kiddo?"
"St-- Spoiler."
Totem names make some of the kids feel safe. Tim was more than happy to take his when he stopped using it. A clanging comes down the pipes and they both freeze, but it's just air in a water pipe, not a scout machine.
"So, how do you like our smelly little home?" asks Dick.
"S'nice. I like the people. I like the-- My mom never leaves the sedation centre, you know?"
Dick winces. Savage sees no reason why opium shouldn't be the opiate of the masses. "Yeah, that's... Hey!" he says, because Spoiler has grabbed a low hanging pipe, and is swinging by her knees. "That's pretty good. Can you do a penny-flip?"
She wrinkles her nose. "That's *easy*"
She swings, grabs a pipe, swings, grabs a chain between her ankles, and then comes down onto the floor in a handstand, then a walkover.
"Pretty good," says Dick, "but let me show you some of the *real* stuff."
He forgets for nearly ten minutes that Bruce is two days late.
Title: Rusted, Warped
Spoilers/Setting: Justice League Adventures 1.24 (Savage Time I) First paragraph here will give you sufficient context. This cap, from this post, courtesy of Te will give you setting.
Rating: All ages
Author's notes: The astute reader will realize this is not pure toonverse. Maelithil betad this.
"He's not back yet," says the new girl. "Do you think--" But even new, she has more sense than complete that thought.
"Nah," says Dick, "the Batman always comes through, you'll see." He checks her over. "Have you got your re-breather with you?"
She holds it up.
"Good, you never know when they'll gas the tunnels." She gives a serious little nod and he feels bad for lecturing her. "So what's your name, kiddo?"
"St-- Spoiler."
Totem names make some of the kids feel safe. Tim was more than happy to take his when he stopped using it. A clanging comes down the pipes and they both freeze, but it's just air in a water pipe, not a scout machine.
"So, how do you like our smelly little home?" asks Dick.
"S'nice. I like the people. I like the-- My mom never leaves the sedation centre, you know?"
Dick winces. Savage sees no reason why opium shouldn't be the opiate of the masses. "Yeah, that's... Hey!" he says, because Spoiler has grabbed a low hanging pipe, and is swinging by her knees. "That's pretty good. Can you do a penny-flip?"
She wrinkles her nose. "That's *easy*"
She swings, grabs a pipe, swings, grabs a chain between her ankles, and then comes down onto the floor in a handstand, then a walkover.
"Pretty good," says Dick, "but let me show you some of the *real* stuff."
He forgets for nearly ten minutes that Bruce is two days late.