003 ♦ [Fourth Wall]

[goddamn_butler]

[ It's a lovely morning to be out and about fetching supplies. Unfortunately, to do this Alfred must open the door and leave.

...sigh.

Luceti is a contained mass of pure madness. ]

I do hope our guests were civilized enough to wipe their feet before launching their invasion on unsuspecting homes. Visitations can be over in a matter of days, but

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[titango]

[...Alfred. Robin wasn't really prepared for Alfred of all people, not when he'd been prepared to write off this entire place as a hut populated with android duplicates of people he knew at home.

He's not quite prepared to say hello. Not yet. But he'll be fine with stalking along after Alfred while he goes about his business. He's much more comfortable with lurking like a creeper than trying to bridge over a very awkward social gap.]

[titango]

[Fine, fine. Tea away.]

Yeah, probably.He still makes it sound like he's gotten way too close to Bru--Batman.

[goddamn_butler]

[ Mm-hmm. House 46 approaching on the horizon. ]

He's found quite the change of pace here. [ As one would expect when they meet their mentor a few decades early. ]

[titango]

Yeah, well someone ought to teach him where the boundaries are.

[goddamn_butler]

It's a work in progress, Master Dick. [ Opening the front door. ] One I shall give my most valiant efforts to oversee properly.

[ Alfred Watch: when you want things done right. ]

[titango]

[He hesitates for a moment when Alfred calls him that. It's been a long time since anyone used that name.]

...Right. [There's still some lingering to be done, but he does enter eventually. Without wiping his feet. Oops.] ...You're keeping this place pretty normal, all things considered. [It's cleaner than Beast Boy's place. Lots cleaner.]

[goddamn_butler]

[ Patented Alfred Look for your foot-wiping efforts 8| ]

Yes, well- that is my job.

[titango]

[Duly noted and ignored!]

Well yeah, but given what the empty housing all looks like, you've practically recreated the manor. How'd you even find all this stuff?

[goddamn_butler]

You might be surprised by what turns up in the local stores, when you keep an eye on them. [ ... :| ]

I can only hope they're all very well-researched duplicates. [ Thievery is Not Cool, bro. ]

[titango]

I'd say that's unlikely. Unless the people here are very well-researched duplicates as well. [...So you're sure you're not an android duplicate, right Alfred? Because that would just be cruel.]

[goddamn_butler]

[ Oh, he's sure. He'd have to kick some ass for not bringing a second butler in to handle the messes Luceti tends to leave behind. ]

I highly doubt that. [ ...which means they're stealing from the manor. Those jackasses. ]