4th Leap | It's Quiet without You

[notasidedick]

[A → Action; 630 Topper Street: Morning][Dick is doing his usual routine. Grabbing the milk from the door and pouring it out before he takes a quick shower and gets ready for work

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[sarcasmandbooks]

[Sits down next to you. Raven has her normal appearance back.]

Hey.

[notasidedick]

Hey, you look more like you already.

[He makes sure to give her enough room.] The nice thing about this place, is the weather seems to always be nice. [Oh my god. Is he actually talking about weather?]

[sarcasmandbooks]

[Yup.]

Seems to be.

[A pause.]

So.

What happened?

[notasidedick]

Nothing. Had a bad day at work. I guess funny to other people though.

[He shakes his head lightly.]

Someone I know is gone.

Phone

[kryptonsson]

I heard their things disappear when it's a permanent thing. Why? Who was droned?

[notasidedick]

Is that so. I guess I'll ask about it later then.

[There's a long pause on his side of the line.] Bruce got droned.

[kryptonsson]

... It had to be Bruce of all people. This city doesn't take breaking us lightly.

[notasidedick]

It shouldn't be all that surprising.

At some point, I got droned. But I don't know how rare that is, and I'm not holding my breath.

D

[gingerbatgirl]

[She'll just sit down on the porch next to you, not saying anything for a minute before glancing over at you]

So. What's bothering you?

[notasidedick]

Just the usual.

I screwed up during work. Poured hot coffee on myself. [Met Bruce while he was droned.] The usual for this place at least.

[gingerbatgirl]

That doesn't really answer my question. [She doesn't know what the usual is here. Not yet at least]

Ouch. Are you okay? [Did you give yourself third degree burns or something stupid like that?] I have a feeling that's really not all that's bothering you.

[notasidedick]

It wasn't that bad, so much as just feeling pretty dumb right when it happened. [He sighs.] It isn't. What's bothering was what caused me to screw up at work. [By the way, that sounds really weird. Working. Like. Not meaning being a crazy vigilante dressed like a bat, but just a normal job.]

Today wasn't a good day.

c

[wizardoftheweek]

... Usually, the only way you will know is just over time.

... I'm sorry.

Re: c

[notasidedick]

It's alright. I'm not going to really hold my breath. I'll just assume he went home. [Because that feeling is better then whatever else he can think of.]

How are you though?

[wizardoftheweek]

You are redirecting. This was not a conversation about me.

[notasidedick]

Could it be a conversation about you? [He's reaching apparently.]

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[a_gentle_boy]

[Lucas comes on down the street on his table, plodding away, keeping the area around him lit with the glow of his PSI. He doesn't seem to be in much of a hurry.

When he sees someone he recognizes sitting in the darkness, he waves a bit.]

[notasidedick]

[He waves back at the other. Oh right. He hasn't spoken to Lucas much. He's been busy.] Hey. Taking a walk of some kind?

[a_gentle_boy]

Hi.

[Lucas will direct the table a bit closer up the walkway.]

Sort of. It's nice to watch the stars at night sometimes... Is that what you were doing?

[notasidedick]

[He'll approach the other. Why not.]

You can say that I suppose. I guess I was just thinking a bit. It's hard to think inside, and it's a pretty good night.