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[riskfalling]

[ The image that resolves is one of a young man wearing a blue domino mask. His smile is friendly and warm as he lifts a hand in a wave hello.

It's just also largely covered by a thick black beard. (He has at least trimmed it, but it's going nowhere anytime soon.]

Hi, everyone.

We all know we're probably heading into a new mission soon, and at this point we've spent a lot of time working together and learning about each other. I know we'd all like to be able to plan ahead, but without knowing what the mission will be until it comes, the only way to get started is to figure out what kind of assets and abilities we have available.

If you're willing, check in and let everyone know what skills, talents, powers, or other abilities you have.

No one has to participate. But if we all can get a better idea of what we can do, we can try to plan ahead, form teams between people with complementary abilities.

I'll start: hi, I'm Nightwing, and while I'm a normal powerless human, I can offer hand to hand combat, acrobatic, and detective skills, and — uh —

[ He looks over his shoulder, at something or someone off-camera. ]

Hi, Robin. Care to introduce yourself and your abilities to the nice people?

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[riskfalling]

[ Where does he even start? It's not like Damian -- the Damian here -- has any idea who or what Heartless is. He doesn't know about sudden and gnawing fear of heights, of falling. ]

I had to go to Nanda Parbat. It took a while.

[brat]

I would imagine so, considering how remote the area is.

( grayson's face is safe. . . for now. damian keeps the batarang in hand, but he's settling into the window frame as opposed to leaping out of it to drag dick down. because he's listening, waiting for an explanation first. )

[riskfalling]

And it was better if I was a little less recognizable, for a while.

Anyway, I went to see Boston Brand. He helped me before, once, when I was a kid.

[ It was supposed to be me- ]

When I had a fear of falling.

[brat]

Why go clear to Nanda Parbat for Brand?

( seems a little unnecessary, considering the man is dead and relatively free to travel. )

[mostdangerousbird]

[ About 5 minutes after this exchange, Red Robin will drop down to next window ledge over from the roof. ]

Because he wanted to get away from Gotham or Bludhaven, but I don't know why. Almost everything just got back to okay.

[riskfalling]

Nanda Parbat is beautiful this time of year.

[ Is this another wallet chain thing— ]

Ask anyone.

[brat]

I spent a significant amount of my childhood in Nanda Parbat. I know what the weather is like.

( red robin drops down, so robin opts to get out of the window frame and into the room itself. come on in, drake, there's plenty of room. )

[mostdangerousbird]

[ Tim will hop on over to the recently vacated ledge. He perches there briefly, weighing if Dick is likely to take off through the open window if it’s not blocked. (Tim certainly would.)

Not as likely. Dick usually tried to talk things out. Tim slides into the room and stands beside Damian. ]

I’ve been there.

[ With Dick. It… wasn’t very fun. ]

I think we can all agree it’s not a tourist trap. I understand if you’re making a decision to not tell Damian what’s happened, but you’re wearing the evidence of time changing on your face.

[riskfalling]

[ He makes no move toward the window, standing relaxed facing them. But they all know how quickly each of them can move.

For now, though, his voice is easy. ]

If Jason and Bruce show up, I'm going to start thinking this is an intervention.

[ Maybe it already is. ]

I was home, that's what happened. Somehow I went home and came back in the course of a night.

[brat]

I know both of you are hiding things from me. Red Robin called Jon Superman version 2, and I know he has not aged that much. You have now grown a horrid amount of facial hair.

( maybe getting them together was damian's plan all along. he takes a step forward, closer to grayson. )

I'll give you two choices: spill everything, now. Or Red Robin and I will remove that. . . gross mess from your face.

[mostdangerousbird]

[ Why does Damian have to have as good a memory as Tim? It’s inconvenient when his own words are thrown at him.

Tim looks at Dick with a plaintive well? of an expression on his face and then… throws in with Damian, who evidently hasn’t let it go and accepted that sometimes Tim can have his best interest at heart. It’s cleaner to rip off the bandaid - one of them - than to have it keep coming up. ]

He’s using the name Superman, too. Like how Connor is Green Arrow when he wants to be.