video » un: robin

[brat]

( generally speaking when robin addresses - anyone else, he doesn't bother with anything other than text. audio can be efficient, but video is overkill.

in this case?

he's visibly sitting at a very nice kitchen counter, nicer than one would find in the apartments, with his boots resting up atop it. on his lap is an upside down helmet, and over the red tunic that's customary for robin is a leather jacket that is obviously several sizes too big for him. not that he seems bothered. quite the opposite: robin looks all too pleased with himself. and while the hand slung around the helmet is wrapped in a green ulnar gutter splint that blends in well with his gloves, the other? is holding onto a handgun with a spoon duct taped to the barrel.

which he is using to eat cereal out of the (plastic lined, with an actual bowl inside of it) hood.

like this is a completely ordinary way to eat cereal and a completely normal way to choose to post to etraya's network. )

There are a significant amount of individuals present who have metahuman abilities, yes? By that I mean anything more than what an average, ordinary human being could accomplish. While I am sure this functions well for you on a daily basis - the missions Aurora assigns to us can cause. . . hiccups in these abilities. Given the pattern that has been established by previous missions, I would estimate that the upcoming one may be more physically and mentally taxing. Often times, these missions do cause abilities to fluctuate and I can't imagine that would be good for anyone who is more accustomed to healing instantaneously or tolerating getting hit by moving busses as if it's nothing.

( a wave of the gun-spoon, before damian shoves it back into the bowl for another bite of cap'n crunch cereal. because it's delicious. )

My point being - regardless of one's starting point, being prepared for anything that may come is essential to not dying here. If you are a metahuman who is accustomed to being able to handle more than others, I would recommend focusing on training yourself to be able to handle anything that may come your way, with or without those abilities. If you have no self-defense training at all, I would get on that.

( another bite, and - oops, is that milk on his face? don't mind him as he uses this very nice leather jacket to wipe it off. )

And if you need assistance, there are several capable individuals here who are used to going up against impossible odds without any metahuman talents who would be willing to help. Red Hood may be a decent starting point.

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[saychocobo]

[ Have a rather concerned looking young adult; for whom "concern" is not a natural expression. ]

Little dude, that's not what guns are for, a' right? You can't eat with it without it pointing at something it shouldn't.

[brat]

I know what they're for.

( even if he's certainly not even making any kind of attempt to hold it properly currently. don't worry about it. )

This one is unloaded and cleaned. It isn't going to hurt anything more than an ordinary spoon would.

[saychocobo]

[ You know, the fact that he added in cleaned kinda makes Prompto believe him. ]

Okay, good. Do you want a longer spoon though? Cause I've got some, for next time. That tapes gonna be a nightmare to clean.

[brat]

It isn't my gun, and I have no intention of cleaning it.

( because what fun would that be. but also - )

And I don't need your spoons.

[saychocobo]

O-okay. There's a story here, and I'm kinda dying to know so I'm just gonna creep the comments until you've got normal utensils.

[brat]

( prompto you poor sweet summer child.

it's with an almost irritated sigh that robin over onto the counter a little, stretching his arm out enough to grab the normal spoon that hadn't been visible before, so he can raise it up and wave it where prompto can see it. )

I told someone I was going to take his weapon and he was not going to be able to stop me. I have taken it. He is welcome to come get it back when he feels the need to.

[saychocobo]

[ He looks relieved to see that, yeah, there's normal tableware involved. It stops far short of explaining anything, but progress is progress. ]

I dunno about taking a guy's weapon around here. We kinda need them - it gets weird around here all the time. He might not have time to take it back when he needs it, y'know? Isn't there a way to give it back without giving it back?

[brat]

He will be fine. And if he isn't fine, that is his fault and his alone. I know for a fact he's better trained than that.

( if jason todd cannot survive a battle without one of his firearms then maybe he deserves to get wrecked. )

And he knows where I am and where it is now, so if he wants it returned, he knows where to go to get it.

[saychocobo]

Why do I feel like you're talking to him, and not to me at all?

Least I don't have to worry about you using mine for an ice cream scoop.

[brat]

Because you are smarter than you look, to an extent.

How do you know I won't?

[saychocobo]

Thanks? I think...

[ This kid might be more of an oddball than Prompto was at that age, so he doesn't want to shut down the conversation. He gets not knowing how to talk to people. ]

Oh. Because you can't. See -

[ Prompto pulls a gun from the Armiger, gives it a spin, and puts it back.

Which is to say: his hand takes a grip around nothing, and a gun crystallizes there from hard blue. It breaks apart into sparkles that fade away. ]

I don't just leave it lying around. Heard there's a market for stolen cereal spoons.

[brat]

( can't sounds like a hard rule. and, yes, from the boy's display - can't might be the accurate word for him to use as far as he's aware. damian would use something closer to should not, because he's betting if he really wanted to, he could figure out a way to snatch the gun from his hands. but he isn't in an awful mood currently, so he'll let him have his can't. for now. )

Do you materialize it, or are you pulling it out of somewhere else?