[IC] Appointments Post

[selfhelp]

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[teenwonder]

[... Comic books. Of course it's those damn books.]

So you're a fan.

[Robin is not amused.]

stupid html

[selfhelp]

[Billy shrugs his shoulders, ignoring the look. The rope is detached and wrapped up on a chair by the counter, by the way. He defeated the knot with magic, not that he'll admit as much.]

Afraid so. Batman comics are pretty popular in my world, which is surprising considering we have "real" super heroes on the news every day.

I didn't notice :D

[teenwonder]

[He'll be snatching that rope remnant and ninja-ing it back into his belt, thanks. Resources are really hard to come by here.]

And what makes you so sure they're accurate?

good 8[

[selfhelp]

I can't be sure, not unless you say so. But I'm guessing they at least got a few details right.

[He lifts a brow at Robin, looking him up and down. The costume's pretty spot on, bro.]

[teenwonder]

[Excuse him, but this Robin wears pants.]

Let me try this a different way.

Does the name Slade mean anything to you? [IF YOU ARE WORKING FOR HIM, SO HELP YOU.]

and then akai drowned in the wikia for a while, oh god

[selfhelp]

Slade?

[Billy lifts a brow, slowly working towards trying to sort out a point in time for Robin now.]

Out of all the villains you could've picked, you went for Slade?

[If he's focusing on that guy, that means he's at least Titan-era...]

ahaha I'm sorry! D: Comics!Deathstroke is way more fucked up and complicated

[teenwonder]

[NOT AMUSED NOT AMUSED SO NOT AMUSED.]

So you do know things. Tell me everything.

don't be sorry, I picked the fanboy |D I will summarize tho

[selfhelp]

[...Well. Normally Billy is against sharing comic history with the characters in case he shares info that could screw with them, but Robin did ask, so okay.

He shrugs, and continues to make his toast while he launches into a long and surprisingly detailed explanation of this. Robin's free to cut him off whenever he wants or ask questions, but Billy can go on for a while.]

[teenwonder]

[It might not matter that Billy has a policy against spoiling characters, because Robin doesn't let him get very far. It's curious that this summary skips over the very-important-in-Robin's-opinion apprenticeship he'd done under Slade's demand, but when talk went to Terra it railroaded all over Robin's other sore point.]

What do you mean he had a relationship with Terra?? [She's like fourteen. That's. Robin doesn't even KNOW what to call that.]

[selfhelp]

[Billy makes a face.]

Yeah, I know- pretty skeevy, right? I have no idea why they did it, especially when comics are usually for kids.

[teenwonder]

[This face. That's his life you're talking about, Kaplan.]

[selfhelp]

[YOU ASKED, BRO. 8|

And if Robin's just going to stand there making faces, Billy will carry on with his explanation like he hadn't even been interrupted. :|]

[teenwonder]

[But Robin will interrupt soon enough, because he is most definitely not buying this.]

If you're trying to throw me off the trail, it's not working. You're saying things that don't match up with facts. [There are enough subtle canon differences to invalidate this entire line of reasoning. There's no way Slade would've been as hung up on apprentices if he actually had kids. And what the hell kind of name is "Deathstroke" anyway?]

[selfhelp]

Oh, it doesn't? Maybe you're from a different universe or something... or one I haven't seen yet. Apparently there's tons of different 'verses out there. Comics, cartoons, books- Batman's really popular.

[He's trying to keep things casual; he knows it's a weird thing to discuss, even if he hasn't experienced the surreality of it himself, yet.]

[teenwonder]

[It's good that Billy's trying, but it's still not what Robin wants to hear.]

I assure you I'm not a cartoon.

[selfhelp]

[He is taking this way too seriously. D| Oh well, Billy gave it a shot.]

I never said you were. But that's how it is in my world.

[teenwonder]

[He's had this talk with a lot of people. Sometimes they don't treat it as kindly as Billy does.]

Well your world is wrong.

[selfhelp]

So correct me, if I've been misinformed. I can only tell you what I've seen.

[This is not rocket science, Robinbro.]

[teenwonder]

You could still be lying. [And Billy shouldn't think Robin won't still be trying to figure out a way to scare Billy into absolutely telling every inch of truth that can be squeezed out of him before he wets himself.]

[selfhelp]

Sure, I could be. So basically you've got two options: you could hear me out and correct the mistakes my world's managed to make about alternate-you, or you could keep it to yourself and stew silently in the fact that I've got it all wrong. Either way, it's your call. I won't pry.

[No skin off his back, even if he is curious. After a moment's pause, his expression softens and he glances over at Robin.]

I get that you're frustrated. I don't know how I'd feel if somebody came up to me and said there was a comic book all about my life. I know it doesn't really compare, but this is weird for me too.

[teenwonder]

I'm not frustrated. [He's fuming and suspicious and trying to analyze Bily's mannerisms for common signs of lying. Which is totally different from being frustrated.]

But it's not exactly polite to go on talking about me when I know almost nothing about you. [You know. Polite like hanging people out of windows.]

[selfhelp]

[Actually, the window-hanging is exactly why he's wondering why he should tell Robin a damn thing.]

You're the one who said to tell you everything, remember... but fine, what do you want to know?

[teenwonder]

You can start with the flying. [That totally killed the effect he was going for.]

[selfhelp]

You've seen me teleport. Is flying such a big leap of logic for you?

[Seriously, that's just the tip of the iceberg for is magic, bro. Practically the first thing he ever learned to do.]

[teenwonder]

Not a leap. It's just interesting. [If he can do more than one thing, then he's probably not a mutant. He'll have to review the correspondence between Billy and that Richards woman to see what insignificant things might leak more information.]

So what else do you do?