Saturday: Nemesis Island

[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

It's amazing how different the atmosphere changes once you cross over the causeway to Nemesis island. True, it might be the same temperature and all but just setting foot on the island can give you goosebumps.

And if you meet up with of the residents here you might attacked for no good reason.

Which, sadly, is the slogan of the local tourism board.

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Re: The Dark Forest

[exspeedydotcom]

Speedy shot an arrow at where he thought Robin might be.

It probably wasn't.

Re: The Dark Forest

[laidanegg.livejournal.com]

Robin saw a vague shade of the arrow go past his right side. Speedy was still way too close with those things despite the smoke, and that wasn't going to hold up much longer. He continued closing in, a batarang in hand. "If you weren't high, you would've beaten me at least three times by now." Robin didn't believe that at all, but it sounded good. "Why are you wasting everything? Your skills, the opportunity to help people?"

Re: The Dark Forest

[exspeedydotcom]

"None of it matters. Who gives a damn, anyway?" Not Ollie, that was for damn sure.

Speedy pulled another arrow out of his quiver and frowned as he nocked it to his bow. Oh, great. The boxing glove arrow. "Come out, come out, wherever you are, Boy Wonder."

Re: The Dark Forest

[laidanegg.livejournal.com]

"Behind you," Robin said from a couple feet behind Speedy. He noticed the smoke starting to lift, so he made a point to drop his batarang, hoping that Speedy could see it. "Shoot if you want. Just know that I wouldn't be willing to take an arrow from close range unless I gave a damn."

Re: The Dark Forest

[exspeedydotcom]

Speedy turned to him. "It's a boxing glove arrow, dumbass."

Re: The Dark Forest

[laidanegg.livejournal.com]

"Hey, it's still pretty smokey," Robin said in his own defense. "Also, it'll still hurt a lot. Launched from a bow at this range, it could easily give me a concussion."

Re: The Dark Forest

[exspeedydotcom]

"Might even break your nose," Speedy said thoughtfully.

Re: The Dark Forest

[laidanegg.livejournal.com]

"Or, it could give me a concussion. Don't gloss over that fact, okay?" Robin asked. "Still, you see me? Unarmed? Not moving? After I had the drop on you? Does that look like not giving a damn?"

Re: The Dark Forest

[exspeedydotcom]

"What's a concussion between friends?" Speedy said. "You're in the business, so it's not like you're not already brain-damaged."

Yes, he was stalling. Because he knew something he was hoping Robin hadn't noticed yet: if he'd pulled the boxing glove, that meant he was fresh out of arrows.

Re: The Dark Forest

[laidanegg.livejournal.com]

"So it means nothing to you. Then why haven't you fired yet?" Robin thought he might be getting through. He totally hadn't noticed the lack of arrows yet.

Re: The Dark Forest

[exspeedydotcom]

"Maybe I don't want Bats coming after me when you have to explain why you need a nose job."

Re: The Dark Forest

[laidanegg.livejournal.com]

"Maybe that's a lame excuse," Robin said. He took a step forward for dramatic effect. And from this range he couldn't help but notice that he didn't actually see any more arrows in Speedy's quiver. They could have been hiding behind his head, but that seemed unlikely. "This is Batman. He'd express disappointment in me for not doing the job better, then tell me that he appreciated that I tried. But he'd leave the coming after you to me."