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[torchbearer]

No, don't think so. Why?

[reneger]

he jumped into a shadow and hasn't come back out

[torchbearer]

How long?

[reneger]

fifteen minutes ago

[torchbearer]

I don't know how shadow powers work. But you know Batman. He doesn't exactly work on anyone's schedule.

[reneger]

we have the same power set
i don't know what happens when someone disappears into them
and he wouldn't intentionally fuck off like that

[torchbearer]

[ huh. ]

No, he wouldn't have.

Okay. How do we get him out?

[reneger]

might have to go in after him

[torchbearer]

And then what? You could both be stuck there.

[reneger]

i don't know
but i'm not going to leave him in there alone

the guy who fell in with him said he killed b

[torchbearer]

I'm not saying don't go.

[ he can't say that. even if he'd want to. the fear settles in him and kyle does his best to breathe it out. ]

Can we attach a rope or something? Like a bungee?

[reneger]

sure
i'll try whatever

do me a favor?
can you grab the backpack under the floorboards in the hall closet and the belt on the back of the door and bring them to me in excelsior

[torchbearer]

I'll bring it right over.

[reneger]

thanks

( jason sends over an approximate address: a dark alleyway in excelsior. he's - leaning up against the wall of one of the nearby buildings, intentionally planted within a shadow that's flickering around the edges. his bike's parked a few feet away, and there's blood splattered on the pavement. there had been a fight, but the assholes involved on the other side are long gone. )

[torchbearer]

[ kyle lands nearby, the bag slung over his shoulder. he notes the blood but he doesn't comment on it. ]

Is this where it happened?

[reneger]

Yeah.

( with a gesture down to the ground below his feet, after jason's gotten himself up. )

Went in here. Other guy came out over there, ( and a gesture, off to the side. )

[torchbearer]

[ that's that, it seems. kyle sighs, handing the backup to jason. he knows there's no dissuading him from this. ]

You have a good light source? . . . And your marble?

[reneger]

Thought about bringing Dickie. Light's his thing. ( thought about asking kyle to go, too, but he's not bringing that up. because neither is a great idea; they need people here to handle everything else going on. he needs someone to watch kyle, and someone to watch dickie. a loose lift of his shoulder, and he reaches a hand out to take the bag. )

Glowsticks and rechargable flashlights're in the bag. ( and with the hand he doesn't have out for the bag, he reaches into his jacket. pulls out the marble kyle'd given him. ) Got firestarters, NREs, a few water bottles, extra gear - should be fine.

[torchbearer]

[ should be. by that logic, bruce should be fine. kyle's still convinced bruce can pull himself out of it. when has he not? but there's no reason to take that chance.

and jason is taking it. the marble will help kyle track him if the rope gets loose. a hundred scenarios running through his head and none of them help so kyle throttles them. ]

Give me the marble for a second.

[reneger]

( if jason knew how it worked, he wouldn't be worried. wouldn't be standing in the same shadow bruce disappeared into, intentionally making sure it doesn't go anywhere as the moon slowly makes its way across the sky. he doesn't know if it matters where bruce went in, doesn't know if he even went anywhere. if they're lucky, jason's freaking out over nothing and the moment he goes through, he'll pop back out in bruce's underground hideout where he's ignoring everyone else because he's busy being bitchy.

if they're not--well. jason's gotten out of worse before. he's no scott free, but nothing's managed to keep him down yet.

so he throws the backpack over a shoulder, and offers out the marble. )

Keep an eye on Tim and Dickie for me, will you? ( grumbling a little under his breath, ) An' here I was giving B shit for giving all the brats abandonment issues.

[torchbearer]

I will.

[ kyle turns the marble over in his hand for a moment, concentrating. the marble twists into shape, taking the form into a ring. a green lantern's ring. it seems to gleam brightly as kyle focuses on it, eyes closed. finally, he opens them once more before holding the ring out for jason. ]

[reneger]

( huh.

jason - looks at it for a moment, but does reach out to take it. doesn't shove it back into his jacket, but instead slides it onto his middle finger. )

I'm not accepting this as a proposal, y'know. You're gonna need to at least get down on your knees for that. Bring some flowers, a horse-drawn chariot.

[torchbearer]

[ that brings a smile to his face, dispelling the tension for a moment. ]

I figured.

[ he gathers jason in his arms for a moment, leaving a kiss on his brow. ]

Come back to me. Both of you.

[reneger]

( kyle smiles, and jason offers an easy grin in response. leans into the hug before he's curling fingers in against the nape of kyle's neck, pulling him into a soft kiss. keeps him close for a moment. )

I'll be back before you know it. Just gotta grab that idiot and drag him on back from wherever the hell he's gotten himself stuck. Won't even notice I'm gone.

[torchbearer]

I better not.

[ but kyle can't keep him here. the ring should help. if all else fails. his grip tightens for a moment out of fear before he gently lets go. ]