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WHO: Wally and Robin; Wally and Superboy; Wally and Artemis; Wally and Jaime
WHERE: ALL OVER CREATION (De Chima, VA; Heropa, various locales)
WHEN: IMMEDIATELY
WHAT: Time to talk about destroyed futures and killer spine robots
WARNINGS: intense teen drama

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[KF shrugs uneasily.] Not like I'm the only one. And it's not like it's the first time. You've talked to CK, right?

... Yeah. [ Just as uneasy. ] She told me— a lot.

[KF watches Robin before returning his attention to the ground below, swinging his legs a couple times.]

...I just...I never thought anything like this could happen to us. To the League. They make everything look so...insignificant, compared to them. Y'know? And I mean, I always assumed we'd be them someday, take their places and we'd know exactly what to do.

But we won't. We won't, will we? We'll never just know what to do.

... Even Batman doesn't have all the answers. He's just... really good at acting like he does.

[ Dick, fired. Another Robin, dead. Batman in retirement. Yeah. A lot can go wrong, even for him. ]

I don't think anyone always knows what to do. We just do our best.

Edited 2014-09-08 05:16 (UTC)

[KF makes a small noise, an exhale.] I know. I know you know too, I just...that's what it felt like.

[ He's quiet for a moment before he slides an arm around KF's shoulders, his expression calm, a little wistful. ]

I think that might just mean we're growing up, dude.

[The corner of KF's mouth quirks up and he stays slumped, if only so Robin's arm doesn't slide off.] I don't remember signing up for that when we said we wanted to stop being treated like kids.

[Except that's exactly what they wanted. He'd just been hoping it would be less shitty. Granted, things only really started getting shitty since he got here, but...]

[ Robin laughs, a soft exhale, swinging his legs slowly. ]

Maybe we should go to Disneyland. The whole team. Your weird cousin included.

Dunno how safe that is. Whenever all of us get together we tend to make things explode. Nitric acid and hydrazine, dude. [Kid mimes an explosion.] Pretty sure we'll traumatize some poor kid if we blow up Mickey Mouse.

That's a risk I'm willing to take.

[ He squeezes Wally's shoulder a little. ]

Yeah, you're right. What are the hopes and dreams of children in the face of us having fun, anyway? [KF smiles a little before elbowing Robin in the ribs.] Actually dude, I have six passes to Wet N' Wild. Somebody who's desperately in love with me left them on my desk.

[ ... wait what ]

A, if they were in love with you they probably would've just gotten two, but B, seriously? Who are you gonna invite?

...who am I- are you playing with me? There's six tickets, dude. [KF counts off on his fingers.] You, me, Art, SB, Bart, and probably someone else, I dunno. Save it for a rainy day maybe. ...maybe Jaime. Bart'll want to take Jaime.

Edited 2014-09-08 20:46 (UTC)

Just checking, dude. Gotta know whether I'm going as Robin or not.

[ Because the whole secret ID thing tends to complicate theme park fun times. ]

[KF looks over at him. Opens his mouth.

Shuts it and looks away.] Yeah, I guess that's a concern.

[ There's a beat where he's not sure what he should say. ]

Hey, if you'd rather take someone else, I get it. It's complicated.

No, no no. [Wally flaps a hand.] Ha- I was just thinking that we can get you a pair of those dorky shaded swimmer goggles. Preserve your identity, but not your dignity.

[ Robin laughs, sharp and sudden and bright. ]

Then it's a plan. You name the day, I'll be there.

Yeah, I'll. [Wally returns the smile briefly, but it suddenly occurs to him that he knows who those tickets came from. Annie.] I'll uh, I'll pick a day.

[ A quizzical look. ]

Uh, did I miss something just now?

Nah. Just. I think these tickets are from Annie.

. . . why?

Why...what? Why do I think they're from her, or why did she give 'em to me?

Both? Uh. The second one, mostly.

I dunno why she gave 'em to me. [Still not completely sure it's her, either.] It's definitely not because she has a crush on me. That's been clarified. [brutally clarified]