one; audio {with bitter words, that's how the boy talks.}

[scathefires]

[Jason woke up inside the mansion, gave it all a cursory look-through, and promptly noped the hell on out of there. Ain’t nobody got time for this Wonderland theme park bullshit - especially not the Red Hood.

Of the available options, the forest seemed like the best way out, so that’s where Jason is now, trampling through the brush, snapping twigs underfoot as he mutters his complaints into the comm device:]

This would be going a lot easier if there had been any vehicles worth taking …

[The sounds of movement stop, and Jason sighs loudly. He is Officially Lost, and he wasn’t in the best mood to begin with, so he’s understandably a little tense in addressing whoever might be listening.]

All right, this is officially stupid, and I don’t have time for stupid. Got much bigger fish to fry, so I’ll get right to the point. Whose head do I have to stuff in a duffel bag to get a map of the way out of here? Tick tock, losers, answer fast – Daddy doesn’t like being kept waiting.

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[cloned]

It's cool, I got this. [Kon reaches forward and scoops Jason up, using his tactile telekinesis to keep him immobilized. He glances at Jon.] Text Cissie. She's got field medic experience. All aboard the Superboy express.

[Yeah enjoy that, Jason.]

[postictal]

because she’s been here forever and probably knows this place better than anyone for one

[sonofab]

You sound surprised he replaced you. [So that narrowed down the when this Todd was from.

Okay, hit in the head jokes, Todd? It's like you're trying to make pissing you off easy for him. Every Robin had their talent and cutting words was his. Starfire said it best herself. “Robin’s words are like knives.”]

While you should be the voice of poor judgements after head trauma, you are wrong again.

[Damian deadpans but smirks into the camera.] Make it out of that forest alive and I'll show you why I am and always will be the best Robin.

[punful]

sorry, all the puns going to your head?

audio.

[wriggedywrecked]

So you're a terrorist, okay. Good for you.

audio.

[scathefires]

Nah. You said decapitation as a method of persuasion doesn't work for terrorists, and it worked pretty well for me. Crime lord's probably more accurate.

[Yep, he's totally nonchalant about all this. He's a crime lord, nbd.]

[scathefires]

Somehow I just don't really believe you're sorry.

[scathefires]

thats not scary

that just means shes old

[audio]

[scathefires]

And if I was asking your opinion, that might count for something.

[postictal]

yeah people don't really age here
congratulations you're stuck looking the age you do forever

[audio]

[mrsarcastic003]

I'm so shocked that the good opinion of some random kid you've never met from a place you've never heard of means nothing to you.

And hurt.

Deeply hurt.

[scathefires]

Nothing surprises me anymore, kid - you think you know me so well, you oughta know that, too.

[Why wouldn't Bruce replace him, honestly - Jason wasn't good at being Robin, wasn't good at falling in line and following the rules. Wasn't good at being someone Bruce could care about, as evident in the fact that he couldn't take it upon himself to avenge Jason's murder.

Whatever. This is fine. Jason already knows Bruce doesn't care - he wouldn't stop the Joker then, and he wouldn't stop the Joker right before Jason showed up here, either. So he replaced the stray from Crime Alley he'd taken in with an actual son. It doesn't matter.]

And you can keep the tights. I outgrew them a long time ago.

[scathefires]

guess thats not the worst thing ever

[audio]

[scathefires]

Better get used to it, short stuff. Life's full of pain.

[scathefires]

[Oh, now this is just embarrassing. Jason was fine letting the kid lead him back to the mansion!!]

Hey, I can still walk! And I can patch myself up just fine, too - no need to drag everyone and their dog into this.

[postictal]

not really
unless youre a kid

[Seriously, major sympathy for, like - all the kids here.]

wonderland has the rest of the worst covered

audio

[choosetruth]

If it weren't already obvious you were new, that would give you away. [Her voice hardens.] I never stop.

[kryptomight]

( jon's already pulling his device out, hopping onto his heels as he pulls up cissie's contact information and--hears jason ask for them not to involve anyone else. )

I know some first-aid stuff too, so. . maybe we'll be okay? ( if jason is that against other people coming along. )

[audio]

[mrsarcastic003]

I can't express the depth of my shock and dismay.

I'll be crying into my pillow tonight as I try to comes to terms with my disillusionment.

I thought everything was rainbows and puppies.

audio

[scathefires]

[... Good to know. Jason makes a mental note, filing Georgia under the heading of stubborn and nosy as hell.]

Well, I hope you're used to disappointment, 'cause my answer isn't gonna change.

audio

[choosetruth]

I didn't really think it would. Good thing I don't intend to let that stop me.

audio.

[wriggedywrecked]

So even shittier, basically.

[punful]

with a deduction like that, you must be at the head of your class.

[scathefires]

not a kid but thanks for the concern anyway

[scathefires]

[for fuck's sake.]

Didn't finish high school, actually.