[ Tim flicks his wrist and his bostaff is in his hand and extends out. Not aimed at being used but just as a demonstration.
Rude has seen it before when Tim had tested Rude and Dorian's teamwork at Patch's but Tim had always had it extended then. It had proven to have a taser on the end. ]
Like that? Just shorter?
[ Tim looks down with slight confusion at the key.] I already have a key to Dorian's houses.
[ He'd made copies when he'd been caring for the house well over a year ago.]
I understand that this is more of a symbol anyway, so thank you.
Yeah, but like this long. [ He indicates with his hands something that is about the size of a police baton. ]
Yes, I know you can get your way in here with or without a key, but it is more that you are welcome. And the long in information is to the security system. I am going to trust you with it.
[ Rude nods and at that moment the doorbell rings with the food being delivered. Rude exuses himself for a few minutes to go pick it up and the brings it back into the kitchen. ]
I got a selection of stuff. I am not sure what you're used to, but this is the sort of food we'd eat a lot of in the office when we were working late.
This is the kind of food we'd only have if Alfred wasn't around to make passive-aggressive comments about the health food rating on anything we were eating.
[A slight exaggeration, Alfred didn't disagree with the type of cuisine, just that it was a takeaway version of it. Tim grabs a random container and opens it up to see what it is. He's going to eat it regardless of what he picks because he doesn't have huge preferences.]
I'm going to take a wild guess and say you lived on take away because your team was always working late.
You're not wrong. We were working late a lot. I didn't mind though. Office buildings get nice and quiet after everyone goes home and it is easy to slip into a state of focus. Also less people to get injured if you fuck up when putting together explosives or stuff like that.
But also, I didn't know how to cook until I got here.
I always find office buildings to be more oppressive than nice, although I used to play tag in the stairways of Wayne Enterprises with Dick.
[Otherwise office buildings are just where he has to work, bringing with it a huge weight of responsibility that nothing within the confines of the building can alleviate]
I didn't- I still don't know how to cook
[And the fact that Rude has learnt and likely can happily feed Dorian fills Tim with the sudden urge to learn. Although Rude might recall the boy has made them eggs for breakfast before so he's not wholly incapable.]
You made us breakfast that time? That is more than I knew when I came here.
And it has been slow going. But I am getting decent at fried rice at least. Thats why there is a couple of extra boxes of rice.
Stairways are good for a lot of different things, also a bit of privacy if you know where the cameras are. Though me and Reno would always sneak up to the roof when we needed some time away from the work.
If I couldn't fry some bacon and eggs that would be very pretty sad. I can also heat up cans of beans and boil eggs and noodles but I would not consider any of that actual cooking.
[Tim looks at the extra boxes of rice] It had crossed my mind about how much you thought I could eat.
Well, it was Bruce's building so we didn't have to worry about privacy. He would just scrub any cameras but we were only just mucking around anyway. Pretty sure plenty of people saw him chasing me down and putting me in a headlock.
Oh no, I think I eat enough leftovers as it is. I should probably finish what's currently in the fridge before I add to it unnecessarily.
[Tim's fridge would be soda and take out containers if it weren't for Kyle and Rhys occasionally cooking insisting on a home cooked meal.]
Oh yeah, it was just a game while we waited for Bruce to be done with board meetings [It doubled as training though but Tim would say he could justify most things as training at this point]
Oh. Yeah I have spent many hours waiting for board meetings to be done. We would be training, finishing up paperwork or sometimes Reno and I would sneak up to the roof for a smoke break.
[Tim starts to slow as he eats, moving the food around more than he's putting it into his mouth, not from disinterest but because his thoughts are wandering.]
To think that I would give anything to go back to when I was bored outside of a board room. I was inside the board room the day I was taken from my city.
I think Bruce would have preferred to be chasing us up and down the stairs as well.
[Tim nods, although he thinks he'd miss how easy his life felt back then even he was at home in Gotham]
I miss Alfred making me cucumber sandwiches and tea before we played video games together. I miss these very specific hot dogs just around the corner from Crime Alley. I miss the view from the top of Wayne Tower.
That is a lot more fancy than when Reno and I played videogames. We'd order pizza and have beers and snacks and just play the whole night sometimes. Good way to decompress and not think about anything going on outside the little bubble you're in right then.
Alfred was a fancy person, and he knew I liked those sandwiches. They were always cut perfectly and placed on nice china too. And then we'd just sit there and play video games.
It was an interesting juxtaposition but he was like that. He also really liked football, like American football and soap operas but he'd pretend it was all above him too.
"What kind of games did you play? What kind of games exist in your world?"
"It depended on our mood but we did do a lot of car racing games, mostly against each other. Being a Turk is the kind of job where you end up with some pretty extensive driving practice, both to evade being followed or stopped and to be the one following or stopping. Sometimes we would use that to test if the game was built for reality. Fighting games too. And sometimes if we were in the mood for something completly different we'd do something where you run around saving the world."
"Oh yeah, just for something different you'd save the world hey? In between video games?" Tim scoffs, trying to hide the smile at how familiar this kind of talk is to him. He aches to see his friends again, play some video games and save the world on the side.
"I could bring some car racing games over some time?" It's something they could perhaps do together where Tim biting Rude's head off won't feel so venomous.
Rude smiles slightly as well when he spots the way Tim is trying hide the smile. He is familiar with the feelings, he misses Reno, and he is glad Tim and he has some more things to bond over.
"I would like that a lot. I haven't really played games since I got here, it would be nice to do that again."
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Date: 2025-01-02 12:11 pm (UTC)Sadly no. But there is lemonade and ice tea, either of those to your taste? I could make you a non-alcoholic drink too.
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Date: 2025-01-02 01:15 pm (UTC)[Dorian hadn't offered it when he was getting Tim to sample drinks to find something that he liked.]
I hope the gloves were an alright idea. You seemed to prefer hand to hand so a weapon didn't fit.
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Date: 2025-01-02 01:20 pm (UTC)They were a great idea. I do prefer hand to hand and the electricity reminds me of my partner. He likes to use a magrod.
The gift for you is not as cool, I'll admit that.
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Date: 2025-01-03 05:49 am (UTC)[The same could be used to describe Tim's bo-staff, or his brother's escrima sticks so that still leaves a large range of possibility.]
If they ever need to repair or modification you can bring them back to me and I'll see what I can do.
I wasn't expecting a gift. I'm not really sure why you would...
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Date: 2025-01-03 07:18 pm (UTC)And you should open it before you decide if it is a good gift or not
[ The gift isn't much, a key to the house and what looks like login information. ]
I figure it is time to trust you, so there you go.
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Date: 2025-01-06 12:26 pm (UTC)Rude has seen it before when Tim had tested Rude and Dorian's teamwork at Patch's but Tim had always had it extended then. It had proven to have a taser on the end. ]
Like that? Just shorter?
[ Tim looks down with slight confusion at the key.] I already have a key to Dorian's houses.
[ He'd made copies when he'd been caring for the house well over a year ago.]
I understand that this is more of a symbol anyway, so thank you.
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Date: 2025-01-19 08:16 pm (UTC)Yes, I know you can get your way in here with or without a key, but it is more that you are welcome. And the long in information is to the security system. I am going to trust you with it.
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Date: 2025-01-20 10:39 pm (UTC)Thank you, the gesture is appreciated.
I will admit I'm not sure what to say really.
[ They have a whole dinner in front of them to eat and Tim doesn't know how to make conversation with Rude beyond this.]
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Date: 2025-01-21 08:02 pm (UTC)I got a selection of stuff. I am not sure what you're used to, but this is the sort of food we'd eat a lot of in the office when we were working late.
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Date: 2025-01-25 06:02 am (UTC)[A slight exaggeration, Alfred didn't disagree with the type of cuisine, just that it was a takeaway version of it. Tim grabs a random container and opens it up to see what it is. He's going to eat it regardless of what he picks because he doesn't have huge preferences.]
I'm going to take a wild guess and say you lived on take away because your team was always working late.
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Date: 2025-01-25 08:41 pm (UTC)You're not wrong. We were working late a lot. I didn't mind though. Office buildings get nice and quiet after everyone goes home and it is easy to slip into a state of focus. Also less people to get injured if you fuck up when putting together explosives or stuff like that.
But also, I didn't know how to cook until I got here.
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Date: 2025-01-27 12:56 pm (UTC)[Otherwise office buildings are just where he has to work, bringing with it a huge weight of responsibility that nothing within the confines of the building can alleviate]
I didn't- I still don't know how to cook
[And the fact that Rude has learnt and likely can happily feed Dorian fills Tim with the sudden urge to learn. Although Rude might recall the boy has made them eggs for breakfast before so he's not wholly incapable.]
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Date: 2025-02-04 12:44 pm (UTC)And it has been slow going. But I am getting decent at fried rice at least. Thats why there is a couple of extra boxes of rice.
Stairways are good for a lot of different things, also a bit of privacy if you know where the cameras are. Though me and Reno would always sneak up to the roof when we needed some time away from the work.
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Date: 2025-02-08 11:32 am (UTC)[Tim looks at the extra boxes of rice] It had crossed my mind about how much you thought I could eat.
Well, it was Bruce's building so we didn't have to worry about privacy. He would just scrub any cameras but we were only just mucking around anyway. Pretty sure plenty of people saw him chasing me down and putting me in a headlock.
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Date: 2025-02-17 08:05 pm (UTC)Yeah? Hopefully just as a game right?
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Date: 2025-02-18 12:11 pm (UTC)[Tim's fridge would be soda and take out containers if it weren't for Kyle and Rhys occasionally cooking insisting on a home cooked meal.]
Oh yeah, it was just a game while we waited for Bruce to be done with board meetings [It doubled as training though but Tim would say he could justify most things as training at this point]
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Date: 2025-02-22 05:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-02-24 03:44 am (UTC)To think that I would give anything to go back to when I was bored outside of a board room. I was inside the board room the day I was taken from my city.
I think Bruce would have preferred to be chasing us up and down the stairs as well.
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Date: 2025-02-24 02:33 pm (UTC)This place makes you long for the strangest things, hm?
That said, I am not entirely sure I'd rather go back.
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Date: 2025-02-28 08:01 am (UTC)I miss Alfred making me cucumber sandwiches and tea before we played video games together. I miss these very specific hot dogs just around the corner from Crime Alley. I miss the view from the top of Wayne Tower.
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Date: 2025-03-10 12:43 pm (UTC)That is a lot more fancy than when Reno and I played videogames. We'd order pizza and have beers and snacks and just play the whole night sometimes. Good way to decompress and not think about anything going on outside the little bubble you're in right then.
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Date: 2025-03-10 01:11 pm (UTC)It was an interesting juxtaposition but he was like that. He also really liked football, like American football and soap operas but he'd pretend it was all above him too.
"What kind of games did you play? What kind of games exist in your world?"
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Date: 2025-03-17 03:17 pm (UTC)oops i switched rp styles.. sorry
Date: 2025-03-21 01:16 pm (UTC)"I could bring some car racing games over some time?" It's something they could perhaps do together where Tim biting Rude's head off won't feel so venomous.
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Date: 2025-04-02 08:53 am (UTC)"I would like that a lot. I haven't really played games since I got here, it would be nice to do that again."
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