pc catchall for dick (heh) (unpredicktable)

[uncurtained]

shitpost incoming

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[unpredicktable]

Yeah, couple of things. The breakers were labelled, so-- good news, the other two locked rooms are a "grand ballroom" and a gift shop. [ exciting? ] We had access to the power for something called a... "panthouse", too. With an a. First time I ever hope someone somewhere is bad at spelling.

[uncurtained]

Panthouse? [bad?] I want to say it might just have more clothes, but considering the decor...

[closes eyes]

Hopefully nothing too haunted happened to you, at least?

[unpredicktable]

[ he hesitates before sighing, running a hand through his hair ]

Nothing as bad as what happened to you guys. Aizawa took the door off its hinges to try and make sure it stayed open, and nearly got rammed when it slammed itself back up and into position. It felt like... something cold passing by us. The breaker box rattled by itself at some point before I gave up on finding the key and went to try to pry it open. [ a beat ] There were... scratch marks, at the bottom of the door. Human ones. And the light bulb in the room-- it turned on fine, but it was flickering in a pattern. Morse code. SOS.

[ he sounds. quiet, at that last one. ghost?? light??? hm ]

But that's as bad as it ever got. No visions for us.

[uncurtained]

...Not sure whether the scratch marks or the SOS is more concerning.

[Maybe both.]

[unpredicktable]

Neither. The worst wasn't the haunted mansion lookalike. There was a notebook... The only thing legillible on it was a coded message-- solved, it read "Hard to look at him in the eyes knowing it might be there. It's a reminder: don't trust anyone. Sorry my friend."

[uncurtained]

[That is indeed Bad, and she looks appropriately disturbed as she thinks it over. After a few moments:]

...You think it might be connected to the message Junpei, Higekiri heard?

[unpredicktable]

That and the PA announcement. They're all painting a picture. A, a very specific, horror movie-esque picture, and I'm not sure how much we can trust what we've found just yet, but ... It's all we've got to go on.

[uncurtained]

...Given the horror movie vibes, I really don’t like that we’re probably going to have to break into the basement to get more information.

[unpredicktable]

... [ he sighs. yea. yea that's gonna happen probably. ] We'll-- cross that bridge when we get to it. We can't even access it right now, so let's concentrate on what we can.

[uncurtained]

What do you think that is, at this point?

[She sounds honestly curious.]

[unpredicktable]

Breaking into the rooms on the floors we currently have access to? [ baby steps??? ] We need to learn as much as we can about this place and what happened here previously, since it's sounding a lot like it might happen to us, too.

[uncurtained]

Are you planning on round two, then?

[unpredicktable]

After such a successful round one? Of course.

[ he burnt his hand. ]

[uncurtained]

[Her gaze is definitely drifting to his hand.]

Some people might question your definition of successful.

[unpredicktable]

You kidding me? With the team's track record back home, I'm just happy nothing exploded.

[ young justice: we are a team of young, covert operatives

also young justice: we blew up the thing we went to on our mission ]

[uncurtained]

So you’re the superhero team sort, not the I work alone sort. Good to know.

[unpredicktable]

[ he... falters, a bit. ]

Kinda. Or, I... used to be. I'm kind of on a sabbatical from teams. [ he shakes his head ] I started when I was nine, so, I had a partner back then too. I graduated from that a couple of years ago.

[ use your words and say you were a sidekick, dick ]

[uncurtained]

Flying solo after all, then?

[The ‘why’ is evident in her tone, but she doesn’t ask it outright.]

[unpredicktable]

Heh, yeah. It's... It's been a pretty long year.

[ he clearly does not seem like he wants to talk about it ]

[uncurtained]

[She hears that, so she lets it rest, choosing not to pry. All the same:]

Offer's still open. [To talk to her, that is. Anyways!] I'd bet it goes quicker now. Missions, and all that.

[unpredicktable]

Yeah, I know.

[ but the wound's still very raw and he talked about it not long enough ago that he's willing to poke at it again, so! moving on! ]

It's a lot less coordination, that's for sure. Just me patrolling the one city.

[uncurtained]

Hopefully the city isn't that big... But I guess my perspective on that is a little skewed. New York is pretty huge.

[unpredicktable]

It's a decent size. [ but... more importantly: ] New York, huh? Mine's in Connecticut.

[ young justice is the funniest universe because for once gotham isn't in new jersey ]

[uncurtained]

Well, I grew up in Massachusetts, so... Not that far off at all. You'd almost think we were from the same world, if not for the whole superhero thing.

[unpredicktable]

It's a very slight difference.

[ he's smiling, though. ]

There's a couple of us from different "Earths". It makes it a little hard to distinguish.