Strike with Light

[batdweeb]

{Backdated: Can take place anywhere from July 1 to July 25, since he's going out on multiple nights.}

[ As dangerous as the Nox Carnival had been, it had at least given the Batman something simple to fight against. However, the satisfaction of helping clear the carnival of darkness had only gone a small way to alleviating the frustration of having been trapped in Freesia for months. ]

[ To that end, he'd stopped concentrating on his lost equipment and studying the city. Instead, the Batman would go out every other night and patrol Freesia, hunting down any Nox and Rifts lurking in the shadows. ]

[ They'd gone back to being roughly the size of rats and cats ever since the Nox Carnival, and both Nox and the Rifts they came out of could be dealt with in a literal flash. And since they were relatively easy to deal with so far, the Batman had felt justified in avoiding any citizens or other abductees that came out at night. Working alone was... simpler, right now. ]

[ Of course, complicating his attempts to fly under the radar was his magic. ]

[ As effective as it was against the Nox, bright flashes of light were very noticeable after dark, even from a distance. He had experimented with the visibility, changing the colors, trying to make it less glaring, but when a rat-shaped Nox was launching itself at his face, it was hard to be concerned with the obviousness of his attacks. ]

[ Eventually, anybody wandering around at night is going to notice those flashes of light in the distance. ]

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[letteropener]

[Not many other people might think to notice a pony flying through the sky, particularly as she took note in turn of the flashes down below. But the rustle of air through wings as they flap has a noise, if a quiet one.]

[Also, it helps that Celestia isn't inclined to sneak up on anypony, so as she approaches the familiar figure, she calls out a greeting from up above.]

Good evening!

[jonesiseverywhere]

[Someone else is patrolling, and having a significantly less easy time of it. Sure, the Nox around the city aren't that tough, but Casey also doesn't have that much control over his powers still.

...And also the stupid things are shaped like rats, which he hates, and there's no joy in smacking a filthy diseased rat with a baseball bat if it just comes back. There doesn't even seem to be any crime on the streets he could handle.

There was something else though...Casey'd seen the flash of light come from some alleyway, which he was used to, but what he wasn't used to was some guy in a dorky bat spandex. A vigilante like himself, perhaps, but still in a black suit...Wait, did that make him one of the shadow monster's allies or something? He was using light, but maybe that was part of a clever ploy to trick him or the other warriors around here.

If the guy turned, Casey was prepared to duck out of sight as he peaked around the corner to watch. He'd have to tail the batguy somehow. He'd already done it once with a ninja, so how hard could this be?