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Bruce Wayne ([personal profile] batdweeb) wrote in [community profile] heyfreemagic2015-07-27 12:35 am

Strike with Light

{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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[personal profile] jonesiseverywhere 2015-07-28 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
[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?
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[personal profile] jonesiseverywhere 2015-07-31 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[The rat stopped at the end of the alley to look very intently at something to the left of it, before running that way, and some scuffling sounds.

Casey tried very very hard not to let it run up his leg and then, when it did exactly that, he tried very very hard not to scream. It hadn't been as bad since he fought a guy called the freakin' Rat King, but phobias don't go away that easy. Which sucked.

He couldn't help the whine when he managed to kick the thing off, sending it flying past the opening to the alley and leaving him breathing much harder (and louder) than he realized he was.]
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[personal profile] jonesiseverywhere 2015-08-07 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Casey turned back to the alley just in time to watch the Batman fly up with his grappling hook. He would have to climb the thing, but there was no way he could climb the thing as fast as he'd need to to be able to tail the guy.

Unless he had a grappling hook. He made a mental note to make a grappling hook of his own once he could afford the materials.

Anyway, he could try to track the guy if he followed on the ground, watching for him to jump from building to building, but there was no guarantee he'd be able to do that long before he hit a dead end.

Fine, up the fire escape as quickly as he can. Let's hope his goalie gloves will muffle at least some of the sound.]
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[personal profile] jonesiseverywhere 2015-08-11 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
[The guy was kind of hard to see in the dark, which...was probably the point. But Casey knew a thing or two about tracking things in the dark, a skill that came in handy when a turtle ninja was playfully sneaking up on him.

Casey ducked behind the stairwell on the roof to let Batman get a little bit of distance, and then moved to follow. Fortunately, Casey was good enough with roof-hopping that he can easily follow.]
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[personal profile] jonesiseverywhere 2015-08-13 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
[The skates make keeping up with him easy - well, OK they make it possible, but Casey is able to keep up at least. He's no stranger to dodging stuff as he runs, and he's no stranger to speedy roof-hopping...

Which is probably why he doesn't expect to lose his footing on the edge of the roof. He's always been willing to sacrifice sure footing for the speed and ability to grind, but this time he just can't correct himself and falls backwards. There's a fire escape under him to keep the fall from being fatal, but he's gonna slam it hard either way.]
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[personal profile] jonesiseverywhere 2015-08-19 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Definitely not the worst injury he's ever suffered, but it still smarts, and he grunts painfully when he hits, the sound mixing with the clang and clatter of his stuff against the metal grate in a chorus of painful noise.

It takes him a few moments to put his jangled brain back together and pull himself up to a sitting position, but he won't be able to get any farther than that until the sting in the back of his head goes away and he can take stock of everything else that he hurt. He hisses and groans, rubbing the back of his head, and looked up. He can't gauge exactly how far he's fallen. The most coherent thought that surfaces through the haze of pain and head injury was that the guy must have gotten away.

...Or he could be peering over the roof to look at him. If he hadn't just banged his head, he might have an answer for that. For now he just squints through the stars he's seeing.]
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[personal profile] jonesiseverywhere 2015-08-26 01:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[He pushes himself into a sitting position and tries to shake the dizziness out of his head. He's not 100% sure he's not concussed, but he's at least pretty sure, which is good enough for him.]

It's...it's fine. Takes more than a knock to the skull to keep Casey Jones down.
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[personal profile] jonesiseverywhere 2015-09-05 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Shrug. The frown doesn't phase him much.]

Well...you see a dude dressed up as a bat running around in the middle of the night, you think "there's a guy who knows where the action is."
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[personal profile] jonesiseverywhere 2015-09-07 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahh, roof jumpin' ain't anything new for me.

[Despite appearances.]

Just...forgot this was a different ballpark for a second.
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[personal profile] jonesiseverywhere 2015-10-26 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
[OK, let's try to stand up without losing balance...]

Yeah, well...That's jus' a risk you take bein' a vigilante!
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[personal profile] jonesiseverywhere 2015-11-17 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[He can support himself with the railing. He's fine...yeah...just not going to walk too much...]

What d'ya mean?

[Batdude would have gotten away if he hadn't. Seemed plenty necessary.]
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[personal profile] jonesiseverywhere 2015-12-02 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Casey isn't quite white-knuckling it on that railing, but he's still leaning on it. But now it's in a manner that suggests he's just one vigilante talking shop with another vigilante, which he'll keep up until he feels his legs stop shaking.]

Figured wherever you were runnin' to had to have somethin' goin' down, right? If you were causin' it, I could take you out and if you were gonna fight it, I'd help you out!
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[personal profile] jonesiseverywhere 2015-12-18 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Never stopped me before...

[Can't keep Casey Jones out of the action, no matter how needed he actually is.]

Uh...If the guys are awake, they've probably noticed I'm gone.
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