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dick grayson ยป ROBIN ([personal profile] performance) wrote in [community profile] gingercupboards2014-08-06 12:58 pm

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[ The audience goes wild as Haly's Traveling Circus begins its three-ring opening act extravaganza. The performers swarm the floor in a choreographed riot of colors and music, and Dick just knows he's gonna get lost in the crowd.

When's Jack gonna give in and let him have his own aerial act? The accident was five years ago. He's ready. He's got a routine worked out and everything. All he needs is a chance.

Not that he's ever gonna get one as long as he's stuck doing boring old handsprings through boring old flaming hoops all the way over in the third ring. Total baby stuff. He could do this in his sleep. He catches two juggling clubs mid-double-backflip, spins once more in midair, sticks the landing, and the crowd goes nuts. Okay, that felt pretty cool, maybe it was more impressive than he'd —


... Or maybe the elephant's stealing the show. Aw, come on, Zitka... ]
runningstart: (kf; fuckin walls come outta NOWHERE)

[personal profile] runningstart 2014-08-08 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
[While it's unlikely that Parasite will come back now that he's gotten what he wanted, KF is still glad that the kid is staying close by. If he does come back, he'd rather the guy be in his sight rather than lost in that mass of people. Shit, where his parents probably are.

Wally finishes off the call with,]
Okay. Kid Flash out, [and pushes himself up to his feet. He's fine, he can walk, he's just...yeugh. Feels sick in a way he hasn't since he got his powers.] Parasite's probably long gone. C'mon, let's go make sure everybody made it out. [Okay, not trying to chase off his impromptu partner anymore, then.]
runningstart: (sf; things are looking up)

[personal profile] runningstart 2014-08-08 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
[you motherfuckin prince charming

KF grabs one end of the scarf and brings it up to his mouth, but gestures to Dick to take the other. You too, buddy. At least he's not telling you that you can't come.

He and Dick circle the tents, checking for anyone trapped in the smoke. Sirens wail in the distance but most of the circus workers operating in concert with the sprinklers have already smothered the fire in the third tent. KF spots his parents and nods to them as discreetly as he can, and they nod back, Rudy's expression grim and Mary gripping his hand tight. They'd been worried.

KF hands Dick's sash back to him, glancing in the direction of the police.]
I gotta go talk to the cops. [Gives Dick an appraising look. Not really concern just...curiosity.] You good?
runningstart: (sf; i don't got it)

[personal profile] runningstart 2014-08-08 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Kid Flash watches him jog off, and wads up the sash in his fist before he limps over to the cops to let them know what happened. He finds a quiet place to slip away with his parents, because his clothes have gone...somewhere and he's not really in good enough shape to try retrieving them.

He realizes on the way home, the sash around his neck and a blanket around his shoulders to hide his costume, that he never got the other kid's name.

A Google search on his phone is all he needs to find out, and from there he reads up on the story about the tragedy with his parents and Batman's intervention and he thinks, oh, right, I heard about this. It's weird to remember the story as a stranger to it, and to remember it again knowing that the little boy in the picture is the same one that ran back into the smoke to rescue a bear and then, later, Wally.

It was...kind of cool.

Richard Grayson.

Wally spends the next day in bed shaking off the effects of Parasite's powers, and he hears second-hand from Barry that the League had managed to trap and contain him, thanks to the drawback of Wally's powers where he gets really really hungry. It's good for something, at least. And when they finally put Parasite away and Wally feels himself on the mend, he looks up the Haly Circus and their tour schedule. There's been a slight delay due to the damage the fire caused and the police investigation, but the tentative pickup date is three weeks later, in Texas.

Three weeks later, Kid Flash is in Texas, and he's snooping around -probably where he shouldn't be- in stealth mode, trying to find the acrobat after his show. It's late and everyone is packing up, so that means he has to be somewhere, right?

...except that he gets caught.]


Uh- no no, no! Not a thief! I'm just looking for someone, um, Richard Grayson?
runningstart: (sf; ooh what's this button do)

[personal profile] runningstart 2014-08-08 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
Oh- yeah. I was trying not to get caught. [KF flicks the symbol on his chest and he flickers back to yellow and red.] I obviously failed.

[But- hey, there he is, the kid he'd been looking up articles and videos about for the past three weeks. Kind of cool. For a second he thought...Dickie? Really? He'd thought he was going to hug him, but then he didn't and KF was equal parts relieved and disappointed. It would've been weird, right? Totally weird. Probably.] -so, hey! Place looks good. Doesn't even look like there was fire and stuff all over the place a couple weeks ago. Was the turnout for tonight okay?
runningstart: DO YOU GET IT AHAHAHA i'm hilarious (kf; need a hand?)

[personal profile] runningstart 2014-08-08 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Wally sits down on a nearby crate and he's kind of surprised by how interested he is in knowing this stuff. Since when has he ever given a shit about the circus, of all things?]

I saw a bunch of conspiracy theorists doing their thing on a forum. They were like, "It was rigged for publicity" and all that, and then G. Gordon got ahold of it and was super convinced that the League was involved somehow. It was intense.
runningstart: (kf; i think that's an insult)

[personal profile] runningstart 2014-08-08 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Something inside of KF churns warm and pleasant when Dick implies disliking Godfrey. Like his opinion on that matters or something. Doesn't it? ...why wouldn't it?

But the question takes Kid by surprise, because he hadn't been expecting it and now that he thinks about it, he should have. Why did he run all the way out to Texas?]
Uh, no. No, I just...y'know, I was going running anyway. And I wanted to check up on you. Y'know, make sure everything was cool. [And he feels kind of stupid for it now. Just checking up on the kid you met once? Wow.]
runningstart: (kf; i-i made it!)

[personal profile] runningstart 2014-08-08 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, good. Cool. [KF bobs his head. Good to know.

He sniffs and rubs at his nose, looking somewhere past Dick's shoulder. Maybe at that empty cage over there.]


So uh...everyone else is good? Bear's okay?
runningstart: (kf; still the fasted thing under 20)

[personal profile] runningstart 2014-08-08 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Dick's hand leaves a streak of dusty white in his hair and KF has to yank his eyes away to keep from staring. He scoffs out a laugh and waves a hand.]

Yeah, dunno if you noticed but you kind of saved my life too. Got me out of the tent so I wouldn't, y'know, asphyxiate. So that was cool of you. Thanks.
runningstart: are you crying??? (kf; HAHA! it's like you care or w/e)

[personal profile] runningstart 2014-08-08 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh man, would I! You've got no idea how many calories I gotta burn just to keep this in motion. [He gestures to himself and hops off the crate. He'll always eat. Plus, circus food? Cotton candy and funnel cakes and turkey legs? He's so there.]
Edited 2014-08-08 19:03 (UTC)
runningstart: (sf; ooh what's this button do)

[personal profile] runningstart 2014-08-08 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Dick takes his arm and KF doesn't try to pull away. Sure yeah, he doesn't know where he's going anyhow, no big deal...]

Nnno, not a secret. My secret is to eat a ton of crap, that's my secret. And yeah, it's a metabolism thing. [...should he go into more detail? Barry probably wouldn't want him to. But who cares, it's just Dick, it's not like it's going anywhere from here.] Uh, rest of this is a secret though so...no tweeting it. Or whatever. But like, it's a hyper-accelerated metabolism, so it's not just that I burn calories fast. It occurs all the way down on a cellular level, so I heal really fast and I can replace blood really fast. Um, poisons and sedatives and stuff only hit me for a minute instead of five hours. I don't really get sick anymore, 'cause my immune system is accelerated too. [Jesus, why is he talking about this? Dick doesn't want to know the particulars. Or maybe because it's impressive, it really makes him sound cool and...powerful? Someone to admire. Geez.

He just wants Dick to think he's cool, that's not awful, right?]
runningstart: DO YOU GET IT AHAHAHA i'm hilarious (kf; need a hand?)

[personal profile] runningstart 2014-08-08 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[KF thinks he should probably point out that he gets hurt all the time -and it's usually his own fault- but...nah. Not important. Plus um FUNNEL CAKES. Hopefully Dick thinks someone shoving food into their mouth with absolutely no table manners is also cool, because that's what he's doing right now.]

Holy crap, this is so good. It's really okay if we just eat these, seriously? [KF sucks sugar off his gloved fingers.]
runningstart: we are so COOL (kf; we blew up the building)

[personal profile] runningstart 2014-08-08 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, geez, I mean, if you gotta get rid of 'em I'd be happy to help out with that. Waste not want not, right? [Plus it's an excuse to come visit Dick. Not that. That's a pressing concern or anything..........]
runningstart: (kf; omg i can't be all spy now)

[personal profile] runningstart 2014-08-08 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you, thank you. I try. I do my part. [KF grins and there's powdered sugar all around his mouth because he's a slob, but then Dick drags him over to some corndogs and some popcorn and Jesus, are those elephant ears? And they talk about idiotic things, and their lives are so different but somehow they find things in common and they're walking down the center strip as everybody is packing up and KF's wrist beeps.]

Oh crap, it's eleven. I was supposed to be home half an hour ago.

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