spoileralert: (where is my leftover pizza)

[personal profile] spoileralert 2018-02-13 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
They're my work clothes, makes them work real well as a bottom layer. [ Nice and tight, but also vaguely armored.

But she looks around the room as well. ]


It does seem like a lot for a pretty small room.

[ She wonders if the hole is going to get bigger until they all fall in. ]
heroproceeding: (HOW DOES YOU DO HAIR ASSHOLE?)

[personal profile] heroproceeding 2018-02-14 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ Probably best she didn't voice that thought. Just, you know. To keep the chill at bay. For now. Zack snorts softly as he ducks down to grab his harness. Looking it over, he muses mildly. ] Yeah... It sure is. Kinda reminds me of that room we landed in before we ended up in that maze.

[ Twisting a strap to right it again, he looks over his work with a tilt of his head. ] Spandex really work that well for work though? I feel like it would ride up too much.
spoileralert: ($ always had to act smart)

[personal profile] spoileralert 2018-02-14 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ She's weirdly okay with it, but no way is she going to share that thought with anyone who hasn't already had it themselves.

She unsnaps her cloak and offers it to him. ]


It's not spandex. It's a Kevlar blend, slash resistant. Pretty warm, too.

[ The stuff is thicker than you'd expect, and while it does stretch it's not much worse than, say, denim. ]
heroproceeding: (SUPER IMPORTANT SPEECHES BE SPEECHIN.)

[personal profile] heroproceeding 2018-02-14 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Taking the offered cloak into hands now freed from gloves, Zack takes a moment to give it a good feel. To judge the texture and the weight with a furrowed brow before surprise colors his expression. ]

Huh... Wow, yeah. This stuff's pretty solid. [ Holding it back to her, he adds: ] Kinda feels like the bullet proof vests we used sometimes. You make this, yourself?
spoileralert: smile, happy (* not so bad)

[personal profile] spoileralert 2018-02-14 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
It's the same principle, just designed to be lighter. Having a cape actually helps you avoid a whole lot of bullets.

[ She settles it back over her shoulders, but leaves the hood down. Her hair is so free~ ]

No, I didn't make it. I was still in hiding. I called in a few favors instead.
heroproceeding: (COLOR OF THE SKY.)

[personal profile] heroproceeding 2018-02-15 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
A few favors... Sounds like someone I should be calling a few favors in for.

[ If only she knew how dark that sense of humor ran. But he tries to keep it light. In the current situation, it's true at least. Still, he tilts his head at that after in curious thought. ] So, why were you in hiding?
spoileralert: smile, happy (* not so bad)

[personal profile] spoileralert 2018-02-15 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She doesn't get it. But she does plop down next to him, legs crossed. ]

Oh, my parents put a hit out on me. I overheard all their plans to take over the city, and I guess I never struck them as particularly megalomanic.
heroproceeding: (EYYY)

[personal profile] heroproceeding 2018-02-21 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
Wait, what?

[ That answer's enough for him to suddenly straighten up from the way he'd been leaned over. For his eyes to go wide and his mouth to go slack. ]

They put a hit on their own daughter? [ And tried to take over the city, too. But their own daughter? ]
spoileralert: (question mark???)

cw: gun violence/domestic violence

[personal profile] spoileralert 2018-02-21 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah.

[ She shrugs it off with the easy, careless air of someone who is hiding the fact that they care really a lot. ]

Dad tried to shoot me himself, but I was too quick for him.
heroproceeding: (THESE FUCKIN ASSHOLES.)

[personal profile] heroproceeding 2018-02-21 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
What the hell's wrong with him?

[ That might have been a loud crack of a fist hitting the floor. It echoes just a little bit in the room and his fist feels a little sore after, but he doesn't care. She might shrug it off, but that doesn't make it any less- ]

That's messed up!
spoileralert: (unsure?)

[personal profile] spoileralert 2018-02-21 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ Steph's reaction is a weird combination of pleased and embarrassed. She knows it's messed up, but her feelings about her parents are... complicated. Sometimes it's nice to have outside input. ]

Who knows? He's dead now, so we'll never get a proper diagnosis. I dunno about Mom. She said she had nothing to do with it, but... nothing really added up.
heroproceeding: (you totally took the last klondike!!)

[personal profile] heroproceeding 2018-02-21 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
If she had nothing to do with it, then how come she was in on taking over a city, too?

[ She did just say both of her parents had been involved, right? Or did he mishear in his heated anger? Either way, he tries to cool it. Tries to, but it's hard. Hard to think... Zack curses and looks away. ]
spoileralert: (purple hoodie)

[personal profile] spoileralert 2018-02-22 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Steph just shrugs. It would be nice if she could think her mother wasn't involved, but she can't bring herself to really believe that. ]

Anyway, I had assassins coming after me like, every other day. Couldn't stay in one place long enough to sew a whole suit.
heroproceeding: (I found a friend or should I say foe)

[personal profile] heroproceeding 2018-02-22 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
No kidding... [ The bitterness seems to almost overflow for a second in those words. Almost sounds a little too personal, but Zack slowly shakes his head after a minute. ]

Guess it really doesn't matter now. [ Her father's dead. Good chances that means everything went toppling over after that if he was the head of it all, right? That's what he figures anyway.

Still leaves a sour taste in his mouth as he pushes himself back up off the ground now.
]
Edited 2018-02-22 16:31 (UTC)
spoileralert: (apologetic)

[personal profile] spoileralert 2018-02-23 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Steph stays on the ground for the moment, looking at the hole but not really seeing it. ]

You can see why I'm not sure about going back to Gotham, though.
heroproceeding: (DONE WITH THIS SHIT.)

[personal profile] heroproceeding 2018-02-23 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah... Yeah, I can definitely see why. [ He admittedly sounds distracted as he scans the group over again. Kunsel he can make out at least. Hard to miss him considering his helmet. He's there. So's a handful of other familiar faces.

No Zell though. And no Jim. One of the hands on his hips tightens into a fist.
] So, go with Al.
spoileralert: (secondhand embarassment)

[personal profile] spoileralert 2018-02-24 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She huffs a sigh. ]

It's complicated. My world has more advanced tech than either his or Zach's. It probably has to be my first stop.
heroproceeding: (тнιяту-тняєє)

[personal profile] heroproceeding 2018-02-26 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
And what if you can't just.. world surf like that?

[ Because there's a good chance that might be the case. Maybe they have to pick one and go and that's it. That's what he'd always figured anyway, but maybe he's wrong. Who knows? ]
spoileralert: (apologetic)

[personal profile] spoileralert 2018-02-28 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ She shrugs. Don't think the thought hasn't crossed her mind. ]

Then... I dunno. I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.
heroproceeding: (Totally not pouting. This is not a pout.)

[personal profile] heroproceeding 2018-03-01 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Guess that's all you can really do..

[ Granted they ever get out of there in the first place. That's hard to say. But he doesn't say anything more about that. What else is there really to say? Hesitating, he watches her for a little more before slowly hiking a thumb over his shoulder. ]

I'm gonna... go check on the others. Just make sure everyone's okay. Maybe do a head count, too, while I'm at it.
spoileralert: serious, annoyed (* work face)

[personal profile] spoileralert 2018-03-01 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. [ Makes sense for him, she figures. She’s more interested in the pit. ] I’ll see what I can find out about that thing.