Fifth Night [Voice/Action]

[cowledcrusader]

[...Okay.  For a fact, those robots cannot be stopped.  Yet.   While standing guard and speaking with Detective Kiyone in the tunnels regarding the prisoners several days ago, the Malnosso's robotic abductors broke into the prison where Naoya and Dilandau were being held.  Batman and Kiyone put up a fight against the machines, but were ultimately pacified and subdued by them before they took Naoya right out of the prison.  Batman, for his part, ended up hurt pretty badly, so he's been in hiding for the past several days, only occasionally returning to meet with the League, and never for very long.  The event didn't help matters at all.  

And then there was Dilandau's escape.  How he managed to get hold of his journal was a mystery to him.  He certainly never let him have it... and investigations into the matter have so far yielded no results.  This has been a very unpleasant streak for the Caped Crusader. …Of course, with Kiyone now missing and presumably sent home for good, Batman has a lot of work to do to try to fix the damage done by the Malnosso.

Now fully healed and ready to jump back into action, he's going to head back to League Headquarters (such as it is) and meet with his associates.  Afterward, he's going on the hunt.  Both for information on the escape (anyone connected with Dilandau or who talked with him over the journal) and for Dilandau and Naoya themselves.  If he has any say in it, they're going right back into those cells.  Watch your backs, gentlemen.  
 
But before he heads out on mission from the Justice League’s house, he's got a few calls to make.]

[Filtered 100% to Winry Rockbell]

I have need of your services again.

[Filtered 100% to Yuzu and Atsuro]

As you know by now, Naoya is loose.  If you two have any idea of his whereabouts, contact me immediately.   Do not let your COMP devices out of your sight.

[Batman will now be going out on patrol. If you’re doing something suspicious, the Dark Knight might be watching.   Housemates can catch him earlier in the day.]

Comments

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[cowledcrusader.livejournal.com]

Just makes it more interesting. [And not in the good way.]

As it stands, I have to work on security measures for the prison. It was woefully inadequate when I got down there and even with what improvements I made it wasn't enough.

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[greenlongjohns.livejournal.com]

It may be worthwhile to set up a guard on the entrance. I can do my part to take watch duty when we have prisoners, but I'll be more useful on the outside.

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[cowledcrusader.livejournal.com]

Posting a guard from the League in the prison is a very bad idea. I'm the only one who doesn't lose anything by venturing into the tunnels. We can't risk any of you being injured down there.

We'd need someone we could trust from the village to do that. Someone who doesn't rely on supernatural or magical abilities to fight well.

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[greenlongjohns.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you're right. But with Officer Kiyone gone, we're going to need to find capable, trustworthy people. There's a lot of hero-types in this place, but it'll take some work figuring out which ones are dependable.

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[cowledcrusader.livejournal.com]

Yes. ...There are several that might be dependable, but many of them rely on their powers to make a difference. In the tunnels, they'd be useless.

We need to find the ones that aren't. Soon.

[He has a few ideas... but he'll have to do some more investigating on them first.]

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[greenlongjohns.livejournal.com]

I'll see if I can't find any people like that myself. [Unfortunately he hasn't talked to a great deal of people. He'll just have to get to know the people more. Socialize.]

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[cowledcrusader.livejournal.com]

[Like this guy has?]

I'll talk to Clark and Diana about it as well.

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[greenlongjohns.livejournal.com]

[John doesn't do stalker. He has to talk to people, unfortunately.]

Good idea. Do you have anyone in mind yet?

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[cowledcrusader.livejournal.com]

A few. Nothing conclusive, but with time, maybe.

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[greenlongjohns.livejournal.com]

We'll see. Most people here lack discipline.

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[cowledcrusader.livejournal.com]

Yes. Though there are some who do not. And others who may yet learn.

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[greenlongjohns.livejournal.com]

If there's those who want to learn, I can always take a few rookies under my wing. [a pause as he glances over his own shoulder. Right. "Not literally" is implied.]

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[cowledcrusader.livejournal.com]

A little bit of Marine discipline will go a long way.

[Action]

[greenlongjohns.livejournal.com]

Definitely.

[Food done. Scooping them onto a plate now.]