First Night [Action]

[cowledcrusader]

[In the middle of the previous night, a note will be left under the door of Clark Kent.  It reads as follows:]

Clark,

There are urgent matters to discuss.  Be on top of Community Housing 7 at midnight.

[The note is not signed and not dated.  Mysterious letter is mysterious.  The only question is whether or not Clark will meet him there at the appropriate time.   As for the rest of the night before then, Batman will keep tabs on Luceti.  He's looking for anyone in particular he might find useful.  If you want to be shadowed by this vigilante or speak with him feel free to be out and about minding your own business.  Don't worry about finding him.  He'll find you.

Be warned, he may not even stop to talk if he doesn't want to.  That's just how he is.]

Comments

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

The person is the battery! Well, sort of. The wires are connected to the nervous system. The brain shoots out electrical impulses, and once converted from the port into the wires those impulses power the arm. This helps make automail fully functioning like a normal limb. It's unlike the regular non-automail prosthetic limbs in that way.

[cowledcrusader.livejournal.com]

[...Okay, now that causes him to raise an eyebrow, which she might actually notice. That wasn't the answer he expected at all. If he were Bruce Wayne in Gotham City right now, he'd hire her on the spot.

Developing prothestics as a family business too... Thomas Wayne would've loved the Rockbell family.]

Sounds like a real boon to humanity. You must do a lot of good for your world.

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Mm. But for me to have a job people would have to be hurt first. Automail is only a popular business because of the war.

[cowledcrusader.livejournal.com]

A tragic side effect of humankind's baser instincts.

...But I doubt you're doing your work because it's popular.

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Yeah? And what makes you think that?

[cowledcrusader.livejournal.com]

[...This one he knows from experience himself.]

Pride. A sense of duty to one's family to honor what they've worked hard for. Like helping people that need it. And because those who are passionate about what they do are those who do it regardless of popularity.

[wings-thatwait.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I guess that's most of it.

[cowledcrusader.livejournal.com]

[He follows behind a short distance, mostly keeping to the darkness.]

Do you find time to work on other projects besides automail?

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

In this place? The projects are mostly non-automail. I've made a watch and a mechanical mouse. I've also been wanting to try and build some other things I see in books, but I can't take up too much time in the smithy with my hobby. Sokka runs the place, so I usually help him with what he's working on.

[cowledcrusader.livejournal.com]

If you're interested in projects that are a challenge, I can give you those. Things that would prove useful in my line of work.

[He's indirectly asking you to ask him just what he does.]

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

And what kind of work do you do?

[cowledcrusader.livejournal.com]

Solving problems. Like Yuber, Kefka, and Dilandau. Seeing to it justice is properly served by the law.

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

What would you expect me to make?

[cowledcrusader.livejournal.com]

Depends on what I need. Non-lethal only.

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Give me sometime to think about it.

[cowledcrusader.livejournal.com]

[He deliberately nods in reply, but says little else for now.]