Voice Testing

[just_cant_die]

[A wrinkled face just stares back from his chair. He looks grumpy, or is his face stuck that way? No one really knows, but he's sharp eyes are locked on this mun like a predator, waiting for an open opportunity to strike. Hands folded at the chest level, the silence is broken at last.]

I can see a stunt like this from another youngster in this day and age, but in someone of your age, I would expect a great deal more of. You remind my of a young man I once knew. That isn't a good thing. Quit while you can, kid. You should go home and focus your efforts on something more productive than playing pretend.

[The growl of a dog is heard from beside the chair. A Great Dane-Doberman mix stands from the floor. Bruce pets the dog's head to calm him. The dog obeys, sitting on his hunches, silently.]

I don't think Ace is very fond of this game either.

Comments

I am a horrible, hoooorrible mun.

[peckish4action]

Ace looks super cool!

Yes, yes you are.

[just_cant_die]

[Bruce gapes slightly. Robin? Wait, which one was it? Each had held their own traits, so he could always tell the difference. Studying the young man, his old eyes finally gape wider.]

[It was him...]

This isn't an Ace you would recall... Robin.

[Because he can't bring himself to say, Richard 'Dick' Grayson. Nope.]

[flashingtheimpulse]

[Bart grins at the old man as he speeds across the room in a blur, studying everything in the room. When he finally stops moving the young Flash looks back at the dog and smiles.]

Got a sweet setup here man! Makes me almost reconsider the whole giving up thieving thing, but being a superhero is just way more rewarding.

[just_cant_die]

[Oh good grief. He barely could stand Terry and Max when they were excited about something. He didn't need another Flash with their attention span...]

[Ace seems unsettled by the speed the other is moving. He;s back on his feet, ready to protect his master.]

Heel, boy. [Now, he looks at you.] There is a reason the phrase 'crime doesn't pay' hasn't been forgotten, young man.

1/2

[killerinblacknpink]

HI

2/2

[killerinpinknblack]

OLD MAN!

[thebetterweapon]

[Because Creed dismisses the dog, because he's an asshole.]

Like any of them listen.

[just_cant_die]

[Well, the dog doesn't like being ignored. Bruce doesn't let him pounce.]

Are you referred to the escapist I was talking to earlier? I have my ways of getting my way.

[alexisluthor]

Bruce Wayne? Wow, you're a total legend in the business community!

[just_cant_die]

[He isn't sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing. He gives a blank face as he replies.]

Am I now?

[ofdrumsthesound]

Nice dog. Ace, was it?

*He likes animals. Or rather the horrible things in his head don't tell him to kill them.*

[just_cant_die]

Yes, Ace is my guard dog these days. And you are?

[Ace doesn't like the way you smell, and he shows some teeth to let you now, pal.]

[jokester_not_joker]

Oh don't be such a sourpuss.

You remind me far too much of commissioner Wayne.

[just_cant_die]

[Okay, he's going to stare back at you like this is a sick joke. Twice now the Joker has been killed, and now he gets another clown to smile at him. Where's Terry...?]

Commissioner Wayne? I can't say I've heard of this person.

[leftthenest]

I never thought of you as a dog person.

[just_cant_die]

[Okay, now this makes his heart ache. That familiar color scheme and domino mask... He didn't answer that question right away. Instead, he reaches for the side table next to him with the pill bottle.]

Do I strike you as that cold or something, Nightwing?

[He's taking these dry. No place to escape that acrobat with his heart...]

[wing_of_night]

Heh... I remember that speech. If you recall, it didn't work too well when you gave it to me either, Bruce.

[And of course Ace gets some head scratches.]

You been keeping Bruce busy, boy?

[just_cant_die]

[Okay... Three now?! The other two hadn't engaged him so forwardly, but this time, he's too stunned to reply for a while. He couldn't bring himself to say anything. The son he'd let down was being so familiar with him after years of no contact from him. It opened that old ache in his chest from that night in the rain. Good thing he had taken his medicine not too long ago.]

[Ace bowed his head at the head scratches. This person seemed familiar, kind of like Terry, but he wasn't Terry. Master knew him, so he nudged back at the hand affectionately. There's something for Bruce to comment on... but he's still clearly shaken.]

He doesn't treat everyone that way. You must remind him of someone.

[ex_redeemed480]

[ this old man is so familiar it hurts. ]

Is Ace fond of anything?

[ like bats to shadows. ]

[just_cant_die]

He's distrusting by nature. We share that in common.

[Forgive him if he takes a moment to pick up who he's talking to. He just had three Dick Graysons talk to him...]

[betontheboy]

But playing pretend is fun! Unless you're being forced to so people don't get killed, but you're not wearing a collar--

[just_cant_die]

Pretend means you aren't yourself, and that can lead to useless consequences. I don't have time to waste on useless endeavors while I have a company to run.

[Was that who he thought it was?! Bruce feels old now...]

[girlfriend_beyond]

If that "young man" is the one I'm thinking of, maybe you should listen to your mun. Listening to Terry did a lot of good for you.

A Beyond Person!

[just_cant_die]

[A recent, familiar face was welcome after all these blasts from the past. Ace recognizes the scent from Terry, so he sits like a good dog and waits for any other commands.]

Actually, Miss Tan, there was another young man before Terry that was even more troublesome, if you could believe it. It's been some time since I saw him though.

[Unless you count the three that commented before you did, Dana...]

[sciencewhizard]

Aww, c'mon, Brucie.~ An active imagination's always a good thing to have.

[just_cant_die]

[Brucie? You are really pushing his buttons with that nickname, and it shows in his face. Ace looks confused, all these people coming by today, but he's watching this new guy just like the rest...]

Escapism is never a positive thing.