lup slaps her hand against his chest. it's weak and ineffectual. ] Yeah, no - I was definitely drowning, is this, is this one of those things? [ they look from left to right. ] Those - I already went on one of these, this is bullshit.
[ they get to an area of the water where they should be able to stand, at least, and lup thwaps her hand against his chest, again. ] I'm okay, you big doofus, I'm fine, put - put me down. Are you fine?
[It's weak and does nothing, but this is IC, so he thinks nothing of it. Except for how crazy she is talking. Or... is she? It--no, she...]
One of those things...?
[One of those things she went on? WHAT? Suddenly, he isn't feeling quite so confident. In, like, anything. Like there's something he's forgetting. He kind of laughs once, awkwardly.
He puts her down, but doesn't let go of her waist because--well, because she scared the piss out of him.]
I'm fine...? Doing my job. Saving wild elven women who decided to take a mid-afternoon swim.
[ that's fine. she is a touchy creature, isn't she? lup always has been. she did like, almost die two seconds ago. she looks around, left to right, brow furrowing. ]
I - well, I guess. Kind of? You're supposed to save people, or - Jason.
[ she takes his face in her hands and squishes it gently, trying to pretend a little that her hit points weren't just zapped.
something (or someone?) is swimming up behind them, but lup hasn't noticed. ] Don't go crazy on me. We're at the hotel, remember?
[He is absolutely just standing in the shallows like a dingus, holding Lup's waist while she holds his face. Is expression is... torn? Like he thinks she's joking, pulling a prank on him.
But then he's... unsure? The... hotel? His brow shifts. He looks through her for a moment, scrabbling to remember. The ho...tel? He kind of laughs uncertainly.]
What hotel... exactly...?
[He actually does not notice anything coming up behind them because he's got his back turned.]
[ HELLO? can you picture her offended expression. she's looking at jason like he's grown a second head.
she pulls back a little to look at him, now seriously worried, brows knitting together - and then looking... scared? her ears go downwards. ] Jason. Seriously. You -
[ but that's really all she gets,
jason might hear distant music? and then out of fucking nowhere, a shark fin pokes out of the water right behind them, and it clamps its jaws into lup's leg. she screams, and the shark grabs her and tries to yank her underwater. the crowd gasps, horrified. ]
For a moment, it looks like whatever this means is going to dawn on them, and then Lup gets forcefully grabbed by the jaws of a shark and yanked away. He yells her name and immediately tries to grab her by the arms, or anything he can get a hold of.]
Shit!
[No time to blow the whistle, he's too busy seeing if he can grab his girlfriend!]
[ lup's scream is muffled by the sound of her hitting the water - there's a huge splash as the shark rips away and blood blooms on the surface. the crowd outside gasps, again, immediately, and jason dives directly into action mode as the shark tries to swim away with its prey. he's always been a strong swimmer, that's part of his job.
he realizes he has a second here, where he can grab lup and pull her up. she'll be injured, but the likelihood of him falling prey to the shark is pretty high. it gnashes its jaws into her leg and she screams, again, this time, open mouthed, twisting desperately to bash at its nose, and jason has one second to make his move. let lup get pulled down by the shark?
[Well, uh. He's a Bat. So there isn't a single bit of hesitation when he grabs her and slings her with one arm away from the shark and back toward the shore. She'll hate him for it, but it's fine.
This is about saving Lup.
There also isn't any fear or hesitation when he leaps in the opposite direction of where he tossed Lup--right at the shark. He really dives in on it like he's about to start beating the shit out of it with his fists.
Like, just in case it tries to go after her again or something. He doesn't care if it attacks him. Sometimes that happens.]
[ you're so cool, jason. lup shrieks, this time - it hurts, it hurts, and hten she realizes what's happening, woozy and losing blood, desperately reaching out like she can catch him, with a panicked - ] Jason!
[ he can hear the strain in her voice - the desperation, the panic, that she can't do anything about it, but jason's already made his choice, hasn't he?
he gets to wrestle with the shark for a moment - really, really fighting it, as it gnashes its huge teeth and takes a chomp out of his side. he's going to be feeling that tomorrow! and jason keeps fighting it. under the water, though - he can't pull free. he can't get out of the water. out of the grave? out of the water.
[All he can think about in the moment at the start is fighting this shark. The tunnel vision of survival, something feral and wild. If each boy is a piece of Bruce, then Jason is the strength, the rage. Even in the water, his fists hurt.
He tumbles under and chokes out bubbles when the shark bites into him. The adrenaline keeps him from feeling anything too bad for right this minute aside from the sear of initial pain.
He struggles, not sure if he's swiping his arm through water or dirt. He can't get out. He's really going to get bested by a shark. But the walkie is on the beach. It's fine. Lup can get help; he prays other people help her. He prays she uses the walkie to talk to get Royce.
He inhales waters; it burns and feels heavy all the way down.
jason inhales water. the shark's jaws are massive and powerful, though it flinches and recoils from its prey as he hits it, but won't let go, as the teeth sink further and further into flesh, jason's consciousness wavers. he fights back like a champion. but the fight starts to leave him. is it water, or death? is anyone coming?
the last thing he hears is lup's screams from the shore, and - distantly, distantly, the sounds of applause.
no one's coming.
jason's world goes black. perhaps, as the world has come to expect of him - he goes down swinging.
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lup slaps her hand against his chest. it's weak and ineffectual. ] Yeah, no - I was definitely drowning, is this, is this one of those things? [ they look from left to right. ] Those - I already went on one of these, this is bullshit.
[ they get to an area of the water where they should be able to stand, at least, and lup thwaps her hand against his chest, again. ] I'm okay, you big doofus, I'm fine, put - put me down. Are you fine?
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One of those things...?
[One of those things she went on? WHAT? Suddenly, he isn't feeling quite so confident. In, like, anything. Like there's something he's forgetting. He kind of laughs once, awkwardly.
He puts her down, but doesn't let go of her waist because--well, because she scared the piss out of him.]
I'm fine...? Doing my job. Saving wild elven women who decided to take a mid-afternoon swim.
[Right?]
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I - well, I guess. Kind of? You're supposed to save people, or - Jason.
[ she takes his face in her hands and squishes it gently, trying to pretend a little that her hit points weren't just zapped.
something (or someone?) is swimming up behind them, but lup hasn't noticed. ] Don't go crazy on me. We're at the hotel, remember?
[ what hotel? ]
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But then he's... unsure? The... hotel? His brow shifts. He looks through her for a moment, scrabbling to remember. The ho...tel? He kind of laughs uncertainly.]
What hotel... exactly...?
[He actually does not notice anything coming up behind them because he's got his back turned.]
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[ HELLO? can you picture her offended expression. she's looking at jason like he's grown a second head.
she pulls back a little to look at him, now seriously worried, brows knitting together - and then looking... scared? her ears go downwards. ] Jason. Seriously. You -
[ but that's really all she gets,
jason might hear distant music? and then out of fucking nowhere, a shark fin pokes out of the water right behind them, and it clamps its jaws into lup's leg. she screams, and the shark grabs her and tries to yank her underwater. the crowd gasps, horrified. ]
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For a moment, it looks like whatever this means is going to dawn on them, and then Lup gets forcefully grabbed by the jaws of a shark and yanked away. He yells her name and immediately tries to grab her by the arms, or anything he can get a hold of.]
Shit!
[No time to blow the whistle, he's too busy seeing if he can grab his girlfriend!]
Lup!
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he realizes he has a second here, where he can grab lup and pull her up. she'll be injured, but the likelihood of him falling prey to the shark is pretty high. it gnashes its jaws into her leg and she screams, again, this time, open mouthed, twisting desperately to bash at its nose, and jason has one second to make his move. let lup get pulled down by the shark?
or lose his own life to save hers? ]
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This is about saving Lup.
There also isn't any fear or hesitation when he leaps in the opposite direction of where he tossed Lup--right at the shark. He really dives in on it like he's about to start beating the shit out of it with his fists.
Like, just in case it tries to go after her again or something. He doesn't care if it attacks him. Sometimes that happens.]
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[ he can hear the strain in her voice - the desperation, the panic, that she can't do anything about it, but jason's already made his choice, hasn't he?
he gets to wrestle with the shark for a moment - really, really fighting it, as it gnashes its huge teeth and takes a chomp out of his side. he's going to be feeling that tomorrow! and jason keeps fighting it. under the water, though - he can't pull free. he can't get out of the water. out of the grave? out of the water.
he opens his mouth to inhale.
the shark pulls him down further.
any last words, jason todd? ]
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He tumbles under and chokes out bubbles when the shark bites into him. The adrenaline keeps him from feeling anything too bad for right this minute aside from the sear of initial pain.
He struggles, not sure if he's swiping his arm through water or dirt. He can't get out. He's really going to get bested by a shark. But the walkie is on the beach. It's fine. Lup can get help; he prays other people help her. He prays she uses the walkie to talk to get Royce.
He inhales waters; it burns and feels heavy all the way down.
Fuck, he thinks. What hotel?]
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jason inhales water. the shark's jaws are massive and powerful, though it flinches and recoils from its prey as he hits it, but won't let go, as the teeth sink further and further into flesh, jason's consciousness wavers. he fights back like a champion. but the fight starts to leave him. is it water, or death? is anyone coming?
the last thing he hears is lup's screams from the shore, and - distantly, distantly, the sounds of applause.
no one's coming.
jason's world goes black. perhaps, as the world has come to expect of him - he goes down swinging.
but alas. jason todd is dead.
there's a violent screech of static. ]