January/Arrival Log [Open]

[timmers]

who: Tim + You
what: Getting settled, mapping/exploring the city, meeting people at the community center, shopping for clothes, potential paintball/catchall log. 
when: January, after the Glow Ball
where: Mostly around and about the inner city. May branch out for wildcards.
warnings: None at this time!

Action or Prose, both are fine, just lemme know which!

I. Mapping the City

A. Tim balanced on the balls of his feet as he looked over the city, perched on the edge of a rooftop covered in leafy vines. It's night, but it feels brighter here than it ever was back home. It had to be the big blue orb in the sky, or maybe just how much greener it was. No fog or smog to hide in. Nobody much but birds up here, too, and the occasional apartment resident smoking below. He kind of wonders if any of them are fliers. Hopefully not. 

B. Once he has a good idea what the height is like, it's time to explore downward. Tim will be wandering around, all suited up. He may be riding on top of the sky tram, investigating the nooks and crannies of the business and residential districts, and/or on his way out to the abandoned city area.  

II. Community Youth What?
Tim's first day of the job mainly consists of checking around the government building and finding a spot. He's not really sure where everything is yet; and can be found checking out the other offices and figuring out if there's any secret rooms or people to run into.

[Closed to Tony Stark (MCU)]: A helpful person does point him towards where the Community Head is, though, so he makes his way to the workshop of one Mr.Stark, knocking on the door. 


III. Shopping for Clothes
Tim is in dire need of something other than his uniform, a fancy suit, and one t-shirt to wear.

He can be found wandering the shopping district or in the mall. His first stop is the secondhand shops for any hidden gems, but he does need a suit that isn't embroidered, so he'll be browsing the upper mid-end shops for formal wear. 

A. Tim sifted through a pile of clothes, coming up with some serviceable plain tops and a couple of pairs of pants that wouldn't fall off his hips. Loaded up, he might not see anyone  in front of him over his armful of clothes. 

B. It was almost refreshing not having salesclerks fawn over a Wayne. That being said, it made shopping harder. He didn't technically need a nice suit for what work he's planning to do, but it was always nice to be prepared with a good one. Tim window-shopped as he thought about what would work best, pondering the merits of a three-peice over a business casual look. 

IV. Wild Card!
[[If you have anything in mind, let me know!]] 
 

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IV

[unos]

Tim isn't the only one out and about and skulking tonight, though it's up in the air as to which of them is more suspicious. On one hand there's Tim, in his whole masked vigilante outfit. On the other hand there's Katsura, dressed as something approaching a stereotypical ninja - though somehow both more and less practical, with no mask or other headgear to mess up his peripheral vision or conceal his identity.

There's also the fact that he's very obviously sneaking around with the intent of breaking in to some building or another. Probably not the greatest idea when he's barely been here a week, but he's confident that just makes him a less likely suspect. Then again, that confidence is why he's so surprised to come face-to-face with someone else who's somewhere he probably shouldn't be. Katsura is a quick thinker, at least, so without hesitation, he--

"Good evening." --lifts his hand in a wave like he's supposed to be here, and like Tim will be the weird one if he behaves otherwise. "The whether tonight is superb, isn't it?"

[timmers]

Tim had just about finished this section of the city, mentally marking good escape routes. He'd settled on this particular dark building rooftop to sort through his slowly building map of the city- but he hadn't expected company.

"Uh," he stalled. Was that... was that a ninja costume? Did people who weren't in a cult still wear those outside Halloween? Not that he looked nearly as violent as any of the Al Ghul ninjas in his brief acquaintance. Somewhere in the back of his head, he could hear Mrs.Mac scolding him for his poor manners.

"'Evening. Nice night for a little light sneaking." He tilted his head questioningly. He couldn't think of a whole lot of reasons people'd be skulking around in the dark, himself included. But he hadn't even heard this guy until he was right in front of him.

[unos]

Aha, it's totally working!

... Is the sort of conclusion you couldn't make with a rational mind. Naturally, then, it's the exact conclusion that Katsura leaps to. It helps (depending on how you define help) that, as far as he's concerned, Tim just made a perfectly astute observation. It is a great night for sneaking.

"You're right! The cloud cover, the time of night, even the temperature... they're all ideal for covert operations." Katsura nods to himself, satisfied with his conclusion... but he hasn't missed the unspoken question in Tim's gesture, either. Katsura pauses, considering his options, and promptly decides he can just say it. "I hadn't realized this building was already staked out for the evening, however. I hope poaching can be forgiven if it's just due to a mistake."

[timmers]

He was a polite ninja, Tim would give him that. Chipper, too. But he wouldn't have lasted in this job if he let an eccentric catch him off guard. Tim smiled, ready to give as good as he might get. "That depends on what you're after."

"I'm just here to check out the rooftop coverage- force of habit from my old job. Still," he paused. "I don't think they're keeping anything down here that would interest a good citizen outside office hours; especially a ninja."

[unos]

Eccentric? Rude. Katsura is a perfectly normal man trying to break into a secure facility in the middle of the night.

Fortunately, he's not psychic and can't comment on that particular thought. His cheery expression fades a little when Tim makes his comment about ninjas, however.

"I'm not a ninja, I'm Katsura." He crosses his arms. "And isn't the duty of a good citizen to ensure their government isn't engaging in any shady behavior?"

[timmers]

"Katsura, then," Tim echoed agreeably. "So you're planning to do that by breaking into the building?" Tim raised an eyebrow. It's not a bad plan, in theory, with a couple of caveats.

"What're you looking for, exactly? A secret room of nefarious experiments? A prison cell of anonymous bodies?" Tim flashed a quick smile. "Because I tried checking for files, they don't seem to keep an down there. Might just all be digital, now."

[unos]

"I never said anything about breaking in." ... But yes, that's what he has planned. As for what he's looking for: "Government plans that are easy to find are always for ridiculous, impractical things, like giant lasers to blow up a planet or a device that lets you freeze an entire city. I'm more concerned about their more subtle machinations."

Tim's point about them all being digital is a good one, however. Either way...

"None of the institutions here seem to be anything but on-the-level, but if there's corruption underneath it won't take much to reveal. Intercepting an unusual message or eavesdropping on an important meeting may be the perfect lancet."

[timmers]

"Hmm, alright, then. I think we're on the same page." Tim nodded and offered a hand. "Red Robin," he introduced. "I'm not saying you're on the wrong track- it's kind of unnatural to not have some corruption. Have you got a plan?"

He dug into his utility belt, taking out a small device. "We always carry around a bunch of these. No idea how well it'll work out here, but it's a bug-- an eavesdropping device."