dualislogs | They say it's your birthday.

WHO: Tim Drake and OPEN
WHAT: It's Tim's birthday. That doesn't mean he has to acknowledge it.
WHERE: Various Locations through Dualis
WHEN: July 19
WARNINGS: None yet!

Tim hasn't actually forgotten that it's his birthday. It's happened before and he'd been roundly mocked for it, but that's not the case today. It's just that he doesn't want to do anything about it. He gets up early and ducks out so that Cissie can't rope him into a birthday breakfast or something, and decides to spend the day really getting to know the new city he's found himself in.

It's not Gotham--nothing else could be--but there are parts of it that almost seem familiar, and he doesn't think he's going to have a chance to get bored here. People are people, no matter where and when they are, and there's always going to be something for a civically minded vigilante to do when they get together in numbers like these.

He finds the chess players in the park and watches for a while, then plays a few rounds with some strangers. He wanders through neighborhoods, and eventually even makes his way to a beach. Opts not to go swimming.

He knows he can't avoid Cissie and Steph and his birthday forever, but he feels like he's doing a pretty good job right now.

[Feel free to find Tim at any of the locations listed above, or any other place you think he might wander! He'll be eating foods and looking around getting to know the layout of the city, so anything is game! Even potentially rooftops if it's late enough!]

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I wasn't avoiding you. I mean, if I were, I probably wouldn't have told you where I was when you asked, right?

[Cissie? No. Birthday stuff? Hell yes.]

That depends. Are you still in the park? Are you planning on staying there all day? Or would you be elsewhere if I were on my way to you right now?

I am still in the park and I can stay here if you're on your way.

But no, I wasn't planning to be here all day.

I'm just saying it sure feels like you were actively trying to avoid me

Just getting some fresh air and a better handle on this city. I swear there are places that look almost like Gotham until you look again and it's different. It's weird.

That's funny. I've thought the same thing, just not about Gotham. It's weird.

[Don't look now, Tim, but Cissie is on her way to find you in the park. She's a little annoyed, because dammit Tim, she had a good birthday surprise for you. But she's also not terribly surprised, given--Tim. She spots him and takes a small bag of gummi candies out of her pocket, tossing them at the back of head.]

[Tim knew that Cissie was eventually going to come and find him, but he'd somehow been under the impression that she would tell him she was on her way. The bag of gummi candies lands, and bounces off his head. He turns to look at her, raising an eyebrow.]

"Hello" would probably have been just as effective.

[He stoops to rescue the bag of candy and gives her a little grin.]

Thanks.

[ Steph isn't far behind. Surprising Tim has always been kinda 50/50. She doesn't have a bag of candy, though- she has a box of cupcakes in a bag and a 'brick' of Hershey bars taped together in one hand. ]

Aww, I was gonna do that.

[ She drops the chocolate back into the bag. ]

You're such a spoilsport, Tim.

[Cissie shrugs, looking anything but apologetic, though she does smile over her shoulder at Steph.]

I'm sorry, Mr. Doors-Are-Too-Boring-For Me, but some days call for more than a "hello." We were going to make you a birthday breakfast, but you spoiled that one. So it's candy to the head for you, instead.

Doors are too boring for me. [He grins at them.] And even birthdays can start with a "hello." Thank you for the candy. And the... hopefully candy? brick. [He smirks a little at Steph.]

Only one way to find out.

[ There are definitely more ways to find out, but she offers Tim the bag. The cupcakes are appropriately birthday themed. ]

Technically, birthdays should start with "Happy Birthday." And you didn't even ask what was for breakfast.

[She moves to sit on a nearby bench, watching him open the bag from Steph.]

What was for breakfast?

[The question is genuine as he opens the bag and looks inside to see the chocolate and the cupcakes. Ooh, cupcakes. He takes out the box and opens it, offering it toward them.]

Want one?

[Because he is definitely going to have one.]

You know I do.

[ She definitely didn't buy cupcakes specifically because they're both portable and easily-shared. She picks a chocolate one carefully out of the box and takes a bite that is 100% icing. ]

Yes, please. [Cissie also takes a chocolate cupcake from the offered box and shrugs, smiling innocently at Tim.]

I mean, there were probably going to be waffles. Definitely omelettes. Fruit. Maybe some bacon. But now, we may never know.

Tim takes out a cupcake for himself and puts the box back in the bag. "Well, now I feel like I made a terrible mistake wandering the city instead of sleeping in." No, he will not admit to avoiding birthday celebrations on purpose. "Waffles and omelettes would have been eggcellent."

Don't throw your cupcakes at him for that. It would be a waste of a good cupcake.

Edited 2019-08-13 03:43 (UTC)

[ Steph groans and rolls her eyes, but she's smiling. Being a sucker for a bad pun is basically a prerequisite for being Robin. ]

There were definitely going to be waffles.

They say it's your birthday.

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