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[mostdangerousbird]

Display Name: Tim Drake
Notes: During the age swap event

[ There’s a spikey-haired child who has clearly already discovered Dep Gel. He’s sitting in a front of a grungy brick wall with badly chipping paint that shows the strata of different paint layers. Looks like an alley, with a thin line of corrugated metal just visible behind the boy.

Clever eyes would recognize that he’s sitting on the closed lid of a dumpster. It doesn’t look like a place for a boy of somewhere between 8 and a very small 10. ]

My name’s Tim Drake, and I’m in Central City. I’m not supposed to be.

I hope I’ve gotten this working. I guess it’s supposed to be mine? The account has my name, but that’s not right. You aren’t supposed to use real information on social media, especially when you’re a kid, because it can lead to abductions.

[ Tim glances around, like he’s expecting someone to come bursting in now that he’s said that outloud. ]

And I think I’ve been abducted?

[ He picks at t-shirt and leather jacket that he’s absolutely swimming in. ]

They changed my clothes.

[ Frowning, he looks confused at that, and as if he’s run out of things to say here. ]

You’re not supposed to give personal details online. I did, but I think the rules are different when you’ve been kidnapped? I’m not going to say my parents names or address, but I can’t walk home.

Comments

PRIVATE UN:Bart Allen

[kid_flash_found]

[Bart is trying to not snicker at the tiny Tim, he really is. Because he wants to help.]

Uh, hi, Tim. I don't know if you recognize me, but I know you. But you didn't exactly get abducted. At least not in the bad guys looking for profit way. Maybe I can help?

Just don't bother looking for the Flash. This world's Central doesn't have one.

[mostdangerousbird]

I don’t…? Am I supposed to?

[ He looks too old for middle school, and he’s not from Tim’s gaming group. ]

What do you mean, this world? What happened to the Flash?

[kid_flash_found]

Well, I thought we were best friends, but clearly not. Or maybe not yet?

You know about the multiverse, right? Well, this is a different world. One where Central City is in Michigan for some insane reason.

[mostdangerousbird]

[ He is only 10 and had never seen Bart or Impulse, so no, they aren’t best friends yet. ]

But it’s - if I’m in this universe, doesn’t that mean I could rip apart or did I displace some other Tim? Is he okay? Why is it in Michigan?

UN: BethC

[nogodsnoheroes]

[The girl in the video is probably about twelve or thirteen, but she looks younger. She's thin and pale, curled in on herself, pulling her too-big leather jacket around herself and half-hiding behind shoulder-length blonde hair. It's clear she's been crying. The backdrop looks like a rooftop, mostly sky with the jagged silhouettes of the city jutting around her.]

[Her voice is barely audible, and muffled by the thumb in her mouth.]

They'll come find us.

[A very, very long pause. She seems to be groping for the words, like she's forgotten how to put them in order.]

Where'd you say you are?

[She's never heard of Central City, and that really isn't helping.]

[mostdangerousbird]

[ It’s weird that she has a too-big leather jacket, just like him. ]

Who’s going to come find us? Did you see someone?

I’m in Central City. I think it’s in Missouri.

[nogodsnoheroes]

[The girl shakes her head, thumb still firmly in her mouth, and once again, seems to grope for words.]

Dad. Found me before. He'll find me again.

Your dad too. Right?

[Her voice cracks as she says it, clearly not believing it.]

[mostdangerousbird]

My dad?

[ His dad will call the police or pay the ransom, but Tim thinks that his father’s search would be just a quick drive around the neighborhood except… ]

He’s in South America.

Text | UN: David_Alleyne

[helpdesk_hero]

You should go to the cops instead of putting it on the internet. Hell, you're white, they'll believe you when you say you don't know how you go there. Probably got amnesia or something.

[mostdangerousbird]

I don’t know where the police station is, and I don’t want to ask someone on the street, because what if they’re the ones who did it?

[ Admittedly, he has the beginnings of a negative view about the police. The Gotham Globe often suggests Gotham City Police Department has corruption issues. ]

Are the police …?

[ It’s too weird of a question for him to finish. He probably just went to some Take a Bite Outta Crime school safety assembly. ]

[helpdesk_hero]

It's called dialing 911. Cops got all sorts of stuff these days to track you.

[mostdangerousbird]

911 is for emergencies.

I don’t want my parents to have to fly home; I just need to get back home.

Video | UN: xX_N64xGreenxDay_Xx

[frenchkissed]

They got me, too.
Whoever the bastards are, I'll get them. And I'll hurt 'em real good.

Like this icon was waiting for you.

[mostdangerousbird]

Maybe not actually hurt them? Batman and Robin take them to the police.

I like your username.

[frenchkissed]

---

Who and who?
Forget the police.
Cops eat shit.

( at least some things about eddie haven't changed, even if they could do with a little polishing. )

We'll look out for each other without them.

[mostdangerousbird]

They’re superheroes.

[ Duh. ]

They’re awesome! And the police are okay most of the time, I think.

un: JustAGothamGirl | video

[qualityfriend]

Tim Drake?

Do you know where you are? Are you in a sort of divey apartment?

[mostdangerousbird]

I’m not telling anyone where I am exactly.

[qualityfriend]

Of course not, it's just-

I live in a divey apartment building, and I have a Tim Drake as a neighbor. Maybe you switched places with him, in a sort of weird case of mistaken identity?

video | un: Wiccan

[wordiness]

[ as usual, billy looks, well, magic here. though he's wearing all black, his earrings appear to be actual, living shooting stars in miniature, and behind him is a kitchen that's going full harry potter. there are vegetables being chopped by a floating knife behind him, dishes are politely washing themselves, it's a whole thing.

he smiles, warm and sunny--though with a worried edge if you know what to look for--and waves at the camera. ]

Hi, Tim. I'm Billy--or Wiccan if you want to get professional--and I know the other you, too. I saw that you left the apartment-- [ or wherever he was. ] --and I just.. wanted to make sure you're safe. Are you somewhere safe? You don't have to tell me where if you're not comfortable with that, of course, but if I can help, I'd like to.

[mostdangerousbird]

[ Interested doesn’t begin to cover it. Billy might not be in a uniform, but there is definitely something Zatara going on over there.

And he said he goes by Wiccan, if they wanted to be professional, and that means he’s something, right? Tim hasn’t heard of a hero or a villain named Wiccan. ]

Is Wiccan your last name, sir? It’s not a common name, but -

[ Oh no, he shouldn’t call attention to it on this. ]

I don’t know what I was trying to ask. I don’t think anybody’s after me, but I don’t know how I’m going to New Jersey before the buses stop running.

[ Ah, the big city rules to curfew breaking: always be in walking distance before public trans shuts down. ]

[wordiness]

[ his lips quirk up again. tim's.. pretty adorable at this age. ]

You don't have to call me 'sir' if you don't want to, Billy's fine. And Wiccan was my code name back when I was in the crimefighting scene. I still use it sometimes, but I'm sort of semi-officially retired. [ all his crimefighting these days (at home) is in space, and it's against enemies of the state. ]

I-- [ yikes. okay, how are you going to address this, billy? ] Are you trying to go home, Tim?

private; anonymous

[eggplanting]

[It takes Steph a little while to bother figuring out the network, but she gets there eventually, and groans at the first familiar thing she sees.

After taking a second to compose herself, and to find an appropriately Robin-y spot (an obvious rooftop, but well lit), she opens up the video.]

Hi, Tim. I'm probably not the Robin you're used to, but I know a little about what's happening, it's just going to sound a little crazy.

[mostdangerousbird]

[ He frowns, and that expression hasn’t changed with the spell. He knows who both Robins are, not that he’d ever breathe a word of it. That’s his secret, with Batman and the Robins, only they don’t know.

Most people don’t even know what Robin looks like, so he doesn’t say “but you’re a girl.” ]

Okay. Is it going to be a little crazy or breaking news interrupting cartoons crazy?

[eggplanting]

Um.

[That's a very good question, and of course it's exactly what Tim would ask.

It does reassure her that even though he's younger, she doesn't necessarily need to handle him with kid gloves. He's always been quick and far too mature for his age.]

Closer to breaking news crazy but not in a dangerous way. This place is a lot like Gotham, it's safe enough if you know to keep your head down, and we weren't dragged here by a supervillain or kidnappers, it was more of a... natural disaster sorta deal, I guess?

[She's so good at explaining things.

Mostly she's trying to draw the line between a reasonable explanation and not dumping too much on him all at once.]