mostdangerousbird: (146 - Pre Robin)
mostdangerousbird ([personal profile] mostdangerousbird) wrote in [community profile] metaheroes2023-01-03 01:23 pm

OurPowers | Video | Tim Drake | Public

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.
nogodsnoheroes: (the veins stand out like highways)

[personal profile] nogodsnoheroes 2023-01-04 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
[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.]
nogodsnoheroes: (like a shadow of birds)

[personal profile] nogodsnoheroes 2023-01-04 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh.

[She hugs her knees closer to her chest, screwing her eyes closed.]

...'m sorry.
nogodsnoheroes: ([child] seems so long ago)

[personal profile] nogodsnoheroes 2023-01-08 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[That seems to be the breaking point, because almost immediately, the tears start flowing. The girl shakes her head violently, thumb still in her mouth, and says in a voice that sounds noticeably younger than she looks:] I wanna go home.

I just wanna go home!
nogodsnoheroes: ([child] seems so long ago)

[personal profile] nogodsnoheroes 2023-01-14 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
[She doesn't stop crying right away, but she does look up at the screen with very obvious gratitude.]

...please.

[And, after another long pause while she catches her breath and sobs:]

Beth. 'm Beth.