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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

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?

[mostdangerousbird]

Because of the multiverse?

[ Tim has been talking to others and is trying to put things together as best he can. ]

My parents aren’t going to like it if they have the wrong Tim Drake.

[qualityfriend]

Yeah. And this universe likes kidnapping people in general. The usual Tim isn't from around here, either. Neither am I, actually. We're even from the same city, but different universe versions of it.

You don't have to name it, but are you in a skeevy-looking apartment building? I might be in the same place, I could come and check on you.

[mostdangerousbird]

I didn’t stay where I woke up.

That didn’t seem safe, since I didn’t recognize it.

[qualityfriend]

It isn't the safest place, for sure.

Unfortunately, I don't know what is. Central's as bad as Gotham.

[mostdangerousbird]

Gotham’s okay. Batman and Robin keep it safer than people think.

[qualityfriend]

Imagine a Gotham without Batman and Robin, then. I don't think Central's ever had a city-wide protector, at least not one who was more interested in protecting than in looking nice.

[mostdangerousbird]

Because there’s no Flash.

[ Tim gives a little nod. He’s not stupid, but young and sheltered. He’s putting together bits of conversation. ]

They make shelters for kids, right? Or - do I have to tell the police who I am to go home?

[qualityfriend]

No Flash, and this place's version of the Justice League leaves a lot to be desired.

[She bites her lip.]

They have a system set up for new arrivals, including kids, but- they expect you to follow their rules, which include basically joining one of their guilds, even if you're a kid. I don't know about shelters in general.