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[Accelerator has a look on his face that screams he wants to say he doesn't care, because he doesn't. He's learned not to get attached to things he owns, particularly something as simple as furniture, since it's probably going to get wrecked at some point.

But another thought comes to him, and his expression shifts to one that is very much uuuuuuuuuugh I can't believe I have to consider this.]

.... I guess it'd be a pain to get hassled over it during movie night.

[God, just the fact that he's admitting to movie night makes him want to die a little.]

Movie nights, huh.

( jason raises an arm, so he can drop his hand down on top of accelerator's head and--ruffle his hair. a habit jason'd hate to admit he had to have picked up from dick, but it's not as if accelerator knows much about them as-is. as long as tim doesn't open his mouth, his secrets probably safe. probably. )

Who're you having movie nights with?

Donatello and Leonardo.

[Weirdly enough, admitting that he does something called movie night is a hell of a lot more embarrassing than the hair ruffles. The latter, in fact, aren't embarrassing at all. He tolerated them before, and now they've moved beyond the realm of just tolerance. That's why he only tilts his head a little and doesn't bother trying to fix his hair.]

It's less 'movie night' and more 'two idiots show up with movies and sometimes pizza and impose on me.'

[And he doesn't kick them out, because he enjoys their company.

So, it's Movie Night.]

Your turtle pals that you told about Junior's bugs.

( it's not a question, it's a statement. jason hasn't met them, but he's been following the escapades in his mini-me's bar.

accelerator doesn't bother fixing his hair, but jason presses his hand down against it enough to help flatten it out a little bit. )

Watch anything good?

[Accelerator looks over in surprise at that remark, and though he answers that question, his mind is firmly on the topic of the surveillance at the Descendant. Strands of his hair are still sticking out at weird angles, even with Jason trying to fix it, but it all works for his whole 'punk delinquent' appearance, so he doesn't care too much.]

Not really.

[Some of the movies were fine. He just isn't a big movie person.]

He told you about that?

[All he's seen of the Jasons' relationship with each other is anger, violence and self-loathing, so it's hard for him to imagine the two of them talking casually enough for that to have come up in conversation.]

We share communication channels. It's less sharing with me and more we're both on the same line.

( so, the entire family was gossiping about accelerator and his finding junior's bugs--essentially. jason caught how excited tim was to step up to the plate and see if he could outwit ace's head, so he's not going to spoil that, but. )

Tche, so he told other people.

[Accelerator frowns at that. From the information he was given about the bugs, it seems a bit unusual. He also isn't sure how he feels about people talking about him. It happened all the time back home, but here only a few people know about his title and even fewer his reputation.]

Did he get rid of them all, then? I could've destroyed them all easily, but he said he was going to take care of it.

Edited 2024-01-04 14:18 (UTC)

No, 'cause they're his bugs.

( tim and dick are going to give him so much shit later. but it's not as if accelerator hasn't been in his head. doesn't already know what he's up to. and if junior's going to let himself get caught, jason's not going to hide his secrets. )

He uses 'em to get info off the asshats who come into his bar.

.....

[Accelerator looks up in surprise at this new information. It's entirely logical, honestly, but he's still shocked.]

He told me he figured they were from a rival gang.

[Soooo the younger Jason lied to him. Not only that, but he believed the lie without a second thought.]

We're all liars. ( a loose lift of his shoulders, and he's--turning around to head towards accelerator's apartment building. the fire's died down enough. ) An' we'll keep secrets even if we're pretty sure we don't need to. The guy who trained us ingrained on all of us that information's valuable and the more people who know shit, the more at-risk it is of getting out.

( bruce has more secrets than he has truths he's let others in on, and none of the robins he's trained are any better. )

I'd keep that to yourself. The bugs and who they belong to bit.

[Accelerator remains where he is, not following Jason for several moments. It's the time he needs to cool his expression into something more akin to his usual scowl, though it doesn't quite get there. Then he turns and follows him.]

Fine. Whatever. It's not like he was ever obligated to be truthful to me. It doesn't fucking matter.

[What Jason is saying is logical enough that he can't be mad about this, so he won't be.

(He's still put off by this, even if he's going to act like he isn't.)]

( the pause is enough for jason to figure out he's not happy about it. which--who would be? no one likes finding out they've been lied to. )

It's not personal. Hell, it's -- ( and his own lips are twisting into a scowl, but jason keeps walking. ) habit more'n anything else. Someone asks me for my name, I've got dozens that'll come out of my mouth before I ever get to my own.

[He isn't bothered by this he isn't bothered by this he isn't bothered by this.]

Yeah, I get it. Adults in general are big fucking liars. You guys aren't special when it comes to that.

You're not wrong.

( a little weird, still, that he's considered one of the adults. jason's not even close to the youngest of his crew, but being put in with the likes of bruce is. . . different.

jason stops in place a bit away from the apartment building's door. looks over to accelerator. )

I'm not gonna promise not to lie to you, because I'm not going to be able to keep that. But if I do lie, it'll be for a good reason. An' if it turns out it was a shit reason, you've got full permission to beat the living hell out of me. Because I'll deserve it.

[Jason, this makes you officially old. Sorry.

He catches up, looking over, still scowling. And he refrains from doing any more of his whatever, I'm to apathetic to be bothered by any of this act. It's clear he's taking Jason's words seriously.]

I'll keep that in mind.

( he's feeling it now. damian is an old man stuck in the body of a toddler, he's only got a few years on time, dickie's--different. but accelerator is a brat he's vaguely acknowledged as his brat.

gross. )

Sorry people're shit. Especially that asshole.

It's fine. It's nothing I don't already know.

[His life has been full of people who are nothing but shit, after all.

... Still, it means something that Jason is saying that. He's calming down a little.]

It's not fine.

( he wouldn't have done it any differently in junior's shoes. even if had just been habit. there's a reason junior hadn't shared; those bugs cover the entirety of the club, they're there to gain intel, if accelerator were anyone else, if jason hadn't told him to keep it quiet, he might have taken it to his friends, who might've taken it to someone else, and you can't gain intel on people who know they're being listened to. it's just asking to be given false leads. he gets it. tim and dick'll probably be pissed off if they find out he's spilling family secrets, but it's not as if accelerator hasn't been inside his head already.

he's not angry about it. he's angry their similarities are shining through again when he hates being reminded of those. )

I hate liars.

( jason just also happens to be one. )

[It isn't really fine, it's just easier to say that and act like it is. Before the Level 6 Shift, just accepting adults were shit was always the easier route to take. They all either feared or hated him, and it's not like any of them ever bothered trying to hide that. There was nothing he could do about it, so it was just easier to go along with it.

It's kind of hard to do that here, when Jason is being rude and vocalizing what he's really thinking.

He looks over at him, deadpan.]

Your self-loathing is showing.

( stop calling him out like this. it's rude.

but jason's just quirking a brow up, and - leaving it at that. accelerator can point it out, but jason doesn't want to address it. he's had enough crises this year already. so he changes the subject instead. )

What's the coffee of the week?

[The change in subject matter isn't a big deal to Accelerator. He knows talking about stuff like one's self-loathing isn't easy, so he rolls with it and shrugs.]

High Brew's black. It's total crap.

Why drink it if it's shit?

( what's wrong with good coffee. )

[Good coffee is overrated, give him garbage burnt bean juice.]

I don't know, it's just what I'm drinking right now. Does it matter?

You'd think if you were gonna drink something, you'd try and get something decent.

( he's judging a little. but jason also intentionally drinks crap liquor when he goes out to bars, so. it's not as if he isn't also judging himself. )

[Wow, rude. Accelerator waves a hand dismissively.]

It doesn't hit the same.

[And with that he's going to start heading inside.]

Thanks for the new couch.

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