grimm cmo

[vigilantics]

for all of your post-grimm shenanigans! 💕🔪
notes: she went back to gotham with hikage and belph, can world hop, got the leggy back

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[alchemenace]

[ he watches her go

Also implying Varian isn't getting stared at for being a steampunk cosplayer anyway tbh ]

I'll... wait down here?

[ at least he is not in an alley ]

[vigilantics]

[ it's cool, she is a pro at getting in and out of the costume at freakishly fast speeds.

but it doesn't take long for her to join him in civilian clothes. ]

Varian!

[alchemenace]

[ whirls to face her ]

Stephie! Hey.

[ he doesn't say again because clearly. This is subtle ]

[vigilantics]

[ this is so subtle ]

Thanks for meeting me. [ at. the middle of the night. ] Shall we?

[alchemenace]

[ ah yes perfect... subtle... Who doesn't invite a barely pubescent teen out in the streets of Gotham at 2am ]

Oh, yeah, sure, um, lead the way?

[ he has no idea where they are ]

[vigilantics]

[ and off they go! it's okay, if anyone tries to mug them she can protect him and he can say he helped.

thankfully, their destination is pretty close by-- mostly since she picked what she knew was close. it's your average 24/7 diner. not that... varian would know what average is. ]

I personally recommend their pancakes.

[alchemenace]

[ he definitely does not know, which is why he's looking around in wide eyed interest and looking like a fucking tourist ]

They must be good, to get a personal recommendation from the great Stephie. [ he's teasing. maybe. he fiddles with a napkin once they're sitting ] So, what have you been up to? Besides the, uh, night job.

[vigilantics]

Mostly making sure my new roommates don't accidentally shank someone?

[ granted that's more of a concern for hikage than it is for belph. ]

[alchemenace]

... So you don't let them out after dark, I'm guessing?

[ like misbehaving children ]

[vigilantics]

They get locked in their rooms until I return.

[ it's a joke. ]

I once tried suggesting that they should join my night job, but I started laughing and couldn't finish the sentence.

[alchemenace]

[ ....oh god the image ]

Ha, come on, it's a good idea... if you want a quick and easy way to burn Gotham to the ground.

[vigilantics]

If I ever decide that I have had enough with the bat theme and wants to switch sides, I know what my options are.

[ honestly.

trying to imagine anyone in the castle trying to do this is a recipe for disaster. ]

[alchemenace]

[ no superheroes existed in the castle outside of Steph we we're protag free :/ ]

Just warn me if that happens so I can recalibrate my next visit.

[ Varian drops himself in bludhaven ]

[vigilantics]

I'll send you a letter. "Hey Varian, I'm robbing a bank, wanna come with?"

[ thankfully this is probably the least weird conversation the people who work here has heard tonight. ]

[alchemenace]

"Absolutely, just let me grab my stuff, I'll leave a note!" [ he grins but ] I say that, but your paper money still weirds me out.

[vigilantics]

But it's a lot more convenient than carrying around a bunch of gold.

[ where would you even put it all... ]

[alchemenace]

The weight difference is pretty notable. [ not that Varian has... any experience carrying gold around, but. ] ... Does that make it easier or harder to steal...

[vigilantics]

... both?

[ steph can't really compare. she does not carry around gold. ]

Thieves don't seem to have much trouble.

[alchemenace]

They don't have a lot of problem back in Corona either. Or outside of it.

[ thievery is whatever you need it to be, he guesses ]

Guess it's just a matter of being stubborn enough? Or. Uh. Desperate enough.

[vigilantics]

Yeah. Although if you're too desperate a lot of the time you leave a lot of room for mistakes.

[ crimes of passion are often messier and leave more evidence. ]

[alchemenace]

[ ... Varian laughs awkwardly ]

Yeah, I, um. I am aware.

[vigilantics]

...

[ SIGHS ]

[alchemenace]

In my defense, I never stole money?

[ is that. a defense. ]

[vigilantics]

[ no he just jumped straight to murder. ]

Well, that's better than the people I beat up earlier.

[alchemenace]

[ excuse you his first crime was treason via stealing from the king's vault, thanks ]

So does that mean I get a free pass on being beaten up?