[ Not right now, but it'll pick back up when they get close enough to the outside -- hopefully those few seconds of extra data will be enough to help them make the best plan possible.
Until then, it's just the two of them, Wren coming up after Nightwing just half a minute behind. Still feels like a lifetime.
It's a lot to go into something like this with only one real backup, V and Tony on the outside. Nightwing has only ever been competent - understandable fire based mistakes aside - and reliable, so ... they feel better than they normally would about this, actually. ]
[ the words come coupled with a cheeky grin, the kind he flashes right before diving head first into something that may not be the best idea ever, but is the best he's got. Shrike can be depended on for something like that, even if they have a habit of trying to poke a bunch of holes into it first. not like it's not sometimes necessary to be that way.
though they struggle and trip, they manage to free the hostages without too much of a bantering. V and Tony are waiting outside and by a stroke of luck, one of the hostages knows their way through the tunnels well enough to lead them all to the outside. the rest they leave inside, ziptied in various positions leaned up against the cave for the police to take in.
Nightwing looks mostly pleased as he leans back against a van and tips his head in something like appreciation. ]
[ It may not be much bantering by Dick's standards, but for anyone other than Tony and Vivienne it's a lot for Wren. They're usually limiting their talk during jobs to giving orders, to telling people to stay on task. To sometimes ask what the fuck they were trying to do.
It's not unpleasant, the banter. File that away to be mentally dealt with at a later date. If they had to.
They're relieved to see V and Tony - Lady Vengeance and The Raven - no worse for the wear. Call it a Pavlovian response, but when V cuts lose there's always an undercurrent of danger for Wren. They've seen what can happen when she loses control. Though pointedly Wren is only ever afraid for Vivienne, not of her. Still there's a line of tension that eases to see their friends safe. Data shared, time to wind down and part ways. ]
I think so.
[ It would take an expert to hear that Nightwing has earned a little warmth from the Shrike instead of their cold business-like tones they have as default when working. Vivienne comes up beside the Shrike, draping an arm around their shoulder with all the body language that speaks to intimate friendship and maybe a little bit of possession there, even though she grins flirtatiously at Nightwing. ]
[ Thankfully, Nightwing is an expert at picking up subtle shifts in tone, especially from the stoic types like Shrike, and that much is obvious with the corner of his mouth tips up just so.
Before Lady Vengeance sidles up and he full on grins and shakes his head with endeared amusement. ]
Maybe invite me to something fun that doesn’t involve being buried alive by a collapsed tunnel.
[ But they all know he wouldn’t show up for that, not that it was meant to be as suggestive as it could come off. ]
[ Vivienne gives an exaggerated pout, Wren's quick there and gone again smile is hidden by their helmet. Their amusement still comes out in their voice, though, for those that can listen for it. Even with the modulator in it making it sound deeper than it is. ]
You too. Even with the accidental arson.
"Oh! Not everyone gets a free pass for that from Birdie! We should celebrate-"
I'm busy.
[ They say that very quickly, for someone who is clearly not in a rush to go anywhere just yet. ]
[ Nightwing laughs, a bright, easy sound that's coupled with a lift of both brows. ]
Busy...? [ As Nightwing, Dick is more animated, more of the performer, and the way he looks around this way and that is as much so. ] Is busy in the room with us? Or you mean, busy brooding?
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Until then, it's just the two of them, Wren coming up after Nightwing just half a minute behind. Still feels like a lifetime.
It's a lot to go into something like this with only one real backup, V and Tony on the outside. Nightwing has only ever been competent - understandable fire based mistakes aside - and reliable, so ... they feel better than they normally would about this, actually. ]
We have to.
lmk if this works :)
[ the words come coupled with a cheeky grin, the kind he flashes right before diving head first into something that may not be the best idea ever, but is the best he's got. Shrike can be depended on for something like that, even if they have a habit of trying to poke a bunch of holes into it first. not like it's not sometimes necessary to be that way.
though they struggle and trip, they manage to free the hostages without too much of a bantering. V and Tony are waiting outside and by a stroke of luck, one of the hostages knows their way through the tunnels well enough to lead them all to the outside. the rest they leave inside, ziptied in various positions leaned up against the cave for the police to take in.
Nightwing looks mostly pleased as he leans back against a van and tips his head in something like appreciation. ]
You three got it from here?
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It's not unpleasant, the banter. File that away to be mentally dealt with at a later date. If they had to.
They're relieved to see V and Tony - Lady Vengeance and The Raven - no worse for the wear. Call it a Pavlovian response, but when V cuts lose there's always an undercurrent of danger for Wren. They've seen what can happen when she loses control. Though pointedly Wren is only ever afraid for Vivienne, not of her. Still there's a line of tension that eases to see their friends safe. Data shared, time to wind down and part ways. ]
I think so.
[ It would take an expert to hear that Nightwing has earned a little warmth from the Shrike instead of their cold business-like tones they have as default when working. Vivienne comes up beside the Shrike, draping an arm around their shoulder with all the body language that speaks to intimate friendship and maybe a little bit of possession there, even though she grins flirtatiously at Nightwing. ]
"This was fun, don't be a stranger, yeah?"
((Absolutely lovely. Apologies for V.))
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Before Lady Vengeance sidles up and he full on grins and shakes his head with endeared amusement. ]
Maybe invite me to something fun that doesn’t involve being buried alive by a collapsed tunnel.
[ But they all know he wouldn’t show up for that, not that it was meant to be as suggestive as it could come off. ]
Thanks for the good work today.
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You too. Even with the accidental arson.
"Oh! Not everyone gets a free pass for that from Birdie! We should celebrate-"
I'm busy.
[ They say that very quickly, for someone who is clearly not in a rush to go anywhere just yet. ]
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Busy...? [ As Nightwing, Dick is more animated, more of the performer, and the way he looks around this way and that is as much so. ] Is busy in the room with us? Or you mean, busy brooding?
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I don't 'brood'.