video; backdated to the morning of the 14th

[cibopath]

[Once again, Tony's all business and all sourpuss. But this time, he's just gotten out of bed: his hair's still sticking up in places, and careful viewers might notice that he's presently missing an ear. This week's thieves somehow managed to take something of his.

...N...not the ear.

Either way, for a guy who's notoriously anal about knowing where his things are all the time, this is a Big Thing-- particularly when Tony's got some sentimental things tucked into the wallet that was pickpocketed away from him last night.]

I've gotta hand it to you, whoever you are-- you're way more than just a petty thief. [He sniffs in distaste.] You're pretty good to slip under my nose. But three thefts on Foreigners in a row, all within a few days? Unless you're trying to show off, you're just making yourself obvious.

Sooner or later, you are going to get caught.

[Tony adds, coldly:]

By the way, I keep my juulan in a bag-- not my wallet. You've just wasted a whole lot of effort making one more enemy. Unless the Emperor's set up a currency exchange and I haven't been paying attention, have fun with my useless American dollars. Asshole.

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aw yeaaah go get em dickie

[cibopath]

Just a typical wallet, brown leath--...

[Tony stops, staring. Guess whose universe has literally every weird element EXCEPT for superheroes.]

What are you wearing all of that for?

bringing out the Nightwing aw yeah

[bludhavenknight]

[Standard question, apparently, but hey, Dick has done this enough times to know how to do it.]

It helps blind bad guys into submission. [That answers it, right?] I'm Nightwing, and I'm here to help. So, brown leather wallet? What's in it?

[cibopath]

[NOT AT ALL, but he gives up-- he's on a freakin' giant turtle, there are bigger fish to fry than Dick's spandex-clad butt.]

Uh... Credit cards, driver's license, somewhere between forty and forty-five bucks, pictures? Belonging to an Anthony Chu.

[he pauses, flustered, before continuing--] Listen, I've worked enough cases to know what to do for a little pickpocketing. I can handle this.

[bludhavenknight]

[Excuse you, have you seen his spandex covered ass? He has the best ass in the universe. This is no joke. There have been polls done.]

I have no doubt you can handle this, sir. [It's not in a sarcastic way at all. He really means it. He'd say officer, but he didn't know if this guy was a cop. He could be FBI for all he knew. Dick just has respect for anyone in law enforcement, considering he once was in two uniforms.] But there are some pickpockets here that can get pretty violent if you try to get something back. As a forewarning.

[cibopath]

[He has no desire to see Dick's butt. No matter how fabulous it is.]

[For the record, it's currently officer, but thanks to the insight of his partner who'd come from a few months into the future, he knows it'll get bumped back up to agent at some point. It earns Dick serious brownie points, nonetheless. Even if Tony still doesn't take the outfit seriously.]

I can go with backup. I'm not cocky enough to go alone.

[...okay, he might be sometimes. but NOT ON THIS ONE.]

[bludhavenknight]

Fair enough. [He laughs, giving a little shrug.] Have someone to go in with you? You should probably go in full gear, too. Gas masks, batons, head to toe in kevlar. Just to be on the safe side.

[cibopath]

I've got a partner here. We're... a little short on the supplies, though. I showed up here with not much more than the clothes on my back.

[and they weren't a whole LOT of clothes either.]