24 - Couldn't You've Put On a Proper Uniform?

[thinkb4ublink]

[Here's Slater in his usual long coat and 'you're all a pain in my backside' expression.] Listen, I don't know where you new lot are coming from, but stay out of the way unless you know what you're doin'. Unless you do know what you're doin'... in which case just don't get in my way, all right? Enough trouble...

Just here. [He sends the latest intelligence of what's going on.] Don't leave a mess.

Comments

[lastmanstanding]

It's getting harder and harder to tell who escaped from Arkham and who was living in the city as a normal citizen.

...I think these new people might do us some good.

[thinkb4ublink]

They're unknowns in an already tense situation. They're makin' our lives more difficult.

[lastmanstanding]

Does it really matter if they've come to help us? [There's an edge of desperation in his voice]

It's Dick Grayson. Bruce Wayne's ward. He's back, if he's back maybe they're not gone or dead. Maybe they're alive, maybe the world hasn't forgotten about us!

[thinkb4ublink]

I'm sorry but when did 'I'm going to kill people' become 'helping us', Detective? Relyin' on civilians to do our jobs for us, when they can just as easily stick on a uniform, is wrong! You know why they hide behind masks? So that when they screw up, when they hurt people, they can just walk away, scott free!

You remember what it was like! When every other beat had someone taking money from whatever mobster with the readies! How are they any different, Hoffman? Who's gonna stop these guys when they go off on a power trip?

Yeah. Well, good on him. Just means he escaped somehow, don't get carried away.

The world hasn't forgotten about us, Hoffman, they're just too scared to help. [Which may not be better, but hey. More accurate.]

[lastmanstanding]

I don't see that as being scared sir. That's Bruce Wayne's kid, he-

Who threatened to kill people? one of these new arrivals? I did hear something about inmates sir.

[thinkb4ublink]

Never said they were scared. [Power mad was what he was going for.]

Yeah, I heard it too. [He's been watching your filter, Hoffman.]

[lastmanstanding]

[You're a good Lt. Slater.]

So do we have any contingency plans in place for that?

[thinkb4ublink]

If they commit a crime, they're criminals. If they help, let them. If they get into trouble, see if you can help them out. Otherwise, just keep your eyes peeled.

[lastmanstanding]

Yes sir.

[beat] They said Bludhaven was looking for ways to assist. Bruce Wayne reaising money for supplies.

[thinkb4ublink]

[He does not want to talk about the mess that was Bludhaven or anything related thereof.] That's something we can worry about when this is over.

[lastmanstanding]

Yes sir. [Flinching? Maybe.]

What do you want me to tell these people if they come asking?

[thinkb4ublink]

It'll take us time, but we'll make it through. [This is honestly more for Hoffman's benefit than anyone else's and he sounds confident enough to make it seem almost believable.]

[lastmanstanding]

...I think I might be starting to believe that.