Gotham isn't any place for anyone else who didn't grow up there. Or unless you're just a rich socialite. They should go back home. If their home is shit, they can go to someone else's.
[ He doesn't say anything back, looking smiling helplessly as they go back down the hall. ]
I'm excited to hear your commentary.
[ Opens the door with a flourish!
No, jk, he just opens it normally and steps inside.
Claude's room looks immediately large and luxurious. It's open, and greeting them with a sitting area that has floor cushions and a small table first and a bright, sunny balcony to the side. There is an "office" area further behind the sitting space and a bed to the side of the office that is tucked out of view behind the balcony wall. The bed is cordoned off with a curtain, but if Jason peers in, he'll see that the bed is unmade and that there are books piled next to it.
The layout is suitable for a warm climate, open and airy, stucco and marble rather than carpeted. Most of the furniture is wood and wicker, and the balcony has lots of cushions where his wyvern is currently napping. The aesthetic borrows from Moorish architecture: arched gateways and ceiling decorated with zellige tiles, and Persian rugs in the sitting areas.
The desk at the back of the room is the messiest area, accompanied by a bookshelf, with books and papers everywhere. There are a couple of potted plants around, mostly those suited for dry climates.
Claude will just wander in and take a seat on one of the floor cushions. ]
[Jason steps nosily inside after Claude, and he stands near the door long enough for a slow, casual glance around. Hmmmmmmmmm. If it wasn't for Bruce's brat, he would associate this aesthetic with a not so great experience in his life. Unfortunate.]
It's pretty much night and day. [He starts making a slow loop around the place, turning right and glancing around at things.] Damian would like it.
[He actually doesn't get so nosy he is digging around in Claude's bed or anything, but he does glance at it as he is doing his little circle.]
You from a warm place? There's no way you'd survive Gotham nights in the fall and winter with a place like this.
Can't believe they are sun and moon coded.......waow. Hope Claude enjoys being bullied then since they are opposites. Prepare to be more tired by another idiot white man.]
Join the club. Gotham isn't much different. If you like the city, it's nice. The architecture. There's always something to do. It's a melting pot of different people, so the food is good.
But the people in power only really care about the rich neighborhoods, and when they want to get richer, they gentrify the rest. Slowly squeeze the poorer ones to a smaller and smaller, destitute section. Use them to run drugs, or keep them addicted because gangs and crime lords have the big boys in their pay pocket.
[ Well, after listening to that it doesn't feel that complicated. ]
It's... not so different, I suppose. The monarchy in my country is obsessed with conquest, and they believe that expansion is the best measure of success. They pour all their resources into the army and the war efforts, regardless of the toll it takes on the people.
It feels obvious to me where their priorities should be, but the warrior mentality is too deeply ingrained in them. They can't imagine a world where success means joining hands with our neighbours instead of conquering them.
[Not entirely with Gotham, but Gotham is in America. So. Yeah. Ha ha! He comes back around and stops a little ways off from where he started being nosy in the room. He gives it a last cursory glance over.]
[Damn, why can't he just stand? He literally just stands, being a nuisance. He doesn't sit, but he doesn't gtfo either. Tell him to leave, couch stealing boy.]
Prison is an interesting way of dealing will children...
[ Claude like maybe Gotham does deserve to be conquered... ]
I should say that I've never actually been committed to prison, only that my brothers enjoyed locking me in the dungeons as a prank. Not quite the same, I imagine.
It’s not entirely different. You being let out is up to someone else, yeah? And that someone may or may not have their own agenda. [Haha.] But yeah. I get it.
It’s a correctional facility. You go when you’re under twenty-one if you commit a crime. It’s either to hold you while you wait for your court date—that’s detention—or to hold you after once they hand out the punishment—that’s confinement. Depends on what you do.
Since you’re a kid, they think if they fix you a little with programs, you’ve got a chance. But you don’t have any chance because they aren’t ever fixing the wild woods they let you right back out in.
[He debates whether or not he wants to make a joke that his career is in politics.]
Nah. Can’t exactly run for mayor when you’re legally dead. No one puts you in power unless you’re scratching their back anyway. The taint is on the inside. Down below. That’s where you gotta work.
There's plenty of power in grassroots movements, you don't need to be a "mayor" to effect change... Though you will need their cooperation. In most cases.
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[ OKAY JASON JUST GO BACK TO YOUR SHITTY LIFE THEN ]
In any case, perhaps some will visit you. It's a nice option.
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Gotham isn't any place for anyone else who didn't grow up there. Or unless you're just a rich socialite. They should go back home. If their home is shit, they can go to someone else's.
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Claude, desperate for a topic change, gets up. ]
I only meant for a visit. And I think you're underestimating the people here.
[ Heads to the door, waving for Jason to follow! ]
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[But he doesn't seem mad, just kind of amused at the call out. He sticks both hands in the pockets of his jacket and wanders after Claude.
He better have something Jason can make fun of him for.]
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I'm excited to hear your commentary.
[ Opens the door with a flourish!
No, jk, he just opens it normally and steps inside.
Claude's room looks immediately large and luxurious. It's open, and greeting them with a sitting area that has floor cushions and a small table first and a bright, sunny balcony to the side. There is an "office" area further behind the sitting space and a bed to the side of the office that is tucked out of view behind the balcony wall. The bed is cordoned off with a curtain, but if Jason peers in, he'll see that the bed is unmade and that there are books piled next to it.
The layout is suitable for a warm climate, open and airy, stucco and marble rather than carpeted. Most of the furniture is wood and wicker, and the balcony has lots of cushions where his wyvern is currently napping. The aesthetic borrows from Moorish architecture: arched gateways and ceiling decorated with zellige tiles, and Persian rugs in the sitting areas.
The desk at the back of the room is the messiest area, accompanied by a bookshelf, with books and papers everywhere. There are a couple of potted plants around, mostly those suited for dry climates.
Claude will just wander in and take a seat on one of the floor cushions. ]
Kind of like night and day.
[ The difference in their rooms... ]
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It's pretty much night and day. [He starts making a slow loop around the place, turning right and glancing around at things.] Damian would like it.
[He actually doesn't get so nosy he is digging around in Claude's bed or anything, but he does glance at it as he is doing his little circle.]
You from a warm place? There's no way you'd survive Gotham nights in the fall and winter with a place like this.
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I come from a fairly warm, temperate place. But I've seen snow at least.
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Can't believe they are sun and moon coded.......waow. Hope Claude enjoys being bullied then since they are opposites. Prepare to be more tired by another idiot white man.]
You like it? Where you come from.
[Since Jason clearly has Opinions on Gotham.]
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Well... [ He has to think about this. ] I do think the land and the culture is beautiful. The food is also some of the best I've had.
But it's a little complicated.
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Join the club. Gotham isn't much different. If you like the city, it's nice. The architecture. There's always something to do. It's a melting pot of different people, so the food is good.
But the people in power only really care about the rich neighborhoods, and when they want to get richer, they gentrify the rest. Slowly squeeze the poorer ones to a smaller and smaller, destitute section. Use them to run drugs, or keep them addicted because gangs and crime lords have the big boys in their pay pocket.
Why's yours so complicated?
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It's... not so different, I suppose. The monarchy in my country is obsessed with conquest, and they believe that expansion is the best measure of success. They pour all their resources into the army and the war efforts, regardless of the toll it takes on the people.
It feels obvious to me where their priorities should be, but the warrior mentality is too deeply ingrained in them. They can't imagine a world where success means joining hands with our neighbours instead of conquering them.
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[Not entirely with Gotham, but Gotham is in America. So. Yeah. Ha ha! He comes back around and stops a little ways off from where he started being nosy in the room. He gives it a last cursory glance over.]
Suits you, I guess.
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[ He waits to see if Jason is going to sit down or gtfo. ]
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Sure are. Ever been to one?
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Not as an adult, no. You mentioned you went to "juvie"?
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[Yeah, it is.]
Yeah. Juvenile Detention. Like prison, but for kids.
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[ Claude like maybe Gotham does deserve to be conquered... ]
I should say that I've never actually been committed to prison, only that my brothers enjoyed locking me in the dungeons as a prank. Not quite the same, I imagine.
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It’s not entirely different. You being let out is up to someone else, yeah? And that someone may or may not have their own agenda. [Haha.] But yeah. I get it.
It’s a correctional facility. You go when you’re under twenty-one if you commit a crime. It’s either to hold you while you wait for your court date—that’s detention—or to hold you after once they hand out the punishment—that’s confinement. Depends on what you do.
Since you’re a kid, they think if they fix you a little with programs, you’ve got a chance. But you don’t have any chance because they aren’t ever fixing the wild woods they let you right back out in.
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It seems like you've got a good grasp of how the system in your city works— or rather doesn't.
Ever considered a career in politics?
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Nah. Can’t exactly run for mayor when you’re legally dead. No one puts you in power unless you’re scratching their back anyway. The taint is on the inside. Down below. That’s where you gotta work.
[Bruce would slap him upside the head right now.]
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There's plenty of power in grassroots movements, you don't need to be a "mayor" to effect change... Though you will need their cooperation. In most cases.
You just seem to care about these issues.
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[He shrugs a bit.]
It’s probably because I lived it.
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[ He leans back. ]
Wish there were other people around to do that.
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Sometimes those people don’t do what really needs to be done. So you just have to do it yourself.
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So you are in politics. In some fashion.
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