Thomas Kyle (cantkeepmeout) wrote,
@ 2013-12-18 05:13:00

The holiday season had its own party circuit, which meant a good deal of required attendances, fake smiling, and either lining up dates for parties or avoiding debutantes should you go stag. So not exactly his favourite part of the holiday season, especially when you added in the penchant for these sorts of things to get robbed. But the Gotham lot was a jaded one, hell, they bet on which parties would get hit.

Wayne ones had the highest chances. Typical.

At least this particular charity one he didn't hate. The benefit had a medical theme, and of course Wayne Enterprises would be there, Bruce had established the Thomas Wayne Foundation specifically for dealing with medical related things. The foundation was hosting the event to raise money for various organizations, Doctors Without Borders among them. Though tonight he was mostly grateful he'd never changed his name, because god would it be awkward to have the same name as the foundation hosting this thing.

Thomas had on the usual impeccably tailored suit expected of him at these things, and he adjusted the red tie a bit before walking by one of the drink trays and swiping a glass for himself. Long night here, he'd need the drink.

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	(Anonymous) 2013-12-20 02:36 am UTC (link)
	"Well, I don't, but there's the whole poison, legendary deicidal arrows, that sort of thing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2013-12-20 03:00 am UTC (link)
	He seemed amused. "Ah, but I asked what you used it for. Unless poison arrows are part of your repertoire..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barbiebird 2013-12-20 03:06 am UTC (link)
	She laughs. "No, I prefer the slingshot if I'm going to use a weapon." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2013-12-20 03:08 am UTC (link)
	"Purposefully David and Goliath?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barbiebird 2013-12-20 03:12 am UTC (link)
	Barbie giggles. "It's a comforting schtick. And to be honest, I just don't have the arms for the good bows." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2013-12-20 03:16 am UTC (link)
	"Never went for the crossbow?" Maria's thing, not his, but he could work it. Not that that needed to be said. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barbiebird 2013-12-20 03:25 am UTC (link)
	"Heh. I know how to use them, but my dad would have this disappointed look..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2013-12-20 04:47 am UTC (link)
	He chuckled a bit, an image of Oliver Queen's disappointed look at a daughter of his and a...crossbow. "Well I'm sure there are worse things to get into. You could always just blame Maria for them," he joked. Though if Queen was disappointed at crossbows....oh he'd pay to see the man's face at his daughter and....batarangs. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barbiebird 2013-12-20 04:54 am UTC (link)
	"But if I officially give Maria the position of bad influence, she might take on the responsibility a bit too thoroughly." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2013-12-20 04:58 am UTC (link)
	"Point. It's the one sort of responsibility she will take to heart and run with like there's no tomorrow. And besides, that might not leave any negative influencing for the rest of us." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2013-12-20 05:02 am UTC (link)
	"Oh? Did you want in on some of that work, Thomas?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2013-12-20 05:09 am UTC (link)
	"Despite my perfectly straight tie, nobody claimed I was a particularly good influence," he said with a too-innocent shrug then broke into a smile. "And I really couldn't bear to put all that work on Maria. It'd be too cruel." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barbiebird 2013-12-20 05:12 am UTC (link)
	"Of course not. A perfectly straight tie indicates a precision of mind that could go all sorts of ways. I will have to pencil you in for some bad influencing, then." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2013-12-20 05:17 am UTC (link)
	"Hmm, I'll take it as a positive sign it's you pencilling in and no referring me to a number or secretary to schedule with." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barbiebird 2013-12-20 05:22 am UTC (link)
	Another grin. "Yeah, I am not the one on my team who needs a personal assistant." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2013-12-20 05:24 am UTC (link)
	"Good, one less person to go through. While I do know how to bypass personal assistants, it's always preferable to skip that step. But quickly, since I'm too curious for my own good I guess, which one is the one in need of a personal assistant?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barbiebird 2013-12-20 05:26 am UTC (link)
	"Pippi. Cindy Lord recommended a very nice boy to handle all of that basic reasoning stuff for her." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2013-12-20 05:30 am UTC (link)
	"Ah, makes sense. I imagine he must have considerable patience for that job, and be good at going along with things." Like the bats being birds nonsense... "At least that's what I got from unleashing her on Maria...something about her liking animals but not knowing much about them." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barbiebird 2013-12-20 05:32 am UTC (link)
	"Very polite guy from all I've seen of him. And yeah, Pippi's much more fond of animals than she is informed." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2013-12-20 05:39 am UTC (link)
	"Has she brought in any pet birds for you?" For her definition of birds. "Or is that too on the nose even for her?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barbiebird 2013-12-20 05:59 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, gosh, I need to continuously make it clear that with so many cats about, an actual Nightingale may not be at home..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2013-12-20 06:02 am UTC (link)
	"...I never associated a team with a lot of pets. How many cats do you have around." While he knew Pippi must've brought at least one, Thomas Kyle should not know that. And anyway, one was not 'so many cats'. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barbiebird 2013-12-20 06:03 am UTC (link)
	"It fluctuates. Pippi encourages Cat Visitation." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2013-12-20 06:06 am UTC (link)
	"While I'm a great fan of cats, that doesn't seem...practical." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2013-12-20 06:07 am UTC (link)
	"Pippi's good at making the apparently impractical work. Did you know she ha a chainsaw?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)