Thomas Kyle (cantkeepmeout) wrote,
@ 2011-11-29 21:13:00

Sometime in the future
It's been a long and hard night of detective work for Thomas. A rash of killings has hit Gotham and the victims seem unconnected no matter what angle they've looked at. Was it the beginnings of a gang war or a random killer on the loose? So far interrogating the scum all over the city has been useless. They know nothing. Not in the way where they know something and aren't telling, but they genuinely don't know anything about the mystery killer or killers he's hunting. He's not sure if the possibility that this is an isolated individual should relieve him or not, after all, so far they've got no real evidence that it's even one killer or that these killings are related. But there's no such thing as coincidence for a detective.

Thomas decides to rest at one of the nearby satellite caves Batman has set up around Gotham over the years, it's cold and rainy and he's sick of hitting dead ends. This is one of the smaller ones, stocked with basic gear, a civilian change of clothes, first aid and some food. It also happens to be the one he's told the Fox about. Not that he'd admit to doing that if any of the others asked. But if she wanted to find him or needed help, he wanted her to have a safe spot to go. Maybe that's why he seems to gravitate towards this one whenever he can, it's not like he ever expects her there though.

He shakes out the rain from his cape as he enters and is about to peel of the mask when he sees the bleeding figure on the floor.

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	outfoxing 2011-12-02 01:16 am UTC (link)
	"....Aw but Robin," she playfully pouts and gives him a puppy look. "I could tell you all about some of mine." She thinks he will disapprove of the Catholic Priest disguise. So many do. She carefully pulls it off. As she does so she comments out loud, "Someday if you're really lucky you may get to undress me for fun reasons." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2011-12-02 01:21 am UTC (link)
	"Feel free to, I just won't be sharing any back." He just smirks. He won't actually, since he once had to pull that one off himself. It was an emergency and it's something only Batman knows, and they've never spoken of it. Now he smiles, "I could say the same to you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	outfoxing 2011-12-02 01:48 am UTC (link)
	"Let's see.... Librarian. I also did a nurse." She smirks widely. "I looked weird in the uniform." She let's her eyes flicker over him and her smirk widens. "You'd be harder to undress in some situations. Height difference." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cantkeepmeout
2011-12-02 01:59 am UTC (link)

He crouches by her and gets to work. "Did you actually do these or are you trying to give me distracting mental images? Because you don't want to do that to the guy fixing your stitches."

He glances up at her from his position and smirks back, "And here I thought the thief was supposed to be good and getting through all sorts of security in odd positions. I guess you just can't handle a few buttons." Teasing her is far too much fun not to do it.

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outfoxing
2011-12-02 02:07 am UTC (link)

"Actually yeah." She can't help but grin. "....Don't tempt me to use the skirt I wore as a librarian. for our.... outing. You might catch flies."

That actually gets a slow blush from Sarah. It creeps up her cheeks and she quickly tears her gaze away. "I just get the feeling that even if I managed to reach some things you'd distract me and I'd have trouble getting the rest."

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	cantkeepmeout 2011-12-02 02:21 am UTC (link)
	"I'm still skeptical." He has to smile at the image that conjures up though. "Careful Foxy, I may accidentally start calling you Legs and people will look at me funny." It's fun to get her to blush, there's no reason he's going to stop now though. "Why would I distract you from that? If you needed help you could always ask..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	outfoxing 2011-12-02 02:37 am UTC (link)
	"Wait until you see it" She winks saucily. "You might just end up calling me that." She gives him a look. "Mmm.... For fun? Maybe to get me to blush?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2011-12-02 02:47 am UTC (link)
	"Oh now I'm really looking forward to this. You're going to spend the whole time distracting me aren't you?" He winks back at her. A mischevious grin spreads now, "Now why would I do that before when I can distract you and make you blush after?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	outfoxing 2011-12-02 03:00 am UTC (link)
	"Seeing if I can distract you is part of the game," she winks at him again. And now she's back to blushing. ".... You're enjoying this. Because now I won't be able to stop blushing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cantkeepmeout
2011-12-02 03:12 am UTC (link)

"I don't think it's about seeing if you can distract me, it's about how much you can distract me." He has no illusions whether or not he'll be distracted, that'll happen regardless.

He's finally done wrapping up the stitches and he gets up and offers her his hand. "Guilty. So how about while you're still all cute and blushing we go for that motorcycle ride to the safe house. You can hold onto me as much as you want..."

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	outfoxing 2011-12-02 03:20 am UTC (link)
	She can't help the soft laugh that slips out. "Well that's the fun part. You're someone I want to distract." She pulls the shirt back on first and lets him pull her to her feet. "We should take the rest of my uniform with us. The armored parts can get repaired... and I might need it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cantkeepmeout
2011-12-02 03:28 am UTC (link)

"I'm glad I'm on your list of people you actually want to distract. I hear it's exclusive." A wink and he leaves to grab the parts of her uniform and signal the bike using the utility belt to drive closer, he had left it a few blocks away. "Hold on I think there's an extra helmet somewhere around here...and...okay found it. Need anything else before we leave? Last call." He offers her the helmet as he moves to leave.

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	outfoxing 2011-12-02 03:39 am UTC (link)
	"It's a very short list," she admits with a purr and gives him a very obvious once over. "She's going to take her head. "I'll be fine. I have a pretty well stocked safe house. That's the one Ill have you take me to." She can't help the teasing smile. "I even have a TV there. Just in case I need to lay low." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

cantkeepmeout
2011-12-02 03:50 am UTC (link)

As he puts his jacket back on he returns the once over with a smirk, not bothering to hide it.

"Sounds fun, call if you get lonely." They make their way out of the hide out and out onto the street where the bike has parked itself and Thomas fishes out the helmet from it's storage. After he's got on the bike he holds out his hand for her in case she needs help getting on. "If you're feeling up to it now or another time we can always take a detour."

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outfoxing
2011-12-02 03:58 am UTC (link)

They keep dancing around each other like this. Flirting and pushing the edge of each others boundaries. She doesn't mind it at all.

"Well.... It would disappoint me if you didn't try picking my locks," she admits. "I mean.... really low security places make me want to break in. And this place is so.... so.. Well. I'm not sure what I would call it but while it's safe the locks beg to be picked by a thief like me."

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cantkeepmeout
2011-12-02 04:09 am UTC (link)

He's not quite sure what it is between them, he's well aware he's toeing the line of what's appropriate but he's come...not to terms with it but he's accepted it for what it is. It's not a crime to enjoy himself, and he certainly enjoys the games they play. He's pretty sure she enjoys it too.

"I'll take it as a challenge to test your security myself then. Don't be surprised this time if I barge in. This place is only a rest stop by the way, I'm not telling you about any more confidential ones. Hell, you're not even supposed to know about this one." A quick rev of the engine and he looks back to her to make sure she's okay before they take off. "Hold on tight, but no distracting me with those hands."

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outfoxing
2011-12-02 04:23 am UTC (link)

"Got it. No parading around the place in the nude," she says with a soft snicker. "I know. You placed a lot of trust in me telling me about that place."

She holds on resting her hands were they won't cause an issue. "Okay so no bad touches. I'll be good."

On their way she gives him directions. She rarely goes 'home' by vehicle and has to remind herself to not take him back to her real place.

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cantkeepmeout
2011-12-02 04:32 am UTC (link)

The helmet prevents her from seeing him roll his eyes but he's definetely doing it. "I thought it was...necessary." It really wasn't all that necessary but he doesn't tell her that, she can probably guess.

"I don't know if I trust you on that, you are supposed to be the bad one here." But he likes having her arms around his waist and kind of wishes the ride was longer.

It's not long before he's parked the bike in a nearby alley (it has enough security built in that he's not worried about theft). "This the place?" It's not badly hidden and he takes note of the surroundings for future break-in purposes.

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outfoxing
2011-12-02 04:51 am UTC (link)

She blushes more under the helmet. He's really sweet. She has no idea what to do about that either.

"Molestation when you won't crash. I may be a thief but I'm a smart one." Still her hand wanders up slightly. When they park and she sees her door she can't help but grin.

"Yep." She takes his hand not even worried about how he might view that and veers towards her door. Funny thing is she's putting in a security code at this door. It looks.... old. But the building looks safe enough for this part of town.

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cantkeepmeout
2011-12-02 05:00 am UTC (link)

He's a little surprised at that but lets her drag him, not unwillingly, to the door. While he waits for her to put in the security code he laces his fingers with hers.

The whole time he's mapping the area in his head, he'll take note of the security code but will ignore it later when he tries to break in, after all he needs to make this fun.

Once inside he takes note of the layout and all entrances and exits. It's pretty nice, obviously much nicer than it appears from the outside. It reminds him of one of the satellite caves on the other end of Gotham but he stays silent about that.

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outfoxing
2011-12-02 05:05 am UTC (link)

She's checking over a few things. The safe house is actually pretty clean looking. It looks like she could live here if she wanted to.

But there's very few personal touches. She stops by the not very often used fire place and glances at the mantle to see if she left anything too easy to trace out.

There's a single picture she's unwilling to put up of her and her mentor. She loos.... painfully young there. She thinks she was seven at the time.

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	cantkeepmeout 2011-12-02 05:16 am UTC (link)
	They're still holding hands and he follows her to the fire place, patiently waiting for her to at least finish a visual sweep of the area. There's not much out that will give anything she's doing away, at least as far as he's noticed. He closes his eyes and jokes, "Can I look now? All embarassing pictures out of the way?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	outfoxing 2011-12-02 12:45 pm UTC (link)
	See that gets her moving. She turns the picture face down not used entirely to feeling sentimental. Then she places herself between him and the fire place and just sighs slightly. She hasn't noticed how little room that leaves between them but they've been closer before. "It's fine now." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cantkeepmeout 2011-12-02 01:16 pm UTC (link)
	He doesn't say anything about the picture frame he had glimpsed briefly before closing his eyes, he figures that he'll let her have that privacy. When he opens his eyes again she's much closer than he expects. "Do you give tours or would you prefer we stay like this?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	outfoxing 2011-12-02 01:25 pm UTC (link)
	Tours. Right. The best way to avoid staying too close for very long. She brushed past him suddenly to do just that making sure she wasn't clutching his hand. "This is my.... sitting area I guess?" She gave a slow shrug and motioned to a stack of books and the TV resting in a corner. "I tend to hang out here the most if I happen to be here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)