Hikage, if I didn't like you, it would be a lot more obvious.
[ steph is actually a little similar to hikage in the sense that if she hates you, she becomes very blunt and rude. she is really not the kind of person who would pretend otherwise.
after saying that though, there's a pause as she... considers what to say next. ]
Some of this is information you already know about me, but just sit through it, okay? I need to say it all so you can see the whole picture. In my world, the concept of things like superheroes and villains is pretty normal. The chances of you walking down the street and running into people with powers fight each other is high? It's just how life is. In my city, Gotham, it's particularly bad since it has one of the highest crime rate in the country. Gotham's main protector is someone called Batman. He... he's one of the best there is, basically. If you want to be a vigilante in Gotham, you pretty much need to have his approval or else he'll make your life miserable though. He has a lot of teams throughout the world, but he only has a very, very select few who he trusts to work in Gotham.
[ she sounds vaguely annoyed while saying all of that. ]
My dad was a bad guy in Gotham. My entire life growing up was seeing him in and out of jail, him bringing bad people into our house, and other... crappy stuff. My mom was a drug addict, and his way of life was making that worse. I was pretty angry at her too for a while, but... things worked out for her, at least. Anyway, my dad's identity was the Cluemaster. He would always leaves clues about his thefts, which was stupid because it kept making them catch him. When I was around fifteen he got out of jail again, and he finally got over the clue thing and it turned out he was actually good at stealing when he wasn't sabotaging himself? So I made myself a costume, called myself the Spoiler, and tried my best to alert Batman as to what was going on. [ she smiles. ] That's the memory you saw, by the way. The boy I hit with that brick was Tim-- or Robin, I guess, that's his alias. Batman's main sidekick is always a Robin. They thanked me for telling them what was happening, but they also told me to go home since it was too dangerous for me.
I ignored them. [ of course she did. she ignores everyone's orders. ] When they finally caught my dad, I showed up. And I really wanted to kill him. I almost did, but Batman stopped me. He said it wasn't how they handle things. It took me... an embarrassingly long time to actually accept that rule after that. I never did kill anyone, but I would ask myself every time I went out with Tim as Spoiler why didn't we just solve the villain problem permanently.
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[ steph is actually a little similar to hikage in the sense that if she hates you, she becomes very blunt and rude. she is really not the kind of person who would pretend otherwise.
after saying that though, there's a pause as she... considers what to say next. ]
Some of this is information you already know about me, but just sit through it, okay? I need to say it all so you can see the whole picture. In my world, the concept of things like superheroes and villains is pretty normal. The chances of you walking down the street and running into people with powers fight each other is high? It's just how life is. In my city, Gotham, it's particularly bad since it has one of the highest crime rate in the country. Gotham's main protector is someone called Batman. He... he's one of the best there is, basically. If you want to be a vigilante in Gotham, you pretty much need to have his approval or else he'll make your life miserable though. He has a lot of teams throughout the world, but he only has a very, very select few who he trusts to work in Gotham.
[ she sounds vaguely annoyed while saying all of that. ]
My dad was a bad guy in Gotham. My entire life growing up was seeing him in and out of jail, him bringing bad people into our house, and other... crappy stuff. My mom was a drug addict, and his way of life was making that worse. I was pretty angry at her too for a while, but... things worked out for her, at least. Anyway, my dad's identity was the Cluemaster. He would always leaves clues about his thefts, which was stupid because it kept making them catch him. When I was around fifteen he got out of jail again, and he finally got over the clue thing and it turned out he was actually good at stealing when he wasn't sabotaging himself? So I made myself a costume, called myself the Spoiler, and tried my best to alert Batman as to what was going on. [ she smiles. ] That's the memory you saw, by the way. The boy I hit with that brick was Tim-- or Robin, I guess, that's his alias. Batman's main sidekick is always a Robin. They thanked me for telling them what was happening, but they also told me to go home since it was too dangerous for me.
I ignored them. [ of course she did. she ignores everyone's orders. ] When they finally caught my dad, I showed up. And I really wanted to kill him. I almost did, but Batman stopped me. He said it wasn't how they handle things. It took me... an embarrassingly long time to actually accept that rule after that. I never did kill anyone, but I would ask myself every time I went out with Tim as Spoiler why didn't we just solve the villain problem permanently.