Hunting (OPEN)

[Jasten Daviks]

Three days he had been in this city, three whole days. And not once had Jasten managed to gain the courage he needed to travel to the Titans Tower, in the middle of Seagal Bay. It was the only reason why he had even bothered to come to Jump City, and yet, the young man was having the hardest time approaching the Titans with his request. He had no idea why, especially considering Jasten believed himself to be nearly fearless. And yet, no amount of force could get him to fly over to the island. Close to it, sure, like the last time he tried. But completely over to it? No way.

He was getting frustrated with himself over it, extremely frustrated. Never before had he been so nervous over something... and he had had plenty of things to be nervous about. Being outnumbered by gangers in Oakland.. nearly getting pushed into that power plant back east... those were things one was supposed to freak over. Not a stupid tower filled with teenagers. Sure, super powered teenagers, but Jast was one too, was he not? Exactly. There should be no problem.

But there was, damn it all.

Eventually, however, Jasten decided that he needed to meet the Titans, and fulfill his father's wishes. But unable to follow through with actually going to them, perhaps he could bring them to him. And he knew just the way. Heading into the most crime filled areas in the city would generally be considered stupid, but it would suit his purposes well. It would be easy to fly around the crime-filled neighborhoods, beat down a few hoodlums here and there, and start spreading his name throughout them. Sooner or later, if the Titans caught word of another hero, delivering well-deserved justice in the area, than they'd be drawn to him. And from there, it would only be a matter of time before they confronted him, for better or worse.

Yes.... this would be so easy.


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Four Days Later:

The hunting had gone well, to say the least. Though downtown Jump City looked just as crime-filled as ever, his name was starting to circulate amongst the lower-classes. In the four days since he had labeled downtown as his hunting grounds, Jasten had managed to end a number of would-be muggers' and rapists' careers. Sure, the rapists had been dealt with using extreme violence, but the muggers... Jasten had let go either with a major beating, or in the back of a patrol car. There were just enough lowlifes being taken down by him, that Jasten was sure the Teen Titans would notice.

After all, any group of superheroes who notices a small drop in crime, no matter how ridiculously small, is going to begin to investigate. And after dropping the name 'Inquisitor' to every witness he could physically manage to, it was only a matter of time before the objects of his desire began to start looking for him, right?

.....Right?

Maybe.

All he knew at this point was that this was the forth day he had returned to his perch atop the highest bloody building he could find, and he still hadn't even sensed the Titans in the area. And the waiting... well, waiting was getting boring. But then again, perhaps this was a test. He'd heard all about these Titans, and though he doubted most of what he'd heard, perhaps the rumor that they test your patience before admitting you was true. If that was the case, Jasten would embrace it. At least it would mean his waiting was not in vain.

[Tim Drake]

Having tracked the crime rate in Jump for the last few years, the one constant about it, was that as a whole, it was fairly stable, but that in each area of Jump, it would fluctuate depending on various factors, ranging from time of year to the economy, so when an anomaly showed up in the south end of downtown, Robin looked into why.


The Inquisitor?


Interesting...


For the last two day's Robin had watched, waited, and lastly observed this new factor in Jump, before at last tracking him to the tallest building on the near south side.


"Inquisitor?" Robin asked as he stood on the ledge behind the new figure, his cap about his shoulders, and his mask slanted with his piercing gaze...

[Jasten Daviks]

((ooc:// Just for the record... I can't get a good image of what Jast looks like in the Inquisitor gear, so... He's wearing a navy blue hooded cape, similiar to Ravens. He wears a black balaclava to cover his face. His gear is predominantly dark grey and navy blue. He wears what appears to be a kevlar, military grade chest piece, and arm protectors. He has a brace of throwing knifes across his chest, and he has a bastard sword in a sheath on his back.))

Jasten could just barely sense another person, nearby. It was obvious, from the lack of shouts, attacks, or any immiediet actions, that this was no one he needed to be wary of. His feeling was proven when he looked over his shoulder. to see Robin standing on the ledge directly behind him. About time...

He decieded to play it cool, by the book, despite the rising feelings of excitement that rose in his chest. Pushing off the ledge, from where he was seated, Jasten floated a few feet into the air, before turning to Robin. Crossing his arms, he leaned against nothing, simulating the act of leaning against a wall.

"Im dissapointed, boy wonder. I've heard so much about your detective work... and yet, its taken you this long to notice something amiss?" He smiled beneath the balaclava, and shrugged. "But then again, you must have been busy, seeing how you know my name. Yes, I am Inquisitor. And you are Robin. Leader of the Titans, and associate of the Dark Knight of Gotham."

[Tim Drake]

Robin arched his eyebrow slightly, which tweaked his mask upwards, his arms still crossed over his chest as he studied the new entity in Jump.

"We're currently short handed, and this is a big city, and while you might be disappointed, the fact is I've been tailing you for the last twelve hours straight, to see if all the talk on the street was true or not, thus far, it is."


Holding his stance there, Tim decided that if this came to a stare down, he wasn't going to flinch first, no matter what, even if he was doing good at the moment, it did not mean that was his alignment, and given the recent events in the city, he was wary of traps, since there seemed to be so many people after his friends, he felt safe in assuming that sooner or later, they would come after him as well.


As well they should given his not so recent... Adaptation...

"So aside from beating up thugs and waiting on me to find you, what else have you been up to? Simply put, why are you in my city?"

[Jasten Daviks]

Jasten smiled again. Short-handed, eh? This gets better and better.

"Well now, I'm slightly more impressed, now that I know you were indeed tracking me. Of course, I did try to leave a substantial trail, but hey. You found me, so I suppose the means, or how long, don't matter." It was apparent that Robin was slightly edgy about Jasten. He had no idea why, which, as Inquisitor, he should have known. Despite that, he had no idea why Robin was acting apart. Perhaps he didn't trust Jasten. Which, he guessed, was understandable. He had just met another costumed fighter, who he had never heard of... ever.

Jasten nearly sighed. It was a pity Psion hadn't been more famous. Had he been, perhaps Jasten would be able to operate with more trusting allies... even if his personality pushed others away.

When Robin asked his question, Jasten shrugged. "Why am I in your city? My bad, birdy, but I was under the assumtion that you weren't mayor. But seriously, why am I here? Why do you think? Why else would a teenaged, costumed vigilante show up in Jump City? You are the detective, Robin. How about you tell me?"

[Rachel Roth]

Raven flew above the city, looking for one of her teammates, muttering under her breath. The Boy Wonder was off on one of his villian hunts. Her violet gaze scanned the streets, looking for any hint of the team leader's brightly coloured uniform. She would have used her communicator to get a lock on his location, but since Cyborg had wandered off on his travels, there had been no one with the same technological expertiese to take care of the systems, including upgrading the communicators. Instead, Raven opted for the old-fashioned method. Seaching with her eyes.

Eventually, Raven found the Boy Wonder facing off against someone she didn't recognise. Landing gracefully, she said nothing, not wanting to interrupt the two and their stand-off. She merely placed herself in a spectator's point of view, ready to help should the need arise.

[Tim Drake]

Tim crossed his arms again and simply stared, the white soul-less eyes of his domino mask giving the impression that he was glaring at the other teen, when in fact, Tim was just staring, wondering just how full of oneself a person had to be to be acting like this, before he remembered that they where always dealing with head cases like Doctor Light and the Puppet Master...


"Can we dispense with the pointless banter? Clearly you're here to either join the Titans, or ally yourself with us, either way, we could use the help, but I should warn you up front, there are some powerful people with Government ties who want to round up supers, we've already had some run-ins with them, and they are not to be taken lightly."

Glancing over his shoulder, he noted Raven, standing there behind him quietly, so he gave her a nod before looking back to Inquisitor and fixing him with a hard look; "So what's your plan?" he said looked at the other teen and in interesting garb...