"Alright kid, time to get this show on the road!"
Dick looked up eagerly from the dishes he was putting away (washed and dried, of course: not that Jason had mentioned it).
"You know, we have a dishwasher."
"Handwashing doesn't use as much water or soap!" Dick smiled as his smaller hand was enveloped in Jason's callused ones.
"You're a responsible kid, but you don't haf'ta do that."
"Yes, Jason."
As they entered the living room, Jason immediately began scanning for places that would leave the most annoying mess possible. If the banner was over the couch would it drip glitter onto unsuspecting heads? Could posters possibly be hung to block the view of the TV? All important questions, with so many possible answers! But first of all, they should be somewhere Dick could reach to help hang them up.
"Where will they come from?" Dick asked excitedly, tugging at Jason's hand.
"Um, remember where I walked out of when I got here?"
"Yeah."
"There, probably."
"Okay… where will they walk in from?"
Jason pointed.
"Okay, so the posters could…" Dick trailed off, hesitant.
"Go on."
"Well, if they looked that way they could see them. And we could maybe… have some look the other ways too, just in case. And since, I mean if they walk around they'd still be able to see them."
"Good plan."
"Jason?" Jason started picking up the left side of the main banner.
"Yeah."
"What if they don't like them? Because I did them too."
"Dick." Jason looked his brother in the eye. "If they didn't like our poster, they would be stupid. They are not stupid. Therefore, they will like our poster."
"...Oh." Dick walked to the other side of the poster and picked it up carefully to avoid wrinkling it. He backed up a step to keep it taut.
"Okay. I have the tape." Jason reached back with a foot to drag a chair forward. "I'll stand on the seat of this thing and we can tape this thing to that part of the ceiling that sticks down some. I don't know what it's called. Can you balance safely on an armrest?"
"Yes, Jason." Dick backed up a little, while Jason moved forward. Dick moved up to the armrest and Jason stepped on the seat of the chair. Which was annoying. Jason liked being tall, and he was almost tall enough to place up the poster. But not quite.
Jason hunched over as much as he could without seeming weird. "Aw, man, this ceiling is so low ! I'm gonna hit my head on it or something…" He finished taping his corner. "Hold your corner there. Up a little. Yeah. Hold it there."
Jason jumped down and made a show of stretching. He quickly pushed back the chair, as if Dick would forget that he'd used one.
He hopped up onto the seat beside Dick, making sure to not jostle the kid too much. He steadied the kid with his hands before reaching up to take Dick's corner to the ceiling. "You're lucky I'm so tall."
Dick grinned up at him. "Yeah! You're the tallest person I've ever seen!"
"Well, that's 'cause I eat my vegetables," Jason informed Dick, flexing an arm at the eight-year-old.
"I've never seen you eat any vegetables."
"French fries are made from potatoes and are therefore vegetables. I eat many french fries. Therefore, I eat many vegetables."
Dick smiled and nodded. "Okay! Where does the next one go?"
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"Okay, Jason. Can everything be super extra perfect for when they get here?"
Jason chuckled. "Yeah…"
"Can we make a checklist?"
"'Kay." Jason walked to a stationary cabinet and retrieved pencil and paper. A list was soon compiled.
DICK'S CHECKLIST
fruit for breakfast - X
banners in the living room - X
lunch and supper non-perishables - X
ingredients prepared for baking fresh foods tomorrow - X
rooms for Tim and Damian cleaned up -
"Okay, Jason, all we gotta do now is clean up their rooms!"
JASON'S CHECKLIST
basic first aid supplies - X
knives in case something evil happened to follow Tim and Damian - X
gun -
map (even a mental one) of the manor -
car to potentially take people to a hospital - X
mental map to the nearest/best hospital - X
another gun -
bullets -
advanced medical supplies -
interdimensional transporting device -
'Daddy's' head on a stick -
"Well, it sounds like we have almost everything we need, then!" Smile and nod, Jason Todd. Smile and nod.