#depending on his mood and circumstances he might bait you into a chase

[lavenoon]

outta curiosity: from all the Accidentally Undercover AUs, which Dusk/Dawn/Robin would be the most dangerous to encounter on a mission (from a rival agent/civilian's perspective)?

Going through the sub au masterlist to compare quick vibes for them all - there's a few easy criteria to first get out of the way.

Most dangerous are definitely the senior field agents - newbies are more lighthearted and playful, and while that comes out more in the rivalry it also applies to rival agents/ other hostiles/ civilians who decide to interfere somehow to a lesser degree as well. (Dealing with civilians who simply saw too much is not part of their job description, so they don't bother unless they have to, and then they have to play nice). Field agents is simply a given - whats a lab tech gonna do? command center doesn't even interact with non fellow agents.

But out of senior agent Robin, Dawn, and Dusk, who's the most dangerous?

It's Dusk.

Now, I half expected it to be Dawn, because we all love rival Dawn and his claws and teeth on display. But Dawn, ultimately, is an undercover agent, and very aware of consequences and not drawing too much attention.

Robin, dangerous as they are, is still human, and limited in strength and size. The most dangerous thing is to underestimate them, which does happen, but they're not superhuman. No perks like thermal vision or integrated tasers.

Dusk, on the other hand? Dusk only encounters hostiles when he has to get past them, with no social contract to adhere to. If there's an encounter where he has to fight, there's little thought of leaving behind no evidence (cleanup handles that) or not alerting other people (he'll just get rid of those, too). Dusk can go all out. He does, and as senior agent he has hardened past his playfulness, and he's so used to not holding back that he instinctively flashes his taser at Robin. As agent he doesn't have to be nice or polite (usually, and he's not good at it when he has to), and that will definitely translate into how he handles anyone who tries to make his job harder than it has to be.

So yeah, if you run into any of them, you might talk your way out of a fight with Dawn, you might somehow evade or disarm Robin, but piss of Dusk and he'll decide the easiest course of action is making sure you don't do that again and deal with the fallout later