La nuit s'est passée avec une agréable compagnie et une conversation comique. Tim a été l'un des derniers à s'excuser. Il a fait son chemin jusqu'à la batcave et a marché le long des différents trophées exposés. Toute la marche était une chronologie de l'époque où Batman avait travaillé à Gotham. C'était puissant et apaisant. C'était la preuve de ce que Bruce et les autres avaient fait. Il a aussi fait réaliser à Tim qu'il pourrait devoir commencer à collecter des trophées. Bien que le T-Rex géant et la pièce étaient susceptibles d'être un obstacle. Après sa marche à travers Tim est retourné au manoir et est allé au lit.
Le lendemain matin, Tim a jeté une vieille chemise et un short et a commencé le matin avec un jogging. Au moment où il avait fait une sueur et a fait son chemin pour une douche. Une fois que la sueur et le grime ont été lavés de son corps, il a trouvé un petit déjeuner tôt avait été livré dans sa chambre. Pendant qu'il grignotait sur le repas, il a ouvert son ordinateur portable et a fait du travail. Ce n'est qu'après avoir entendu l'appel de la maison pour préparer les invités de mariage.
Tim n'a pas apprécié les rassemblements officiels. Il a trouvé la plupart de la compagnie terne et hors de contact avec la réalité tandis que les autres étaient tous à l'aise de vivre dans le luxe tandis que le monde brûlait lentement autour d'eux. Il y a longtemps, il avait cessé d'essayer de rallier d'autres membres du groupe du fonds en fiducie pour soutenir ses programmes de sensibilisation communautaire. Toujours parmi la foule de 1% inutile il y avait de bonnes personnes. Ceux qui se tenaient à côté de Tim pendant son centre communautaire Neon Knights centres anti-gang. D'autres qui avaient soutenu la famille Wayne dans leur travail pour la communauté.
Passant dans son costume et donnant à sa cravate un dernier remorqueur serré, il a fait son chemin vers le bas alors que les invités ont commencé à se mêler. Après quelques salutations amicales ont été échangées avec de vieux amis de famille et des félicitations ont été données Tim se sont retrouvés assaillis par une femme âgée accompagnée d'une jeune femme dans un smoking. Sa caractéristique la plus frappante étant ses cheveux rouges.
Sans manquer un battement Tim sourit et secoua la main avec la femme qui s'est présentée comme Kate. C'était assez facile de dire qui était le moteur de cette interaction. Kate semblait encore amuser sa grand-mère assez pour se présenter à l'événement. Tim n'a pas été un pour éviter un personnage curieux. » C'est agréable de vous rencontrer Kate et si je pourrais dire qu'un rebelle non tapé est bien mieux qu'un mouton docile.« Il a fait éclater un sourire chaleureux car Kates grand-mère a donné un sourire plus lié au fait que Tim bavardait encore et n'avait pas quitté.
Un réconfort que nous partageons tous les deux. Cela a gagné un sourire assorti de Kate qui avait compris la réunion a été apprécié mais n'avait pas de seconde signification ou attente. Le petit groupe fut bientôt rejoint par Steph et Damian. Le commentaire de Damian étant l'introduction de deux personnes au groupe Tim a donné un sourire pour que les gens autour d'eux sachent que ce n'était qu'un frère qui était snarky.
Tim ne devait pas être attiré dans une bataille de mots inutiles remplis de coups de pot à la robe et à la tenue. Il a quand même ajouté cela à la longue liste mentale des raisons pour lesquelles il n'aimait pas vraiment Damian. Je voudrais vous présenter mon jeune frère Damian. Comme vous pouvez le voir, il a un moyen avec des mots. » Il a ensuite déplacé sa main vers Steph. Et voici Stephanie Brown. Un bon ami de la famille.
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_“There was always one thing I could never teach my brothers. They just never understood. None of us became Robin because we wanted to. We did it because HE needed us to” – Dick Grayson_
**Name:**
- Richard John “Dick” Grayson
**Alias:**
- None
Robin and Nightwing (Formerly)
**Age**
- 27
**Occupation:**
- Detective (GCPD, Gangs and Narcotics Division)
**Skills & Abilities**
- Martial Arts:
◾Espionage:
◾ Acrobatics
◾Weaponry
◾Throwing:
◾Genius Level Intellect
◾ Tactical Analysis
◾Disguise
◾Investigation
◾Leadership
◾Tracking
◾Escapology
◾Intimidation
◾Stealth
**Equipment**
- Standard GCPD Issued Sidearm
- Formerly the Nightwing Suit and Utility Belt
**Personality & History:**
_My Little Robin_
Young Dick Grayson was born on the first day of spring, March 21st. His mother nicknamed him "little Robin." Little did she know how prophetic this term of endearment would be in her son's life. The Flying Graysons were a Romany family whose act was based around an unrivalled mastery of acrobatics. Dick had been trained from birth to join them and was the star if the show by age ten. Before a very significant appearance in Gotham City, in which The Flying Graysons were the main attraction of Haly’s Circus, they were asked to pose for a photo opportunity with Jack Drake and his family, including their young son, Tim Drake. On that evening, he overheard "Boss" Tony Zucco, a well-known and feared crime lord, threaten the performers unless the circus's owner paid protection money. The owner refused, and that night Dick watched in horror as his parents' high wire snapped, sending his parents hurtling to their deaths, all while many of Gotham's elite watched on. Young Dick felt responsible, because he failed to warn his parents in time. Shortly after, billionaire Bruce Wayne sensing a kindred spirit, approaches the boy and offers to adopt him. Thus a lifelong friendship is born.
_Becoming the Boy Wonder_
Shortly after moving into Wayne Manor, Dick became suspicious of his new friend when he noted that he never saw Bruce after 7pm every night. One evening he used his acrobatic skills to follow Bruce undetected…or so he thought. Eventually, tailing the philanthropist brought Dick to the Batcave where Bruce discovered the young boy and decided to share his secret. Bruce then offered to help Dick in bringing Tony Zucco. The orphan accepted and Bruce trained him for months. After initially having trouble accepting a name, he finally settled on his moniker being Robin, the name his mother had given him. The Boy Wonder had arrived and a legacy was born. Forming a secondary team and a long standing bond with a girl calling herself Batgirl, Dick protects Gotham alongside Bruce for six years.
_College – Enter Nightwing_
At age sixteen, Dick finally began to feel the strain of being Robin. He began to realise that he never actually wanted to be a hero, he only became one because he realised that it was something Bruce needed. Bruce needed someone to stop him from crossing the line. After more and more conflicts, the dynamic duo finally went their separate ways. Dick dropped the Robin mantle and headed off to college in Bludhaven. Once there, he signed up for veterinarian classes and roomed with a kid from Keystone called Wally West (who would become his life long friend) he even tried to put Barbara out of his mind by dating Helena Bertinelli (another person who would play a vital part in his future). Eventually the call for justice became too strong and Dick dropped out of college to enrol in the police academy. Knowing full well he could no longer use the Robin name (especially since Bruce had given it to Jason and then Tim in the intervening years) Dick took up a new name; Nightwing. Barbara soon joined him in Bludhaven and helped him protect the city as best they could whilst also rekindling their on/off romance.
_A Normal Life?_
After graduating the police academy, Dick began is dual life as cop and vigilante. For over a year, the two fought tooth and nail to clean up its streets and corrupt police force until eventually they had done it. Of course there was still crime but they had made a serious dent and we’re more or less happy with their work. Resolving that they had done all they could, the couple hung up their cowls and for the first time in twelve years they simply were Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon. The two moved back to Gotham and Barbara asked her father to give Dick a job with the GCPD. Commissioner Gordon, aware of his daughters and her boyfriend’s identities, allowed him to join up. Four years on, Dick and Babs are still a happy, normal couple living a normal life. At least they were until an invitation to a certain wedding comes in the mail…
**Character Impressions**
• Bruce Wayne: My mentor, my father, my burden. We've barely spoken since the incident with Victor and Nora Fries three years ago. Little shocked he invited me to the wedding. I'll do my best not to punch him in the face.
•Tandem: ?
•Barbra Gordon: I have loved Barb since we I first discovered who was under her mask. She's so distant lately. I've done everything I can to be there for her. She won't let me in completely. Then again, I've never let her into my heart completely either.
•Stephanie Brown: She's like the sister I always wanted. Little dork.
•Tim Drake: Tim is......Tim is what I should've been. He's the Robin Bruce always wanted.
•Damian Wayne: Little brat but he's changing slowly, it's a good thing.
•Cassandra Cain: Haven't had a chance to get to know her yet.
•Catwoman: So Selina and Bruce are finally getting together? Well I'm just glad he decided on Selina rather than someone like Talia.
**Extra:**
- Dick is a huge music fan, he does everything with headphones in, including police and vigilante work.
- He is well known as a civilian in the gotham underworld for his trademark converse shoes.
- Despite not talking to Bruce for years, Dick has managed to stay in the loop in regards to other members of the family, he has helped train and select several of the Robins
**Story Arc:**
_The Gray Son of Gotham:_
For the first time in nearly twenty years, Haly’s Circus returns to Gotham City. Dick is torn whether to return, at least to see if any of the old faces are still there. Barbara on the other hand thinks it a great idea for the entire extended Wayne family to head off for a night at the circus in order to reconnect. Upon their arrival, they are greeted by CC Haly who takes Dick off to the side for a private word. Haly says nothing other than an old nursery rhyme he used to tell Dick as a boy before disappearing into the shadows. Unnerved, he returns to the others with horrible feeling that history is going to repeat.
"Beware The Court of Owls, that watches all the time,
Ruling Gotham from a shadow perch, behind granite and lime.
They watch you at your hearth, they watch you in your bed,
Speak not a whispered word of them or they'll send The Talon for your head."
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