7178/Tim and the Jetpack of Doom part 1.

Tim and the Jetpack of Doom part 1.
Date of Scene:	09 April 2019
Location:	Gotham City
Synopsis:	Summary needed
Cast of Characters:	Red Robin, Robin (Wayne)

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Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake 's lair is still in the building stage so he is here at the batcave to work tonight. Besides Bruce has the better toys for now. He isover in the electronics lab area with a yellow jetpack on a table elevated on some stands so he can look at all angles.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     Damian had been staying at the mansion, having been directed to reach out to his brothers for advice on being a Robin before he could have his suit back.

  Of course, Tim was not the only Robin with excellent engineering skills.

  "Drake, I must have a word with..." Damian enters the lab, and the jet pack was obviously worth a look. "Is that what I think it is?" He asks, looking to the jetpack then to Tim. "How did you acquire this?"

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake nods, and smiles a bit "While bruce was away a call came in from the Justice League." He will tell them. "Went up to their HQ, and turns out Superman was missing. I worked on their computers to find a bit of info on what happened. Some folks were able to track him down, and we had to go to Apokalyse and rescue him. I got this during the skirmish."

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     Damian rushes over to the jetpack and looks over it, way close. "We still have some parademon weapons at Titans Tower. Cyborg tweaked them, even have a couple of chaos crystals he was able to extract from their beam rifles."

  Damian looks to the lab equipment and starts looking over the tools available. "What are you going to do with it?" He asks, looking to the elder Robin, he is a bit torn, wanting to nudge in on the project, but is too prideful to ask.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake says, "Well, I was thinking about seeing, if I could modify it into a smaller pack, that maybe we could wear under the cape, and deploy when need be. I am sure you have had some issues if you ever have to go out to the suburbs swinging from lightpoles sucks." He will smile a bit seeing the kid interested and not being a jerk."

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     Damian opens a drawer in the toolbox and studies what's inside. "Goliath usually works in such situations. But having a deplorable jetpack would not be a bad idea." He adds in.

  "Father says I need to learn from you and Grayson." He sounds a bit perturbed by the thought. But he was headstrong. "You both know how to be Robin."

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake hmms and nods his head a bit to this and says "Well, I will help how ever I can. " He looks over to Damian, and says "I am going to make sure my status with the titans is Reserve. your the Robin of that team, you don't need people looking past you to me. Making sure you have your time there." He tells the young man.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     "As you wish." Damian retorts, his focus being on the jetpack. He picks up a spudger and starts working on the jetpack's housing. "Of course Apokolips does not use metric." He examines a piece of the housing. "Have you done a metallurgical analysis of this?" He adds, already reaching for a pair of snips to take a sample.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake says, "Not yet, I was getting pictures, and making sure, I have it all recorded, I want to make sure if something goes sideways, I can go back and see what happened." he will watch the younger man work letting him work for now. "Damian, do you know why I became Robin, and how it happened with me?" He is not useing a teaching voice but is trying to have a person to person conversation."

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     Damian snips a small piece of an exposed sheet of metal, grabbing at it with a pair of forceps, and placing it in a test tube. "You pieces together who Grayson was, and from there you supposed that Bruce Wayne had to be Batman." He'd heard that part of the story, but it was mainly the facts of it all, none of what made that happen. He keys in a spectral analysis, and places the sample in the machine. "Now we wait."

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake nods a bit and says "Thats how I figured it out yea, but thats not whyI became Robin. He will motion the other young man to have a seat, and says "After Jason died, before I took over Robin. Batman was getting violet, mean, he was getting alot closer to the line than he used to. " Batman needs Robin to help him keep his place. Your back ground and your desire to be your dad. You put forward a dark pressence. I aint sure how much is true and how much is an act, I will say I don't think as much of it is true as it used to be is. You made a great counterbalance with Dick cause you and he balanced one another. As Robin you can be Bruce Wayne Jr. But as Robin, with Bruce as Batman you can't be Batman Jr.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     Damian sits down, looking to Tim at this point. His words cut deep, he'd always suspected it. Nightwing and him made a great team. But Batman and Damian, were not the same. "I came to Gotham because I saw something more than what I was doing in the League. Killing innocent people and innocent creatures all in the name of Ra's al Ghul. When I came here two years ago, I realized I had free will. Without this..." He doesn't say, by this point he was already shying away from looking at Tim. This level of candor was not comfortable for him.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake nods, and says "Well see you made the first step there and thats the hardest one. He see the down at the mentioning of him and Batman. " He will sigh a moment, and says "Batman is finding a way to work with you as Robin, it may take time but It will come, maybe different than How dick or I worked with him, but it will come. And Damian, Batman, Robin, Nightwing, Redrobin, Red hood. It does not matter we are family, and at times we may fight like cats and dogs, but we will be there for one another. And Damian, Bruce means the world for me and I do consider him true family, him giving Dick, Jason, me the Wayne name does not make you having it any less. He looks at Damian, and says "None of us were with Bruce when we were young. Dick probably the youngest, and those two have had times were they faught and would not talk to one another. They got over it. You will fight with all of us, Bruce included but it will never change the family. And "... Tim pauses a moment and says "Damian, I had my dad longer than the the other two, and we faught. Bruce was there for me when Boomerrang killed him. Bruce being there will always mean alot, but Bruce is your dad, and No matter what happens with the masks on Bruce will always be your dad, and you will always be his son.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     Damian looks from Tim to the analyzer, then back. Talking about this stuff was still so new to him that he felt uncomfortable, but he kept trying. "I know I'm not going to be like Grayson, Stardust even mentioned that Robin was destined to be Batman's color in the grey. I have changed myself to be more like what he wants." Damian mentions, futzing with the snips in his hands. "I understand what you are getting at, and I think he is still proud to have me...when he said I wasn't worthy to wear the mantle...it was devastating. The League takes failures in flesh, and lives. I would have rather he cut me."

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake looks to Damian, and puts a hand on the younger man's shoulder, and says "Just remember, while he has some experience with us three, it is different for him with you as new as it is to you, it is new to him to." He leans in and says "Tell ya a secret, Bruce can make mistakes, and while might be impossible to get him to admit some of them. He does realize it and part of what makes him special is. When he does make one he does not give up, he works on fixing it, never giving up. You want to be like him, thats the part to strive for. And your not the first to be stripped of the name for a bit. Pretty sure Dick was for a bit, but did not stop him. You will have it back. It is the whole seperating the two lives, I don't think you had to do it as much with the league. "Damian Wayne and Robin while are both you. There are parts of each you have to make sure never get seen in public. You got it in the costume. Your not going to call one us by name, your not going to tell someone you go to the school you do. What ya have to work on a bit is not letting the Robin show while your Damian. You will get it done with time, like your dad your to stubborn not to. And remember some of us know what it is like to be told they aint Robin any more." He reminds the younger Robin.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     Damian reels from being touched at first, it was a reaction that would be hard to kill. But he soon calms and listens to Tim's words. "That is the thing. I did the whole public face thing. And it did not work. Being my exact opposite was...daunting. I am not like that really, you and Grayson put on a mask when you are in uniform. My mask was what the public saw."

  He had rubbed it in the faces of every brother, reminding them that they weren't Robin. It was less a statement of fact than it was a dig at the time. But now, he wanted to carve out a niche for himself, to be his Robin.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake nods, a bit to this and says "Then here is the thing don't be the opposite. There are parts of you you can be. You can be a martial arts student, maybe play of one black belt not twelve. Maybe take up a few causes that you believe in and can show some of your passion in. I could see you doing some preventing crueilty to animals as Damian. " He will smile and says "And you can always still be a royal pain in the ass in both robin and Damian mode." He grins at him.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     "I had that with the past, heading the Wayne Foundation animal charities. I think that what made it hard was always acting like I was shy and reserved. When..." Damian glowers just a little bit at Tim when he mentions that he can be a pain in the ass in both modes. "I am obviously not shy and reserved."

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake nods, and says "Pick some causes, and be forcefull, and put yourself into them. you can be your self, and fight for things as Damian, just use ways besides your fists.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
     Damian gives a nod. "I understand." Is all he says at the moment. The spectral analysis was still working its magic. "Thank you." He says, giving a small smile, the first he had given Tim.