8015/Bat Training Sessions (And Other Tortures)

Bat Training Sessions (And Other Tortures)
Date of Scene:	23 June 2019
Location:	Training Hall - Batcave
Synopsis:	Carrie, Stephanie and Damian do some combat training. Tim bails out Stephanie with a job offer that will keep her from having to miss a semester of school.
Cast of Characters:	Spoiler, Carrie Kelley, Robin (Wayne), Red Robin

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Spoiler has posed:
After having run into Carrie and Tim on the campus at Gotham U, the other newcomer to Batman's team had been on Stephanie's mind. So when she made a block of time for training, and let people know about it, she made sure Carrie was definitely on the list.

Stephanie arrived earlier than she'd said she would though. Wanting to get in a little private time at it before anyone might show up. So if anyone else arrives at the appointed time, they find Stephanie is already hard at work. There are a number of training dummies set up, in this case those wooden ones with blocks for arms that one can practice speed and placement with. Though she has a number of them set up. Steph is wearing her Spoiler outfit. Her batons and segmented staff are in their place on her belt, though they have already had some use. At the moment she's striking a trio of the dummies that she's placed around her as if she's surrounded. Going through a series of blocks and strikes. Pausing only a brief second and then repeating.

Finally she stops, breathing hard as she's been at the drill for awhile. She walks over to where Stephanie has left some water, picking up a bottle and taking a long drink from it, then pouring some of it over her head.

Carrie Kelley has posed:
Carrie Kelley had already been at the manor for awhile though her reason was slightly different than Stephanie's as she was set up in the library working on getting as ahead in her next semester classes as she could. She was already halfway through most of the books, and had jotted down several potential topic ideas with reference material notations for any essays that might be assigned. By the time the alarm on her phone goes off to remind her of the training session Stephanie had invited her to, she's more than ready for a break from her studies.

Grabbing a halfdrunk Red Bull she tucks away her books and notes, and heads down to the cave with her duffle bag slung over a shoulder. "Hey, Steph, sorry if I'm late," she calls out as she's halfway down the stairs already noticing the fact that she was here training.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
The cave would get a bit louder as a red bike speeds in going way faster then is needed though screeching to a stop once it enters the cave as the helmeted Robin on the back of it a bit slower walks it over to the spot to park it not even looking Stephanie's direction. Putting it away he pulls off his helmet, and boy with trimmed black hair with the Robin mask stands putting away the helmet checking the bike quietly as if this is what he does everytime he returns.

He had to know she was here it wasn't like she was hiding, yet he doesn't address or even look at her going about his own Buisness though it isn't until he is done that he sighs silent turning to face her. When he looks at you his eyes are narrowed though not in anger as if he is visably adressing who you are what your here for as he just quietly stares for a moment. Then he just turns, and moves to the Batcomputer the Cape flaring up slightly at the sudden movement. He doesn't say nothing to her as for now he had other things to do, and all of this was his fathers doing not his, though he felt sorry for the girl as she still had that look. He thinks about the others, and frowned as he thought about Tim, of course she would remind him of Tim he thought as he broods at the computer.

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie Brown leans back to let her hair, now wet from the water bottle, fall behind her and down her back neatly out of the way, before smiling over to Carrie. "Not late at all. I just got an early start was all," she says. "Had a few things I wanted to work on before anyone else got here. Didn't want you to see how bad I was," she says, throwing in the joke at the end. Ok, partial joke, at least in Stephanie's eyes.

Stephanie drinks more from what's left of the water before starting to ask, "So anything in particular you like to focu-" she gets out, before the sound of the motorcycle roaring in the cave cuts her off.

The blonde college student glances over to Robin as he removes his helmet and settles the bike. Seeing how he doesn't address or show any notice of her presence, Stephanie's smile slips a bit. Carrie is close enough to hear the, "One more person I haven't won over," that she says to herself, just a little too loud to be sotto voce.

Stephanie turns back to Carrie as Damian moves to brood at the Batcomputer. It has updates on Stephanie and Barbara's last patrol together where they'd taken down a drug by. Just a health update, the knife cut on Spoiler's arm is marked as fully healed, though her costume covers up where the bandage had been. "So, anything you'd like to focus on?" she asks Carrie.

Carrie Kelley has posed:
Carrie Kelley takes the remaining steps at an easy pace to stride for the practice mats. The duffel bag drops from her shoulder to her side, and she tips her head back to finish off the can of Red Bull she'd been indulging in as she approaches Stephanie. Damian's loud, and flashy entrance earns a smile from her as well as a shake of her head at the dramatic flounce of cape.

"Don't worry," she offers to Stephanie, quietly, "Just keep doing your best." With that assurance given she calls out, "How was patrols, Damian? If you've got any time later and could look over my calculus homework for errors I'd appreciate it. I don't expect to get it perfect but I'd like to know where I need to improve."

With that she crouches down to unzip the bag to pull out her own suit that was hidden within. "I could use to work on some takedowns. Really, I ought to go back and visit Sifu soon, but she's been busy with some issues herself lately."

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Damian nods to himself, and plugs in his evidence to check if he has gotten all the information he can about it. It seems he is after someone, and from the looks of it most likely Harley though why may not be clear if he did need a reason beyond the obvious. After a few moments of typing he finally answers Carrie in a calm voice, "I will take a look at it when I am done." going to silence as he looks over his notes compaired to the new readings and sighs again though audably this time. "Though if one can not expect perfection then you have a lot to learn."

He stands turning again to look at the two he gives a nod and moves to the changing room to get back into something not Robin suit. He looks back though stopping half way there.. "Give me a moment I will join you.. There is something I would like to discuss with both of you." and off he goes to change from his Robin to a red relaxed shirt, and black relaxed slaxes as it relaxed him to actually wear normal clothes.

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie Brown gives Carrie a small smile of gratitude at her comment. And it probably helps for a few moments. Until Stephanie sees Harley's face or name come up on the Batcomputer's monitor. Her hand tenses and she looks away, letting out a soft breath, but then drawing in a deeper, cleansing one, as she's being taught to do.

"Ok, let's do takedowns then," she agrees. Stephanie moves over to a more padded area than where she was working on the training dummies. "Want anything in particular from me? Or just rush to tackle?" she asks. She pulls her mask back up, wearing what she would were it a real fight.

The comment from Damian about something to discuss gets a curious look from the blonde girl. One eyebrow lifts just slightly but she only nods as he heads off to change. Stephanie turns her attention back to Carrie. Whatever Carrie asks for in the way of her attack, Stephanie will oblige with then so the training can begin.

Carrie Kelley has posed:
"I'm a scholarship student, Damian. If I went from 'good but could use improvement' for grades to 'must be a genius' it would look very questionable." Nevermind that math wasn't her strong suit to begin with. She was working hard to improve that. Taking her suit she slips off to the side out of the view of anyone to change into it. At least the main undersuit and her boots, as well as tie back her hair in a ponytail.

Padding back out into the main area she tips her head toward Damian again. "Absolutely. What's up?" Looking back toward Stephanie she nods a bit. "That would work to start, Steph. What do you want to work on?"

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
As Damian comes back out he is wearing his blood red shirt, and black pants with a black jacket over his arm. He looks at the two then over at the Chair infront of the Batcomputer moving over to put his jacket on it he losens his shirt a bit incase it was need for him to step in, and turns to look at them. Wordless he walks over to watch them do their practice he stands arms crossed at the edge of the area giving them a hard look at them hard without his mask on. He looks like the spitting image of Bruce though younger, shorter, and green eyes he got from his mother though his look is hard, and cold to match his brooding outward look.

He patiently waits for them to start not offering to take part, finally taking this chance to add. "What we do must be perfect.. Or people get hurt us and them." he keeps looking ahead as he speaks, "That is why we whould always aim for perfection.." he finally turns to look at her, "Even in math." turning to look back at Stephine with that cold stare to watch to see what she will do in this situation.

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie glances over to Damian as he comes back out. She gives a little nod at his comment about perfection. Stephanie is a worse student than Carrie by far. Even if she doesn't say anything, it shows briefly in her expression that this thought is on her mind.

Stephanie tells Carrie, "I could use work on takedowns as well. So that's perfect. If you're ready... I'll do some running attempts to tackle you then, let you focus on the take downs. Then switch after a few?" she offers. "I'll stick with the same attack until you tell me to switch it up?"

If that works for Carrie, Stephanie waits only long enough to make sure that Carrie is ready, and then sprints forward, going full speed as she figures if Carrie wants to slow things down she'll say so. She lunges at Carrie, coming in as if to tackle her, a shoulder heading for Carrie's stomach.

Carrie Kelley has posed:
"Two different lives, Damian. This is the real life for me. That one is the act. I know about acting. I did teach you that, too, after all. Though I expect you already knew more than you let on to begin with." Carrie points out as she tips her head from side to side to work out a kink in her neck and help loosen up. When Damian stands there her eyebrows raise a bit, and she glances back to Stephanie with a tilt of her head toward him to indicate his silent offer.

"I think we're about to get our butts kicked. Shall we?" Of course she knew Damian was better. That didn't stop her from trying. It never would.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Damian Wayne sighs, and just gives Carrie a nod, "If you were acting like you did not understand then I would agree." is all he adds in a calm voice. He glances at Steph ready and chipper to go then back at Carrie, still taller then him by a couple inches. He takes a step into the training area with the other two, and walks around the rim slowly, "I will only use takedowns watch closely as most will work out there as well." he looks at Steph as he talks sure Carrie has prob heard, or seen this before.

After a moment he stops, and turns looking at them.. "You may start when ready... Take me down." is all he says, and though it looks like he might be off guard he is not. He is watching them both moving to keep them in a simular line infront of him. Normally he wouldn't as he didn't like to bully it was a waste of time, but the girl was new and needed to learn. He sighed to himself as he knew she would not like him after this no-one did though one would learn pain usually was a good teacher.

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie Brown aborts her run at Carrie as she sees the conversation is continuing. The girl in the Spoiler costume moves instead to respond to Damian as he instructs them to focus on him instead. She moves around him, circling with steps intending to keep her weight balanced even while she's in motion. She moves around to try to get on the opposite of Damian from Carrie so he has to focus on both directions at once.

Without a word she moves forward, billowing her cape about her as a distraction and moving in behidn it, looking to grapple with Damian and get a leg behind the younger man's own leg to take him down in a judo move, tripping him with her leg as a fulcrum and his body as the lever.

Carrie Kelley has posed:
Carrie Kelley turns her focuse back toward Damian watching as Stephanie moves in. In spite of her earlier remarks about perfection it's here that her attention fixes with a sharp, intent gaze as she looks for a momentary opening. It would be hard to find one even with Stephanie moving in from one side. Yet she considers it and waits until she sees a potential moment.

Then she moves in as well with a smooth step seeking to try and plant her knee into Damian's back with an arm coming up around his neck. It was quite likely to fail but hopefully unexpected enough to at least get him by surprise. Taijiquan was different from many of the other varieties of martial arts that most of the BatFam used.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Though to be fair he wasn't sure what attack it was going to be, he was willing to bet Stephanie would be the first one. Though a few things happen at once, and while he is doing it Damian explains to her exactly why as first as the leg goes behind him he doesn't stop it though kicks back as he knows where she is going to put it. This was the most basic move, so he did not dedicate fully to it instead using it to reposition himself so they are standing more shoulder to shoulder then front to back. "Conservative is good, but you are impatient.. You have the advantage but you just threw it away." his hands moving to interupt her grab. He would let one go through, as one arm in a weaker position would not be enough to take him down instead focusing on the other trying to grab the wrist and twist it with the arm to take her down towards Carrie.

He had kept some track of her, but was tring to keep his position with the two that would be to his advantage, so with a fluid grab attempt he tries to bend the action towards each other as he skips away. He had not expected the grab, kick like she said, though thankfully since their timming was a bit off he was able to slip away in that small space or else she might feel it might of gotten him. It isn't clear if he knew a kick was coming, and put Steph in the way or if it was just a bad happenstance

Damian rubs his hands together and nods, "You have gotten faster Carrie." though he doesn't move in he watches them starting to circle the ladies again waiting for another chance to take them down.

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie feels the hand block her attempt to grab Damian and force him over her leg, gripping her wrist and twisting it painfully. She only has one option to avoid the wrist breaking: go with the movement to relieve the pressure on her wrist. Spoiler flips forward, twisting her body to give the vulnerable joint relief from the pressure upon it.

Her cape swings about behind her with the somersault that is being guided by Damian's wristlock on her. The blond crimefighter's body is flipped into the way just as Carrie does the knee strike. It slams into Stephanie's ribs, resulting in an, "Oof!" and a loud exhalation as Stephanie ends up on her knees on the mat. She grips her arm with her free hand, pulling it away from Damian's fingers and in the direction that only his thumb is left to control. Her arm being much stronger she's able to rip her wrist out of the lock and use what's left of her momentum to roll back to her feet. A hand goes to her ribs, and while he lips cannot be seen behind the mask, the grimace of pain shows in her eyes.

Carrie Kelley has posed:
And there it goes awry. Damian just slips free of the move, but the momentum was already there causing her to crash into Stephanie instead. Wincing sympathetically as the woman goes down she darts back bouncing her weight on the balls of her feet to regain her own composure. "Sorry Steph. And thanks, Damian," she adds to his remark. Faster yes. That was one thing she was good at being: Fast, quick and accurate in her targets. But hand to hand was still something she often balked at and often prefered to deal from a distance. It was this she was working on.

When Damian starts to circle around them she ducks down so that Stephanie's body blocks the view of her. Darting a hand out she flips Stephanie's cape up as she darts beneath to the other side to come at Damian with a flurry of punches, seeking to grab and grasp hold of his shirt to pull over his head.

No one said she couldn't cheat.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
As Steph frees herself from his grap he looks to be following up moving quickly towards her with the cold look on his face.. "This isn't a game.." He is almost on top of her not waiting for her to get up before he just jumps up and sideways breaking his pattern as Carrie comes back at him. He is busy at the moment deflecting blows one after the other he looks calm under the battery one punch at a time as he takes care of the fight then she grabs his shirt.

Pulling it over his head it was wierd he didn't even try to stop it the shirt obviously blocking his sight now, and you have the advantage but right before that blow lands he catches the fist with his hand and holds in in spot just inches away from his chest. A muffled, "To be a Robin you must not just use your eyes to see." he releases her fist stepping back, as in a signal that he is no longer fighting. Pulling his shirt down so he can speak normally he looks at Stephaine, "Carrie used her head to get the advantage.. I would watch her because if there is one thing you must do out there.. It is to return."

With that he gives both ladies a nod, and steps back from the practice area he goes over to pick up his jacket, and starts heading towards the stairs not explaining why he is leaving or to where. He mearly stops, and looks down at them with a nod looking like he might say something else but then thinking better about it turning to leave instead.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake just happens to be coming down at the same time as the younger is leaving. He has a tray of food he offered to bring down for Alfred once he knew who was done here. He did not time his coming to his younger brothers leaving, but sometimes happy coincidences. He will stop as they get to one another, and lowers the tray a bit so Damian can grab food is he wants some as he did bring him some. Taken or not Tim will nod to his brother, before heading on down towards the ladies.

Spoiler has posed:
Once the session is done, Stephanie moves over towards where her water waits. She pulls her mask down, having switched away from the full-face one, to instead one that covers her nose and below but leaves her eyes exposed. Not quite as hot now that the summer months are here, even if it doesn't conceal her face quite as much.

Stephanie picks up her water bottle, grimacing just a bit at the bending over and straightening. "Well, you got some praise," Stephanie says in an optimistic way towards Carrie. She takes a sip from the water bottle before setting it down, looking subdued. "What was that you were doing-" she starts to ask, when she sees Tim arriving with food. "Hey Tim," she says, the blond giving him a soft smile. "Going to eat that in front of us?" she asks, working her voice towards teasing.

Carrie Kelley has posed:
Carrie Kelley steps back the moment that Damian signals he isn't going to continue fighting. She dips down into a quick bow without thinking about it. SOMEONE had ingrained that into her rather hard, at least. When she rises again she moves to flop back onto her rear, draping her arms over her bent knees as she works to catch her breath. Stephanie's response earns a faint chuckle from her along with a shake of her head. "I haven't sparred with him in a long time. I've had time to improve a bit."

Her head lifts again hearing Tim head down and she flashes him a smile as well. "Hey Timmy," she greets with a little lift of one hand in a half wave. Unlike Steph she wasn't wearing a mask, just her suit without the extra padding. "Hm? Oh, Taijiquin? It's the style I've been learning from Sifu since I started this. It's a Chinese style."

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake smiles and says "Every bit and even make nomming noises as I devour the cookies bit by bit." He teases before bringing the food over tot he ladies "Alfred said, to make sure you take time to eat, as falling down at the goons feet from mal nutrition will not do not at all." He teases a bit "So, looks like I missed the fun?

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie gives a slow nod at the martial arts explanation from Carrie. "So much to learn still," she says. She's been at the crimefighting gig for five years now. Mainly going it on her own as far as equipment and training, at least until Tim, as Robin, might have given her some tips in the past. Though tips and training are two different things as she's found out.

The former-Robin gets a grateful smile from Stephanie. "Thank you. Nice to have something go right," she says, picking up the cookie and holding it up in a little salute before taking a bite. "Barbara said she has some old armor that I could wear beneath my suit. Might have stopped the guy's knife the other night," she comments before taking another bite. Mmm. Chocolate chip. And the chocolate is still melty, it being so fresh out of the oven.

Carrie Kelley has posed:
Carrie Kelley rolls to the side so she can stretch out to snag a cookie from the tray as well. "Alfred is a lifesaver," she lets out with a sigh. Her weight is allowed to roll back to the side to resume her prior seat on the floor with legs crossing this time as she takes a bite. "Mm. I was training with Sifu before I ever started training with these guys. My entire last Summer was spent working till I couldn't physically move, being healed, then repeating it. I'm hardly masterful in it by far, but the crash course certainly helped me make up for years of not doing it to begin with." The rest? Mostly her confidence in it. Going through that so quickly meant she didn't build that confidence in her abilities that would come from those years of practice even if the muscle memory was, quite literally, beaten into her.

"I was learning a little Krav Maga before that, but that was mostly self-taught from videos," she admits with a shrug. "Biggest thing is don't worry about style. If you see something you can use to your advantage, do it. There's no 'cheating' when it comes to staying alive. Right, Tim?"

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake nods, and says "This is true, trust me, I had to train with Shiva, and talk about someone who is going to pull out all the tricks on you." He will offer the ladies a smile and says "Oh Steph, I wanted to talk to you about helping me with something I am looking into. The whole super hero groupie and auction thing.

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie closes her eyes as she takes another bite of the cookie. She lets out a happy little sigh before opening her eyes to look over to Tim. "Shiva? I don't think I'm familiar with him," Stephanie says. "Or her," she adds, eyes looking off to the side as she tries to decide whether that is a man's or woman's name. She ends up shrugging, failing even to form a good guess.

She takes another bite of the cookie, and goes to get another bottle of water after having drank, or emptied over herself, the previous one. She opens it up and takes a sip as Tim asks for help.

The college student does a good job keeping her shoulders from slumping as they feel like doing. Not that she doesn't want to help Tim. The opposite. He always has a special place with her for more reasons than she could even begin to count. The time it's likely to take from the stressed young woman weighs in her mind, but not enough to stop her from saying, "Sure thing, Tim. Be glad to help you out. What... super hero groupie auction thing? This isn't like, auctioning off fans to needy super heroes I hope?"

Carrie Kelley has posed:
Carrie Kelley crinkles her nose a little bit at hearing about an auction. "What's going on now?" She shakes her head, and rolls to her feet careful to keep the cookie aloft so she doesn't drop crumbs on the mats. Then she strides over to where her abandoned duffel bag is to grab a drink of her own out of it. "Ah I should probably grab a shower and look into doing some stuff of my own tonight."

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake says, "Well, I believe I am still going to do the whole make myself look like a groupie to blur trail when I deal with superheroes. I want an excuse of why Tim Drake is being seen around heroes. I am looking to make a larger auction getting heroes to donate things for charity, and then buying alot of it myself."

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake adds on "And Shiva is a she one of the best out there in hand to hand. She taught me how to use my staff.

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie looks over to Carrie and gives her a grateful smile. "Appreciate you coming out to help train," she tells her. Stephanie looks over at the training area. Thinking about how much she has to go causes her to bite her lip and looks down for a moment. The blonde girl looks back up finally though, and over to Tim as he explains what he was talking about.

Though, perhaps not clearly enough, as Stephanie seems to be perplexed after the answer. "I don't follow. You're going to get heroes to donate things to charity and then buy them? Are you putting together a collection? And what is it you'd like me to help with?" she asks him.

Carrie Kelley has posed:
Carrie Kelley flashes Stephanie a warm smile in turn. "No problem at all. We got to stick together, yeah? Besides, we can always use more practice." That was true enough. Plus she'd needed a study break. "Tim, you're rich. Start putting out feelers about opening a superhero memorabilia museum or something. People will buy into it." Taking her bag she slings it over her shoulder and heads for the stairs. "Back to homework for me. Have fun guys."

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake nods his head and says "I will probably put a museum together with it, but I want to make sure, I am seen doing it so Tim hanging out with Garfield or Kory is not seen as odd. And I was thinking you could act as a buyer for me Steph. Figure out what a going value, and then if you get it at said value you get 5% of the sell, and 10% of anything you get it below going value. I figure will help both our reasons for being around people and if I make myself more visable, no one is goign to think I am Red Robin

Spoiler has posed:
"If you did a museum like that, I imagine some would probably donate to it," Stephanie says in agreement with Carrie's suggestion. "Especially if it's like... you know, you have tasteful displays and, maybe a section on heroes who gave their lives in service to people?" she says.

As the thought of a museum's worth of items sinks in, Steph mentally calculates how much time Tim would be asking for her help with. That sinking feeling she had inside is magnified, knowing she won't turn him down even if it's at the expense of other things she needs to do.

She's dwelling on that enough that it takes a moment for part of what Tim said to sink in. "Wait... I'd get paid for this?" she asks, not sure if she heard or understood him correctly. "Five and ten percent... what kind of prices are things going for? Are they like, hundreds of dollars?" she asks.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake says, "Well, of course you will get paid, if we do a musuem, might even set you up as curator or something. Depends on the items. I think like bullets that bounced off superman are a couple hundred. I am thinking some of the bigger things maybe thousands. And the Auctioun will be goign to charity so we will be kicking it up there"

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie gets one of those expressions as she's doing the math in her head. "So... is this a one-time auction then? Or would there be more than one?" she asks. To someone as well-trained as Tim in the detective arts, it's pretty obvious the topic has caught on to Stephanie by now. "Would...I mean, say in an average month, what might we be talking about? Realistically, on my end?"

Stephanie looks away then and says not-convincingly. "Just, you know, trying to get an idea for my... budget," she says. Like she's the type to keep a budget.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake looks to her, and says "Well the action probably be once a year or something but the private purchases I want to do would probably be at least a year or two, and I am thinking I would be spending 25-50k a month?

Spoiler has posed:
Blue eyes drift off for a moment as math is done. Stephanie swallows. "And that... I'd be doing all of those purchases for you? Or just a few?" she asks. The blonde bites down on her lips, and shifts her weight from foot to foot a bit after asking the question. She sees there are more cookies on the tray and picks one up, her hunger a bit restored perhaps. She takes a bite while she looks over to Tim.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake says, "Well depends on how much you can handle, I will let you handle as much as your comfortable with. I will be looking into some myself, but I figure you should be making a few grand a month if your ok with it."

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie runs a hand up and through her hair. "Oh... yeah... I mean. If you need the help and all. It's the least I could do, right?" she says to him. She stands there, turning and twisting with her feet planted for a bit. And then suddenly she darts forward, wrapping Tim in a great big hug. "I'll try my best with it," she tells him, her voice a little choked up.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake nods his head and says "I trust you Steph or else I would not be asking, I can really use the help, and this will take a bit of a strain off me, so you don't know how much I appreciate it. If I am not paying you fair you will let me know if I need to up it right?"

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie Brown clears her throat as she lets Tim go, and rubs a hand at her eyes quickly. "Sure, I'll let you know if it's a problem," she tells him. "So, um, when is it you'd like for me to start?" she asks. "I mean, I'm free as soon as you need me. If there's anything, you know... that needs doing now already. Buying. And... auctions. I guess I need to find out how much things cost too," she says, nodding quickly. Research. She can do that.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake will hug her back, rubbing her back, and as she steps away will pull out a hankerchief offering it to her, and says "Well, I am still looking into stuff, but how about I start you with a 50k bank account for the items, and then we get you 10k to start getting any supplies and such you need, might want to get a new laptop for research, maybe better internet speed and such." He offers her giving her excuse and money to pay her bills and upgrade a bit.

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie bites her lips again, and it doesn't stop the tears from welling up in her eyes. She has finally realized now that it isn't just a happy coincidence. "Ok," she says, nodding her head quickly. "Thank you Tim," she tells him. She moves in and hugs him again, tighter than the last time. He might feel a wet drop or two on his shoulder.

"I... I should go home and check on mom. It's been a few days," she says suddenly. "Thank you," she tells him, and then wipes at her eyes as she pulls away, rushing over to grab her bag and then jog towards the exit, trying to keep Tim from seeing the tears in her eyes and rolling down her cheeks.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake will smile happy he has helped his friend and his plan seems to be going well. win win.