8059/Beneath Stately Wayne Manor

Beneath Stately Wayne Manor
Date of Scene:	26 June 2019
Location:	Batcave
Synopsis:	Stephanie, Damian and Tim discuss the person trying to frame Tim.
Cast of Characters:	Robin (Wayne), Red Robin, Spoiler

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Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Damian walks down the stairs in shorts wipping the water off from his head with a towl as he walks down with purpose as he swung by a bit before it was time to go out for a quick shower. His body shows the scas of his training, the lash scars on his back, the multiple stab or gun wounds that cover his body though he doesn't seem to mind it as they are just signs of the mistakes he made getting to the point he is now. He quietly enters the cave, and moves to the computer looking up to see if there was any new news, and to check the information he got from May earlier yesterday.

There is really nothing new from the information that he was concerned with as of course they were outside of Gotham, and what he was looking for was inside. He sighs a bit to himself, closing the computer he closes his eyes for a moment rubbing the bridge of his nose.. "I will find you" is all he says to himself as he relaxes in the chair thinking about changing into his Robin outfit shortly not expecting of course that anyone else is in the cave with him. He had gotten used to only being his Father, him, Nightwing, and Tim, and he knew where Nightwing was, and Tim was spending more time away now so he had hoped to just have a quiet moment to contiplate his situation.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake is away in a deeper part of the cave. It seems he has been working on something and down one of the halls from a testing room a slight rumble is more felt than heard, and Tim comes walking into the main hall a few moments later dusting what looks like soot off his shirt and face.

Spoiler has posed:
The training area was quiet and the lights down, so when the sound of a speed bag comes from it, it is probably a surprise. Stephanie has her hands taped and is punching away, building up manual dexterity and stamina both. She's keeping the bag going gradually changing the pace so she has to keep reacting to it rather than just getting in a rhythm and hitting it mindlessly.

She's been in working out in the cave a lot. Whenever she can, and with whoever is available. Today she hadn't sent out any message about being there though. The blond continues working the bag for awhile before finally stopping, moving her hands to her hips to help expand her lungs and help her catch her breath more quickly as she goes for a drink of water.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Damian is quiet so hears all kinds of noise around him paying attention for the first time. He stops and sighs to himself, of course it was busy again though he guesses with all the new people he had not considered it was more, and more likely he would not be alone especially when the Bats are not on the prowl. He turns and glances at Steph, and gives her a silent nod, he had already talked with her the other day and felt a little bad about how rough he was at training though felt he needed to because she had to know how real it was what they did. He just quietly looks at her for a moment thinking about how to speak up now though can't think of the words as there is no I am sorry I almost broke your arm cards.

He shakes his head, it was easier to be out there then in here at times at least he knew what he had to do out there. Instead he gets up, and nods to Tim, "I was hoping to find you sooner or later Tim." he gives him a hard look. "We need to talk about following directions." he doesn't sound upset though his calmness carries a flat tone. He had not forgotten about the Q incident, though he does toss him the towl that he was using to dry his hair to give him something to wipe off the soot. "I will not say what you did was wrong, but I need someone I can count on to follow instructions. I had hoped you were that person."

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake looks to Damian and says "With him knowing who we were if he was as good as I worried he was, putting him out the window could have given him an easier escape. I was giving you lead there, but at that points things had changed. You said I should have known who it was, but to be honest with you, people figuring things out has been on my mind quite a bit of late, to the point I am shoring up my own secret identity to hopefully also add a level to yours, and the rest. There is someone trying to frame me, and if it was him, I was not letting him get out of arms length. Does wipe at the soot but it smears some but seems to stick on well. He will motions for Damian to follow him to a sink.

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie gets a bottle of water to sip from, and that's the first she realizes that anyone else has come in while she was working out. She isn't in her Spoiler costume this time, instead going for some workout pants and a loose fitting Underarmour top in black that breathes well even as it clings. She spots the nod from Damian, and returns it, though her jaw muscles tighten just a little bit as if she's remember how the other day went as well.

She walks over towards them, sipping more of the water but not interrupting the adoptive brothers as they are deep into their conversation. At least, at first. The comment from Tim about someone framing him draws a frown. "Framing you?" she asks him. "What's happened?"

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Damian shakes his head, "And how did that go? He isn't the one doing it is he, but what even if he was? Do you think fighting him would of helped?" he sighs a bit, and holds a hand up with a calm breath, "I am not trying to agrue here I know where your mind is at, and your lack of faith in my deduction and plans. I will keep that in mind for next time." he walks quietly to his bike before following him over. He reaches in to one of the containers on it, and pulls out a small notebook, and then moves back over to where Tim is.

"While you were talking.. I was investigating.. This was in his pocket." he holds it up to show it was from Q, "I have decrypted it, as well as analysed the writting." he sighs again, "We need to out think them as they already have the advantage." falling back to silence he turns to Steph, but lets Tim explain it since it was his issue. He just quietly waits to see if any of what he said sinks in or not.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake looks to the younger man and says "Not a lack of faith in either, perhaps a bit of worry that you go towards violence to quickly, but to be honest, I have had the same conversation and concern with Bruce in the past. You I am more concerned on that fact yes, but similar. You are proving yourself to be very capable with deduction and planning, but you also need to remember some of us have experience to add to that skill set." He will soap up his face scrubbing at it for a moment "Turns out Alice Adair, who I dated for a bit was attacked by Micky The Grip Granger. Mickey hurt her bad, but she lived. He was beaten, and the R shuirken were found at the scene. Question brought one to Bruce, and the make up of it is off. Mickey went missing from police custody and it was bloody.

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie Brown's forehead furrows slightly and a frown draws across her lips as she listens to the tale from Tim. As he makes his way through, the frown seems to turn more specific. "You dated her? Tim? Or was it known that Robin was dating her?" Stephanie says. "Because if it was you as Tim then it's likely someone who knows your identity," she comments, "if the were using Robin's weapons for the frame job."

Stephanie falls silent then, crossing her arms and glancing between the two disciples of Bruce Wayne. Of course they'd have thought of that already, but she couldn't help blurting it out as it came to her upon first hearing of this.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Damian, nods, "Your right I do, and will because it is what is needed." he states evenly with the faith of one that has been beating fear into criminals for a while now. He quietly listens to his explination, and Stephanie's question which of course he had though of, but it was nice to hear others suggest. He rewards her with a nod of acceptance of her point instead of stating if or if not he had thought of it before. After his nod to her he states directly to her, "Whoever it was would love to be cought by Tim, or to get Mickey and him in the same room." he states calmly as it was obvious if they were framing him Tim would only be helping their story if that were to happen.

He turns to Tim the older of the two, "I know what you can do, but in this case it is best that you do nothing." he turns and moves to put the notebook he stole from Q back into the storage on the motorcycle. He adds lightly under his breath, "Especially since it is personal.. We don't do personal this is for Gotham not us." he glances at Steph when he says this as he ment it for her as well.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake looks to Steph, and says "Tim, it is part of what cemented my working on the identities more. We have had a very smart young lady figure out who we were, and has been accepted into the fold. Stardust had pretty much pieced it together from things with you Damian. I am sure Kory knows, and to be honest when is the one I worry the most may let something slip. She is a good person but sometimes her lack of ability to grasp why we keep things secret.." He just waves off that thought. "It is someone who knows at least who I am, and the number of people on both the good side and bad side of the street who know that, and who could share that information is a worry some thing.

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie Brown's jaw works a little bit as if the thought of Tim being in this situation bothers her in particular. "Well, if they are trying to frame you then it makes sense to not put you in a situation they can further it," she agrees. "So someone who knows your identity, and knows that you were dating her. Were there any bad guys who got on to who you were during that time?" she asks him.

The mention of the people who have figured things out causes the blond to gives the quietest of sighs under her breath. She had been told eventually, brought in rather than figuring it out. Well. She still means to make the most of that.

"Whatever you need, just let me know," she says, directing the words to both Tim and Damian. "Look into leads on how they got this Micky away from the police, whatever," she tells him with a nod.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Damian turns to look at Steph, and nods, "And why if the know his identity are they not using that publicly only as a frame job?" he asks to well anyone. He shakes his head with a sigh, "If it were a local they would of come after us here by now. The only thing I can think is they know more then his identity, but want to hurt him not all of us." he moves to the Batcomputer as he talks and thinks aloud for once. Turning it on he brings up information on this girl, and then stops turning to look at Tim. "Really." shaking his head over Tim's selection, as it is the first time he had actually seen her. It is just a folder of information that one could get nothing new other then the notes Q had on her that he entered in earlier.

He silently lets the two discuss while he looks up family members, or any ex's quietly finding out who exactly had run ins with her before though of course not finding too much new. He stops thinking about it again. "There is another theory." he turns looking at the two. "What if this isn't a frame job, but just someone trying to hide a crime? They don't know who Tim is, just some Batarang they copied to throw off the dogs?" he shrugs, "Has there been any more moves?"

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake nods, and says "And could be someone with a grudge on both sides, but not a lot of names come to mid for that one been trying to think if I could think of any. At Damian's comments he says "I was playing up the playboy bit, personally I prefer blondes." He admits, and then quickly adds. "I don't think it is anyone who plans on black mailing me or anything as only one I have heard anything from about it was Queston, and Gordon questioning me, cause Tim had a shitty alliby

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Damian thinks, and sighs to himself, "The best thing you could do is to make a list of the people you have detained either alone or with others. They should be easy to narrow down from there who it could be from the list, and then we watch them. Right now whoever it is thinks they got away with it, and that is in our favor." he walks over and steals one of Steph's water bottles to take a drink all this talking was making him thirsty. "Assuming you didn't do it of course, which if you just beat up a guy near death that was roughing up your girl.." Damian shrugs there were worse things he has looked over in his time he didn't judge Tim for something like that.

He turns to Tim, "Though if it were one of the Bats they could of used the real thing." he adds falling to silence thinking about it again, he was narrowing down the list of people so they could have something to work with. "Also add the Titans to that list.. We will need to find where they were on that day as well."

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake looks to the younger man and says "From the crime scene photos, and the cell looks more like you or Jason got ahold of him. Even when I beat the snot out of someone there is not a lot of blood usually." He reminds the young man. " He will get some cleaner off the shelf continuing to clean up. " He will look into the mirror and says "There are a few people I would beat someone truly bloody for and most of those people wear capes and masks." He admits. She and I dated, and the job got in the way of even really trying to build anything on my side. She started falling for me, and I broke it off before it got truly messy. " He will stop and says "Computer, mark Red Robin test 752 a success but add in a finner grade lead dust." He looks to Damian and says "Might want a few smoke bombs with that formula by the way, is a sticky lead based cloud, can be very useful.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Damian nods, "If you say you didn't do it I believe you.. There is no reason to lie I wouldn't tell Father, and you could just get away with it." he says the last part almost to himself. He looks up at the computer, and nods, "I will, also send me those photos I would like to take a look. Maybe we can get a size from the splatter as he was a large man." he stands moving away fromthe computer, "I am going to the tower here soon I will start questioning them as I doubt it will lead anywhere. Work on that list as it most likely is someone from your history, and keep an eye out for any long lost associates that happen to randomly pop up."

He moves to the changing room to change to his Robin outfit as he talks, "Do not engage this person by yourself Tim even if you find them. If this is a frame job that is what they will want so if you get any leads tell one of us first." he of course worked by himself all the time so him telling someone else to was almost enough to make Damian smirk... almost. He goes quiet changing before he adds, "Oh, I talked to May from Shield she didn't seem to mention it so I don't think word has left Gotham. That means if it is a frame then whoever it is, is still in the city."

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake will continue talking "No even if you did not, if I had did it I do not think I would get away with it, to many of us are like a dog with a bone when we have a clue with a mystery. Maybe forgiven in time, but no that is not something one of us would be able to hide long from the family. Also I would not want to be the one that put a secret between you and Bruce, I truly want the best for you. Oh so you know, I don't plan on being at the tower much for a while now that your back.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Damian waves him off as he walks from behind the dressing area, "Father has his secrets, and I have mine. Tim.." He stops thinking about how to say this rubbing the brim of his nose to help him find the words, "This isn't a competition, it isn't about who has the most virtue, or even who is stronger. It is about Gotham, and making sure those criminals out there are sleeping in a cell, if keeping the secret that you beat some guy who had it coming bloody then as long as your not turning into one of them I just don't care."

He starts getting his stuff together to go out grabbing a few of those new smoke bombs in the mix. "But if you say you didn't do it then fine, you didn't do it, it is that simple." he gives a shrug at that. "There will only be an issue if your found that you lied to me later.. Then." he pulls out his sword from the saber holding it infront of him checking the blade though he gives a very serious look to Tim before putting it away. "Then we have an issue." though doesn't elaborate more then that.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake looks to Damian, and actually does not look scared does not look offended but he looks tired. "Damian, can the threats, and I know." He puts on his Damian voice "It's not a threat it's a promise." He looks to the other young man and says "I am pretty sure I cross the line, you will have to get in line to come after me." He will move to dry off, and walks over to the younger man and says "The smoke bombs work pretty good for encasing radio active elements if you need to. Not a long term but an ok stop gap, last time I had to use a sticky puddy then gas.

Robin (Wayne) has posed:
Damian just nods, and turns on the motorcycle letting it idle a bit as he gets his helmet, "Honestly I think that is the difference between me, and my father. He would have a hard time knowing what to do if a Robin even turned on us. Me, I know there is only one answer." he gives a shrug to that thinking it pretty obvious he was from the League before this, and had to take care of people for that exact reason before. Though honestly he would hate to have to end Tim though he would never tell him that.

He nods to the instructions, and hears what he is trying to say without saying giving him a nod he gets it, "Remember what I said though.. Do not act alone, whoever did do this might try again." then without a word puts on his helmet. He leans into the bike, and just like that darts out of the cave going way faster then was needed. He had things to do in Gotham, and out so there was no time like the present to start.