8713/Stephanie Brown's New Clothes

Stephanie Brown's New Clothes
Date of Scene:	09 August 2019
Location:	Stephanie Brown's Apartment - Gotham
Synopsis:	Tim comes by to talk about the souvenir business. Stephanie surprises him with a new uniform.
Cast of Characters:	Red Robin, Spoiler

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Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake has brought Chinese food with him, in a large box. He has come over to talk to Steph about the project, and maybe hang out a bit after if she aint got any planes. He will walk up to the door and hmm. He looks around and sees none is looking tosses the boss up in the air, and knocks on the door before catching it almost like Toby in the spiderman movie.

Spoiler has posed:
There is the sound of someone coming over to the door and the peephole darkening for a moment. The locks click as if opening but rather than the door opening, there is the sound of the person moving away from the door again. "Let yourself in, I'll be right out!" the female voice from inside calls.

Whenever Tim does so, the apartment is in its normal state. Actually it is more back to its normal state. Stephanie got her TV back from the pawn shop it looks like, a sign that the job working for him is helping if she's already paid tuition and was able to get that back as well.

No sign of Stephanie just yet though. "Go ahead and settle in, be right out," she calls from the bedroom.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake will come inside, and says "I brought food, thought we could eat while we talk. He will move to set it on the kitchen table, and look in the fridge to make sure there is drinks, and if a few will grab one for himself. "I have been trying to make a bit of a fool of myself with the whole souviner things. I actually talked to Pepper Potts about it the other week at a charity event Stark was throwing.

Spoiler has posed:
"Oh really!?" Steph calls from the bedroom as Tim grabs the drinks. The fridge is better stocked than it had been, though it still is definitely the refrigerator of a college student. "So how did that go!?" she calls.

As Tim is getting settled in then with a drink, he hears soft footsteps of someone coming out of the bedroom. Only when he looks it isn't Stephanie, it's Barbara, and wearing her Batgirl uniform. A different style than Tim has seen before, not the mainly all-black or all-purple. This is black down in the center with a deeper purple color than normal on both sides. And in addition to Barbara's normal utility belt, there is a utility garter worn on a slender thigh just like Steph-

Wait. That is Steph!

The five inches of height difference jumps out, but not as much as the blond hair that is coming out from beneath the Batgirl mask. And to top it off, she's posing for him in the uniform, and that grin and the blue eyes behind the mask... maybe others wouldn't recognize her, but then they aren't Tim Drake.

"So?" she asks, canting her head as she watches his reaction.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake 's brow raises, and says "Well, um.." He is caught off guard not something that is a common experience for him. "Barb know your planning on taking the name?" He will ask her, seeming to approve of the look. I like it, not sure about the hair being loose, but I like it." He tells her. He will walk over to look her over a bit better, and hmms softly, after getting a bit of a closer look at the costume he says "Looks good, and the good stuff too."

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie has a near perma-grin going. And with good reason. She turns to let him see the uniform, which quite obviously was made for her given Stephanie's height difference with Barbara. Or if not made for her, made for someone else with an identical body given how even with the body armor, it is a skin-tight fit.

"She surprised me with it last night after I took down a hijacker ripping off WayneTech," Stephanie says. "Barbara and Bruce both. Barbara totally put one over on me, had me thinking I was off the team with telling me they had decided Spoiler shouldn't be in the streets anymore," Stephanie says, shaking her head and blushing a bit behind the mask.

"And there's a Batcycle, but I have to complete more time in the Sim. Four hours a night at least and I'll do more, you can be sure," she says, smiling.

Batgirl suddenly launches herself at Tim, giving him a huge hug. "They are trusting me with Batgirl's legacy. Do you know what that means?" she asks, and she starts to choke up just a little bit even repeating it again. There were likely tears last night.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake smiles and holds her in the hug, and grins at her "Well I think maybe it might be that they are seeing in you what I have seen in you the whole time. you have proven yourself over and over hon." He will hug her back, and says "You will rock the Batgirl gig, and if you decide to be something different down the road, then someone will have to live up to two great bat girl legacy.

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie grins at Tim and hugs him tight. "Thank you for everything, Tim. You've been the best friend I've had in my life," she tells him. She kisses his cheek and then lets him go. "I'll change out of this quick. I just wanted to show you," she says with an embarrassed grin.

She goes into the bedroom to change, coming out not long after wearing shorts and a tank top. "I smelled something good I think?" she asks of the food whose delicious odor is wafting through the tiny apartment.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake smiles and says "Yea, I brought Chinese from the place over on 10th street." He will lead her over to see the box of food. Her favorite main dish, and appetizers are all there, even a pu pu platter. "I figured if we were going to be working we should at least have some pretty good food.

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie takes a seat at the table. "Thank you," she tells him. She smiles as she lets him fill a plate first, then she starts adding things to her own. "You know, not all that long ago I was at rock bottom it felt like. The interview. And thinking I wasn't going to make tuition. Heck, I wasn't even going to be able to afford to stay in here. I was set to ask Mom if I could move back in."

Stephanie glances towards the bedroom where the Batgirl suit is. "And then here we are, and this is probably the high point of my life so far," she says, smiling over to Tim. "Thank you for so much you did in helping make that so."

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake says, "What me? Na this is all you, you put the work in, and you just had to wait for the work you have put in to pay off. So, now you just got used to the spoiler-a-rangs, and now your going to have to restart with the batgirl ones." He grins a bit at her "And the bikes have a lot of possible upgrades, we will have to work on what ones you like best."

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie Brown grins over to Tim. "I'm getting to the point I might even see if I can get my old bike back." She had a Buell but had to sell it to get by, getting the old beat up Honda instead. "Well, you did have a lot to do with it. So, thank you," she says warmly.

She starts eating. "I can't wait to get on the bike," she says, grinning. 'I was already going over the different load outs. So much that it can do." She's got that perma grin for sure. It may be weeks before she stops smiling.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake says, "Well, I try to help, and will try to make sure the nest has a full change out for your bike and gear." He will tell her, as they eat. "Oh looks like we maybe having another girl in the outsiders. I talked to Cassie now that she is back and offered her a spot with us, she is thinking about it."

Spoiler has posed:
Stephanie eats slowly but steadily as they talk. She looks interested and says, "Oh, I hope she works out well. How is that going, anyway?" she asks. She has been focusing very hard on her training this summer, and not spending as much time with the Outsiders as a result. "Is there anything going on that you're looking into? And also, how's the undercover assignment going with Carrie?"

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake says, "We have spent some time together need to get out and make it a bit more public. Is a little weird but going ok do far. And need to get the Outsiders together and work on something as a unit to build a bit of team unity."