Tim Drake/Red Robin (bloodred_robin) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2010-08-20 21:36:00

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inactive - marissa wayne, npc - tim drake

Goodbye, Grasshopper
Tim calls Marissa into the living room and indicates that she needs to take a seat on the couch. He's wearing his workout gear, and he doesn't look happy about whatever he's about to say, but he knows it needs to be said.

"Hey, kid. We need to talk about you and Gotham." Tim says, sitting down with her.

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	batdaughter 2010-08-21 03:05 am UTC (link)
	"What about Gotham?" Marissa sat down. It was hard to not notice every little thing now that Tim had drilled it into her brain to do just that, to always be aware so she noticed Tim's expression. She wondered what she'd done this time. (Reply to this)(Thread)

bloodred_robin
2010-08-21 03:12 am UTC (link)

Tim sighed a bit. He didn't like this part anymore than she would, but it was a wonder Bruce hadn't already come looking for her. With their luck, he was on his way here now to read Tim the riot act for not sending her home.

"I'm going to have to take you back, Marissa. You're a great partner, and you've been a real help over these last few months...but as far as teaching goes, you've learned everything I can show you.

Besides, I don't want you to ruin your relationship with the one parent you still have. Vicki's killer isn't in Star City." he says.

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batdaughter
2010-08-21 03:23 am UTC (link)

"What?" She was surprised. "But...I don't want to go back to Gotham. Tim, you can't send me back!"

Robin and Red Robin. She was his partner, not just some kid in tights, not a fucking sidekick like she was for Batman. She had weight and standing of her own here and more than that, Tim respected her. Even when he had to sternly discipline her for lapses he treated her with respect. Marissa, for the first time since her mother's death, had a place to belong.

Bruce and Terry...hadn't made her feel that way.

"Bruce doesn't even want me," she grumbled.

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bloodred_robin
2010-08-21 03:26 am UTC (link)

"I don't think that's true. Take it from one of the strays he took in over the years. He's just...different, when it comes to feelings. Bruce is hard to understand, but in the same way, he's really easy to understand, too." Tim says.

"Look, I wouldn't send you home if you weren't ready, Marissa, but you and I both know we're avoiding other things by keeping on long after we know the truth." he says.

"And, believe it or not, Batman needs a Robin. I was the first person to tell Bruce that, you know."

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batdaughter
2010-08-21 03:33 am UTC (link)

"Have you met the new Batman? I fetch coffee and he made me cry. Batman--this one--doesn't need a Robin. If he had I would never have come here." Not entirely true, but it had been part of why she'd been willing to seek out Tim on Vicki's word from beyond the grave.

"Can't we just...avoid things forever? I go back to Gotham I have nothing and no one. Again. And you aren't a stray. I'm a stray. You're...something not stray."

She knew she wasn't going to win this and the realization that she was going back made her chest burn and her eyes sting.

"When are you shipping me back?" Kicking me out.

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bloodred_robin
2010-08-21 03:38 am UTC (link)

"Batman needs a Robin to keep him balanced and watch his back. He's going to find that out soon enough." Tim says.

"I'm going to take you back home myself. That way, if Bruce gives you any static, I'll deal with him. I haven't been back to Gotham since..." Tim paused. "I haven't been back in years. I'll talk to Bruce about you and Batman, and then I'll come back here.

But you don't need to get trapped in my life, Marissa. You still have a chance to do what all of the rest of us couldn't. You could leave the shadows and have a normal life. Look at everyone else who's put on one of those masks. We haven't exactly turned out great." he says.

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batdaughter
2010-08-21 03:45 am UTC (link)

"Two men forced my mother onto her knees, then yanked her hair so her face would be turned up to a third man who put a gun to her forehead and shot her between the eyes. I saw this happen. I was close enough that I could smell the metallic scent of blood and the burning of gunpowder. There is no normal life for me and we can do this dance of you trying to wish it for me all we want but this is another truth we already know. I'm broken. It's how it is."

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bloodred_robin
2010-08-21 04:42 am UTC (link)

"You still have a chance, Marissa. Have you ever even thought about what you want to do with the rest of your life? You've got all the resources needed to be whoever and whatever you want. Don't let that go lightly." Tim says.

"When my parents died, I was your age, and I threw myself into revenge without considering all my options. Learn from my mistakes, if nothing else." he says.

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	batdaughter 2010-08-21 04:48 am UTC (link)
	"So when am I being taken back? Sooner we do this, sooner you get off babysitting duty and you get your house and city back to yourself." There was one thing Marissa was very much like Bruce in; she was good at burying things within herself. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

bloodred_robin
2010-08-21 04:35 pm UTC (link)

"Marissa, will you stop? I'm not kicking you out or throwing you away. You aren't an adult yet. When you are, you can choose where you want to live, but for now, you need to go home and be Bruce Wayne's daughter, and keep up appearances." Tim says.

"The tabloid rumor mill is already going nuts about you, me and Keith Queen, and we need to dispel that as soon as possible." he says.

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	batdaughter 2010-08-21 04:56 pm UTC (link)
	"Dude. You're my brother. The stuff I do to Keith is pretty much illegal to do to you even if I wanted to. And I don't, for the record. I'm messed up not disgusting," she sighed. "I was perfectly fine being Vicki Vale's daughter. Why the hell did Bruce Wayne have to get involved?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bloodred_robin 2010-08-21 05:01 pm UTC (link)
	"The tabloids don't know that, Marissa. And Bruce is involved because your mother involved him. She wanted you safe, and she wouldn't have done that if she didn't believe he could make that happen." Tim says. "I get that it's hard for you to trust people, but someday, you have to. Or you'll end up just like Bruce." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	batdaughter 2010-08-21 05:04 pm UTC (link)
	"I am nothing like Bruce!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bloodred_robin 2010-08-22 12:53 am UTC (link)
	"Not yet, but there are lots of similarities, Marissa." Tim says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

batdaughter
2010-08-22 01:04 am UTC (link)

"I'm nothing like Bruce. Nothing. Not even a little." She was adamant about this. It was less that she was insulted and more a lack of knowing the man. He hadn't exactly made much time to meet her halfway. Or even a quarter of the way. She wouldn't admit it, but that hurt.

"When I take down the assholes who murdered my mother, I'm out and done. I'll take my newly-minted little trust fund and go somewhere far the fuck away from all this. But until then, this is who I am."

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	bloodred_robin 2010-08-22 01:40 am UTC (link)
	Tim didn't press the issue, but he could already see it. Marissa had an anger that couldn't, wouldn't, easily quenched. He knew what that was like and where it led. "All right, I'll drop it. In the meantime, I want us to get another patrol in together, so that we can make sure you're on the right track." Tim says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	batdaughter 2010-08-22 02:02 am UTC (link)
	"Okay. I guess I can go pack up my crap in the meantime. That way we can leave whenever you're wanting to. Does the old man know I'm coming?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bloodred_robin 2010-08-22 02:28 am UTC (link)
	"My people are calling his people. He'll know pretty soon that you're on your way." Tim says. "Marissa, please don't look at this as me throwing you out. I'm not. I just...I can't keep you from your family. You and Bruce need each other, even if you're both too stiff-necked to admit it." Tim finishes. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	batdaughter 2010-08-22 02:42 am UTC (link)
	"I'm already with my family. Bruce is just a stranger who shares my last name." Marissa got up. "I'll meet you at the usual. Gotta go pack. I have lots of shoes." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bloodred_robin 2010-08-22 03:42 am UTC (link)
	Tim watches Marissa go, feeling badly about all of this. He remembers how Bruce could make even the most unpalatable suggestions go smoothly, or at least brook no argument. He understood how Marissa felt, but he couldn't just keep her here. "All right, partner. I'll let you know when we're leaving. It'll be a day or two before we do." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	bloodred_robin 2010-08-22 05:16 pm UTC (link)
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