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Robin: Red Robin got another concussion and stepped on my comms.

Red Hood: not my fault this time

Spolier: can confirm, rando hit him w/ a plank of wood

Batman: Robin, do you need someone to pick you and RR up?

Robin: Yes please Father, Red Robin is trying to get on his bike but I refuse to allow him.

Batman: Good, last time someone let him drive with a concussion he got a broken femur.

Nightwing: Can we stop letting RR get a concussion at all? Like my heads killing me jesus

Spolier: why does your head hurt???

Nightwing: … me and T did tell you lot that we’re soulmates, right?

Multiple people are typing…

Nightwing: from that I can guess not

Nightwing: well its technically Hood’s fault I found out, Red already knew but just didn't say shit

Oracle: Wing, it's not in either file that you two are soulmates.

Nightwing: blame Red, he said he’d do it!

Batman: Picked up RR and R, ETA to cave 32 minutes, tell Agent A to be ready, Robin is also injured

Multiple people have reacted 👍

Batman: Nightwing, please don't drive if you have concussion symptoms.

Nightwing: already at the cave B, had to double back bc one of my sticks died and idk why

Batman reacted 👍

Red Robin: ill tske a look wheb i get back

Oracle: Red, why do you have your phone?

Robin: I did not know where it was and did not feel comfortable searching his pockets, it is now in my possession.

Nightwing: Good, im gonna put my phone down for now and wait for you lot to get back

–Later in the civilian gc–

Dami: First of all, will someone change my name from this infuriating nickname to my real name?

Dickwing: no, and ill be replying on Tim’s behalf since he's sat with me but banned from screens for now

Jay: Lovely, now, WHEN THE HELL DID YOU TWO FIND OUT YOU WERE SOULMATES?!

Dickwing: actually it was your fault I found out, idk abt tim tho

Dickwing: He said he found out while i was robin bc he watched me mess up a flip and land face down and he felt the pain

Stephie: so he found out and instead of being normal and telling his NEIGHBOUR that they’re soulmates, he stalked you, became robin, and it took until Jason came back for you to find out???

Dickwing reacted 👍

Stephie: …actually not surprising with Tim, I once found him sat on my old place’s fire-escape with a camera, when i asked he said “bird watching”, it was 4am and the camera was aimed into the alley, this was during JayBin so i assume that was the bird

Dickwing: He has confirmed that

Duke: Am i the only one who keeps forgetting that Tim high key stalked B, Dick and Jason?

Jay: Tf you using past tense for? As far as im aware he still does!

Dickwing: I asked for denial, i instead got confirmation

Jay: fuckin knew it! When i was still like murdery i tried stalking Tim and instead caught him stalking you with way more skill than i could ever get

Timbit: [image attached] (Image is of Jason Todd eating a pot noodle in a kitchen, clearly unaware of the person outside the window)

Jay: Fuck you replacement! That safe house isnt supposed to be known about!

Jay has changed Timbit to Replacement

Dickwing: Ive taken his phone again

B: …He needs better hobbies

Stephie: I want him to take memes of his photos

Dickwing: Dont encourage him, please

Babs: Dick, I thought you took Tim's phone off him?

Dickwing: I did!?

Babs: he just updated both of your files

Dickwing: He had my laptop somehow.. I never told him the passcode?

Dickwing: Apparently he knows my passcode… Sometimes i forget im soulmates with the only stalker i've had that hasn't been caught

Stephie reacted 🤣

-An hour later-

Replacement: [Image attached] (its a selfie of Tim and Dick, Dick is asleep and curled around Tim, they’re in the medbay)

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Jay: Tim, where tf are you?? I can feel someone watching me

Replacement: [Image attached] (it shows Jason at a cafe through the window with a bright pink drink)

Duke:... is this why the hairs on my arms stand up sometimes?

Stephie: Yeppers, TimTam and his camera is everywhere

Jay: I cant even see him, wtf!?

Replacement: :-)

Dickwing: T, stop stalking people in broad daylight

Replacement: :-(

Duke: Whats with the nose?

Stephie: He’s been doing that since he got a phone

Stephie: Also if hes being a stalker you wont get a proper reply, just those faces

Duke: ah ok

Jay: I actually cant fuckin see him wtf?

-later-

Dami: Does Grayson and Drake being soulmates cause some issue with the fact that Father adopted both of them?

Stephie: huh, shit well look at Dami asking the right questions

Replacement: I was never adopted??

Jay: What!

Replacement: yeah? I knew I was Dicks soulmate, why the hell would I let B adopt me?

Duke: uhh but arent your parents… y’know?

Replacement: Dead? Yeah but they go over their will yearly, I asked to be legally emancipated if they died and they agreed

Jay: So how are you running WE?

Replacement: as far as the general public are aware B is still the CEO, it's just one of the things on the NDA the WE employees have to sign

Babs: Can confirm, just checked

Jay: Huh

–aprox 23:00 on comms: active; Red Robin, Spoiler, Red hood, Oracle–

Spoiler: Ok so ive been thinking-

Red Robin: must be hard

Spoiler: says you, anyways it makes sense that Red and Wing are soulmates, coming from someone whos gone to the same school as Red for like ever

Red Hood: Why?

Spoiler: So you know soul skills right? Well in our younger years Red was never the most athletic

Red Robin: Oi!

Spoiler: im not wrong! But anyways he randomly shot up to being passable around when he would've figured out that Wing was his soulmate and not last year but the year before the cheerleaders and gymnastics teams both started trying to drag him to join them because suddenly he was just incredibly flexible, like contortionist levels

Oracle: So what's Nightwing’s soul skill he got from Red?

Silence

Red Hood: Ha! Not even Red can guess

Red Robin: Ok shut up! You don't realise what your soul skill is, I didn't link the flexibility thing until Spoiler said it!

Spoiler: No, your just a bit dense sometimes

Red Robin: Not helpi- (loud crash)

Red Robin: ah fuck, nightwings gonna kill me

Spoiler: What happen-

-Nightwing joins comms-

Nightwing: Why does it feel like I just slammed into a wall face first and broke my nose?

Red Robin: Blame Spoiler, she's the reason I was distracted!

Nightwing: I’m coming to grab you, Oracle, where's Red?

Red Robin: What? No-

Oracle: He's by that pizza stand on 5th

-Nightwing leaves comms-

Spoiler: Is it bad im rushing over to see Red get fucking yoinked

Red Hood: nope, i would be too if i wasnt following someone

Red Robin: Guys this isn't funny, oh god I see him, im pretty sure he broke like four laws an-

Oracle: Bye Red!

-Red Robin was kicked from Comms-

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Dickwing: Ok this is weird but i just had a memory pop up of this one like hallucination i kept having as Robin/early Nightwing

Dami: Is it normal for you to hallucinate Richard?

Dickwing: Not anymore, I did for a bit after Jay died but im good now

Dickwing: Anyways, the hallucination was of this small black haired girl with a camera and she’d show up on my patrol routes, but she couldn't have been real bc she knew my name and she’d disappear when i slept properly

Jay: … either that wasn't an hallucination or there's a shared Robin hallucination because i saw her too

Stephie: Tim, do they not know??

Dickwing: Know what?

Replacement: do you really think id have told them, id get benched instantly

B: If you’re worried about being benched then don’t do something that would get you benched

Replacement: Ohh im sorry this is coming from the man who regularly does shit that would get him benched if someone could bench him!

Replacement: Besides, mines for my mental health, despite technically being bad for my physical health

Jay: nice, replacements getting benched, what does this have to do with the hallucinations??

Replacement: might as well rip the bandaid off while im at a safehouse you lot dont know about. I’m trans and AFAB, that wasnt an hallucination, just me gaslighting both of you as a child

Jay: … that explains alot, your still the weird stalker, my opinion hasnt changed

B: The unhealthy physical thing is binding, correct?

Replacement: perhaps

B: I’m sure we can find an alternative but for now, you are correct about being benched

Replacement: ffs, im glad your all supportive and shit, but can i not be self destructive in peace??

Dickwing: No, answer the phone, stop sending me to voicemail

-Later-

Babs: So Tim’s helping on tech support until we (he, we all know he made the fabric for Nightwing’s suit) figure out an alternative to him binding for 20+ hours a day

Dickwing changed Replacement to Timtam

Dickwing: Yep, and he’s on a binding ban

Stephie: Well i can finally share this pic [Image attached] (Image is of a younger Stephanie and a younger, pretransition Tim in their school uniforms with matching grins)

Jay: Well that does confirm that it was Tim gaslighting us

Timtam: Its also how you never see me in crowds, I do 100% identify as male, but its just easier to blend in as a woman sometimes and ive never really had dysphoria

Duke: aka we never had a chance at catching you

Timtam: Yep  

Duke: My only question is to Dick, isnt it weird that your soulmate openly admits to stalking you and others?

Dickwing: honestly? ive been doing this for a long time and its impossible to not be a little fucked in the head so while its a big red flag to most, its just part of Tim to me

Duke: …fair enough i suppose, if your into it then no harm i guess

Timtam: Tbh i only stalk others for blackmail purposes

Jay: Excuse me?

Timtam: :-) [4 Images attached] (first shows Jaybin laying in a dumpster, a banana peel on his face. Second shows Flash slamming into a lamp post. Third shows Green Lantern panicking as his chair tilts too far back and lastly the fourth shows Starfire accidentally flying into a support beam while Nightwing falls in the background)

Jay: Right, Dick get your stalker

Dickwing: i- sweetheart, it is impossible for you to have gotten that last photo, wtf? You were on patrol with B

B: I’ll excuse the fact that you’ve likely ditched patrol at least once if you send me every embarrassing photo of Hal you have

Timtam: first, love, dont underestimate me, secondly, B, check your email

B: excused, carry on.

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Babs: Uh, just got a ping on my pc that WE is on full lockdown?? Who's in today?

B: Unfortunately just Tim, I'll see if I can get in touch with Lucius to find out what's going on.

Duke: I'll swing by and have a check

Dickwing: istg I'm gonna go gray at this rate

Dami: Does Drake not know how to stay out of trouble?

Timtam: technically this time it's Damians fault but ultimately any bat issues is Dicks fault

Dickwing: first wtf is going on, secondly how's it my fault!?

Timtam: well if someone wasn't obvious about their secret identity I wouldn't have became Robin

Timtam: also there's some assassins chasing me around WE, idk why this time but I choose to blame Damian BC he's related to the old fuck who's obsessed with me

Dami: It is not my fault you got Grandfather's attention

Dickwing: also let's be honest, if you hadn't became Robin then you would be a rouge or smth

Babs: So I hopped on Dukes Comms and checked in on the situation via his visor and Tims got it handled

Babs: As much as we pick on him for getting injured frequently, Tim is kinda terrifying when he wants to be

Jay: he can't be that scary

Duke: [1 image attached] (Image is clearly from Dukes visor and is through the window of WE, it shows Tim in a slightly baggy jumper and slacks turning away from an assassin as a chair flies at them, the chair was clearly thrown by Tim)

Jay: so? That's not scary

B: Those chairs were bolted to the floor.

Jay: …

Duke: well looks like I dont need to get involved as Signal so I’m just gonna go back to patrol

Babs: Yeah i called GCPD already

Timtam: i feel like i just helped with like hazing or some bullshit for Ra’s bc that was easy as fuck, didnt even break a sweat

Babs: What's your excuse gonna be for GCPD?

Timtam: … I'm Janet Drake’s kid?

Babs: Wtf does that mean?

B: I can answer that, Janet Drake took multiple martial arts and was an advocate for self defence, the Joker attacked a gala she was in attendance of once and then no Rouges ever attacked another gala after, the first they attacked in like ten years was the one a week after it was publicly announced as deceased. Tim is the only one who has a reasonable excuse for being able to fight publicly.

Timtam: I also have a reasonable reason to crash out at a gala if it gets attacked

Jay: now im tempted to go full Red Hood at a gala

B: Please don’t.

Dickwing: [1 Image attached] (Image shows cops outside of WE and Gordon talking to Tim who's texting on his phone while he speaks, he’s wearing the same outfit as before but the jumper has a bit of red near the wrists and he has a bag slung over his shoulder) Tim, pay attention

Timtam: I am! I'm just also replying to emails and this chat

B: Sometimes I forget you're a carbon copy of your mother just… more tolerable of people, and with empathy.

Timtam: …fun fact, my main two influences for how to mold myself as a guy while I was figuring out my identity were Dick “human golden retriever" Grayson and Jason “Robin gives me magic” Todd

Jay: HOW THE HELL DO YOU KNOW THAT!?

Timtam: I was there dumbass [1 Image attached] (this time it showed early on Jaybin talking to a victim)

Dickwing: Do you just have them all saved on your phone?? How much storage do you have?

Jay: I want those photos gone

Timtam: I have an encrypted file on my cloud drive which is connected to my PC, laptop and phone, and Jason, good luck getting rid of them, there's a specific password which is hard to guess :)

Jay: Fuck you too replacement

Timtam: [1 image attached] (it shows Dick driving in one of Bruce’s cheaper sports cars, the media display shows today's date)

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Dami: I don't mean to alarm anyone but my stomach feels like its being stomped on

Timtam: success! Steph i did it!

Stephie: this is fuckin funny as hell

Timtam: makes up for the fact i couldnt go see that person near crime alley chuck a brick at calendar man again

Jay: There's a lot to unpack here and I have no clue where to start

Dami: I do. Drake, what do you mean my pain is your doing?

Timtam: well its not actually my doing, I’ve just been trying to manifest that my cramps would go to you instead but like as a joke since im not Zatanna

Dami: Well it seems to have worked!

Timtam: are you curled up on the floor?

Dami: No?

Timtam: then it didnt, you just have a stomach ache and before you claim to be superior to me or some bull, I’m on the highest prescription my doctor can give me for period pain and even then i have to spend the first two days in bed with a hot water bottle and Dick, who fortunately doesn't feel it since its a natural bodily function

Dami: If Richard doesn't feel it then why is he spending the two days in bed with you?

Timtam: … primarily for comfort

Jay: uh huh, you wouldnt have typed like that if it was just for comfort, you fuckin liar

TImtam: he’s 12! Im not saying that shit to a 12 year old

Dami: Drake, i resent the assumption that i cannot handle the truth

Timtam: nuh uh, not my problem

Jay: Before I gotta go grab B to give the kid the talk, whos chucking bricks?

Timtam: ok so theres this woman who lives right near crime alley but not in crime alley and whenever calendar man shows up she goes on the same roof on the same street and chucks a brick at him, she’s started doing it with condiment man and kite man upon request, only d-listers tho, nothing higher

Timtam: ive anonymously sent her like $3000 over the last year total, i’ve been very tempted to send her like $5000 and ask for her to throw something at you just for shits and giggles, specifically when you punched me in the stomach last month

Jay: Thats fucking hilarius but why am i catching strays?!

Timtam: YOU PUNCHED ME IN THE STOMACH WHILE I WAS ON MY PERIOD DIPSHIT

Jay: I didnt fuckin know!

Timtam: TOO BAD

Dickwing: right, who upset Tim, he's supposed to be chilling and now he's muttering abt something

Jay: fuckin apparently I punched him in the stomach last month and he's still pissy about it

Dickwing: ok, I'm taking his phone so he can focus on his show

Jay: sureee that's what he's focusing on

Dickwing: shut

Stephie: as funny as this is, tell Timmy to feel better and I'm good for a show rant whenever

Dickwing: 👍🏼

The favourite: Do you or Tim need anything?

Dickwing: nah Cassie, we're good, thanks for asking!

Dickwing: actually can someone tell, not ask but tell, Alfred that me and Tim are getting takeout tonight

B: I will, pay for it with one of my cards, I'll send you the information for it

Dickwing: I was gonna pay for it with Queen's card, got Roy to send it to me a while ago

B: Great, do that then, if it declines, let me know

Dickwing: if it declines, Tim has Lex's card details for some reason

B: Well I suppose it's been a while since I’ve gone full Brucie.

B: How did he get Alex’s card?

Dickwing: apparently all of YJ have access to it via Kon

B: Makes sense

B: Alfred has been informed and isn't happy but I told him to leave it

Dickwing: thx B!

Dickwing: someone run the food up when it gets here plz, me and Tim wont hear the doorbell, we’re watching buzzfeed unsolved now

Stephie: Ill bring it as long as you dont mind me joining, dw i dont want your stupid food, just the vibes of Timmy and unsolved

Dickwing: yeah no worries, your good to join lmao