Dick Grayson is the future Batman (![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} flyinggrayson_) wrote,@ 2010-07-20 22:09:00 |
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• • • • • • • • Before what would be Richie's final show, he saw Zucco in areas the man shouldn't be but didn't know enough to say anything. That night, the riggings failed and he also saw his parents die. he accident was unprecedented. A mistake like that wouldn't have happened, and Dick knew it. He tried to tell. In all the chaos, he tried to bring attention to the man responsible. He chased the man away from the crowds, shouting and screaming until they were so far back stage that it didn't seem like anyone could hear him anymore. It seemed like he was alone with Tony Zucco. Zucco struck him with a pair of boltcutters. All that saved him was Batman's sudden arrival. From there, Dick went to the hospital. And from there, he went to social services. All social services did was create a place to keep him. The conditions were uncaring and restrictive, and he quickly had enough of them. He fled the institution with only Gotham's streets as his destination, but Batman stopped him before getting far at all. Batman sent him back with an assurance that he wouldn't have to stay there for long. Batman's word turned out true, as he was notified within days that he had been adopted by Bruce Wayne. As an overly active boy, it was only a matter of time before Dick ended up in the Batcave. To Batman's surprise, his adopted son suddenly landed on top of the Batmobile in a shower of dirt, root and rock. What followed was not a calm talk about the truth of things. There was shouting and panic. Dick fled the cave, outmaneuvering Batman with his speed and acrobatics before he dove through the waterfall. Upon their return to the Batcave, the talk was awkward. He wasn't sure if it was his running away or nearly getting killed in that mugging that made this more awkward for Bruce, but the tone was definitely different than it had been the first time. But then Bruce made him an offer. He could be trained to stop muggers without having to nearly die as a result. He could learn how to bring down the drug operations that his parents were murdered to protect. For the following months, Dick underwent a rigorous training period. Physically, he excelled. He was a natural athlete with a strong base already. It was a simple matter for him to learn new skills. But he also began an intensive homeschooling program. Eventually, it was time for him to prove himself with the Gauntlet. He had to go out into Gotham and evade Batman for the full night. He succeeded, but in the process of doing it, he also exposed a major drug lab to the GCPD. Dick's years as Robin were years of continuous change and growth, and he loved it. He even helped pull together other teen heroes and establish them as the Teen Titans. But it wasn't fun for him. He fell victim to a vicious beating by Two-Face that he never quite got over emotionally, and Robin's involvement with the Teen Titans began straining his relationship with Batman. Bruce seemed to constantly criticize his involvement with the Titans and his commitment to Gotham. Dick knew he was doing good. After Robin came in late to a fight with Clayface the tension between Dick and Bruce exploded. Things were said, and Dick was fired. This came as a shock to him. No, not being fired. Part of him had expected it could come to that someday. But he never expected to have his Robin identity taken away. This is what really left him feeling lost for a time. He was 18 now, so he left Gotham and embarked on a journey to find who he would be now. All in all, it was therapeutic for him. He returned to Gotham as Nightwing, but not permanently. Nightwing dedicated himself full-time to the Titans. He put himself out there, becoming a more active presence in the superhero community at large. He even engages in a serious relationship with an alien princess -- not as Nightwing, but as Dick Grayson the impulsive rich kid from Gotham. However, his strained relationship with Bruce only seems to worsen every time he returns to Gotham. Other events only make this even worse. Barbara Gordon's crippling and Jason Todd's death nearly break them apart completely. Along with the part of them that blame themselves for these tragedies, there was another part deep inside that blamed each other. It turned out to be a surprise what bridged the growing gap between Dick and Bruce. Nightwing's own life then went through some rocky changes. His engagement to Starfire fell through when events led her to leave Earth on a spiritual journey. But then the Titans were beginning to fracture as well. It wasn't in a bad way though. It was just that they were no longer teenagers and their adult lives were beginning. Wally had become the Flash, and that made his life less and less about the Titans. Garth's life had grown into becoming an undersea wizard and family man. Roy was rebelling somewhat against his old self and trying to build a structured like as Arsenal. Donna... was confusing. On some days she seemed lost but others seemed to secretly know exactly where she was going. Raven had fled the dimension, and Vic was easily the most stable still but... seemed to know that things were changing. So the Titans eventually dissolved with so few of them able to be full-time Titans anymore. EXPERIMENTS Godly Powers:: Hera - Characters will become ridiculously jealous but not necessarily about anything that matters. Things like thinking that drink the person the table over looks good will become huge points of jealously. God forbid they see someone talking to a significant other or their friend, everything is the end of the world. This will be more like an episode of Jerry Springer than anything violent and nasty. They will scream and maybe swear a lot, but shouldn't hurt anyone else. Locations, Locations, Locations:: Zombieland - Zombieland: Las Angeles. Four months ago the world turned into a wasteland when a disease spread, turning all humans into its path into starving, mindless zombies. The majority of the population is now infected. Cities are abandoned, technology is scarce or rare, and scavenging for food is the only way to survive. Characters will wake up in a run down two bedroom apartment in a small apartment building. There is no electricity. The apartment has been abandoned for some time. No zombies will enter but there is a need to find supplies and that can be dangerous. With Penelope Garcia. Get Your Broke Ass Out:: From August 11, 2011 to August 18, 2011 Zenner cut off the unlimited credit cards. Supernatural or not:: From Sept. 9th to Sept. 15 he was made into a super powered human with abilities like Alisha's from Misfits. Fail Me Now:: Zenner is messing with the network. Filter fail, strikeout fail, and auto correct fail. ABILITIES/SKILLS Dick Grayson possesses the peak athletic strength and endurance of a man in his mid/late twenties who regularly engages in intensive physical exercise. His detective and martial arts skills rival those of Bruce Wayne. He is a master of dozens of martial arts disciplines and was rigorously trained by his mentor in everything from escapology to criminology, fencing, stealth, disguise, and numerous other combat/non-combat disciplines. Grayson is a prodigious natural athlete, possessing a peak human level of agility/acrobatic skills. He is generally regarded as the greatest human acrobat in the DC universe. He is the only person on Earth who can do the quadruple somersault (formerly one of three, the other two being his parents). Having had the finest education as Bruce Wayne's ward, he speaks with fluency in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Japanese and has some knowledge of Romany, the alien language of Tamaran, and American Sign Language. |  DICK FULL NAME: Richard John Grayson CODENAME: Nightwing NICKNAME: Dick AGE: 23 CURRENT AGE: 24 DATE OF BIRTH: December 14 PLACE OF BIRTH: Gotham City MARITAL STATUS: Single SEXUALITY: Heterosexual OCCUPATION: Arcobat at Cirque du Soleil, Superhero CURRENT RESIDENCE: The Bellagio PARENTS: John Grayson and Mary Grayson {biological parents}, Bruce Wayne {adoptive father} SIBLINGS: Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Damian Wayne, and Cassandra Cain, Carrie Kelly FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS: Name: Dick Grayson Fandom: DC Comics Puncturable: Yes Canon Point: New Titans #114. Date of Arrival: 06/15/10 Player: Courtney PB: Ian Somerhalder CREDIT: embodimentof Disclaimer:: This is all fake, RPing use only |