Gotham Knights: Robin Story

Herald: Pillars of Gotham, may I please have your attention. It is my absolute pleasure to present our host for the evening!

Robin: Host? In an owl mask? Ten dollars says that's the Voice of the Court. 

Host: Thank you all for the warm welcome, but tonight is not about me. We are here to remember one of Gotham's greatest sons: Bruce Wayne. Now, you all knew the playboy. I knew his charity -- a brash defender of Gotham's. And though he's gone now, Bruce's contributions to the city will be felt for decades to come. This is for you Bruce, the last of our precious Wayne family. You've helped us in ways you never realised. And may we, the surviving families of Gotham, strive to live up to your inimitable legacy. 

Robin: Holy Voice of the Court, we have a match!

Dick: Well done. Now stay on him. Maybe we'll get lucky and he'll take off his mask. 

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Side Story

Part #1

Tim: Playing with a ghost, Alfred?

Alfred: You might say that. I'm finishing my last game with Bruce. I couldn't save our board from the manor, but I do have our notes. We tracked each move, to continue the game if one of us was ever... away.

Tim: Are you winning?

Alfred: Playing as Bruce, I can't see how he loses.

Tim: Bruce is dead. Maybe he wins your game, but without him, we've lost.

Alfred: I'm not so sure about that.

Tim: Not so sure he's dead?

Alfred: Not so sure we've lost. Bruce played an important role. But he never saw himself as the only piece in play. 

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Part #2

Jason: Hand me that coolant?

Tim: Did it... hurt, Jason?

Jason: When I fell from heaven?

Tim: When you came back to life. Did the Lazarus Pit hurt?

Jason: It changed me. ... Hey, Lazarus isn't gonna bring Bruce back. Tim...

Tim: Who's to say that he doesn't want us to try? I ---

Jason: Okay... Bruce isn't this bike. You can't just change everything out and expect things to work like they did.

Tim: Then what am I supposed to do?

Jason: Try grieving.

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Part #3

Tim: This is it. Alfred's playing right into Robin's trap!

Alfred: Mate in 2

Tim: Wait, how... how did you...?

Alfred: An old way. It's how Alfred wins.

Tim: Teach me.

Alfred: Robin must discover his own way to win.

Tim: Robin thinks that sounds way harder.

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Part #4

Barbara: You hiding things from us, Drake?

Dick: Maybe it's drugs. Or plutonium. I mean, he is a teenager.

Barbara: A chess set. 

Dick: That looks familiar. Weren't those Bruce's?

Tim: Yup. Custom made. The knights even have bat ears...

Dick: Would you look at that! They do have bat ears!

Tim: I got them from Wayne Manor. I know it's dangerous. But... I was careful. And no one saw me.

Barbara: That's a big risk for a chess set.

Tim: Everything we salvaged from the Manor belonged to Batman. I thought we could use

a bit more Bruce.

Dick: We're going to want to keep an eye on this sector. Let's step up patrols.

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Part #5

Jason: Looks like you have me in five. I'll get you next time though.

Alfred: Bruce's chess set. I carved these pieces myself. I even gave the knights bat ears.

Tim: I noticed. Jason wasn't having the best game, huh.

Alfred: I promoted a queen and was about to walk all over him.

Tim: I don't pick a queen when I promote a pawn.

Alfred: I suppose you choose a knight then? That was always Bruce's move. A little obvious, even for him. 

Tim: I like the rook, actually. It's a protector... and a major piece, but people ignore it. They get distracted by more obvious threats, until: checkmate! Plus, castling is basically teleporting.

Alfred: How unorthodox.

Tim: It's how Robin wins.