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It had been hours of searching. Hours of using what he knew and even trying some tactics that he has only heard of before. Still he only came out of the search with a decent picture of Thomas, and Grayson.
Both of which made sense when going over the known facts about the two. Thomas was a daylight hero, where photographs would have a better chance of being taken, especially considering how new to the scene Signal was. Not to mention that photographic technology had made an advancement a couple years ago. A picture of Grayson as Nightwing wasn't surprising either. Grayson was better at connecting with the masses, and using his tricks to leave them in states of shock.
However to know that the project he was working on wouldn't be completed because no one had the skill to take a decent photograph of any other vigilante within Gotham was disappointing. He would have to deal with that later.
Damian had taken a break to make sure all of his animals had been fed, and given the proper treatment they deserved. A task that he trusted only himself to do on a long term basis. When he walked back into his room again there was a huge unassuming box.
It wasn't the shipping material type box, but a long term storage meant to keep whatever was inside it safe. The sides were worn down, and there were indents at multiple spots. It has been used for a decent amount of time, but the lack of dust showed that it was in continous usage.
Doing the usual checks on whether the box was safe, Damian concluded minutes later that the box was most likely safe. Lifting the lid up he saw smaller containers, and after lifting those out, albums of sorts.
Deciding to start from the first box, he opened that up to sew a neat row of photographs. Lifting the first one out he saw a picture of Brown and Cain taking down the rising gang leader from three weeks prior. The shot was clear and I was clear to see that the photographer hadn't been staged there. The lines and movement wasn't stressed.
Moving onto other photographs, Damian saw Grayson with Cain, Father with Grayson, Father with Thomas, and even an interesting picture of Father and Todd that would definitely have been impossible to forge.
As he opened up more of the containers he saw that the photos went back in time. The slight costume upgrades were no longer there, the haircut Brown got was undone, and Todd showed up less.
There were jumps in time where months seemed to be unaccounted for. He reached the time where he had yet to arrive. He passed where Brown was Robin, and he arrived at what might have been photos not meant to have been seen by anyone.
They were of Father. Father who had just lost Todd. There was no metaphysical or poetic light about them. They were harsh and disorienting. Something that made Damian physically real, so he skipped backwards more.
Todd was Robin, Todd and Father getting some fast food from a store that must have closed down years ago. Father and Todd in what must have been the begining.
The last photo was of Grayson. It was when he was Robin. It was old, the sides of the photo was worn down, and a yellow tint was starting to show. It was dated what must have been the last year Grayson was Robin.
Having to take a moment to take it all in he did. There were photos of everyone in the family. He would be able to put together multiple photos and create well beyond what he had initially thought for this project. The only problem was that there was no photos of Drake.
A small part of him still wrapped in the ideals and trauma of his early days at the manor wanted to laugh out and proclaim that Drake didn't deserve to have any pictures, and this would give him the excuse to excluded him.
The more mature part of himself, the version of him that had been undoing and getting help for his trauma and issues recognized that Drake wasn't in the photographs because he was the one that had taken them. He wasn't unintelligent. It was east to see that Drake was behind the photos. The timeline fit.
He would have to find a way to repay the gesture.
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Damian wanted to paint some of the Gotham heroes but all the online references are blurry. He's found maybe two ok photos but not enough. until a box is left on his desk FILLED with hundreds of clear candid photos of the family. There are ones with Red Hood and Batman, Nightwing and Robin, Black Bat and Spoiler, every combination of the heroes but oddly enough none of the photos have Drake in them.