16675/Adopt-A-Something

Adopt-A-Something
Date of Scene:	11 January 2025
Location:	Orchestra, Monarch Theatre
Synopsis:	Tim and Nikki talk about having pets.
Cast of Characters:	Nikki Hawkins, Red Robin

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Nikki Hawkins has posed:
Nikki is sitting in the living room, sitting on one of the couches scrolling through her tablet. She has a headset on, bouncing her head to music likely playing over them and her lips move along with whatever she's listening to. Not that anyone can see unless they come up behind her, but she's scrolling through the website of a local animal shelter, looking at various pictures of dogs and cats that are up for adoption - needing their forever home.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake comes walking in from where he was making a snack, and made enough for two. So Tm makes his way over towards Nikki with a meat and veggie tray with dips and such. He moves to sit beside her setting the plate on the coffee table "I brought food." He says loud enough so she can hear him over the music.

Nikki Hawkins has posed:
Well if the movement in her periphreal didn't catch her attention, Tim's raised voice does. Nikki's smart enough to turn the volume down on her ipad before lifting her headphones off her ears. "Tim always brings food. He's always afraid Nikki's not eating enough..." Which is a valid thought to have concerning Nikki. She even gives a smile before leaning over to snag some meat and cheese off the tray to nibble on. "Nikki is doing research."

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake looks over and says ""Well, I have seen how you get when something gets your attention hon." He smiles at her and says "What ya researching?" He asks as he munches a bit of broccoli

Nikki Hawkins has posed:
Nikki chuckles and then nods. Continuing to munch on her tiny snack, she shows him her ipad screen. "There's a place called Little Hearts Shelter. They're getting kinda full and are hoping to have some of their animals adopted out soon. I was thinking maybe we could get a pet. Like a cat." She pauses. "Or a dog." Then she thinks. "But I think a cat might be better unless you're allergic and then we can maybe get a dog, but dogs are great for people who come home all the time and not great for people who travel or aren't home a lot..." She has to force herself to stop rambling.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake nods his head a bit and says "We could get either, if we needed to have someone watch a dog if we had to go somewhere, Damian,a nd Alfred would be ok with pet setting I think." He looks to see which she is looking at.

Nikki Hawkins has posed:
The screen on the ipad shows two pages side by side. One is a tuxedo cat, mostly black but with a white tuff on his chest and 'socks' of white on his paws. The other is a calico young cat - likely barely out of kittenhood. "She actually likes both, but both might be too hard to care for.... and Nikki kinda likes cats more than dogs. Not that dogs are bad and she can handle them but... she just thinks cats are cuter."

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake nods, a bit and says "Actually getting two might be better than one, that way they have each other to help keep them busy if we are busy. And as long as it is less trouble than a bat dragon we should be good." He smiles and says "A Bat dragon is this huge furry flying thing Damian has, will have to have him let you see it sometime, now that your in the know.

Nikki Hawkins has posed:
Nikki smiles. "Well. Nikki can set up an appointment and we can go meet some of the cats there. They may even have a bonded pair that we could adopt...that way we know they already get along and stuff..." Apparently she really HAS been doing her homework on this. Then again, she thought it might need a bigger sell to Tim than just him going 'yeah, sure'.

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake nods and says "Well, we can also check, maybe they have a cat room, where they let them socialize together." Yea Tim is a soft touch when it comes to Nikki. He might prefer a dog, but cats are nice too, and he may miss Ace and the Bat cow since he does not live at the mansion any more.

Nikki Hawkins has posed:
Nikki nods and smiles. "Should we shop for stuff for pets before or after we adopt them?" Asking this while thinking it through. "Like we should be prepared right? With all the things they may need...."

Red Robin has posed:
Tim Drake hmms and says "Probably get some stuff, the basics, but then once we get to know them add in to them. Figure a cat tree, and litter boxes and such. Maybe down the road we can get a cat walk area set for them to go out onto a closed in area."