Challenge 1 - How do you enjoy the snow? Nadira sighed as she was walking into the Toy Store to get away from the reviled snow, she hated it in Gotham in made life difficult and she was more than that worried for the future of her own well being. She wanted more than anything to really handle her life here and she was starting to get the hang of being a resident, but she wanted to get her life moving forward. She was just now adapting to the life here, she wanted to avoid the snow she turned to look at the toys and deal with things.
Challenge 2 - Describe your character in an Ugly Sweater and what activity they do while wearing it. The Holiday Season was a time that Nadira Todd thought was stupid, even more so when she was put into a sweater that reminded her of Titus' vomit. She did not like the idea of wearing a sweater that was red and green everywhere with a horrific reindeer on the front, the thing looked like a three year old had decided the pattern. Nadira didn't know why she'd agreed to take part in this contest but she wouldn't back out now that she was here and she was going to see this event through to the end, that meant just accepting her fate and doing what she was meant to be doing. She sighed heavily and walked up on stage to get the damn sweater judged even if it didn't make much sense to the girl.
Challenge 3 - Show your character being charitable to someone they don't know.
This was something that Nadira totally understood and being charitable made sense, she got it because Bruce Wayne was charitable to many groups. That included orphans and poor families so Nadira found a family that needed help and helped around the house, doing what she could and offering what aid she was able to. She worked hard to clean a house and offer her time which was all she had to offer and that was cleaning up for them and tending their needs. She was doing her best to be there and help them out since they were the ones that would be helped most by her time and effort, she was giving that because she had no funds to do so.
Challenge 4 - What wintery miracle does your character experience?
She was just starting to settle into not having her family there and that she'd have to get used to not seeing them or any of them really being there. Then she saw Damian's son, he was only a boy of about eight but he was a member of her family she squealed as she ran to him. The winter snows had settled and she was getting to see that someone of her family was here, her nephew and someone she wanted to see, Ras Wayne as he'd chosen to be called.
"Come on Ras let's get home and get you settled in and warm, I'd love to get you adjusted to being here and to allow you some time to be at a new home." She said excitedly as she looked at her family member that was there.
Challenge 5 - So get decorating! Cookies, cupcakes, cakes, whatever strikes your fancy!
With her nephew at her side she was getting cookies and started to decorate them for the wintery holiday season, she felt much more joy than she had before, she was settling in to making things and enjoying her time with him. She was going to make as many cookies as she could and decorate them as snowmen, angels or whatever else was there with frosting on it, she was wearing as much frosting as she was using. She smiled as she looked at Ras half covered in frosting and giggling, the boy was enjoying this and so was she now she had a small child in the house to do just that.
Together they'd get through the holidays and deal with the fact that they were in this place together and she was going to do her best to make sure he didn't have time to wonder about his family.
Challenge 6 - What craft does your character do for the season
Nadira was never very crafty and now was no different, she sat down with paper and scissors and began doing her level best to make snowflakes out of paper with Ras at her side doing the same. Together they worked out how to decorate the place with the rather oddly shaped snowflakes some of hers didn't even stick together right so she just hung them up anyway. The paper snowflakes should have been prettier but that didn't matter really since they weren't at home like they had been before.
Challenge 7 - What does your character do to ride it out and not go crazy?
Nadira had gotten the child off to sleep and so she was sitting down to start work on some projects, maintaining her gear and working out. Once she'd gone through the complete routine she set to work on learning to crochet, that was harder than it sounded and her first attempt ended up in a single ball of yarn that was so tightly packed together it'd rip before being parted. She growled in frustration as she began to try and start over again, she hated the fact her hands didn't move quite as well as they had before she'd gotten in that fight with Bill, damned henchman breaking her hands. It had been an effective means of stopping her that was for sure, but it had also left her with some damage, she was focusing on getting over that as she began again on the scarf she was making for Ras.
There were things she should be doing other wise but she couldn't bring herself to do it, she was trying to learn a useful hobby that would also bring in much needed money in this world. She wanted to be able to support herself and now her young cousin that was here in the world with her thanks to this weird ass Christmas season that had brought her a great wish, if only it had brought Alfred with it. She'd be set and she'd be able to start working on other things like making a name for herself doing something other than just trying to make ends meet.
Challenge 8 - YOU just received a Secret Santa gift! What is it, and what do you do to try and find out who sent it, if you hunt for them?
When she woke in the morning to a small box, she stared at it for several minutes trying to figure it out. The layer of snow outside was enough to deter her from going out but she was now determined to figure it out, she didn't see a name so she began to scan the thing in other ways. Her caution came from not knowing anyone in this place and not wanting to make any enemies or kill something on accident, when she opened the box it was a set of crochet hooks and a supply of yarn. Something to get her started on doing better crafts with what she'd chosen to do, she was determined to allow herself to adjust to the fact someone had known her enough to send that kind of gift.
"All right you bastard who ever you are I am going to find you and I will make sure that I get you." She muttered as she began to work out who could possibly have given her this gift, the mystery was going to drive her crazy and that meant she wanted to get to the bottom of it. She worked with Batman and what was going to happen now that she was here in this new land she had to make do without any of the technology she was used to and she was going to survive this as best as she was able because she wanted to not have mysteries presented to her.
Nadira left with the few clues she had and began asking around town trying to figure out who could have sent this gift when she wasn't even part of the Weyr or even part of the City really. She was not aware of the fact that there were things the IF did sometimes to mess with people like her.
Challenge 9 - What does your character do in the evening when it's cold and snowing outside?
When the weather turned colder than it had been Nadira made a fire and sat down with Ras, the pair were starting to work on separate projects and began to figure out what to do with the evening. Nadira grinned as she turned to Ras and gave him a pleased look, he was her nephew and she wanted to share with him some of what she knew of the family.
"Have you ever heard the story of the night that Jason went up against the Joker?" She asked as she looked at him the moment he turned to her and shook his head, she smiled even more as she began to tell him the story of the fight that was had between Jason as Robin and Joker. It was a long tale so he fell asleep about 3/4ths of the way through it and she was over joyed to have gotten him to at least sleep as she worked on his present she had improved a little on the crochet department and she was beginning to really get the hang of how to keep the damn yarn from knotting up.
Challenge 10 - What does your character find beneath the northern lights?
The lights that filled the sky had Nadira heading out to investigate them, she headed towards the light and smiled as she went to see what the fuss was about. Just because it was a new world with something she was used to she went out to see it and then followed the lead of others that took up towards the lights, what she found beneath the light was a letter written by her father. A handful of other letters too from the family, that was enough for her to rush back home and begin to go through the letters, the one from her father was how much he missed her. The one from Bruce was about the fact her father had been mopey and he needed her back before Jason lost his mind for good, the one that really touched her though was from her elder half brother Damian the father of Ras. The fact that Damian had written her at all was enough to bring tears to her eyes and normally she wasn't like that she was more of a tough kind of personality so when things made her soft it bothered her to a great degree and she wanted to do better than that now that she had someone there to take care of.
Challenge 11 - What kind of toys and other donatables does your character provide? Self-made items are permitted.
Nadira gathered up the crocheted scarves, dolls and other toys that she'd made over the last several days along with the small wooden carved toys Ras had made. The pair then took the made things to the box for it, there was a lot of things that were hand made and that actually made Nadira smile at the sight of something so easy to handle and she was glad that she was part of it. Though Ras was less so because that meant he'd get less this year right? Giving things to others means you lose out on things is what his grandfather R'as Al-Ghul had taught both him and Nadira. Nadira had her eyes opened by her father when she'd joined the Bat Family and become a member of the group she was doing her best to deal with her feelings and all the other things that came with this time of year.
"Don't worry we don't lose anything for giving to others in fact we may gain by it." She said to her nephew as they headed home after making their donation to the drive for gifts for the kids that needed it. That made her feel better but Ras was still worried even as they got back and began to get settled.
Challenge 12 - What holiday delights does your character find left behind by Aeon in their home?
The morning of the awaited holiday, she smiled as she got up before Ras did her usual work out and then sat by the fire drinking coffee as she waited for her nephew. The boy came down and smiled at the gifts but he too took a seat near her neither wanting to open gifts it didn't feel quite right yet but after a few hours of just quietly sitting there they went over and began to open the gifts. Nadira found ammo and other useful items and there was a costume with armor for Ras the spirit that left these gifts knew who they were going to and that had Nadira at least softly saying thank you. Even as she set to put things away and begin working on food for the day to come, she wanted to take care of him but this day was slightly melancholy for her and her one family member.