Building a family [hella open]

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 Slobo had been puttering around the ship for an hour, thinking and looking. He quickly found that if you looked hard enough, between W&P and the City itself, you could find anything. In the end, he was standing outside a Courtyard by Marriott hotel about a click outside of "Escherville" with spraypaint and a very large block of stone. At first he had thought about the Vatican, but it was too wrecked from the zombie fight. Plus, this place had an indoor pool. He spraypainted a large message on the wall next to the door, red with black outline.

"OUTSIDERS
COMMUNITY SERVICE
FIELD TRAINING

PEER COUNSELING" 

 

On the sandwich board tucked near the door, he wrote "12-21? Info and Tryouts inside" and left it out in front. Now, he took his large rock into the lobby and began carving. And waited.
 

 

 

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Outsiders, that about summed her up these days. Actually that summed her up way before these days.. Yeah and dwelling on the craptastic hand life had dealt her in the past was really going to do her so much good. Whatever, looks like round two on the freak ship was underway, only Rose felt a little bit darker, little less the social creature she had been last time around. Not that there could be all that much said for her last time she walked the meat ship.

Still she dropped her bags with a heavy thud and metallic clanging in the lobby of the hotel. "Nice digs, wonder if they still have room service." A single sapphire eye wandered around the confines of the place and a smile bloomed slowly across her lips.

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"Not yet..." Slobo said without looking away from his work-in-progress statue. "Not sure how ta hire a waitstaff without cash." He looked over and saw Rose, then proceeded to get up quickly.

"What I meanta say was, hi there. Welcome ta the Outsiders."

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Rose brought her single gaze down to the chalky skinned guy, distinctive dark markings around his eyes, solid yellow eyes.. She knew this guy. Well knew of him anyway. Titans had files on all past and present team mates and allies, she had looked through them in the early days, looking for people like herself. Searching for other people that didn't fit the Amazon Barbie and Kryptonian Ken image.

"Thanks. No big, I can cook anything that heats up in a microwave or has a screw top." Rose folded her arms over her chest and smiled. "Hey, in an effort of being upfront... I'm loud, I have issues with authority, I drink, I smoke and I use gratuitous foul language."

To her of course these were good qualities.

"Oh yeah, and my father was a cold blooded psychopath."

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"I'm Slobo. I drink, use fake foul language to keep with the comics code, enjoy killin' things, and the closest thing I get to havin' a father was Lobo." Slobo said without missing a beat.

"Now, if ya got a name, ya want in or out? We take anyone who can fight and wants ta avoid the rest o' the crews stupid arguments. Or just wants ta hang."

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"I'm Rose Wilson, they call me Ravager..or hostile bitch if you ask Wonder Blond." Rose shrugged with a grin at the last, her hand extended out to him.

"Yeah, Wilson, like Slade." She was honest, gotta give her credit for that.

"I'm in, just please tell me there is no touchy feel trust exercises involved."

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"There's combat trainin'? And pool-time. And video games." He said, taking the hand. "Wait, Slade like Deathstroke? Wow. That's pretty badass, Wilson. Ya can join me in the 'better pedigree than everyone else' club." He smiled again.

"Yeah, I think the closest thing we got ta trust exercises is offerin' ta train the younger kids so they can survive alone if they need ta. Other than that, mostly just combat trainin' and hangin' out."

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"Ok, I'm very cool with the gaming, hopefully some poker strip or other varieties." She shook his hand and nodded, eye for the first time sliding down and away at mention of her father. "Yeah, I got some daddy issues..and by issues I mean I want to kill the son of a bitch."


But, much to his credit Slobo moved on. "Bustin' heads and setting a bad example for the youth? Sounds like my kinda job. Rose Wilson at your service."

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"Cool." He turned and yelled at the office. "Shocky! New Recruit!"

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"...hang on..did you say pool?"

Rose looked over his shoulder. "I could go for a dip after he big Zombies night out."

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Slobo looked back at her and grinned.

"Yep, pool. Door's locked right now, but feel free ta break it. Looks like no one ever turned off the heat or filter. Hell, all the lights were on when I got here. I'm hopin' Stacy doesn't charge fer electric."

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"Great. I'm gonna go take a look at the pool, I'll grab a room later if that's cool. Maybe we can swipe some steaks and brews and do a Welcome Misfits barbecue."

Yeah she was completely serious about that too, the white haired girl shouldered her bag again and headed off toward the sign that read 'Indoor Pool, guest use only' Yeah, this had the potential to be pretty sweet. She was smiling when she turned and called back to the Czarnian. "Hey, stop by if you get bored with your overgrown pet rock. Clothing optional."

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In the moment after that sentence, Slobo made a quick decision. Starting a superteam was the greatest thing he had ever done in his life, and he was SO not giving this up.

"Uh... Yeah, once I bring Shocky up ta speed..." He said.

Seriously. Batman himself would have to pry this team from his cold, dead hands.