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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[top-teen-38.livejournal.com]

"Generally? I fight, frag, find, and fix." Slobo said, slightly beaming. "I'd like ta think I'm the best there is at all of 'em. Right now, and fer a bit, though, I've been playin' hero. It kinda... suits me in a weird way." He shrugged.

"Guess goody-goodies just rub off on ya if yer around 'em long enough."

[thekohakuriver.livejournal.com]

"You're right," He had to smile at that, thinking about how Chihiro's courage had inspired the same in him, "And now you're advertising yourself as an 'outsider'?"

Perhaps this Slobo was worth more time. Even the rough-voiced Lin had proven a good ally and friend in the end, despite her inconsistencies. This boy could prove the same.

"It's a name that has power."

[top-teen-38.livejournal.com]

"Well, I'm all fer savin' the multiverse, but I ain't ever been good at followin' orders, so I wanted ta stay seperate from the crew. On top o' that, if ya ain't seen it yet, the crew couldn't agree on the color o' water if ya plopped a glass in front of all of 'em." He laughed a little. "It seems ta me, the best way to help the crew is ta stay outside them and their arguments, and be ready ta lend a hand if they need it. I figure others might feel the same way. It's been workin' pretty good all day."

[thekohakuriver.livejournal.com]

Like a bunch of frogs, arguing over who got the choicest cut from a meal that had already fallen in the mud. Maybe it was something that was true, for all groups of people who must work together.

"The water within is poisoned," Haku decided, and gave Slobo a curt nod, "If it were not regularly purified, it could make you sick."

[top-teen-38.livejournal.com]

"Uh, then... Feel free ta do yer thing?" Slobo shrugged. "I ain't easy ta make sick, but others here may seriously appreciate that. The pool's inside... big room... Go fer it?" He had no idea if Haku was joining or not. But gods are always better on your side, in his experiences.

[thekohakuriver.livejournal.com]

"Hm," Hakur nodded solemnly, then offered Slobo a polite bow, "I'll be there, if you need me."