Building a family [hella open]

[top-teen-38.livejournal.com]

 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.
 

 

 

Comments

[actuallyahero.livejournal.com]

"That's a general way to define heroes," Shadow Link commented. "Odd to have something that took a lot of thought to be optimistic."

[static-shock68.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, well, if I let myself get too depressed, bad things start to happen. Controlling ambient energy around you can have some nasty side effects if you arn't paying attention."

[actuallyahero.livejournal.com]

"Ambient energy? I thought you just controlled lightning," Shadow Link said. "With a name like Shocky and Static, anyway."

[static-shock68.livejournal.com]

"I absord and control ambient electromagnetic energy." He smiled. "The electricity in the air. Like Static electricity."

[actuallyahero.livejournal.com]

He just gave a blank look at ambient electromagnetic energy. "...I'll take your word for it."

[static-shock68.livejournal.com]

"The lightning comes from the air, basically. If it's not controlled properly, things tend to become airborne or stick to me."

[actuallyahero.livejournal.com]

"Why would lightning make thin-no, no, not going to ask. This is going to be a science answer, I bet, and I'm still reading up on that stuff," Shadow Link said, waving a hand in the air. "Most of the people's worlds are centuries beyond what technology there is in Hyrule."

[static-shock68.livejournal.com]

"...yeah, the answer really gets down to the nitty gritty 'make of the universe' stuff. Electricity is actually smaller than the eye can see, and is all around us. We only see it strike as lightning when you get a whole bunch of it together." Well, it was quasi-truth, at least. "We really do have a lot of different techs and cultures jammed together here; I mean, this ship is centuries ahead of us, too. But, if there's any sciencey stuff you want to know about, I'll see what I can do. I gotta get back to work, anyway." He turned around and started back for the office. "Seeya later, Shad!"

That's right, you've already got a nickname.

[actuallyahero.livejournal.com]

"I learn better on my own. The media library has files on it," Shadow Link said, still looking confused at the explanation. Lightning was everywhere? That made him nervous, with how bright it was.

"Bye," he said before he processed the name, looking more confused. "...Shad?"

...now he's wondering if this whole 'trial period' is just gonna confuse him like this had. He supposed he'd have to wait and see.