Katara was happy to have Zhin accompany her as she went about her busy work: she'd had an idea that this would take a long time to complete, so she'd spent the last few days she would normally set aside for training or meditation to bustling around the Marriot hotel, getting things to be as they'd been when she first approached the original leaders of the Outsiders. She'd gone to Weapons and Possessions locker and had actually found the spray paint she needed to put up the big banner in front of the hotel:

OUTSIDERS
COMMUNITY SERVICE
FIELD TRAINING
PEER COUNSELING

FOR OUR OLD MEMBERS: WELCOME BACK! FOR OUR NEWS ONES, GOOD TO MEET YOU!

For her part. she'd tried to keep things as well as they'd been, although she took the presidential suite now since there wasn't any leader at the moment. The monitors inside needed to be reconfigured again, but she was sure Billy could help with that if she asked, or maybe even Matt. There was still a sign on the big couch inside that said "RESERVED FOR FORMER YJERS/TITANS WHO WERE DECLARED DEAD IN THE LINE OF DUTY," although she'd forgotten why it had said that in the first place. The part that had needed her attention most was the pool though: with all of the things that had happened in the City, it had gotten pretty filthy, and Katara had to work on it for several hours before it was back to its regular clean self again.

The outside had required little work, save for polishing that statue of B5 and assembling a table out front where she'd arranged several sandwiches and desserts for people curious. She'd gotten out her writing pad while Zhin was lying on her front paws, staring out and looking imposing.

List of The Outsiders
Advisor: Nightwing

Katara
Haku
Mai(?)
Sokka(?)
Ben Tennyson
Toph
Starfire
Suki
Alex
Beastboy
The cooking boy(?)
Shadow the hedgehog
Maydril Van Mandrian
Laurie
Luna Lovegood
Kate Bishop
If one of the members were not on the list, Katara hoped they would swing by so she could put them in.

"This is way harder than I thought," Katara said to herself, and Zhin vocalized a low "Rrrf" in agreement. "Whoever becomes the leaders are going to have a lot to keep on record."

She'd been meaning to do this for weeks, but things kept getting in the way. Luckily, those things gave her plenty of time to polish her architectural plans. (She'd known that studying architecture all those years ago would pay off someday.) They were fairly simple, though she'd have to do some work on the smaller facts later, and she'd have to study a bit more on wiring and plumbing if she actually intended to live there... But it would lend itself well to extensions.

All of that would be later, though. For now, all she really needed was a place to work, a spot to keep her data, a place to summon her spirits. Make spells. Perform rituals. Enchant objects. Someplace that was hers and didn't belong to the others.

Normally, she'd ask for help. Hell, she had asked for help and had been mostly ignored except for some sticklers jumping down her throat over a misunderstanding. And that dragon. She shudders. "Nevermind that, Mei-Xing. You don't need them. You've got your own help." She turns, then claps her hands twice. "You two. Manifest."

At her command, a pair of hulking, humanoid creatures rumble, forming from the earth. Earth elementals, each one a foot or two taller than she was. "You know what I want. There's still huge piles of rubble in the city. Take the materials from there and try not to damage the surrounding areas. Where are the air elementals?" A rush of air answers her and she nods. "Assist those two. I want the floors and supports done first, wood paneling. Then start on the walls, just as I instructed you before. I'll leave further instructions later. Get started." She turns and snaps her fingers. "Fire." A twisting, flaming serpent coils around her arm, the last of the spirits she had summoned that day. "Watch over them. Make sure they don't screw it up. Make sure all the rough spots are burnt or rubbed off, I want everything smooth in my materials. And you're going to be in charge of making sure none of them comes within twenty yards of that river. The last thing I need is a pissed off water elemental raining on my parade." She jerks her arm, flinging it into the air, and it slithers off, leaving a trail of dripping fire in the sky behind it.

Rubbing her eyes, she gestures, and a large rock rolls under her so she can sit on it. That much magic so soon in the day gave her a massive headache. It would be simpler to make her own spirits rather than just summoning them at this point, but she didn't want to try that without a properly empowered lodge beneath her. "Just a few days of pain, then it's nothing but smooth sailing. Yeah. Hell, I need some aspirin or something."

Seven months. Had it really been that long since she last saw Einhart? Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't. All Vivio knew now was that her friend was here and she was thankful for it. However, there were many unanswered questions in Vivio's mind - was she stronger than Einhart thanks to her encounters with the Nightmare King and the Ohm? Was Einhart from further along, and thus stronger than her?

All Vivio knew was that this was where they both found out. Thankfully, she was more recovered from her injuries than she was before the latest podpop. And so, she waited in one of the sensoriums, transformed and stretching.

(OoC: A small note: yes, it's open, but only as spectators if they want to watch the fight. Please don't interrupt the fight unless we give you the go-ahead, plz?)