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Young Justice

TALON

“For the record, telling jokes is not a waste of time. It takes enemies off guard. I’m a magician, catching people off guard is my gimmick. Granted, she’s used to his shenanigans by now. Ugh, I’m a sorcerer, not a brawler. Is there a point to this?”

@Crimson Flame

Talon looked over at his more flamboyant teammate. The boy was energetic, loud, and chaotic. A stage performer through and through. His showmanship came out even in his more simple statements. It was his question that Talon considered. He thought to himself that it would be a good point to learn these sorts of basic self defense so in the very likely odds someone took a swing at them, they had more options than a witticism. He was about to make this surly point of his when another of his teammate - this one the Atlantean - spoke up. She spoke with some uncertainty, but her words were true. The nervous energy she gave off for speaking in front of everyone gave Talon some hope. He too often struggled with speaking to crowds, or speaking in general. He had more in common with his new team than he thought, things beyond being trained by members of The League together.

When the cybernetic girl spoke up as well, Talon glanced over to her. She was dressed comfortably, and Talon found himself gazing at the bevels on her arms. They weren't as noticeable without a second look. He scanned them quickly before he saw what looked like a psuedo-exhaust port on her back. Talon admired it. He hadn't much experience in dealing with sentient artificial intelligence - and he wasn't entirely sure that that's what he was looking at. Would that be offensive to say and think? Talon was still trying to work that out in his head when she looked over at the rest of the team in turn, him included. He felt his face grow hot - wondered if he looked stupid, caught staring at her mechanized parts with stupid wonder. Luckily, he didn't need to stay embarrassed for long as suddenly the training exercise was interrupted by the arrival of a young flying girl. The day kept getting curiouser and curiouser.

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Hello to our newest member, thanks for joining us.

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Thanks - it's no worries, I know things get busy for people, it's all part of the process. Just happy to be here.

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TALON

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“Mhoro noobs! My name is Ja and this is Daffy-Knee—Welcome to the team.”

@DClassified

Talon turned at the sound of two new pairs of feet approaching. Two of the team members he had only gotten a mere glimpse of earlier. The boy with the headphones, and the brown haired girl. This was it, introductions to the others. Talon felt his nerves grow jittery as scenarios began to play in his head, but he quickly shook them away. He wanted to give a good first impression. Still, his eyebrows furrowed at being called noobs. He wondered if members of the Justice League would call each other by silly names like that. This was merely another reminder that he was a child, on a team of other children.

But he never was one.

That familiar wave of frustration moved through him. He could feel his face growing hotter. Talon knew that the reason h was being set up to join the team was to make friends, but is that what he really wanted? Or did he want to get out there and become a hero? There was so much he had to still work through, still discover about himself. He nodded to the boy named Jaro.

"You can call me Talon. Is everyone on this team so cavalier about their secret identity? I was under the impression that it would be best to keep our real names to ourselves until we grew to trust each other."

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Later that night
Location: Dormitory

That night, after being shown to his room. Talon stayed up, unable to adjust to his new environment right away. So many changes had happened in his life, and so rapidly at that. He had met each of the members on the team, each reacting in their own way to his refusal to give out his real name. Real name. What a joke. Even in this life, Jack didn't have a real name. He wasn't anybody. He was never anybody. The others - what kind of lives did they live before coming here? They were all well adjusted, even the ghost boy was friendly enough. The atlantean girl...she was someone who stood out to Talon. And the Cyborg. These were people who came from such radically different worlds. Do they stay up, like he stays up? He looked towards the door to the rest of the hall. He wondered if he were to go and walk the halls, would he run into any other night owls? Would he make his first real friend? Would he love these people? Could he love?

He rolled over in his bunk and faced the wall, staring at a familiar emptiness until sleep finally caught him. He did not dream.

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S E C R E T S A N C T U A R Y

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^{May 4rd, 2021 | 8:00a.m. | Happy Harbour, Rhode Island}

"Did anyone see what he did wrong?"

@dreamingflowers

Talon looked around at the other members of his team. They seemed excited to be getting a live demonstration from Black Canary and Green Arrow - two heroes who's time with The League stretched back nearly to the beginning of it's inception. It was not lost on Talon that this lesson was of particular import to him, as they were both heroes who did not have metahuman capabilities - just like himself. When Black Canary asked her question, Talon spoke up.

"You said it was important to act over reaction. His attempt to draw his bow at such close range hindered his movements. He should have anticipated that you would quickly close the distance on him. His draw-speed may not have been an issue if he hadn't wasted time telling jokes."

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Our first team member hologram in the grotto

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Felix,

When you do get to post, don't hesitate in bringing Talon with you to the others. I'm sure you'd like to interact with the other cast members as well. I'd move us but don't want to preemptively stop Felix from reacting to Talon's introductions.

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Thought it would be funny to be a real curmudgeon solo prick with no friendship abilities who just coincidentally is a Gold Rush & Booster Gold fanboy.

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TALON

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Gold Rush

“Oh, so you can talk. Good to know.” He shrugged his shoulders. “I don’t know when the next mission will be. I’m sure Red will give us something when it’s time. In the meantime, chill. Relax a little. You just got here. Don’t worry about missions and stuff until the time comes. K?”

@Crimson Flame

Talon was about to respond to the formally dressed boy before suddenly he was up in smoke. Theatricality and deception. Gone. Talon looked over towards the elevator, watched the illuminated numbers blink as it moved to the next floor.

Chill. Relax.

Talon sighed. Already he felt he was doing the wrong things. At first, Talon was embarrassed at this, wondered if he would be alienated right from the jump. Othered. Coming from a group of people including actual ghosts and androids, you'd think it would be easier for someone like himself to relax. But he was burdened with his true self. He wasn't sure how to relax. He knew how to fight, he knew how to compete, to train. But those hobbies were all he'd ever known in the past. His life was nothing but trials up until a few months ago. Dick and Barbara had promised him he'd be able to become his own person. They pitched to him that joining a team like this would push Talon into growing. But was that really what it was? Or was he just being shirked aside, tossed over to the kids table to make nice? Talon didn't notice that he had balled his hands into fists. He could feel himself beginning to seethe, a familiar desire to lash out started to pulse its way through him.

And then Felix introduced himself.

The boy reached out to Talon with his hand extended. He flashed a smile at Talon that he couldn't help but return. Talon hadn't had much interaction with someone so immediately charismatic. Jack didn't even realize he was shaking the boys hand until Felix let go. His hero name was Gold Rush. Talon had seen him on TV before. Barbara encouraged Talon to watch TV and try and keep up with Social Media in order to live a more normal childhood. Although he couldn't get a grasp on Social Media, he had taken to TV and Movies quite fast. It was the magnetism of Booster Gold and his sidekick Gold Rush that particularly stood out to him. Talon had come from a pretty bleak world view, fought alongside and against heroes who otherwise would have been considered dark and violent.

But Booster Gold and his partner made it all seem...fun.

"Talon." Was all the poor kid could get out at first.

"This is my first day here. It's a little overwhelming. I've never been on a team before. I'm not sure I know how to do it." Talon looked past Felix and to his mentor Nightwing, who was too busy conversing on his League Communicator to notice his protege was interacting with the others. Or at least one of the others. Talon looked back to Felix and felt himself speaking more now than he had in some time. He was also unconsciously signing every other word or so, out of habit.

"I don't see Red Tornado. Should I wait for him here or?" Talon gestured to the elevator that lead further into the base. He had lost sight of the others who had appeared - the boy in the headphones, the young girl on the phone. Should he follow them and try to find them? There was so much he already wanted to see at the base, but knew that Dick would prefer he meet the others first.

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I can see things have moved along quite quickly. I'm reading through each individual post to make sure I don't miss anything, and I'll have a post responding to my interactions this afternoon.

also, Casual Talon

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We updated the first OOC post with a map, so we all know where we are at any given time. Because I get confused easily lol >.<

@dreamingflowers

Thank you for doing that.