initiates: (BRETTE)
exsilium MODS ([personal profile] initiates) wrote in [community profile] exsiliumlogs2012-09-22 08:46 pm

transport log » ❝ welcome to Exsilium ❞

Date & Time: Sept 23rd, 2012.
Location: The Initiative Hold & Courtyard.
Characters: Everyone.
Summary: New Transports have all arrived and have been shuffled into the Courtyard after their initial briefings.
Warnings: None.

You've just been hustled and bustled through mazes of information and literal, wide corridors of the Initiative Hold and you've been equipped with your weapon—be it a gun, a sword, or even your existing powers. They've handed you this light netbook and a small pouch of coins (or a debit card, if you're more inclined), and there are several Transports before and after you going through the very same motions. You can hear the Greeter's voice as she walks alongside large groups, telling them all about the history of this place and sharing with you your purpose here in a hurried and urgent tone. "This isn't standard," she's saying, walking perhaps faster than most of the people she's dragging around. "We don't normally have so many Transports at once. Please, let me show you into the courtyard."

You pass what looks like huge gymnasiums, all with dummies and targets strewn and splayed around the room. Training areas. There are even classrooms, and a few small offices. You're rushed past a large library while the Greeter informs you that you can find almost all your information there, if you've got the time to look—and trust her, you'll have time. You don't spend a lot of time in the bank, and it's a bit of a blur of exchanges with more and more of these strangely-accented and oddly polite-seeming members of the Initiative.

Soon enough, you're in a massive courtyard bustling with all the other Transports. It's not exactly what you'd expect, and it looks more like barracks than anything—huge walls of concrete and stone, separating you from all of the hallways you'd just passed through. It's raining heavily, and dark clouds loom in the air. It's a chill cold, and there are shelters—long cloth hangings that extend from the walls of concrete to house you from the rain, but not enough. Most notably, the courtyard is filled with a marketplace. Even in the cold and the rain, there are several citizens seated at their covered booths and tables. They're selling all manner of their own handmade goods and foods, and citizens and Transports alike are traveling from one small covered shop to another in search of all manner of necessities.

The Greeter's voice has become so faint now, but you swear you can make it out in the back of the crowds as she tells you, "Good luck. Be safe!"

Her voice is drowned out by the busy marketplace, though even the transactions taking place are somewhat subdued. Nobody is overly happy, really, though most citizens can be found with smiles on their faces. It doesn't seem like they're that shocked to see you, either; even if you're not bound in tattered rags and wrapped in heavy shawls as they are. You're welcome to walk up to a shop, and find yourself something to eat—hey, maybe you'll even find something akin to a raincoat. Or, you can join the others under the coverings against the walls. Where am I? What war? She was talking so fast, and it didn't all make very much sense… did anyone else catch it all?

Welcome to the courtyard. Welcome to the Initiative Hold—and most importantly, welcome to Exsilium.
livinuptothename: (Dick and Kory are visiting.....)

[personal profile] livinuptothename 2012-09-25 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, uh..

[ He frowns a little at the signing. Yeah, okay that definitely rings a bell... He didn't get to hang out with the Titans much, but some guys just leave an impression. But this kid is way too young to be Jericho, right? His signing is pretty limited, so he's clumsy and slow when he signs back: sorry. go slow? ]
eyecontact: (wait)

[personal profile] eyecontact 2012-09-25 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
[after a quick, shaky I'm sorry!, Jericho hesitates, his face scrunches up in confusion. Robin...wasn't really acting alright. he'd been quick on the uptake the first time, but...was something wrong? there had been so much screwy with time when the other Titans were around, that's for sure...and even Raven didn't remember fighting with him in the big throwdown in Paris! maybe this is another one of those?

he licks his lips anxiously before moving his hands again.

do you remember me?]
livinuptothename: (conveniently placed brooding shade)

[personal profile] livinuptothename 2012-09-25 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh man... He really doesn't want to be responsible for depressing this poor kid, so he spends a few minutes wracking his brain. Blonde dude with a stupid purple vest who uses sign language? Yeah, that... kind of narrowed it down, but he didn't know this kid.. Shit.

He shakes his head and then adds as a guilty after thought: sorry
eyecontact: (pending)

[personal profile] eyecontact 2012-09-25 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
[it is disappointing, but Jericho doesn't look crushed. really – they never were all that acquainted outside of some emergency broadcasts! so knowing him isn't the real test. rather...

he spells it out, letter by letter: T E E N T I T A N S

his eyebrows lift, accenting the inquiry.]
livinuptothename: (That is multiple levels of wrong.)

[personal profile] livinuptothename 2012-09-25 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ His eyes widen behind the mask. You gotta be kidding. ]

Jericho?
eyecontact: (Default)

[personal profile] eyecontact 2012-09-25 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
[and Jericho smiles wide. hooray!

he nods quickly to confirm, giving him a much more genuinely cordial wave. hello!]
livinuptothename: (da fuq was that)

[personal profile] livinuptothename 2012-09-25 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
Dude, you're pocket-sized, what the heck!

[ He could probably handle this better. ]
eyecontact: (didn't expect that)

[personal profile] eyecontact 2012-09-25 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
[aaaaand back to blatant confusion. Jericho's head tilts, blinking. pocket-sized??]
livinuptothename: (exclamation noun batman)

[personal profile] livinuptothename 2012-09-25 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah! You're freaking tiny!

[ He holds up his hands. He needs a minute. ]

Okay, wait hang on. You know who I am right?
eyecontact: (erm well)

[personal profile] eyecontact 2012-09-25 11:15 am (UTC)(link)
[pocket-sized...well, alright, he's not the tallest, but he's not much shorter! and, if that time-altered nonsense was anything to go by...he'd be pretty darn tall in a couple years! and...

well, that's not relevant. Jericho, still squinting, confused, nods slowly. of course he knows. the r's kind of a giveaway. he signs it.

you're Robin.]
livinuptothename: (pic#)

[personal profile] livinuptothename 2012-09-25 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Well. Yeah, okay, he probably should have expected this, but. ]

No, I mean- [ He stops and looks around, cautious of the people around them and signs instead: what's my name? ]
eyecontact: (shaky ground)

[personal profile] eyecontact 2012-09-26 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
[his eyes raise. saying something like that...why on Earth would he know his name-name?! that's not the superhero way.

er.

well, not for superheroes who barely know each other, anyhow...

in any case, a baffled Jericho slowly shakes his head no, frowning.]
livinuptothename: (I can be serious)

[personal profile] livinuptothename 2012-09-26 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ Well, that probably makes sense. Joey only knew him just recently and who knew how long he knew Dick. ]

Look, I think this is a weird time thing... I'm not the first Robin.
eyecontact: (didn't expect that)

[personal profile] eyecontact 2012-09-27 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
[he gets another blink for his trouble.

...huh?]
livinuptothename: (I can be serious)

[personal profile] livinuptothename 2012-09-27 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
Uh... shit okay, I can't have this conversation here.

[ He beckons Joey to follow him, heading off for a more private and shadowy (natch) spot. ]
eyecontact: (pending)

[personal profile] eyecontact 2012-09-29 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
[weird...

but he follows, a little unnerved, but not enough to mistrust the costume, at least. nobody going by Robin can be bad, right?]
livinuptothename: (conveniently placed brooding shade)

[personal profile] livinuptothename 2012-09-29 08:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ That's probably up for debate. When they're far enough away from possible eavesdropping, Jason sighs and runs a hand over his face. ]

Sorry, this probably seems really freaking weird, but I swear it's important. I can't mess around with somebody else's id, ya know?

[ He looks back over at Joey. ]

But I still gotta ask... Do you know the first Robins name? His real one.
eyecontact: (erm well)

[personal profile] eyecontact 2012-09-30 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Jericho shakes his head again, still concerned. other Robins, huh...weird! next thing you know, there'll be a ton of Kid Flashes or Aqualads or something crazy!]