Second Hack (Backdated to not long after First Hack)

[gettraught]

Hey there, everyone. It's- hey, come on, this way.

[Seems that unattached Cambot has finally gotten attached, and its target was the boy currently adjusting it so it filmed his face and not off to the right like it was trying to. Said boy has shed his whelmingly distinctive costume and gotten into civvies, but he's still hiding his eyes - this time behind a pair of very dark sunglasses. And if he doesn't look remorseful or penitent, at least he looks more relaxed and friendly than he did when he first showed up.]

Sorry for being less than astrous earlier - it's been an overwhelmingly long couple of days, heavy on the "over," and showing up somewhere you can't identify with no idea how you've gotten there hasn't ever been my favorite thing in the world. I figured something else had gone wrong - and obviously it has, just not in the way I thought it did. So, sorry to anyone I scared, or attacked. If you ever want a spar in the future, all you've gotta do is ask.

Seems like you guys already know Wally and Kaldur, so that makes things easier. I'm a friend of theirs - call me Robin. And if someone could point me to some computers, that'd be amazing.

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[gettraught]

Uh-huh - we've known each other for two years, now. Or closer to three now, really. [They are his best buds and his bros now and forever.] And I can make it work - just gotta know where they are.

[optimistickey]

That's great! I'm sure they'll be glad to see you again!

[Of course, he doesn't know that either, considering his inability to use them.] There may be some on the media deck? Or maybe Gypsy or Mike know where more are.

[gettraught]

[He grins at that with a bit of a cocky smirk.] Of course they are - nothing's quite right without the team being complete. Of course it's still not complete by a long shot, but it's getting closer.

Media deck. Got it.

[optimistickey]

I know how that feels! [He does still miss Donald and Goofy.] At least you're closer now.

[gettraught]

Well, three out of eight. We've got a long way to go.

[...Yeah let's not get into the future just now. Or their mentors. Or friends or family or... yeah just stop there.]

[optimistickey]

Eight? Woah, you guys have a big group.

[gettraught]

And that's just our group, there's other groups out there too.

[optimistickey]

Other groups of superheroes? Wow, I didn't know a world would have more than one.

[gettraught]

There's a lot of villains out there, a lot more than we want. But we pretty much all know each other and help each other out when asked.

[optimistickey]

That sounds like a good way to handle villains!

[gettraught]

It's the best way we've got, aside from tech that suppresses what they can do that makes them villains in the first place. We haven't gotten far enough to stop them before they start destroying cities, though.

[optimistickey]

What kind of tech do you mean? Destroying cities is pretty dangerous business and should be stopped at all if you can...

[gettraught]

They're called inhibitor collars. They're electronic collars that get snapped around a meta-human's neck to repress whatever ability they have so they can't use it to escape law enforcement and the prisons they get tossed into. They're pretty expensive to produce, though.

[optimistickey]

Oh, I get it. Guess that would be useful for those kinda bad guys.

[gettraught]

Yeah, but they're not infallible. We can put them away, but they seem to keep getting out. Doesn't help that a lot of them are just as brilliant as our best minds.

[It's a never-ending battle.]

[optimistickey]

I kinda know how that goes, too. Even if a prison deal would never work with the Heartless.