11168/Informal Team Meeting

Informal Team Meeting
Date of Scene:	15 May 2022
Location:	Roof - Renovated Theatre - The Roost
Synopsis:	Several of the Outsiders meet by accident.
Cast of Characters:	Rose Wilson, Conner Kent, Helena Wayne, Gabby Kinney

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Rose Wilson has posed:
It's a sunny day, in Gotham. While most people are out trying to figure what that mysterious warm orb is in the sky, Rose is enjoying the rare not gloomy day by laying out on the roof of the Roost, wearing a bikini. Just soaking up the sun. Her eye is closed, she is breathing deeply. She's probably asleep. FORTUNATELY most of the buildings nearby are tall enough so that there aren't too many people creeping on a girl in a swimsuit, but...the Joker or someone probably is because Gotham is the worst.

Conner Kent has posed:
Contrarily to popular belief some days are sunny in Gotham. Meaning, it is not raining, and there is not too much smog. True, it is rare, but it happens a few times, some years. Like today.

Conner usually doesn't bother. He gets his sunlight in New York and comes to Gotham at dusk. You can't find the real Gothamites awake before dusk, anyway. But yesterday he stayed at the Roost all night, and then was surprised by a sunny morning. Quite surprised.

"And it is not even raining," he comments to Huntress. "Well, this is the rooftop, where people comes to brood and angst and... sunbathe?" He blinks at spotting Rose. "I heard you were back to the area, Rosie. But damnit, you could send an email once a year too."

Helena Wayne has posed:
Helena Wayne is dressed in civvies today, which for her includes jeans tucked into biker boots, a purple top and a leather jacket. Yeah, she rode a bike over here. She's getting the tour, mostly keeping hands in her pockets.

"Hey, I happen to LIKE Gotham when it's raining. All the crazies stay inside; at least most of them."

Rosie? Okay, Helena commits yet another name to memory. "Hi there. I'm Helena; Huntress when I'm in costume. But she comes out only after dark, for the most part."

Gabby Kinney has posed:
Sun? Did someone say SUN? Hells yeah. Gabby has had a very interesting week and it was packed with a lot of things that left her almost giddy at the sight of SUN in Gotham. Sure, she could just visit upstate New York at the school, but lately that meant a lot of 'Gabby, where have you been?' and 'Gabby, what are your plans for after graduation?' and other 'being treated like a kid' moments she was just kind of... Over.

Humming happily to herself she comes uptop with a bag of STUFF tucked under her arm in one of those striped Summer totes that usually had beach gear inside. Her own attire? Well she already saw someone uptop on the cameras wearing a bathingsuit. So she was in her own as well.

And not the one-peice.

Bikini clad, with chunky sunglasses on, and flipflops that smack-clap as she walks, she strides up the stairs out into the sun throwing the door wide with a flourish and friendly cry of, "I brought snacks! And a wading pool! It needs blown up though, but I know there's a hose connection up here to fill it--Had to clean off plenty of times before going inside," she explains with a shrug.

Rose Wilson has posed:
"Email is gross and stupid. I would send them if Mitski was reading them. But instead its gross nerds in San Francisco or wherever creeping on me." Rose replies, without opening her eyes. She stretches for a very long moment, hands reaching up to the sky like she wants to hug the sun and wrap all six thousand degrees of the chromosphere against her. She sighs quietly as that fails, and then very slowly rolls over onto her front. No peeksies for Connor.

"Neat, nice to meet you Hella," Rose says, sleepily. She seems about to fade back into nap time when suddenly she hears smack clapping on the cement of the rooftop, and opens her eye to look Gabby over as she walks in. She spends a long time looking. Too long? No. Never. And she's carrying a pool so whatever you avoid looking at that.

"Why....what? A pool? But...wh...quiet lay on roof and enjoy sun kissing parts it usually doesn't get to kiss around here," Rose says with a whiney frown. Not like it's going to stop Gabby being Gabby. And she's not REALLY complaining about another swimsuit clad person joining her. Just, complaining a little bit like you do.

Conner Kent has posed:
Conner could ask why two girls that probably can't get a tan because healing factors are sunbathing. But the real question is, "you know, there are beaches an hour from here. This is Gotham, the sun is probably psychotic, or poisonous," he stops to glance at Helena. Talking about how terrible is everything in Gotham is a running gag for him, but he will bite his tongue in consideration of the new Gothamite team mate. A little.

"This is not normal, really," he comments to the tall brunette with a smirk. "Not just the sun, but this pair coming up here during daylight." It is... ungotham-ly.

Helena Wayne has posed:
Helena Wayne isn't aware of any healing factors or the like, but she offers a wry smile as Gabby saunters in with the blow-up pool. "You to ever heard of sunscreen? Because... cancer." she asks. Con gets a nod, then, and she folds her arms over her chest.

"I'm Helena, or Huntress when in costume." she offers to Gabby. "Do I need to keep a bikini in a locker here or something? Or did I miss this part of the Team introduction?" The latter question is more for Conner. "I'm cool with it, of course. Just curious."

Gabby Kinney has posed:
"Oh relax, it's a wading pool. It's just deep enough for soaking your footsies." Okay that was cutesey even for Gabby, but she was going full bore here with the 'gonna relax' mindset she'd opted for. Already she's digging in the bag to pull out the crumpled up lump of plastic which was a colorful watermelon striped pattern that she thrusts towards Conner of all people. With a bright, cheery grin she requests, "Huff and puff, please?"

Helena's question just gets a small shrug in response from her. "I heal and I can't feel pain. I'd show you but apparently that freaks people out and I've already had a rough week. I'm Gabby, aka Honey Badger. Nice to meet you, Helena!"

Again she digs around in her bag to pull out a package of Doritos, which she tosses down on the rooftop midway between her and Rose. Just in case. The next item withdrawn is a big fluffy towel. "I just got dumped by someone I hadn't even gotten to going out with officially so if 'soaking up UV rays' is the worst self-destructive thing I'm doing, I think I'll survive."

Rose Wilson has posed:
The eye opens again as she evaluates Helena at her question, and hmms, "You'd look better in a one piece. Something high cut. Classic. But, you do you." She can get a killer tan. And it's real. But it lives in Canada. Like your girlfriend. She reaches around and unties her top, before she pushes the strings of it out of the way. No sense in getting tan lines for when she wears something backless.

Gabby's words get a little 'aw' from Rose and she adds, "He's an idiot. Or her. Whoever. You're great. Go find something fun to play with til you feel better." Her tone of voice might not be the most convincing, but she's at least expressing some sort of support so...baby steps here.

Conner Kent has posed:
"I don't think they can get cancer," notes Conner. Not volunteering who is Rose, because she didn't say it herself, but if Helena knows who used to hang out with Robin (when he was just Robin) Superboy, Impulse and Wonder Girl a few years ago, she will probably identify Rose as Ravager. Stark white hair is pretty unique.

"I told you I don't have super-breath," he protests to Gabby, when he assigns him the task of inflating the wading pool. Seriously? The things he has to do for the team! "If you need a stupid boy beaten up, Gabby... well," she probably has plenty of volunteers already, but contrarily to Laura, Conner will not maim. Probably.

Helena Wayne has posed:
Helena Wayne knows absolutely nothing about the group of superheroes (or villains) in this version of Earth, truth be told. Nothing beyond those she's met or been told of, at least. Lifting a dark brow, she watches as Con starts blowing up the pool with his non-super breath. Without looking away, she muses. "A one-piece, then. Cut high, with no back. In purple, of course." Considering for a moment, she asks. "Do I get a locker here, by the way, or should I just start carrying a backpack with a change of clothes?"

Unfolding her arms, she steps over to where the Doritos were dropped, bending to open the bag and pull out a couple. "So you got dumped?" she asks Gabby. "I'm just glad someone has the time for a relationship around here."

Gabby Kinney has posed:
Gabby Kinney grins over at Conner with amusement as she's corrected to his super breath. "I know, but your lungs are still bigger than mine based on body mass," she points out with a laugh as she throws out her towel to lay ontop of the roof working to get settled in. "Thanks, person I don't yet know," she responds to Rose. She never HAD met her directly after all but she was quick to assume if she was here on this rooftop with teammates nearby and not getting kicked off? She was probably OK. "Rose was it?"

Glancing back up toward Conner at the suggestion she can only give a quick shake of her head. "I don't recommend beating up Robin. Besides it was more like he... talked himself out of the possibility of dating? I... I'm still a bit confused over it." Really, she was, though she'd had time and talked it out with someone the other night.

To Helena she can only nod a little. "Technically it was our second date. Then out of the blue he said he'd screwed things up, said we should think about spending time together anymore, then ran off." Her hands spread in a helpless shrug. "I haven't really had luck in the dating department. Guy I had a crush on before him ended up with my older sister. And the guy I liked before him thought of me as a little sister, but at least I dodged the embarassment of admitting that one."

Rose Wilson has posed:
"Relationships are lame, just hook up. Easier. More fun. Can do some weird stuff and ghost them after if it's too weird." Rose opines from where she lies. She shakes her head at Helena's question, "No, you have to room with someone, you're stuck with me I think. I'll pick out your clothes." A joke? Serious? Impossible to tell with the woman sometimes.

Gabby's story makes her nod, "See? Don't date, just pin to a wall after chasing them for a week or two and let the stress play out. A lot more fun. Dating..boring. People talking about feelings and thinking. What's the point? Go grow old and die about it."

Conner Kent has posed:
Conner pauses a moment, "pretty sure you can have a room here if you want, Helena, I think we still have about six empty 'guest rooms'." No comments about relationships from him. He has been trying, but maybe it is too complicated. Of all the Outsiders only Bart seems to have anything good going. Of course Bart does have time, being superfast.

Not that he is jealous or anything. It was about time Bart found a girl.

"Wait, you were dating Tim's replacement, the... growly short guy?" Tim has NOT been telling good things about Damien. There was some stabbing involved early on, or something.

Helena Wayne has posed:
Helena Wayne looks Rose over more closely, then, noting the slender figure that's mostly exposed. "Just so long as you don't expect to swap clothes, Rose. I might get one leg into your jeans..." Apparently she wouldn't be adverse to the idea.

Then the conversation shifts back to Robin... Tim... whoever.

"Okay, for the record, which Robin are we talking about here? Red Robin, or some other color? I'm only asking because it was Red Robin who recruited me. And after I almost shot him, I though that was a pretty decent thing to do."

She pauses for a moment, then adds. "To be clear, I didn't shoot and miss. I decided not to shoot. But Gabby, I wouldn't be opposed to reconsidering that decision."

Gabby Kinney has posed:
Gabby Kinney reaches up to snag a Dorito from the bag Helena had opened up, and pops it into her mouth before she stretches out on the towel. "Oh, no we each get a room. There's still plenty left," she assures Helena. "Mm," is her immediate response to Rose's advice, and Conner's question. A hand shoots up to point skyward. "No...? We didn't get that far. Kind of. He expressed interest, we exchanged numbers, and this was our second time meeting, and he ran away. So I would say we weren't dating. Yet? Which is why. Such confuse. Plus most of my family are 'growly short guys' so I can't really hold a grudge on that."

The hand drops back so she can lick her fingers clean of Dorito-dust goodness. "Well, I could do that," she considers of Rose's suggestions. "But I like holding hands." It's said all quiet-like as if this were some HORRIBLE GUILTY ADMISSION. "Besides I've never done any of that yet." TMI.

Grinning a bit up at Helena she shakes her head. "Oh, no, Red Robin is dating a guy. They're super cute together. Robin is his little brother."

Rose Wilson has posed:
"Holding hands is nice I guess. If, like, you gotta for some reason. But...hunting. That's more fun. More real." Rose opines. Then the eye closes again, "But, you do whatever you want. Don't let some guy push you into anything...unless you're into it and then do whatever." She considers for a moment, and then lets her gaze settle on Helena after her comment. She watches her closely for a few moments, a hunter indeed.

Conner Kent has posed:
"Uh, I though he had broken up with Anarky," pipes Conner. Hence his belief Bart is the only lucky one. Oh, the drama of dating in the Outsiders. (Poor Helena).

"Anyway, I was just showing Huntress the place," explains Conner. "Didn't expect to find anyone here," because he doesn't pay enough attention to his enhanced senses. "Or getting drafted for..." he pushes the wadding pool to Gabby, "this. You get your water." He glances to Rose, maybe a bit longingly. "Are you staying in the city for long?"

Helena Wayne has posed:
Helena Wayne crunches the chips that she's holding, not bothering to brush her hand off because it dives right back into the bag. "Sorry, but I'm still trying to sort out which Robin is which. Unless Red Robin lied to me about how many there really are, in which case I -will- have to shoot him. Or at least kick his ass."

And she says that with the utmost confidence in her ability to do so.

"Hunting?" she echoes Rose. "I hadn't heard it referred to like that, but I suppose it works. For me, I'd be happy for someone to buy me a cup of coffee."

Gabby Kinney has posed:
"We have bingo scorecards for them. Robingo. Okay I made that up but I'm going to have to make that now," Gabby decides as she swings herself up to sit again taking the offered wading pool back with a broad grin. "Thanks, Conner! And I hadn't heard that. Hm. I'll have to ask." That's unfortunate to hear after all. "I only know of Robin and Red Robin, though there are plenty of past, ex-Robins."

"Red Robin can hook you up on the coffee but probably not in a date kind of way. He's a bit of an addict. It's *realy good* coffee though."

"Anyway it's probably for the best. I've got a lot of learning to do and a stack of books to get through." Ugh.

Rose Wilson has posed:
"Books are as dumb as boys. Mostly because they're written by boys who can't get girls any other way." Rose points out helpfully. She starts to roll over again, and then remembers there are people around and she untied her top. She reaches back to tie it back up, and then rolls onto her back. More sun for her. She turns her head to the side -- the way that gives her view of Gabby and Helena and Connor -- and says, "Just don't splash me with that. I don't want any cold today. Just hot."

Conner Kent has posed:
"Well... there was Robin who now is Nightwing, then the Robin that is now Red Hood, then Red Robin," offers Conner. He has heard about it a bit. Tim is pretty reserved about the whole Robinhood, but Conner pays attention. "And now the short angry Robin. Uh... and Sparrow is also a Robin, but I don't have her story."

He shrugs, "a lot of Robins, then again now there is another Superboy. Not that I have been Superman's sidekick at any time. He was 'dead' for a long time." He finger-quotes 'dead'.

Helena Wayne has posed:
Helena Wayne starts counting Robins as Conner names them off. "Sparrow?" That's apparently a new one for her. "Okay, so apparently... Tim, was it?... exaggerated. I'll owe him for that." she declares.

"Back where I come from, I was the first and only Robin." A pause. "Alternate version of Earth, since destroyed." she adds as a footnote. "I was one of the last survivors when an alien race steamrolled through."

Rose Wilson has posed:
"Hope they didn't follow your cute butt here." Rose mutters. It seems she's almost back to snoozing, but she pulls out a device from a bag sitting nearby, and sends a quick message, before laying the device face down on her bikini bottoms. No need to leave a big untanned square on her stomach.

Gabby Kinney has posed:
Gabby Kinney has already gone off to get that water hose she knew was up here to fill the pool. It doesn't stop her from listening to the conversation though. When Helena explains her history she leans back around the side of the maintenance shed to remark, "Oh! You'll fit right in here, then. We've got a few alternate timeline individuals, future timelines, and even clones." The last she gives a thumbsup to because of COURSE clones were the best.

"By the way if you see someone who looks like me but isn't me she's suspicious of everyone. That's just my sister. One of them."

Conner Kent has posed:
"Lots of clones, we are the best," confirms Conner. He blinks at Helena's story, though. She was a Robin, dead world. The second part is pretty bad, even said in such a casual way. That earns Helena a long look from Conner.

"No one followed her, I double checked and she used one of the secret entrances anyway," he comments aside. "Pretty sure it doesn't matter much, she came in civvies. Totally normal person," he offers Helena a warded smile. "Everyone knows nothing interesting happens in Gotham during a sunny day, everyone is too weirded up, or blinded by the light."

Helena Wayne has posed:
Helena Wayne looks back at Con, lifting a brow. "No one followed me through the portal, either. It was in the process of blowing up when I pushed the 'Send' button." She looks around to the group, then, ignoring the buzzing comm unit in her pocket for the moment.

"If anyone has any questions about my credibility, feel free to talk to Tim. Or Oracle, for that matter. Or Batman, if you can find him." She shrugs, then. "Makes no difference to me. I'm here now, which means you have my skills 100%. I don't commit anything less."

Rose Wilson has posed:
"Not what I meant, dummy. Through the portal, or whatever she came through," Rose comments, before her phone dings and buzzes. She looks down at it, picks it up, and then says, "I gotta run. See you later." And with that, she picks up her towel, sticks her phone in the waist of her bikini bottoms, and makes a beeline for the exit. Hunting? Maybe.