Michael walked in after Liberty, waving a greeting to those inside. He was immediately assaulted by the wonderful smell of fresh pizza and his stomach growled loudly. He realized he hadn't eaten in a while.

"Any of that left?" he asked those at the table as he walked over. "So making up nicknames? We getting the spandex uniforms next? My last name will work fine for a name. I agree with Joe though, any names should be short and easy to say."

Taking a bite of pizza, should there be any left and passed to him, he says with a grin,"Mittens, if you end up with the initials M.A. you are just going to have people calling you Ma. Just saying. Glad to hear that tbuilding the band is still a go."

Emerald listened and noticed still nobody has opted to a rather important part of the band. She looks from Mittens to Sarah, "I love to sing, by the way, so I'll be happy to take up the vocal part of this band you're trying to pull together."

She then hands some pizza to Mike. "Reaver, right? Wow... that is such a cool name!" she says brightly.

Liberty considers something. "Say, Joe... we're called mutants, right? And Angel suggested calling you Ninja. And you're a teenager, right? Teenage Mutant Ninja Joe..."

She giggles, bringing a hand to her mouth. "Sorry, couldn't help thinking it."

When Mike mentions people nicknaming Mittens 'mom' more or less, Liberty snorts. "I'm not calling her ma, but it'd be funny to see you call her that." she teases Mike. "But as for spandex? I don't care whether it's spandex or a clown suit, I want something fireproof m'self."

Angel nods to Mike when Mittens introduces her. She doesn't blame him for going for pizza before bothering with handshakes. "Wow, Sarah... if the guy lives that far away, you may as well buy your own drumset for the money it'd cost in gas alone. Though if you were looking for an excuse to see your friend, then it's kind of a "may as well" thing."

She XD's at Liberty's comment about Joe, but doesn't comment on it. Everyone is being silly at this point anyways. She looks at Emerald and nods when the fox mentions being a singer. She then relaxes in her chair again and puts her hands behind her head. "I can help with anything concerning the base, band stuff included. Just lemme know."

Tim smiles and waves at Mike as he enters. He giggles from the various silly comments and nods in agreement with Joe's suggestion of short, easy names. He considers the cliche of calling the larger folks "tiny" or something, but doesn't say so out loud since even HE thinks this a ridiculous idea.

Shepard gets a big grin on his face, and says half to himself.
"Boneshard, Wolverine, Wolf? Sound awesome. I don't have any ideas tho. And Mitts, do we really have to wear 'em?"
As Micheal walks into the room, he just glances at him, and waves his hand, instead of talking.
'I bet there'll be plenty of time for meet'n'greets' he thinks to himself. After Edward hears Micheal mention spandex suits he says.
"Xinglets sound absolutely dandy, compared to that."

  "As a not so wise yet popular robot said, the X makes it sound cooler. So Xinglets if I was forced to pick one."  He would SO inappropriately wear it under his jacket.

  Joe considers Liberty's latest suggestion,  "Well, if it meant pizza like this more often I'd be tempted to go with it.  And yes, flame retardant pants are a more tempting purchase than the spill retardant ones in this kind of situation.  Though at that rate we'll end up looking like a mash between Crosswalk guards and out of work firefighters."
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"I have to agree with the Xinglets," Haalima said with a giggle. She put her hand up to her mouth as she grinned. "As for the spandex, there are some things that I can't even make good. Hence the belly dancing and not ballet, or anything else requiring a unitard!"

"Oh," she added, still with a mischievous grin, "And if we get to look like firefighters, can I wear a hat? I always wanted to wear a fireman's helmet."

Emerald sings, "RESCUE HEROES!" in response to Haalima's comment about being dressed like firemen. The player, meanwhile, gets the urge to draw Emmy in said outfit. XD

Mittens snickers at the "Ma" nickname threat.  "Yeah, Reaver IS made of win.  And yay singer!  Somehow I knew there was plenty of talent for the band.  Cowabunga!  Never occurred to me he was a TMNT.  As for fireproof spandex...  I've been looking into getting us more durable stuff, but... for now that's on the individual.  And I won't be wearing spandex.

"Thanks again, Angel.  This place is a godsend!  Not that the police station was noisy and crowded...  Ok it was noisy and crowded.

"And xinglets it is!  As for the firefighter outfits...  It may surprise you to learn that even those 14 to 16 years old can volunteer to join the Cadet Corps.  I was seriously considering joining myself.  Not that they'd let me run into a burning building, but they might make an exception for Tank here.

"Point being, to wear a firefighter uniform, you gotta be a fire fighter.  Which isn't to say that we won't.  Heck, we could start a fire house right here if we wanted to.  Having sirens on a vehicle would be handy for getting through traffic next time there's a crisis."

Michael listened while eating his pizza. He wasn't thrilled about having to wear the xinglet, but what can you do. As for the fireproofing, well,"We have a few other options for the fire proofing, or at least fire resistant clothing, assuming we could find the funds. The easiest, and lightest I can think of, is M5 fiber. From what I know, it is a bit hard to get a hold of though. However with it we wouldn't need to be running around in clunky firefighter outfits. M5 fiber could easily be worn under regular clothing. Also, it is capable of protecting from small arms fire. Not sure how we would get any of it though." He said the last part looking to Angel, as she gave the house, she may know how to get the material.

"Just curious, is the xinglet mandatory or are we going to have some other kind of symbol saying who we are?" he asked Mittens.

Looking around he had another question,"Not sure if you guys went over this or not, but are we moving in here? Because this would be a heck of a lot better than the apartment I'm in now."

Angel nods to Mitts. "You're welcome."

Angel looks at Mike, "It's up to you, but it's more meant for people who don't have anywhere else to live, such as Diren. But if you would be saving money living here, I'll be happy to discuss expenses with you. After all, just because I donated the building doesn't mean the government is going to just pay our utilities. Currently, it's just me paying the utilities. But if anyone decides to help me with that, that would be great. As for materials for our work clothes, I can work on getting us that stuff."
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Liberty asks, "What's everyone got against spandex anyway? Isn't that how superheroes dress?"

  "Spandex tends to look better drawn then in person with only a few exceptions."  Somehow, it still works out for Superman.  "Aside from the Adam West version, can you think of a Batman movie where he was wearing spandex?... Of course that would have been an improvement in some of them."  Batsuit nipple joke goes here, moving on.

  "That, and while we probably want to impress people for the PR situation, dressing like stereotypical super heroes is the opposite of 'our job isn't actually to risk our lives doing crazy'.  And I keep getting informed life threatening crazy as our job is the wrong impression for me to give new people when they show up."

  No, our job is completely safe...  Yes I know I'm wearing a bulletproof and flame retardant body suit, what does that have to do with anything?
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Levi listens intently to what everyone has to say. Once people start to talk about running into burning buildings and bulletproof clothing she shivers a little. “Were going to be shot at? I didnt know we were going to be shot at...” The little blue lady noted with a worried look on her face. Honestly she didn’t think the whole hero thing trough, her main objective was meeting people like her, or well, kinda like her. 'Well, every good thing has to have a bad side' Levi thought to herself. Yet getting shot at wasn’t one of the things she was looking forward too. She tries shaking the thought figuring its something to worry about when it will actually happen. “Heh, well, I hope we will be getting those bullet proof gear thingies soon, since I doubt any of us can dodge bullets very well.” she notes with an awkward smile.

“Xinglets sounds okay, though I wouldn't mind spandex... preferably danger proof spandex. And ooh, we could have masks and logo's on our belts and everything.” She's already imagining the costumes sets as she says this. The floating lady chuckles when she pictures the team in the hero outfits. it does seem a little wacky. “on second thought, maybe the Xinglets would be a better choice” she said with a mischievous grin. Than floops out a the comment: “Too bad though, It would have been an epic sight seeing everyone in tights.”

She oooh's at the fact people will be living in this house. Than flutters towards Angel out of excitement. “so were going to have sleepovers and late movie nights with snacks and soda and laughs and all?” The pink haired girl said with twinkles in her eyes. Its obvious the whole 'serous crime fighting team' thing hasn’t really sank into that somewhat scattered brain of hers, And Synch started to question if she really read the whole application sheet.

Sarah scratches the back of her head out of embarrassment, since she did hope to see her old friend again. Angel seemed to have looked straight trough her plan. “yeah...well...yeah, it would be nice to see him again. Aint seen him in like 2 years now...maybe longer. Yet it would be better if he got off his lazy ass and come visit here for once.” She quickly turns to the conversation about uniform when she hears the word spandex.

“some logo of the team? fine by me. The Xinglets I'll wear if I must... but I definably ain’t wearin' no spandex!” Sarah utters on an annoyed tone. “I'll have to agree with Joe on the matter. Half the town probably thinks were nuts for voluntarily running into danger, and hero costumes aint gonna help that.” though the true reason would be that she really hates tight clothing, thinking she'd definably look like an idiot wearing tights and it would make her bottom look humongous. She is glad to hear most people agree on the matter though.

“As for M being the singer of the band, I'm all for it.” The one eyed giant turns her head to the little fox lady and continues. “ Ya  have a nice voice and I bet ya can get the crowd in a good party mood.” She smiles and then kicks back in a relaxing pose with her feet on the edge of the table.

Synch just lets the conversations go as he isn’t too worried about the costumes or whatever. Levi's comments makes him want to face-palm once more, yet it was kinda funny hearing her actually consider the superhero outfits. he cant help but smirk a little, knowing Levi has probably imagined everyone in super hero get-ups. “M5 fiber isn’t going to be cheap, and seeing this group is  growing I think it might be way over the the budget we can cough up. Yet it would be a great help, from what I hear this job is going to be full of unknown hazards and its good to be well prepared for the unexpected.” Synch gives a quick glance to Michael and Angel before continuing. If there is any way to Synthesise it I’d be happy to try, yet I think the workshop isn’t equipped for such material. Anyway, I cant be certain until I can examine a sample, so tell me when either of you are going to scout for the stuff and I'd gladly accompany you. Who knows I'll learn a thing or two.

"Apparently I didn't communicate the purpose of the reflective vests vs. xinglets question," Mittens chuckles, "We're not deciding on a uniform that everyone must wear.  This is just basic safety gear.  Heck even grocery store helpers are wearing reflective vests these days.  And for good reason.  The idea is to not be run over by cars should ever we be needed in a dark place.  That's all.

"Joe and Sarah I think did a good job of explaining why we won't be running around in tights.  Though if you must see yourself in spandex, there's already plenty of digital art on the net with us dressed up like comic book heroes.  As for an actual logo and such, that's still in the works.  Once we decide, we could have some T-Shirts run with it on.  We can brainstorm logo ideas now if you like.

"Don't worry about utility costs, Angel.  Those who live here will be expected to pay for 'em with either money or labor.  Diren, I'd be happy to help get you an official job in the Citizen Patrol complete with real wages once the details are worked out if you're interested.

"As for bullet-proofing, I want to remind everyone here that as the group grows it will be important to stress that only a tiny fraction of us will be rushing into the teeth of danger should the need arise.  We've got applications pouring in from all over the globe, but very few of said applicants clicked the 'aid emergency services' box as a way they're willing to contribute.

"So.  Speaking of growth and recruitment, I want to let everyone know that we're hiring.  For all kinds of positions.  Obviously, as a non-profit, we're not going to pay big bucks.  But the offer's there.  For those willing to put in full time, there's a potential paycheck for those interested.  If you know anybody trustworthy looking for a full time job, please refer them to our recruitment duo: Emerald and Sarah.  I've got way too much on my plate to do much in the way of hiring."
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Emerald smiles at Sarah. "Thanks, Sarah!" then listens to Mittens. "Spandex is useful in that it is both comfortable *and* durable, lasting through a lot of use. It's what athletes, such as bike racers wear. But it won't do the trick for making us fireproof or bulletproof. As Mike said, that's going to take serious resources. But resources well worth it. We are talking about saving lives and if our past experiences are any indication, we will need that stuff in the future to be more effective."

Liberty folds her arms. "Yeah... about the whole "rushing into danger" thing... I would do it over again if I had to, but I just know what's going to happen if I make a habit of rushing into danger as a member of the Citizen Patrol; They'll start saying "These people send little girls into exploding cars" as if you specifically target kids for dangerous activity. Currently, people praise us because they think of it as how we responded to a threat that popped up right then and there, without orders from anyone. But now that we are becoming known as an organization, they might start seeing me as a helpless girl naively doing as told rather than a concerned citizen trying to help. The point I am trying to get to is: Should we have an age limit? It kills me to think I might be kept from using my power for good, but it has to be asked."
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Angel listens and says, "Again, leave what people think of you all to me. I'll worry about that. But Liberty still has a valid point. Most fire departments wouldn't let a girl her age go into a burning building. But most fire departments aren't faced with having a girl that isn't flammable."

(Michael doesn't say anything this round, just listens to the goings on)

  Joe considers Levi's worries, and settles then in the usual manner of 'are you sure you're not actually making things worse?.  "Well, actually so far nobody has shot at us.  Blow up cars nearby, sure.  Light us on fire, also yes.  But no bullets involved yet."  Thank you, Joe.

  "While I'm sure you've thought of this particular angle already Liberty, you could just point at the disaster and say 'okay, you go in there' if someone hassles you over that sort of thing."

Levi was relieved the moment she heard no one was shot at as of yet. But that soon changed when Joe continued about the dangers they did encounter. Her face slowly turned paler as she heard Joe's 'comforting' words. “ow...good...no bullets...” Levi said with some hesitation, while thinking: 'Eeeeek, I'm going to get myself killed here.' Still she wasn’t about to give up. She came here for a reason and no exploding cars were going to keep her from helping people out and making friends.

Synch just had to laugh about the things happening. Though it seemed the people here were quite diverse it was good to see they somewhat more like a family than a company.

"Again, nobody makes anybody do anything dangerous in this group," Mittens reminds, "Strictly voluntary.  A hero is not forbidden from being heroic in an emergency unless directly ordered to stay out of the way by emergency services during said emergency.  Regardless of age.  I double checked with a lawyer contact.  Adult and non-adult members alike don't even need to sign release forms.  Wouldn't hurt, but don't need to."