Time for the Squad to get a new name

[sweetcandygirl]

There is a loud audible BANG! from behind one of the Nexus portal doors. It falls off its hinges, and smoke flows from it.

Six figures emerge from the smoke, a little battered. A little beaten.

Captain Boomerang bends down to pick up the door from the ground. He dusts it off. And pulls out some duct tape out of his pocket, in an attempt to secure the door back onto the now closed portal.

Doctor Pyscho pulls at his collar, trying to loosen his tie.

King Shark, who has been to the Nexus recently, looks around for an available table where he and his friends can sit down, and catch their breath.

Clayface looks up at the large PSA on the screen done by Captain America. He shifts his clothing to look similar to what Captain America is wearing. And smiles at the others, as he now feels like he fits in.

And finally, Poison Ivy, who is holding up a slightly injured Harley Quinn, who is limping on one leg right now. Poison Ivy looks around the Nexus and shakes her head.

"Told ya' they wouldn't be able to follow us!" Harley giggles.

"That is hardly the point. Harley. I don't think we should be here."

"Come on! If anyone can help the rest of you. It has got to be someone from the Nexus. I am tired of Waller always putting your lives at risk. And you all not getting any recognition for it." Harley smiles. King Shark signals that he has found a table, and waves them over. Poison Ivy helps Harley to a chair.

"You know I am not used to having other people help me." She whispers.

"The Nexus is THE place for second chances Red." Harley grins again. And giggles slightly. "Hey You!"

It is really easy for Harley to get someone else's attention.

"You wanna tell my friends here about a second chance you were given... just because of coming to the Nexus?"

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[chiaro_oscuro]

"Hello. Good to see you again, Harley. It's an honor to meet your friends. You're right - I know a lot about second chances from personal experience. My name's Ben Solo, and I live here."

Ben nods in respect as he stands. He doesn't recognize anyone but Harley, but he can guess they're friends of hers.

"I got a second chance by coming here. The Nexus brought me back after I died back in my home universe. So I know they aren't to be wasted. I've been working to become a better person - it's an opportunity I thought I didn't deserve. I'm lucky to have had that chance."

[sweetcandygirl]

"One can live here. Is there the THEATRE?" Clayface looks around, excitedly.

"See. The Nexus gave Ben a second chance." Harley grins at the others.

"It is a requirement to actually be a better person?" The smaller Doctor Psycho asks from where he is sitting.

[chiaro_oscuro]

"There's an arts center, yes. I'd recommend a visit if you enjoy it. There are also two puppeteers who perform in the Plaza, though I haven't seen their show."

"Not exactly." Ben answers Doctor Psycho's question. "It's what I decided I needed to do for myself."

Ben sobers, a little shy around so many strangers. "So, Harley. They're your friends from your world?" He offers a hand.

[coldsong]

It's especially easy for Harley to catch Loki's attention. And look, there's her shark friend, and Red, as well! Is it a party? Should Loki crash it?

(You can't crash a party when everyone's invited.)

"Well, when I arrived, a beautiful woman bought me ice cream and then invited me to stay with her," he says, sauntering closer. "And believe it or not, that's not the sort of invitation a person like me gets every day."

The injured leg catches his attention, then, and he makes a beeline for Harley's side, worried but not overly solicitous. "I assume whoever did that to you is handled already, kjaereste...how bad is it? Should I fetch a medic?"

[sweetcandygirl]

"She must have been a very beautiful woman. The most beautiful you have ever seen..." Harley grins at him.

"Oh I recon they all hurting more than us, fellow'" Captain Boomerang calls over his shoulder. A deep southern twang in his voice.

"Oh it will heal..." Harley grins and giggles. Red shakes her head. And looks up at Loki. "It is not her leg I am more concerned about."

[coldsong]

"Absolutely," he agrees with Harley, and leans in to kiss her cheek lightly. "Still is."

Glancing at the man with the accent, he nods. "Good, I was sure Harley's teammates wouldn't disappoint."

(And on that note, he has to take a moment to flash a thumbs-up at Clayface. "Nicely done, by the way. We should talk shop later."
...Listen, the only thing more delightfully disruptive than a shapeshifter is two shapeshifters.)

"I know it will heal, but--" he raises an eyebrow at Red. "What's happened?"

[adpacempertyrannidem]

"I did say I'd tell you that story, didn't I? There are parts of it that I'm willing to tell you, but not a lot of people I've only just met. Is the shorter version acceptable, given that we're in the Plaza?"

There's a faint energon flush in Megatron's silver facial derma as he takes in the faces and demeanour of the group surrounding Harley.

"My name is Megatron. I decided that letting the Galactic Council execute me after I finished the mission they sent me on wouldn't undo any of the things I regret doing, and it might undo some of the things I am glad I have done. It certainly wouldn't make me a better person. Only living a different life can do that. So I decided to take the opportunity to live in a place where there are people who love me, a place where I can do better things than I've done before. I'd advise you to do the same."

[sweetcandygirl]

There are few reactions from Harley's group of people. Captain Boomerang looks up briefly. Gives a laugh at how the silver of Megatron matches his duct tape, and goes back to work on the door. Poison Ivy will move a step closer to Harley, and watches carefully.

"Got to find a place where that is possible first," Doctor Psycho quips. He stands up on the table, to not feel as short as he is, around the taller Megatron.

[adpacempertyrannidem]

"Well, I think what Harley and I are both trying to tell you is that this is such a place." Megatron glances at Harley. "Harley, are you all right? And would you care to introduce your friends?"

[rogueinladysclothing]

It's hard to miss such a mixed group of people making their way into the Nexus after such a loud noise, and upon seeing some faces she recognizes among them, the rogue makes her way over to them. Harley's question is a good one, and something she's struggling with herself. It helps to offer advice to others sometimes, so she makes the effort to check in.

"Starting completely over isn't easy, and many of us struggle with doing so as we cling to the old and familiar while dealing living with the new." Amelia's smile is rueful, but earnest. "Some of us start over multiple times here as we try, fail, and are forced to try again. Having friends to rely on makes it... less difficult than it might otherwise be, and I'm told feeling completely settled after you've figured things out is wonderful." She just can't say that for certain for herself yet.

[sweetcandygirl]

Amelia is one person that Pamela is most at ease around, besides Harley herself. So the other woman relaxes slightly.

"I wonder if I would ever feel completely settled. Myself." She muses.

[the_rebel_son]

With Beelzebub attending to personal matters, Lucifer has taken up the duties to his wards. The angelic sense of her injuries draws Lucifer to Harley long before the questions or anything else. He is also glad to see Red again, though he's worried about the injuries and that shows.

"Perhaps we should attend to your injuries first." Lucifer, like his brother takes this duty seriously. "My people have had many here in the years since we first arrived."

[sweetcandygirl]

Pamela smiles at seeing Lucifer again. And she moves slightly, so he can get closer to Harley. She is glad she doesn't have to worry about him being too influenced about her pheromones ability right now.

"The physical wound will heal shortly. I am more concerned about her mental state." Red notes softly. Harley giggles. Unfocused right now.

[angelic_asshole]

Goodness what a noise! Balthazar heard the loud BANG from where he was standing and immediately turned to frown at the sight. Harley and King Shark but also some others of her crew it seemed. Was she hurt? She seemed to be limping on one leg. A rescue attempt to bring more of her squad to the Nexus perhaps? The angel immediately came over looking rather concerned.

"Harley? Are you alright? Oh, and I see you've brought some friends along. Are they part of your squad?"

The fact that bombs may be implanted in their heads did cross Balthazar's mind but he decided to say nothing more of it. Harley's friends were now in the Nexus and what a crew they were! A wash of relief did pass over the angel's face knowing they would be safe now. The green woman who seemed to have plants entangled around her body was particularly interesting to Balthazar but he didn't stare. She was helping Harley up.

[sweetcandygirl]

"I freed them! I got them out Balthazar!" Harley grins and giggles. "Everyone this is Balthazar. He is an angel of a man."

Poison Ivy looks up at him. And smiles when she notices his gaze on the plants that cover her. She makes sure that Harley is settled.

"I am Poison Ivy. I don't believe we have met before. The boys are Captain Boomerang, Doctor Psycho, King Shark and Clayface."

"I met him already Poison Ivy!" King Shark notes with a big shark grin.

"Ah. That is good. One less introduction was needed, then." Pam smiles.

[fiveofnone]

The loud bang catches Caspar's attention, even though he's on the other side of the Plaza. He heads towards the source of the noise, anticipating trouble, and instead finds Harley with a motley crew of... people? People-shaped, anyway.

"Harley, what the hell," he replies when she points at him and asks for a feel-good story. "Is that really your top priority right now?" His sarcasm masks his concern for her injury, and the general state of her... teammates? Well, they must be, if she's trying to give them some sort of pep talk about the Nexus.

[sweetcandygirl]

"Why shouldn't it be?" Harley giggles. A little unfocused right now.

"Her wound is healing... but her mental state is still scattered." Pamela notes softly. As she looks up. She moves back slightly, in case Caspar wants to approach closer.

"We really ain't the kind to have a plan..." Captain Boomerang quips.

[poetwarrior]

The noise and subsequent entry of injured persons is enough to get the attention of the two Starfleet cadets who are visiting today. Chanath is still bundled up in her winter uniform, the thick material keeping her hide insulated against the chill, but the collar of her shirt remains loose for her symbiont to peer out from her chest.

The Shontin approaches, her hands held out in a nonthreatening fashion. "In coming here, our peoples won a home free from our enemy, and a purpose to pursue beyond the finding. Are you all right?"

[sweetcandygirl]

The sight of Chanath and the little head of the symbiont peer out from her chest, gets the attention of King Shark first. He steps forward.

"We are not here to hurt anyone." He reassures her.

"Most of us are just starving. And the good Doctor is feeling a little overheated right now. Harley..." King Shark looks at the smaller woman. "Took great efforts to free us. But she is likely too caught up in the excitement of the event to even realize she has been hurt."

[zeroguardian]

"I will admit I take considerable pleasure in the ability to lounge in the sun once more here," the Judge replies with a yawn and a stretch.

The question is answered not by a person but a seemingly ordinary large white house cat lounging on a bench. His eyes and mouth are decidedly much larger then ordinary though, and his smile is quite unnerving full as it is with what should probably be too many teeth for a cat.

Despite the tooth situation there's not a malicious thing about him, he seems awfully friendly even.

"As you can see I happen to be a cat, you could imagine why this is such a particular joy to me."

[sweetcandygirl]

For this group... a talking large white house cat with a large smile is not the weirdest thing in their lives. Heck King Shark is half man half shark.

Harley, who is still a little loopy because of the explosion, claps her hands excitedly. "Kitty! Come here kitty!"

"I love your smile!"

[ginger_firebird]

Well goddamn. Mantis laughs to himself and veers his course to answer the call because while he doesn't recognize some of the faces, he knows King Shark and Poison Ivy kind of sticks out as the mythical "Red" that Harley never had a bad word to spare for.

He's preceded in his stride by Yaga, who jumps up to glide a little as they get closer. Francour is half asleep in a sling around his shoulder and snoring away in spite of all the noise. The gathered misfits might even be able to hear the little snorts as the meowstic dreams on.

"I'm gaining a little weight and actually wearing clothes I like. It's nice going from death to re-learning how to function." Yaga pulls ahead and zeroes in on King Shark, eagerly sniffing the air around the man made of sushi.

[sweetcandygirl]

"Did you go on a shopping spree, and not invite me?" Harley fake gasps, as if offended. She is not really. She is smiling at seeing Mantis.

"People who died can come here?" Captain Boomerang looks up at that.

King Shark gives a look at the strange creature sniffing the air. And stands taller, as if to discourage any action from it.

[becarefulwhatyouwish]

"Who, me?" Coyote's smile is bright, his voice like an experienced car salesman. He spreads his hands slightly and shrugs his shoulders, his mismatched gaze sweeping over the group. "A new start, fresh hunting grounds, and all the company I could ever ask for. Why, in a place like this, no two days will ever be the same, or my name is not Coyote."

[sweetcandygirl]

"Hunting grounds?" Pamela tilts her head at the mention of such a thing. "We are aware that the Nexus is strange in these parts..."

"Does that mean his name is not Coyote?" Harley asks, a little confused.