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[rookierabbit]

[Barnaby has been thinking this over for a while now. He'd gotten offers to join the Justice League before, but it's only now that he's finally decided on it.]

[AUDIO, locked to Booster]

Is there an opening on the Justice League?

[ACTION]

[So, after that call and as soon as he can get some free time to himself, you can find Barnaby in the library, reading a book. Specifically, he's reading about a certain symbol and whatever it means. Every so often, he'll scribble something down on a piece of paper. He's been at this for a while, judging from the fact that he's filled up the paper with thoughts and facts, like "Jung - human psyche" and "what does the sword mean?"

Wait...sword?]

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I could've pinged with Kotetsu, but I can't imagine him casually in a library...

[faithful_kitsune]

*The tails are a little awkward to maneuver with in a library, but she seems to be managing. She has a few books, even.*

Oh, hello again. Looks like you're hard at work.

Welp, I can't either. Unless of course he broke something in it.

[rookierabbit]

[Oh, it's her.]

I'm doing some research into something I remembered some time ago.

[So far, he's getting nowhere.]

[faithful_kitsune]

I see. Can I help in any way? I doubt we are of the same world, but I can at least see if I can tap into my outside knowledge.

[rookierabbit]

Have you seen this symbol before, then? Or a variation of it, anyway.

[kaboobya]

What sword?

[ Suddenly there's an eager girl leaning over towards him. ]

Do you have a sword as well? It seems a lot of people here do!

[rookierabbit]

[He gives her a look, then returns to what he's doing.]

No, I don't. It's just something I remembered a while ago.

[kaboobya]

[ What's with that look? She's too naive to really remark on it, so instead she'll focus on the conversation at hand. ]

Do you think there's something here about it? In this library?

[rookierabbit]

Yes. So far it isn't answering some of my questions, though.

[Though he has formed some theories.]

[third_alternative]

[Rex comes up from behind in the library and leans over Barnaby's shoulder. After a few moments, he speaks.]

Jung, huh?

[He's pronouncing it entirely wrong.]

[rookierabbit]

[Do you seriously want a look, Rex? You're getting it now.]

It's Jung.

[He's pronouncing it perfectly. Somehow. It isn't like this is his first time to research this symbol.]

[third_alternative]

"Yung"? No way, how does that make any sense? I get "Jung", and I get saying it "Hung", but "Yung"?

[rookierabbit]

[Eyeroll.]

That's the way it's pronounced.

[And then he's just going to return to his research.]

[trustycrowbar]

[At this point, even Gordon is starting to get tired of the library runs. Yeah, technically he doesn't have the credentials for research--a fact he'd been trying very hard to cover up--but that doesn't mean he has to automatically be the lab gofer for reference materials from the lab...

[Except that it does. Anyway, he's laden down with another bundle of geology journals and treatises when he spies Barnaby at a table off to the side. He hadn't spent too much time around him but he DID see him back when they talked Booster back. He lopes over to get a closer look at what he's up to.]

...Jungian symbolism? [Oh hey, he pronounced it right too.] What's brought this on?

[rookierabbit]

[Oh, thank God.]

I remembered something a while ago. This symbol [and here he points to the version of the symbol that he remembers, having drawn it on the back of the paper] was in it, and I had to find out more about it.

[trustycrowbar]

[He tugs a corner of the paper around to get a better look at it. A snake eating its own tail, bifurcated by a sword...]

I think I've seen something like that before. Not this specifically, but the snake is familiar. It's an, uh...

[He snaps a few times, searching the half-empty storehouse of his mind.] Damn, I swore I knew this.

[rookierabbit]

If it helps, I know about as much about this as you do.

[video, locked]

[canthandleacape]

Finally came around, huh?

[rookierabbit]

I suppose so. For one thing, some of your members may need help from someone who isn't as reckless as they are.

[canthandleacape]

But not naming any names, of course. I just need to get a couple of things clear before we can get you on the roster officially. You've got the same power Tiger does, right, the five minute ability multiplier? And the Bunny codename, is that short for anything?

/keywords relevant

[rookierabbit]

Yes, I do. And no, that was just a silly nickname the old man thought up.

[blue_flames]

[Ike happens to walk by...]

Are you looking up swords?

[rookierabbit]

Not exactly.

[blue_flames]

Then why the word "sword?"

[rookierabbit]

It's a part of a symbol that I've been researching for a while.

[thevesselofhiswish]

[ Oh, she remember him around. It's good to see him again, so Iri walks closer to him. ]

Working hard as ever, I see.