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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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[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.

[trustycrowbar]

[He shakes his head with a small chuckle] 'S gonna bug me for the rest of the day now, I know it... Hey, if by chance I do remember, I'll let you know. What exactly did you remember it being drawn on, anyway?

[rookierabbit]

It was a tattoo. That's about it.

[It's been bugging him for a long time.]