brockton bay, meet glam

[mxglam]

It's the anniversary. Glam would very much not like to celebrate.

It’s their last day on Winslow High - they’re being transferred to Arcadia on Monday - and also their last day without a patrol schedule assigned.

And the PRT released a small announcement on its website about Glam joining the Wards. Now their wiki page doesn’t get erased, of course - they’re no longer speculative. They wonder what it’s got on them.

Comments

[peterxy]

"Erm, so far by being big and mean and scary. Especially scary. Like, he doesn't have a lot of people working for him, yet, he joined this one gang called 'Azn Bad Boys,' can you believe that? But he pretty much does whatever the hell he wants and the 'higher ups' are mostly too scared of him and confused that he hasn't completely taken over their gang to say anything about it. He does do what they ask, though, and is generally a big scary muscle who has helped them recruit people."

[alicornucopia]

"I see. How old are you, Rewind?"

[peterxy]

"Fifteen."

[alicornucopia]

Piggot hands her a Wards form.

[peterxy]

She looks at it, then up at Piggot. "That's it?"

[alicornucopia]

"I'd also like the names and addresses of everyone you stole from so that damages can be paid back out of your budget, but as long as you toe the line here on out, yes, that's it," says Piggot with a cordial smile.

[peterxy]

"...huh. Okay. Yeah, I can do that. Do you want that now, though, I don't actually remember by heart..."

[alicornucopia]

"A written summary later on will do."

[peterxy]

"Cool. Okay." She looks at the form, then up at Piggot again. "And I fill this out now? Can I have a pen?"

[thinkering]

Lorica takes a pen out of Piggot's desk jar and hands it to Rewind.

[peterxy]

She starts filling it out!

She reaches the personal info form, ponders a bit, and decides the best way they can help her is if they know who she is, and fills it all out. Apparently her name is Ning, but she goes by Jeannie.

[thinkering]

And when it's done, Piggot takes it back and Lorica says, "Welcome to the team. I'll be your captain. Do you need a place to stay for the immediate future? We have rooms."

[peterxy]

"Um... well, Lung knows what I look like, and he knows where my parents live, so, um. A little help on that front would be nice, yeah."

[thinkering]

"You can stay here. I'll look into protective custody for your parents."

[peterxy]

She sighs and sags a little with the relief. "Thank you," she says, meaning it. "You're not bad. Sorry for booping your bots the other day."

[thinkering]

"No harm done."

[peterxy]

"Sssoo... what now?"

[thinkering]

"Here's your room. You've already met Glam, but you can meet the rest of the team too whenever's comfortable for you - and Glam too on friendlier terms. Do you have a computer? We do a lot of emailing around."

[peterxy]

"I do, but I bought it with stolen money."

[thinkering]

"If we made you return the computer you wouldn't get the initial purchase price unless you've barely used it, and then you wouldn't have a computer. People you stole from will just get cash without the rigmarole. I can send a bot to get anything you need from home if you don't want to run out for it yourself."

[peterxy]

"I can do it. I should also tell my parents about becoming a Ward and stuff. Won't they be thrilled about the whole thing," she sighs. "Do you think maybe you guys could omit the part where I was a criminal for a while?"

[thinkering]

"By default the PRT doesn't communicate with your parents unless the Youth Guard gets involved or the parents have a complaint."

[peterxy]

"Well but they have to, don't they? 'Cause of the protective custody thing?"

[thinkering]

"Yes, but they're not going to go out of their way to give your parents a complete up to date account of the entire thing, and anyway the protective custody is going through the regular police."

[peterxy]

"Yeah, okay, that's better."