<hr/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/nGZEM95.png?1)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Ryan Choi<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Headquarters, Hospital Area<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>2 weeks after Epochalypse, 2 Days Before First Mission<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Shvaughn Erin, Open<br/><strong>Content:</strong><br/><hr/><br/>Ryan hadn’t slept in two days. Not since he’d gotten the call from Amethyst asking him to help reform the Justice League. In the weeks following<em>the battle</em>, he’d honestly been planning something similar. As was often the case, money kept him from pursuing it more. There were ways he could raise funds but nothing fast enough for his needs and not without revealing that he was going to fund a group of vigilantes. Even if they were respected the world over and given permission to act by most every government in the world, few banks would take the risk on them. As soon as he got the call though, he could see hope.<br/><br/>The detroit compound wouldn’t have been his first choice of bases, but he couldn’t argue with how well furnished it already was. Without needing to start from scratch they would save weeks, if not months, of work. Of course, well maintained as it had been, there were still things that need to be repaired. Old pathways that had been left unused and slowly fallen behind. And there were always upgrades to be made. Every plan he’d had for the League Compound he’d thought he’d have to design just a few days before was poured into this new home. There had always been a question of whether he belonged on a team of heroes; a scientist with asthma didn’t quite seem to belong with Batman. Let along someone with actual powers. But doing this work, Ryan felt like he could atleast have a place if the front lines weren’t for him. It gave him a purpose and a way to help as he debated whether he deserved the call he’d received.<br/><br/>Even fueled by a greater purpose though, two days without sleep was two days without sleep. Before he passed out he needed a stimulant or twelve. True rest couldn’t come until he’d made sure the changes he’d made to the security system were operational which meant a few hours of waiting. “Medbay should have something like that” he muttered to himself as he walked. “Atleast I think I remember putting something like away.”<br/><br/>There were few things as surprising to Ryan Choi, no matter how many times he saw them, as the sight of a gorgeous Superhero in tight fighting clothing. And Shvaughn Erin fit the bill quite well. He knew very little about the other hero, aside from the fact she said she was in the Science Police and she had a few wonderful gadgets that Ryan would do anything to get his hands on. Well, and she’d been a great help in the fight against Epoch like every member in the new League. He’d seen her walking the hall a few times in the days since Amethyst put out her call but it always seemed so off putting to ask another hero about themselves. The imagined conversations ran through his mind and put him off from ever actually saying more than a genial greeting. ‘Oh hello there fellow world saver, how are you doing today?’ It made him feel like a fraud.<br/><br/>“Hello” It was a small voice but even that was something of a victory for him. Speaking a full word rather than some monosyllabic noise that mimicked language. “How are you liking this new compound so far?” Oh wow, he was on a roll! A full sentence! And it was open ended, a question she could respond to! As he spoke to his new teammate, and congratulated himself for being able to do that much, Ryan pulled a few small red pills from a bottle on the shelf. Each was placed under his tongue and dissolved in a second and his exhaustion dissolved just as quickly. Of course he was just pushing back sleep until a later date rather than illuminating it, but something was better than nothing. “Is there something specific you were looking for? I put away most of the medical supplies, so I might know where it is!” His fingers rubbed the last few bits of sleep from his eyes as a perky voice returned to the young professor.