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[color=Lightgreen][b]Location:[/b][/color] Communications complex 
[color=Lightgreen][b]Interactions:[/b][/color] the Team
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No one said hero life was easy and the past two weeks were definitely proof of that. Her time was divided between learning how to control her powers, combat training, a study session with her dad and school. Daphne hadn´t been sure which one was the worst, probably the training with the Martian Manhunter, which at times was more like intense physiological therapy. After the incident during their first combat training Daphne asked her mentor to help gain better control of her powers. It was the first time something like that had happened. She thought she understood her powers. It turned out studying them under controlled conditions at her father´s lab was not at all the same as being out in the field. So even though she knew what they could do, it did not help in controlling them. 

Together they figured out her power responded strongly to her emotions. Which made sense because it was fear that caused her metagene to activate a couple of months back. Negative emotions were the source of her powers and that made them dangerous. They protected her from everyone and didn´t differentiate between friend or foe. Daphne worried her powers had a sentience of their own, but the Martian ensured her they didn´t. It was more similar to the immune system of the human body, fighting to protect and maintain balance. They had long talks about her insecurities, doubts and fears. It left her vulnerable, sharing so much of her inner self. The Martian always respected her boundaries, only resorting to telepathy when Daphne had trouble putting words to her thoughts. Their hard work paid off. She learned to use her hair like a fifth limb, able to control the movement like she´d move her arm. Talking to plants became a little easier, she was now able to understand them better even if she was distracted. The bark like armor was still the same, she couldn´t use it at will, not yet. 

Her full schedule also meant she couldn´t spend as much time with her team as she wanted to. Whenever she was free, which wasn´t often,she spent most of her time lounging about, trying to recharge. Her near constant exhaustion meant she purposefully stayed away from the more lively members of the team, namely Alisa, Aleen´a, Felix, Zach and Ja. She couldn´t match up to their cheerfulness and didn´t want to bring down the mood. Instead she often found herself in the company Casper, Talon, sometimes Kassandra or even Viktor. With Casper she enjoyed quiet movie nights, despite Cole´s critique of her movie choices. The bird had a particular distaste for sappy movies, which were her favorite. It was the only thing which disgusted the animal enough to make him momentarily leave the lounge, giving them some peace and quiet.  

Combat training was something she still despised. She searched for a style of fighting that was comfortable for her. After a couple of sparring sessions with the combat savvy members of the team she had an understanding of the basics. She kept at it and slowly became more skilled in countering physical attacks. It went against Black Canary´s combat philosophy, but for now this worked. 

She listened to Batman, paying close attention. This mission might not be the ideal activity to bond, or well actually maybe it was. They were walking into a dangerous place together and watching out for everyone´s safety was always her first priority. Daphne watched Alisa explain the holographic projection of Batman to Aleen´a which made her laugh. She covered her mouth with her hands, forcing herself not to laugh out loud. It was endearing to see Aleen´a figure out how everything on Earth worked. She reminded Daphne of a little kid, who saw everything for the the first time. Daphne was about to walk over to them but stopped when Talon demanded their attention as their current mission leader. 

[color=Lightgreen][i]Squad B, patrol duty, she could do that. Right?[/i][/color]
She glanced at the members who were going to be on squad B with her. Viktor would be leading them, it made sense. He was going to be blunt and harsh. Even though it wasn't the way she would go about it, Daphne had come to accept their differences more in the past two weeks. His attitude bothered her less and she tried to keep out of his line of fire as much as she could. Felix and Aleen'a were there too. Daphne joined up with her squad, standing next to Felix. 
[color=Lightgreen]"Hi guys, so squad B, we'll probably need to bundle up"[/color] She said, referring to them being outside in the snow.

Batman simply nodded at Talon's question, not saying he agreed or disagreed, leaving things ambiguous. He closed the briefing with a final instruction. 
[color=Slategray]"You'll be leaving in an hour, Alisa will be the pilot since she doesn't tire, make sure to rest up on the way, you're going to need it"[/color]