“No, they likely aren’t” Slade would agree with Jinny, smirking slightly as he did so. Finding some amount of humor in the fact that her thoughts and his own had skirted along similar lines. And his plan for his first class would teach everyone in it that fact very quickly.

But those thoughts were for another time.

“That’s up to you.” The older man would answer “But it won’t stay a secret for long either way I suspect. Because while the students won’t think much of it, the staff and others in the underworld will easily be able to put things together. My adoption of you was, for the most part, legal. Which means it won’t take very long for anyone who goes looking to find your connection to me.” Which was true. According to the law she was Jinayah Ifriti-Wilson. His legal ward and child. And Slade had never hidden his name. A fact he always found enjoyable, since almost no one expected that to be the case. Even Deathstroke was a callsign he used when he was still a part of the military.

“Short term it won’t be an issue, and will in fact be safer. Our home is defensible, but HIVE’s facility will be more so once we are settled. And the set up will make it very difficult for single target contracts to be carried out without making a lot of rather powerful enemies.” Yes, it would put out what it was Jinny could do. But even that had the potential to benefit her in the long run.

“Long term it might be more of an issue, but that depends on how things develop there and we can leave before things get unsalvageable.” So long as they get at least a year at HIVE, the time spent there would prove to be worth it. As after that Slade would have enough of a baseline to continue to properly train Jinny’s powerset. As well as a deep enough understanding of how HIVE was going to operate to be able to predict it. Anything after that was simply a bonus.

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With the forest trip taken care of time would pass quickly. Before long it would be the day. The day they both left for H.A.E.Y.P. Though getting there wasn’t going to be much of a hassle. Be it luck or providence, the academy was located in Jump city. So once breakfast was finished and the house was locked up it would be a simple drive to the private estate grounds where the academy was located. And while it would be quite the drive, but Slade and Jinayah had both been earlier risers for years at this point. Thus, shortly before noon on a balmy Friday they would arrive.

The school was a large multibuilding structure situated on several acres of woodlands. The main building was the largest and housed the main offices and class rooms, along side the library and lunchroom. The other buildings had more specialized class rooms, such as those used for Auto mechanics or woodshop, held dorms for both staff and students, or housed the gymnasium. Which had all manner of exercise equipment as well as a diving pool and lap area.

On the grounds themselves there was another pool, outside, and geared more towards fun with various water park frivolities, such as waterslides and diving boards. There were also a few courts for either basket ball or tennis as well as a track and field area. Other pathways leading away from the academy implied that they had even more buildings situated elsewhere on the grounds, but what they were wasn’t apparent at the moment.

All in all, it looked like an upscale, and extravagant, private bordering school. Because that is what it was. Jin wasn’t the only student showing up either from the looks of things. As when her and Slade exited the car there were at least a dozen others that were also arriving. Some looked older, a few looked younger, and the rest seemed to fit into Jinayah’s age bracket.

The students were easy to pick out. All of them wore a similar looking uniform, one that Jinayah had herself. A gray blazer had the academy’s logo emblazed on the breast. A white under shirt, with a deep purple tie or small ribbon. The boys had slacks, and the girls were split between also waring slacks or moderate skirts, with the majority leaning towards skirts. The uniform was finished off with black dress shoes. All of them had a member of the staff talking either to them or to their guardians. Answering questions about the layout of the school and other such mundane things.

“Quite the place they have here.” Slade would remark now that he had seen the place in person. It was an impressive showing, and made him wonder all the more what the parts that they had hidden away looked like. None of the staff would approach, but their arrival wasn’t unnoticed. As several of the staff members could be seen almost double taking when they noticed Slade himself. He had a reputation after all, that and they likely didn’t truly believe that he was going to be working here up until just now. If they even knew of such beforehand.

“Seems like we are being left to our own devices for the time being.” He would say turning his attention back to Jinny. Amused by the reactions of those here. “Do you want to go exploring a bit, get the lay of the land, or get the bureaucratic business out of the way?