It was an awkward beginning for Thomas, trying his hand at the heroic thing proved to be difficult, first off the battery of tests that his eldest teammate insisted on where often embarrassing at times, everything from the basic check up (turn your head and cough!) to some very strange devices that required him to be electrocuted at varying voltages to see the effect it had on his blood chemistry and the magnets in his head, when it was proven that nothing short of a lethal shock would effect the magnets, at which point, muscle spasms and an altered heart rate would be the least of his concerns, though Cyborg was not satisfied until he had a sample of every body fluid and tissue on or in Thomas' body.
It was a solid week before the embarrassing tests where done, afterward he spent a great deal of time with Robin who wanted to know everything that Lunatic could tell him about his augmentations and the instability that came with them, the whole affair was almost as awkward as Cyborg's tests, and the skeptical stare of his would-be leader as he explained that he was actually twenty five years old, not his current fourteen, and that he used to be from a world similar but different to the one he currently found himself in the knowledge that he would eventually go completely mad didn't thrill the masked Boy Wonder, even the assurances that he could only really remember an intense fear of the dark and periodic memory loss as well as head aches whenever a magic user did their thing.
Starfire was distant and quiet around him and he found himself becoming subdued in her presence, they rarely ever got within six feet of one another except during their infrequent meals in the common room, he got along best with Cyborg and Beastboy who introduced him to the wondrous world of video games, he spent most of his spare time competing against the green teen and the tin man hooting and hollering insults and declarations of vengeance as he proved that superior reflexes and heightened senses didn't do squat in the world of video games, B.B. was thrilled that he had someone he could regularly trounce in the virtual world.
Raven he never really spoke to very often she was distant and quiet, giving off on air of "bother me and die" he typically kept clear of her polite bust distant, being raised in the coalition states gave him a bit of a distrust for out right magic.
His favorite time by far was training, the titan's facilities were top notch, a light practice work out room outfitted with all the latest in athletic enhancement devices, and many of the classics, tread mills, barbells, punching bags, speed bags, the works, it was tragic however that he couldn't work in the air conditioned space that Robin, Beast Boy, and even Starfire were allowed to occupy, the heaviest barbell they had on hand was a staggering four hundred pound, not nearly heavy enough to challenge him, the tread mills couldn't handle any speed above twenty five miles per hour without burning out, and after destroying the third punching bag he was summarily booted from the room and its lovely air conditioning, Cyborg, stand up guy that he was took pity on his somewhat manic compadre and offered to design a personal set up for him, though he cheerily told Loony that he had to run laps he wasn't replacing two hundred bearings just cause Loony was feeling a bit restless, so it was that he got his own little area to work out in one of the larger hangers within Titan Tower, along side an intimidating contraption that Cyborg used for his work outs, though the idea of a Cyborg "working out" seemed a bit bizarre to Lunatic, he chose not to mention his observations, he instead contented himself to a strict training regiment involving benching a one tone slab of steel and concrete, running endless laps around the island that housed his new home.
Combat practice was something he could share with his teammates and did so eagerly, the exercise was distressingly well controlled using pacification drones that hurt when they shot you and hit you with just enough force to bruise, and frankly feeling pain was kind of hard for him the only time he really felt anything resembling pain was the few times he had been shot and bone broke, that sort of nerve shattering pain kinda got past the iron walls of endorphins and the weird techno magic that the magnets produced, even then that was simply a dull ache that let him know he shouldn't stand on that limb, so the idea of being shot by a "pain gun" didn't exactly wow him, and bruising blows barely registered, still he smiled gamely and danced about the clumsy swings and the beams of the "pain guns" not entirely sure if he was supposed to break the bots or not, eventually Beast Boy piped up "DUUDE! you have to hit them sometime! some of us want to do something today besides watch you hop around" with a sigh Lunatic lashed out with his right hand, sheering a robot in half as he unleashed a flurry of blows leaving piles of smoldering robotics, two of his teammates cheering, he grinned at them and wandered back to the line of titans still awaiting their turns in the "ring" Starfire was next bobbing about two feet in the air her hands glowing a toxic green as she drifted into the staging area six more drones descended from the ceiling their odd triangular bodies gleaming new and eager to be tested, Starfire seemed much more at ease in this scenario as she unleashed bolt after bolt from her hands devastating the drones in short order, yet more drones descended from the ceiling flying in formation about the ceiling as Starfire took flight a low "boom!" followed her sudden acceleration as the drones gave chase firing their stunners at the graceful alien girl who easily evaded the somewhat predictable attacks, she twisted about mid air flinging explosive green energy bolts back at her pursuers destroying four of the six drones before she collided embarrassingly with the far wall of the exercise room, smashing clean through the concrete and steel reinforced wall.
Robin sighed rubbing his temples as he reached out to the panel at his side striking the exercise kill switch causing the remaining drones to stop their attack and return to their housings as Starfire peeked her head through the ragged hole in the wall, "I am sorry friend Robin, I had forgotten the nature of the exercise was fighting in enclosed spaces" her embarrassed giggle caused beast boy to titter humorously which prompted a booming chortle from Cyborg, Raven shook her head slightly,her sentiments a mystery to the others.
And those where his beginning days with the titans, the exercises varied somewhat but always felt so safe, so controlled they lacked the risk of real honest to goodness life or death battle. Patrols were definitely where he got most of his entertainment,usually they involved him jogging down the road at a comfortable thirty miles an hour keeping his sharp ears open for the sounds of ne'er do wells giving the gift of grief to the more law abiding populace within Jump city, the sounds of a struggle and sharply barked commands and the sounds of someone pleading usually meant a mugging or an assault, typically he would charge in give a second or two so that he didn't mistake a simple argument for a more serious serious form of disagreement, then he would stroll up to the pair or,trio, or sometimes even more, pluck up the apparent victim and leap away from their attackers and then with a quirk of a grin charge back into the midst of the group tossing them around like rag dolls for a bit just for kicks, before cuffing them to street lights or parking meters or whatever was handy and continuing on his merry trek.
Every now and again Lunatic would wader back to the H.I.V.E. academy to share a class or two with Billy and P.H. the two boys were always happy to see him, and when they asked he was happy to tell them he had joined up with the Titans, it would have gone over fairly well if he had made the declaration in private, say at a restaurant, or maybe in one of Billy's cars on the way to a bar, Loony however chose to tell them in the middle of the cafeteria during lunch at a crowded table(well crowded with Billy's), P.H. stared slack jawed at his absentee classmate/roommate/friend, "you have got to be kidding me" he finally muttered resting his head in his hands, Billy seemed to think it was a joke and the whole gang of him cackled at the idea of his crazy buddy shaking down muggers and hob-nobbing with the police, "Hoo boy you had me going right Billy?" snorted the Billy across from Lunatic, nudging his Doppelganger to the right of him who was likewise lost in his own snorting chuckles, Lunatic shrugged, "they actually get paid for the crap they put up with can't say I don't enjoy the bullying of the odd mugger, though they're training routines are weak sauce".
And so his life moved on, Billy and P.H. where his weekend buddies, they had an agreement not to talk about "work" no crime stopping for Loony when they boys were out, no larceny for Billy and P.H., and all told it worked out, oh the odd bar brawl, or street fight broke out as was to be expected between the three hot tempered super-humans, but by and by they got along famously, having a purpose, friends, and a bit of spending money to pad his wallet, that was all that it took to make him happy.
Unfortunately Cyborg had been unable to repair his knife, he simply didn't posses the necessary tools for the fine work needed to repair the vibration generator, but he managed to get the annoying looseness in the blade so it didn't shift when he swung or stabbed with it, it wasn't much but it was something, he replaced some of the spent rounds for his revolver and kept it with him at all times, it was comforting to be armed even in this relatively peaceful world.
And so life was.