endbringer, meet gun

[peterxy]

...Very unseasonable rains can be seen in the distance from the shores of Acapulco.

The Brockton Bay Protectorate starts organizing volunteers to be transported or teletransported in batches to it. Heroes, rogues, villains, anyone's assistance is appreciated. A rendez-vous point is set for non-Protectorate capes wishing to volunteer, and Protectorate capes are informed of the situation via communication devices.

Comments

[mxglam]

"But its faculties have expanded in personward directions?"

[thinkering]

"It learns, I said."

[mxglam]

"There are lots of ways it could learn in not-a-person directions but I suppose it wouldn't have been worth mentioning if that had been the case."

[thinkering]

"It does not have the US state capitals memorized, because it knows how to use Wikipedia."

[mxglam]

"Mmhm."

[thinkering]

"I didn't mean to scare you. You don't need to worry about the bots."

[mxglam]

"I'm not really scared. It's more of a... an intellectual wariness? Nothing so visceral and what I know of you, however little, kinda nullifies a lot of the terror I'd feel if it was some random tinker."

[thinkering]

"Thanks."

[mxglam]

"You're welcome!"

Patrol patrol. End of shift.





Another day: arrives.

"Harroo again."

[thinkering]

"Hi. How's it going?"

[mxglam]

"Pretty good. You?"

[thinkering]

"I'm all right. Same old."

[mxglam]

"Cool. I keep running into you, it almost makes me suspect it's my power but if it's capable of that level of reality manipulation I should probably just try to believe really hard that Endbringers are a figment of our collective imaginations."

[thinkering]

"Oh, they are, didn't you hear? Chicago Thinker came out with it Wednesday, it was all over social media."

[mxglam]

"That possibility almost makes me wish to find a sufficiently powerful Master to control me."

[thinkering]

"I'll let you know if I find one. I can spot you, even."

[mxglam]

"Yeah, I think I'll want a significantly higher confidence that this will work before I'm willing to actually try."

[thinkering]

"I get it."

[mxglam]

Patrol patrol.

"So, I've been thinking."

[thinkering]

"Yeah?"

[mxglam]

"Before I actually decide on a plan to get a rep," and Lorica might notice that Glam went and added the billowing to the cape and the mysterious light from nowhere, "I probably need a lot more info on my possibilities."

[thinkering]

"Like what?"

[mxglam]

"Well, a more thorough description of what being a Ward is like is why I brought it up. Like... how would you go about trying to convince me to become one?"

[thinkering]

"Should I be trying?"

[mxglam]

"Yes, please. Then try to convince me not to join up?"