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

[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?"

[thinkering]

"You sure you don't just want pros and cons in list form?"

[mxglam]

"Well I guess that works, too, though it'd help if you also added information about what you think is most relevant and stuff."

[thinkering]

"So, if the concept of high school appeals to you on a social level, Wards is sort of like that plus shop talk, the expectation that you'll be kind of close-knit, and a smaller background context. Also me not taking my helmet off and a higher casualty rate, but, you know."

[mxglam]

"Yeah, casualty rate of peers goes in the list of cons."

[thinkering]

"Yeah. Uh, powers testing might matter more for you than most... backup's good... merchandising's good for you, branding's a headache for most people but might plausibly be good for you... priority parahuman healing when there's any to go around... networking if you ever want to move cities..."

[mxglam]

"Power testing's way fun," Glam agrees. They don't actually write it all down, they wouldn't be able to read it in the future anyway since it counts as sufficiently hard squinting, but they nod along.

[thinkering]

"Budget. Everybody gets one, not just Tinkers; nontinkers get less but don't have to sink as much of it into parts. Having a Wards history helps seniority in the Protectorate, I think, compared to triggering or joining up as an adult. ...I might be out of pros. Cons are that you get to work in life-threatening situations with a lot of traumatized people whose personalities weren't filtered for compatibility to begin with and are supervised by older instances of same."

[mxglam]

"Yeah. I usually like people and they tend to like me after a fashion, but being parahumans the 'fashion' may be enough for them to hate my guts."

[thinkering]

"We get some flex on how we're paired up but if they decide you and Windflower are a good fit powerswise it doesn't matter that much if you like her or not. I don't know if you will or not, they just don't have a current favorite assigned partner for her."

[mxglam]

"...well, I can actually see a way for our powers to pair up interestingly."

[thinkering]

"Sure. You make more sense paired with Windflower than Boots. But if you don't get along with her it's still going to suck."

[mxglam]

"Yeah, not being able to pick my own patrol schedule and partners would be annoying."

[thinkering]

"And you have to come across very party-line and mature and responsible whenever anybody's looking, to get solo patrols. That and you need the powers for it, but you do."

[mxglam]

"Mm." Acting mature: not a favorite past time of Glam's.

[thinkering]

"Also, they can keep you for up to six months after your birthday as an identity-concealing measure."

[mxglam]

"Eh, Wards, Protectorate, not that big a difference to make six months that awful."

[thinkering]

"It's a little different, but yeah."