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]

"Sure, but I'm apparently a prospective- okay, anyway." They shake their head. "Would you have said that you wouldn't bet on it even if you would bet on it but thought that was a good way to get me to join?" Pause. "I'm basically asking if what you just said was the truth or what you believed would be most likely to convince me. One of the items in my cons list was the, I really don't like being managed, and I especially dislike being lied to or misled in the process, well in general, and relationships with other parahumans already tend to be rocky by default, we're not selected for personal compatibility and frequently have particularly combative or otherwise not very amicable personalities because horrible trauma and- um. In the interest of honesty, I was tempted to join, but the thing you said made me want to join less, even as it added a big con to the other options' lists."

[alicornucopia]

Chevalier puts his hand over his eyes and sighs. "Glam. I joined the inaugural Wards team under - circumstances not quite as bad as yours. I got caught before I put anyone in the ground or even in the hospital. But if I hadn't been found when I was... I'm recommending for you what worked for me. But if you're worried about being managed, I'd - honestly, I assure you - worry more about the justice system doing it than the Protectorate."

[mxglam]

"Do you know how he's doing?"

[alicornucopia]

"I haven't heard anything new since Lorica told me he was alive upon boarding the ambulance."

[mxglam]

Sigh.

"I don't suppose you could give me like a day or a week to think through my options?"

[alicornucopia]

"You can have an hour. In this building."

[mxglam]

"Can Lorica be with me? If she wants to. And. Private?"

[alicornucopia]

"Yes."

[mxglam]

"Okay. Thank you."

[alicornucopia]

Chevalier shows Glam to Lorica's workshop and leaves them alone there.

[mxglam]

"Hi."

[thinkering]

"Hi."

[mxglam]

"...so it kinda went about as well as it could, considering." And they tell her everything that they and Chevalier talked about.

[thinkering]

"Lovely bit of extortion there. His story about himself matches what I know though."

[mxglam]

"Yeah I didn't expect that part to be a lie. And to be honest, I think he believes everything he said, even if he could have phrased it better. I don't know if I blame him, though; he deals with capes, after all."

[thinkering]

"I mean, he could have phrased it better for you but he doesn't know you. As a generic spiel it's practically charismatic."

[mxglam]

"Yeah, exactly." Sigh. "What are your thoughts?"

[thinkering]

"If I were you I'd join up and keep my head down for a few months, take what's on offer, shut up about what-all else, and make it to graduation without pulling anything stupid, but that's me and it's been clear all along that I'm more open to the Wards on less provocation."

[mxglam]

"Yeah." Think. "I was also honest when I said I was tempted. All in all, I think it's likely I would've chosen to join up anyway. This kinda just... speeds matters up a bit."

[thinkering]

"Yeah."

[mxglam]

"What I haven't properly thought about yet is what I'll say my power actually is."

[thinkering]

"You're on record as a shaker-blaster-mover with a Tinker subrating 'so no one underestimates your potential versatility'."

[mxglam]

"Awww you're gonna make me blush!"

[thinkering]

[mxglam]

"Sorry. Anyway, what's my suspected power so far? ...actually what have you told them it was?"