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]

They giggle. "Okay, have fun. And, hey, thank you. I know it looks like I'm all okay and maybe shrugging it off or something but you helped a lot and I'm really happy I met you." They pet the bot. "I'm keeping it."

[thinkering]

"You can't keep me," says the bot. Lorica is already at her keyboard.

[mxglam]

Giggle. Out they go.

[alicornucopia]

Chevalier's waiting in his office.

[mxglam]

Knock knock!

[alicornucopia]

"Come in."

[mxglam]

Glam does. "I'm in," they say without preamble.

[alicornucopia]

Chevalier has the paperwork all ready. He hands it over.

Identity-related fields are marked optional, except the gender one.

[mxglam]

"...is there a particular reason gender is not an optional field?"

[alicornucopia]

"I didn't devise the form. Is there a problem?"

[mxglam]

"Uh. Kinda, yes. Both a cape-problem and a secret-identity-problem."

[alicornucopia]

"Identifying your gender does much less work in finding who you are than narrowing down your age, which the Wards membership does on its own," Chevalier points out.

[mxglam]

"...no, it's not that. My cape identity is nonbinary. My non-cape identity is genderfluid."

[alicornucopia]

"...I don't follow you."

[msglam]

Sigh. Mask disappears.

"Sometimes I'm a girl."

[mrglam]

"Sometimes I'm a boy."

[mxglam]

"With the mask, I'm neither."

[alicornucopia]

"Leave that blank for now and see if you can get anywhere with Branding on that. You might have to pick one in the end, but it can be based on which aisle you want your action figures sold in."

[mxglam]

"Why- nevermind, I'll talk to Branding about it."

They continue filling in the form, the gender part being ironically enough the only one they leave blank.

[alicornucopia]

And Chevalier takes back the paper and says that Glam can go home and get some sleep, or crash in one of the empty dorm rooms, and the Branding lady will be in at eight in the morning.

[mxglam]

"...do you have any news on the guy?"

[alicornucopia]

"Critical condition, not dead yet."

[mxglam]

They exhale in relief. "Okay. Thank you. I... think I'm going to check one of the rooms out."

[alicornucopia]

The robot lifts off their shoulder, silently offering to lead the way. Chevalier looks at it and chuckles softly.

[mxglam]

They smile and follow the robot.