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]

"Like you were about me being willing to go with you to Chevalier, weird like that."

[mxglam]

"Nope, won't be weird like that."

[thinkering]

"Good."

[mxglam]

"...are there people I can treat like people here and be nice to in the meantime?"

[thinkering]

"Echo's probably safe but isn't always here weekends, don't know if she's in today. Dauntless isn't bad, Miss Militia's not bad if you're all party line, Drupe and Armsmaster are okay if you're all shop talk and don't waste their time."

[mxglam]

"Mmhm." They start detaching from the ceiling and floating back down. "I should probably stop bothering you and let you return to your fugue."

[thinkering]

Lorica polishes off her crepe. "'Preciate it."

[mxglam]

Out they go!

[thinkering]

A bot closes the door behind them.

[mxglam]

Glam runs into Dauntless, and they chat for a bit but the Ward is going out patrolling so they leave him be.

Glam decides to go talk to Chevalier again.

Knock knock?

[alicornucopia]

Chevalier's not in.

Miss Militia is, though. When she spots Glam she goes up to them. "Hello, Glam. Welcome to the Wards. I'm Miss Militia," she says in accented English. "I am embarrassed to ask, but no one seems to wish to tell me if you are a boy or a girl?"

[mxglam]

That's going to be a theme, isn't it. "That's because I'm not a boy or a girl," they say, and shrug.

[alicornucopia]

"I'm sorry?"

[mxglam]

"Not a boy or a girl," they repeat. Then they decide to try that one line: "I'm a superhero!"

[alicornucopia]

"Well, so am I," says Miss Militia, "and I am glad you are so enthusiastic, but that doesn't answer my question."

[mxglam]

They laugh. "I know, it's just, as far as gender goes, neither 'boy' nor 'girl' fit the bill. The answer to the question 'boy or girl?' is 'neither.'"

[alicornucopia]

"Did something happen to you? There are some parahumans who can - put you back together, if you have some kind of injury..."

[mxglam]

Blink. "Oh. No, I mean, I'm anatomically okay. It's just, what I'm anatomically like isn't... doesn't really have much to do with how I feel, gender-wise. And in fact my power lets me be pretty, uh, flexible, anatomically."

[alicornucopia]

"I'm still not sure I understand, but - you have a Changer power?"

[mxglam]

"More or less. My power is conjuring stuff and making stuff behave in different ways, kinda, and there's a minor Changer effect because of that. I expect it can grow with the rest too, though." Maybe not but having her believe it won't hurt.

[alicornucopia]

"Oh, I see. That explains what people have been telling me, I suppose. Is there a way to know which you are at any given time? Do you change your mask, or something?"

[mxglam]

"When I'm in mask there's not much of a difference. You can use 'they' as a pronoun, if you need to refer to me."

[alicornucopia]

"Oh, how clever," says Miss Militia. "Both of you at once. All right."

[mxglam]

...they decide that's good enough. "So, I have two questions. First, uh, do you know the status of the... guy?"

[alicornucopia]

"The one who was injured last night?" Headshake. "I am afraid he passed away overnight."