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.

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[thinkering]

"They probably only want you to show up both at once for fundraisers and stuff, but that's not what I meant, what I mean is for you to get any good out of crafting an alternate powerset at all you need to be able to do a doppelganger."

[mxglam]

"Oh, yeah. Also, now that I'm thinking, behavior-wise it's probably easier to do an alternate me than a lot of things, since... well, I know what to expect myself to do."

[thinkering]

"Let's see it, then."

[mxglam]

"Alright." Close eyes.








...nothing happens.

[thinkering]

Well, as long as their eyes are closed -

"Hi, Extra Glam."

[mxglam]

Glam opens their eyes immediately in surprise.

And an extra Glam did appear there, if only for a flash, except it was after Lorica said the thing, not before.

"It worked?" Pause. "The fact that I'm this surprised means I wasn't doing it right."

[thinkering]

"It worked after I prompted you. Bot, lemme see a picture."

The bots throw up a capture of the brief appearance of an Extra Glam.

[mxglam]

Extra Glam is Extra Glammy. They are hovering there as if they were in a conversation with the other two. Mask is a smile.

"Well alright it's definitely possible then."

[thinkering]

"Sure. You did it a moment ago. Do it again."

[mxglam]

"Alright."

Eyes closed. Twist mind around, expect self to be there...

...nada.

[thinkering]

"Keep your eyes closed," Lorica says. "I think this one's taller. Can you land them?"

[mxglam]

"Taller? Why would it be taller?"

Still no Extra Glam.

[thinkering]

"I can't tell if they actually are until you get them to land. Maybe it's just how they're holding their feet."

[mxglam]

"Alright." Glam themself lands, and expects there to be another Glam standing beside them. They tentatively reach out to the empty space where they half-expect themself to be-

and touch the tips of their own fingers. They open their eyes in surprise. There are two very surprised Glams looking at each other. "Wicked," they say simultaneously, and giggle.

[thinkering]

"Again I was completely bullshitting until moments ago. Am best powers tester."

[mxglam]

Both of them turn to look at her and say, "Yes, you are." Then they look at each other appraisingly-

[mrglam]

-and both of their masks are gone.

"This is weird," they say at the same time. "And my mind is going very strange and fascinating places."

[thinkering]

"...I will not be assisting you in going to anywhere particularly fascinating."

[mrglam]

They look at her and laugh.

"Wouldn't ask you," the original one says.

"It'd be kinda weird," the other one continues.

"And we know how you feel about weird," the first one finishes.

"We're not even sure it'll work."

"It might count as sufficiently hard squinting."

[thinkering]

"Oh good, you aren't stuck talking in sync. Can you do one girl one boy at the same time, that being one of the main objects of the exercise?"

[mrglam]

"Yes,"

[msglam]

they say simultaneously.

[thinkering]

"Awesome! Any preference on which gender is Glam and which one is Somebody New Who Does Something Else?"

[msglam]

"Not really," says girl Glam (who is the original one). "Probably flip a coin."

[mrglam]

"We'd still prefer coming up with some way of presenting as nonbinary, though."