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

[mrglam]

Original and copy do not look at each other.

The look on both of their faces might betray some of what they're thinking anyway.

[thinkering]

"Or you can try that on your own time if you can't keep your mind out of the gutter."

[mrglam]

"Controlling my thoughts was never part of the deal!" copy says, and original laughs.

[thinkering]

"With the way your power works I thought it would have to be implied."

[mrglam]

"I learned how to separate what I want from what I expect a long time ago."

[thinkering]

"That's good."

[mrglam]

"Sometimes I really don't know what you're thinking and it's frustrating," complains copy.

"I mean, ultimately you probably approve of this fact," says original.

"But it'd still be nice to know when I've crossed a line or when I should tone it down," explains copy.

[thinkering]

"I mean, is there something you'd like me to do about that?"

[mrglam]

"...probably tell me when one of those things has happened?"

"Or an explanation of more or less how uncomfortable you are with me-type behaviors in general."

[thinkering]

"You're basically okay. I think I sufficiently outlined the 'being weird' thing I didn't care for, occasional knowing eyebrow-raises are within tolerances, do not actually have a masturbatory orgy in my workshop but I think you knew that."

[mrglam]

"Right. We knew that," says copy, and original nods.

[thinkering]

"I'm so glad. So. How many of you can you make at once?"

[mrglam]

Pop!

...pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop pop...

They don't actually pop when they appear, and the overall effect is as if there had been a crowd of Saddes there all along but they had just neglected to notice them.

"...I could probably do more," original says.

[thinkering]

"So that will have to wait till we have more room too."

[mrglam]

"Yeah," says the one remaining copy after all the others are gone.

[thinkering]

"The robots are having trouble playing catch. So you can definitely affect things you didn't make," she adds.

[mrglam]

"Rad!"

[thinkering]

"Yeah. The effects are sort of subtle, almost like the golf balls are being knocked around by wind or slightly greasy or something, but they're definitely there."

[mrglam]

"Mmhm."

"You know what I just noticed?"

[thinkering]

"No, what?"

[mrglam]

"I managed to make one and two's earpieces."

"And we weren't in his field of vision when he did that."

[thinkering]

"Ooh, nice!"

[mrglam]

"I think 'attention' is the key here? Sorta like, knowing where a thing is or ought to be even if I'm not directly looking at it?"

[thinkering]

"Maybe you could get a boost from, like, a map, or an HUD like mine."

[mrglam]

"I've tried doing it over live video and that didn't work, though."