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]

"You're saying you don't think dragons are cool? You, sir, are wrong!"

[msecho]

"So wrong," Echo agrees.

[alicornucopia]

"They're not even real."

[mxglam]

"That's not the right mindset! Superheroes weren't real until a couple of decades ago, and now they are. If I become one then they'll be real."

[alicornucopia]

"You won't actually be a dragon, you'll be some kind of freaky Changer nerd."

[mxglam]

"Who can a) spit fire, b) fly, c) roar, d) eat you. I think that qualifies as actually being a dragon."

"Don't actually eat Boots," Dauntless asks.

[alicornucopia]

"I'd kick its ass," says Boots.

[mxglam]

"Not if I was flying at the time!"

[alicornucopia]

"Which you couldn't be if you were trying to eat me, dumbass."

[mxglam]

"No, by the time I tried I'd've already charred you to a burnt husk."

[msecho]

Echo is trying and failing to hide how inordinately pleased she is at the mental image of Boots being eaten by a dragon.

[alicornucopia]

"Glam, I don't want to have to warn you any more about threatening people," says Chevalier, before Boots can say anything.

[mxglam]

"...I was joking. Sorry. I don't actually want to eat you, Boots."

[alicornucopia]

"Be careful with jokes like that. Even with other capes the possibility of fights isn't always taken lightly."

Boots snorts.

[mxglam]

They sigh. "I'll avoid making jokes like that."

[alicornucopia]

"Thank you, Glam," says Chevalier.

[mxglam]

"Aaaanyway," they say, because they're not about to let this stop them, they just got going. "There's still the question of what kind of dragon. Wyrm? Maybe one of those long Chinese dragons?"

[msecho]

"Ooh, yes, one of those! They're the coolest dragons!"

[thinkering]

"Those don't have wings, do they?"

[mxglam]

"Nope, but that's never stopped me!" They hover a bit before dropping back onto the chair.

[alicornucopia]

Dinner seems to be winding down, except for a couple slow eaters. Miss Militia's plate is already clean.

[acanofworms]

Armsmaster unceremoniously leaves.

[alicornucopia]

Others start scattering. Boots bounds away with unnaturally long strides. Windflower scurries. Once Boots has left the room Chevalier deems the need for his presence over and he departs. Transit pats Lorica on the head and vanishes.

[mxglam]

Echo and Glam have continued chatting about nerd things - she mocks them for having told Boots was wrong about dragons while at the same time not liking Star Wars - and all reservations she had about their being new and an ex-rogue and all seem to have vanished.

Dauntless isn't as familiar and is mostly quiet, and eventually leaves as well.

[thinkering]

Lorica heads out when it is clear that Glam and Echo have struck up a functional conversation.