peterverse | brockton bay, meet glam

mxglam posting in

It's the anniversary. Glam would very much not like to celebrate.

It’s their last day on Winslow High - they’re being transferred to Arcadia on Monday - and also their last day without a patrol schedule assigned.

And the PRT released a small announcement on its website about Glam joining the Wards. Now their wiki page doesn’t get erased, of course - they’re no longer speculative. They wonder what it’s got on them.

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From:

mrglam

"...oh."

From:

thinkering

"I mean... you see what I mean, don't you?"

From:

mrglam

"Yes. Yes I do."

From:

thinkering

"And so I do like you but I have really high standards for 'better than nothing'."

From:

mrglam

"Ouch." He rubs his eyes with the heels of his hands. "Okay. My character would say something like 'there's another reason to become awesome' but I'm not in the mood to play it. I just- need to stop doing things so much. It's probably part of this character, believing I'm invincible, I can do anything, nothing will go wrong. This is the right frame of mind to control my power, but it's not so good for everything else. I can't fucking just believe everything will go right and then have it all go right, I need to grow up and actually look at how to accomplish things, and it hurts a little bit to say it. Feels so obvious, another thing I missed." He lowers his hands and opens his eyes, then sighs. "I'll do better."

From:

thinkering

"That's promising."

From:

mrglam

He laughs. "Don't say that, you're going to encourage me." He smiles a bit sadly. "If you're still okay having me around even with-" He makes a vague gesture with his hands. "I'll probably ask for your help. More often, that is. And other people's help, too, and my own help, but yeah. I'll try not to just jump into things like that."

From:

thinkering

"I'm okay with having you around."

From:

mrglam

"Okay. Good."

From:

thinkering

"Did you really think I was going to quit talking to you because you have a crush on me?"

From:

mrglam

"Talking to me? No, of course not. But, you know, I've been hanging out with you a bit more often than with. Anyone else. And vice-versa. And you might've wanted to tone that down a little. And I had to be safe, anyway, not just assume you're comfortable with whatever."

From:

thinkering

"Fair enough."

From:

mrglam

He smiles. "I should probably go and- not duck anything up for a long time."

From:

thinkering

"Good luck."

From:

mrglam

"Thanks!"

He doesn't bother masking up before leaving.

From:

mxglam

Glam waits and waits and waits and is not called to Piggot's office. The chaos dies down a little, and they're still not called. That's- worrying.

They hover over to her office and knock softly.

From:

alicornucopia

"Come in."

From:

mxglam

They do.

"Hello," they say, sounding somewhat subdued.

From:

alicornucopia

"Hello, Glam," says Piggot. "What brings you here?"

From:

mxglam

"I- would like to apologize. And, well, take blame for it, if it wasn't obvious already, but apologize anyway. I acted without thinking, without full knowledge of the consequences, it was foolish and immature."

From:

alicornucopia

"Why," says Piggot, softly and evenly, pronouncing every consonant with exactitude, "I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about. There is no blame to distribute for calling the Youth Guard, which you are absolutely free to do at any moment and with whom we are delighted to cooperate. It is no doubt I who should be apologizing to you for not making enough resources available to you here that you felt you could solve your problems internally."

From:

mxglam

"I-" They swallow. "I don't think there is anything you should apologize for, I do not believe you or Ms. Yates are at fault for- anything. I was selfish and childish and rash and uninformed and naive. There is probably nothing I can say or do to help it, but I wish Ms. Yates was still here."

From:

alicornucopia

"Ms. Yates's career decisions are of course entirely her own," says Piggot silkily.

From:

mxglam

"Of course," they repeat in a low voice. "If- if you can think of anything I can do to, help, with anything, and if you can trust it's something I could do without breaking it, I would be glad if you told me," they continue, in the same low voice. "Even if it takes a long time for me to earn that modicum of trust."