internet, meet [insert title of glam's webseries]

[mxglam]

To Glam's continued delight, more kissing sessions happen on the following days (when they're feeling like a boy). They haven't met her parents as her official boyfriend or girlfriend or whatever yet, and don't mind it too much.

News about Purity's escape surprises exactly no one, but the Protectorate's reputation suffers a blow because of the attack; after all, the heroes were beaten on their home turf. The PHO forums are abuzz, though rumors of Glam's death at the hands of Hookwolf (probably started by same) prove largely unfounded.

And Glam really should get to their webisodes and start building a steadier rep. And that's (one of the reasons) why they're in Lorica's workshop a few days later.

"So what should I do? I haven't posted anything since Purity, should probably make this more of a habit."

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[thinkering]

"Yeah, any tweaks you make in that direction make it more likely someone will think it's the real Siberian and this has both drawbacks and advantages. Maybe people trust the truce enough. Not sure."

[msglam]

"Yeah, but if they don't think it's the real one they're less likely to expect it to be as unstoppable and unmovable as the real one. I'm sure I'm not the only cape who can create an illusion like that."

[thinkering]

"Yeah. So maybe do make it look like her."

[msglam]

"All I need is one public display of Siberian to become Eidolon levels of notorious- er, get Eidolon levels of notoriety, anyway. Should be enough to at least convince people I can do that, then it doesn't need to be Siberian-shaped anymore, and I can go ahead and kill Endbringers and stuff."

[thinkering]

"Are you planning to show this off on the Internet? I mean, I somehow doubt the Siberian hangs out on PHO, but I'd still worry about it."

[msglam]

"...no, not for now. And yeah, I won't do that until I'm ready to take the Nine on, there's no way Jack will leave me be when I do."

[thinkering]

"Yeah."

[msglam]

"Definitely need to prepare and learn how to use this, though, it might actually give me a fighting chance."

[thinkering]

"Yeah. And it's a good way to check for other things your power might be able to do."

[msglam]

"What do you mean?"

[thinkering]

"Like the light from nowhere and the spatial distortion illusion. That just happened because I said you were in a forest, I wasn't trying to get you to do it, but I could try to get you to do stuff."

[msglam]

"Ooh yes, definitely!"

[thinkering]

"Any ideas?"

[msglam]

"Hm." Pause. "Teekay with stuff I didn't make," she suggests. "That seemed to be the most obvious limitation when testing."

[thinkering]

"Okay, so we'll work on that. You did manage a nice breeze with the forest."

[msglam]

"...that's interesting. That's very interesting. I wonder if I could add mastery over the weather to my list."

[thinkering]

"That would be fun! All kinds of excellent applications between fights for that. That reminds me, I got the paramedics on board at last, need to email Piggot about Rewind's extracurricular today."

[msglam]

"Ooh, fun! I wonder how she'll react."

[thinkering]

"Good question! Email sent. We'll see."

[msglam]

"Let's see, other ideas... I wonder what kinds of powers my copies can actually have."

[thinkering]

"Breaker stuff, obviously, what else have you done so far?"

[msglam]

"Vanilla Brutes, I simulated this one Mover-Blaster by giving it boots that shot energy blasts but I bet I could've done that without the boots. Teekay of stuff I make, telepathy with each other..."

[thinkering]

"I'll just - have the bot compile a list of some known powers and run you through them next time you're under?"

[msglam]

"That sounds reasonable. There are a few we can rule out, though. Stuff like what Windflower can do, for instance."

[thinkering]

"...Well, not necessarily. I mean, I wouldn't want to test that one without having a plan for doing anything useful with her power, but you can do wind, and you can do things with lasting effects even if the stuff itself disappears."