simurgh, meet your nemesis

[mxglam]

So Glam tests their power some more, and then has a meeting with Piggot where they explain the Siberian. She listens carefully, then asks them not to demonstrate, and says she will communicate that to the appropriate people. That takes a while, and then Lorica is asked to confirm this, and then Glam is asked to demonstrate to very few people with very high clearance.

This should not get out, it would be a PR nightmare, but if the Sibarian copy does what it looks like it does, its help will be invaluable in the upcoming Endbringer fights. When Glam decides to use that power, the story will be that a power copier has grabbed the Siberian's and is using it against the Endbringer, that people should not panic, and that she is an ally. Glam mentions, since they're all being so cooperative about telling everyone on the comms, that the Siberian copy doesn't have to look like the original, so people can know whether to panic or not based on her shape.

That leaves, of course, Glam's own willingness to face the Slaughterhouse Nine. Even if they don't know that Siberian is them, they will likely cause problems, and this will need to be carefully planned.

Careful plans tend not to survive contact with reality, and that is doubly true when the next Endbringer attack happens only two months and nine days after the previous one.

Not that it would matter much: Glam is definitely not going to a Simurgh fight, not yet.

Comments

[msglam]

Grin. "I love you."

[thinkering]

"I love you too."

[peterxy]

Rewind is:

patrolling.

[alicornucopia]

Windflower is:

in some bizarre technical sense, supervising her, because Windflower isn't probationary and Rewind is.

[peterxy]

Yeah, that's a thing. Also, Rewind is kind of annoyed at still having to patrol but whatever.

"They should get us flying tinker suits or something."

[alicornucopia]

"Lorica makes one for her and one for her dad," nods Windflower. "She could do more, probably."

[peterxy]

"I wonder why she doesn't. We should ask. Running around on feet is just too lame."

[alicornucopia]

"Yeah."

[peterxy]

Patrol patrol.

[alicornucopia]

Patrol patrol patrol.

[msecho]

The two of them are pinged on the comm.

"Hey guys, someone reported a disturbance on," and she gives them an address, "and you two are the closest, can you go check it out?"

[alicornucopia]

"What kind of disturbance?" asks Windflower, checking the nearest street sign to see which way to go.

[msecho]

"Something like fighting, they weren't very clear."

[alicornucopia]

"Do you at least know if there's capes?"

[msecho]

"No, sorry."

[alicornucopia]

"Well, okay," sighs Windflower, and she heads in the direction.

[peterxy]

Rewind follows, being technically supervised.

They go, all sneaky, and upon approaching the address, the signs of disturbance become clear. Fighting noises, to be specific. Someone roars, and Rewind freezes. "That was Lung."

[alicornucopia]

"...Uh, can we take Lung?"

[peterxy]

"No we can't. Call it in," she says, and sneakily sneaks to the corner around which the fighting sounds are coming from. She quickly comes back. "Shit they've been at it for more than ten minutes."

[alicornucopia]

"Hi Echo it's Lung we need help?" says Windflower into her comm.

[msecho]

"Acknowledged. Getting reinforcements, do not engage."

[peterxy]

"Fuck that," Rewind whispers, and sneaks back to the corner to watch the ongoing fight. "Stormtiger and Crusader are there, too. Lung's winning," she calls on the comm.

[alicornucopia]

"Careful," Windflower says of the sneaking.

[msecho]

"Miss Militia, Dauntless, three Glam's, and Lorica's bots are en route," Echo informs them.

[peterxy]

Rewind doesn't seem to hear that. She watches the ongoing fight, looking increasingly anxious, then repeats, "Fuck that, if he gets bigger we're screwed," and turns around the corner towards the fight.