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

[thinkering]

"I was just going to buy it, but I can ask if she wants to bake the cakes..."

[mxglam]

"If Echo can do it she can do one of those fancy super expensive cakes for much less!"

[thinkering]

So Lorica emails Echo asking if she bakes, if not Lorica will be happy to buy the cakes.

[msecho]

She does in fact bake! She'd be happy to, was there any specific cake they wanted?

[thinkering]

And Lorica relays that they can't ask Rewind if she likes chocolate without spoiling the surprise, so she was thinking one chocolate one lemon poppyseed.

[msecho]

They can count on her!

[thinkering]

"Echo'll bake."

[mxglam]

"Rad!"

And Glimmer's reply arrives, saying that depending on when they do it she could show up as well.

[thinkering]

The time is undetermined; when is convenient for Glimmer?

[peterxy]

During the week, while they're not patrolling.

[thinkering]

That can be arranged.

And eventually Lorica (well, the bot, mostly) figures out a time that works for all the Wards, and the party has complete Ward buy-in.

[mxglam]

"Have I told you you're the best girlfriend? Because you're the best girlfriend."

[thinkering]

"Because I made a robot that can organize parties?"

[mxglam]

"Among other things, yes," they giggle. "In this case I'm just feeling fuzzy feelings that you did it and that the party is happening and stuff."

[thinkering]

"I see."

[mxglam]

"I'm very suggestible to fuzzy feelings when I'm around you also."

[thinkering]

"I have noticed that."

[mxglam]

Grin. "Can you blame me?"

[thinkering]

"No, I'm pretty awesome."

[msglam]

And so it is that a few days later, Jeannie is sulking in her room in a PRT medical ward when there is a knock.

"You know I can't get off this bed, what's the point of knocking?" she calls.

So Sadde opens the door, and suddenly: balloons.

"...what," Jeannie asks.

[thinkering]

"Hi," says Lorica. "Glam orchestrated you a party."

"Hi are you okay?" asks Windflower anxiously.

[msglam]

Willow walks in, carrying one of the cakes, and Sadde uses an imaginary plate to float in another. Glimmer's there, too, hanging back somewhat.

Jeannie gapes, then says "YesI'mfineisthatcake?"

"Yes," Sadde giggles.

"Oh my gosh! Gimme!" She makes grabby hands.

[thinkering]

"Echo baked. We couldn't ask if you like chocolate without sacrificing the element of surprise so the other one's lemon poppyseed."

[msglam]

"I want both!" She visibly has enough broken bones that she can't reasonably go get any. She closes her laptop but doesn't push the small table in front of her aside.

Sadde conjures a knife and supervises its cake-slicing process.

"Why the party, though?"

"Well, I had been planning on throwing you a 'Rewind is awesome' party for a while now, what with half of us owing you our lives."

[thinkering]

"You are very awesome," agrees Lorica, dishing cakes onto plates for others as soon as Rewind has hers.