lung, meet rewind

[msrewind]

She gets the note just before lunch. She's in the PHQ in less than twenty minutes, then she knocks on Piggot's door politely.

Comments

[thinkering]

"Of course."

[mrglam]

"She said I'd have more time to coordinate with your powers or something. Which, well, is true."

[thinkering]

"I mean, I coordinate with Dad fine and he's not a Ward, but it's probably slightly less awkward to have me issuing orders when I technically outrank you and in Dad's case they just pipe to his helmet so it looks less weird..."

[mrglam]

"Yeah but you don't patrol together and there'll be a lot of training and patrol time with actual adult heroes instead of Wards when I graduate to the Protectorate proper."

[thinkering]

"Yeah. It'll be different."

[mrglam]

"But we needn't worry about that for another five and a half months."

[thinkering]

"I mean, maybe it's worth a week or two of advance worrying."

[mrglam]

"Worrying about what, though?"

[thinkering]

"Coordinating across team boundaries," she shrugs.

[mrglam]

"Well, in any actual engagements we'll still work together, and I don't think we'll actually forget how to in the five months you're still here and we're not on the same team. Assuming they release you immediately upon your birthday."

[thinkering]

"I doubt it. They made me fucking captain. They might not keep me for six, but an extra one or two? Unless they have a next candidate in mind and want to give them a while."

[mrglam]

"Who knows, though, Armsmaster even complimented you last week with Lung, maybe they'll want to make you a real hero quickly to use your skills more freely."

[thinkering]

"Won't they be surprised."

[mrglam]

"Honestly, you and I barely even go on the field anymore, you could keep helping the heroes remotely from your penthouse. I'm going to remain a hero, I could even conjure you-copies for public image purposes when we engage villains."

[thinkering]

"I don't mind helping. If they let me I will happily maintain Dad's and Rewind's suits, have my bot coordinate copies and send real bots to check things out on an as-needed basis, and provide strategic advice. I will still show up to Endbringer fights. I just mind the command structure and the obligatory extracurriculars and not being in control of my budget and having to account for what I make."

[mrglam]

"Tinkers do have it pretty bad, there."

[thinkering]

"Ayep."

[mrglam]

"Will you have to modify something about your bot to own its patent or something?"

[thinkering]

"Protectorate doesn't own it, not the software. I'd have to redesign my suit and the drones if I wanted to go out without you as a proxy and they made a fuss, though. I've got that in the works in the background but I can't do enough work on it for them to claim anything while they've still got me."

[mrglam]

"Awww but I like my shoulderbot, it's adorable."

[thinkering]

"You'd have to take it up with the Protectorate if you want to keep the exact design and not a new model. Might slide because you're planning to stay."

[mrglam]

"Yeah. Although you'd probably be able to make something likewise cute under the new design constraints."

[thinkering]

"Yep."

[mrglam]

"Will there be any functional changes?"

[thinkering]

"Maybe. I can't work on this very much in advance, remember?"