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...very unseasonable rains can be seen in the distance from the shores of Acapulco.
The Brockton Bay Protectorate starts organizing volunteers to be transported or teletransported in batches to it. Heroes, rogues, villains, anyone's assistance is appreciated. A rendez-vous point is set for non-Protectorate capes wishing to volunteer, and Protectorate capes are informed of the situation via communication devices.
Sadde and Bell in Worm
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mxglam
Glam opens their eyes immediately in surprise.
And an extra Glam did appear there, if only for a flash, except it was after Lorica said the thing, not before.
"It worked?" Pause. "The fact that I'm this surprised means I wasn't doing it right."
And an extra Glam did appear there, if only for a flash, except it was after Lorica said the thing, not before.
"It worked?" Pause. "The fact that I'm this surprised means I wasn't doing it right."
thinkering
"It worked after I prompted you. Bot, lemme see a picture."
The bots throw up a capture of the brief appearance of an Extra Glam.
The bots throw up a capture of the brief appearance of an Extra Glam.
mxglam
Extra Glam is Extra Glammy. They are hovering there as if they were in a conversation with the other two. Mask is a smile.
"Well alright it's definitely possible then."
"Well alright it's definitely possible then."
thinkering
"I can't tell if they actually are until you get them to land. Maybe it's just how they're holding their feet."
mxglam
"Alright." Glam themself lands, and expects there to be another Glam standing beside them. They tentatively reach out to the empty space where they half-expect themself to be—
and touch the tips of their own fingers. They open their eyes in surprise. There are two very surprised Glams looking at each other. "Wicked," they say simultaneously, and giggle.
and touch the tips of their own fingers. They open their eyes in surprise. There are two very surprised Glams looking at each other. "Wicked," they say simultaneously, and giggle.
mxglam
Both of them turn to look at her and say, "Yes, you are." Then they look at each other appraisingly—
mxglam
-and both of their masks are gone.
"This is weird," they say at the same time. "And my mind is going very strange and fascinating places."
"This is weird," they say at the same time. "And my mind is going very strange and fascinating places."
mxglam
They look at her and laugh.
"Wouldn't ask you," the original one says.
"It'd be kinda weird," the other one continues.
"And we know how you feel about weird," the first one finishes.
"We're not even sure it'll work."
"It might count as sufficiently hard squinting."
"Wouldn't ask you," the original one says.
"It'd be kinda weird," the other one continues.
"And we know how you feel about weird," the first one finishes.
"We're not even sure it'll work."
"It might count as sufficiently hard squinting."
thinkering
"Oh good, you aren't stuck talking in sync. Can you do one girl one boy at the same time, that being one of the main objects of the exercise?"
thinkering
"Awesome! Any preference on which gender is Glam and which one is Somebody New Who Does Something Else?"
thinkering
"I am not an expert in wrangling that kind of concession from Yates et al, sorry. You could come up with two new names if that helps. Glam it up again once you're out if you get out."
mxglam
"Yeah that's actually what I was thinking. I'm gonna try to talk her into it still, maybe pushing another angle and being less impossible to budge, since I have a fallback plan now."
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