becomehero | Week 3: Mingle

week 3:

mingle

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Whew, what a stressful way to end a week! After that, maybe our heroes could use a relaxing stroll downtown? Just hop on the S.U.P.E.R. to check out the new locations!

This week Amethyst Snake, Crimson Phoenix, White Tiger, and Yellow Rabbit can be found patrolling the city or watching construction.

If you wander the streets, you're sure to run into a prinny or two trying to sell you the Monday newspaper. Looks like there is something spicy this week! Luckily, you always seem to have the right amount of cash for such things.

Should heroes go stargazing at night, they will find that the moon appears to be in the new moon phase. Yes, all week. Villains tend to wander more at night, however, so the local authorities would suggest staying in after dark, unless you plan to try your hand at fighting crime. They welcome the help.

It appears that they have earned some new tokens to use on the AMAZOOM app. What cards will they get this week?

You may not be feeling cuddly anymore, but now there's a new problem. When you go to use your personal powers this week, you'll find that it does something you're not expecting. Hey, isn't that someone else's power? Better learn how that works fast, before you cause more problems in the city!

Early Monday morning, all heroes receive a message from the RANKINGS app on their phone:

This week's hero rankings are as follows:

1st. Gold Mouse

2nd. Aquamarine Fox

3rd. Crimson Phoenix

4th. Amethyst Snake

5th. White Tiger

6th. Emerald Goat

7th. Cobalt Ox

8th. Yellow Rabbit

Congratulations, heroes, and keep up the good work!

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Good morning, and welcome to your week three mingle!

★ This week's effect is power swap. Your character will find themselves with someone else's personal power for the week. We will be notifying everyone of their character's temporary new power via the reporting page shortly!

★ Please submit all PC submissions under the correct weekly header.

★ Amazoom has reopened orders.

★ Murder proposals are open! Please keep the deadlines in mind.

★ Have fun!

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[ he's too busy with his clone to notice that the will clone has lost his mustache! it also means that he's busy trying to wield the sword, and keep his clone at bay.

will(?) approaches him though and he nods sharply, a little relieved that he's here to help and that his clone's still struggling under the weight of everything. ]

I'm fine, I'm fine. Barely a shock. [ the clone's mumbling something about "i'll show you a shock" but nico turns to look at will. ] Sorry. I didn't mean to hit both of you. Are you alright? Where's the scalpel?

[will(?) holds up a scalpel, which has a little bit of blood on the blade of it. also, blood drips down from his arm.]

Right here. It's fine, nothing some bandages and salve won't fix.

[ he frowns a little at the blood, going as far as to try and wipe it off of his arm. ]

We can take care of it once we knock the clones out. [ he says, watching his own clone start to inch its way across the room and letting him just to see what he does. ] Might if I take this though?

[ blade please. ]

[will(?) lets this happen.

he also does not hand over the scalpel.]

Nah, I've got it. I'm not gonna let either of them take it off me.

[he does not seem to notice niclone sneaking up - he's got his gaze focused on nico.]

[ this is about the time he notices something might be weird here. he raises an eyebrow, and he's still curious what the hell his clone is doing.

(the answer is his clone is seething that will is busy talking to nico, which really says a lot about nico as a person that he does not want to actually delve into right now.) ]

I feel like your whole orange soda thing might be more effective.

[he shrugs.]

I'm all out of juice. Better safe than sorry.

[and indeed, there is a puddle of orange juice and an empty juice bottle on the ground. the other will is just now freeing himself from the pile of junk, and he looks alarmed when he spots nico and will(?) talking to each other.]

Hey - wait, get away from him! Nico, that's not me!

[ will might not get that far because the niclone is busy whirling around at will's voice, flinging a hand out to cause a nearby stereo system to crackle loudly with radio feedback. ]

"As if that matters. All he cares about is if you bother giving him a little attention."

[ which. well. the actual nico looks kind of irritated suddenly and also a little alarmed because that's not...true? entirely? like yes it is he has gotten used to having someone like will at his side but it's not like that.

so instead he's busy throwing up another gust of wind out of anger, the overhead lights swinging dangerously as it hauls back to try and smack his clone in the head and overshooting enough to aim will's way instead. to will(?) though, he's just immediately turning around to slam the rubber sword's edge right into his wrist to get him to drop the scalpel. bad clone, no stabbing! ]

[both wills look offended by that, and end up protesting in unison - ]

That's not true!

[there's a beat. both wills kind of glare at each other for the split second they have before real nico throws up a gust of wind. the will furthest from nico yelps and ducks as the overhead light swings and nearly hits him; the will closest to nico lets out a cry as the rubber sword is slammed into his wrist.]

[will(?) clutches his wrist and looks very, very sad as the scalpel clatters to the ground.]

...so I'm in your way again, huh?

[ niclone has used the chaos to disappear again, preparing for another strike elsewhere. and nico, meanwhile, sneaks a foot forward to kick the scalpel backwards and out of the way. ]

...that's not...[ this is still a clone (?), but this is a very real thing for will that he can't entirely ignore, even if he's checking on the other will, too. ] I never said that.

Maybe not, but you've thought it, right? We both know you have.

[will(?) still seems very sad. he doesn't go for the scalpel - nico has kicked it out of reach. (hopefully niclone doesn't see it and get any ideas.)]

I always knew I wasn't going to be good enough for you, and it was just going to be a matter of time until you realized it.

[other will comes up behind will(?) and hits a few pressure points to knock him out.]

It's time for you to stop talking.

[ he watches the will clone crumple under the pressure and sidesteps as the body hits the floor. his own clone lingers in the shadows elsewhere and he knows they should pay attention, but he's busy staring at the real will instead. ]

...is that true? That's not what you really think, is it?

...what he said isn't all you really care about, right?

[it's not true. not entirely true, anyway. there's a grain of truth to it - maybe even more than a grain of truth - but the fact is, even if will struggles with those doubts, he knows they're just that: his. it's not actually what nico thinks and feels.

he's been more easily able to remind himself of that since tartarus.

as he says this, he's keeping his eyes peeled for any sign of niclone in the shadows - if he even tries to hurt nico, will is going to get between the two of them so fast.]

Well no, but...

[ he does not get to go further than that before a cacophony of noise fills the building. stereos turn on full-blast, game consoles set up for testing start beeping loudly, and in all of the commotion niclone descends with a finger pointing back and forth between the two lights above. ]

"So co-dependent...and so weak. Which one of you would be easier to get rid of first?"

[ nico isn't sure where the clone is yet, but he snarls. ]

Any ideas?

[will winces, and wonders if this is how the cynocephali felt when he whistled at them. poor saps.

anyway, he leans in to murmur into nico's ear - ]

Let's lure him outside. [he slips his hand into nico's as he does, lacing their fingers together.] Away from the electronics, or at least the noisy electronics.

[ he's ready to explode and murder his own clone, frankly, and he kind of looks like he's about to charge and knock him over before will murmurs to him and takes his hand.

right. away from noisy electronics. ]

Out to the main part of the mall then? More space, less room for him to hide.

Yeah. There's probably a vending machine out there, too - I can restock.

[more orange soda to fight with...

anyway, hand in hand, he'll pull him out of where they are now so they can make a break for the main part of the mall.]

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