...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
mxglam
"Right. Okay. ...does he count?" He looks at copy. "Can you see things I can't?"
Copy looks at stuff behind original. "Kinda? It looks weird." Original looks over his shoulder. "Now it doesn't look weird anymore," copy says.
Copy looks at stuff behind original. "Kinda? It looks weird." Original looks over his shoulder. "Now it doesn't look weird anymore," copy says.
thinkering
"...Okay, I want to test that, too, your ability to get sensory feedback from constructs could be kind of important. Face opposite directions again."
thinkering
Lorica trots around to where only the duplicate can see her. "How many fingers am I holding up?" (It's three.)
thinkering
"How about now?" (It's still three, but bullshit worked before.)
mxglam
"I don't know. You look weird, I want to say blurry but that's not right, except you're not HD either."
Original very pointedly does not look over his shoulder.
Original very pointedly does not look over his shoulder.
mxglam
Copy does not react—
until the golf ball hits him on the forehead, at which point he goes "Ow!"
"What?"
Copy's looking at the ball. "...she threw a golf ball at me." He blinks some more and looks at Lorica again. "I can see you now!"
until the golf ball hits him on the forehead, at which point he goes "Ow!"
"What?"
Copy's looking at the ball. "...she threw a golf ball at me." He blinks some more and looks at Lorica again. "I can see you now!"
thinkering
"Cool. C'mere, let's see if you can hear on your own too, same principle."
thinkering
"All right, this time don't say the answer out loud." Whisper: "Giraffe." Aloud: "Original, what'd I say?"
mxglam
"That worked? Really? Okay, uh, nine."
Copy looks somewhere between amused and pained.
Copy looks somewhere between amused and pained.