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[undeadsidekick]

You know, I'm all for incorporating elements of classic fiction into everyday life. It if weren't impractical as shit and contribute to a good number of health problems (not to mention get me a bunch of shit for being a misogynist which totally isn't true, by the way), I'd even suggest the revival of the corset. Because honestly, no one can tell

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[bests]

It means a lot to a lot of people. Before Halloween was even over, a teammate and I were texting each other about the extent of the property damage and how we were going to help the clean-up after we ourselves managed to get cleaned up and rested up from the fights and the bit of immediate aftermath he'd been dealing with. We just haven't been very public with it.

As for the infrastructure, I think we've got too many capes in one city. If we were organized as heroes, if we had some of the teams we had back home, if we had a purpose, it would be easier for us to care. But there's not enough threats like the one on Halloween for us to justify putting together teams and constantly training and building a reputation with the public. All we'd do is sit on our hands.

I also think there's not enough of us capes that are used to or invested in street-level work. Daredevil can do it pretty damn well. Me? I spent too much time as a spook to really be able to give the things like the gang wars and the drug dealers and so on and so forth the kind of attention they need. Does that mean I don't try to stop crimes when I see them? Of course not. But it's going to take time for me to learn how these things work from a hero's perspective and not an agent's.

People like me, people who are used to dealing with the supervillains and the global threats, need people like you telling us to get our asses in gear when it comes to the more domestic ones. So thank you for that, Mr. Vigilante.

[undeadsidekick]

[Hold the phone. He's not being told off for this. Woah.]

Well umm. I'm shit when it comes to fighting superhumans, so uhh. There's that.

But if you ever need info on the drug trade, I might know a guy.

[bests]

[ he's kind of reminding her of a few people with this, so she's a little more apt to listen. ]

There's a trick to it.

I'd be interested in talking to your guy sometime.

[undeadsidekick]

Yeah, no joke.

I've got plans tonight, but I'll set up a meet for sometime in the week if you want.

[bests]

Give me more than two days' notice as to where and when, and we're golden.

[undeadsidekick]

Will do.