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[chickbro]

[ SUDDENLY there is a woman on the PORTAL screen, her face half covered by her mask while the other half shows off her newly branded eye, and the scar now running down it. Some will recognize her from last weeks incident in the Unnatural where she exposed the ruler of the city as a child

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[nottheshoe]

Personally, I'd say job well done.

[And she means that honestly.]

Shame about the eye though.

[chickbro]

Thanks for that, glad someone appreciates my efforts.

I think it looks badass. If they were aiming to traumatise me they should have tried harder.

[nottheshoe]

[Snnnrt]

You could take on a super hero identity with an eye like that. Really I think they just upped your "badass" quota.

[chickbro]

Now if only it shot lasers. Then I'd be all set.

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[condorseeker]

Noah- [Ever since she'd seen the video, Dawn had been worried sick, and seeing her now...] Are you okay? What did they do to you?

[chickbro]

Dawn. [ Long time no talk-- ] Yeah, I'm fine. Head's a little sore, but other than that.

Uh, they fucked with my eye. Put some weird magical brand on it so people will know what I did.

[condorseeker]

Thank goodness... I was really worried. [Not just about her, but what else she saw on that video-but she doesn't need to bring that up now.]

That brand... It's not...permanent, is it?

[chickbro]

Sorry about that.

Pretty sure it is, actually.

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[needsheadphones]

Welcome back, asshole. [ She's grinning, though. ]

Sweet scar. Now what was that about booze?

[chickbro]

Thanks, dragon lady.

Right? I thought so. I'm headed to a bar in town, you wanna come?

[needsheadphones]

Anytime.

Hell yeah. You can tell me why Tony and some guy in a wheelchair were whining at each other like sissy girls all over the network after you got caught.

[chickbro]

Tony and Charles were whining? In public? Wow, why am I not surprised?

[skyglide]

[He's distracted by the eye at first, but only for a moment.]

What pisses them off like that?

[chickbro]

Betraying them, usually. I guess you weren't here for my show?

Short story; I joined the royal guard, found out some stuff they didn't like and got punished for it.

[skyglide]

Is there a list of things that count as 'betraying' them?

[And he definitely can't help but frown at the mention of a royal guard.] A double-agent then, or an accident?

[chickbro]

Not that I know of. They get pissed off at everything anyway.

Double-agent. I did this all on purpose for information.

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[redheadpepper]

[Pepper - carefully coiffed and wearing her little blue mask - gives the other woman a quick once-over.]

Noah? Tony's been worried about you. He'll be glad you're all right.

[chickbro]

[ Whoa, hey there. ]

Tell me, how much dumb shit has he been doing and how hard will I be punched when I see him? If you had to guess.

[redheadpepper]

Charles effectively kept him locked up, so he's mostly just been drinking.

As far as punching, I'll do my best to prevent that.

I'm Pepper, by the way. But you probably knew that already. [Her mouth turns up a little, because the only real reaction to everyone knowing who you are before you know them is, well, amusement or insanity. And Pepper is going to stay sane, thankyouverymuch.]

[chickbro]

I hope he hasn't been drinking alone. That's just sad.

Nah, I probably deserve it. Thanks though.

[ She figured, but just kind of spazzing over people gets old. And half the time they look at her funny. ] Nice to properly meet you, Pepper. Current circumstances not being perfect, but hey. Could be worse.