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[hotter_thanthe_sun]

[the image turns on, showing a blonde young woman sitting at a desk in what looks like a very ramshackle office. She's wearing a yellow domino mask]

So, I guess it's time I stopped draggin' my heels on this. Name's Golden Dragon!

Iiiiii'm not an Omegafriend, but I got this watch saying I'm buddy buddy with you guys. I like helping the little guy, so I'm sort of running this "heroes for hire" thing...

Errr. Not that I'm charging people for saving them, I just think there should be someone on the streets that people can approach with their problems, you know?

Of course, making some money would help... especially when the roof leaks...

So yeah! Any of you guys neeed help, you best be dragon yourself down here, m'kay? Heh heh heh...

[and the rest of the video is Yang laughing at her own bad joke]

Comments

[130percent]

Heya GD! I'm Cyborg!

[hotter_thanthe_sun]

Oh, your name is Cyborg? I bet you've got nerves of steel, buddy.

[130percent]

They're Category OM5 Fiber-Optic, actually.

[His tone indicates that is apparently something brag-worthy.]

You just get into town today?

[hotter_thanthe_sun]

Niiiiice.

[she has no idea what that means]

Nah, a couple weeks ago.

[130percent]

Really? That's when I got into town! Been cooped-up on Venture Island most of the time though, gettin' the tower up.

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[sebastiancafe]

Good to see more hands on board. They call me The Kid, Golden Dragon.

The Kid politely ignores the bad joke.

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[hotter_thanthe_sun]

"The Kid", huh? Interesting name. Like "Billy" or like "Captain"?

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[sebastiancafe]

Similar idea. I am fairly good with six shooters.

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[hotter_thanthe_sun]

Nonlethal, I hope.

[sonicheart]

Good to hear that more people are doing the hero-for-hire work. You guys who do the street-level stuff need to be treated better than you often are.

[hotter_thanthe_sun]

The way I see it, it should be a hero's first priority, buuuut... I dunno. I'm not Protector.

[sonicheart]

If there's one thing I had to learn to really get into being Sonicheart, it's that I couldn't be Protector. Or Silverwing. Or... You get the idea.

You're you, you know?

[hotter_thanthe_sun]

... Poignant, but not what I meant. I'm saying I'd do things differently if I were in his position.

[flickerwing]

Nice to meet you! I'm Sparkling Wing, but I guess that's not as cool sounding as Golden Dragon...

[hotter_thanthe_sun]

Hey, if it works for you, it works for you. You like your name, right?

[flickerwing]

Ah, I guess! It was the first thing that came to mind, anyways!

[hotter_thanthe_sun]

Seems like you have the right idea, then!

[thedarkheir]

[He lets out a low groan at the pun]

Welcome aboard! Name's Kresnik, nice to meet you.

[hotter_thanthe_sun]

Nice to meet you too, Kresnik. You an Omegafriend or an Omegassociate?

[thedarkheir]

Omegafriends, I'm pretty new though.

[He rubbed a hand behind his neck at that]

[hotter_thanthe_sun]

I see. Well, I'm not an Omegafriend, but I don't think they have an initiation.

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[sociallyawkward]

"Dragon youself..." heh.... [ That pun earned a small laugh from a familiar face.

A second later, she's got a huge grin on. ] Heya! Surprised to see me on here?

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[hotter_thanthe_sun]

... Okay, wow. First of all, make replies like this private right away. Whole secret identity thing, you know?

... and explanations now please thank you?

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[sociallyawkward]

Oh, wow, I didn't know you could do that! Neat!

But okay, you're not going to believe this, but I totally helped rescue Superman and Elastigirl from a legit evil supervillain! And then they were all like "Wow Ruby, you're sooo cool!" and then they gave me a watch! [ Slightly exaggerated, perhaps. ]

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[hotter_thanthe_sun]

Ruby... you...

...

Oh my god! I am so proud of you! Did you kick the bad guy's ass?! Did something blow up?! I want to know everything!