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[stalksindarkness]

Hey, Omega friends. The name is... Codename, is Shadow.

And I've kinda got a little problem here, people being afraid of me and freaking out whenever I go anywhere.

It's not like it was any different back home, but I don't like being treated like a monster. [Even the heroes are giving him a little bit of grief which is even worse.]</small. We're supposed to be heroes, right? What's the point if you can't even show your face in public? ...Rrhn... Either way I'm open to suggestions.

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[tiny_revolutionary]

Th-that's no good! We gotta improve your public image somehow! ...Ah, but how can we do that?

[stalksindarkness]

I'd say, if I found that thing that everyone is looking for, that might help.

But I don't know if it's been found yet.

[tiny_revolutionary]

Then you can help us! We're gonna go to the town...

...ah.

[That's a problem, isn't it? Can't have someone who's freaking everybody out walk into the middle of town hall without problems.]

Ooooh... How are we gonna do this? Maybe if we went at night...

[stalksindarkness]

The town? Which town? Huh?

[So assuming she has some kind of lead on this thing, he could probably use the positive press.]

We could, but I don't think it really matters.

[tiny_revolutionary]

Town, city, you know! Hmmm...

I know! What kinda powers do you have?

[stalksindarkness]

Oh. I thought maybe you meant something like, a specific place. You trailed off.

Uhm. I can control shadows and teleport through them. Mostly that.

[tiny_revolutionary]

...Ahhhhhh! So if we use your powers, then we'd be able to get in while the place is locked, right? So we could sneak in and people wouldn't freak out while we search!

[SURELY nothing can go wrong with this plan.]

[stalksindarkness]

Yeah. Going in is easy enough as long as there's enough light.

What are your super powers?

[tiny_revolutionary]

I can grow and shrink things, including myself! It's all thanks to my Miracle Mallet!

[stalksindarkness]

Can you shrink other people too?

[tiny_revolutionary]

Yep! But I gotta be careful, 'cause if I'm not, I can drain the Mallet's power. Still, if it's only for a little bit, it's fine!

[stalksindarkness]

That can come in handy.

Do you know where we gotta go look?

[tiny_revolutionary]

Um, no, but I figure it's gotta be somewhere nobody would expect to find it. Maybe in the basement, or something?

[stalksindarkness]

The basement of every building in the city?

It's late already, but I can stay up a while longer. Do you want to start tonight?

[tiny_revolutionary]

I figure we start in the City Hall, and if we don't find it, we can move on to other places! We're gonna have some other people helping out too!

[stalksindarkness]

And branch out from there, yeah. There would be no reason to put the device somewhere far away from that.

[tiny_revolutionary]

All right! We got a plan then! This is great!

[stalksindarkness]

Just so long as we don't get caught by someone. I don't wanna get in trouble again.

[stinglikeabat]

Well, I bet you look pretty scary to the average citizen. Why not try accessorizing? Wear a baseball cap or a little bow tie, so you'll look friendlier.

[stalksindarkness]

I already wear clothes. It's supposed to be so nobody complains about--

Well I don't want to upset anyone. It's just too hot to wear anything more than pants right now.

And a bowtie? Those aren't as cool as everyone on the internet says, you know.

[stinglikeabat]

Exactly! If you make yourself look less cool, you won't be as intimidating! That's how so many of us manage to pull off the whole secret identity thing.

[stalksindarkness]

But I don't really have a secret identity. I'm a lion.

It might work better if I weren't, but then I'm not even full grown either.

Maybe I should just wear my suit everywhere.

[stinglikeabat]

I bet if you wore a false mustache, you could pass as a completely different lion.

[ Joachim that's not how it works. ]

[stalksindarkness]

That's so lame though.

What kind of advice is that?

all video all the time

[steamboatkilly]

So? Who gives a rip what they think? Let yer freak flag fly, I say!

[Yes Shadow, go ahead and take life advice from peacock, of all people.]

[stalksindarkness]

[Wow. That... He guesses she must know better given her looks.

Seriously though. Takes a freak to know a freak, but even he didn't have too much going on aside from being a predatory mammal from the underworld or something.]

I would, if it didn't freak people out. Because that makes everything harder. That's the point!

[steamboatkilly]

How's some bad PR s'posed to make the whole super gig any different? Just suck it up an' do yer job, furball.

[stalksindarkness]

What about regular stuff? Like going out to eat and going to the store to buy comics and all that?

[steamboatkilly]

What about it? If some chump's givin' ya trouble about yer looks, ya just tell 'em to shove off. Simple as that!

[stalksindarkness]

Well, yeah. If people are giving me trouble but there are the people who just are scared because lions are scary. You know?

The point is that I don't want people to be scared of me in general. So it is a...A public relationship thing.

Person to person I can handle on my own! The whole city is a different story!

[steamboatkilly]

And the whole city ain't my problem. Guess yer on yer own, bucko!

[What was that she was trying to do earlier? "Help"? Man, screw that.]

[stalksindarkness]

You're sorta weird. Guess you're waving that freak flag.

[He's actually not trying to ruffle any feathers, peacock, really.]

[steamboatkilly]

S'a real funny way to say "amazing". That's alright, though. I ain't gonna hold that one against ya.

[she is pretty weird tho, just FYI]

[stalksindarkness]

Who're you anyway?

[steamboatkilly]

Who's askin'?

[stalksindarkness]

[Really?]

Me. Who else?

[steamboatkilly]

I meant yer name, catscratch, yer name!

[Don't make her go first, dammit.]

[stalksindarkness]

Oh. You shoulda said so! It's Shadow.

[steamboatkilly]

I was sayin' so, ya- Y'know what, never mind

[Quietly stepping around the fact that he introduced himself at the beginning of the message.]