My bunny slippers just ran for cover

[will_you_still]

Morgan doesn't strictly need to sleep. Even if she didn't want to put up with the annoyance of constantly having a caffeine buzz and having to ask for coffee on almost every summon, there are naps. Naps can keep a daeva going for quite a long time.

But there's something unutterably pleasant about curling up in a proper bed in pajamas and just sleeping. And then waking up and getting breakfast in those pajamas. So she does that, because immortality's a long unpleasant time if you don't enjoy the little things every now and then. Like adorable bunny slippers and soft pajamas and sleeping in.

She's midway through a fruity salad thing that counts as the standard fairy breakfast when she feels the summon. Showing up to a summon in pajamas? Eh. If they're proper summoners she bets they've seen worse, and she doesn't particularly care if they think she's unprofessional.

She puts her spoon down and accepts the summon.

Comments

[acanofworms]

"We're pretty used to people who don't look like garden-variety humans. Hell, we fight each other in spandex."

[will_you_still]

Snort. "The spandex was what clued me in to not being on the Earth I knew. Terrifying monster causing destruction? Yeah okay, not impossible. Spandex?" She smiles, and shakes her head.

[acanofworms]

Legend laughs.

[acanofworms]

The jet slows down and Eidolon drops off.

[will_you_still]

She is vaguely tempted to flirt with him before he goes, just to see his reaction, but she thinks she'll hold off on that for now.

"I'll have to figure out a costume, won't I," she muses. "No mask, because I've been running around enough without one that I think it'd be completely pointless now."

[acanofworms]

"Well. It is customary, but that has more to do with... Earthly history... than anything. By the time parahumans started appearing, there existed cultural memes about superpowered people fighting in spandex, and that's the niche we started occupying. And most people have the masks and costumes to protect their civil identities, their loved ones, their jobs, et cetera."

[will_you_still]

She smiles, and nods. "I'll keep to theme, just not with the mask. No secret identity to keep, unless I chopped off my wings. Which - no, pass. And the costume seems... fun. Besides, I don't want to scream 'I am a fairy from another dimension.'" Pause. "Or say it, ever. It sounds quite insane."

[acanofworms]

"Saying 'I am a parahuman from another dimension' might sound a little bit less insane, the existence of other Earths is common knowledge since Professor Haywire opened a portal to Aleph in the eighties. But it's probably best if you don't, people might try to get to you to access this other dimension and that's probably going to be ugly."

[will_you_still]

"A bit. But I'm not sure I can play being from here very well. I didn't have a childhood, for example, I just appeared fully grown on the outskirts of a city, slightly confused. So that'll be fun. Maybe I can be extremely mysterious and get away with it..."

[acanofworms]

"Being extremely mysterious would help, though without a mask it would be mostly strange. You could also claim to be a Case 53 - those are parahumans with heavily modified physiologies who tend to appear without memories of their life as a regularly... shaped... human, or of their trigger events." He gestures at the wings. "It'd explain the wings and the memories."

[will_you_still]

Blink.

"Oh, that's quite convenient," she says. "What are the Case 53's like, would I blend in well? Physically, I mean."

[acanofworms]

"They vary a lot. You are definitely on the prettier end, some Case 53s don't even resemble humans. The most common effect is something in-between, like horns, differently colored skin, altered but still humanoid shape, stuff like that."

[will_you_still]

Nod. "So I'd be a weird special snowflake but not unprecedented." Pause. "Well. Maybe a little unprecedented, what with taking Leviathan into space."

[acanofworms]

Chuckle. "Yes, that part is fairly unprecedented."

[will_you_still]

She smiles a bit. Then the smile disappears.

"... I bet when he's done healing he's going to be ticked."

[acanofworms]

"Who, the Leviathan? They don't usually seem to express much in the way of emotions, except inasmuch as continuing to come back and attack us might express something. But much about this situation is new, so it might be possible that his reaction will be worse than usual."

[will_you_still]

She shrugs. "We'll see, I suppose. Either way, I'll be helping with Endbringer prep work. Along with lots of other things." Morgan smiles wryly. "Any requests?"

[acanofworms]

"Don't become a villain?"

[will_you_still]

Snort.

"I will not become a villain. ... Might try to redeem a few, though."

[acanofworms]

Blink. "I wish you the best of luck in that. Boosting our numbers while reducing theirs is always a good thing, even if they can sometimes be a PR nightmare."

[will_you_still]

"Is PR that big of a deal here? Obviously it matters, but I'm wondering how much it matters."

[acanofworms]

"Frankly, quite a bit. One of the Protectorate's main objectives is making the existence of parahumans something good for the people. Countries without organized or centralized parahuman presence tend to devolve into feudal parahuman overlords with a population that fears and hates powers. We need to provide an image of parahumans as a force for good, to give young triggers something to aspire for, and good PR is paramount."

[will_you_still]

She considers, and nods.

"That makes sense." But she thinks it's not the approach she wants to take. She'd rather make it clear that she has a safe understanding environment for traumatized superpowered individuals. The good PR can come from doing large scale helpful things instead of fighting people. "I'd rather not let anything devolve into - well, that."

[acanofworms]

Legend nods. "We all would, and all help is welcome."

[will_you_still]

Morgan smiles a bit.

"So! Know a good lawyer? I don't want to start my career by accidentally doing something illegal."