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]

"Not off the top of my head, no," he chuckles. "Well, good luck, then."

[will_you_still]

"Thanks! You too."

She gets a PRT disposable phone. She gets money from the relief fund, and then her own bank account in which to put the money in. Then she buys a better cell phone, and after finding out how expensive lawyers are, and how long having someone make her a costume will take, she goes with large-scale projects that will net her a fortune.

...

Turns out, taking nasty villains to space: pretty good way to get a fortune. Okay then. She does some research on her phone on someone called the 'Ash Beast,' deems it possible for him to go on a field trip without hurting her or anyone else very much, and then checks to make sure that A: it is not illegal, and B: she will get a reward for it.

[peterxy]

Both A and B are true!

It is not as large a reward as, say, taking out the Slaughterhouse Nine, but if it's confirmed she did indeed do it she will be rewarded.

[will_you_still]

Good enough for her.

She buys a set of binoculars, then goes and locates the Ash Beast from someplace very very high up. Then the Ash Beast goes on a magical adventure straight up into space. He must be so very excited about it.

(She makes a 'pchooo' sound effect while sending him to space. It seems appropriate.)

[peterxy]

The Ash Beast continues exploding a lot as he makes his way up. He tries creating wings to escape his moving prison but does not succeed.

Bye, Ash Beast!

[will_you_still]

She corrects his trajectory so he's in something resembling a stable orbit around the sun, but if it's not stable, she doesn't really care. Space might kill him anyway, his regen's good but maybe not that good. And he's the sort of resource Morgan doesn't want to use - too much of a hassle. Too unpredictable.

Now! Does she get money for this?

[peterxy]

Yes! Yes she does! Sweet money!

[will_you_still]

Excellent. Now she can attempt to hire various people to do the following: make sure she's not doing anything illegal, get her a list of things that could use her telekinetic powers, make her a costume that fits the style of superheroes while being able to hold up to re-entry. The money won't last very long (Ash Beast was a very predictable sort of terrible, and thus the money paid for his removal was less than it could have been) but it's enough for now.

Besides, she can go make more money, can't she? Someone's got to be willing to hire her for construction.

[peterxy]

As for the illegal part, one Carol Dallon has been recommended for a good reason: she's a cape herself, called Brandish, part of a movement trying to push for less secretiveness and more accountability for heroes. She has quite reasonable rates, for Morgan's expected earnings, too. And if she's contacted about jobs, she will helpfully inform Morgan of various regulatory hoops she will have to jump through to be allowed to use her powers for a regular job.

Unfortunately, there aren't any people publicly offering services in figuring out how to do good with macro telekinesis. The Parahumans Online Forums have been abuzz with activity relating to her ever since she disappeared the Ash Beast. For that matter, she has in fact made the news, though she's "an unknown parahuman." The Forums have a few people speculating about whether she had anything to do with the Leviathan, and some even wonder about the Simurgh, but those are mostly being labeled tinfoil hats.

People who work on costumes exist, in large quantities, but her requirements about it might make them pretty expensive - perhaps more than she has left, depending on how she's been spending it.

[will_you_still]

Morgan does consult Carol Dallon about jobs! And then gets to doing requisite paperwork. Ugh.

At least it's something to do while her costume gets sorted out. She can afford someone to work on an expensive costume, but it will definitely deplete her savings. After some research she calls someone whose aesthetic for costumes she approves of, and explains what sort of clothes she'd like to wear while superheroing. The person would like to meet her to get measurements if she's not going to be having a secret identity (and the words 'Case 53' make the designer very anxious to meet them in person to account for physical oddities) and Morgan agrees. She goes to the designer, the designer takes measurements, they talk more about costume ideas. Morgan is shown pretty little drawings of potential what-ifs along with some reference pictures, and picks out what she does and doesn't like.

A concept is decided upon, savings are depleted in the name of fashion, a costume begins being made, and Morgan is still stuck doing paperwork. Ugh. What else is there to do while she waits for everything to be legal?

...

Clearly the internet is the answer. She goes onto the Parahumans Online Forums, and she makes an account by the name of notinoz (She has a fondness for the Wizard of Oz, and couldn't reasonably call herself notinkansas because she probably will end up in Kansas at some point) and sends a PM to an admin about some way to verify that she's a hero so she doesn't jump into a topic sounding like someone pretending to be a super hero.

[peterxy]

The admin informs her that there is a program that automatically detects whether she is or is not who she's claiming to be after she has posted a couple of times.

[will_you_still]

Okay then.

She goes to where she's being discussed and posts something.

I'm the cape responsible for putting Ash Beast in space. Still getting my costume set up and everything, so I haven't gone properly public yet. But I sort of figured certain things need to take a spacewalk. I'm a case 53, so I'm still getting used to this world - any requests on what should take a trip to space? Nothing illegal, please.

[peterxy]

The internet is not a person, so it does not pause for a few seconds in shock with the revelation. As soon as she hits refresh there will be several new messages.

The Endbringers!

Where in space did you put the Ash Beast?

Were you behind Leviathan?

The Slaughterhouse Nine.

sleeper!

are you crazy she can't put sleeper in space

Why aren't you verified?

this is her first post give her time

okay but were you behind Leviathan?

Don't ask the same question twice!

whats your cape name?

[will_you_still]

I tried to put the Ash Beast in orbit around the sun, but I'm not sure if the orbit took, it's kind of hard to judge when working in space without a legion of people with calculators to tell you if you're aiming right or not. It was somewhere between Mars and Earth, but considering how big space is, that's not really narrowing it down. If I accidentally flung him into the Sun or deep space, whoops.

I need to know more about the risk of putting things in space before I actually go do it; I'm definitely not willing to mess with Sleeper, and I'm not willing to mess with the Slaughterhouse Nine just yet. I don't like getting into fights I can't win, and I'm not sure I could win. So.

Not verified because - yeah, first post. According to an admin it takes time to be verified after posting a few times, so. Here I am. Posting a few times.

Haven't thought of a cape name yet, I've been tempted to just not have one. I'm definitely not worrying about a secret identity; I have wings. I could conceivably hide them, but I'd rather not go through the trouble. Not like I have family to protect.

I was behind Leviathan. :)

[peterxy]

what did you do to him?

were you behind the Simurgh too?

That's crazy, the Simurgh just left long before the Leviathan.

well it has to be asked!

you need a cape name, we can't just keep calling you notinoz

what does that even mean anyway, noti noz?

It's probably Not In Oz.

Oh, why that name?

guys, we should probably be helping her get rid of really ridiculously big threats

What about Nilbog?

Is he really doing much of anything where he is?

well ash beast wasnt super threatening either and nilbog is class s

[will_you_still]

I put Leviathan in space and tried very, very hard to kill him. Then the Simurgh showed up and interrupted me while I was in the middle of that. And then I ran away, because the Simurgh.

(Not to worry, it was less than five minutes of exposure, I should be fine if I don't ever encounter her again.)

I like The Wizard of Oz, and it's not like I could call myself notinkansas - I might actually end up going to Kansas. So it's a play on words. I have been dropped in this world without even a dog to keep me company, but it's not Oz. Plus I couldn't think of anything else.

Nilbog's pretty well contained and might have thing's that'll go boom if he disappears. The Ash Beast didn't have that problem, he was the boom. Besides, the Ash Beast was predictable, but he moved around.

I'll take suggestions for cape names if anyone has them, but if the lack of a name bothers you, my name's Morgan. No secret identity.

[peterxy]

youve already seen these movies since you arrived? newfoundland was like last week

Well, Morgan doesn't sound very cape-y...

which means there's literally no one else with that cape name

Point.

[will_you_still]

... Oh right. Amnesia. Time to lie like a rug.

I mean, an Endbringer attack isn't the greatest of things to go through, even if you have super powers. I helped with relief efforts, but wasn't doing great, and then someone was kind enough to introduce me to some movies to help me calm down a bit. Something about some normality when everything's turned upside down. There were some other movies I watched, but The Wizard of Oz I identified the most with.

I'm willing to take movie recommendations if you know of any good ones for me to watch in my downtime.

I'll go with Morgan if I can't think of a decent cape name, but having a cape name sounds fun. If I can think of anything good that isn't already taken.

[peterxy]

well what are your actual powers?

You can probably move things to space, but that's a pretty specific power.

do you like musicals?

star wars is good and theres different versions if u kno where 2 look

Did you go to space with the Leviathan?

She will notice she is now Verified.

[will_you_still]

Oh, good. That's convenient.

Telekinesis and regen, best if I keep it nonspecific for now besides those, though.

Wizard of Oz is a musical, technically. So - yes? I guess? Depends on how the songs are used? I don't know enough about movies to really say yet. Shoot me some good ones and I can watch them.

I'll look up Star Wars - what's this about different versions? I don't exactly know where to look.

I did go to space with Leviathan. Regen's good enough to let space not kill me.

[peterxy]

damn if that was telekinesis you could beat the Trio

Not Eidolon, he can probably just become immune to her.

...the conversation very quickly devolves into lots of people arguing who'd beat whom in a fight, asking her more questions about limitations to her powers, etc. A few people suggest several different movies, and they explain to her about Earth Aleph and its version of Star Wars.

A few more suggestions of possible targets for her crop up, like Moord Nag or the Three Blasphemies. No one really thought she could deal with the Blasphemies, though, not the least because apparently no one could even keep track of them, they were worse than the Nine in that respect.

[will_you_still]

I'll keep it vague, sorry. Nothing's stopping the bad guys from reading this too. Rather not have everyone know the exact limits of my powers. ;)

Also I don't know about any of you, but I'd rather not fight any of the Triumvirate. It'd probably make a huge mess, and they seem to be pretty stand up people. And I like being alive. Best if we all just stay on the same side.

She notes that she'll be keeping a list of the possible targets for her, pending appropriate research to make sure she won't be walking into a terrible situation.

[peterxy]

A couple of A-class threats are mentioned as well, but those start coming close enough to being actual people that sending them to space might not be considered terribly moral. And a lot of those are in the Birdcage anyway, so, not much point.

[will_you_still]

They go on the list, too, but she clarifies that she would not like to just randomly kill people.

It's starting to look like internet discussion about her's settling down a bit. Is that the case?

[peterxy]

Yes, pretty much. Speculation isn't as wild or long when the cape being speculated about actually comments on it and answers questions and gives them a basis for analysis.