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[Victor looks a little annoyed when he turns on his console tonight. Behind him, the view of his suite is blocked by some rock. A big, talking rock to be exact. Santo's right there behind him.]

Hey, everyone. I've got a question for everyone that's familiar with superheroes. It's about the costumes. They're an important thing to have, right? For a lot of reasons like protecting and hiding secret identities.

But this guy [He jerks a thumb over his shoulder at Santo.] just says they're stupid.

Don't get me wrong, the costumes are cool but that's about it. Wearing one just to hide your identity is what's stupid. You don't see Ms. Marvel, Iron Man, or Hawkeye worried about people knowing who they are. Hell, Luke Cage doesn't even wear a costume and he kicks all kinds of ass!

Besides, you don't see any X-Men hiding behind a mask.

[Victor just rolls his eyes.]

Lots of X-Men have worn masks. [He shakes his head.] So what do you guys think? Costumes important for superheroes or not?

The answer is obviously not.

[Victor doesn't even bother replying. He just gives Santo a look.]

(ooc: Black text is Vic, Blue text is Santo)

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Oh, I do. [And the results are terrifying.] But I really like Favrielle.

You do? I don't think I've actually met Favrielle yet.

You haven't? Man, I gotta throw that pool party I keep talking about.

[Stuff just keeps happening!]

No but I've heard of her and seen her work.

[He smiles.] If you need a hand setting up that party, I could try to help out.

I will totally let you know, but I'm gonna clear it with the other people in my building first.

[Nita is polite!]

Great. I hope it's okay with them.

Favrielle will be okay with it, but I don't know the new guys too well yet.

That reminds me...I should actually try to meet the other guys that live here besides Santo...

...You haven't already?

[Nita doesn't really understand any approach to socialization beyond "blunt-force friendliness."]

Not yet [He rubs the back of his neck, a little embarrassed.]

I don't think I've ever even seen them yet.

Vic.

[She thought you were the sensible one, bro.]

What?

[He is. Most of the time.]

Go bring your neighbors a pie.

[Nita's idea of proper surface interactions might be colored by television from the 70s.]

I don't have any pie, Nita.

The pie can be metaphorical.

[Probably. Surface-types are mostly pretty laid-back, in her experience.]

Alright, next time I hear they're around I'll go visit them and bring...something.

You could just go to preemptively apologize for Santo.

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It may be too late for a preemptive one. He's been here longer than me after all.

[Her voice takes on a bit of Vic's diction:]

"Hi, I'm Vic and I realize my best friend has probably said something horribly offensive to you by now..."

Edited (i english gud) 2013-01-25 01:22 (UTC)

[Victor laughs, smiling at that.]

Something like that. I'm still surprised he didn't offend or annoy more people before I showed up.

It's obvious he's just not thinking and doesn't mean anything by it.

[Nita likes Santo. Of course, Nita likes practically everyone.]

That's true. It wasn't easy to tell when I first met him though.

Hey, I am an excellent judge of character.

[She can't see through a secret identity to save her life, though.]

Maybe it's your secret super power, being such a great judge of character.

[Given the people she grew up with, "super power" explains it better than "learned from example."]

It's not secret.

[trolololo]

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