maskormenace | 6th Mission / Video (Forward-dated to SEPTEMBER 7th)

[Jacob is standing in front of his communicator's camera, wearing fairly standard white-collar clothing. Judging by the office background behind him, he's just finishing his work day at the Future Foundation. One of his sleeves is rolled up, and he shows the camera the faint blue letters glowing beneath the skin of his wrist: REGISTERED HERO.]

Hey, everyone. Just wanted to say that I'm officially off the bench. I'm not happy to be Registered, but it's a lot better than living as a "Criminal."

[He rolls his eyes on the last word.]

My powers aren't being nullifed anymore, so I should be able to help out a lot more the next time things go to Hell.

Anyway, that's not all I wanted to say. I've got another question for everyone who is used to having 'superheroes' around back home. Do they always spend a lot of time arguing with each other? Or worse?

[Like RISE vs. the Justice League, for instance.]

Seems like there has been a lot of finger-pointing since the gas attack. A lot of debate. And maybe some things that needed to be said after a disaster like that. But it's been weeks, and last I heard, Crane hasn't been caught yet. It's hard not to wonder if things would be different if there was more cooperation between the different heroes.

[Jacob pauses to let that suggestion sink in, then segues oh-so-smoothly to the activities of an underground group he definitely knows nothing about.]

That reminds me- I heard on the news that some Maurtia Falls cops got busted for corruption last month. I'd love to shake the hand of whoever pulled that off. Feels like we could all use more wins like that right about now.

[And with that, he ends the transmission.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Sorry, I don't think I do. If they've announced themselves, I missed it. Maybe they're Batman's allies. He always seemed like he had connections.

How do you know Kanaya?

All right. I'll have to look into that.

Well, we're acquainted, more accurately. I've been working down the hall from her.

I've worked with her too. She's smart. Reliable. Where are you working?

Good to hear. Starrware, at the moment.

[No point being cagey about that; Kanaya could tell him the same thing.]

Karen Starr's company. I've heard good things about their environmental research.

I'm with the Future Foundation. It's non-profit, so if you know your stuff and ever want to research outside the corporate world, you can look us up.

So have I. [He's not ... actually an employee there. Or getting paid. But if he was, he'd have plenty to contribute!!]

Future Foundation? Interesting. What sort of work do you do?

[Dear Lord Qubit how do you even eat]

The Foundation does cutting-edge research based around imPort science. We've made some breakthroughs in medical prosthetics. But I'm just the security guy, not involved in the tech. I'm in charge of keeping our place safe and our inventions out of the wrong hands.

[NOT WELL :'D]

I see. Medical applications aren't my specialty, but I'll certainly keep that in mind.

Great. Good luck with the nullifier. Weapons like that get used against us pretty often. We could all use some more knowledge of how they work.

6th Mission / Video (Forward-dated to SEPTEMBER 7th)

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