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[The feed crackles to life on the face of what seems to be your typical Southern California girl. Blonde, tan, athletic, perky. A close look at her eys belies a sort of fire there, though. A steely-eyed determination punctuated by the sparkle of promise. She's a stranger in a strange land, sure, but she's also aware that she's not the only one. More than that, she's been chosen. CHOSEN. Not as a tennis champ. Not as a childhood beauty pageant queen. No. She's been chosen as a HERO. The excitement all over her face is hard to miss.]

Hi! I'm Bette. Kane. Bette Kane. Is me. And that could probably have gone a little bit smoother. Some of you might know me as Flamebird. Maybe Hawkfire. Most likely not, though? I'm not, like, as popular as Batgirl.

[She even sounds like your stereotypical SoCal girl. A little Cher Horowitz, a little Elle Woods, a little Summer Roberts. Bright, warm, perky. A slight uptick. The excitement that was on her face a moment ago is shadowed by a little bit of self-doubt, suddenly.]

Actually, is there anyone from home here? I mean, I'm obviously new, but you know. If you've heard of Gotham City, or Metropolis, or Coast City... Drop a hey my way? I mean, even if you're not from back home, say hey. I could use some help getting acclimated. Find the hotspots for food, clothes.

Meting out justice.

You know how it goes. I'm thinking I'll brave the rain and head into the city later, but. A buddy might be nice.

So yeah. ...This doesn't sound like a Tinder or Hooq profile, does it?

[She opens her mouth to say something more and then visibly thinks better of it. Click.]

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Well thank you! It wasn't exactly me who came up with it - I had some help.

It's about getting 2 awesome words and smashing them together. Hawks? Cool. Fire? Bad ass. Beats something lame like Batman.

Well, there's something to be said for simplicity? I mean, bats can be a little creepy.

[There's also the fact that, given the chance, Bette would totally have called herself Batgirl, but someone had just beaten her to the punch.]

Creepy like a creepy uncle. Not exactly bad ass or scary. Stick with hawkfire, you got it right. Maybe I need to change to something more awesome.

Ha. Wait until you run into Batman in a dark alley. It is...okay, like that annoying uncle who thinks he knows what's best for you. What do you call yourself now?

Yeah, very scary. I don't really call myself anything, especially seeing as I don't go in for all the heroics, but Wingman is what I got for comm tags.

More and more, it seems to me that I'm really the only one who's super into the heroics around here. At least, publicly.

Ever considered actually being someone's Wingman for a night?

Pretty accurate, actually. There's not many of you real supers around. Most of us aren't used to the whole heroics thing. And yeah, I'm a damn good Wingman. I know how to friend good.

[Except for the part where he's just as likely to try and get the girl for himself instead, because he's a dick like that.]

I meant in a stalking the rooftops capacity, champ. I could pick up a guy if I wanted to. Don't need the extra help.

Me on a rooftop? Am I seriously striking you as the rooftop stalking type?

Hey, if you looked at me out in the world, you wouldn't take me for the rooftop stalking type either. It takes all different types, handsome.

[She sure does know how to persuade him.]

You asking for a team up?

Absolutely. You game?

Sure, why not? I'm not wearing spandex though.

Tragic. There's a lot of girls out there that like a guy in spandex. But hey, if you need to be Jeans-and-T-shirt guy, you do you.

Maybe I'll wear some leather. You realize I have 0 roof prowling experience and no useful powers, right?

Neither did I? Hell, I haven't even tested out the powers I did get after coming here. Could be fun.

Could also end up being surprise arson, but let's hope not?

In that case, we can be clueless together.

Then it's a...hang out. Thing.

A hang out thing. Exactly. A heroic hang out thing. Here's hoping we don't find anyone that needs saving.

Maybe we'll just find a really good street taco vendor.

Or a rooftop taco vendor. Seriously, that should be like a thing for heroes.

I feel like their customer base would be pretty small.

Everyone starts out with a niche audience before expanding, though. I think? I mean, why else would Del Taco do tacos and burgers?

I'm thinking roof tacos is a little too niche.

You say that now, but...yeah okay, you're probably right.

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