maskormenace | flight 002 ☄ [video]

[Kay is seated on the top step of the courthouse, looking particularly thoughtful - solemn compared to her ostentatious intro nearly a month ago. She just got out from her job as a juror-in-training at teen court, and she looks a bit exhausted.]

Well...you know what they say - justice never sleeps! [She laughs shortly, but lapses back into a more serious attitude.] Unfortunately, crime doesn't sleep, either. Unless that's how a supervillain plans on taking over the world - by somehow using sleep.

[She runs a hand through her bangs, stopping short of her particularly high ponytail and that ridiculously large key in her hair.]

Okay, after running into exploding trains, mechanical sharks and monsters who could've walked out of a horror movie, I've decided that I wanna learn how to fight. [Kay sets her jaw.] I wanna learn how to use a weapon - a gun, a knife, anything, even my own fists. I could ask my crow friends to fight for me, but...I don't want to depend on them all the time.

[Pause. Kay frowns; more importantly, she doesn't want to see a crow die because she sent it to fight for her. Plus, replicating sounds and voices she hears aren't going to cut it.]

I give a pretty mean dropkick, but...yeah. There are gonna be villains out there who won't go down with a single kick.

...

I promise I'll attend every lesson.

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Is chasing murderers part of the title?

Well...if they have their deep dark secrets, yeah. But this one was different.

How so?

She's...well, the reason why I succeeded.

[A pause. She becomes sadder, and even more serious.]

She killed one of the original members - my father.

...Ah.

[He kind of wasn't expecting this kind of past from Kay, to be honest. Might respect her a bit more for that. Usually this is where someone would probably apologize for her loss, but... Inumuta has no good opinion of "father figures." So... Abrupt subject change? Yes.]

You know, if you're going to have the title of thief, thieves don't use guns. You should stick with a theme if you're going to be serious about fighting.

[He actually has a point.]

Yeah, but wouldn't it be better to have a Plan B?

What are your abilities? Is there anything there you could use?

I can get crows to fight for me. And I can imitate sounds and voices exactly.

Voices, really.

[Of course, superpowers like super strength are cool and all, but things that work on a more personal basis always interested him more.]

Perhaps your voice could be worked into being like a weapon. Does the sound have to be human-based?

[She shakes her head and grins proudly.]

I've freaked someone out by imitating a firework explosion. So, that's a no!

Then I think that is your key. You know how there are certain sounds only dogs can hear? That applies to humans as well. There are even some frequencies that can knock a person unconscious. If you could manage to copy those sounds, I don't even think there'd be a need to fight.

[Kay nods, but then she frowns uneasily.]

But I can't hear them. I have to be able to hear the sound or voice live to copy it.

Have you ever tried to hear them? They have a high pitched tone, but it's still there. Of course, if you're unwilling to try, then there's nothing I can do.

I never said I wasn't willing to try. I'll even buy myself a dog whistle!

Good luck, then.

If you're good, I'll even tell you about the results.

What do you mean "if I'm good"?

[Wow, is she his warden??]

[She laughs.]

Look, I'm just kidding, Inumuta. Of course I'll tell you what happens!

Thank you.

[Quite the bitter sounding 'thank you' there.]

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