"Crimes such as this has been spreading throughout Sternbild, and the Heroes are unable to catch the culprit, all either spontaneously combusting on the spot of capture or slipping though their NEXT hands. And their goes One-Minute Wild Tiger! First to appear on the scene, he earns 50 points!

"And here comes Barnaby! They instantly surround the enemy. Oh look! Who could it be? It's Blue Rose! Freezing the truck in place with her special freezing ability, and looking cute at the same time! 100 points for stopping the enemy!"

I switched off the TV. This was stupid, saving people for points; getting famous for being a NEXT. Sometimes I wanted to slap them, tell them what I really think. I wanted to show them how stupid their show really is, that people worship them and their weird powers.

But sometimes, I believe this hatred is really jealousy.

Name: Sora, and nothing more or less

Age: 20

NEXT Ability: Elemental

Occupations: Artist, bartender at The Scope-Out

Hometown: Little Rock, Arkansas

Appearance: Sora's always filthy, that's one way to describe her over-all appearance. As an artist, she "never has time to" bathe. She has long, bleach-blonde hair that reaches just below her shoulders with side-swept bangs, dark gold eyes, ivory skin, and paint-jammed fingernails. Her clothes range in a variety from ragged, paint splattered plaid shirts to Hot Topic corsets. She has a scar running from her left index finger knuckle up to her elbow, stitch scars and all and an anti-bar under her right eye. Another peculiar trait about her is the star-shaped birthmark on her left hip. Sora owns a black Ninja motorcycle with a license plate that reads "694LIFE"

Personality: Most of the time, she's smiling and goofy, too in love with the work she does as an artist and has a habit of putting chocolate on almost everything. She takes life most of the time as a huge game of chess, one piece in front of the other. She works with traditional art, painting is her preferable tool. What she does most is abstract, landscape, and people. She's an Agnostic, and has trust issues.

A running gag is her inability to hear most of the time.