Standard typical disclaimer: Cryptic Studios owns the rights to City of Heroes, a massive multiplayer online game. Used here without permission. Information on who owns each individual character can be found at the bottom of the document. . .
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It's a big city. One with lots happening everywhere, and our eyes turn to another section of Atlas Park, and to another hero'ine. Dragons, demons, imps. Paragon City has always been a good spot for finding things that by all rights of nature should not exist.
For example, Aeon Fox. The name was fitting, to be sure. She had a very feminine human form, to be sure. Her skin, however, was coated in a fur that almost matched the lightly tanned skin tone, and one fine enough you could hardly even see it close up, and would doubtlessly miss it at a distance.
A redhead, her hair style could politely be descried as exploding out of her head. Her dusty leather outfit was a darker shade of the same color, with her thigh length boots being a shade darker, still. Black gloves completed her trademark look.
Another thing that's nice about Atlas are the the expansive parks that seep throughout the system. Aeon glanced around Prometheus Park, still finding it impressive. Much more impressive than the small town she'd grown up in.. Her partner said he's meet her here. He said he'd be easy to find, and as Aeon expected, the blue jumpsuit with the bright yellow lightning patterns stood out in a park. Even one filled with flashy heroes. He had an easy charm to him, that was the first thing Aeon noticed. He was the center of attention of a few heroes, and although he glanced around, unsure about the world around him, he sounded totally at ease with them.
The expansive park overlooked a beautiful lake, highlighted by a giant statue in the middle on a concrete island. It was a warm, inviting place which Aeon made note she'd have to spend time visiting later. Never the shy one, Aeon walked in and introduced herself. The man in the lightning streaked jumpsuit immediately took notice.
Storm: Hey! Rick Davies sent you, right? You can probably guess, I'm the one he sent you for. People call me Stormwind Rider.
Aeon Fox: That's me, alright. He said you knew this town inside and out. Not interrupting yer picnic, am I?
Aeon tilted her head a bit, looking over the crowd.
Aeon: Or are you holding court?
That got a few mixed chuckles, even one from Stormwind.
Storm: Why, did you come to apply for the court jester? Naw, I was just telling the guys how I need to make them some of my world famous meatsause sometime. Maybe be good for a picnic though, you know? Grandma taught me it. People love it. Maybe you could even try some.
Aeon's eyes narrowed a bit.
Aeon: What kind of meatsause?
Storm: Can't say. Caruso family secret.
Storm put his finger dramatically to his lips.
Aeon: Uh huh. I might have to pass on the mystery meat, but I could sure go for some down old fashioned southeren fried zombies. Contact said you could use some help with them.
Storm: Sounds good! Storm glances around at the other heroes, who are mostly chatting it up amongst themselves Guess it's time to get down to work. Catch you all later!
"Later, Storm!" Some huge oversized tank of a figure.
"Wow, he's so cute!" Some young hero chick to her best hero friend..
"Might as well get back to tracking down the Family.." Some robot looking dude whom we don't really care about. Popular guy, Aeon thought to herself. (Referring to Storm, not the robot.)
Aeon: So, where do we start?
Storm turned to the city, his eyes emptily gazing over it.. it'd been so long since he'd seen most of the town, and sometimes his memory of it was a bit foggy, clouded by dreams he didn't remember and couldn't forget from those hellish two years.. Dreams of them being around every corner..
Them.. Part of his mind simultaneously screamed in terror and lusted for revenge.. A hand waved impatiently in front of his face snapped his mind back to present.
Storm: Huh? What're you doing? That's annoying.
Aeon: Trying to get your attention. You kind of looked like you zoned out for a while there. A bit concerned Are you ok?
Storm flashed a playful wink at her.
Storm: Oh, yeah, relax. I was just.. thinking..
Aeon: Uh huh, right. Any of that two minutes' thinking help you figure where we can find Vahzilok?
Storm: Yeah. Sewers. I'm not really to keep on going down there. Sort of messes with the suit.
Aeon: My, aren't we the egotistical one?
Storm: Ain't ego if you back it up, kid.
Aeon: arching an eyebrow Kid?
Storm: Got anything else?
Aeon: Well, if you don't wanna do your own mission, I think I see something in the distance that could use our tending to...
Storm: What's that?
Aeon casually pointed over to an elderly lady in the distance being mugged by some Hellion in the distance. Storm pushed the darker images aside as the two eagerly dove into battle..
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My characters: none Other players' characters: Aeon Fox, Stormwind Rider City of Heroes IP: Paragon City, Atlas Park, Prometheus Park, Rick Davies, Family, Vahzilok, Hellions