[Action/BBS]

[espio]

[Action]

[For a few days, Espio has been all over the place, and always doing something or other. He hasn't been doing his usual thing when he's not busy, which is sitting around somewhere high up with a book - nope.

For example, the fake blood in the training centre corridor the other day? That was him.

Today has involved challenging random people to Triple Triad (a game at which he's pretty much awful), playing guitar (somewhat decently) in the Quad, arguing with more random people on subjects he has no clue about (like chocobos), standing outside the home ec room in tears and cursing the very existence of onions, sneaking turnips with smiley-faces drawn on them into odd places, and casting silence on unsuspecting passers-by when certain nobody can see him.

Basically?

He is really, really bored, and has no idea what to do about it.]

[BBS]

Okay, two things:

First, "superhero" count. How many of you idiots are there now?

Second, I need swimming lessons. Not from the swimming instructor, either - ignoring the fact he's insane, I'm not a cadet, so I can't take that class.

Comments

[BBS]

[fierybluebird]

[Deadpan sarcasm... not that it carries well on a message board gosh.]

Oh me. I just love justice and saving people and flying around being selfless. Nothing better.

[espio]

Not that flying around saving people is a bad thing, but you know my thoughts on superheroes already.

[fierybluebird]

Now that's just justice prejudice.

BBS

[bunnypassingby]

I think I might be a superhero...

- Mikuru

Re: BBS

[espio]

[You? Espio blankly stares at the screen. What.]

No.

You're kind of missing one major, defining feature.

BBS

[bunnypassingby]

[NO ONE TOLD HER THERE WERE REQUIREMENTS...]

What's that?

- Mikuru

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

Insane?! Aww come on.

[espio]

I'm from the Special Zone. I know insane when I see it.

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

I'm a totally normal guy! I just keep ending up in weird situations!

[BBS + PM]

[werepanther]

I've always been a superhero, but that's not really anything new.

- Instructor Tom Bronson

[PM]

You free this weekend? SeeD Norstein and I're taking some Cadets (and some SeeD) down to Winhill for a field trip, and I've gotten permission to take the Ragnarok... if we can find a pilot.

Nida might be available, but I thought I'd ask you first.

- Tom

Re: [BBS + PM]

[espio]

[NO YOU'RE NOT, Tom! As far as Espio's concerned, the term "superhero" is limited to a very specific and highly annoying type.]

If you wanna call yourself that, then fine, but you don't fit the profile - so far, I've had no desire to kick you in the face.

[PM]

Sure, no problem! I'll fly us there.

[Assuming he hasn't been kidnapped by a scheming phoenix.]

[werepanther]

Oh there's a profile now? :P my bad, I thought it was broader than that.

[PM]

awesome, thanks! I'll see you around lunch period on Friday then. :) The Cadets'll come after the period's over but I want to be there early to double-check some stuff.

[redcinemareel]

Define 'superhero'.

[espio]

Idiot with a flashy costume, flashy powers, and will let everyone know that they fight for justice even though their fights do more harm than good, and frankly they have an annoying habit of getting in the way. I actually do fight for justice, and the typical superhero's theatrics are nothing short of infuriating.

Alternatively, it's how a kid defines any hero with special powers, which means I get called one from time to time. Frankly, it's a little insulting.

[But he rolls with it anyway. He'd rather be called a superhero than break a kid's idealism.]

[redcinemareel]

That's a wonderful definition. Thank you.

Can one still be called a superhero if they fight for the injustice of those who 'fight' for justice?

[Action]

[grollschwert]

[A SeeD you probably haven't seen for a while (if at all) just found you playing the guitar.

She's just going to sit down, if you don't mind.]

[espio]

[Hm? Espio glances up. While he does occasionally come to the Quad to practice, he doesn't often get people stopping to listen.]

Want something?

[grollschwert]

No. Please continue.

[BBS]

[morphitudinous]

Why do you need to know how many of them are around?

[Not that he'll ever admit to being one, nope.]

Re: [BBS]

[espio]

I don't need to know. I'm just curious.

[Technically speaking, Espio is considered one back at home in New Tek. He just refuses to admit it, on the basis that most Special Zone superheroes are over the top parodies that seem to get into fights for no real reason other than "we're good, they're bad"]

[morphitudinous]

Ah. To avoid them, to prepare for doomsday?

[BBS]

[worthyheir]

[Whelp Damian wasn't expecting to use this secondary account he got back when he wanted to announce the laptops were bugged so soon... Oh well.]

The correct term is crimefighter.

Why do you want to know?

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Re: [BBS]

[espio]

[Oh hey, Espio remembers this account. He remembers it being annoying. However, he's actually kind of pleased with that response - someone who insists on "crimefighter" clearly isn't the idiot superhero he gets worked up over.]

Because I don't like them.

But the correct term is not crimefighter. Being a crimefighter actually involves fighting crime.

[BBS]

[hawkette]

Why are you asking?

- Kate Bishop

[espio]

Curiosity.

I'm not a fan of superheroes, though. They're annoying.