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Who: Cynthia and YOU
Where: The Trailblazers dorms and around LA
When: Around the end of February
What: LA's peppiest superhero-in-training focuses on an important project and does miscellaneous things around LA.
Warnings: None yet.

The Trailblazers dorms

Usually around this time of the day, Cynthia is making rounds around the dorms and peeking over the shoulders of her teammates to see what they're doing. Usually, she's talking loudly enough to someone that she can be heard several rooms over. Usually, she's bugging someone to do something or go somewhere with her.

Today, however, Cynthia is quiet. She's hunched over something in the main room; it's difficult to tell what it is, but it looks like it might be a piece of paper or maybe a notebook. She could be holding a pencil or a pen, too. She doesn't respond to any nearby conversation, even if her name is said. It seems like she's unusually focused on the item in front of her. It's up to you to solve this mystery, brave Trailblazer.

Wandering around LA

The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and Cynthia is out for a stroll in the city. It's such a beautiful day, so how could she not take the opportunity to enjoy a little bit of it? She's full of energy and ready to explore stores and streets she hasn't seen before. She might do a little bit of shopping, too; it depends on what she finds. Today is a great day for anything and everything.

Throughout the day, Cynthia will jump to help anyone she perceives to be in trouble. She might not do a very good job of helping, but it's the thought that counts, right? Despite not currently being proficient as a superhero, Cynthia will try her best to stop any crime she sees. She's happy to strike up conversation with anyone in her environment who looks friendly...probably also people who don't look friendly. It's just such a nice day.

At the end of the day, she'll sit down on the grass at a nearby park and enjoy the feeling of the breeze in her hair. You might find her rolling around in the grass on occasion, blissfully unaware of any prying eyes.

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Metabee had just wandered out of his room, headphones on and music player in hand. Even with the headphones though the volume was still loud enough to hear the bass tones.

He headed straight for the main room and was about to perform his usual scramble over the back of the couch when he caught sight of Cynthia huddling over something at one of the tables.

He made a beeline for the table, climbing onto one of the other chairs and leaning over the table to try and see what she was working on, but he wasn't able to get a good look.

"Hey, Cynthia! Whatch'ya working on?" Louder than normal, of course, since he was talking over his music.

Looking a bit frustrated with herself, Cynthia turns from her mystery project to Metabee. "Shh! Don't talk so loud, Metabee, I'm trying to focus!" She pauses. "Actually...what do you think so far?" Picking up what is now clearly a notebook, she holds it up to her chest so that Metabee can see the page she's been working on. The drawing at the center of it isn't great, but it's obvious that she's put a lot of time into this. She's written various personality traits and bits of information underneath the drawing in pretty, curly handwriting.

"I've been designing another original character! She's a fairy princess who lives in a giant tree and solves mysteries. I like her design, but I don't really...know what to do with her..."

Metabee took off his headphones, letting them fall around his neck as he paused his music. He took a look at the drawing, leaning back on his cha. Lucky for Cynthia Metabee didn't have much of an eye for art. He was easily impressed. As she kept explaining though his interest began to visible fade, squinting at the drawing.

"Is this for that D&D thing or something?"

"Nah," she responds cheerfully. "It's just a little thing for fun! I'm going to be designing some outfits for her and then maybe some of her fairy friends, too." She considers the drawing for a moment, then turns to Metabee. "She needs a sidekick, doesn't she? You can't just go around solving mysteries without some sort of sidekick, right? Especially not fairy murder mysteries."

"Uh, ok."
Metabee slid down to actually sit in the chair he had been standing on, resting his chin on his hand. He wasn't exactly bursting with enthusiasm, this all sounded incredibly girly.

"If she has a sidekick it should be something cool, like a dragon."

Cynthia mulls that one over. "Maybe..." She sounds unsure. "Dragons are pretty cool, but maybe too cool. The princess can't be in her sidekick's cool shadow all the time; that'd be lousy!" After a few more moments of thinking, she comes up with her answer. "Oh! What if the dragon is her mortal enemy? She knows the dragon's behind all of these murders indirectly, and he's some sort of crime boss or whatever, but she can't prove anything!"

"Ok, yeah. See, that sounds cool!" Metabee says, nodding in agreement. "He could be the leader of an underground dragon mafia, with a cool right hand man assassin hitman."

Cynthia's expression brightens. "Yeah!" she exclaims. This is exactly the kind of story material she wanted. "The right hand man hitman guy is the princess' sidekick's mortal enemy, and they have to fight at some point. Of course, the sidekick outsmarts him and wins heroically, since the good guys always win eventually!"

Metabee looked a little dubious at that. Obviously Cynthia was not as well versed in action films as he was.

"Why would the sidekick have an archenemy? They're supposed to help the hero, if they have a nemesis they might as well be on their own, yo. Wouldn't that just make them too cool again?"

Cynthia considers this. He has a point, but surely the sidekick should have some glory, right? "But what if the sidekick is going to be a hero one day, too? They can't be a sidekick forever, can they? This could be their first step to becoming their own hero! Of course, it would happen near the end of the story."

"Yeah, that sounds fine." He agrees.

"Are you seriously thinking about writing a whole story for this thing?" The thought of putting that much effort into some passing doodle was beyond him.

"Well, maybe not writing a story, but I think drawing characters when you know who they are is sooo much more fun than just drawing designs with...no personality or anything!" Cynthia doubts she'd be able to write a full story right now – even though it would be awesome – but she casually slides that idea into her mental file cabinet for later.

"Alright, well, I'll just leave you to that." He wasn't really interested in drawing anything, and Cynthia could do that plenty well without him. He slipped of the chair, pulling his headphone back on.

"Aw, don't you want to help me design awesome dragon-fighting outfits and weapons for her?" Cynthia asks, a bit louder than usual because of Metabee's headphones. Even though she's certain that his aesthetic is oceans apart from hers, coming up with ideas with someone else is always more fun.

Metabee turned back, still walking away slowly backwards. His hands went up in a stopping motion, shaking his head.

"Nah, I think you got that covered. I'll catch 'ya later and you can tell me all about it."
She probably would anyway, knowing how crazy Cynthia was over her fantasy stuff.

Cynthia shrugs. It's his loss; whatever he's going to go do, it's nowhere near as exciting as fairy princesses. "Alright, I guess! See you later, dude." She turns back to her notebook and begins drawing and scribbling down notes again.