[CLOSED]

[pullingamiko]

Who: Miko and Knock Out, Eusine, and Neku
Where: Out and about around LA
When: Within a few days after this
What: Miko finally meets up with some... "friends" again.
Warnings: Knock Out doing Knock Out things, discussion of scary jail/cyborg attacks

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[pullingamiko]

"Maybe; you know a troll kid named Sollux? 'Cuz the guy's got hella brain powers." Plus he's apparently hanging out with giant robots now. She's gonna have to ask him about that next time she sees him. "I think he used to be with the Trailblazers? Sort of."

[superball]

"I can't say I have the pleasure of knowing him, no." And despite Earth and Alternia's shaky relationships, it would be a pleasure, provided the troll isn't a violent jerk. If he's one of Miko's connections though... well, he has to be somewhat civil, or he probably wouldn't be able to handle her. Behold: Eusine's flawless deduction skills. "Perhaps you can introduce me to him someday!"

[pullingamiko]

"Yeah, maybe so! 'Course, I dunno whether you'd rather meet him as Mysticalman" (insert some kind of sarcastic hand-wiggly thing here) "or as-" She pauses. "What's your name anyway? I mean, the whole secret identity thing is clearly out the window here, and there's no way I'm calling you Mysticalman" (identical inflection, identical hand-wiggling) "every time I talk to you."

[superball]

Eusine skill activate: pretending the bit where his interlocutor made fun of him absolutely didn't happen. It's a necessary ability when (for some reason) the entire world seems to think you are a ridiculous human being.

"You may call me... Eusine." His voice is entirely too loud for an indoors conversation, which is absolutely unrelated to the fact he's trying very hard to ignore the dig at his superhero name. Which is super cool, by the way.

(Seriously though, there's no way that's his real real name, is it? Who names their kid "you seen". What the heck. That doesn't even sound French.)

"But this conversation is a bit one-sided, isn't it? You still haven't told me your name!"

[pullingamiko]

Miko raises an eyebrow at the name, but doesn't say anything. She's encountered some weird names since moving to the States, anyway, and she figures it's better than his superhero name.

Speaking of which, she can't quite tell whether he's ignoring the jab or just didn't pick up on it. The volume of his voice doesn't tell her anything, of course, because she's just as loud on a regular basis. Oh well, it's not like she's actively trying to irritate him here. Really. Sort of. She's at least not trying to legitimately upset him.

"Well jeez, it's not like you asked," she snorts, though the smirk lingering on her face makes it pretty clear she's just being contrary because she can. This is how Miko's sense of humor works. "It's Miko, though. Good to meet you." The "somewhere other than a cyborg-infested alleyway" is implied.

[superball]

No other sarcastic comment about his superhero name? Success. Proof that obnoxiousness will always win!

"It's a pleasure to meet you as well!" He beams, seemingly taking no offence with her (obviously good-natured) snorting. "Under better circumstances, that is."

Implying "somewhere other than a cyborg-infested alleyway" is for losers, clearly.

"So..." he resumes, a slight smirk tugging at his lips. "Do you make it a habit to walk straight into danger, or was that a one-time thing?" He doesn't sound terribly judging. Trying to hit a cyborg with a brick? Yeah, that was stupid. Running straight into the middle of the fray to take pictures? Nothing wrong with that as long as you're careful not to be spotted, right? Totally different.

Knowing would be good though. You know. Just so he can keep an eye out for her.

[pullingamiko]

"Hey, danger means excitement, excitement means a story, right?" She smirks back as she picks up the clothes again. "What about you? Actual prep before stalking monsters just not your style?"

[superball]

"One can hardly prepare oneself without knowing the nature of the threat now, wouldn't you agree?" His expression is somewhere between slight condescension and damage control. Truth be told, he thought the news were exaggerating how dangerous those cyborgs were, and that if all else failed he could just fly away with his rocket spats; he hadn't expected a powerless civilian to be there, or those things to be so ridiculously fast. "Besides, I am usually un-de-tec-ta-ble!"

He says this like he is absolutely convinced of the fact, possibly because he is. Undetectable, in all his purple, white and sparkly glory.

Seems perfectly reasonable, really.

[pullingamiko]

"Riiiiight." Her response is weighted with all the sarcasm and doubt that she can possibly inject into a single word. Which is a lot. "So do you usually wear a different costume then?" It would be practically impossible to mistake that comment as an honest question, considering the smirk it's accompanied by.

For that matter, she doesn't typically have room to complain about other people's clothing choices, but c'mon. Purple spandex.

[superball]

"There's nothing wrong with my costume, no matter what those websites say!" He huffs. He may or may not have seen his costume on "worst superhero outfits" blogs more than once. These people have no taste.

"In any case," his face contorts into a slight smirk, confident he is that he can totally change the course of that discussion back to Miko's lack of stealth, "you're one to talk!"

[pullingamiko]

She raises an eyebrow; she hadn't even mentioned websites, and she considers saying so and making a comment about how he seems awfully defensive here, but his subject change successfully prevents such a reply because wow excuse you.

"Hey, I was doing just fine 'til your loud butt showed up!" she snaps, as if she was being any quieter than him once he was there. "I probably could've stayed there all night if I wanted to!"