<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br/>Where: New New Newgate Prison, Temporary Housing Complex<br/>Milestones: Peeling the Onion and Silver Age Sensibilities<br/>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 6 xp<br/>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr/><br/>Ace could definitely understand what Silvia meant, when she talked about the pulse-pounding, knife's edge excitement she got to experience.  It was a bit rare for the Venusian, given her abilities, but she had experienced it from time to time, as well.  Racing to save the planet from an alien warlord with a nigh-indestructible war machine, or pulling off some precarious trick to fool that annoying multi-dimensional imp that liked to show up to pester her cousin from time to time, there were times where she had found her abilities and creativity tested to their limits, few though they were.  They would be more common for Silvia, though, and more than that, being a hero also came with being able to enjoy a sense of accomplishment that being a criminal didn't, one tied to the smiling faces and gratitude of the people that you helped along the way.  Ace could see that it would be a while before she had earned enough trust to be able to have that particular experience, though, so she decided not to interrupt and let Silvia continue talking, instead.<br/><br/>And then came the Silver Spider's version of her recruitment offer, and it came as quite a surprise.<br/><br/>"...I won't lie, that is a tempting offer...  But it's one that I can't accept,"  She responded, though only after getting distracted by thinking about possible costumes for a few seconds.  "I don't necessarily have a problem with it, especially since my cousin used to do that sort of thing all the time when he first got started as a hero, but...  Well, I think I can explain it best with a hypothetical scenario.  Imagine that you're on a heist of some sort, but that something went wrong during it, and now an innocent person is hanging from a thread and about to plummet to certain doom.  However, you can also hear sirens in the distance, and you know that if you don't leave right now, literally right this second, then you won't be able to escape without leaving behind the item you went to so much trouble to steal.  Would you be able to walk away with the treasure in that sort of situation, or would you ditch it and save the person's life?<br/><br/>"I'd save the person's life in a heartbeat.  It's not even a choice for me, I won't let anyone die when I know that I can save them.  And with so many of this world's mightiest heroes having left the planet to enjoy their retirement, I might literally be the strongest hero on Earth at the moment.  Which means that I'm the sort of person you're talking about when you say to leave Zohar to somebody else.  I am the 'somebody else'.  If I don't step up to help stop him, people could die.  And then after Zohar is defeated, there will be other super powerful aliens, other criminals, other disasters and monsters that only I can help with...  And I have to stay on the right side of the law, or they won't let me help, and then more people could die."<br/><br/>And that was the basic reason why she would have to turn down Silvia's offer.  Doing the right thing was the only rule, for her, but it wasn't always an easy or simple rule to follow...  But in her experience, it was always worth following, in the end.