<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br/>Where: Simport City Harbor<br/>Doing What: Post-Combat Cleanup<br/>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Ignorance Cannot Dictate the Course of Men<br/>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 22xp<br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=242700.msg12673139#msg12673139">Quote from: Guancyto on 26-09-2016, 23:34:07</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Darclight, are you already asking me whether it's okay to look at other girls?"[/color] she giggled, "I think you should talk to her. What's the worst thing that could happen?"</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><tt class="bbc_tt">"That is not...."</tt>The armor replied to her question.  It seemed to think better of continuing and went quiet.<tt class="bbc_tt"> "Very well.  When the opportunity arises, which seems like it would be quite soon."</tt>As it stood, everyone was headed over to the ice cream shop - whichever one was nearest - after the scene was cleaned up.  That was when Darclight would approach the arrowing superheroine.  Well, as soon as she was done paying for everyone.  It was a long line.  The armor waited to be the last one in line.  Granted, the sight of him wanting ice cream might be something confusing to the young woman in question, but he waved his hand.<br/><br/><tt class="bbc_tt">"I don't want ice cream, but I do want to talk to you.  This seemed simply the most efficient method of gaining your attention." </tt>He paused.<tt class="bbc_tt"> "I won't pretend that Retirement was easy on any of us.  Six months with nothing to do but sit around and think, or make pizzas, or look after plants.  But Retirement practically wiped out the super community overnight - out of all the teams I know of, CHESS was the only one to retain any effective capacity to act, and let's face it - spending your time in jungles fighting <em>narcotraficantes</em>, as fun as that might be with powers like yours - is a waste of them."</tt>Darclight had never been the speaker, the face - he had left such things to Shovel Knight and Fencer, or Gunvolt if they needed an intimidation factor - he had been the tactical leader.  So hopefully this speech would do something.<br/><br/><tt class="bbc_tt">"Then Zohar showed up.  Busted out guys like Silver Spider and the rest.  Now, while the villains are coming back out of hiding, a lot of the heroes we counted on have left the planet to go and find other worlds to hero on.  That means a lot of whatever capability might be brought to bear is gone.  Things are changing, rearranging, and the world needs to  be ready to face it.  And not that I don't have any trust in the UN, but I don't have any trust in the UN.  If you understand what I mean.  This is an outside context scenario.  What men of old called an Act of God.  A storm is coming, and I fully intend for there to be a Stormwatch for the horizon.  I can sweat the ultra-fine organizational details later, but I want you for the team.  And don't think you can't contribute.  You absolutely can.  Some of our best people were just men who just did a hundred push-ups, sit-ups, squats, and a ten-K run every day."</tt><br/><br/>Darclight decided to go a little farther.<tt class="bbc_tt">"You want to do botanical research?  You'll have your own lab.  Hell, you can <em>run</em> the lab for all I care.  Whatever funding we can get - I'm sure the fact that the UN doesn't spend more on the viability of plants in the Amazon as useful and innovative medicines has been something of a peeve of yours for a time - for scientific stuff, you spend it how you like.  Head of Scientific Research, or Green Team or whatever you want to call it."</tt>