<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/58/Goddess_of_Fire_by_TomBebop.jpg)</div><div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/0/01/Rosemary_Redell.jpg)</div><strong>Carmen Sandoval/Wildfire</strong>(https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cGxV3QXFPC0oX1oFGN7tUnVUeDGwFzHc49EIBc-GOQk/edit)<br/><br/>The redhead in her tight leather costume stood quietly, paying close attention, leaning in.  She came up with several questions, but her friend and allies were quick to ask the same.  She envisioned the 'city breakers' with mixed dread and excitement.<br/><br/>At what point she blinked and looked back and forth between Val and the bounty hunter.  “Chocolate chips that<em>hatched?</em>That's not right...”<br/><br/>She changed her mind about asking for a cookie.  Val clearly needed them all!<br/><br/>“So...” she said softly, looking about, “I have a basic idea of how duels work—I've studied Shakesphere for a few semesters and read the Three Musketeers.  What courtesy and rules would come into play if we formally challenged the Emperor?  And how badly would he likely smack us down?”<br/>