<div class="floatleft">(http://i.imgur.com/UMC7dP3.png)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 16pt;"><strong>Quasar<strong></strong></strong></span><br/><strong>Location</strong>Home -> In front of the Halcyon Hunter Offices<br/><strong>Group</strong>Alone<br/><strong>Action</strong>None<br/><hr/>Vala Schwarzschild, Quasar to most of the world, was alone in her room, standing silently in front of a floor length mirror, staring at her reflection.  She looked tired, and she felt it as well.  She didn't have a scheduled patrol that night, and after being rebuffed by Red Wasp about her secret identity, she was afraid to text her to see if she wanted to hang out.  Vala didn't want to come across as too clingy, as her friend obviously didn't want to be<em>that</em>close to her.<br/><br/>She was already wearing the simple costume she had put together.  It was practical and comfortable, but with enough of her cleavage visible below her blue choker to have some sexiness to it.  Not that she had much experience in that area, but she had some interest in it.  Besides, her mentor Stardust had always taught her that if she wanted to be effective she needed to be confident, and that owning her sexuality would make her look and feel confident.  After glancing around her bedroom, she bit her lip for a moment and tried leaning forward to emphasize her assets, before blushing and straightening up, feeling completely ridiculous doing so all alone in her room.<br/><br/>With another sigh she turned from the mirror and walked over to her phone, considering who she could call.  Most of her team probably wouldn't be angry if she called them, and it would be better than another evening browsing the internet alone.  On the other hand, what if they did get annoyed at her for bugging them?  She wasn't exactly the life of the party, and she'd probably drag them down like a millstone of a fifth wheel.<br/><br/>Just as she was starting to second guess herself for the third time in the last hour the phone vibrated.  Eagerly she checked the message, before the smile that had started to form faded at what she read.  After a quick check of an online map to make sure she knew where she was going she tucked the phone away and opened a window, jumping out.<br/><br/>Before she hit the ground a pair of black spheres appeared beside her in the air.  She reached out and grabbed one in each hand, glowing white energies crackling to life around her fists before spreading into a thin aura all around her body.  Inches above the grass her course changed and she flew up and over the city.  Despite her age she still lived with her parents in an upscale suburb, so even with her speed she had quite a trip to make to reach the headquarters of the Halcyon Hunter.<br/><br/>She smiled, enjoying the serenity of flight, with nothing but the roar of the wind and muted song of the city to intrude on her thoughts.  She hadn't really talked much with Saranna Cantrell, mostly letting the others take the spotlight, but she remembered the woman being friendly and not putting her on the spot.  With narrowed eyes she flew at full speed, eager to come to her rescue.<br/><br/>Only when she came close did she slow down, lowering herself to street level and dismissing her gravitational field a little under a block from the building, not wanting to tip off the criminals before she was ready to confront them.  With a slight jog to her step she arrived, eager to meet up with the rest of the team.