<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;">Stryka (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=304633.msg14858154#msg14858154)</span></strong></span>Cosmically Powered Brick<br/><div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c2/cf/17/c2cf176474927bcf9b0780ceba52607a.jpg)</div><hr/>Location: San Diego Avengers Tower: Training Room to Burning Man, Black Rock Desert<br/>Tagging: Open<br/>Hero Points: 1<br/>Conditions: None<br/><hr/><br/>As Angela came over to join the others, Ester smiled and nodded at the other Avenger.  She hadn't thought to call her when she called Nanoka because she thought the white-blonde wasn't available because of personal obligations.  But it seemed that the personal obligations had brought the Avenger to Burning Man for different reasons.  "Hello, Angela," she nodded as the white-blonde joined them.<br/><br/>After all the greetings were finished and the group turned towards figuring out a way to acquire a can of the Tentacle Grape soda, "It was an excellent idea Kim and we can have some fun at the same time."  She gestured around at everyone obviously having fun, "I doubt anything nefarious is going on, just naughty fun among adults."  She winked at her teammates.<br/><br/>Looking around, Ester saw a woman walking past completely covered in paint and holding a can of the tentacle grape soda.  She quickly stepped over to her and asked how she got the can, learning about the woman using people's bodies as canvases and compensating them with cans of the suspect soda.  When Angela mentioned the people pretending to be cultist over at the effigy, she nodded thoughtfully, "We should investigate the people who are supplying the sodas too, see if there is any connection between them or where they are getting the soda."  She paused in thought, "IF there is something nefarious going on, that will be important to known and would be much more difficult to find out after the fact."<br/>Looking at the others, Ester nodded mostly to herself, "I am going to go over the see the woman painting and see if I can find out where she got the soda while she is painting me.  The guy riding the cart pulled by a pony girl would just make her feel like punching him, so it was best if she didn't investigate him, unless it was decided punching was the way they were going to get the info out of him. "Everyone keep your communicators handle in case of an emergency."  She reminded everyone as she looked at the others to see who was going where.