bishop mingle

[invigorates]

Who: Bishop crew and visitors!
Broadcast: NO!!!!
Action: On the Bishop!!!
When: JANUARRRRYYY!!!

[ DEAR BISHOP CREW: WELCOME YOUR NEW MEMBERS, BE MERRY, DO STUFF. YEAH!! ]

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[bloodbiter]

I see. May I ask what a superhero is? I assume it's someone even more exceptional than other heroes, but I'm curious about the distinction.

[that reply is more relaxed in tone than the others; it seems like she accepts that answer.]

I may not be well versed in being in this kind of environment, but I do have battle experience. If we happen to be attacked again at any point in the future I would be glad to assist you with anything you might need, Captain.

[everydayhero]

Uhh, in my world, most people don't try to fight. They're just normal civilians. Superheroes are people with cool abilities or cool inventions that help them stop criminals, and usually they hide their identities to keep their families safe from being targeted by the enemies.

[he seems pleased enough with her reaction, though.]

That's good. We got attacked a second time, but we had a security officer at the time, and she covered us really well. She left, though, so it's good that you're here.

[bloodbiter]

They don't try to fight? What do they do when monsters attack, do the superheroes take care of that as well?

[she's heard that they all come from separate worlds, but the threat of monsters is such a large part of her life that it doesn't occur to her yet that there might be worlds without them.]

She left? I was informed that such a thing was impossible.

[everydayhero]

Usually there aren't monsters to have to fight. The enemies, most of the time, are just people with some misplaced anger. And we take them in alive so they can be put in jail, or at least get the help they need.

[he pauses, a little awkward about that question.]

Well, leaving because we want to is. But sometimes, Atroma just... takes people. We don't know where they go.

[bloodbiter]

Are the monsters mostly extinct, then?

...I don't understand the purpose of taking people away if our purpose is to be observed. That would be like ending a story in the middle of a chapter in a book designed for many people to read.

[everydayhero]

I guess you could say that, yeah.

[he shrugs]

... Well, the point is to make a good show for people watching, not just to be watched. Taking away people we care about makes us upset, and drama makes for good entertainment.

[bloodbiter]

How lucky.

[a small nod]

I suppose I can follow that logic. It's awfully cruel, though.

[everydayhero]

Well, I won't argue with you there. A long time ago, one of my best friends from home was here, but she disappeared. Everyone I was working with to figure out where Atroma took her left, too.

[he shrugs]

But this place gives us a lot of chances, too.

[bloodbiter]

I'm truly sorry to hear that. I hope you're able to meet her again soon.

May I ask what you mean?

[everydayhero]

... Well, when it takes people from their homes, they can be from different times. And sometimes, that means giving a person a second chance to live.

[he smiles, a little fondly.]

Sometimes you get to see people you never thought you would again.

[bloodbiter]

[she... doesn't know how to feel about that, and her expression grows skeptical.]

That's impossible.

[everydayhero]

I'd say it was, but...

[he hesitates.]

Someone from my world died. I was there, I saw it happen. But I also got to see him here.

[bloodbiter]

That's...

[she doesn't think he's lying, necessarily, but it's hard to believe all the same.]

Does that happen often?

[everydayhero]

I wouldn't say "often," but enough that people know about it.

[bloodbiter]

I see.

[she still has very mixed feelings about that, so she's going to try to shift the conversation along.]

May I ask who this person was? The person from your home you mentioned a moment ago.

[everydayhero]

Uhh.

[he hesitates again.]

My brother. Tadashi. He's our lab support, actually. I wouldn't ask him about it, I don't think I should be telling everyone.

[bloodbiter]

[she looks surprised for a moment, and then sympathetic.]

I'm so sorry. I didn't think it would be someone that close to you...