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[aka_shazam]

Flight was for heroes. So Billy was flying - up over the buildings; swooping around trees; landing on roofs and taking off again. All to practice. Oh, and looking for crimes - if he spotted them of course he'd help. But primarily he wanted to practice. Gotta get good in case any more super-villains needed catching. Falling was not fun. At all. Even in this super powered body.

He earned some stares and pointing fingers but he'd put on enough of a public show in the past - plus all those online videos - that this particular superhero was no secret. Oh, most didn't know he was a teen in here or his real identity, but the costumed figure wasn't too odd an occurrence for the city now.

And so he was flying. In the daylight. Out in the open.

For anyone to see.

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[lasertagsuit]

Carol had seen the man from nearby, his bright red suit even more eye catching than the red, blue and gold of her own uniform. He is definitely... not an Avenger, unless Fury had forgot to give her the memo.

Unable to resist, she'd flown up beside him, hair blazing through her helmet. She shoots him a grin.

"Never get tired of the view, do you?"

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[aka_shazam]

Startled, Billy sways in mid-air but manages to correct his path again. Yep, getting better at this.

"Ahh... yeah," he looks downward. He'd more been fixed on what was ahead so he didn't crash, but yes, it was a great view from up here. He affects a casual conversational tone: "And you are?"

Please don't be a supervillain. Please don't be a supervillain.

[notquitedracula]

He was only distracted for a moment. Something bright on the ground, probably - maybe even a purse snatcher. But the next thing Billy knows, he's feeling the impact of hitting a fellow flying body. A small one, just about the right size for a bird.

Or a bat.

Flying foxes aren't native to this part of the world - so a bat this large is odd all on its own. Rarer still are albino flying foxes, so that this one is solid white is probably an even greater shock.

But the greatest shock is probably when it limp-flies to a hover and yells at him: "Watch where you're going!"

[aka_shazam]

What the heck was that?

Billy looks around, floating himself more than flying now. His eyes widen at seeing the flying fox. Wait, is that a ... bat?

"Holy moly! Batman, is that you?!"

[notquitedracula]

It's hard to tell with eyes that are pretty much all visible iris and pupil, but the bat rolls his eyes. "No. I am not Batman. And frankly, I think he'd be insulted by the insinuation." The bat changes in midair, in a way that's hard to look at directly - Billy should recognize the phenomena, since it's very similar to his own transformation. And then there's a man standing on thin air where the bat was a moment ago.

"Name's Soma. I'm guessing by the pajamas that you're one of the local superheroes?"

[aka_shazam]

Yeah, that looks nothing like Batman. But he's no expert on bats and Batman's powers so it was worth a guess.

"Soma? Hey, yeah, I'm... Captain Thunder." Still working on that name.

[notquitedracula]

Soma gives him a look that contains equal measures amusement and doubt. "Seriously? 'Captain Thunder'? Why not something simple and exotic - maybe Raijin, or Raiden, or something like that?" He shakes his head and sighs. "Then again, I'm no superhero, and I don't do their branding. At least it isn't 'something-Man' like about half the others." He gives the costumed hero a judicious look. "Most of the others don't rely on actual magic, though."

He looks down at the cityscape, searching for a suitable place to land. "If you don't mind, let's drop down to that building over there. I feel a little too exposed up here - I'm not bulletproof like you lot."

[aka_shazam]

"Raiden is in Mortal Kombat. I can't copy that," he states. "So you don't think something like... Magical Man would be good?"

Freddy was too focused on thunder or sparkles. Maybe he should have a talk with him about putting magic in his name instead.

"Oh. Sure. We don't have to talk and fly."

And he hoped nobody would try to shoot at them up in the air but now it was said, that did sound like a risk.

[notquitedracula]

Soma's fall to the roof is slow, and the spectral image of a suit of winged armor might be visible behind him until he touches down. "I'd go with something related to my abilities, if it were me, but not something obvious like Magic Man or the like. Supes, Batman, and the rest all have the time they started out to blame for that, I think. You have an opportunity to be original and clever - and I wouldn't waste it, if I were you."

He pulls a couple glass bottles of cold soda out of his coat pocket, takes the cap off one, and offers the other over. "Course, I wouldn't be caught dead in spandex pajamas and a cape in the first place."

[aka_shazam]

"Well, I'm open to name suggestions."

He lands fairly well himself and automatically reaches for the soda.

"Look, I didn't have a choice with the outfit, all right? It came with the powers. It's powers plus crazy suit or nothing." He looks at the soda. "So... You come pretty prepared. How do I know this is safe and you're not a supervillain trying to poison me?"

[theleastfavorite]

Vanya was still adjusting to the whole 'powers' business. A few days ago, she had been an ordinary nobody. And in the interim, she'd...well, she'd killed multiple people and nearly blown up the world. So it was a lot to take in.

So when she saw the streak of red in the sky, she stared openly, watching him go by. Huh. That had to be a nice power, at the end of the day. Flight seemed so useful, really, like a nicer version of what Five had. And probably way less harmful than anything at the Umbrella Academy.

[aka_shazam]

The streak of red landed some distance away but then suddenly something came crashing into Vanya. It was that same suited 'man', practicing his superspeed.

"Oh my gosh-- whoops!" He holds his hands out to try to automatically keep her steady - but he may not grasp her in time or she may have already steadied herself. "I'm sorry, miss. I didn't see you there."

[theleastfavorite]

Well, she supposed one nice thing about being powerful now was that she could handle stuff coming at her a bit better. And hey, this wasn't one of her siblings, so, hey, better than normal. She manages not to topple on her own, some inner part of her keeping her steady, but she doesn't seem bothered when the stranger tries to keep her stable.

"...it's fine. I'm fine," she says with a self-effacing smile, gathering herself a bit. "Powers can be weird. It's all good. You okay?"

[aka_shazam]

"Me? Why? Don't I look okay?" And he quickly looks down and around as if something may have gone wrong. Nope, all looks fine. Or as fine as things can be in this situation.

[theleastfavorite]

"Uh, sorry," she says quickly, by instinct, at his confusion. Granted, he doesn't seem mad or anything, but she immediately assumes she's offended him at least a little. Or that she's just made a dumb mistake. "Sorry. You look fine. I just, you seemed worried at how fast you were going, so I thought, I don't know, you were having trouble."

[aka_shazam]

"I don't dash often," he states. It sounds weird even as he says it out loud. But with a small shake of his head, he then grins. "But no trouble. No-one was hurt, right?"

[theleastfavorite]

She smiles a little in turn at that grin, feeling a little at ease. "Yeah. No trouble. No one hurt."

Nodding at him, she adds, "Besides, dashing seems like a fun power to have and try out."

[aka_shazam]

"Yeah, it is," he agrees although it's been more instinctive so far. Needs more testing.

"I'm...," there's a pause as he cycles through names Freddy came up with. He still has to decide on the best one. But for now... "I'm Red Cyclone."

[hashisreasons]

Loki rolled his eyes. Of all the 'gifts' that he had, flying was not one of them. Thor. Stark. The ones that could fly, he envied them. Not that he would ever dare admit it, but he did. To be able to be free like they were, without needing a ship of vessel of some kinds. Granted, Tony's was cheating with his suit, but he was still up there like the others.

Dressed in his suit and tie, he looked like any other mortal Midgardian as he glared at the red zip crossing back and forth over the sky.

"Showoff," he muttered as he watched.

[aka_shazam]

Soon after, the red suited superhero lands nearby, grinning from ear to ear. A small crowd gathers and claps.

"Thank you, thank you. If you have a pen, I can do an autograph."

He does sign a few things before moving on and heading down the street - with a jaunty sauntering step - toward Loki.

[hashisreasons]

Loki watches the man approach and wonders if he should say thing. Oh, he has many things on his mind that he wants to say, he is just unsure if this is the right venue.

However, he is the God of mischief.

"Do you actually save people too or are you just a trained monkey for autographs and peanuts," he asks the man as he moves closer. One eyebrow is raised and he is genuinely curious.

[aka_shazam]

Billy pauses, looks the man up and down cautiously.

"I... have helped people. I can't help it if people want an autograph." Although he has been encouraging it. Sometimes he even gets tips.

[hashisreasons]

Loki does not bother trying to hide his disdain or the roll of his eyes as he crosses his arms over his chest.

"And you get people to pay you too, yes? A little bartering in exchange for a life." He had to admit, it was something he would have done. Thor would have been displeased.

[aka_shazam]

"Well, no, not like I won't save people if they don't pay me...," he tries to explain. "But they do pay for a little show sometimes. No harm in that, right?" But he does sound a little doubtful of his own words.

He looks at his hands. The fingers spark with energy, like tiny lightning bolts. He's too young to have a job. Can't blame a kid for wanting some pocket money, huh?

[hashisreasons]

"A show." At that, Loki smirked. "Hmmm. Perhaps you could set something on fire?" Loki pulled out one of his hands and raised it to the man in front of him. Using a magical illusion, he conjured a fireball from nowhere.

"Lighting. Fascinating. I also know someone else who can control the lightning. You must be very powerful."