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Legionnaire Legacies: Blue Rose [video]
[The Legion World staff maintains a feed of all Legion-related media so Legionnaires can be kept abreast of any reporting that's done on them. Two women appear on the screen, sitting at a desk, their appearances altered by glam filters so that one is all pink hair and skin and sparkles, and the other is all in blues. They look pretty flashy and tacky but this is the future. Reporters don't exist anymore; they're "personalities" now.]
Shellee: I'm Shellee Star! [That would be the pink one.]
Tammee: And I'm Tammee Tim! [That would be the blue one.]
Shellee: Welcome to a new segment of Legion Watch: Legionnaire Legacies!
Tammee: Not every hero is open to having their past examined.
Shellee: Not at all! In fact, secret sources on Legion World show that most of the new Legionnaires are nervous and unsure about having their pasts laid bare, their every secret revealed to the universe!
Tammee: But we’re gonna do it anyway! The public has a right to know.
Shellee: Too true, Tammee, too true. Of course, our current subject not only knows this, but encourages it!
Tammee: It’s true! Not only does she reach out to her fans with her own blog, a nearly unprecedented level of exposure from a Legionnaire, but she’s explicitly given us permission to look through her past! That’s right, the Snowy Songstress of Sternbild--
Shellee: Didn’t she nix that nickname?
Tammee: You can’t nix that level of alliteration!-- Blue Rose!
[Pictured: A worn-down city, looking rather similar to a less successful Gotham or New York City. Set on an island, prominent docks, some rural suburbs. Shots of closed storefronts and chained up warehouses establish it as a dying metropolis, people abandoning it due to uncontrolled crime. Some of the gangsters wield the infamous Thompson submachine guns against cops, others use bats against store owners, and yet others, their eyes glowing and possessing brilliant blue auras wield an assortment of outright superpowers against the citizens.
The subtitles read N.C. 1949, Sternbild.
No need for an overbearing speech. They just pause on the image of someone laughing as he hefts a car over his head and slams it into a wall, with people screaming and scattering all around him.]
Shellee: NEXTS. Noted Entities with eXtraordinary Talents. Due to this being a more primitive time, metapowered sentients weren't treated as equals in society. Because of the actions of a few, and the power they held, they were feared and hated.
[Now come the pity shots. People glowing as they’re stoned, parents trying to keep mobs from tearing children with brilliant blue eyes from their arms.]
Tammee: Feeling pity for the innocents, disgusted at the actions of those responsible for the fear-mongering and violence, it was decided to turn the reputation of the NEXTs around. Albert Maverick, future CEO of Apollon Media, convinced the city government and the company he worked for to go for a wild scheme: HeroTV.
Maverick: Heroes are meant to save people from despair.
[Quick shots of an overweight man in a red, blue, and yellow costume laughing and shedding bullets, punching out crooks, battling other NEXTs, and crushing any criminal he seems to come across.]
Shellee: The plan worked! Spectacularly so. The reputation of NEXTs skyrocketed overnight. And with the success of HeroTV...
[A time lapse photo of the city, growing from a small island city to a sprawling, multi-layered metropolis.]
Shellee: ...Came success for Sternbild. The presence of superheroes and the safety they provided, even in competition for each other, led to a feeling of safety and security that turned Sternbild into a major center of industry.
Tammee: HeroTV grew to be more popular than ever, facing off against flashier threats and major disasters, with the heroes funded by corporations to cover for any damage they might accidentally cause.
Shellee: NEXTs were the big thing. Regular citizens loved them and looked up to them. Those who did have powers looked up to the Heroes, and any would give their left arm to be one!
[Cut to a well-furnished living room. Three men in suits are sitting down with two adults and a sulking teenaged girl. The subtitles read N.C. 1976, Sternbild, Silver District. The Lyle home.]
Karina: [Fuming, she stands and stamps her foot.] I don’t want to be a hero! Get that through your heads!
[Her eyes flash blue and the room’s temperature drops, the drinks on the table frosting over slightly. Her father stands and puts a firm hand on her shoulder, staring back impassively as she glares daggers at him, then crosses her arms and looks away.]
Suited Man: We understand. You’ve made it plain that you’d much rather be a singer. We’re willing to help with that, of course.
[The man in the suit isn’t flustered, and neither are his assistants as they pass over the paperwork. He places paperwork on the table between them and spreads it out.]
Suited Man: Music training. Media coverage. A recording studio. Chances to collaborate with other artists like yourself. [He pauses, glancing at her parents.] Money for your family. Enough to live in the Gold District. Insurance. Education.
[He sits back, folding one leg over the other and offering a smile so greasy that it could lubricate an engine.]
Suited Man: All these things I will give you, if you become our Hero.
[Karina hesitates, glancing at the man, his assistants, then her parents. Her mother gives a tiny, eager little nod. Her father doesn’t reply. She scowls in thought for a moment, then reaches down and picks up a sheaf of papers. The man in front holds a pen out. Without much more hesitation, she signs and thrusts it back at him.]
Tammee: The young heroine was thrust into training, both for heroism and music, though she possessed a natural talent for both, as well as previous training for singing and piano! Discovered to possess ice powers that were off the scale for any measurements they had, she was swiftly dubbed Blue Rose at the insistence of her main sponsor, Pepsi Co., and high expectations were placed on her. Unfortunately, she didn’t quite mesh well with her new employers.
[Karina holds up some costume designs. She’s not much older than the first time the audience met her, so still fourteen or so.]
Karina: What the hell is this?
[One of the men glances over at her, picks up the paper, and tosses it back on the table.]
Executive: Your costume for HeroTV. The thorns are supposed to remind people of a rose. Thorns, rose, Blue Rose, hero. [He spreads his hands and shrugs, as if not seeing the problem.] The bust has padding, if that’s the issue.
Karina: [She blushes, then slams her hands down on the table.] It’s not! I’ve worn bathing suits that cover more than this! How can I go out there and fight bad guys in fetish wear? [She jabs a finger at the costume.] What’s up with those heels? And that backline? Rock Bison gets armor!
Executive: [looks unimpressed.] Rock Bison gets shot out of a catapult to get him to a crime scene. They salvaged it off an aircraft carrier.
[She opens her mouth and an older, somewhat greasy-looking man enters the picture, clasping a hand to her shoulder. Robert, Blue Rose’s Manager, the subtitles say.]
Robert: Blue Rose, you’re going to be switching from heroing to singing at a moment’s notice. It would look ridiculous if you were a walking tank on stage, wouldn’t it? [He shakes his finger.] No, armor’s not cute. It’s not sexy. It’s expensive. And your sponsors want sexy. Your fans, once you have some, will want sexy! And given that we’re having your debut in three days--
Karina: That soon? [She blinks, clearly surprised.]
Robert: [laughs and waves his hand, gently guiding her away from the bored looking man from before.] Of course! We sent that single to some people and they’re excited, very excited! Holding off on talent like yours would be a crime, and a Hero’s supposed to stop that, isn’t she? You’ll be making your idol, and Hero, debut in three days! And don’t worry about getting shot at. We’ll take care of that. If you ever get into more danger than you think you can handle, just duck and run away until you find a new way to attack! We can call it...
[The screen cuts into multiple displays, showing her shrieking and ducking gunfire, shrieking and jumping out of a car’s way, shrieking and sliding away from a gunman on an ice ramp, shrieking and firing ice at the ground to propel herself up and away from a NEXT trying to grab her...And synched to it, HeroTV’s announcer calls out “It’s the Cutie Escape!”]
Shellee: Given the attitude of her manager and her own lack of desire to be a hero, one couldn’t blame the young lady if she’d quit then and there. Instead, she surpassed everyone’s expectations, taking her job as a hero with a seriousness that some veterans couldn’t match! Scored by HeroTV’s standards, the Ice Queen took her place near the top of the charts, always nipping at the heels of the King of Heroes, threatening to dethrone the older Sky High at every opportunity.
[Following is a small montage, with her growing noticeably older over a period of about two years. Blue Rose putting out a fire, freezing criminals in their tracks, pulling citizens out of wrecked cars, trying to keep the top of a building from falling off, keeping passenger zeppelin from ramming into a cruise ship. Each time, a point counter dings. 200 points for each crook captured. 100 points for each Civilian saved, up to a maximum of 5 per event. 50 points for protecting public property from collateral damage. 50 points for using a signature move to capture a criminal. 25 points for showing up first at the scene of a crime. Up to 15 for capturing crooks one after the other. 5 points for showing up second to the scene of a crime. It adds up, with a helpful score card racking up the points as she poses for the cameras in dozens of panels, all saying her catchphrase at the same time.]
Blue Rose: My ice may be a little cold, but your crime has been completely put on hold!
[With that, a Leaderboard marked N.C. 1978 appears, Blue Rose is in second place. Others, from 1976 to 1980 all show her constantly either nipping at the heels of first or barely in third place.]
Tammee: The only way she managed to stay ahead was, undoubtedly, the nightly patrols she kept up while she continued to split her time between going to school, working on her music career, and being a Hero. Her looks, singing ability, and social skills soon lead to her becoming one of the most beloved Heroes the public had ever seen...If only things were as friendly behind closed doors.
[Cue several scenes of her arguing with the other heroes, bickering, insulting, badgering, interspersed with her saving citizens, beaming at them, smiling at the other Heroes in public, and praising them. Choice lines are “Lecture someone with a lower rank!”, “Oh, please! You haven’t even earned any points this season!”, “I don’t see why I’m getting all the complaints! I risk my life, being a Hero!” and finally her slamming down a drink at a bar, surrounded by the other heroes in their civilian guises (Curiously, and probably at her insistence, their real faces censored.) “Get along? Are you stupid? We’re rivals.”]
Shellee: Fortunately, the veterans saw through her harsh attitude and continued to reach out to her. They understood what it was like to be at that age, and were as patient as the situation demanded. Unfortunately, she kept up the hostility, undoubtedly worn down by all of the demands placed on her.
[Interspersed are scenes of her exercising, picking up and carrying people out of dangerous situations, studying, struggling to stay awake in class, staring longingly at a crowd of people surrounding a street busker, singing at a concert in front of thousands of people, and finally, in her civilian identity, playing a piano at a hero-themed club.]
Tammee: Even a Legionnaire would probably struggle to keep up under the load she brought upon herself, but Blue Rose pushed on and managed to excel, in every category!
Shellee: A great Hero, if not for the purest reasons, a pop star freezing her singles to the tops of the charts, a student making high grades, and a pianist who managed to pull in small crowds with no connection to her Hero identity!
Tammee: Unfortunately, unlike our great examples in the Legion, she developed some cracks. Unwilling to fully dedicate herself to being a hero, she turned down a call to action...Because a bar needed her to play music.
Karina: I quit being a Hero.
Karina's Mother: What about your fans? Your dreams of being a singer?
Karina: If I want to sing...I can do it at a bar.
[Cut her singing and playing piano while the crowd ignores her, transfixed by the emergency on the television. An oil rig in flames. A helpful text box pops up to explain just why this is dangerous, and how many people were usually on board. It continues to explain that there’s only one worker left, but they can’t find him. An older man's voice, one of the Heroes, Wild Tiger, plays over the scene.]
Wild Tiger: I'm a hero because I want to save people. Isn't that enough of a reason? It doesn't matter if anyone acknowledges me or not.
Karina's Father: [in voiceover] I was concerned about your costume, but I was more concerned about your attitude. Such half-hearted feelings would only lead to disaster. I think you should quit.
[A drunk hurls abuse at the television, interrupting Karina, and she stops, joining the crowd to watch the situation. The same drunk tries to place a bet on whether the heroes would even save the guy, and she slaps the money out of his hand.]
Karina: Do you know what it’s like out there for them? They don’t do this to be appreciated!
[Fuming, she storms out, calling her people. Cutting off their demands to know where she was, she freezes her hair into its elaborate bun and changes into her costume en route. A smash cut to the no-longer burning oil rig, with her standing on top of a pillar of ice and smirking down at the other heroes.]
Wild Tiger: Did you find your answer?
Karina: I want to save those who are in trouble. Isn’t that enough of a reason?
[Smash cut to more shots of Blue Rose in action played over music. One of her songs, it sounds like.]
Shellee: Finally accepting that heroism wasn’t just something to put off, that she was actually needed, Blue Rose not only rededicated herself to her role as a protector of the weak, but also finally opened herself up to the friendship of her fellow Heroes...
[Shots of her and another girl having a sleepover. Her and two of the others lugging the drunken older heroes around after a party. The Girl’s Squad eating at an expensive restaurant. The group meeting for small, friendly gatherings.]
Tammee: ...And possibly romance.
[This segment will get them in trouble, but...Her telling Tiger that she’ll treasure his towel forever, clutching a towel with an liquor store advertisement emblazened across it. Blushing when he’s around. Reading a book helpfully translated to “100 Ways to Make a Single Father Fall For You”. Hugging a Wild Tiger body pillow while she sleeps.]
Shellee: With this added layer of trust and confidence, her determination as a hero also grew by leaps and bounds.
[More shots of her in action, creating a pillar of ice to hold up a section of the upper city that had been destroyed. Swooping between giant robots coated in guns, wrecking them one by one as they spew death all around her. Her and another Hero, a younger girl, getting brutally knocked around by an old man wielding a metal staff, but always standing up to attack again. Someone in a hospital bed, emitting bursts of flame as she works to smother the fire. A split screen of her and five other heroes in spiked rooms, being told that they’re wearing explosive collars and they’ll be spared if they push the buttons to kill their friends. After several minutes of agonizing...]
Karina: I’ve made up my mind. I won’t push it. I believe in everyone. I believe in Tiger and Barnaby. Everyone! Those two will never lose! We know them! There’s no reason to make a choice! As a Hero, I’ll believe in my friends until the very end! That’s what I’ve decided.
Tammee: Strong words for someone who discarded everyone around her as rivals and stepping stones only a year before. Her story wouldn’t end there. Through minor crimes, plots to destroy Heroes, and attempts on the city itself, she remained a bastion of strength and determination for everyone around her. Through trials and tribulations, Blue Rose grew from a corporate mascot into someone who could, in the face of certain death and in all honesty, express beliefs that display the values of a true Legionnaire.
Shellee: Hopefully, now that she's serving with the Legion, in a place where points don't matter, she can blossom even more like her namesake!
Tammee: That's right, Shellee! Here in the UP, she's sure to find even more fans of her music and her heroism. Her ice may be a little cold, but our hearts are already in her hold!
Shellee: For more Legion action, be sure to keep tuning in! This is Shellee Star!
Tammee: And Tammee Tim!
Both: And this was Legionnaire Legacies!
Shellee: I'm Shellee Star! [That would be the pink one.]
Tammee: And I'm Tammee Tim! [That would be the blue one.]
Shellee: Welcome to a new segment of Legion Watch: Legionnaire Legacies!
Tammee: Not every hero is open to having their past examined.
Shellee: Not at all! In fact, secret sources on Legion World show that most of the new Legionnaires are nervous and unsure about having their pasts laid bare, their every secret revealed to the universe!
Tammee: But we’re gonna do it anyway! The public has a right to know.
Shellee: Too true, Tammee, too true. Of course, our current subject not only knows this, but encourages it!
Tammee: It’s true! Not only does she reach out to her fans with her own blog, a nearly unprecedented level of exposure from a Legionnaire, but she’s explicitly given us permission to look through her past! That’s right, the Snowy Songstress of Sternbild--
Shellee: Didn’t she nix that nickname?
Tammee: You can’t nix that level of alliteration!-- Blue Rose!
[Pictured: A worn-down city, looking rather similar to a less successful Gotham or New York City. Set on an island, prominent docks, some rural suburbs. Shots of closed storefronts and chained up warehouses establish it as a dying metropolis, people abandoning it due to uncontrolled crime. Some of the gangsters wield the infamous Thompson submachine guns against cops, others use bats against store owners, and yet others, their eyes glowing and possessing brilliant blue auras wield an assortment of outright superpowers against the citizens.
The subtitles read N.C. 1949, Sternbild.
No need for an overbearing speech. They just pause on the image of someone laughing as he hefts a car over his head and slams it into a wall, with people screaming and scattering all around him.]
Shellee: NEXTS. Noted Entities with eXtraordinary Talents. Due to this being a more primitive time, metapowered sentients weren't treated as equals in society. Because of the actions of a few, and the power they held, they were feared and hated.
[Now come the pity shots. People glowing as they’re stoned, parents trying to keep mobs from tearing children with brilliant blue eyes from their arms.]
Tammee: Feeling pity for the innocents, disgusted at the actions of those responsible for the fear-mongering and violence, it was decided to turn the reputation of the NEXTs around. Albert Maverick, future CEO of Apollon Media, convinced the city government and the company he worked for to go for a wild scheme: HeroTV.
Maverick: Heroes are meant to save people from despair.
[Quick shots of an overweight man in a red, blue, and yellow costume laughing and shedding bullets, punching out crooks, battling other NEXTs, and crushing any criminal he seems to come across.]
Shellee: The plan worked! Spectacularly so. The reputation of NEXTs skyrocketed overnight. And with the success of HeroTV...
[A time lapse photo of the city, growing from a small island city to a sprawling, multi-layered metropolis.]
Shellee: ...Came success for Sternbild. The presence of superheroes and the safety they provided, even in competition for each other, led to a feeling of safety and security that turned Sternbild into a major center of industry.
Tammee: HeroTV grew to be more popular than ever, facing off against flashier threats and major disasters, with the heroes funded by corporations to cover for any damage they might accidentally cause.
Shellee: NEXTs were the big thing. Regular citizens loved them and looked up to them. Those who did have powers looked up to the Heroes, and any would give their left arm to be one!
[Cut to a well-furnished living room. Three men in suits are sitting down with two adults and a sulking teenaged girl. The subtitles read N.C. 1976, Sternbild, Silver District. The Lyle home.]
Karina: [Fuming, she stands and stamps her foot.] I don’t want to be a hero! Get that through your heads!
[Her eyes flash blue and the room’s temperature drops, the drinks on the table frosting over slightly. Her father stands and puts a firm hand on her shoulder, staring back impassively as she glares daggers at him, then crosses her arms and looks away.]
Suited Man: We understand. You’ve made it plain that you’d much rather be a singer. We’re willing to help with that, of course.
[The man in the suit isn’t flustered, and neither are his assistants as they pass over the paperwork. He places paperwork on the table between them and spreads it out.]
Suited Man: Music training. Media coverage. A recording studio. Chances to collaborate with other artists like yourself. [He pauses, glancing at her parents.] Money for your family. Enough to live in the Gold District. Insurance. Education.
[He sits back, folding one leg over the other and offering a smile so greasy that it could lubricate an engine.]
Suited Man: All these things I will give you, if you become our Hero.
[Karina hesitates, glancing at the man, his assistants, then her parents. Her mother gives a tiny, eager little nod. Her father doesn’t reply. She scowls in thought for a moment, then reaches down and picks up a sheaf of papers. The man in front holds a pen out. Without much more hesitation, she signs and thrusts it back at him.]
Tammee: The young heroine was thrust into training, both for heroism and music, though she possessed a natural talent for both, as well as previous training for singing and piano! Discovered to possess ice powers that were off the scale for any measurements they had, she was swiftly dubbed Blue Rose at the insistence of her main sponsor, Pepsi Co., and high expectations were placed on her. Unfortunately, she didn’t quite mesh well with her new employers.
[Karina holds up some costume designs. She’s not much older than the first time the audience met her, so still fourteen or so.]
Karina: What the hell is this?
[One of the men glances over at her, picks up the paper, and tosses it back on the table.]
Executive: Your costume for HeroTV. The thorns are supposed to remind people of a rose. Thorns, rose, Blue Rose, hero. [He spreads his hands and shrugs, as if not seeing the problem.] The bust has padding, if that’s the issue.
Karina: [She blushes, then slams her hands down on the table.] It’s not! I’ve worn bathing suits that cover more than this! How can I go out there and fight bad guys in fetish wear? [She jabs a finger at the costume.] What’s up with those heels? And that backline? Rock Bison gets armor!
Executive: [looks unimpressed.] Rock Bison gets shot out of a catapult to get him to a crime scene. They salvaged it off an aircraft carrier.
[She opens her mouth and an older, somewhat greasy-looking man enters the picture, clasping a hand to her shoulder. Robert, Blue Rose’s Manager, the subtitles say.]
Robert: Blue Rose, you’re going to be switching from heroing to singing at a moment’s notice. It would look ridiculous if you were a walking tank on stage, wouldn’t it? [He shakes his finger.] No, armor’s not cute. It’s not sexy. It’s expensive. And your sponsors want sexy. Your fans, once you have some, will want sexy! And given that we’re having your debut in three days--
Karina: That soon? [She blinks, clearly surprised.]
Robert: [laughs and waves his hand, gently guiding her away from the bored looking man from before.] Of course! We sent that single to some people and they’re excited, very excited! Holding off on talent like yours would be a crime, and a Hero’s supposed to stop that, isn’t she? You’ll be making your idol, and Hero, debut in three days! And don’t worry about getting shot at. We’ll take care of that. If you ever get into more danger than you think you can handle, just duck and run away until you find a new way to attack! We can call it...
[The screen cuts into multiple displays, showing her shrieking and ducking gunfire, shrieking and jumping out of a car’s way, shrieking and sliding away from a gunman on an ice ramp, shrieking and firing ice at the ground to propel herself up and away from a NEXT trying to grab her...And synched to it, HeroTV’s announcer calls out “It’s the Cutie Escape!”]
Shellee: Given the attitude of her manager and her own lack of desire to be a hero, one couldn’t blame the young lady if she’d quit then and there. Instead, she surpassed everyone’s expectations, taking her job as a hero with a seriousness that some veterans couldn’t match! Scored by HeroTV’s standards, the Ice Queen took her place near the top of the charts, always nipping at the heels of the King of Heroes, threatening to dethrone the older Sky High at every opportunity.
[Following is a small montage, with her growing noticeably older over a period of about two years. Blue Rose putting out a fire, freezing criminals in their tracks, pulling citizens out of wrecked cars, trying to keep the top of a building from falling off, keeping passenger zeppelin from ramming into a cruise ship. Each time, a point counter dings. 200 points for each crook captured. 100 points for each Civilian saved, up to a maximum of 5 per event. 50 points for protecting public property from collateral damage. 50 points for using a signature move to capture a criminal. 25 points for showing up first at the scene of a crime. Up to 15 for capturing crooks one after the other. 5 points for showing up second to the scene of a crime. It adds up, with a helpful score card racking up the points as she poses for the cameras in dozens of panels, all saying her catchphrase at the same time.]
Blue Rose: My ice may be a little cold, but your crime has been completely put on hold!
[With that, a Leaderboard marked N.C. 1978 appears, Blue Rose is in second place. Others, from 1976 to 1980 all show her constantly either nipping at the heels of first or barely in third place.]
Tammee: The only way she managed to stay ahead was, undoubtedly, the nightly patrols she kept up while she continued to split her time between going to school, working on her music career, and being a Hero. Her looks, singing ability, and social skills soon lead to her becoming one of the most beloved Heroes the public had ever seen...If only things were as friendly behind closed doors.
[Cue several scenes of her arguing with the other heroes, bickering, insulting, badgering, interspersed with her saving citizens, beaming at them, smiling at the other Heroes in public, and praising them. Choice lines are “Lecture someone with a lower rank!”, “Oh, please! You haven’t even earned any points this season!”, “I don’t see why I’m getting all the complaints! I risk my life, being a Hero!” and finally her slamming down a drink at a bar, surrounded by the other heroes in their civilian guises (Curiously, and probably at her insistence, their real faces censored.) “Get along? Are you stupid? We’re rivals.”]
Shellee: Fortunately, the veterans saw through her harsh attitude and continued to reach out to her. They understood what it was like to be at that age, and were as patient as the situation demanded. Unfortunately, she kept up the hostility, undoubtedly worn down by all of the demands placed on her.
[Interspersed are scenes of her exercising, picking up and carrying people out of dangerous situations, studying, struggling to stay awake in class, staring longingly at a crowd of people surrounding a street busker, singing at a concert in front of thousands of people, and finally, in her civilian identity, playing a piano at a hero-themed club.]
Tammee: Even a Legionnaire would probably struggle to keep up under the load she brought upon herself, but Blue Rose pushed on and managed to excel, in every category!
Shellee: A great Hero, if not for the purest reasons, a pop star freezing her singles to the tops of the charts, a student making high grades, and a pianist who managed to pull in small crowds with no connection to her Hero identity!
Tammee: Unfortunately, unlike our great examples in the Legion, she developed some cracks. Unwilling to fully dedicate herself to being a hero, she turned down a call to action...Because a bar needed her to play music.
Karina: I quit being a Hero.
Karina's Mother: What about your fans? Your dreams of being a singer?
Karina: If I want to sing...I can do it at a bar.
[Cut her singing and playing piano while the crowd ignores her, transfixed by the emergency on the television. An oil rig in flames. A helpful text box pops up to explain just why this is dangerous, and how many people were usually on board. It continues to explain that there’s only one worker left, but they can’t find him. An older man's voice, one of the Heroes, Wild Tiger, plays over the scene.]
Wild Tiger: I'm a hero because I want to save people. Isn't that enough of a reason? It doesn't matter if anyone acknowledges me or not.
Karina's Father: [in voiceover] I was concerned about your costume, but I was more concerned about your attitude. Such half-hearted feelings would only lead to disaster. I think you should quit.
[A drunk hurls abuse at the television, interrupting Karina, and she stops, joining the crowd to watch the situation. The same drunk tries to place a bet on whether the heroes would even save the guy, and she slaps the money out of his hand.]
Karina: Do you know what it’s like out there for them? They don’t do this to be appreciated!
[Fuming, she storms out, calling her people. Cutting off their demands to know where she was, she freezes her hair into its elaborate bun and changes into her costume en route. A smash cut to the no-longer burning oil rig, with her standing on top of a pillar of ice and smirking down at the other heroes.]
Wild Tiger: Did you find your answer?
Karina: I want to save those who are in trouble. Isn’t that enough of a reason?
[Smash cut to more shots of Blue Rose in action played over music. One of her songs, it sounds like.]
Shellee: Finally accepting that heroism wasn’t just something to put off, that she was actually needed, Blue Rose not only rededicated herself to her role as a protector of the weak, but also finally opened herself up to the friendship of her fellow Heroes...
[Shots of her and another girl having a sleepover. Her and two of the others lugging the drunken older heroes around after a party. The Girl’s Squad eating at an expensive restaurant. The group meeting for small, friendly gatherings.]
Tammee: ...And possibly romance.
[This segment will get them in trouble, but...Her telling Tiger that she’ll treasure his towel forever, clutching a towel with an liquor store advertisement emblazened across it. Blushing when he’s around. Reading a book helpfully translated to “100 Ways to Make a Single Father Fall For You”. Hugging a Wild Tiger body pillow while she sleeps.]
Shellee: With this added layer of trust and confidence, her determination as a hero also grew by leaps and bounds.
[More shots of her in action, creating a pillar of ice to hold up a section of the upper city that had been destroyed. Swooping between giant robots coated in guns, wrecking them one by one as they spew death all around her. Her and another Hero, a younger girl, getting brutally knocked around by an old man wielding a metal staff, but always standing up to attack again. Someone in a hospital bed, emitting bursts of flame as she works to smother the fire. A split screen of her and five other heroes in spiked rooms, being told that they’re wearing explosive collars and they’ll be spared if they push the buttons to kill their friends. After several minutes of agonizing...]
Karina: I’ve made up my mind. I won’t push it. I believe in everyone. I believe in Tiger and Barnaby. Everyone! Those two will never lose! We know them! There’s no reason to make a choice! As a Hero, I’ll believe in my friends until the very end! That’s what I’ve decided.
Tammee: Strong words for someone who discarded everyone around her as rivals and stepping stones only a year before. Her story wouldn’t end there. Through minor crimes, plots to destroy Heroes, and attempts on the city itself, she remained a bastion of strength and determination for everyone around her. Through trials and tribulations, Blue Rose grew from a corporate mascot into someone who could, in the face of certain death and in all honesty, express beliefs that display the values of a true Legionnaire.
Shellee: Hopefully, now that she's serving with the Legion, in a place where points don't matter, she can blossom even more like her namesake!
Tammee: That's right, Shellee! Here in the UP, she's sure to find even more fans of her music and her heroism. Her ice may be a little cold, but our hearts are already in her hold!
Shellee: For more Legion action, be sure to keep tuning in! This is Shellee Star!
Tammee: And Tammee Tim!
Both: And this was Legionnaire Legacies!
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I just happened to hurt my leg and needed to prop it up on something later, that's all.
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[There was no Girl's Squad book club.]
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like oh yknow what these teenage girls should read
a guide to hooking up with old men
that doesnt sound like grooming kids for pedophiles or anything
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I'm eighteen. I'm not that young.
Besides, neither of us are Fire Emblem's type. He's not like that at all.
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like youd have to be in a fuckin vegatative state to miss how that could come across
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[She's going to have to apologize to Nathan as soon as she meets him again.]
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are you calling me a nobody
wow thats pretty fuckin...
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cold
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It's not just my ice that's a little cold.
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also your huge daddy kink
we all picked up on that too
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my exploits have all been age appropriate
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Sponsored heroes might just have it beat.
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Even the Legion's sponsored by a billionaire.
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About that.
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That's gotta count for something. Right?
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[Vigilantes. Answerable to no one but themselves. Using whatever methods they pleased. Never a good thing to have when you're trying to support your red tape-covered career.]
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Besides, it's not like Earth-65 has any of the stuff you have going on. Not like I could go all "official" even if I wanted.
[Did the Avengers count?
... S.H.I.E.L.D?]