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[color=c4df9b]"CAPES ARE TRASHY! WE DON'T NEED CAPES!"[/color] Damien was running around the hobby shop, frantically shouting his Anti-Cape messages to everyone in the shop taking a break from protesting. Charlotte was furrowing her brow at him all the while, staring him down with as much disappointment as she could muster. This was another reason nobody liked him at the shop. He kept trying to push his ideas that all capes were bad onto everyone else. 

[color=lightpink]"Damien, do you mind not shouting in here? Not everyone's agreeing with your ideas."[/color] Charlotte was sick of Damien's shit, to say the least, since she was both a cape herself and she had her own beliefs on the matter. [color=lightpink]"Capes [i]did[/i] try to save the world, and some still do, y'know?"[/color]

[color=c4df9b]"Say what you want, Starlotte, but everyone here knows that Capes are bad and deserve to be destroyed. The last thing we need are more superpowered circus freaks roaming around, 'helping' whoever they can."[/color] 

[color=lightpink]"Ok, but why aren't you shouting that [i]outside[/i]? The four customers we have in here don't need you to keep rambling about your thoughts while they're trying to look at merch."[/color] Charlotte raised her eyebrows and folded her arms. One of the customers in the store had nodded towards her in the meantime, seemingly in support of what she'd said before. [color=lightpink]"And, for the last time, please don't call me Starlotte. I'm not okay with you doing that."[/color]

[color=c4df9b]"Starlotte, Starlotte, Starlotte. You're just shrouded in your myths. Soon enough you'll come to see my side and join me in making sure capes stop showing up and appearing."[/color] Damien smiled towards her with malice and mockery, leaning against the counter with his sleazy attitude. He really just seemed to look like that stereotypical indian shifty tech support guy, except you could finally put a face to him, and it was very unpleasant.

[color=lightpink]"You're not working today, and I can kick you out of..."[/color] Charlotte stopped as they heard the sound of distant helicopter blades, tilting her head as she heard them, the sound accompanied by footsteps heading down a small flight of stairs. [color=lightpink]"... do helicopters normally fly this low?"[/color]

The assistant manager finally dropped from the last step in the shop as he walked towards Charlotte and Damien both, his own eyebrow raised. [color=a7a7a7]"No, I don't think so."[/color]

Damien ran to the door, looking outside it to see where the source of the noise was. [color=c4df9b]"See, Starlotte?! This is why we don't need capes!!!"[/color]

Charlotte and the AM walked to the door, looking out to see a ton of cables, a captive pilot and helicopter, and the perpetrator to the whole ordeal being cradled by some pretty tough-looking cables. Surprisingly, the trio of hobby workers could hear the voice of the perp as they spoke out to their audience.

[quote="Spindle"][b]"Hello, my name's Spindle. I've got a hostage, and one term.

“Disband the First Guard."[/b][/quote]

[color=c4df9b]"Like always, I'm right. It's okay everyone, I'll be signing autographs soo-"[/color]

[color=lightpink]"Damien, shut the hell up."[/color] Charlotte curtly said, turning to the assistant manager. [color=lightpink]"Are we closing up shop today because of this event?"[/color] The manager only calmly nodded, allowing Charlotte to take off her apron quickly and throw it behind the counter.

[color=lightpink]"Sorry, sorry. I've just gotta go and make this urgent phone call. I dunno if they're gonna cancel my appointment or not after this event."[/color] With that, Charlotte grabbed her bag and scooted out the store's door, running forward while pulling out her phone. Of course, she didn't actually have to make a phone call, but she did have to go play dress-up for a little while, at least to offer her services to help the Guard out in trying to alleviate this issue.

Charlotte ducked into an alley as soon as she could before she found herself in a hardlight form. Aesthetic was here to rise and shine, though she definitely had to handle one thing first before anything else could be done.

Within seconds, the cape's legs extended past her hips and knees, stretching all the way up to allow her to climb onto the rooftop of a nearby building. From there, she looked up at the scene playing out in front of her, before bringing up her phone to face the scene.

[b]Click![/b]

[b][color=ADEAEA]"Nice. That'll help with the blog."[/color][/b] Aesthetic smiled to herself as she put her phone and bag down next to a vent. She'd come back for those later, and certainly nobody would be able to find those there. She wasn't too worried about people stealing them, more or less she was worried that they'd break in the heat of action.

Once again, Aesthetic's legs stretched out, and she found herself on a higher rooftop watching the scene play out. She decided to stay uninvolved for the time being, but if she needed to spring in to save the day, she was more than happy to do so.