[h1][center][color=e52b50][b]BLAZE[/b][/color][/center][/h1]
[right][color=C0C0C0][b]Mission:[/b] Teacher's pet
[b]Location:[/b] Lighthouse Island
[b]Interactions:[/b] [@Rabidporcupine] [@Scarifar] [@Danvers] [@Crusader Lord][/color][/right][hr][hr]
When the old man trekked to them along with some teenager, Blaze didn’t pay them much attention besides a passing glance. But then, he had to turn out to be one of those boring sticks in the mud. She was just about to mouth off to him, but at his following words, she realized he’d been only joking. She huffed out a laugh, rolling her eyes, though fondly rather than in irritation. 

[color=e52b50]“So, you [i]do[/i] get it, man. I was kinda worried there for a moment. Haven’t seen a deadpan that good in a while, so I was sure you’re being all mindful for your kid,”[/color] she gestured at Graham, who’d introduced himself as the old man’s apprentice, [color=e52b50]“tryn’a make some good example or shit, ya know.”[/color]

When the second person tried calling her out in just as many minutes, she sighed. [color=e52b50]“Oh, c’mon, did’ya not [i]just[/i] hear the old dude? It’s [i]fine[/i]. ‘Sides, I bet the lady’s had to deal with way worse. ‘S part of the job, yeah?”[/color] she asked rhetorically. Directing a critical and doubtful expression at Gematria, she added, [color=e52b50]“You better get used to that if you wanna deal with them kids. No way they’re gonna give a fuck for any of that forced politeness crap.”[/color] She nodded once firmly, setting a fist at her hip, satisfied that she’d made a great point.

At Polaris’ input, she tilted her neck to the side, chin tilting lightly up, and quirked a smirk in her direction. [color=e52b50]“Yeah, alright,”[/color] she chuckled, returning the nudge with a light rap of her knuckles against Riley’s shoulder. She had no idea what was going on with the name thing, but the curiosity was barely a minute thought, the question disregarded as irrelevant nearly as soon as it’d popped up in her mind.

Blaze stretched both her arms up, bending at the waist front-to-back then back-to-front, working out the slight discomfort that sitting on the boat had brought with it. She lazily eyed the over-serious young stud who joined Gem’s side in this little discussion. Who thought people could be so passionate about one tiny harmless comment? 

Blaze lowered her arms with a roll of her shoulder, and just-so happened to casually crack her knuckles as she said, [color=e52b50]“Can’t wait to see ‘em try,”[/color] with a drawl, eyebrow raising in challenge. Maybe the blonde needed to be uptight to deal with a group of delinquents, but in her experience, that approach would either get him dismissed entirely or end up backfiring spectacularly. She was hoping for the latter, because that was likely to be more entertaining. Though…she probably shouldn’t be secretly wishing to see a teammate get one-upped by untrained metahumans, huh? Oh, well.