[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/r5MA4gk.png[/img][h3][sup]━━━[color=9d78bd]❝[/color] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRinzjIxEJ4][color=white]ʟᴀᴜɴᴄʜɪɴɢ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀɴ ᴇɴᴅʟᴇss sᴋʏ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɪғ ᴛʜᴇ ʙʟɪɴᴅɪɴɢ ʟɪɢʜᴛs ᴄᴀᴛᴄʜ ᴍᴇ[/color][/url] [color=9d78bd]❞[/color]━━━[/sup][/h3][/center]Patrols were calming, in a sense.

White noise filtered into Amaris’s ear as the hard heels of her boots gave a faint [i]click[/i] upon hitting solid ground. For the most part, the radio chatter wasn’t helpful, especially out in a residential district. With so many people vying to be Heroes, it was harder for petty street crime to be a viable option, after all. Reports of suspicious behavior were usually from nosy neighbors who wanted to contribute to something, especially if that report might bring a Hero running along. A moment of starry-eyed glamor for something as mundane as an out-of-place shadow could be the talk of their social circle. Talk could generate rumors and Fame. Fame kept Heroes pushing themselves further and further. 

[i]‘But those are the rumors you can’t control. It could affect you in ways you don’t want too.’[/i]

Amaris’s eyes followed Elpis as she performed a friendly cat rescue, thoughts of her manager annoyingly clear in the back of her mind. When the Maiden of Hearts returned with an innocent grin, it was instinct that had the Moon Arrow pull the edge of her hood down to secure it in place and obscure her features by the barest amount. A pointless movement at that distance, but there was a reason for the excessive flashiness of her wardrobe. 

[color=B592D2]“It’s fine as long as there aren't other emergencies.”[/color] Not quite as many people to linger at home when there were Talents to meet at the week’s hottest affair in the city. Burglaries and suspicious people might be the most to expect, which was probably for the best if the pink-clad maiden was as inexperienced as Amaris had been told. [color=B592D2]“…but kids are impressionable. You could be a little flashier in front of them for this kind of thing. They talk and believe twice as m--” [/color]

[i]“Dispatch to Patrol Three, we have a 10-50 traveling north in Mu.”[/i] 

The Moon Arrow tilted her head and cut her own speech off as the crackling numbers in her ear caught her attention, as though it would make the broadcast clearer. She really needed someone to replace the earpiece if they were going to go on the fritz every time she launched herself.

[i]“10-4, we are en route.”[/i]

Probably nothing serious, given the expo, but it could be something to look at. Cosmic eyes drifted back to the cyan-haired Hero, the expression on Amaris’s face still just a fraction more stoic than she meant for it to be. Michelle suggested trying to be friendlier to other Talents, but Amaris didn’t have a great track record in that department. In fact, there was part of her that believed a collaboration with someone like Elpis had been decided in part to disrupt the less-than-inviting image that the Moon Arrow had started to develop. Intentional or not, it would be a problem in the future.

So Amaris affected an attempt at some semblance of a smile different from the one she practiced in the mirror. It felt stiff on her face and disappeared as quickly as it had formed once its bearer recognized how uncomfortable it felt to wear. Embarrassing. The white-coated Hero broke eye contact, disguising the momentary lapse as a quick movement to push her bangs out of her vision.

[color=B592D2]“A disorderly is moving north, it could be a group.”[/color] Amaris adjusted the hem of her hood again impulsively as moonglow gathered on the surface of her skin in preparation to move. [color=B592D2]“It may be nothing, but a patrol is heading over. This is a good opportunity to get experience with a safety net and publicity.”[/color]

Thoughts of her first experience in an unscripted incident before her official debut came to mind. A safety net would have been nice for no reason beyond avoiding getting clipped by a motorcycle’s side mirror in a botched escape attempt. Phantom aches throbbed in her elbow at the memory. 

[color=B592D2]“Have you worked unscripted before?”[/color]