[centre][h1][color=a2d39c]Wizard[/color][/h1][/centre]
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[b]Uploaded to the wizard7342 Youtube channel[/b]

The video opens to 10 seconds of legacy hero, Wizard, staring blankly at the camera. After this time, he realises the camera is running and speaks.

[color=a2d39c]"Good morning all, good morning all, the sun says hello. It is a sunny morning in California, and the waves are looking good. It has been quite a ride, hasn't it? But I drew a Tarot card today for the world and it seems I have drawn the Fool, the card of starting all over again. Many people see the Fool as a bad card, that all their progress has come to nothing, but I think it's just neat. You see, it is also the card of bright horizons and great opportunities. We were in quite a dark patch before, quite a lot of dark alleys and nasty business. I can't think of a better thing the world needs right now than the Fool."[/color]

[color=a2d39c]"Remember always the bright things in life. Nuclear weapons may still be here, the world may still be warming, but at least the latter makes the waves that little bit better. There is a bright side to every step, you see."[/color] With that, Wizard raised both hands in peace signs. [color=a2d39c]"Now let me recite the mantra. Peace and love, peace and love, peace an-"[/color]

This needless repetition is interrupted by a clatter of something off-screen. This disrupts Wizard, causing him to frown at something to the side. Soon after, he is seen stumbling out of his bean bag and scrambling to gain footing, then dashing into the camera. The camera falls and the video grows staticky.

[color=a2d39c]"Rupert! Get out of the jerky! How many times to do need to tell you? Mice don't eat meat."[/color]

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[b]Guardian Of Earth HQ. Ravenbrook, New York.[/b]

A wizard is never late, nor is he early; he arrives precisely when he means to. In this case, from the view of all respectable authority, Wizard was very late to the meeting. He sauntered into the conference hall as if time were an illusion, which it is not. Then, he twirled a pirouette to the heroes and bowed toward Carnage in particular.

[color=a2d39c]"Apologies, for my rudeness. But you won't need to catch me up on matters."[/color] He rose. [color=a2d39c]"I always have an [i]ear[/i] to the ground."[/color] He took a few steps to the table edge, then squatted down where the heroes could now see a human ear affixed to the flooring beneath it. Wizard took great care to peel it off the tiles before rising and holding it up to the side of his head. When his hands let go, they unveiled the ear was not perfectly returned to the side of his head. Wizard's stance said 'ta da!!!'.

Then was the matter of the task at hand, which caused the mage to stroke his beard in contemplation. [color=a2d39c]"An eco-terrorist who wants to save a river by poisoning its waters. These youngins have some strange ideas, don't they Carnie?"[/color] He clicked his fingers before he got a reply. [color=a2d39c]"Regardless, I say we move quick. I have space in my van if anyone needs a ride."[/color]