audience: Rita

[becomemod]

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[rizomata]

Hmph.

[She's visibly unimpressed at the lack of details.]

Fine, next question. What's with the masks and the fake names?

[becomemod]

They're our superhero identities! Pretty cool, huh? I mean, we go out sometimes without our costumes on, but we're very careful not to let anyone connect our superhero identities and our real ones.

[rizomata]

Did you want a serious answer to that, or...?

Never mind. What I mean is, we're supposed to be allies, right? And it's not like just anyone can even get into these dorms.

[becomemod]

You can bring people into here if you want.

But the other reason I wear this so much is that the glasses on this thing are polarized.

[rizomata]

I guess.

[rita here just incapable of imagining a future where she has friends she'd bring over to visit.]

What, you're worried about your eyes?

[becomemod]

Yeah. Have you seen the glare in this city on a sunny day?

[rizomata]

I haven't even been here for a full day. Unless you count being cooped up in and around that hotel.

[becomemod]

Ah, yeah, fair. Basically, my eyes are really sensitive to light, so I usually wear my team glasses even without the rest of the outfit. It keeps me from getting headaches.

[rizomata]

Hmm. Sounds inconvenient.

I've got tinted goggles myself, but that's just for safety while working with certain materials.

[and for looking like a digimon protagonist the rest of the time.]

[becomemod]

[Let Rita live her best Digimon life.]

It can be a little inconvenient, but it's better than not being able to see at all.

[The curry is just about done, so they start to get the plates ready now.]

[rizomata]

[she studies them a little, seemingly thinking about that...

hm. well, anyway. she'll get out of the way so they can dish out that curry.]

You cook much normally?

[becomemod]

Usually every day. Even back when we all lived together I liked to cook, and I've been by myself for about a month now. Either I cook or I have to get takeout.

[Order up! Here's a plate of curry and a spoon for Rita!]

[rizomata]

Who's "we"?

[The twelve heroes? Or before that?

... She takes the plate, finds a spot to sit, and goes ahead and takes a bite of it.]

[becomemod]

The original 12 heroes.

[It is honestly really good. Cobalt Ox is an excellent cook.]

[rizomata]

[oh no, it's good.]

So, what, you all lived together in one big dorm, like this one? Why'd that change?

[becomemod]

Our old building got destroyed, back when most of the city did. We ended up getting our own places instead of crowding into the capsule hotel.

[rizomata]

[makes sense. rita figured that incident had to do with it, and they just went ahead and answered the follow-up question. (why not use the capsule hotel?)

she hms in acknowledgment while her mouth is full. it takes a moment before she continues.]

So how'd you go from that to being a "team leader"? Did somebody set you up with this role?

[becomemod]

[They are also eating their plate of curry while answering.]

Mmm, a little of that, and a little bit of personal choice. We've been here for a while now, and we've gone through the same confusion the rest of you are right now. So why not help the newcomers get a lay of the land?

Plus, whenever weird stuff like "people coming from other worlds" happens, it's usually a villain causing it. It's better to try and get ahead of whatever plan they have. My power's not really that useful in a fight, so I have to gather information more.

[rizomata]

"Fate Detection," was it? What kind of power is that?

[becomemod]

Well, judging by it's name, what do you think?

I can also use the three team powers I gave everyone. Those are subsets of my power.

[rizomata]

The "fate" in my Fate Avoidance power seems to refer to death, so... I don't know. You detect death? Or mortal danger? Am I on the right track?

[becomemod]

Pretty close! It's about avoiding misfortunes. Not necessarily death though.

But it really only works on the user, and all three of the team powers are like that too. So it's not too helpful in a battle. Mostly I use Fate Avoidance to keep myself from getting hurt really bad in a fight.

[rizomata]

Hm... Well, I can't complain about having some extra protection.

What about the others? Transfer and Accomplice?

[becomemod]

Fate Transfer is one you use on someone else and it gives them a second use of their team power that week. I...I'm not sure why I have that. But oh well?

Fate Accomplice ties yourself to one other person of your choice, and whatever happens to one happens to the other. So like, if you and I were tied together and someone punched me, you would get a bruise too.

[rizomata]

I see. I can picture how those could be useful... though I'm pretty glad I didn't get the latter.

[rita's battle role is usually that of a glass cannon. she's supposed to not take hits. she doesn't take them well.]

What about mine? The... 'Look in a Book' or whatever.

[that's not what it's called.]