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[good_noise]

1)

[Earlier this morning, you were asked to show the new addition to the group around one of the bases. What you probably didn't expect was a small fourteen year old Asian girl with a distant expression and a tarantula the size of a fist clinging to her shoulder. If you've been following the teen magazines, the face will be undoubtedly familiar - this girl is a famous genmod idol with a lot of often rather creepy fans obsessing over her "aloof charm". The girl herself simply bows respectfully to you though.]

Hello. I'm Peni Parker. My aunt told me you would show me around.

2)


[Peni is sitting down with you for lunch at some secluded place: a rooftop, a bridge, an empty park... She's been gloomy and untalkative all day, and even now she's barely eating, only taking the occasional absentminded bite out of her sandwich while she stares off into space and Sp//dr skitters up and down her arm.]

Hey... do you think people can really be heroes?

3)

[There's some sort of emergency going on. A fire, a flood, the building's coming down... either way, there's a lot of innocent bystanders panicking around and crying for someone to do something.

And, surprisingly, after an instant of panic, notorious wallflower Peni Parker's expression hardens as she raises an arm slightly and her spider skitters to her hand and tenses. She starts shouting at people to follow her, but the panic is too great, so she turns to you]

We have to move quickly. He knows a way to safety. You have to help me get through to all these people, they won't listen!

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[in_over_his_head]

[Calvin nods, then gives the crowd an irritable glare.]

WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU ALL STANDING AROUND FOR!? DON'T YOU WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE ALIVE?! YOU HEARD HER! LET'S GO! AND REMEMBER TO KEEP YOUR DAMN HEADS DOWN!!

[He shoves his badge back into his coat and moves after Peni as confidently as he can manage. No missteps. If he shows even the slightest bit of hesitation he'd lose the crowd.]

This many people on a fire escape's going to be tricky... we're going to need to make sure they don't all rush it.

[good_noise]

[Peni nods]

It's wide enough for two rows of people to go out if we can get them to walk calmly...

I wish D was here. He always knows how to deal with this stuff.

[in_over_his_head]

And I wish the people I work with didn't treat me like a joke. But I don't think either of us are going to have those wishes come true.

[Calvin wipes some sweat off his brow as they kept moving to keep ahead of the fire before it got to their escape route. He gives the people following them a stealthy glance.]

We need to figure out a priority. The people we need to make sure get out safely first.

[good_noise]

The children go first. [That was not a suggestion. That was a thing that is happening. Apparently, for a girl who practically never speaks up unprompted, Peni can be rather assertive]

[in_over_his_head]

... I'm not arguing, but sending them down on their own might be a bad idea. Scared kids going down a fire escape in a large group sounds like another disaster in the making.

You'd better lead them down when we get there. I'll try to keep the rest from getting to panicky.