Gold Exchange 4 - [video]

[canthandleacape]

[Today, Booster is wearing a suit and tie. And if that won't get your attention, I'm not sure what will! OK maybe the fact that he is also clearly trying to get people's attention, that might do it.Hello, people of Sirocco! I'm Booster Gold, and I've got a very important announcement for you all today, especially for our local heroes. Back home, we

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[stinglikeabat]

[The local CHAMPION OF TRUTH AND JUSTICE, GRAND PAPILLON, strides through the doors of the newly minted headquarters... This is the right place, isn't it? It's somewhat less grand and impressive and festooned with giant pennies than he was expecting.]

Hello? Is anyone there?

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[canthandleacape]

[Booster's upstairs in the room he has claimed as his personal office, and THE LOCAL CHAMPION'S entrance makes him kind of realize that maybe his selection was a little short-sighted.]

Be right there!

[There's a kind of muffled thump followed by an in no way muffled expletive in turn followed by a couple of quieter ones before Booster appears on the stairs with a winning smile, trying for all the world to look like he didn't just violently slam a body part into a desk.]

Hi! What can I help you with?

[stinglikeabat]

[Wow are official superheroes even allowed to use that kind of language?]

This is the Justice League, right? I'm here to join you in your crusade against evildoers!

[canthandleacape]

[As long as there aren't any cameras around they sure are! Booster makes his way down the rest of the stairs as he talks.]

Yeah, Justice League Sirocco, this is the place! What's your name and what can you do?

[stinglikeabat]

The name's Grand Papillon!

The source of my power is these rippling muscles! [Behold them. The man can flex.]

...Other than that, I can do a little magic. And I should be able to turn into a bat, but I haven't been able to work out how that works.

[canthandleacape]

Well, you let me know when you figure that one out, buddy. In the meantime, tell me how impressed by these rippling muscles of yours I should be. Can you lift a car? Bus? Plane? Or are we just talking normal body-builder levels here?

[stinglikeabat]

[Man, normal is not an adjective Joachim hears applied to him that often.]

Well... Let's go with that last one.

[canthandleacape]

[Booster: not looking terribly impressed by these rippling muscles, then.]

Well, OK. How about your magic, what can you tell me about that?

[stinglikeabat]

[Clearly living in a place where guys can punch the universe so hard it breaks tends to raise one's standards.]

My magic? Elemental attacks and barriers, mostly! There's Gathering, that moves bad guys around and makes them easier to hit at the same time. And I've got a handful of edge spells - that's another elemental trick. The monsters I've run into so far don't have the right affinities for it, so I've just been using it for the look of things.

[canthandleacape]

[Yeah come back when you can punch time buddy maybe that could raise some eyebrows.]

So basic combat stuff, got it. You did this hero thing back home, too, right?

[stinglikeabat]

That's right!

That would be Le Havre, if you need it for the paperwork.

[canthandleacape]

Nah, just wanted to make sure you had some experience.

[Booster holds a hand out for a handshake.]

Welcome to Justice League Sirocco, Papillon! First official meeting's tomorrow at 4, think you can make that?

[stinglikeabat]

[THE FIRM CLASP OF HANDS IS HOW MEN COMMUNICATE WITHOUT WORDS.]

Indeed I can! Is there anything else?