Spectacular World

A Day Off

All of Pantheon was in today, and dressed in their costumes as Myth explained their newest mission that would be starting soon.

"In a few day's time, our team will be heading down to Oleander's mall." Myth tapped at a whiteboard that he had set up in the middle of their base's main room. On the board, it had very bad stick figures that had been drawn on it, as well as dozens of symbols of money. "Every year or two, Oleander holds a charity event, and this year, we're going to be invited. It's important that we are on our best behavior and show ourselves off to the public."

"We've been seen by people before, though, haven't we?" Snowdawn asked.

"Not like this." Cinder let out a nervous chuckle. She had been to a few of these charity events before. They were always packed with a lot of people, and it was the best way to get things signed. It was a little odd to think in just a few days she'd be one of the heroes on stage that people would gawk at.

"Things like this suck." Battery sighed and reached for a pack of cigarettes in his belt but found nothing. He shot a look at Whisper, who sheepishly handed them back to him.

"It won't be that bad." Whisper snorted. "We just stand around for a bit. Sure, it'll be hot, and there will be a ton of eyes on us judging our every move, and it'll be loud, and bad guys will likely try and pull some stunt, and-"

"You're not helping," Snowdawn said flatly.

"So what happens until the day of the event," Battery asked, changing the subject as he turned to look back at his boss. "Crime has been strangely quiet, and we haven't done anything since the incident a few days ago. Do you have anything planned?"

Myth shook his head. "The Sub Enforcers are going to be doing patrols for the next few days. They want to get a head start on the publicity so we don't have to worry about anything."

"So we are just free until the day of the event?" Cinder asked sheepishly.

Myth smiled and nodded his head. "Yep. Go ahead and take these next few days off. Catch up on school work and whatever else you need to do. It's going to be a day of relaxation for us for the next few days."

And so they had a day off.

Things didn't really go anywhere for the first day. Myth and Whisper went off to do something by themselves, and Battery had a bunch of work he needed to catch up on for the Cleanup Squad. That left just her and Armin.

They got to go back to school...

Yay.

"Cool. Some people know who Cinder is." Hope hummed and stared down at the screen of her phone, which she held in one hand, while her other hand stabbed into the school lunch she had been pretending tasted better than it did. "A couple of pictures of me are going around. Not a lot, though."

Out of curiosity, she had gone onto Hero Hub and searched up 'Cinder'. Most of it was blurry pictures of her, but there was one good one going around. The one where Poseidon kissed her on the cheek. That seemed to be the most popular one and the one everyone was talking about. Most people were still talking about Poseidon over her, though.

It was mainly just gossip, wondering if Poseidon was into girls and if she was the hero's newest girlfriend. She wished, but sadly, she wasn't in that universe.

"It's pretty cool, right?" She asked, giving a slightly smug smirk. "People are actually talking about the legendary hero Cinder! Think I'll find anything out if I search your name up-"

"I think I might have a crush on a girl."

Hope cringed a bit as her fork stabbed into the plate and cracked it. She had jumped a bit when she heard her friend's confession, startled by him suddenly speaking. "Okay? What do you mean?" She looked up from her food and raised an eyebrow at Armin, who sat across from her in the school lunchroom. Slowly, she put her phone down. She got the feeling this was going to be a conversation she'd want to pay attention to.