Spectacular World

A Day In Dandelion

"Alice Ward here, on the scenes in Dandelion City!"

In front of the camera, a local celebrity of Oleander stood. Alice Ward was considered by many people in Oleander to be the main woman who ran the news, constantly getting insider information. She was an older woman who still kept a lot of her beauty, though most of her black hair was filled with gray from constant stress. She wore a heavy rain poncho as she stood on the street in front of her cameraman. Besides the reporter, the camera would occasionally turn to show the road, which had several cars going down it or many of the buildings.

Alice waited for the camera to get back on her, and then she slowly began to walk down the street, her crew following after her. "Dandelion is a vastly different city from Oleander. The buildings here are much smaller, and I'll admit the gloom is kind of terrible." The old woman chuckled a bit. "It was first created by the late Mr. Sini, head of Sinicorp; however, during an intense battle with the entity from space, the villain known as the Beast, the weather above Dandelion was twisted and altered, causing it to constantly rain and downpour. As you can see, this city always rains and is very dark. No sun shines here. And since it's a dark city, that means it needs to be protected by a special group of heroes born in the dark. Dandelion is ran by team Mercy!"

The cameraman turned slightly and got a shot of the city. Dandelion was more like a large town than a city. The only skyscraper it had was Avalon's tower, which was at the edge of the city. The rest of the city had small first-story buildings, with a few two or three stories thrown in the mix. For some reason, it had a bank at the end of every road, and large street lamps were placed up, doing their best to light the dark city up. It's people walked around holding umbrellas or simply not minding the rain. They were all armed as well. Every person in Dandelion that was a legal adult carried a firearm and always had their eyes out. Unlike other cities, when a villain committed a crime out in the open, there was a good chance they'd simply be gunned down by the people unless the villain happened to be bulletproof. Several cop cars also rested on the side of the road, ready to spring up at a moment's notice.

On many of the buildings were posters of Mister Man, the strongest hero in Dandelion. He was a mysterious man dressed more or less as a cowboy. He wasn't physically strong and mainly got his position of power due to skills with a firearm and his powers. He was also the reason everyone in Dandelion was allowed to carry a weapon. He gave his people only a single order. 'Fight.' Heroes couldn't be everywhere at once, not even the Victorian. You could wallow in your self pity and try to run away from the world, or you could accept that it was a pretty shitty world you lived in and carry on living, and whenever something did appear to harm you or your people, you could try and fight it. Sure, you'd likely die, but at least you'd go out swinging.

That's what Mister Man thought, at least.

"As you can see, the people of Dandelion are constantly bustling around just like any other city," Alice announced. "Dandelion's people mainly run simple office jobs that still need to get done even in a place like this. Since we're here, let's go ahead and get an interview with some of its people!"

The camera cut out for a moment, and when it came back on, Alice and the crew weren't on the side of the road anymore. Instead they found themselves inside one of the many banks of Dandelion, standing in front of a very rich looking man in a suit. They had managed to get dried off, and Alice held a microphone up for the man as she and him stood in front of the camera.

"Would you like to give your name, Sir?"

"Of course. I am Sir Neven Binderbottom."

"That's quite the name..."

"Quite."

"So, Mr. Binderbottom, what is it that you do?" Alice asked.

"I run the bank here on Giraffe street." The man explained. "If you're familiar with how a bank works at all, you'll understand my job. It's pretty boring, to be honest. I assume there is a different reason for you being here? Other questions you want to ask?"