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[foreshadower]

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[ Shade prefers letters or other sorts of mail, but he can also be contacted through text or voice. ]

Comments

[beneathbluerafters]

They should consider themselves lucky.

[foreshadower]

Quite so. I'm sure, someday, they'll recognize precisely how fortunate they are. I'm no Lucifer, but I've encapsulated an entire city before -- twice!

[ Well, the second time was Culp, in his body, using his powers, but... well, it's still his power, just because he doesn't want to doesn't mean it couldn't happen. ]

[beneathbluerafters]

If that's the case, then how did you get caught?

[foreshadower]

I let them, of course!

It's not very encouraging for heroes to fight a foe that outclasses them that much, and I want them to fight me again.

[beneathbluerafters]

[ ... wait, wat ]

But you could have easily escaped and fought them later! Why be imprisoned in the meantime?

[ he's confused because wtf shade why, but also upset because this means no ice cream hangouts for the forseeable future, THINK OF THE ICE CREAM SHADE ]

[foreshadower]

Because this way they get a sense of victory! They will take that, and become better heroes.

If they don't think they can defeat me, I won't be able to coerce them into fighting me later.

[ I'll be out soon enough. ]

[beneathbluerafters]

It sounds rather like a cross between training and playtime.

[foreshadower]

Perhaps, perhaps. There are some incidents only heroes can deal with, and if they haven't faced it, I'd hate to be the only one left. That would be quite boring.

[beneathbluerafters]

Surely that wouldn't be the case in a city full of people with superpowers?

[foreshadower]

I don't want just any superhero! I can't expect them to come back if I don't play along.