- Summary: Heroes International has announced their newest lineup of new recruits, Listener is one of these. One of the two rising stars of generation 3, naturally this generation has been branded and advertised as The New Internationals, the last generation of supers to use the internationals moniker in their brand name. The Listener, and their rival—also their teammate—have just arrived in Sortilege city to make their debut, the place they will be posted for the foreseeable future.
- Roles
Major:
- The teammate: The other rising star of generation 3, and incidentally the rival of The Listener.
-Scene: Outside of Sortilege City
[The sound of flying can be heard]
I can’t believe it! Why, you!? 74 other heroes in our generation and I get you!!
What’s wrong with you? (Spoken in a tone of disbelief) What’s wrong with you is that I can’t be paired up with my rival! I mean what will my fans say when they see us debut together! It’ll be a trainwreck!
(With slight anger) I explicitly asked to have anyone but you as my teammate!
(Return to disbelief) Why!? Isn’t it obvious? So that I can have my own breakout assignment! My own assignment that would propel the name Archai{Can be replaced with any hero name} to A list hero, not B list former sidekick. Do I get that? (In a sarcastic tone) Noooo, instead what do I get? (Disbelief ensues again) I get assigned to the same city as my rival—who just so happens to also be my teammate! Do I get to be my own hero? Nope! I get my name tied to yours.
(Spoken in frustration) I don’t care if the marketing department thought it would be a good move to put us together! (Once again in a mocking tone) The Stars of Sortilege City, (return to frustration) what a joke!! All of this has to be a sick joke!
Why don’t I want to work with you? The answer is pretty simple isn’t it? You’re my rival! Who wants to work with their rival? That’s just completely counterintuitive….That’s not even mentioning the fact that, and I hate to admit this, you and I are the only competent supers in our whole generation; So the two of us in one location is like putting all of your eggs in one basket.
You know what, whatever, we can pick this up later, the city is right over there.
[The sound of flying through the air slowly fades to nothing]
-Scene: Outside of Sortilege City’s Heroes International Outpost
[The sound of wind flying by is quickly drowned out by the sound of a cheering crowd.]
Woah, I didn’t think the city would show up in droves…That’s actually really nice. (There’s a deep breath, the kind one does to relax their nerves) Okay, smile and wave, you only get one chance to impress.
[The crowd quiets down as the two land on the platform that was set out for them]
(Spoken in a hushed, almost whispered tone) Looks like they want us to say something, good thing I prepared a speech.
[One or two steps are taken before the sound of a throat being cleared can be heard {can be replaced with some paper shuffling}]
Hello citizens of Sortilege city!!!
[There is a brief but powerful cheer from the crowd.]
Thank you all for coming out here today to celebrate our arrival, I know my teammate and I weren’t expecting such a large turnout.
[There’s some laughter but overall the crowd is relatively quiet]
Regardless, we stand before you, as The (there is a brief pause as the speaker swallows both their apprehension and pride) Stars of Sortilege City. We promise to watch over this city, protect it, and if necessary, make the ultimate sacrifice in defense of this wonderful city.
[The crowd is quiet, as the final sentence lands on everyone’s thoughts]
However, I am sure that things won’t come to that.
[The crowd claps and cheers, trying to put that thought out of their heads.]
Anyways, I am Archai{Can be replaced with any hero name}; And this person over here is my (pause as the speaker wills themselves to say the next few words) teammate, and their name is…
[The sound of a building being smashed can be heard, along with the tossing of vehicles, the crowd erupts into panicked screams.]
You have got to be kidding me!! Everyone get to safety!
[The sound of someone flying past the speaker can be heard]
Hey! Don’t leave me out of this!! We work together, remember!
[Another sound of flying can be heard, followed by the sounds of combat, which begins to slowly fade into silence.]
-Scene: Inside Heroes International Outpost
[The sound of a sci-fi door opening and closing can be heard.]
Man, that was a tough fight. Catastrophe is definitely the right villain name for that guy; He punched me through like 2 buildings, thank goodness that they were just under construction, things could’ve ended worse if they were occupied.
First day on the job and we already took on our first PL 10 villain…we did it; We’re really in the big leagues now, huh? It feels like a dream.
Hey! What do you have there? What!? Did you seriously bring back my speech?! {can be replaced by your souvenir of choice}
What do you mean as a souvenir!? You can’t be serious!
(blushing) Uh….uhm…. M-my speech? Th-that’s the souvenir you’re keeping? Why?
(blushing intensifies) Because it seemed fitting? I…I…{If the speech isn’t a souvenir then feel free to add some other dialogue in this space} I’m going to go find a shower, I smell like sweat and dust.
[The sound of feet walking on metal can be heard, then something is shouted from far away] Oh my god! Isn’t this supposed to be an outpost!? How large is this place!?
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