[h1][color=red][center]Alex[/center][/color][/h1]

Alex rubbed his face ruefully and looked at his dirt caked muffin. This is what he got for trying to help people, a bruise and waste of food. Dang she'd hit him hard though, perks of the job probably. Alex regained his own feet somewhat gracefully considering the circumstances and sighed at the irate women's question. [b]"No need to be rude."[/b] Alex admonished her, covering his ears is mock pain. [b]"Its not really that complicated. For some reason a bunch of people got some powers the seem based off of champions from league. Guessing from your over-sized mechincal fists you got Vi, that guy in the suit back there got bard. As an unfortunate side effect he can't talk either, just make weird noises, well most of the time. That's the first time he's done that as far as I know. As for me, I'm just handy with a knife which leaves me split between Talon and Zed. Course with shadow slinker gone unless duplicates are fair game I'd say Talon is my draw. Anyway that just about sums up my knowledge of what's going on. Anything else?"[/b] Alex frowned at his muffin again. Ah well, it was only a little dirt, he brushed it off on his sleeve and took a bite of it, chewing thoughtfully. A little gritty but otherwise alright.

[center][color=silver][h1]Artemis[/h1][/color][/center]

One corner of Artemis's mouth turned down in the only immediately visible outward reaction she gave to her rebuttals. Raze certainly hadn't held back. Perhaps he had a point. Though she didn't really spend on that much on her cosplays, the materials were usually quite cheap, more a matter of time than anything else. Of course Raze overestimated her. Even his analogy was poorly placed. Perhaps she did have the biggest water pail, but it was still useless against the a burning world. It wasn't like Artemis could upgrade the police force, create a charity to feed children in India, or do anything revolutionary. When Sam turned on her as well Artemis realized that she was angry. 

Quite a bit angry in fact gauging by her clenched fists. Artemis flexed her hand experimentally. Couldn't they see she was only taking logical actions. The man's reaction had surprised her and she had no desire to see it happen again, yet was unable to define what he'd been afraid of so termed it as vaguely as possible. Raze himself had said that the government had weapons they made their abilities look like kiddie toys! How many times had civilians gotten in the way of police work by styling themselves as vigilanties? When had it ended well save for in comic books and cheesy movies? And going out on his own would only make things worse. But he seemed honestly convinced that not only could they make a difference, but that [i]he[/i] could make a difference. How insufferably pigheaded of him. Artemis took a steadying breath and nocked her glass up with a single pointer finger. 

[color=silver][sub]"Interesting."[/sub][/color] she muttered to herself before looking around again. [color=silver]"Your statements have been considered. I will attempt to-"[/color] Gah, her way of speaking was not cold. It was simply logical: was it that hard to see the truth? What an odd mental phrasing. She resumed speaking, slightly stronger now, [color=silver]"I will attempt to refrain from saying 'cold shit' in the future and consider your request Liam. I will leave now."[/color] That was enough interacting with people for one day. When was the last time she'd spent this long actually talking to people as herself? Talking and walking around at an event in a full cosplay was entirely different from what today had been like. Playing games with other people was different from this. Everything was different from this. Upon the completion of her statement Artemis turned on her heels and walked out of the room after Raze, not even acknowledging Liam's offer of beer. Artemis was going home. This had been a rather overwhelming experience and she needed time to process and, surprisingly enough, cool down. Perhaps. . . No, she would think on this later. Right now she just wanted to be home, play some relaxing music, drink some hot chocolate, and take a nap.