Baltimore | Tuesday Night

[knife_bender]

Since everyone's powers had been restored (not that Diego lost his), it seemed that a trip to Baltimore was called for to make sure everything was in working order. It also had the added benefit of seeing Annie in her Starlight outfit which was something Diego was never going to complain about. They didn't even have to stick to the shadows since the city seemed to have collectively agreed that this whole week was Halloween and they were actually some of the more normal looking people around.

"There's an awful lot of drunk people around for a Tuesday night." It was the Halloween spirit, Diego!

[For the aforementioned shiny superhero]

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[knife_bender]

Diego smiled, biting down on his lower lip. "Yeah that would definitely be a black mark on our superhero records if we missed that 'cause of kissing in an alley."

[defenderofdesmoines]

Okay, that lower lip-biting was not a thing she was going to be able to look at for long if she wanted to stop kissing him.

Starlight took a half-step back, sighing out a little breath. "I mean, there are worse reasons to miss a robbery." Not...really many, but she was trying here.

[knife_bender]

"Oh there are way worse reasons," he agreed. "Kissing doesn't even make the top ten list of worse reasons."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"We could be committing a robbery," she offered, tracing her hands down his arms as she stepped back a teeny bit more (just in the name of thinking clearly.) "That's gotta be in the top ten."

[knife_bender]

"Oh that's gotta be number one," he said, letting his hands slide back from Starlight's waist so he could lean against the wall. Because, yes, thinking clearly was important. "Just standing there watching them rob the place? Also top ten."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Asking if they need help with carrying stuff," Starlight offered, idly starting to play with her hair before she realized what she was doing and cut it out. Focus, girl. "Giving their getaway car an oil change. These are all a lot worse, you're right."

[knife_bender]

Diego caught the hair twirling and tried not to smile too overtly at it. "You wanna go check to see if any bank robberies are happening?"

[defenderofdesmoines]

No, she wanted to stay right here and keep kissing him, and was not doing nearly as good a job of hiding that as she would like.

However, superheroing duty prevailed. "It would be the responsible thing to do," she acknowledged, clearing her throat.

[knife_bender]

Diego smiled, having a pretty good idea what she was thinking at the moment. The feeling was definitely mutual.

He pulled his mask back down and reached for her hand. "We can continue the kissing once we get back to the island."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Where there almost certainly aren't any robberies in progress." Not that there were any here, either - a kidnapping, sure, but no robberies - but at least on the island she could be more confident about kissing without potential crime-related interference.

She took his hand, smiling. "It would totally serve us right if there's like twenty bad guys around the corner." But at least that would be a great distraction!

[knife_bender]

"I'm not too worried about it; I have a lot of confidence in my reflexes," he said. "And I know from experience yours are pretty good too."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"You can throw around corners, anyway, right?" Which was one of the cooler aspects of his powers, she thought. "And I still owe you a beer, speaking of that."

[knife_bender]

"And I will be making good on that beer," he said with a smile. "And, yeah, I can make them go anywhere I want."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"What about like, far away?" she checked. And for fun, she angled her free hand up towards the wall, casting a little spotlight about four or five stories up and craning her neck to see. "Like what about...there?"

[knife_bender]

Diego looked at the spot she was pointing out briefly, pulling one of the knives he had on him out of a pocket. "I think I can manage it."

He could pretend to be humble, at least. Emphasis on pretend.

He was looking at Starlight rather than his target when he whipped the knife directly ahead of him. It took a sharp turn to the side and then up before sticking in the wall.

[defenderofdesmoines]

Starlight let out a low whistle, tracking the knife's path with her hand's beam of light before looking back over to him with (literally) glowing eyes. "Show-off."

She had no room to talk, but it also wasn't like she didn't like seeing him show off, either.

[knife_bender]

Diego smiled and shrugged. "Maybe I'm trying to impress you."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Maybe it's working." Starlight's eyes and hand faded in the dark, and she smiled over at him. "I think you're gonna have to let that knife go, though. I'm not climbing up there."

[knife_bender]

"It won't be the first knife I've lost," he said. "...or the last, probably."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Could you throw something a lot heavier than a knife?" Starlight wondered. "Like, have you ever thrown a person?"

Look, if they were going to be superheroing together - on nights when crimes actually occurred - this would be useful to know.

[knife_bender]

"I think you have a better chance at throwing someone than me." Though it might be possible in the future once he started hanging out with his siblings again.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I don't know, you lifted me fine, and that was a pretty fair fight," she pointed out, though he was also not wrong at all that she was really good at throwing people. "I'm just spitballing. Your powers are so useful."

[knife_bender]

"Now you're just flattering me," he joked. "I like your powers. They suit you."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"What, the spooky eyes and light-up hands?" she asked lightly. "Thanks. The rest of it - the strength and the skin and all that - is just part of having powers where I'm from. I'm not even really that strong for a Supe."

[knife_bender]

"I don't think they're spooky" Diego said, chuckling. "I didn't realize you all had super strength. Luther was the only one of us who was born being able to take a hit, the rest of us had to be trained to do it."