>>5627266https://www.capeworldcomics.com/comic/the-red-queen-the-4th-red-bee/Edith flies next to...is that her teacher?
She's...uh...well.
You're betting she falls firmly on the "dark superheroics" side of the bright vs dark debate.
She's got a mask like a compound eye and red form-fitting armor that seems to...break apart in places, and move, as if each part of it was alive. She's got...you think you can fall them "phalanges" or "tentacles" or something like that coming off her. And they're all sharp.
You feel worried about Edith, for a moment, but then the lady in the armor hugs her.
You want kick yourself for worrying, but some of these night time heroes, man, they're creepy!
The lady gently pulls Edith down from the air into a seat then taps the top of their table. Lights in a honeycomb pattern appear on the table. Edith looks down at them intently, as if she can see something in them.
What are they doing?
"Yooooo Izzy! Earth to Izzy!"
You bring your attention back to Copycat.
"Ah, sorry. I was just uh..."
"That's Red Queen." Copycat says. "She's cool, for a teacher. Edith's lucky to have her. She's supposed to be insect nightmare themed, in case you couldn't tell."
"Oh, I could tell she was...something."
"Nanites. She's come a long way since her great-grandfather. He was the Red Bee, and his power was that he could control a single bee."
"Talk about an upgrade." you say.
"Anyway, this here is the other speculo I told you about! Just-A-Hero, Izzy, Izzy, Just-A-Hero."
The bald young man holds out his hand. "Welcome to the speculo table. Have a seat."
You shake his hand and take a seat. "Neat! So is this like, our official table?"
"You say a password and the wood slides away to reveal a command center terminal." Just-A-Hero says.
"Really?"
"Yeah, totally. It used to be used by the Crime Fighter to solve cases while he had a cup of joe."
"What's the password!" you ask. "I want to see!"
Copycat elbows Just-A-Hero. "He's kidding, Izzy."
"Darn. That sounded pretty neat." you say.
And it did sound pretty neat.
"So Izzy, Copycat told me you kicked her butt today in ERC."
"He scored a narrow victory." Copycat says.
"She said you surprised her, did something she didn't expect you to do." Just-A-Hero says. "How'd you pull that off? She's usually the one that surprises people."
You see Copycat blush.
>What do we say? 