(Quick question: it would be really cool if they could communicate with each other while they were in civilian form. Like if one of them is in superhero form and sends a message to the other, then their "miraculous" will start flashing or something. But do they have communication like that or no? Bc they don't in the show)
(I guess, It seems like the kind of thing Vince could invent if he tried hard enough)
(Ok what do you think Leah?)
(I like it! Sorry I'm not really gonna be on much during the day I have school and band practice after most days)
"Vince, you're never wrong," Mari told him, holding the ice cream tub defensively, as if to make sure Kelton didn't take any more. As much as she liked him, her food, was her food. Especially ice cream. "Anyway, for a robot that big the person would have to have been planning and building it for months. We had a villain waiting to strike for a long time and no one knew it." She brought her knees to her chest, setting down the tub and wrapping her arms around herself. "As good as our superheroes are at defeating the villains, they never know when and where one is going to attack. They should work on a way to track big energy sources like the one in the robot so they'll be able to prevent it destroying things." Mari seemed to forget that she wasn't Nova talking to Snow and Peri right now as she added thoughtfully, "They should patrol the city at night too. I've never seen them around after the sun goes down, and what if a villain attacks then?" She quickly realized who she was talking to, and murmured a quiet, "Or something," before shoving a bite of ice cream into her mouth to make herself stop talking.
Vincent nodded in agreement, "That would be smart they could also ask for some records to see who has been fired recently, teaming up with the police on some cases would be smart too." he added offhandedly
Kelton nodded. “Exactly. I wish there was a way for us to get this stuff to the heroes, since they’re probably so busy that they haven’t thought of it. I mean, I’m sure living a double life is hard, so they stay busy.”
Vincent nodded, "Oh yes, I'm sure they don't have any time to sit down and talk with friends that's just ridiculous no one who lives a double life could live life with down time with out losing imminence amounts of sleep." He did his best to keep the sarcasm out of his voice.
Mari nodded seriously, completely oblivious to any sarcasm that may have slipped into Vince's tone. "They probably have so much going on that they can't even really think about this stuff." Stuff I should've thought of before, she scolded herself. You're supposed to be protecting the city. Stuff like this should be your top priority. "I imagine that would be very hard," she added quietly. "Having to sneak away all the time, not being able to let anyone know your real identity. I wonder if that ever makes them feel isolated when they're in civilian form."
Kelton scoffed. “Yeah, I wonder.” He was feeling a bit bitter about the situation. He could’ve done better. Mari’s words sounded a lot like Nova’s. And now, because he had injured himself, the love of his life was thinking about dropping out of hero work.
Vincent nodded a look of fake concern plastered across his face, "But I'm sure they have people they can talk to out of hero form,"
“Well yeah, but they wouldn’t know that they’re heroes,” Mari argued. “Without the suit there’s nobody they can’t talk to about hero stuff.” She paused, and when she continued her voice was much quieter. “I’m glad I have you guys. There’s no way I’d be able to survive life without you.” She risked a glance at Kelton, pink streaking across her cheeks as she met his eyes.
Vincent's grabbed another pop tart, "Anyway, so that homework assignment am I right."
He smiled like a dork at Mari’s words, not realizing how his smile might affect her. “I’m glad I have you guys too. Vince, why do you always change the subject like that, huh?”
Kelton's smile caused her brain to malfunction, thoughts on a constant loop of, He's smiling at me! Oh my god, oh my god!
His grin made his whole face light up, and internally she swooned at how beautiful he looked. Her heart thumped against her chest, and her stomach filled with all kinds of fluttery things, and she tried and failed to tear her gaze away from him. It wasn't until he stopped talking that she realized she had missed everything he had said, though she tried not to let it show as she finally looked away and scooped up another bite of ice cream to avoid talking.
"I was just genuinely curious about the homework assignment and if you two think you can get it done." Vincent answered innocently.
Of course, Kelton didn’t catch any of Mari’s response. He did, however, pick up on Vincent’s “innocence”. “Yeah, I think I’ll get it done, it’s not too difficult. English is my best subject, so I always get that stuff done.”
“Easy for you to say,” Mari grumbled, falling back into her usual self as she carefully avoided eye contact with Kelton. “English is my worst subject so it’s gonna take me forever. I wish we had science instead. That would be so much more interesting.”
Vincent sputtered, "But- Mari- English- English is interesting!" A look of complete betrayal spread across is face.
“For you maybe,” Mari shot back. “All that writing stuff just doesn’t make sense to me. Like why do we have to learn it? But things like art and science? Now that’s fun!”
“There is way less use in the real world for math and science than there is for writing. Would you rather know how to use the quadratic formula or to construct a sentence? I for one would choose the latter,” he said matter-of-factly as he chomped on the rest of his pop tart.
Mari opened her mouth to respond, but closed it when she realized she had nothing to argue back with. "You're logic is infuriating," she told Kelton. "Also out of anything you could pick you chose the quadratic formula? The longest, single most annoying equation in all of math? But as for needing to know how to construct a sentence, one, um it's a sentence it's not like it's hard, and two, even if I didn't know that's what the internet is for, love."
“Actually, in my opinion,” he replied offhandedly, “the distance formula is the most painstaking and annoying. The quadratic formula is much more fun. Besides that, you’d be surprised how bad some people are at constructing sentences. And the internet isn’t always correct. Do you know how many people don’t know how to use a semicolon? Or maybe they don’t know the difference between the three theirs and the three yours.”
Vincent nodded, "It must be hard not knowing everything." He said with a straight face.
Kelton rolled his eyes. “You may be book smart, but you still don’t know when to shut up,” he teased.