Letter to Katou

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Katou,

Hey!

What's the haps?

Virgil

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"Well, could be?" He shrugged. "I mean, there's gotta be some reason we're all here, right? I don't know, maybe they're busy harvesting our organs and they don't want us figuring things out while they do it!"

Virgil maybe watched too much sci-fi.

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Katou paused, and then snorted. "They've got robots here," he said. "I don't think harvesting organs is high on their to do list."

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Virgil laughed. "Spare parts? Speaking of which, know what else is weird? Backpack and Richie's techno stuff are still here." He glanced at Katou. "Eever wanted to be a superhero's sidekick?"

He was joking-- Richie's gear wasn't workable by anyone who didn't have a supergenius brain, and Virgil didn't really need a replacement Gear anyway.

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"Have I ever!" Katou said, grinning like a loon. He was really only half joking - when he was younger he did want to be a superhero of some sort.

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"Weell, okay, but you need a better superhero name than just 'Katou.'"

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"I could be the Great Masked Avenger," he said grinning widely and striking a pose. "But I'll need a mask..."

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"And a marketing advisor, cause that is the dumbest name ever."

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"Yeah, like 'Static's' so much better," Katou snorted. "Fine, what about Super Junkie?"

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"Static is a great name. And no Super Junkie. I have a squeaky clean image to maintain."

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"Fine, fine, I'm new at this whole superhero naming thing," Katou said, rolling his eyes. "What do you propose I call myself?"

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"Uhm," said Virgil, who had never been as good at this as Richie. "Iron Man? No, that's taken. What about Shapeshifter...Lad..."

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Katou paused, and then burst out laughing. "Oh, you thought my names were bad?" he asked, grinning. "Those are terrible."

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"Shut up," Virgil mock-grumped. "Or I'll make you be Static Boy."

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"Now that's an even dumber name," Katou said, rolling his eyes. "I don't have Staticy powers. That's just misleading. Quit lying to your fans, Staticman."

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"Sparky, the Non-Electric Wonder? Actually, that name's taken. Sparkles? It fits the theme, and it doesn't imply electricity powers, just that you have pretty wings!"

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"Are you serious? Who the hell would take that name before us?"

He sporfled at Virgil's second post. "Do you want everyone to think I'm a faggot?"

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"Some disco superhero's sidekick from the seventies. I am totally serious about this."

"Heh," Virgil replied. He felt kind of uncomfortable about slurs like that, but he knew from experience Katou didn't really have much of a problem with gay people, so he didn't say anything. "Maybe I just don't want you to have a cooler name?"

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He snorted at that. "My god. Wow. The seventies were... a magical time, I guess." He grinned. "Let's just go with Katou. I bet my name could double as a superhero name or something. No one expects superheroes to use their real name."

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"That's one way of putting it. And okay, Katou it is. Why were we talking about this again?"

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"Because I'm replacing you," he said. "I'm gonna be... Uh... Gotham City's newest baddest superhero."

Fuck, where the hell was Virgil from anyway? Katou was sure he'd been told before.

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"I'm from Dakota, genius. But yeah, good luck showing up Batman."