The scene opens to a familiar diner — and it is, in fact, set right after that memory left off! She's chatting with the kids as easily as anything, no longer reacting to the televised debate about Unisonya and Prisma Knight still going on in the background. (She's still hearing it all though! They're talking about how vigilante superheroism is a slippery slope vs. human technology being useless against anomalies; they can contain some of them temporarily, but it really does look like the Knight is the only one who can seal them properly.)
The kids basically invite themselves to sit at her table while she's signing the little girl's — Amy's — notebook. They pepper her with questions like, why is she in London (she's going to the expo, which gets a round of excited gasps because WOW THEY'RE GOING TOO), what perfume she's wearing (it's a secret, if they keep watching her videos they might find out), what her favourite food is and gosh, has she tried the strawberry sundae they make here, it's amazing — (she has too many favourite foods to name but no, she hasn't tried the sundae yet, but now that she knows how good it is she definitely will, actually she'll order right now, who else wants one?)
That one red-headed kid, Leo, listens more than he talks. Something about him subtly prickles at Miya's senses, but like. Very subtly.
BUT THEN
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… Is some big guy in a costume bursting in through the door, waving a whole-ass broadsword around like he means to use it. The costume is black spandex and armour and it looks like a lot of work has gone into it! It's very well made! He dramatically announces that he is THE SHADOW KNIGHT and he wants everybody's money and valuables!! Right now!! Don't try to stop him, he's ~more powerful than any of them could ever imagine~.
There's panic and screaming, because of course there is. The kids with her are alarmed but they're also puffing up bravely, like they're thinking of trying to do something about this.
So Miya just … gets up … and clears her throat, "Hi."
The ??? villain ??? spins around to face her, sword at the ready, "Don't even think about — wait, aren't you —"
She smiles. Waves.
And casually knocks the sword aside with the back of her hand, steps in, and punches him in the gut, all in one smooth movement. He goes down like a sack of potatoes. The diner —which seemed to have been holding its breath — erupts into noise, people shouting and talking over each other. She can hear Amy call the police.
People are shocked, they thought he'd been Anomalized! Was he a fake?!
Meanwhile she sits on the guy's back, cross-legged, and pulls his mask off. "Yeah. He was a fake." Which she'd had a Strong Feeling About from the beginning, but still. Huh. Fake villains. That's a new one.
The memory ends with the police arriving to take the guy away, sword and all, and the manager on shift thanking her profusely. She's casual about it, saying it was no big deal, but she doesn't protest when the manager declares that the sundaes — all six of them, and the rest of her bill — are on the house.
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The kids basically invite themselves to sit at her table while she's signing the little girl's — Amy's — notebook. They pepper her with questions like, why is she in London (she's going to the expo, which gets a round of excited gasps because WOW THEY'RE GOING TOO), what perfume she's wearing (it's a secret, if they keep watching her videos they might find out), what her favourite food is and gosh, has she tried the strawberry sundae they make here, it's amazing — (she has too many favourite foods to name but no, she hasn't tried the sundae yet, but now that she knows how good it is she definitely will, actually she'll order right now, who else wants one?)
That one red-headed kid, Leo, listens more than he talks. Something about him subtly prickles at Miya's senses, but like. Very subtly.
BUT THEN
LESS SUBTLE
… Is some big guy in a costume bursting in through the door, waving a whole-ass broadsword around like he means to use it. The costume is black spandex and armour and it looks like a lot of work has gone into it! It's very well made! He dramatically announces that he is THE SHADOW KNIGHT and he wants everybody's money and valuables!! Right now!! Don't try to stop him, he's ~more powerful than any of them could ever imagine~.
There's panic and screaming, because of course there is. The kids with her are alarmed but they're also puffing up bravely, like they're thinking of trying to do something about this.
So Miya just … gets up … and clears her throat, "Hi."
The ??? villain ??? spins around to face her, sword at the ready, "Don't even think about — wait, aren't you —"
She smiles. Waves.
And casually knocks the sword aside with the back of her hand, steps in, and punches him in the gut, all in one smooth movement. He goes down like a sack of potatoes. The diner —which seemed to have been holding its breath — erupts into noise, people shouting and talking over each other. She can hear Amy call the police.
People are shocked, they thought he'd been Anomalized! Was he a fake?!
Meanwhile she sits on the guy's back, cross-legged, and pulls his mask off. "Yeah. He was a fake." Which she'd had a Strong Feeling About from the beginning, but still. Huh. Fake villains. That's a new one.
The memory ends with the police arriving to take the guy away, sword and all, and the manager on shift thanking her profusely. She's casual about it, saying it was no big deal, but she doesn't protest when the manager declares that the sundaes — all six of them, and the rest of her bill — are on the house.