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[yesterdays_hero]

Hey, how's it going?

[Bet you haven't seen this guy in a while. Pine no longer! Captain Hammer is here.]

Some of you don't know me, so allow me to remedy that. I'm Captain Hammer, and I'm the city's guardian. If you have any problems, come to me. It's my job to keep the peace and be the hero.

[He folds his arms, grinning his trademark grin.]

Today I'll be touring the school and giving an anti-drug talk to the kids, so I'll be out of touch for a few hours while I do that. If any of you attend the school, feel free to say hi. I give autographs at no charge for students.

Comments

[strange_unusual]

What exactly is it that you're guarding the city from?

[yesterdays_hero]

Monsters, killer robots, megalomaniac villains, mad scientists, drunk drivers... Whatever fits the bill!

[strange_unusual]

You're actually serious?

What about ... ghosts?

[yesterdays_hero]

Of course I'm serious...about fighting crime.

[He folds his arms and leans slightly back.]

Ghosts? Never met one. Those guys are usually in Everglade, aren't they? Not really my jurisdiction, but I suppose I could take on a criminal ghost.

[strange_unusual]

So then, only criminal monsters? What about monsters that haven't done anything?

[ She gives a little sigh of relief without meaning to. ]

I was just wondering if they were in the area. I've met a few before and was hoping they were around.

[yesterdays_hero]

I try to be open-minded about that kind of thing, given the weirdos that come into this city.

[He almost asks if she's asking because she's a monster, but thankfully she supplies her reason, so he just nods understandingly.]

None here. Everglade's where you want to go, but I should warn you, they're not very friendly over there.

[strange_unusual]

[ There's no point in saying that she's more than once wished herself to be a ghost. She hardly knows this Captain Hammer, though he seems .... agreeable and polite enough. ]

Not friendly? Would they attack me?

[ Then she becomes more curious because he's pretty passionate about his job. ]

So how exactly do you fight ... evil? Are you some kind of super hero then?

[yesterdays_hero]

It's possible, especially if you went into a rickety old house. Don't know why they seem to love places like that.

[Even if he were a ghost, he'd still prefer someplace CLEAN. But now she's talking about him again, and that brings his grin back. His favorite topic!]

That's right. I've got super strength, super speed, and I'm impervious to harm. I've dedicated my abilities to the protection of the simple people, defending them from the vile culprits hellbent on corrupting the city with their foul, poisonous crimes.

[strange_unusual]

Maybe the house was theirs. That's what happened in my last home. I don't think ghosts can leave their home for a hundred years. It's in the rules.

[ She had gone through the Handbook that Barbara and Adam had left quite extensively but this was a new place so maybe there was a different book, different rules? ]

You can't be harmed? At all? That's got to come in handy in a fight. Where did you get your super powers?

[yesterdays_hero]

[He'd ask why she moved into a haunted house, but...yeah, she's not old enough for a mortgage.]

Are your parents insane?

[It's a legitimate question. He doesn't ask it incredulously; seems he really wants to know! As for the rest, he shrugs a little with a quirk of his mouth.]

I'm just naturally this way. Been so for as long as I can remember.