Around town... And above town, Tuesday night

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Johnny wore his blue, sleeveless FF impact suit as made his way to the roof of Chilly Boulder and decided that the night was just way too dark around here. Call him a biased city boy, he wouldn't deny it. He liked lights. And if Fandom wasn't going to supply them, he'd have to make his own.

He stretched for about half a minute, just for show, even if nobody was watching but the squirrels. And then he shouted "FLAME ON!" to make sure he attracted the proper attention from passersby. Yes, that assumed that a streak of flame taking off from a rooftop and immediately doing loops in the night sky wasn't going to be enough to show off. But Johnny was convinced that there was no upper limit to how much you could should off, so....

Basic point, the sky was ablaze and you had Johnny to thank for that. You're welcome, Fandom.

[OOC: Open to anyone who might want to notice and/or yell at the crazy fire person creating light pollution.]

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Minako had been going for ice cream to celebrate being halfway through her first week of classes, Artemis trotting along at her heels.

...except there was a GIANT BALL OF FIRE IN THE SKY. "Meteor!" Minako yelled, pulling out her phone. But, instead of calling 911, she was totally filming it. What? Someone else probably already called the cops, right?

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It took a short time for Johnny to notice the pretty girl with her phone out, but as soon as he did, he buzzed by, swooping near the ground only about ten feet away from her before spiraling back into the air.

Did he salute as he passed? Of course he did.

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That so was not a meteor.

Still, Minako pumped her fist and cheered at... whomever was playing with fire tonight. They clearly weren't hostile, and every good show deserved a cheerleader, right?

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Johnny swooped down again, making a line right at Minako as he dropped quickly to the ground. The flame extinguished right as his feet hit the ground, letting him trot towards her.

"Fancy meeting you here. Like what you saw?" he asked.

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"That was so cool!" Minako enthused, stopping the 'record' function on her phone and clapping gleefully. "Johnny, right? How did you do that?"

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"Like this," Johnny said with a shrug. "Flame on!" Hey, he was on fire again.

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Minako yelped and stumbled back, falling over her own feet to land on her butt in the least graceful way ever.

Wow, way to impress the totally hot (pun intended) guy, Minako.

"Doesn't that hurt?" she asked, once she realized that he wasn't, like, setting anything around him - like her - on fire.

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"Not for me," Johnny said as the flames flamed out again so he could offer a hand to help her up. "But I'm a pretty special person. It's probably not a good idea to try touching me while I'm like that, though, no matter how hot you think I am. Mainly because of how hot I actually am, temperature-wise."

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Minako managed to take his hand without blushing too obviously, letting him help her up. "You get hotter?" she teased, looking him over flirtatiously. "I didn't know that was possible."

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"Under controlled conditions, I'm about as hot as the sun," Johnny said. "And that's nothing compared to what happens when I'm on fire."

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Banzai had been taking the rooftop road on her way to the Causeway when she saw something catch flame and zip into the sky.

"Uh-oh, uh-oh!" she said, changing direction to run towards where the fireball had come from. She wasn't sure what had happened or even what she could do about it, but it certainly seemed like the kind of thing a superhero would check out.

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Johnny banked right and noticed the girl on the rooftop, so he swung around and gave a wave.

That's right, this was a person! A person who waved. See how polite he was?

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Banzai waved black, slowly, blinking up at the fireball-that-was-actually-a-person.

Okay. That was new. That was definitely new. But she didn't think he needed assistance? There probably would have been a lot less waving and a lot more screaming if he had.

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"You know, I was starting to think I was the only superhero this town was ever going to see," Johnny said, getting closer as he slowly spiraled in to Banzai's position. "Wait, that's what you are, right? I'm just assuming based the the, you know, costume."

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"No, there are one or two of us around," Banzai said, beaming at Mr. Fireball. He'd noticed. "The island's pretty quiet, so I go out and fight crime in Baltimore. But then I saw you and had to check you out."

Beat.

"Check it out. The fire, I mean. But 'it' became 'you' once I knew that the fire was a person..."

Babble on, sweetheart.

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"Don't be ashamed. A lot of people like checking me out," Johnny said, coming in for a landing as he flamed off. "Johnny Storm. Sorry to make life a little harder for the people in Baltimore at the moment by keeping you."

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"You're in my class!" Banzai said. And then remembered what class it was and blushed. "I'm Kathy. Uhh, it's okay if you don't remember me," she added, removing her mask. "Hi."

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"Hi. How could I ever forget a face like that?" Johnny asked. "Well, now that you're unmasked, at least."

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"That's such a line," Kathy said, but it didn't stop her from smiling a little anyway. "Is flirting your other superpower?"

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"No, it just comes naturally," Johnny said. "But you have to admit, the line worked at least a little bit. I see you smiling."

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"How do you know I'm not just trying not to laugh?" Kathy asked, even as her dimples got a little deeper. "I mean, it was pretty terrible. And I'm from L.A. I know terrible lines."

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"I have a big enough ego that I'm going to think that won't happen," Johnny admitted. "But you also seem nice. You wouldn't want to break my heart like that, would you?"

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Now Kathy was laughing, at least a little. "I'm pretty sure there's nothing I could say that would dent your ego, never mind break your heart."

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"You could tell me that my haircut is bad or you wouldn't like to go out sometime," Johnny suggested. "But those would just be dents."

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"Your haircut is fine," Kathy said, not even touching the comment about going out. She'd seen guys like Johnny before, always talking to other girls, of course. They flirted almost as naturally as they breathed and they very rarely, if ever, meant anything by it. "But I bet you knew that already anyway."