Editing Flare 2.1 (section)

==Plot==
While unsuccessfully searching for scissors in her temporary accommodations at [[Laserdream|Crystal]]’s messy apartment, Victoria overhears an interview on the television. The subject is [[The Wardens]], the largest post-[[Gold Morning]] hero organization, and the beleaguered yet calm-headed interviewee is [[Chevalier]], their leader. Walking in on an upended cutlery drawer, Crystal responds with some good-natured teasing before assuring Victoria that the apartment is freely available in perpetuity.

Victoria begins her job search by meeting with [[Foresight]], a small hero team emphasizing precision and tactical support. Their second-in-command, [[Countenance]], admits that the team had discussed her role at the [[Norfair Community Center Attack]], as described by [[Sean Gilpatrick|her reference]]. When asked why she has chosen not to be an independent hero, she expounds the benefits of being on a team: more secure income, easier dissemination of knowledge, and some insurance to preserve your reputation. Though the members of Foresight admire Victoria’s intelligence and planning skills, [[Effervescent]] (an emotion reader) sees concern in her mental health, and Countenance cordially declines Victoria’s application.

Her second attempt, with the flamboyant corporate team [[Auzure]], seems to starts off on a good foot. She chats with [[Lark]], who discusses her earlier role as Glory Girl and approves of her decision to ‘rebrand’ as a new cape. Yet the interview turns sour when Lark shifts the topic of conversation to Victoria’s tragic history while prodding her for a way to conscript [[Amy Dallon|Amy]]. Victoria abandons Auzure with concealed fury.

The final option is an informal meeting hosted by [[Whorl]], part of a caution-oriented team produced from a merger between [[The Shepherds]] and [[The Attendant]]. However, Whorl is quickly interrupted, since he and his teammates are also currently occupied with monitoring the exodus of refugees through the portal from [[Earth Bet]]. Victoria makes her way down to the crowd and finds a [[The Fallen#Crowleys|Crowley]] fanatic advertising his community to a newly arrived couple. A [[Moonsong|moon-themed hero]] from Whorl’s team steps in to diffuse the tension, but Victoria insists on interrogating the cultists about their leader and unveiling their unscrupulous intentions. Victoria eventually backs down, but only after learning that the Crowleys are using a summoner cape to bring in more thugs to shout down her complaints. Reuniting with Whorl, he confirms that her aggressive response has jeopardized any hope of joining the team. Before Victoria leaves in disappointment, a sentry from the hero team points out the summoner for her.