Editing Flare

{{Infobox Ward arc
| name = Flare
| number = 2
| chaptercount = 8
| wordcount = 58,786
| start = 9 December 2017
| end = 2 January 2018
| previous = [[Daybreak]]
| next = [[Glare]]
}}'''Flare''' is the second arc in [[Ward]]. It is preceded by [[Daybreak]] and followed by [[Glare]].

==Summary==
[[Victoria Dallon|Victoria]] struggles to settle into her new housing situation at [[Laserdream|Crystal]]’s apartment. She tries to find employment among several hero teams, to no avail. [[Foresight]] considers her to be too unstable, [[Auzure]] is only interested in her connection to [[Amy Dallon|Amy]], and [[The Shepherds]]/[[The Attendant]] see her as too brash when dealing with a [[The Fallen|Crowley]] recruitment drive. She finds temporary solace in visiting the hospital where [[Fume Hood]] is recovering. There she discovers that one of the young patients has [[Hunter|a friend]] who has developed powers. After contacting [[Jessica Yamada]], Victoria is distracted by a construction worker protest which has entangled diplomatic relations with alternate earths.

Later that night, Victoria and Crystal watch over the protest, which takes a catastrophic turn [[The Construction Protest Broken Trigger|when 92 of the workers are massacred by a chain reaction]] of [[Broken Trigger|broken triggers]]. Two weeks later, Victoria and Mrs. Yamada meet at a coffee shop to briefly discuss the new parahuman, only for Mrs. Yamada to ask for assistance with some of her group therapy clients. Victoria agrees to sit in on one of the sessions, meeting Jessica’s clients: [[Kenzie Martin|Kenzie]] (a rambunctious young tinker), [[Sveta Karelia|Sveta]] (her old friend at the [[Parahuman Asylum|Asylum]], now with a prosthetic body and a close relationship with [[Weld]]), [[Tristan Vera|Tristan]] (a suave Weld fan), [[Rain O'Fire Frazier|Rain]] (a ragged older teen), [[Chris Elman|Chris]] (an off-putting tween), and [[Ashley Stillons II|Ashley]] (an intense ex-member of the [[Slaughterhouse Nine]]).

Jessica explains that the group aspire to become a hero team, despite some of them not having reached a safe degree of mental stability. Victoria does her best to educate the group on the challenges of hero work, both financial and emotional. Over the course of the conversation, she learns that Rain is threatened by the rest of his [[Grab-Bag Cape|multitrigger]] cluster, including [[Snag]]. Tristan is revealed to be a [[case 70]], inhabiting one body with his twin brother [[Byron Vera|Byron]]. Realizing that the group’s drive is unwavering, Victoria volunteers to act as a tutor. On the way out, she meets Rain’s friend [[Erin]].

The following morning, Victoria scouts out a potential training ground at [[Cedar Point]], only to run into a villainous mercenary, [[Cleat]]. He’s a messenger for [[Lisa Wilbourn|Tattletale]], who warns Victoria to stay away from Cedar Point. The neighborhood has been renamed to Hollow Point and is under the control of villains. Victoria rejects the warning and decides that this would be an ideal test for the new hero group.

In the interlude, [[Crystalclear]] is monitoring a portal station as the newest member of Foresight. A trio of militaristic ambassadors from [[Earth Cheit]] arrive with Weld and [[Narwhal]], seeking council with the major politicians and industry leaders of the [[The City|Megalopolis]]. Cheit citizens were among the victims of the broken trigger, and the theocrats are using the tragedy as leverage over [[Earth Gimel|Gimel]]’s politics. [[The Wardens]] are suspicious about the shifting balance of power and would like Foresight to act as their watchdog.
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