Glare

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Glare
Arc 3
Date started 6 January 2018	Date finished 25 January 2018
Arc Guide
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Glare is the third arc in Ward. It is preceded by Flare and followed by Shade.

Summary

Victoria travels to New Brockton to have a conversation with Tattletale. Tattletale is not directly involved with the Hollow Point villains, though she does owe them intel. She suspects that their niche will soon be consumed by bigger players, and states that Victoria has no place in that balance. The whole conversation was recorded by Kenzie, and the therapy group decide to progress regardless. Apart from Rain (who was running late), they train together through a match of capture-the-flag, with Tristan, Sveta, and Victoria against Ashley, Chris, and Kenzie. After a close game with clever usage of powers, Sveta manages to pull off a victory, and Ashley storms off, furious over the loss. Rain arrives and they all agree that his safety should be the top priority. Tristan proposes sending Ashley into Hollow Point as a double agent, with Chris as backup. Even if their plan doesn’t evolve to completion, they’d at least acquire valuable information which they can sell to other hero teams.

Victoria is suspicious of Rain’s living arrangements, and begins to follow him back home before calling it off in respect for his privacy. Back at Crystal’s apartment, Victoria’s dad shows up and tries to apologize for going along with Carol’s scheme at the barbecue. Victoria eventually agrees to meet with her mom at the Wardens HQ, strictly for the purpose of finding a legal counsel for the new team. Victoria, Tristan, Kenzie, and Sveta arrive at the HQ and learn that a counsel may be available in a few months, though otherwise the meeting is hostile and unproductive. The group then runs into Moonsong, who claims that Tristan is a power-hungry sociopath. Byron and several members of Foresight intervene to avert further conflict. Foresight is tentatively receptive to the Hollow Point espionage plan, and agrees to provide costumes for the new team.

In the interlude, Dot, an unsavory creature, rummages through an abandoned supermarket overrun by murderous machines. Dot learns from a dying heroine that ‘her king’, who can heal her people, is imprisoned on Earth Gimel. She hitches a ride on a train and narrowly evades capture from Ratcatcher, finally making it to the secure facility where her king is guarded by ‘Alice’ and ‘The Red Queen’. King Rinke has no desire to fight the humans, so Dot decides to invent her own destiny, and discovers a new ally in The Red Queen.

Chapters

• Glare 3.1
• Glare 3.2
• Glare 3.3
• Glare 3.4
• Glare 3.5
• Glare 3.6
• 3.x (Interlude; Dot)