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Claudia's slumped on a couch by the fire, staring at the ceiling.
It's been a long few days at home, since she was last in. First there was the superhero mess in Detroit, and then Pete and Myka ended up chasing something down in LA, and Claudia decided the best use of Joshua's visit would be tracking down Artie's father... so yeah.
She's got a package with her; turns out Artie never picked up the one she left during the bar's Christmas, so she can at least deliver it in a timely fashion at home. But for now, she's just aiming to decompress for a while.

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A green face moves into view above her.

"Hey."

Claudia blinks a couple times, then smiles. "Hey yourself. What's up?"

"Well, I broke my brain with awesomeness the other cycle..."

"You weren't chasing a wannabe superhero too, were you?"
It bears asking, especially around here.

"No... what happened?"

"Some dude in Detroit got his hands on Charles Atlas' trunks. All fun and games until the density-altering thing got out of his control." But on the other hand, she finally made peace with Leena's involvement in the MacPherson debacle, so Claudia's calling it a net plus.

"Who's Charles Atlas?"

Claudia's not very good at the history-lecture deal, but she can give it a shot.
"He came up with some kind of big-shot fitness program. If you ever run across anything that goes '98-pound weakling turns into big buff strong man,' it's either one of his ads or something riffing off his ads. I think a lot of 'em had to do with the beach in some capacity, so... trunks." At least, she's telling herself that's why trunks. She really doesn't want to think about some dead guy's underwear.
"Anyway, the dude who had 'em was running around playing superhero. Makes sense, in a way, but... almost took out a good chunk of town."

"Huh." Enzo knows some better ways to buff up. They mostly involve a lot of hard work, and Coach Hardlink shouting at you.

"Ouch. First time I borrowed superpowers, I mostly just fell through my chair and my legs dissolved a lot."

"That sounds... problematic. To say the least." Not that the density-altering trunks worked out much better for Sheldon.

"I got the hang of it, but it was pretty embarrassing."

"I bet. So what broke your brain if it wasn't superheroes?"

"I met a new sprite around here, and she's from a system created by Kevin Flynn, and guess who lives there?"

"Who?"
She's going with 'Tron, Tron, or Tron,' since she does in fact know her movies. But it's better to be sure.

"Tron!"

Give the lady a humorously oversized candy cigar!

Claudia grins. "Sweet."

"I know, right? She doesn't know him, but she still said she'll see if she can get me his signature file."

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