> > Possibly, but Liu Xi has two things that will give her an edge: She believes he's a friend, and she's also female, so she already has his attention. Even more so if he likes Asians.
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> Danny's fairly experienced with girls and he's shrugged off the wiles of VelcroVixen (at least since he's been with Kerry). But he's sometimes a decent kid in spite of himself and might respond to genuine and honest friendship.
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Fortunately wiles isn't really Liu Xi's thing (she doesn't try, because she believes others are so much better at it). Her way *is* to try to be friendly and honest.
> > That, and she can do the equivelent with Danny of pointing Donar in a direction and saying "the bad guy is over there".
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> I'm fairly sure Danny's worked out where the bad guy is. He might not be as clear as to which side Liu Xi is on.
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That might work out well. Liu Xi is only unsure if Danny has the motivation to help her, or if he doesn't care. I guess he might be sympathetic after Liu Xi hints that she wants to go home.
> > On a micro level, Chiaki would know something is wrong with one particular person when his or her behavior suddenly is way outside of what she expects. That's the same way she could tell the difference between the real and fake Hatman. While most people would ignore the side comments Doorman makes, Chiaki would fixate on them. She might not react right away, but she'll be making plans, and she'll be on alert.
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> I could forsee an excellent and dramatic free-for-all with Chiaki fighting her way out of police HQ while fake-Graham and every cop in the city tries to frag her.
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As dramatic as that is, Chiaki might consider such a fight unnecessary. She would most likely notice something subtly wrong with the way Graham is behaving, and find some excuse to leave the room, perhaps for some water or coffee, without giving a hint that she's suspicious. Then she would slip away, like she did in the Safe.
> Previously the Space Fandoms have worked like Marvel's Space Phantom; they shift their victim to another dimension and use their genetic template to substitute for them. When the Fandom dies their victim usually returns (but not in the current situation). Usually Fandom and victim never coexist in the same reality.
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> Of course, that's not to say that couldn't be overcome for the sake of a good story.
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That depends just how she ended up in Antartica. If she was brought there suddenly, the space fandom who is replacing her in Paradopolis may have thought she was switched but she wasn't. It's like intercepting a transport.
> > > The Hood is moving very circumspectly, both because the Carnifex's gambit right now is to lure out, map, then neutralise each guardian of the Parodyverse as they get involved, and for another reason yet to be revealed.
> > Good thing Lara Night is off-planet then. She may not be a guardian of the Parodyverse, but she's known as one at home. If her timing is right, she might be at home returning Sharon when the Carnifex looks for her, so he ends up missing her entirely.
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> The Carnifex is already aware of Lara and her capacities from the Moderator Saga.
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So the trick then for Lara is to stay out of his reach.
> > This is probably why Faite has an annoying habit of vanishing entirely whenever these things happen, and also why she never fights with anyone directly unless the situation is a choice between that or losing everything. She knows that staying off-radar is key to being the thorn in any super-villain's side. Ironically, she respects the Hooded Hood, so she doesn't hide from him - she knows that as evil as he can be, he respects the balance of the universe.
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> The Hood's a good ally to have - 90% of the time. It's the 10% that's the killer.
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Faite isn't someone you want to make angry either. Fortunately she's difficult to anger.
After meeting him once, Lara has a good description for him: Someone to listen to, but never to trust.
