dn: Leon (he/him) | video | crossposted to all his socials @neonleon

[faceguy]

[This is new - Leo's never actually been on video before! At least, not on OurPowers, and certainly not this green; usually when he shows up in his tiktoks and instagram posts he's wearing his human disguise.

But not today! After almost a year in this place without any unwanted vivisections or science experiments, he thinks he can start showing his face for real.

He's not focused on himself at the moment, though; instead he grins at the camera before turning it on his Christmas present: his awesome new motorcycle. Trimmed in electric blue, with neon lights that streak all the way from front to back and around the rims, it's a pretty sweet ride.]

Prepare to be jealous - look what my bro made me for Christmas! [Leo laughs as he moves the camera around the bike.] Guess it's a good thing I didn't actually sell him on Ebay when we were six, right?

[He's kidding; love you Donnie~]

Sweet, huh? [He turns the camera back on his own face, giving it a wink.] Oh yeah, face reveal! I know, I know - I deprived you guys of this handsome mug too long.

[He spends a second just tilting his head back and forth so everyone can see his face from all angles.]

So yeah, happy whatever you're celebrating. Oh, and I'm Alliance again, soooo... if you need help, I take payment in the form of pizza.

[A wave and then he turns the camera off.]

Comments

[faceguy]

Hey!

[Leo’s voice is a bit muffled by his helmet, which matches the bike save for the big red stripes painted to mimic his real ones.

To alleviate this problem, he tosses Accelerator an ear piece.]

Here, catch!

[levelshift]

[Accelerator catches the ear piece, looking down at it quizzically before putting it in.]

Shouldn't you be focused on driving and not talking?

[faceguy]

[Leo can’t help but laugh.]

Do you even know me?

[He pats the seat.]

Come on!

[levelshift]

........... [Yeah, okay he knows it's a lost cause.

He just clicks his tongue and carefully climbs onto the back of the bike, grabbing hold of Leo.]

[faceguy]

[Leo chuckles in satisfaction.]

Alright, let’s go!

[And he’ll pull out! He’s heading for the highway.]

Doesn’t she sound great!? Dee did a real good job.

[levelshift]

He definitely didn't half-ass it.

[Of course, he wouldn't expect Donnie to half-ass a gift.]

How does it handle?

[faceguy]

[Nope, he definitely whole-asses everything.]

Ah, great! I’ll show you once we get on the open road.

[levelshift]

.....

[That spurs a thought in Accelerator's brain.]

Where are we going?

[faceguy]

We’re gonna hit the interstate. Help me watch for cops, mmkay?

[He starts to turn back and grin at him, but then he remembers Accelerator wouldn’t be able to see it, so he just focuses back on the road and turns onto the on ramp.]

[levelshift]

Will do.

[He's Society, so encouraging any behaviour that's remotely criminal is fine.

Plus, it's kind of nice to go speeding along, and he hasn't really gotten to see the area directly surrounding Central City before.]

[faceguy]

Hell yeah.

[Now on the interstate, Leo truly guns it, kicking up to 80, 90, 100mph pretty fast. He weaves around any cars, quiet until he gets back to a more clear section of the road.]

See, handles like a dream! This isn’t the first bike he’s made, but he has a few more years’ experience now.

[It’d be embarrassing to brag on Donnie this hard in front of him, but he isn’t here and Leo loves his brothers.]

[levelshift]

[Accelerator would be a little concerned about the speed if he didn't, y'know, have an OP ability at the flick of the switch to protect himself.

Also this is way different than getting around Academy City, which is mostly trains and buses (and walking) in a small, cramped area. There are some major roadways between districts but not many, and he didn't take them often.]

So it's an improvement over what he made back home?

[faceguy]

Yeah, I think so! Not that the shellhogs were bad, this baby just handles better.

[To make this point he weaves across the open highway.]

And she's blue! And neon! So that's way better.

[It's all his, is what he's saying.]

[levelshift]

It'd have been ridiculous if he didn't make it to your aesthetic.

[Yeahhhh, it's a cool bike. Donnie is nothing if not excellent at details.

He turns his head a little, watching the scenery go by.]

Guess this'll make it a lot easier for you to get around.

[Not that he needs it, what with the teleporting and all.]

[faceguy]

Well, back home I had to share. Here it's all mine.

[He'd still share it even if he were back home. He'd make a big show, grumbling about it, threatening them against any dings or scrapes, threatening to make them pay for gas, and then he'd hand over the keys anyway.

But that's neither here nor there.]

It'll definitely help me get around in style. If I'm going to be a cool superhero again, I gotta have a sweet ride.

[levelshift]

Hmm.

[Yeah, makes sense. At least four motorcycles wouldn't really be easy to get ahold of, even if they were all junkers for Donnie to fix up.

He gives a soft snort at Leo's next comment.]

Image is really fucking important here for superheroes, huh?

[faceguy]

Guess so. I don't really mind it, though. Now everyone gets to see my gorgeous face.

[Leo doesn't really care about being a celebrity or anything like that. Though he wouldn't turn down any compliments that might come his way (so far they haven't really, but he doesn't let that get him down).]

Image is important for villains too, though, right? Like, you gotta have that presentation.

[Yes, he's still talking about it like it's wrestling kayfabe.]

[levelshift]

[Yeah, this is all probably just a fun bonus for Leo. Get to help people and have people think he's ultra cool while doing it? Sign him up.

The villain angle has him clicking his tongue.]

It's useful in terms of intimidation. Theoretically, it's possible to scare someone so bad they don't want to fucking fight at all and just give up. Then you can skip the heavy workload entirely.

[He's making himself sound incredibly lazy, but that had really been the only way he could come up with to avoid people getting hurt when they tried to fight him. And it hadn't been all that successful.]

[faceguy]

[Accelerator isn't a bad guy, no matter what he thinks of himself. He's done bad things, of course, Leo can't argue with that, but the fact that he's even thought of trying to scare people off so they don't fight him proves it in Leo's mind.

Even if he wants to act like he's just lazy.]

Hey, that could work for heroes, too! ...It never has for me, but it could!

[Why don't people think he's intimidating? A mystery...]

[levelshift]

[He scoffs lightly.]

Aren't heroes supposed to be the opposite of that? You don't want to start scaring the little kids that look up to you, do you?

[He's only half-joking. Scaring small children isn't something even he likes doing, even though it happens a lot.]

[faceguy]

Well, no... but you can be scary for villains and nice for kids!

[This is flawless logic.]

[levelshift]

.......

The villains are just gonna see how you act around kids. They won't be intimidated at all.

[faceguy]

Man, why do you have to kill my vibe every time I have a good idea?

[So rude, honestly.]

[levelshift]

[This is friendship, right.]

Should I keep my mouth shut next time so you can make a fool of yourself?

[faceguy]

[It is, actually.]

As if I ever would.

[They’ve gotten pretty far away from the city now. Probably about time to turn around, but there’s no exit anywhere close.

Hm.]

Hey, wanna do something cool?