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During the Summer Solstice, Tokyo citizens turn off their lights and electricity as they enjoy slow activities from eight to ten pm. Some choose to stay home and read, play board games with one another, or catch up with friends without the distraction of technology. It’s one of the few times you don’t have to put your phone in the center of the table and risk paying for the entire meal if your impulsivity has the better of you. However, you might find yourself in that precarious position if you indulge in the nightlife. Companies have supported this event over the last few decades; restaurants illuminate themselves by candlelight.

Under the surface of peace and prosperity bubbles malevolent intention. To rebel against society as a whole is to rebel against its traditions and modern acts of appeasement. These corporations are manufacturing holidays for their bottom line. Even if it’s a product people want, it’s at the cost of their humanity.

A rebellious, extremist group looks to make its debut. They move in groups of three or four, carrying generators with the explicit intent of lighting up the city — first with light, then with fire.

Gabriel was one of the few privy to these machinations.

Working undercover for the hero association, he’s been liberally using Deja View, his quirk, to look into the pasts of even the most unsuspecting criminals. They were carrier pigeons sending messages to larger, more dangerous birds of prey. And with his own red and yellow cockatiel mask, he sought to drag them out of the sky. But working alone when these many decentralized operatives worked in conjunction with one another proved impossible. Peacemaker, his go-to accomplice, was busy with something called The Undertow. Gabriel found himself tethered to the Earth, searching for a way to mitigate as much damage as possible.

If I were an extremist terrorist group, what would I blow up first…?

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