So far, it's pilfering lamps and neon signs from around the city to make one big coordinated blinker to flash Morse code at the sky in the hopes they signal back. I'm not spearheading it, but I can drop a line to the person who is for you, ask if he can get in touch.
And I don't know if I'd call it suspicious, per se. I'm favouring 'forboding'. It's more portentous.
[ He's also assuming they're going to be facing the other city sooner or later. No one ever says forboding about a good sign. ]
It's kind of both, taken historically. Capes didn't start out with government sanction, so a lot of them concealed their identities to stay out of trouble with the law. Once the heroes got brought into law enforcement through the Protectorate, the practice stuck, mostly defended by the argument about separating public and private lives.
Villains still conceal their identities to avoid getting arrested, unless they don't bother having a civilian life. Even if they don't, there's a bit of a prestige thing in keeping your real name to yourself if you can.
Either way, it's one of the unwritten rules that even if you think you know someone's identity, you keep it quiet and you don't act on it.
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And I don't know if I'd call it suspicious, per se. I'm favouring 'forboding'. It's more portentous.
[ He's also assuming they're going to be facing the other city sooner or later. No one ever says forboding about a good sign. ]
It's kind of both, taken historically. Capes didn't start out with government sanction, so a lot of them concealed their identities to stay out of trouble with the law. Once the heroes got brought into law enforcement through the Protectorate, the practice stuck, mostly defended by the argument about separating public and private lives.
Villains still conceal their identities to avoid getting arrested, unless they don't bother having a civilian life. Even if they don't, there's a bit of a prestige thing in keeping your real name to yourself if you can.
Either way, it's one of the unwritten rules that even if you think you know someone's identity, you keep it quiet and you don't act on it.