"Well, I'd think that would be self evident, seeing as you've got the power to enact your heart's desire. You can do what you want with your powers, but with one major condition: do not expose the lightlives to the world. We'd rather you didn't murder people too, but that's priority one."
As the red camera critter lead Alan along, similar happenings began to occur. Flashes of red passed by people before they could spot them. The sound of buzzing flitted down the streets. Other cameras scoured the rooftops for something or other.
Had John been peeking through the trees, he might have noticed the red device and the man in pursuit of it.
And a Strange Figure Emerges."It's perfectly understandable if you feel overwhelmed," said Natalie, "There's not one official meeting place per say (at least, not outside of desperate times) but there are several 'silent spots' around town, like this one, where you can commune with fellow lightlives without fear of blowing your cover. If you want, I could give you a map for later." She reached into her pocket.
A layer of ice spread out from the picture and covered the whole beam.
"Cold too. Congratulations, you have the all the strength, speed, and amazing powers of a bath tap." Bill removed his forearm and threw it like a tomahawk, shattering the ice before bouncing back. "Something a little different, maybe?"
And a Strange Figure Emerges.The light bulb caused the beam to glow warmly, and pleasantly.
"Ooo, pretty light show." Bill conjured up a hanging string, and clicked the light off. "Next."
Natalie passed over a folded chicago map, with certain spots marked. "Don't worry, they're not. Just make sure you know what are the best private places. The last thing we need is getting noticed."
A red blur zipped in front of the window, and scanned the two lightlives. Suddenly, its lens bulged. Excited warning sounds went off inside it, and it rushed away in even more of a hurry.
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And a Strange Figure Emerges.While John couldn't see Alan at first, his sharper ears did pick up something.
He looked at the sounds direction to see a man and what seemed to be a toy helicopter.
John was about to say what he saw but that would confirm he isn't a normal puppy, so he used his telepathy on Penny instead. "Penny! I saw s_meone with toy heli_opter nearby!"
Some people say I'm lazy. It's hard to disagree."How threatening. A florist." Bill flicked his arm into a long blade and trimmed away all the vines and flowers. "Shall we move on?"
"What was what?" Natalie followed him to the window, and they just about saw the red thing, zipping away. "...Oh, dear. That doesn't bode well."
"What?! Where?!" grinning excitably, she rushed to a gap in the woods and peered through. As she spotted what he had spotted, her smile faded. "Umm...I don't think that's a toy..."
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And a Strange Figure Emerges."Oh, so now you're a snack vending machine, bully for you." Bill went over to the beam and chomped into it. He held the pose for several seconds. He released the beam from his teeth, and slowly turned to the Wizard, giving him the mother-in-law of all death glares. "...I think we've covered enough of your skills today."
Penny kept the telepathy to just John "It looks like a construct, made out of pure magic and stray atoms by a lightlife, and it looks like it belongs to a Revenge guy." "We should check it out before it does something damaging."
"Nope, but whatever it is, it can't be good." Natalie turned to Lars. "It might just be a new lightlife messing around with their powers, but even that's not great. D'you want to help get this under control?"
And a Strange Figure Emerges."Hey wait don't-" Bill got splattered. "Oh, great, now look what you...yoouu...yoooouuuu dare question my authority? I don't need your mischief, you akireta baka! Your feeble attempts to put me off my teaching and stop me resuming more important things shall be in vain! You realise who you stand in the presence of? I am the slayer of ten thousand orcs! I am the undisputed state champion of online poker! I invented the cheeseburger chocolate sundae shake! I invented it! What have you done, 'Wizard?' Nothing! You've done nothing!"
"Right now," said Natalie, "We need to find out what's happening. Follow that red thing and deal with whatever's bringing it home. I'll see what I can do to evacuate the area."
"That red bug thingy is glowy red!" said Penny worriedly, "That means it was made by a lightlife out for revenge. We've got to stop it! C'mon, let's follow the hat guy." Penny waded through the trees.
The red device Alan was following abruptly stopped. Its eye slowly flashed and it started to beep. Slower but still fast, the device headed toward the path exit and out into the road. If Alan followed it, he might see a small number of others like it coming from all over to the same vague destination.
And a Strange Figure Emerges.

The lumberjack leaned back in his chair. "So then, what do I get from helping out your little club?"