The Aerie
Jessica Starsmore, better known by some as the American Ace, stared at the invitation in her hands in disbelief. "Who the heck IS this, anyway...?" she muttered as she read over it a second time to see if there was anything she missed the first time. After determining that yes, some guy she had never met before was inviting her to his birthday party. This fact had inspired suspicion that someone was plotting to kidnap her immediately (the Carnival of Shadows HAD done it before to her, after all, and it wasn't like a member of the Talons of Freedom being abducted by some villain or other was a particularly outlandish concept) and thusly she decided to see if she could get a background check on this "Alexandre Ivanovich."
As she walked from the couch she was lounging in to find a decent computer she could use, she ran into Jonny Sureshot, another (infinitely less famous) Talon, who was reading through his very own copy of the party invitation Jessica had gotten, with the sole difference being that this one was, in fact, addressed to him.
"... Jonny, how'd you get that?" she asked, to which Sureshot grinned arrogantly. "That one seems pretty obvious, Jess. This guy has proven his insight into the rich and famous of Paragon City by sending an invitation to the one, the only, the ultrafamous Jonny Sureshot! It's excellent to be finally invited to a party... um, of this stature. Not that I haven't been to parties and all before, y'know?"
Jessica shook her head in disbelief as she put the invitation in one of her pants pockets. Since there was no way any villain group ever would want anything to do with the likes of Jonny Sureshot, this was a legitimate party, and as such she would have to find her nicest suit so she could, at the very least, check out who else went. "A few sports drinks commercials doesn't make you ultra-famous, Sureshot. See you at the party."
