"Eh, that's probably for the good-looking ones," Grendel said.

"Nah, nah," said Nonstop.  "You're big and distinctive!  You'll sell a million of 'em.  Just make sure you get a lawyer working on the contracts."

Grendel laughed.

"We'll see, we'll see."

"Hey, at least you can get some t-shirts," said Nonstop.  "And you should.  If you launch the official ones, you can get some of the money everyone else will make off your merch."

"Wait. People are making merch of me without permission?" Grendel asked.

"I'm not actually sure if they are yet," said Nonstop.  "But they will, y'know.  Sooner or later."

He went to check his phone to see if they already were...

There was someone selling stuffed Grendels on Etsy.

"Okay, not too bad yet," said Nonstop.  "But you should seriously look into an agent or something.  I know... another hero who did a lot with that."

"Oh? Who?" Grendel asked.

"...someone I usually don't talk about," said Nonstop.  "Uh, I'm thinking of John Stanley.  The Jungle King."

"Ah, okay," Grendel said. "I dunno, I don't want to go too crazy."

"You don't have to," said Nonstop.  "Just, y'know, think about it.  You look like you look.  You might be able to turn that into an asset."

"Sure," Grendel said, paying for the drinks. "Probably should rap it up, I have a math test coming up."

"All right," said Nonstop.  "See you later, man."

And he headed home, but he took the scenic route.  Just because.

In an parking lot, a fire had suddenly broken out in a way that no fire could, engulfing cars in a sudden fireball!

"Someone had better get the fire department down here," Mingmei said into her phone as she ported to get a good look at what was happening.

What was happening was a laughing young man who appeared to be wielding a chain made of fire, striking it against the ground and cars to start fires all around him.

"You guys might want to signal that reporter. I got some nutcase I need to take down," Mingmei said as she teleported down to behind the guy.

Init

(OOC: Initiative - Red Fox rolled 16 using 1d20+10)

Go

Mingmei went in for a staff smash.

(OOC: Attack Roll - Red Fox rolled 16 using 1d20+15. Reroll - Red Fox rolled 30 using 1d20+15)

The figure rolled with the blow, and then laughed, tossing a gout of flame at Red!

25 Attack, Toughness Save 23

Mingmei managed to dodge the flame by the barest of margins, than planted her feet and swung as hard as she could.

(OOC: All-out Power Attack - Red Fox rolled 35 using 1d20+15. That is a crit as well.)

The flaming figure fell over backwards into a car, and lay still.