Knock... Knock...
Just as the girl was happily imagining how she would punish evil and promote good, protect the kind and the weak, become the bane of crime, an angel of justice, and a kind neighbor to New York citizens—
An untimely knocking sound interrupted her beautiful fantasy.
After the Super Hero Registration Act was enacted, the definition of a Super Hero was no longer a vigilante, but a potential criminal.
"Lucas, Gwen, what are you doing here?" Erin exclaimed with delight.
Even though there was a door separating them, Erin still recognized the people outside. With her enhanced senses, sounds, smells, and so on, a new perspective opened up for Erin.
"Lucas, you haven't come to see me in ages." Erin complained as she happily opened the door and saw Lucas.
She had been alone in Avengers Tower for over half a month, and after the initial novelty wore off, she grew somewhat tired of the daily training.
"Lucas has been busy with things these past few days, that's why he forgot to come see you." Gwen explained on behalf of Lucas.
Afterward, Gwen inquired about Erin's mood, asking how she had been feeling recently.
As the Captain, Gwen felt that she needed to take good care of the youngest member of the Phantom Band.
Gwen and Erin left Lucas to the side, chatting animatedly.
Slowly, they moved from discussing the impact of the Super Hero Registration Act on the Phantom Band's next performance to talking about food and movies. However, due to the different Universes they grew up in, they had fewer common topics when it came to movies.
So, the two started discussing clothing styles, especially spider suit styles.
In this area, Gwen was quite experienced. With her black and white Ghost-Spider suit, she could easily stand out among a group of Spider-Men whose spider suits were predominantly red and blue.
"Gwen, are you reminding me that if I'm going to make a new Sorcerer Spider-Man suit, I absolutely shouldn't choose red and blue?" Erin nodded, deep in thought.
Gwen affirmed, "Exactly. At Spider-Army HQ, there are too many Spider-Men wearing red and blue spider suits. If you also wear a spider suit of that color scheme, you'll just blend in with everyone else."
Erin asked, "Then Gwen, what color scheme do you think looks good for a spider suit? Pure silver?"
Gwen said, "Pure silver is too monotonous. I suggest a three-tone scheme: a main color, an accent color, and a highlight color. Erin, you could use silver as the main color, covering 60% of the spider suit's area, and then choose an accent color."
Erin nodded. "That's a good idea. But Lucas, what color are a sorcerer's robes usually?"
Lucas said, "Plain white, light yellow, gray. Kamar-Taj sorcerers' robes are generally monochromatic."
"Okay, I've decided. Silver for the main color, gray for the accent, and light yellow for the highlights."
As she spoke, Erin took a piece of paper from a drawer and began to draw and sketch.
Lucas and Gwen leaned in to look, and a black line flashed above their heads in unison.
Lucas sighed and advised, "Erin, you should just tell Jarvis your requirements and let him provide you with some options. Once you've chosen, you can have him fine-tune it."
Erin's cheeks flushed slightly as she defended herself, "My drawings weren't that ugly before. It's mainly because my power has increased so much recently that I can't control the strength well."
Lucas patted Erin's shoulder and said earnestly, "Erin, this has nothing to do with whether the drawing is ugly or not. It's an aesthetic issue."
"Listen to my advice. Even if you design it yourself, after the finished product is out, let Jarvis help optimize it. Otherwise, you might be mistaken for a villain later."
Erin said weakly, folding the paper, "I really just haven't gotten used to my power yet, and I haven't drawn the Sorcerer Spider-Man suit I have in my mind."
Gwen glared at Lucas, then turned to Erin and said, "Erin, I can train with you these next few days to help you get used to your power. Once you've mastered your power, you can redesign a new Sorcerer Spider-Man suit."
'As for the current one, let's just pretend it never existed.'
The next morning, Steve was awakened by a series of roars.
He had something on his mind last night, so he went to bed late and woke up late.
Getting out of bed, Steve couldn't help but wonder.
He hadn't heard Tony say that Avengers Tower had any construction projects recently.
Standing by the window, Steve looked in the direction of the sound.
On the training ground, two figures, predominantly silver, moved rapidly, locked in combat.
Although he couldn't see clearly, based on his intuition, Steve judged that one of the figures was Erin.
And on the training ground, besides these two figures, there was another person standing quietly.
Lucas.
After washing up, Steve took a large piece of bread and a glass of milk and walked towards Lucas on the training ground.
"Lucas, do you know why Erin got up so early to train?" Steve asked.
What he didn't say was that Erin's enthusiasm for training had significantly decreased in recent days.
Steve regretted this, but he also understood.
Erin was, after all, a student, not a warrior. Even before the Super Hero Registration Act was enacted, being a Super Hero was only her part-time job, unlike the Avengers, who made a living out of it.
Thinking of this, Steve couldn't help but get a headache.
The Avengers' strongest combatant, Hulk's primary personality, Bruce Banner, only wanted to do research all day and was never seen training.
Keep in mind, even Tony, hidden in his Iron Man Suit, had a considerable amount of daily training.
"Erin didn't get up early, she didn't sleep at all."
Lucas's voice interrupted Steve's morning musings.
"Didn't sleep, why?"
Lucas explained that he and Gwen had visited Erin last night, and after Gwen offered to train with Erin for a few days, Erin was overjoyed.
She had been feeling constrained for a while and was eager to let loose. On the spot, she wanted to drag Gwen to the training ground for combat training, completely disregarding the time.
Fortunately, Lucas noticed and reminded the two that it was already late evening. If the two of them engaged in combat training, the commotion would certainly disturb others' rest.
So, Erin pulled Gwen along, chatting until morning. She didn't even notice Lucas's resentful gaze.
As soon as it was their usual training time, they immediately rushed to the training ground to begin combat training.
Lucas asked, "What? Did they disturb you?"
Steve shook his head, saying casually, "It's not their fault, I woke up late. I was thinking about some things last night and didn't sleep well."
"Oh."
Steve: "..."
Logically, shouldn't you ask me why I didn't sleep well?
"Aren't you going to ask me why I woke up late?"
Lucas replied, "If you want to say it, you'll say it yourself. Why should I ask?"
Steve fell silent, seemingly organizing his thoughts.
"I..."
Boom!
Erin flew backward, her figure crashing to the ground, interrupting Steve.
"Take a break, Erin." Gwen said from a distance.