Marigold runs into the BB Brigade.

Marigold shut down her glasses as quickly as she could. Seeing herself like that in public wasn't just making her nervous; it made the heat in her tummy burn even higher. If she looked any longer, she'd melt into a messy wet puddle.

Another steadying drink of the fountain later, Marigold was ready to stand straight again. She looked around at the people walking by her. The crowd still made her nervous, but compared to the burning she'd felt earlier, her nervousness wasn't the worst thing on her mind.

Fortunately, Marigold didn't have to worry about getting away from the crowds: the return of the BB Brigade, sans Kiona, naturally drew the crowd towards them.

"Happy Hello-ween!" Lynn said, muggng for yet another shot. "You want my autograph, right? Of course you do!"

"Beep beep!" Terri piped in, mimicking the old Road Runner cartoons, dashing around Joy in a circle. "Hehe! Beep beep! Gotcha!"

"You're going to regret using all your energy so early," Joy grumbled as Terri-Tracer peppered her with imaginary bullets from her SMGs.

"Oh, you're no fun," Terri said. Suddenly, she perked up, spotting Marigold across the floor. "Hey! Look over there! Mercy me!"

Marigold waved back shyly. Terri was always nice to her, and she was the most fun one to be around. She just never stopped trying to make people happy. She would have been best friends with Terri... if it weren't for Kiona.

"Hi!" Marigold squeaked, barely audible over the crowd.

Terri Blinked over to join her. "Didn't you want to see a panel or something?"

"I... um..." Marigold glanced downward. "Kiona left, so..."

"Say no more!" Terri said. "Crowds can be right scary, eh?"

"Accent!" Lynn snapped.

"Oh, bugger off!" Terri shot back with a giggle. "You can tag along with us for a bit; we finally got the MEKA backstage. You wouldn't believe what we had to do. It took, like, three Zangiefs to get it up there. Say... are those new glasses?"

Terri stared at Marigold's new glasses curiously. Marigold stiffened. She couldn't know what they were... could she?

"They're totally wicked!" Terri whipped off her Tracer goggles. "Want to trade? We should totally trade. Your glasses light up and everything, they'd go great with my chronal accelerator!"

"Um," Marigold said.

"Oh, come on! Just one photo!" Terri reached for Marigold's glasses.