43: Ego

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Since I designed Aaron's uniform and decided on his name, Aaron insisted that he would do the same for me. One day, he sped up to my room holding a sand-colored dance bodysuit, a white, medieval-styled mask sprinkled with gold sequins, and a neon yellow wig that flowed like natural hair. At first, I thought he was out of his mind, but I grew to like the uniform. Because of the presence of the colors gold and yellow in my uniform, Aaron decided to call me Illuminate.

I told Aaron that I desperately needed a weapon of some kind, because my mixed martial arts skills are too inexperienced to go up against any kind of villain. I decided on a set of gases placed in metal containers that would knock out any person. I called them my perfumes. Aaron wanted his own weapons as well, just to make it fair. An older relative of his sent him two butterfly knives in the mail. He promised to never actually hurt anyone with them. He would only use them to threaten villains.

I couldn't believe it. I was ready for my first mission.

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