Gina DC: Continuity Cop

The Henchgirls for Hire just played a show with three other bands here in Aparo Park -- it was a community benefit effort that yes, the bands *did* get paid for, but the rest of the money is going to cleaning up the neighborhood (can you tell a superhero is the HG4H's PR agent?). The show was excellent and drew a pretty amazing crowd, for a nighttime event in one of the more dangerous areas of a dangerous city.

The music finished about an hour ago, and the drunk or tripping kids and stoners are finally trailing out of the area in straggling groups of three and four, headed for god-knows-where, still wearing their concert wristbands and hand stamps.

The only other people left (aside from a couple of cranky-looking rent-a-cops) are a few roadies, the lead singer of Something Else, the drummer from You Look Awful, said drummer's emo girlfriend, some really hardcore fans and groupies, and 'Barbi' Allen, who keeps checking 'her' watch. The musicians are more or less loitering, sitting on the edge of the stage and chatting with the fans.

"Dude," says the drummer to Bart, leaning over, "what the hell are you *waiting* for?"

"My girlfriend to show up," answers Bart cheerfully enough, pushing the Far Side glasses up on his nose and straightening his skirt.

"You have a *girlfriend*?" blinks the drummer.

"Uh, yeah," says the speedster-in-disguise, raising his eyebrows. "Why?"

The drummer's emo girlfriend speaks up, "*I* think it's *cute* that you're so in touch with your feminine side, Allen." Of course, she says this as the drummer's giving Bart a once-over that just screams 'you have to ask why I have to ask?'.

"Okay," says Bart, hopping off the stage, then checking his watch again.