Thread: It's a small, small (superheroine) world (For BRR & MMRS)

Leo was the loner sort. At eighteen, he still lived with his father, though he was gone so often he might as well be lining alone. From a young age, he had always been more confortable in a corner with a book that in the center surrounded by others. It's not that he disliked people. Far from it, in fact. But he was shy, and growing up with a pair of yet-undivirved parents who were always angry and would explode at even the smallest slight, he had learned it was best to be quiet and out of the way. Leo wasn't an ugly teen. He had been told he had a cute face, though he guess that meant young. He was a solid six feet tall, thought he often kept his head down, making himself seem smaller. He was thin, probably too thin, as he wasn't the best at always remembering to eat. He wore a pair of thick glasses, a medical necessity that had been a source of bullying and mockery for as long as he can remember. His eyes behind them were a vibrant green, almost unnaturally so. As for clothes, he went simple with T-shirts and jeans most of the time. His hair was light brown, always a bit messy no matter how hard he tried to straighten it. When he received a package from a distant relative earlier this week, he had of course been skeptical. After all, he couldn't even remember ever meeting the man. So why he would send him anything was a mystery in its own right. But even more confusing were the contents itself. A cabinet, mint condition action figures, and other random goods? It was all just strange and thus he ignored it. That had been Tuesday. Friday was graduation, an event to which no relatives came and he had no friends to share a tearful goodbye with. He was out of high school and onto the next phase of his lonely life. It was at this low point, this place of wishing for some sort of connection, that he decided to figure out this bizarre puzzle. It was almost certainly nothing, just the scrawlings of a crazy man who believed magic was real, but it was still a connection with someone that cared enough to get him a very nice albeit strange gift. So as darkness settled over the house, Leo got to work. He was pretty sure he understood the basic meaning of the note. By collect, he meant to keep them in the box in their mint condition state. As such, he assumed play meant taking them out as they were mutually exclusive. He knew these would have to be worth a ton of money. After all, the rare toy market was incredibly lucrative. Leo could either sell them, or open them in a desperate attempt to connect with this unknown relative. A few minutes later, all five figures were out of their packaging, arranged neatly on the shelf of the cabinet, committing himself to this fool's errand. Next came the note with candles. Sadly, he didn't speak Chinese, meaning he had to try to translate them. However, it turns out there were way, way too many characters in the language, forcing Leo to search through them one at a time. It took over an hour, but he finally found what he was looking for. With the help of Google translate, he found the meaning compass. He guessed this meant the candles had to be arranged like a compass. He began to search the sent items along with the internet for anything that would indicate which color went with which Cardinal direction.