Chapter 5 of Life of a Legacy
For some unknown reason, Tumblr has decided to slap a content warning the Chapter 5 post, meaning no one can see it. This baffles me because Chapter 5 is what I would call a courier chapter. Nothing Happens in it. Its to get the reader from chapter 4 to chapter 6. There are some dominos set up, but none fall. The largest warning I can think of is fire, in general, which is one of the first tags I put on it and is smack dab on the shown tags for the AO3 link???
Anyways, in case my appeal doesn't go through, here's the rundown before I post chapter 6.
Doc finds Ren asleep in the office after staying up all night to work and track Xelqua's movements. Upon being awoken, Doc finds Ren is not himself, as his longtime companion tries to attack him, but is fended off. Ren recovers and laments about how his condition leads to the other people in their office not wanting to be around him. Doc notes that Ren has the key to the North Campus, and the two part ways.
Scar and Grian take lunch at the food truck plaza, where Grian recounts that Ren offered to give him, Scar and Mumbo a tour of the North Campus building they were buying. The two then discuss the uptick of hero sightings in the area, with Scar being excited about Xelqua's return, while Grian is much more a fan of Hot Guy because "Xelqua hasn't been here." It ends in a stalemate.
Scar and Cub talk about their suspicions about Xelqua's new identity while Scar's on patrol. The conversation shifts to Grian and Ren's new friendship, which both are wary of. Scar then stumbles across a fire at one of the printing presses, and spots something in the flames. It's a strange, disfigured figure wearing a cloak among the flames, and he finds himself paralyzed.