"Well, I guess today is the fifth, so that explains that." The crystal was pretty timely, after all. Delivering new Heroes every other month like clockwork.

Sparks descended the stairs to introduce himself, and give his new roommate a handshake.

"Welcome to the fun house, I guess. I'm Sparks Nevada. Been here since day one. Lucky me. Room upstairs that's empty'd be yours then. Ain't much, but it's free, so ya can't really gripe about it too much, right?"