Chapter 17, Page 24a: Impossible to Choose

Posted on August 5, 2026 by Brad Guigar

Captain Heroic has a showdown with Countess Influencia, but the former waitress isn't interested in going back to the diner — and she certainly isn't hearing his excuses! She has the city at her feet, and in her book, that's a win!

Fairmount City's top hero sees it differently. There's a big difference between trending and mattering. The Countess may be impossible to ignore... but that also makes her impossible to choose.

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Transcript

Captain Heroic faces Countess Influencia (formerly Hailey the waitress)

Panel 1:

Captain Heroic: You don’t have to do this! Come back to Ralph’s and —

Hailey: Oh! NOW you want to talk to me in the diner!

Panel 2:

Captain Heroic: Hailey, I stopped making content with you because I didn’t want to be part of using you for “likes.”

Panel 3:

Hailey: Problem solved. Now I’m using THEM for likes.

Panel 4:

Hailey: Everyone is watching me — praising me! I’m impossible to ignore!

Panel 5:

Captain: And that means you’re impossible to choose.

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