Elite: Year One - Issue #1

[Rybaer]

“Of course not, I am just surprised is all,” she replies back a little snippy, “and that sounds great honey. I am really happy for you, I just-” she pauses, “give me a second honey.”

Five minutes pass.

After a minute or so, Gordon starts to get really annoyed and almost hangs up, thinking she forgot about him. He clicks the television on and turns the volume down...and waits (sort of) patiently.

“Sorry I just got handed something, busy, busy; anyways I am sorry about that honey. Looks like they want me to work on some new project as well. So Barcelona, that is great, I am so happy for you honey!”

She pauses once more, “There back in my office, it has been crazy today. So what is it that you will be doing honey?”

"Well, I'm still not entirely sure. Something to do with studying the new superhuman powers phenomenon. David and I are to meet with some guy to learn more of the details tomorrow.

"Sounds like you're too busy to talk right now, though. Should I try back another time?"

 

[Tokiwong]

Oh bloody Hell, I don't think so. Jan remembered the metal floor and he wasn't falling for this one. Someone was mucking about here.

The young woman smiles, Relax Jan... I think you are just confused.

"Do you really think I'm going in for this?" Jan asked no one in particular. "I mean really you tipped your hand with the metal floor. Is this your first time at it?"

Telepathy check is 28 with a resisted roll by Jan of 15 total. I will wait to see if Jan wishes to use a Hero Point.

Gordon

“Oh honey, don’t be so dramatic, I swear,” she replies into the phone, “I have all the time in the world for you Gordy; you know I was thinking about you,” she says teasingly.

“I was thinking it is so cold and lonely in my condo right now, I wish my husband was there, so he could clean it up,” she jokes. She sighs for a moment, “Oh my gosh, will wonders never cease, now this is uncanny; I have a meeting with some United Nations bigwigs tomorrow… I wonder what they want with me.”

Christopher

The lunch date with Kelly comes sooner then Christopher would like. She is already sitting at a table on the patio; wearing shades an reading an issue of Cosmopolitan, fully engrossed by it as Christopher approaches.

Jason

“Twenty million?” he looks at Jason’s face as the words set in, “Are you talking Twenty million dollars, holy crap! Screw college, I am dropping out right now and going to wait for my special genes to kick in too bro! Man, you are the richest guy I know, what are you going to do with that? Where are they sending you?”

Samantha

Todd nods his eyes growing large; he rushes over to the vehicle to clean it out while Jennifer calls the authorities. On of the neighbors approaches Samantha, an older man. He says, “Are you alright? I saw that thing jump on the car, you are so brave to get in its way, I hear those things can kill regular folks like us with a thought,” he shakes his balding head with a sigh.

 

[Calinon]

"I'm making sure you go to College with it, of course" he says with a smirk. "It's the only upside to this, and considering I'm facing a year of service god knows where, it's not really a very big plus. This means you have to move, probably change schools, and you'll have a guardian," he says with a pause. "Who will make sure you don't get lazy while I'm gone," he adds, giving Alan a shove with his foot.

"And don't even joke about getting powers like I have. I know you think it's cool, but look at what it just got us. I had to quit my job, I won't be getting my degree any time soon and I probably won't be around at all for a year. And you can bet for twenty million," he sighs, "they don't want me to unload stuff from planes or ships. At least you won't have to move back to mom and dad's though. I'll be making sure you don't have to worry about getting some perks out of it though, bro," he adds with a smirk.

 

[Mimic]

Sam pinches the bridge of her nose in an attempt to stop the headache that was rapidly approching. She fights back the urge to morph into this loud mouth's image just to freak him out.

"Yea, I'm alright. It seems to me that it was an accident, she seemed just as upset as we were." she adds the words "you pompous bastard." under her breath.

 

[Rybaer]

“Oh honey, don’t be so dramatic, I swear,” she replies into the phone, “I have all the time in the world for you Gordy; you know I was thinking about you,” she says teasingly.

“I was thinking it is so cold and lonely in my condo right now, I wish my husband was there, so he could clean it up,” she jokes. She sighs for a moment, “Oh my gosh, will wonders never cease, now this is uncanny; I have a meeting with some United Nations bigwigs tomorrow… I wonder what they want with me.”

Gordon's emotions run the gamut from annoyed to amused to lovesick in the span of a couple seconds. How can she always do that to me? Guess it's why we're married...and living a couple thousand miles apart.

"You too with the UN?" he says. "Quite the coincidence."

A cool chill runs down his spine for a moment.

"Uh, you don't suppose your meeting and mine are connected? Wouldn't that be something if we ended up working on the same project...living in the same place again? It'd be either a blessing or a disaster. Hopefully the former, of course.

"Anyway, I'm getting too far ahead of myself. I can't imagine how a single UN sponsored project could possibly call upon both theoretical physicists and geneticists. It'd be like trying to host a cat show at the local dog pound."

 

[Synchronicity]

Christopher Jones

Christopher

The lunch date with Kelly comes sooner then Christopher would like. She is already sitting at a table on the patio; wearing shades an reading an issue of Cosmopolitan, fully engrossed by it as Christopher approaches.

'There she is. OK, Chris, deep breath..you can do this. It'll be fine. ...Who am I kidding?'

Chris headed over to the table with a quick step, hiding his nervousness as best he could. "Hi." Chris sat down and tried to make small talk, but his fidgeting with the items on the table made it obvious something was on his mind. After a few minutes of this pretense, he looked straight at Kelly and began speaking.

"Kelly, I got told something this morning. I..it's good news, I guess. I've not been fired or anything. I...well, VanDyne and BioGen, they're merging. And the firm that's going to be around afterwards...it's doing some work with the UN. Work on the..ah...strange powers that people have been manifesting recently. And..they want me on the team. It's the chance of a lifetime! An opportunity to study, in detail, phenomena that defy the laws of physics as we know them! It could be the most important work of science this century! I, I mean, I'll be working with people like Dr Hubado and other really big names in genetics! It's the kind of job I've wanted all my life!"

As Chris speaks, he starts off nervous, but as he gets more into what he's saying, his enthusiasm for the project comes through. However, then he stops, his smile fading.
"But..the project isn't happening here. I don't know where it's taking place...but I've got to leave tomorrow. They won't tell me where - just an 'undisclosed location.' I...I don't know where I'm going to be...or for how long."
Chris stops talking again, looking at Kelly unhappily. His eyes plead with her to understand, please...even as he knows she probably won't.

 

[Samnell]

The young woman smiles, Relax Jan... I think you are just confused.

Telepathy check is 28 with a resisted roll by Jan of 15 total. I will wait to see if Jan wishes to use a Hero Point.

Yes, please.

 

[Mordane76]

Вы поговорили русский прошлый раз; то почему вы выбрали меня как ваша сподвижница," she responds, switching to the original language of the couple. Scrutinizing them closely, she takes a step warily towards them, bottle and glass still in hand. "Я также не делаю привычку давать из моего адреса к клиентам. Как вы нашли меня?"

OOC: I've never had a situation where True Sight would be handy (or at least I don't think I have), but I'm hoping if they're messing with me I'll see it...

Translation:
1. You spoke Russian last time; that's why you selected me as your associate.
2. I also don't make a habit of giving out my address to clients. How did you find me?

 

[Tokiwong]

Chris headed over to the table with a quick step, hiding his nervousness as best he could. "Hi." Chris sat down and tried to make small talk, but his fidgeting with the items on the table made it obvious something was on his mind. After a few minutes of this pretense, he looked straight at Kelly and began speaking.

"Kelly, I got told something this morning. I..it's good news, I guess. I've not been fired or anything. I...well, VanDyne and BioGen, they're merging. And the firm that's going to be around afterwards...it's doing some work with the UN. Work on the..ah...strange powers that people have been manifesting recently. And..they want me on the team. It's the chance of a lifetime! An opportunity to study, in detail, phenomena that defy the laws of physics as we know them! It could be the most important work of science this century! I, I mean, I'll be working with people like Dr Hubado and other really big names in genetics! It's the kind of job I've wanted all my life!"

As Chris speaks, he starts off nervous, but as he gets more into what he's saying, his enthusiasm for the project comes through. However, then he stops, his smile fading.
"But..the project isn't happening here. I don't know where it's taking place...but I've got to leave tomorrow. They won't tell me where - just an 'undisclosed location.' I...I don't know where I'm going to be...or for how long."
Chris stops talking again, looking at Kelly unhappily. His eyes plead with her to understand, please...even as he knows she probably won't.

Kelly finally looks up from her article, "Huh, are you going to order?" she says apparently missing pretty much everything Chris spat out.

She looks down at the article she was reading, "I am getting something with low carbs... not sure what yet though..."

Frida

Sadly this is not one of those times… but thanks for trying.

The man transitions smoothly to Russian, “Well I apologize, but we wanted to speak with you about something else, Frida. We wanted to discuss these powers you are exhibiting? Would that be fine with you?”

The woman speaks in Russian, “You were quite easy to find, Frida.”

Jan

Hero Point used, but a 5 is rolled, so the 15 stands. Jan feels his mind burn for a moment, and then he feels that this is a perfectly natural dream. He can say whatever he wants and the metal floor, and the memories from before never occurred… he is just sleeping. Telepathy with Memory Alteration; Jan feels this is all just a dream.

The woman smiles, “Jan how are you feeling?”

Mrs. Weezelbottom just observes as making pencil markings every few moments as if she is taking notes behind her garish thick glasses. She sits at her desk, and outside it looks like a sunny day.

Gordon

“I love your little anecdotes,” she replies back earnestly.

She pauses for a moment before replying, “I think it would be a blessing, besides we could do with using more time together, my masseuse says I am entirely too tense lately and that I should unwind. But research waits for no woman?”

She jokes, “But I have been thinking, and this may be a crazy idea, but go with me on this. How about we try and have a baby, after we get through this research debacle, I have been thinking that we should try and you know, have a family? I mean as normal as we could make it, besides with our genes our child is bound to be brilliant and beautiful… and I am sure your genes might contribute something as well…”

Samantha

The older man nods, “Well I am glad to hear that, you really are a brave woman-” the man is cutoff as a microphone gets shoved into Sam’s face. The Channel 9 Action News crew is on the scene and an attractive field reporter speaks to Sam.

“So eyewitnesses on the scene say that this crash was caused by one of the… the… individuals with strange abilities. Miss may I have your name, and you story about what happened?” she says quickly.

Jason

“But why do I have to go to college, if I get powers, then what is the point? I mean lets face it, it is only a matter of time right? Besides school sucks, it isn’t like they teach me anything useful,” he replies.

“So I figure once I am old enough, I am going to use my powers to get rich like you man,” Alan replies, “rolling on spinners, living it up with my hoes!”

 

[Calinon]

“But why do I have to go to college, if I get powers, then what is the point? I mean lets face it, it is only a matter of time right? Besides school sucks, it isn’t like they teach me anything useful,” he replies.

“So I figure once I am old enough, I am going to use my powers to get rich like you man,” Alan replies, “rolling on spinners, living it up with my hoes!”

"Reality check, kid," Jason says without any good humor. "You don't have powers. You probably won't get powers. And I'm not going to support your lazy arse for your entire life. You want to turn out like dad? Cause he dropped out, he didn't go to college and he made nothing of his life. The only thing he ever accomplished worth a damn is knocking mom up twice!" he says getting to his feet, his emotion of everything that happened during the day boiling over.

"I've been working my ass off, doing night classes and studying every day just so I can give you the chances I didn't get! I get these powers and within weeks I'm recalled to get myself shot at because of them! This isn't fun! This isn't cool! This isn't something I want! I wasn't given a <censored> choice!" he shouts, punching the wall as hard as he can without bothering with his powers. "And I really don't give a <censored> if you heard that or not, Major!" he shouts at the air.

Not really feeling any pain in his hand just yet, he bangs his other palm against the wall as he turns and leans against it.

"Things aren't going to just be handed to you on a plate your whole life. Even if you get powers, you know what an undeducated person with powers is? Stupid," he says. "I hope you don't plan on ending up that way."