Generation Legacy Issue #13 "Genocide" - Part 1

[Tokiwong]

"Good. Tell him," What, to call Kelly crazy? It's probably true. "Tell him I'm on my way there, for the obvious reason." Mark shook his head and walked towards Paragon's office at normal speed.

Paragon’s door opens for Mark the elite sitting at his desk silence for a long moment. He steeples his hands, “Plausible deniability, we can denounce her leave her in the cold and claim any number of reasons not to believe her. But is that morally right, or do we work with the situation we have and try to turn something positive out of this wretched mess she has left us with.”

“I have half a mind to allow our PR team to tear into her turn her into a public pariah,” Paragon adds.

Cafeteria

Gadget smiles, “I don’t know Kelly, then if they did lose their way then stay with us and help them. I am a little upset that you used me and my friends for your message, that wasn’t nice of you. I thought we were friends, why didn’t you come to us first, I would have helped you, I really would have.”

Gadget is Friendly but still upset with Kelly.

“I believe you meant well, but this is too much even for me,” she says disappointed.

On the monitor two pundits are facing off. The woman sighs, “… I would like to think that Kelly Mitchell is an honest and forthright person. If the UNJE is hiding anything from the world citizens then that is unacceptable!”

“Kelly Mitchell is a liar. I mean extra-dimensional beings, Bishop not responsible for Mexico City? This is ludicrous dribble from a pro-elite supremacist who happens to be the self-proclaimed daughter of a man who has murdered millions of baselines. And now I am to believe that the world is going to end? What right minded person would accept any of this without proof? Kelly Mitchell is a liar, a self-promoting supremacist, and perhaps too absorbed into her own self image. At worst, this is probably just a sick publicity stunt to drum up buzz for her stalling singing career.,” the man exclaims excitedly.

“Who would you trust, Paragon a trusted world humanitarian and hero; or some pop star with an obvious grudge on her shoulder. I mean this statement comes out after she is officially terminated from Legacy for previous actions,” the man adds.

The woman sighs, “She is honest, forthcoming, and telling the truth. I trust her more so then the omni-oppressive UNJE. Paragon is just a puppeteer.”

The video feed changes to music videos.

 

[Shalimar]

OOC: Kelly never mentioned any relation to Bishop. I made sure, and just went back to doubl check. She left out mentioning her mom was the scientist who worked with Cardinal and left out the bit about Bishop being her father.

 

[Tokiwong]

OOC: Kelly never mentioned any relation to Bishop. I made sure, and just went back to doubl check. She left out mentioning her mom was the scientist who worked with Cardinal and left out the bit about Bishop being her father.

LOL Investigative Journalism and probably the beginning of the UNJE character assassination program

 

[Shalimar]

Could you at least remove the self-proclaimed part?

 

[Tokiwong]

Could you at least remove the self-proclaimed part?

I am not the sensationalist Pundit...

 

[Samnell]

Paragon’s door opens for Mark the elite sitting at his desk silence for a long moment. He steeples his hands, “Plausible deniability, we can denounce her leave her in the cold and claim any number of reasons not to believe her. But is that morally right, or do we work with the situation we have and try to turn something positive out of this wretched mess she has left us with.”

Mark nodded gravely, "Part of this is my fault. I shouldn't have let her go along with us so often. If I kept her back here where she should have been, she wouldn't have the information to share."

“I have half a mind to allow our PR team to tear into her turn her into a public pariah,” Paragon adds.

Steeling himself, Mark continued, "If you want me to go on CNN and tell them she's out of her mind because of what Neuro did to her, I'll do it. People could panic. There could be riots. It's not worth it."

 

[Shalimar]

"Hrmmm , I never actually told the media about Bishop being my biological father...so the character assassination begins, the response time on the story hitting the air til the UNJE gave out that info is less then a minute or two? Makes you wonder if they don't have a ready made character assassination file on everyone?" Kelly asks Gadget.

"Don't worry, I'm not just going to disappear. What I am going to do is go to the CNN headquarters and London and pick abone or two with a certain exec. Then I am going to respond to all the questions and discrediting that the UNJE is doing." the girl ducks out of the cafeteria and is instantly on another continent standing outside the London branch office for CNN. She storms into the building being sure to keep the weather fixed exactly the same as when she arrived.

"Hi, I'd like to speak to someone in charge. Last time I was here the person who did the interview was named Rachel. I'd really like to talk to her."

 

[Hammerhead]

“Actually I turned off the video stream after the broadcast; I didn’t really want to watch the fallout from that. The girl has a strong sense of right, tempered with a lack of vision and foresight. I wonder about her, she has so much potential that is squandered by her lack of patience. But thanks to her the world knows a great deal about everything,” the elite replies.

“I am not sure if people are ready for what she has to say.”

"At least in part, she means well. It's also a desperate bid for attention since she got sidelined, and an attempt to validate her brand new father figure. But the sad fact is that everyone means well. I'm sure that even Overseer has some kind of sick justification for what he does," Ryan says with a cynical shrug. "I just wonder if we're going to respond with a cover up and character assassination, or damage control. Tina, do you feel like Kelly somehow betrayed us?"

Damage control would be the best route, but damn, some revenge would be fun.

“Who said there wasn’t begging involved. But the bottom line is that my ego matters little when I can still do some good helping the next generation of elites. Legacy has come a long way since that initial attack at the mall. This time is important and if we are going to defeat this Overseer I want to be a part of that; Paragon knows my conditions for being here; but that is irrelevant,” Mr. McCallister responds.

“But from what I have read, you have had an exciting time, in my absence. What can you tell me about your encounter with Overseer,” the older elite asks.

"Yeah, but the Justice Elite aren't the only ones working to help others or stop Overseer. It's not like we really have the monopoly on that. Overseer himself was a scary guy. Mark and Karen tried to attack him, which, of course, was pointless. I'm pretty sure he said something about how he was going to kill me or consume me or something, but I wasn't ripe yet. Maybe he wants me to get more powerful, or maybe just the chance to piss me off some more. In terms of weaknesses, he's pretty cocky. And he does the whole evil villain thing where he offs his incompetent henchmen. Right now I'm trying to get a handle on some of the players in the game."

"By the way, sir, let me see your leg. You've got nothing to lose, and I'm pretty sure that I can heal it for you."

 

[Aenion]

The glow from earlier returned, "I'm going to teach him that you don't mess with anyone I call a friend. Ever."

He looked at Kal, Sami and Karen, "Sorry to drag you all into this."

"I-it's ok Timothy, I'm glad she's alright," Karen mumbles absent-mindedly, turning away from the monitor, she looks at him before continuing earnestly, "I really hope the American government can track your 'brother' down."

"SARAH where's Kelly?"

 

[Tokiwong]

"SARAH where's Kelly?"

Jun Min answers before SARAH does, “She left; she is in London right now.”

SARAH adds, “That is correct, I believe she went to the CNN office.”

“I know she did,” Jun Min stands, “I can’t believe she is doing this.”

Kelly

The private elevator opens, “Kelly,” Rachel calls as she walks into the lobby with purpose, “I have been worried, I have been trying to call you; I thought something I had happened to you. I left four messages, I am so sorry that the network pushed ahead with the story. It wasn’t my call; I wanted to wait, but they felt the story stood strong on its own. How are you handling this?”

Ryan

Tina thinks for a long moment, “I think Kelly is an idiot, and I think she put a lot of us in danger with that stunt. The girl means well, but I just don’t like what she said, she really tried to make the UNJE out to be the bad guys, and that does not sit right with me.”

Mr. McCallister nods, “I am not a Public Relations expert, which is Paragon’s arena. But I suspect plausible deniability and damage control will be the best route, although I am sad to say that discrediting Miss Mitchell may play a part in this whole debacle.”

He pauses, “What other players are you trying to get a handle of?” the older elite asks. He hesitates when Ryan asks to see his leg and then takes a seat, “In the old days a warrior was defined by the scars and injuries he carried with him. The more injury he sustained the more respect and glory he would earn. It may seem odd to you, but I prefer to keep this injury, as a reminder of the sacrifices I have made for what I believe to be right.”

Mark

Paragon shakes his head no, “No I prefer that you focus on your duties and responsibilities as the leader of Legacy. Any failure is mine, not yours, Mark. The business of public relations can be a nasty sordid business and I don’t think you are ready for that sort of moral ambiguity.”

“You have Genocide to focus on, let me shoulder this catastrophe, Miss Mitchell has made her choice. For good or ill she believes in what she is doing, we just have to do our best to try and keep this whole situation from falling apart,” Paragon finishes.

Cafeteria

Gadget sighs, “This isn’t going to end well is it?”