Generation Legacy Issue #14 "Genocide" - Part 2

[Tokiwong]

He glances over towards the mirror and sees someone else looking back at him. "Kal? I'm Kal? What happened to my body? Sarah, contact Paragon, Jun Min and everyone else connected to Legacy tell them we have an major emergency and we need to meet at Mark's apartment right now. Also tell Gilden not to touch anything."

SARAH replies, “Understood Kal, I am relaying the message as we speak.”

All Legacy Members

Tim, Ryan, Mark, Anika, Cassie, and Karen hear this message.

SARAH speaks, “Kal has requested that the Legacy members meet at Mark’s room about an emergency, it seems rather urgent.”

Kelly

The crowd calms for a moment before a woman shouts loudly, “Kelly Mitchell? You’re a Pantheon lover, I saw it on the news! You don’t want to help people just yourself!”

Another man adds, “You got that disease, right? I don’t want my kids catching no freak disease!”

The accosted couple a normal human male from the looks of it and a thinner woman with almost feline like features looks up at Kelly. The woman stands in front of the man and hisses baring talons, “Get back, you crazy people… I don’t want to have to hurt you, leave us alone!”

The crowd though does not push the issue, but the scene stays tense. The crowd does not want to push their luck with two elites but neither do they want to turn tail just quite yet. Then someone in the crowd throws a brick at Kelly, it sails over her head and skids across the cement.

Another man shouts, “We going to trust the world to these diseased freaks! They want to run the world, make us do what they want, the meek won’t inherit the Earth, they will!”

Thankfully, Kelly has the situation somewhat under control. The attack with the brick was 14, a miss.

 

[Samnell]

SARAH replies, “Karen you do not have a penis, are you okay?”

"I SHOULD HAVE A PENIS! WHO STOLE MY PENIS?!" Mark/Karen screamed. It barely occurred to him that he wasn't alone in the room. "Kal, what are you doing in my-"

He glances over towards the mirror and sees someone else looking back at him. "Kal? I'm Kal? What happened to my body? Sarah, contact Paragon, Jun Min and everyone else connected to Legacy tell them we have an major emergency and we need to meet at Mark's apartment right now. Also tell Gilden not to touch anything."

I finally did it. Like in the bad movies. I dropped so much acid I'm permanently screwed up. Mark curled into a ball on the floor and desperately panted, squeezing his eyes shut, "This isn't real. This isn't real. This isn't real." It took ages for each word to come out. Where's Jun Min? She has to fix this. I don't care if I lost everything else. If I'm off Legacy, whatever. I'm off. I can't live with- This isn't-

Why does Kal not want Gilden touching...Karen? Me? What did I do, pump it into the water like Michael used to joke about? Did I do this to everyone? How? I can't even remember frying everyone and my powers are gone or I'm using them and I can't see it and-

"You're not really Kal and you're not really naked and I'm not really Karen and I'm not a girl and I have speed and I'm a boy and I have a penis and swimsuits and Reebok and shoes with my name on them and Anika has a pair coming and I'm Mark and I need a swim and how the hell did I get like this? I did not take LSD. I did not take LSD. I did not take LSD. I only ever took LSD seven times that I remember and all seven the ceiling started melting on me and it's not melting on me now and I have a penis and not ovaries and why are you yelling at me and don't hit me and please just let me go this time and don't make me and who are you and who am I and what's going on and I'm sorry and I won't do it again and yes I know you're generous and I don't deserve it and what's going on?"

 

[Agamon]

SARAH speaks, “Kal has requested that the Legacy members meet at Mark’s room about an emergency, it seems rather urgent.”

"Well, so much for keeping it a secret. Kal requested we meet? He's not on Legacy. Great. It didn't affect Sami, but it did effect more than just Legacy, because I doubt Kal would be asking everyone to meet at Mark's." Anika sighs again. "SARAH, please change that request to involve everyone, um, not feeling like themselves. Thanks."

"Well, I suppose if I'm hosting this, we'd better get going. Not to mention I'm still in my, er, Mark's underwear," she says, looking down and blushing slightly, then wincing at the thought that she's wearing someone else's underwear. "Thanks for grabbing my robe, by the way. I don't think we'll have too much of a problem with that other, um, matter. I trust you."

 

[Hammerhead]

"Well, maybe it's Legacy plus the people who are lucky enough to hang out with us," Ryan says with a shrug. He looks up at the ceiling, then rolls his eyes. "Well, we know it's not Mark asking to meet. Mark can't get breakfast without asking Paragon for permission first," he adds with a small amount of scorn.

"I'm not sure we can reverse this though. I mean, it's probably Chaos; Tommy couldn't reverse the evil twin fight when it was his playground. Now we don't even know the specifics. I think we might be stuck like this until Chaos gets bored. Damnt it all." I will pay him back for this, if it is the last thing I do!

"Think I should body snatch myself?" he asks conversationally, changing directions to Mark's room.

 

[Shalimar]

"I am not a Pantheon lover. I actually have almost been killed by Pantheon people a couple of times I swear. I was shot twice in the chest by a pantheon agent, I can show you the scars if you want, but its kinda not in a good show the public place." Kelly says wide-eyed wondering idly which station had said she was a pantheon lover, not that to these people anything short of screaming for Pantheon heads on a stick was love she suppoused.

"Look, its ok, people are going to be rational, just calm down. This really doesn't have to be some big thing." she tells the feral woman over her shoulder, worried that the woman might defend herself and her boyfriend rather vigorously with those talons. It was then that the brick flew over head. The girl turns back to the crowd wide-eyed, doing her best to look pretty and defenseless, like everyone's favorite kid-sister. "Why did you do that? Why did you try to hurt me, I'm not doing anything to hurt you. Why would you try to hurt someone who is just trying to be nice and make sure no one gets hurt?" she asks trying to shame the crowd into actually thinking about what they are being part of.

I hope they don't try anything again, I really don't want to use my powers on them, even if I can do it without hurting them it can only make things worse. Maybe just a drizzle will cool them off and make them look for a place to go to keep dry, she thinks. Just the tiniest of nudges sets the already present clouds to the begginings of a slight drizzle, not really enough to be called rain, but enough that people can feel the first drops. Thank you for already being here for me to call, rain out of no where might have set them off, Kelly sends the thought to the clouds she had nudged.

OOC: Going with another dose of diplomacy, taking 10 again.

 

[Mimic]

"You're not really Kal and you're not really naked and I'm not really Karen and I'm not a girl and I have speed and I'm a boy and I have a penis and swimsuits and Reebok and shoes with my name on them and Anika has a pair coming and I'm Mark and I need a swim and how the hell did I get like this? I did not take LSD. I did not take LSD. I did not take LSD. I only ever took LSD seven times that I remember and all seven the ceiling started melting on me and it's not melting on me now and I have a penis and not ovaries and why are you yelling at me and don't hit me and please just let me go this time and don't make me and who are you and who am I and what's going on and I'm sorry and I won't do it again and yes I know you're generous and I don't deserve it and what's going on?"

"What the hell? Drugs? Reeboks? Swimsuits? Penis?" Gilden thinks as he listens to "Karen" ramble on "Mark? Is that you?" Instictively he starts to gesture and then pauses as if waiting for something to happen. "Damn it," he snarls slamming his hand on the night table and smashing it to kindling. "Son of a..." he pauses to collect himself.

"First things first," he mutters looking around quickly, "Mark, your not on drugs, I don't know what happened but we need to get to your room. If we can get everyone together we should be able to figure out what is wrong." He tells the him/her as he gets on a pair of pants. "Come on Mark, work with me."

 

[Agamon]

"Stuck like this? Don't even say that. Besides, you'll be hoping we change back before that time of the month happens for me next week," she replies, unable to hide the grin. She was still angry, but the whole thing was so absurd she almost couldn't help but laugh.

"Body snatch? You sure are Mr. Riddles today," she says, but grasps the meaning quickly. "Oh you mean possess your own body? Funny, that was my first thought when I found out I was in Mark's body...wait. You can't use my powers. They're not even really my powers." Reaching Mark's room, she opens the door. "Great, that little turd effectively neutralized one of us. Bloody wonderful."

She peers around the apartment. "Star, you still here? I hope I didn't startle you before. I have some, uh, bad news."

 

[Aenion]

Karen awoke slowly, still enjoying the warmth of the bed and the hot African air on her skin, Mmm, it's gonna be warm today... she took a deep breath as she stretches, missing Kal's comforting warmth next to her, Did Kal get up already? Did I sleep right through him getting up? He never gets up before I do... What time is it? she rubs her eyes as they slowly adjust to the darkness of the room, Why's it so dark in here? What's wrong with my eyes? My hands?! My skin?! she bounds upright, staring at her normal, tanned hands, Am I normal again?! Did I change back? ... I never had such a deep tan... Am I still dreaming? This is not Kal's shirt...

She looks beside her to see Cassie or Chance sleeping on the floor, Wh-where am I? Where's Kal? This is weird, even for a dream... she pinches her soft skin, Aww! What the hell is going on? Where am I? What happened? What am I doing here? not being used to breath anymore, the slightest bit of panic sets off an old reflex and she begins to hyperventilate, just as Ryan barges into a room, Oh my god, this is a nightmare! she wanted to scream but only manages a feint, "Help," as she gasps for air...

 

[Hammerhead]

"I meant stuck like this for a day, or maybe two," Ryan says, panic rising his voice. I don't even want to think about that. Dear God, no!

He closes his eyes for a moment, grinning back. "At least we're handling it well. But I'm going to bet that you're wrong. That I can, in fact, use your powers. One hundred bucks. You in, or out?" Ryan then tries to focus all of his efforts into bringing up Anika's forcefield, picturing the barrier in his mind.

 

[Agamon]

"Okay, I don't like to gamble, but that's a sucker's bet, Ryan" Anika says, paying him little attention as she looks for Star.