Generation Legacy Issue #15

[Hammerhead]

At least she might know what she's talking about, instead of some armchair general who thinks he knows tactics because he beat Dynasty Warriors 10. On Hard, even. Ryan glances at Tina, raising an eyebrow. "Do you hate everybody? I mean, I at least like to get to know people before I find out they're idiots." In fact, the fact that she was talking to Anika, then left to start talking to me might be good news. She didn't seem taken aback when Tina suggested the total destruction of Pantheon.

Although, damn, that would probably feel great to take out all those bastards. "Pantheon is obviously expecting some kind of reprisal. Besides, they've got more numbers and organization than most of our other enemies, whereas we can probably catch some other people by surprise. Although taking out some part of Pantheon might work," Ryan says with a shrug.

"So you're supposed to be good at gathering information," Ryan asks Clover, a hint of challenge in his voice. "Anything else?"

I suppose the first thing I would want to do would be to find and then go after James. Yoshi was able to get away with an independent rescue mission, after all. Plus, flying places sucks.

 

[Shalimar]

"Gathering information is a hobby, I like to stay up on things, I know the right people in the UN through growing up as a UN military brat, if the UN knows something I generally do unless there is something thats decided to be so top secret no one wants to share...at the moment with everything like it is I'm not sure how quickly I could getthe info, but the info I do get is pretty reliable."

"Gathering Intel isn't my main function though, I've been trained for fighting for the last 10 years or so, and my powers only make me better at it. I can read people down to the smallest detail, I know what they are going to do and how to counter it before they can get it off. I can also use my powers to read people's surface thoughts and to detect and copy other elites' powers for a short time." Clover told Ryan thinking that she was making a good impression though disliking that it was coming off in her own head like a sales pitch.

"If your going to go forward on this I'd like to help, but only if you do it right. Going in without enough resources or a solid plan to get us out again is just going to throw away lives and possibly give the bad guys prisoners."

 

[Aenion]

“Nothing to apologize for Karen,” Jun Min replies verbally, she puts her arms around Karen to comfort her, “these are the times, when everything seems darkest when our true characters are tested. We could give up right now, wash our hands of this and just let the world slide into oblivion… but maybe we shouldn’t care too much about saving the world and focus on what really matters living. I never set out to save the world Karen, I only set out to make things a little better for those close to me, one person at a time.”

“Saving the world is what super heroes do, making things better because it is the right thing to do is what real heroes do. It may seem meaningless but there a lot of people who lived today because you took it upon yourself to care and help,” Jun Min adds.

"It just doesn't feel like we did enough, so many people still died... I-if we had been here, m-maybe we could have stopped Cardinal, maybe we... maybe we could have saved Kelly," the crystal teen sighs, comforted a bit by the human warmth radiating from Jun-Min, a soft glow has returned to her eyes, "I just feel so helpless... I want do something to make things better somehow, but I... I don't know what..."

 

[Tokiwong]

Ryan glances at Tina, raising an eyebrow. "Do you hate everybody? I mean, I at least like to get to know people before I find out they're idiots."

Tina cocks her head to the side, “Really? You think I hate everyone? This from the boy that considers everyone around him to be a spy… she just seems too eager to jump right into helping us, throwing her pedigree at us like its supposed to impress us. The world goes to crap and little bright eyes here just happens to have the plan to put the pieces back together?”

Her voice gains venom, “I don’t think so. I don’t like her, I don’t like her type… mommy and daddy giving her a silver spoon. And that isn’t even counting the timing. I don’t like her. She seems too clean, too perfect; this isn’t a chance to help anyone but herself. But I am glad that daddy paved the way for your success.”

Tina focuses back on Ryan, “We will talk later about this. If the girl scout wants to skip along with us, she can.”

Anika

Sami is about to reply when SARAH cuts him off, “Anika, Gilden needs to speak with you immediately. It sounds very urgent.”

Sami adds, “Go on, Legacy has a job to do.”

Mark

SARAH jumps in, “Mark, Gilden needs to speak with you immediately.”

Star replies, “People do like you, people love you Mark, they were just scared. Don’t let it get to you.”

Cassie

“Peace? I am bringing peace, but peace means change. Change is violent. There will be those that resist change. Humanity is an obstacle. Given the chance they would serve Overseer rather then face utter annihilation. I am just removing them from the equation, not through genocide, but through conflict. Not every elite deserves to survive in the new world, some are fit only to die creating that brave new world. Others like me have to be the monsters that instigate change,” Cardinal replies.

“You are not a monster Doctor, don’t say that,” Ignatius replies.

“Of course Ignatius. But as far as why Kelly had to die, she chose to die. It was an active choice. I could lie to you and say that I felt regret for taking her life. But I saw the look in her eyes, she wanted me to die, and that I am afraid will not do. My job here is not done, our job has just begun,” she adds.

“So will you join Ignatius and I for dinner?” Cardinal asks once more.

Karen

“The best thing you can do right now, is to not give up hope,” Jun Min replies.

Gilden

“I keep telling her to take a break but she won’t. She will work till she passes out I am sure,” SARAH replies, “but I will inform her that you would like to have dinner with her.”

 

[KaintheSeeker]

Cassie

“Peace? I am bringing peace, but peace means change. Change is violent. There will be those that resist change. Humanity is an obstacle. Given the chance they would serve Overseer rather then face utter annihilation. I am just removing them from the equation, not through genocide, but through conflict. Not every elite deserves to survive in the new world, some are fit only to die creating that brave new world. Others like me have to be the monsters that instigate change,” Cardinal replies.

“You are not a monster Doctor, don’t say that,” Ignatius replies.

“Of course Ignatius. But as far as why Kelly had to die, she chose to die. It was an active choice. I could lie to you and say that I felt regret for taking her life. But I saw the look in her eyes, she wanted me to die, and that I am afraid will not do. My job here is not done, our job has just begun,” she adds.

“So will you join Ignatius and I for dinner?” Cardinal asks once more.

Cassie

She didn't really have a choice, Chance's betrayal had pretty much closed down her options to nil. She sat down and returned to her tea.

"Your way wasn't the right way, merely the expedient one. I expect more of a woman of your intellect." She says, "We can debate that arguement for a later time though. Can you really activate Hope's powers or at least her memories?"

 

[Shalimar]

"It isn't my plan, it was your idea." Clover pointed out calmy in the face of Tina's anger. "It was a good idea, it just needs more refinement. There is a difference between people dying and people dying because someone was careless or lazy. If you manage to pull this off there is going to be a lot of risk to everyone involved. The UN is important to me, so I'll try to impress youu if thats what it takes to get you to think this through. But your personal opinion of me isn't really that important to me. Think about it, if its important enough to do thenits important enough to do right."

At the menton of a silver spoon Clover does grin. "Not exactly a silver spoon, PT daily at 0600 for an hour, school, another 2 hours of self defense, an hour of class work on tactics and war gaming and everything else a prospective officer could need. Weekend survival trips in all kinds of different environments. The only silver spoons were at Diplomatic functions and I avoided those like the plague, lasted for hours and hours of boring. My has been pretty much military school since I was little, I wasn't handed everything without working it." Clover replies.

"Look you can feel free to check up on me, I know I would check up on you, and I have, on all of you. All the rest of Legacy seems wishy washy and not very professional. Mark is a pretty boy, Anika is a... high priestess." she said sounding faintly amused at the idea.

"The point I was making is that I can handle myself and I am going to help." she says looking at Tina. "The timing of my arrival is just a coincidence, I graduated from high school, and instead of wasting time until I'm 18 and able to join I came here to actually do something useful. As I said, feel free to chek up on me."

OOC: activating my subtle Mind Reading 10/ Enhanced Charisma 12 to pick up on what Tina is thinking.

 

[Tokiwong]

Cassie

She didn't really have a choice, Chance's betrayal had pretty much closed down her options to nil. She sat down and returned to her tea.

"Your way wasn't the right way, merely the expedient one. I expect more of a woman of your intellect." She says, "We can debate that arguement for a later time though. Can you really activate Hope's powers or at least her memories?"

“Why is Hope so important to you,” Cardinal replies.

Clover & Ryan

“Strike two chica, it’s one thing for Ryan and I to knock on Mark and Anika, it is a totally different thing for some stranger to come waltzing in here acting like you are part of the crew. Pretty boy or not Mark has put his ass on the line so your folks could make you PT in the morning to make you little miss soldier. And Anika? High priestess or not, that girl has conviction and strength and she don’t back down to anyone. Who the hell are you to start calling them out like you know them?”

Ryan can see that Tina is on the edge to explode.

Clover can feel the surface thoughts, there is uncontrolled rage, and she does not like Clover not just because she is trying to sound important but because her background at least from what she can tell seems similar to what Tina has experienced.

 

[KaintheSeeker]

“Why is Hope so important to you,” Cardinal replies.

Cassie


"I think her memories are vital to the resolution of the coming battle. Her power isn't as vital as knowing WHAT happened to her. She was a pivotal point of Overseer's life before he went power mad." She shrugs. "I doubt anything I could do would be as pivotal as knowing what happened.. or giving others a second to strike by opening him up in a way no one else can."

 

[Hammerhead]

That's not fair. I don't think everyone is a spy...I just think that maybe one or two people might be, and I don't have much way to determine who is. But the timing on Clover just isn't right.

Maybe Tina doesn't hate everybody, just someone like Clover in particular. Why? It's like this that make me wish I'd read her student file.

"Tina, after today's events it makes sense that the students at the Institute will want to join up and make the enemy pay. Either that or run home crying to mommy and daddy, which would show just how worthless they are. Who cares if Four Leaf tries to impress us with her own domestic boot camp; she said she wants to help, and she seems competent."

Although Tina's right, badmouthing the rest of the crew is probably not the way to go. Only we get to do that, Ryan thinks, smiling to himself.

 

[Aenion]

Karen

“The best thing you can do right now, is to not give up hope,” Jun Min replies.

Karen nods, taking a deep useless breath, and whipes the tears from her eyes with her hands, "I-I'll try ... Th-thank you," she sits up a bit, feeling a little better. Her cellphone slips from her pocket as she sits up, the message signal blinking, hoping that maybe someone from her family has managed to send a message or maybe something from Kal. She didn't expect to find a message from Cassie though, "Oh god, Cassie has run off again... Why? Why would she do that? Why now?"