Generation Legacy Issue #15

[Aenion]

Karen

Bishop thinks on her words, “Her light will continue to glow in all of us.”

Jun Min smiles genuinely, “That was a sweet thing to say about Kelly, Karen.”

"I'm going to miss her," Karen smiles sadly, but her gemlike eyes have regained their full brightness, " But it's like you told me, the world needs more people who are willing to just do the right thing. Not because they'll benefit from it but because everyone will, just like Kelly tried to." Even if her methods weren't always well thought through, she has to admit to herself, "I...I should go see how the others are doing," she squeezes Bishop's arm once more and then walks off towards the mess area, figuring that at least one of the others would be there.

 

[Hammerhead]

"We really can't ask the UNJE, Clover. First of all, they ordered the team to hide in this little shelter despite the fact that we could be helping the rescue efforts in Cairo. They want us here, out of sight, for PR. Second, anyone with the authority to okay this mission is busy, and all the cool UNJE resources will be tied up to help lots of people, instead of helping just one. Third, the last time we had this kind of rescue thing, it ended up being a test for some new technology, which got some UN soldiers killed. Fourth, this needs to be about rescuing James, not making some kind of statement." As Ryan talks, he ticks off his points on the fingers of his hand.

"Around here at least, it's better to ask for forgiveness than to seek permission. We can probably convince all the Legacy members plus a few other reliable people, so manpower is not an issue. In fact, with a UNJE authorized mission, assuming they approved it, it's more likely we'd have to leave the civilians behind. Convinced, Four Leaf?" If not, I'm not going to waste any more time arguing.

And dear God, for being some sort of hyperaware Elite, she's not very good at detecting sarcasm. Who to bring? Me, Tina, Four Leaf, Legolas if he's not hiding in his love shack, Aya, Superboy...Karen? Anika wouldn't report us, so it's safe to ask her. Mark probably would.

"Tina...I'm thinking the usual team, minus Mark. He's the UNJE poster boy, after all. And I'm not sure Karen would be the best, since...you know. Chicago."

 

[Tokiwong]

"Hey, that's not fair. We follow orders as best we can." She looks at Mark. "I'm sure there's something that we can do that falls somewere in between kissing babies and killing people."

“It is an unfair question but one that would be poised of you by your critics. There is no doubt that legacy is an effective and lethal fighting unit, despite your leadership shortcomings and lack of experience you have pulled off some impressive operations. You are in the business of saving lives and making this world a better place, it’s my job to facilitate that and make sure that everything you do is a shining example of what our organization represents. As much as we want to send your team to the disaster zones, there is unrest, there is violence in the wake of these attacks, nothing that you could not handle given your range of abilities and capabilities but we have to think of the baseline populations. Many of them blame elites, good or bad, for the current situation,” she responds giving each teen equal face, meeting them with her eyes.

“I agree with Anika that we need to find the middle road between violent enforcer and kissing babies. It is not our attention to turn you into a pure PR machine, but more as an example of what young and older elites should aspire to, moral upstanding examples of the world community, be they baseline or elite. We want people to believe that any problem we face as a world community can be overcome by human ingenuity, regardless of your actual capabilities. The more we tap that violent aspect of your lives the more we, the UNJE as a whole, fear that you will effectively dehumanize yourselves in the eyes of the public. At that point hasn’t Cardinal won?” Mrs. Obana asks the teens.

Karen

Karen enters the common area and sees several young people sitting about, most likely discussing the events of the day. She spots Ryan though with Tina, and two young women she has not or at least does not recognize from the Institute. Given the small student populace, that in and of itself makes the encounter a little peculiar.

Ryan & Clover

“Sounds good to me, how we getting to there,” Tina points to the map.

 

[Hammerhead]

“Sounds good to me, how we getting to there,” Tina points to the map.

"If we get Anika on board, she can open up a portal or three to get us there. If not, well, Iran isn't that far away. We could grab an aerodyne or something, if not." Too bad none of us can fly one of those things.

 

[Agamon]

"She's right, Mark," Anika concedes. "Legacy wasn't created to whoop ass. Sure, trouble has found us as much as we've found it, but the point is, we need to try and help set things right, and finding members of Pantheon is only a small part of that right now. I hate how Cardinal is trying to turn this into 'us versus them', I don't think I'm any better than a baseline. I sometimes wish I could be one again, in fact.

"But we need to believe this is the right thing to do before going to the rest of the team with it. Because if we don't believe it, they sure won't."

 

[KaintheSeeker]

“Interesting is not the word I would choose, but that will suffice,” Cardinal replies. She listens to Cassie carefully before responding, “That is a complex question, and I don’t know what the truth of it would be. To be honest I never conceived that my own power was not my own, but I had to rethink that hypothesis when I encountered Ryan for the first time at Eden, although encounter is a loose term.”

She closes her eyes, “Our abilities are linked but the truth of the matter is probably more complex then what we can conceive of.”

"The reason I asked was that if you two interfer with one another on some intrinsic level that you could perhaps do the same with Overseer." Cassie says calmly. "That could be of a great tactical value, though I cannot see how to verify it before a final confrontation."

 

[Shalimar]

Clover just shrugs, any previous orders were naturally outside of her knowledge, she had thought that was so obvious it hadn't needed to be pointed out to them, then again they were the product of the Yank school system. "I was aware of the sarcasm, but without knowing about Legacy being ordered back here it seemed like a valid suggestion." the British girl said sounding unperturbed by the pricklishness of the pair.

Well, this place is a school, not a military base so asking forgiveness would probably work, though she did find it slightly objectionable that Legacy would disregard orders so easily. Then again the orders weren't specifically with regards to retreiving James, and retreiving a member of the team should have the highest priority. Besides she wasn't a member of Legacy so the orders to Legacy weren't binding on her, even if they weren't wuestionable in this situation.

"Can you narrow down where in the mountains it is? Or anything more about the facility itself?" she asks Sariyah, thinking about what she knows is going on in Iraq and Iran at the moment, and just how they look at Elites overall.

(OOC: Knowledge Civics and a Knowledge Current Events check I guess? Looking for background information, she'll most likely look up news on Iran and Iraq when/if she gets a chance to go online.)

 

[Mimic]

"I would have to agree with Mrs. Obana as well, there are more ways to help then through direct conflict, although I don't think that all of our members will feel that way." Gilden adds in to the conversation.

 

[Agamon]

"I would have to agree with Mrs. Obana as well, there are more ways to help then through direct conflict, although I don't think that all of our members will feel that way." Gilden adds in to the conversation.

"Yeah, I already thought of that. They're on a team, though, and they need to play by the rules or not play at all," Anika says.

 

[Samnell]

Anger turned to embarrassment. Why do I screw up every time I try to stand up for something? We've been doing the right thing. This is stupid.

Mark kept most of the shock off his face when Anika took the UN's side. "Fine, ok. I can live a more normal life for a while. We've earned it. I thought we were being taken completely off the lines. This is different."

Mark looked at a spot somewhere between Obana and Anika. "I guess we're done here, then. I need- uh, I've got some calls to make. Water to find," he half-muttered. Not that I have anything to wear in it.

His excuses made, Mark wasted no time finding as private a place as he could. He sat down in a corner and pulled his legs up, staring at his knees for a moment before digging out his phone and calling Star.