Generation Legacy (Issue #4)

[Samnell]

The showers are refreshing, a chance to get cleaned off, relax, and well recharge. Outside some of the students are getting dressed many of them give Mark a wide berth, not out of any animosity, but it seems out of respect, like he is the big guy on campus. Tommy comes trolling out of the showers, and smirks up to Mark, "Man that feels good, so I got this idea, Mark. I want Star to get more practice with uhh being around people, you want to take her to the dance? I mean that would be cool right, I mean she is cute right?"

He wants me to take out his robot girlfriend. I really have to be stoned out of my mind. Mark blinked deliberately twice. What did I take? This is strong stuff. Hell with it. Might as well play along. "Ok, sure."

At least I hope I'm on something...

 

[Agamon]

OOC: Hope you don't mind my interjecting amongst the post to make the conversation more smooth...

Star nods, "So if you find them cute, then I can assume you find them physically attractive, if that is so, then is that the basis of human relationships. I had assumed based on relative data that it was an emotional, mental, and physical bond of some sort. It is curious that it would be emotional, I have found that emotions are the least reliable facets of the human experience."

"Well, yeah, by cute, I took you to mean, are they attractive overall, not just physically. Human relationships are much more complex than physical attraction...well, most of them, anyway," Anika says with a bit of a blush.

"They change quite quickly, I have observed Tommy, and I find him to be a fairly logical creature, but he makes strange decisions, some that are purely illogical, or perhaps not well-thought out," Star continues, "one would think that he would realize that Mark does not like him, as much as Tommy thinks he does, but perhaps he sees what he wants to see."

Anika nods, "Tommy is a kid. Like a lot of kids, he's looking for attention. He sure seems to like to show off. He obviously looks up to Mark and wants to be like him. I think you're right that he's just seeing what he wants to see."

Star then paces the room, her face blushing, and a cheery smile passing across her face, her voice mimicing Anika's fairly closely, "I think Billy's cute, and Ryan is pretty cute, but he always looks so sad, and Mark well there is something to be said of a rebel..." she giggles, looking every bit the young teen-aged girl, she was crafted to be.

Anika covers her mouth trying vainly to surpress a laugh. "Omigod, I don't sound like that, do I?"

OOC: Geez, I had to pick a teenage girl to roleplay...I just saw The Hot Chick, so that helps.

 

[Tokiwong]

Mark and Tommy

Mark's reply brightens Tommy's face, "You will man, your so cool, just think your going to be like on a date with Star, and she is going to learn alot, thanks man. This is going to be the coolest experiment ever, I mean just think about it, if Star can learn how to be human, then dude just think of the ramifications..." he quiets himself, "now just to set some ground rules, umm, well just be nice to her alright? She has an emotional reference algorithm, that is fairly sophisticated, but it is her neural net that is the best part. She can learn and adapt, which is cool. Oh and did I mention, I think she has a thing for you, eh, eh..." he ribs Mark goodnaturedly.

Tommy grins, throwing his shirt over his head, as he gets dressed, "First I helped Billy, and then you..." he blinks, "I mean nothing."

Anika and Star

Star returns to her normal demeanor, "I like the way you sound, it is very lively. Tommy says I need to learn to be more expressive, even as we speak he is probably trying to convince Mark to take me to the dance, it was his idea, he says it will be helpful. I hope so, I get lonely, if an artificial being can feel such a thing."

 

[Samnell]

Mark's reply brightens Tommy's face, "You will man, your so cool, just think your going to be like on a date with Star, and she is going to learn alot, thanks man. This is going to be the coolest experiment ever, I mean just think about it, if Star can learn how to be human, then dude just think of the ramifications..." he quiets himself, "now just to set some ground rules, umm, well just be nice to her alright? She has an emotional reference algorithm, that is fairly sophisticated, but it is her neural net that is the best part. She can learn and adapt, which is cool. Oh and did I mention, I think she has a thing for you, eh, eh..." he ribs Mark goodnaturedly.

Mark gave up on the idea that this was all a hallucination. And he just agreed to do this too. Great.

Tommy grins, throwing his shirt over his head, as he gets dressed, "First I helped Billy, and then you..." he blinks, "I mean nothing."

Billy? What did he do for Billy? And was this supposed to help him? Mark didn't get it. "What did you mean?" He asked as he pulled own his shirt on.

 

[Tokiwong]

Billy? What did he do for Billy? And was this supposed to help him? Mark didn't get it. "What did you mean?" He asked as he pulled own his shirt on.

Tommy pauses, "I can't say man, I like promised I wouldn't tell..." he looks sheepish, "uhh, anyways, I better get going, umm, make sure to pick her up, and bring flowers man, girls like flowers right? Yeah and dress nice, I got to go, Dr. Hudabo wants a debrief on the little Chaos fiasco... see yah buddy!" Tommy scampers out as quickly as he can.

 

[Hammerhead]

Ryan pondered the email the crazy girl sent. Is she obsessed? She met me once, I was a total jerk, I keep being a total jerk, and she likes me? Oh well. Maybe now she'll stop cyberstalking me.

Ryan sends an email to his family, not mentioning recent events, letting them know he is fine, and about the new elite team Legacy. Is being an elite genetic? That's something I should find out about?

Ryan spends time in the gym, lifting weights, practicing flying, and working out frustrations on a punching bag, each time imagining a face. Jimmy. Yoshi. Zero. Kiyana. Tommy. John. Sarah. Isabelle. Jun Min. Shao-Lin. Tyler. Shapeshifter. Plant. All of them I have to be prepared to kill. Should I kill them? It's the only real way to end it, isn't it?

People are trying to capture me for some mysterious purpose. I cannot let them. I'm probably safe here, until they get desperate. Would my enemies risk an attack HERE? Should I let them run my life for me? Or should I just do what I want, and hope for the best?

This is really all about the dance. Should I plan my ambush to catch the spy, which probably won't work. But it could work. Or should I enjoy myself and ignore the punk?

At nights, Ryan thinks, reads, and jots things into his personal spiral-bound notebook. He tries to read all of the students files, and everything he can about Pantheon and the other enemies of JE.

Everyone seems to notice a change in Ryan. He no longer seems as depressed or self-involved. He smiles more, but generally avoids the contact of others.

Eventually, Ryan reaches a decision. Either way, it's going to involve her. I mean, who else could I ask? Cassandra is with that arrogant punk Ace. Isabella's with Billy. Kiyana's with James. Sarah's with either John or Jimmy, who knows. I've barely met anyone else. I wonder who Mark's going with? A guy that popular has to have someone. I'll approach her, see if she accepts. Reveal my paranoid delusions. And I should probably talk to Mr. McCallister. Dang, he's cool.

With great trepidation, Ryan approaches Anika's door and knocks once, before he can convince himself to run away.

 

[Agamon]

Star returns to her normal demeanor, "I like the way you sound, it is very lively. Tommy says I need to learn to be more expressive, even as we speak he is probably trying to convince Mark to take me to the dance, it was his idea, he says it will be helpful. I hope so, I get lonely, if an artificial being can feel such a thing."

"Lonely? Really? I guess having a computer for a brain can make most human pastimes dull for you, huh? You probably don't read, or watch TV, or play video games, or anything, do you? I guess you do need some friends. I think you'll enjoy the dance, if you can enjoy things..." Anika's speach kinda trails off, and she hopes that that last part didn't sound insulting. She starts to think, "Hmmm, I can't see Mark actually agreeing to take Star to the dance. He'd better...listen to me, it's just a robot. She said she feels lonely though, I feel sorry for her. Tommy was right though, she is pretty cool, I guess."

Looking back at Star, she says, "Uh, so yeah, I wonder who I could go with? Mark'll probably be going with you. I heard Billy has been hanging around Isabelle. Yoshi seems to like Cassie. I wonder who John's going with?" She begins to sound a bit frustrated. "Sucks being the new kid," she adds with a sheepish half-smile.

 

[Agamon]

With great trepidation, Ryan approaches Anika's door and knocks once, before he can convince himself to run away.

Anika's head pops up at the sound of the knock. She starts to get anxious. "Do the faculty know about you? Did Tommy hack you into the database? Oh, man..." She calms down a bit, turns towards her computer, and hits a couple buttons. A picture of Ryan standing outside the door shows on the screen. "Odin's beard, it's just Ryan," she says as she goes to answer the door.

Anika smiles as she opens the door. "Hey, Ryan. What's up?" she asks in her Swedish/New York accent. "Uh, come in," she says, standing aside and giving Star a brief quizzical look.

 

[Tokiwong]

Star smiles sweetly, "Hello Ryan, we were just talking about you, Anika does not have a date to the dance, I figured that you two would look great together. And I think maybe I was just leaving, she stands walks to the door, and then turns and winks to Anika, "give me a call later, we can eat dinner, and maybe do some shopping, Tommy says the restriction is due to be lifted soon, maybe even this evening."

Anika walked forward and out of the room, "Bye Ryan," she says sweetly, as she walks away her face stays a smile, as her neural net processes the information from her encounter with Anika.

A News Message passes by on the screen, that another Elite Registration Supporter was killed by Pantheon aghents, in particular, the British terrorist, Bishop, they show an image of a handsome dark haired british male in his late twenties, perhaps early thirties...

Bishop

 

[KaintheSeeker]

Cassie sits by her computer screen, sipping water as she types away. As the view changes from her face to the screen, it is clear that her ongoing research has changed from learning more of the world to somethign more focused.

Ryan's face fills half the screens that she is viewing in a variety of paper media, video broadcasts, and any other info that she can get on the moody teen and his powers. The other half is split between a analysis of the Pantheon and fringe theories on the nature of Elites and Time theories. By her screen is a a copious pile of printouts and hand written notes.


She pauses as she looks over the theories on time and paradoxes in a paper from the M.I.T. physics magazine and rubs her nose as frustration clearly starts to show on her face.


(OOC: Basically she's trying to figure what makes Ryan stand out, figure out how she might be some 'blip' or paradox. She's out of her depth, but it's in her nature to try and face a challenge on her own.. she's stubborn. LOL)