Generation Legacy (Issue #4)

[Tokiwong]

James

James makes it back without incident, his room is still, and then there is a knock, and the door opens as Kiyana slips in, she closes the door, "I thought you would be here, I saw you on TV, why didn't you invite me to the game too?" she looks curious, and somewhat hurt.

Cassie

Yoshi listens, and finally replies, "So let me get this straight, this Chaos kid said that you were a gl;itch, and if things get fixed your like going to go poor, and Ryan is a clone, a clone of what? And do you really believe, you think he is an entity like Chrono? Man this is deep, like to the Nth power deep..."

Yoshi stands up off the desk, and grins to Cassie, "So what do you want to do, you want to go talk to someone, or you want to continue this conversation a place a little more private. Either way, is cool with me, or we can just hang out here," he finishes.

"So like what are you wearing to the dance, something that shows off that body would be nice," he smirks, "and for afterwards, I got some Jack Daniels, Vodka, and well a few other choice drinks, it is going to be awesome. Of course you have to go to the afterparty too."

 

[Agamon]

"It's no big deal," Ryan says unconvincingly, waving his hand. "Well, the faculty is kind of doing something about it. The security here is pretty tight, after all.

"And I can't really leave, can I? But I think they might know why he's after me. And yeah, I was going to ask Mr. McCallister about it later. He's a good guy."

"You're being hunted by trained soldiers and it's no big deal?" she asks with a bit of smile. The smile turns to a slight look of disgust. "If they do know, they should at least tell you. Teachers are really good at treating us like we're 4 years old."

"However, something funny happens every time I leave this compound. I get attacked by well-prepared commandos. This leads me to believe that someone here, a student or even a member of the faculty, is leaking information of my whereabouts whenever I leave."

"Yeah, that's possible. Or maybe they're just keeping a bead on you. They don't seem to be able to get at you here in the school, so maybe they have some sort of surveillance to watch for when you leave. At least, I haven't met anyone that seems very suspicious..."

"I only have a hunch that Cassandra Prophet is hiding something from me. However, my guess on why exactly she won't tell anyone what happened, with either Yoshi or James, is that it involves her as well as me."

"Hmmm..." is all she says to this.

Ryan then ignores the screen, turning once more towards Anika. "Do you think our team has a shot towards making it?"

Still pretty irked by what she just saw, Anika shakes her head. "I dunno. The more I think about it, the more I think the Beta team has a better chance than us. How are they going to compare how well we did if the others get to do the simulation as it was meant to be done? Not to mention that the team got split up and never got back together again; we got side-tracked from our mission (it's not really our fualt, but it still looks bad); we didn't really fight very well as a team, I don't think; and everything got shut down before anything was resolved. I sure wouldn't mind a re-test. Or maybe the other teams will royally screw-up," she says with a lop-sided grin.

 

[KaintheSeeker]

Cassie

Yoshi listens, and finally replies, "So let me get this straight, this Chaos kid said that you were a gl;itch, and if things get fixed your like going to go poor, and Ryan is a clone, a clone of what? And do you really believe, you think he is an entity like Chrono? Man this is deep, like to the Nth power deep..."

Yoshi stands up off the desk, and grins to Cassie, "So what do you want to do, you want to go talk to someone, or you want to continue this conversation a place a little more private. Either way, is cool with me, or we can just hang out here," he finishes.

"So like what are you wearing to the dance, something that shows off that body would be nice," he smirks, "and for afterwards, I got some Jack Daniels, Vodka, and well a few other choice drinks, it is going to be awesome. Of course you have to go to the afterparty too."

"No I don't think that Ryan is a clone.." sighs. "I do think there is something key in his powers, but it doesn't make sense. There are many Elites by and far more powerful than he is right now..granted it is hard to gauge what his power levels might be in the future." Cassie sighs shakes her head. "As for what to do.. Who could I tell who would believe me? I've nothing concrete to present. Ryan mistrusts most of us to begin with."

At the mention of the dance she pauses. "Well I was going to wear on the school uniforms, the one with the dress, since we were kept on campus. I don't have enough money to get a 'proper' outfit or actually any idea what a 'proper' outfit would look like." smiles. "I would like to go to the dance with you Yoshi, it could be .. fun"

 

[Tokiwong]

"No I don't think that Ryan is a clone.." sighs. "I do think there is something key in his powers, but it doesn't make sense. There are many Elites by and far more powerful than he is right now..granted it is hard to gauge what his power levels might be in the future." Cassie sighs shakes her head. "As for what to do.. Who could I tell who would believe me? I've nothing concrete to present. Ryan mistrusts most of us to begin with."

At the mention of the dance she pauses. "Well I was going to wear on the school uniforms, the one with the dress, since we were kept on campus. I don't have enough money to get a 'proper' outfit or actually any idea what a 'proper' outfit would look like." smiles. "I would like to go to the dance with you Yoshi, it could be .. fun"

Yoshi nods, "Money is not a problem, I am the heir to the Tadaji name, I have money, not as much as Tommy or Jimmy, but my family keeps me well endowed with money," he opens a up a site on the computer and startys looking through outfits, chatting with Cassie on which one she likes, when they find one she likes he oreders it, and ghets next day delivery, all with a wave of a button, and his daddy's credit card, along with an outfit for himself.

Yoshi then relaxes, "Alright, so anyways, I figure with us kind of like you know, an item we could spend the next few minutes, hours, whatever making out, relaxing, and stuff, I mean why waste this beautiful day, when we could be doing something fun." He tries to lead Cassie towards her bed to sit, and relax.

 

[Sen Udo-Mal]

James

James makes it back without incident, his room is still, and then there is a knock, and the door opens as Kiyana slips in, she closes the door, "I thought you would be here, I saw you on TV, why didn't you invite me to the game too?" she looks curious, and somewhat hurt.

James quickly hands the flowers to Kiyana and starts rambling (as usual) "Ah these are for you. Oh wait now, I was just doing a favor for Billy is all. I did not stay for the game or anything he just forgot some tickets and I just teleported them out to him... but then I saw these flowers and thought about you. So I hope maybe you like them... ah how did you know I was off-campus? I was only gone like 5 minutes? Oh man I wanted to tell you I think I meet one of them Pantheon terrorists at the flower shop... I think it was Synapse... it was weird, cause like why and the heck would a terrorist be buying flowers? Thats what I would like to know. Hey I tell you want, after dinner I will make it up to you for not taking you with me to drop those tickets off... want to do something off campus? I will get us there and we can do whatever you want!"

 

[KaintheSeeker]

Yoshi nods, "Money is not a problem, I am the heir to the Tadaji name, I have money, not as much as Tommy or Jimmy, but my family keeps me well endowed with money," he opens a up a site on the computer and startys looking through outfits, chatting with Cassie on which one she likes, when they find one she likes he oreders it, and ghets next day delivery, all with a wave of a button, and his daddy's credit card, along with an outfit for himself.

Yoshi then relaxes, "Alright, so anyways, I figure with us kind of like you know, an item we could spend the next few minutes, hours, whatever making out, relaxing, and stuff, I mean why waste this beautiful day, when we could be doing something fun." He tries to lead Cassie towards her bed to sit, and relax.

Cassie flushes. "I'm not sure that I am ready for that.." (figure she was given some info) "But.. maybe we could practice so of this..dancing that will go down at the dancE? Or perhaps we could go for a walk?"

 

[Hammerhead]

"You're being hunted by trained soldiers and it's no big deal?" she asks with a bit of smile. The smile turns to a slight look of disgust. "If they do know, they should at least tell you. Teachers are really good at treating us like we're 4 years old."

Ryan shrugs. "I meant its no big deal that you made a joke, thats all. Besides, unless they use tanks or something, soldiers aren't much of a threat anyway. Aside from these uniforms, I think they kind of mean well. It's just that this facility is run by the United Nations, and the teachers don't really call the shots. I mean, remember the suit at the exercise? He completely ignored my questions. All we are is a way for the UN to boost failing public relations."

Originally posted by Agamon


"Yeah, that's possible. Or maybe they're just keeping a bead on you. They don't seem to be able to get at you here in the school, so maybe they have some sort of surveillance to watch for when you leave. At least, I haven't met anyone that seems very suspicious..."

"Of course no one seems suspicious. You think a spy is going to conceal himself in all black and duck into the shadows whenever he sees someone? It could be any elite here, really."

Originally posted by Agamon


Still pretty irked by what she just saw, Anika shakes her head. "I dunno. The more I think about it, the more I think the Beta team has a better chance than us. How are they going to compare how well we did if the others get to do the simulation as it was meant to be done? Not to mention that the team got split up and never got back together again; we got side-tracked from our mission (it's not really our fault, but it still looks bad); we didn't really fight very well as a team, I don't think; and everything got shut down before anything was resolved. I sure wouldn't mind a re-test. Or maybe the other teams will royally screw-up," she says with a lop-sided grin.

Ryan considers this, looking upwards at the ceiling, then responds. "Well, I would have to disagree. I think we reacted well to the change in the simulation. Further, the computer attack makes our team stand out. No other team was at risk of dying in the simulation, nor did they overcome the challenges we had to. And Class Five has always stood out; we're the ones attacked at the mall and the wildlife preserve. We have the most real combat experience. While I agree our teamwork needs some help, especially since Mr. McCallister is real big on that. But how would you have handled our actions during the combat with ourselves? No one other than Mark could have kept pace with copy Mark, or even have a chance of hitting someone that fast. I needed to unload a few high powered attacks into uh... myself, since I need a few seconds to prepare before I'm that tough. John was the best equipped to handle his own mental blasts. You were doing fine against copy Anika. Further, we have a style that makes us unique." I'm not sure what exactly that style is. Maybe its that we're all so wierd. I'm a glowing freak who used to hate himself, Cassandra's an amnesiac, Billy's a perfect boy scout, Anika believes in ancient gods, Mark's well...Mark. Maybe this is bad.

 

[Agamon]

Ryan shrugs. "I meant its no big deal that you made a joke, thats all. Besides, unless they use tanks or something, soldiers aren't much of a threat anyway. Aside from these uniforms, I think they kind of mean well. It's just that this facility is run by the United Nations, and the teachers don't really call the shots. I mean, remember the suit at the exercise? He completely ignored my questions. All we are is a way for the UN to boost failing public relations."

Anika ponders that for a moment. Does that bug you at all? If we make this team, we're basically going to become corperate lackeys...maybe slaves would be a better word. That dumb suit doesn't see us as people, just dollar signs and ratings numbers. We'll probably get used in ways we don't like, made to do things we don't want, and get tossed aside when we're no longer useful. Sounds like fun," she deadpans. "At least we'll get to help people. My dad got rich entertaining people, but he never really made a difference. I want to make a difference."

"Of course no one seems suspicious. You think a spy is going to conceal himself in all black and duck into the shadows whenever he sees someone? It could be any elite here, really."

Anika's brow furls somewhat at this. "No, that's not what I meant...it's just...I dunno, nevermind," she says, looking a bit frustrated.

Ryan considers this, looking upwards at the ceiling, then responds. "Well, I would have to disagree. I think we reacted well to the change in the simulation. Further, the computer attack makes our team stand out. No other team was at risk of dying in the simulation, nor did they overcome the challenges we had to. And Class Five has always stood out; we're the ones attacked at the mall and the wildlife preserve. We have the most real combat experience. While I agree our teamwork needs some help, especially since Mr. McCallister is real big on that. But how would you have handled our actions during the combat with ourselves? No one other than Mark could have kept pace with copy Mark, or even have a chance of hitting someone that fast. I needed to unload a few high powered attacks into uh... myself, since I need a few seconds to prepare before I'm that tough. John was the best equipped to handle his own mental blasts. You were doing fine against copy Anika. Further, we have a style that makes us unique."

"Yeah, I guess. I was kinda scared through the whole thing, especially when Chaos started messing with it, so I know I wasn't a very good teammate. I guess it'll get easier once we get used to risking our lives," she says, shaking her head.

Anika's eyes light up as thought comes to her. "Guess what? Tommy's going to try and get Mark to take Star to the dance! Can you even imagine that? I can't see anything short of blackmail getting that to go," she says with a bit of a giggle. Her face quickly turns sombre, however. "Poor Star. I hope she gets to go. She's actually pretty cool. Hey, if the restriction does end up getting lifted, her and I were going to go shopping at the mall for something to wear to the dance. You wanna come? We could even drag Mark along."

 

[Tokiwong]

Cassie

Cassie flushes. "I'm not sure that I am ready for that.." (figure she was given some info) "But.. maybe we could practice so of this..dancing that will go down at the dancE? Or perhaps we could go for a walk?"

Yoshi shrugs, "Whatever, dancing is dancing, it isn't like you need to practice, you shake your butt, your hips, move with the music, and your there," he turns on digital jukebox, from the computer and turns up the music, and starts to groove with the music, some fast paced rap, and hip hop, "yeah just get down, let me see what you got?"


Mark

[color=light blue]"Yeah. Sorry."[/color] Mark beats his second hasty retreat of the day without another word.

Mark makes it back to his room, without any further incident, it is quiet and just as he left it, however that may be. There is a flashing message on the computer though from the United Nations Justice Elite (UNJE), a video message from a Mr. Tibbs.

Mr. Tibbs face comes on the screen, "I wanted to be the first to congratulate you on a job well done, the selection process has begun, and the boys back at HQ were highly impressed with your performance, you have the speed to be the next Redline, but I think you can be better."

He pauses before continuing, "I have attached a standard contract with this message, take your time with it, have it looked over by an attorney if you like, but the basics are as follows, we want to sign you on exclusively with an initial signing bonus of $245,000, with a current contract of two million a year for two years, for a total payout of $4,245,000 over the whole of your contract. With the caveat that you abide by the rules of the UNJE, in which case your contract can be terminated at our discretion. Once I have this electronic contract back with your signature, we will have the money turned over to an account within 24 hours time. If you do not possess an account we will set one up for you, within the same 24 hour time frame. I hope you consider our offer, and I hope to welcome you to the Justice Elite family as the first member of Legacy." The message ends, as the digital contract comes up on the screen.

James

Kiyana smiles, and hugs James and gives him a kiss on the cheek, "Oh you are so nice! I love them, they smell great," her pout becoming a giddy smile, "I would love to go otuside, yes, lets go, lets go yes?"

She smiles at James, blushing, "This is wonderful, I have never gotten flowers before, these are beautiful..."

 

[Hammerhead]

Anika ponders that for a moment. Does that bug you at all? If we make this team, we're basically going to become corperate lackeys...maybe slaves would be a better word. That dumb suit doesn't see us as people, just dollar signs and ratings numbers. We'll probably get used in ways we don't like, made to do things we don't want, and get tossed aside when we're no longer useful. Sounds like fun," she deadpans. "At least we'll get to help people. My dad got rich entertaining people, but he never really made a difference. I want to make a difference."

Ryan considers Anika's words for a few moments, then replies. "Well, do you think Justice Elite is treated like that? While the UN suit is certainly manipulative, I don't really think it's going to be as bad as you say. We'll generally be the good guys, and be well-compensated for our efforts. I don't think it's that bad of a deal." Ryan shrugs and smiles. "But then again, what choice do I really have?"

Originally posted by Agamon


Anika's eyes light up as thought comes to her. "Guess what? Tommy's going to try and get Mark to take Star to the dance! Can you even imagine that? I can't see anything short of blackmail getting that to go," she says with a bit of a giggle. Her face quickly turns sombre, however. "Poor Star. I hope she gets to go. She's actually pretty cool. Hey, if the restriction does end up getting lifted, her and I were going to go shopping at the mall for something to wear to the dance. You wanna come? We could even drag Mark along."

"Mark and Star?" Ryan asks incredulously. "I don't know. Mark actually tries to protect Tommy; he probably will go with Tommy's robot bodyguard if Tommy asked him. The thing with Star is that, I mean, what is she? Is she a robot, just programmed to act a certain way like some mobile computer, or does she have some kind of free will? It's kind of confusing. Yeah, sure, I'll go to the mall. If the faculty lets me of course, and thinks it's safe."