Generation Legacy Issue #7 "Innocence Lost" - Part 1

[Hammerhead]

Ryan smiles back at Anika. Screw the if's, but's or can'ts. Let's do this

"What?" Ryan interjects, confused, surprised, and angry. "Mr. McCallister was not a Pantheon spy, I...I just can't see how anyone could think that, no matter what the UN says. I'd sooner trust a man I know and respect than some faceless suit at a desk job. Mr. McCallister is probably being defamed because he's disagreeing with UN policy or something." This relates to what's been bothering me....something Star said. What was it?

Of course, Yoshi's right, Mr. McCallister wouldn't shed a tear for anyone...he's stronger than that. "Anika's right, though, the mission is more important than any doubts we may have of Mr. McCallister." Still, Ryan throws a suspicious glance towards Mark. Something's going on here, between what Star said and now this. I'm out of loop, and I don't like that. Surely Mark has some proof to support this allegation...what's he holding back?

"Anyway, I was thinking we divide into two teams, one to come in to from the front, the other from the back, covering all of the exits. Besides, we're all really fast, so it's doubtful he could run. Then, we distract him long enough for Anika to hit him with something nasty." Ryan grows matter-of-fact and professional, sounding sure of himself. Apparently, sitting in on Legacy strategy classes did him some good.

 

[Tokiwong]

"I'm me...I, I don't know what you want me to say." the popstar says slightly vexxedly, but obediently, she turns her thoughts inward, trying to think about how she sees herself. As she is thinking about it, her body undergoes changes, coming to match what she thinks of herself as. Her hair slowly grows shorter, and shifts itself into the type of pigtails that a child would wear. Even as her hair changes, she begins to get shorter, but her dress stays the same size, becoming humungous on her, like she is a little girl dressing up in big girl clothes, one who looks kind of silly doing it.

The girl giggles, "You feel that you are just a girl playing to be a woman. That is not uncommon for young women like you, to feel overwhelmed, Kelly. But you are both at the same time, growing into the woman you wish to be, and still reatining the girl within. Embrace that, you will need that purity of strength..."

The child popstar starts to sniffle at the image of Tommy selling pictures of her and him when they were lying together. "He wouldn't do that, he cares about me, he wouldn't do anything to hurt me, he loves me, like I love him," she protests to the image, as if arguing would make it go away.

"What do you believe Tommy would do, do you believe that he would do that to you, or do you believe this is just a fevered vision fueled by your regrets and fears?" the girl asks.

"Or perhaps its the truth, and you are just afriad to admit it?" a boy says standing behind both Kelly and the girl.

 

[Shalimar]

The girl giggles, "You feel that you are just a girl playing to be a woman. That is not uncommon for young women like you, to feel overwhelmed, Kelly. But you are both at the same time, growing into the woman you wish to be, and still reatining the girl within. Embrace that, you will need that purity of strength..."

"I...I think I understand, your saying just cause I don't think I can handle everything doesn't mean its true, and that its ok to feel overwhelmed and ask for help when I really need it, right? That there isn't anything wrong with wanting someone to be here, with me, to take care of me, to treat me special."

"What do you believe Tommy would do, do you believe that he would do that to you, or do you believe this is just a fevered vision fueled by your regrets and fears?" the girl asks.

"Or perhaps its the truth, and you are just afriad to admit it?" a boy says standing behind both Kelly and the girl.

"I...I don't think that he would do that to me, I don't think he would do anything to hurt me, I guess its just part of what I'm afraid of, people just using me all the time. Its ok to be a little afraid, I think being a little afraid can help protect people, but if you get too afraid, you don't ever do anything about what your afraid of, and thats no good." she turns when she hears the little boy, and smiles.

"No, Tommy wouldn't do that, I trust him, he hasn't done anything to hurt me, not like you, and I'm not gonna be afraid of him hurting me just because you want me to be upset. Everyone isn't as mean or bad as you are." she says, sounding calmer then when she last spoke to the elite, but her voice still wasn't completely convincing.

 

[Aenion]

Karen

“Sure a cover maybe, or we get some schematics and look them over,” Aris sighs, “but damn it, I don’t know much about hacking. Maybe Kal is right, we just bust in there.. although I refuse to believe he is right, there is a slight possibility he could be.”

Kal shrugs, “Hey, I just try and keep it simple.”

“Maybe we should just try the informant, I have been in contact with,” Aris replies.

Kal winces, “I don’t know, that smells of a trap, we don’t know much about this person, besides them saying they know something about Red Witch and want to help us. It just smells like a trap.”

Aris nods, “But it may be our best bet, if it is a trap, then we can handle it I am sure, especially with Karen there. He wants to meet face to face, I have been putting it off, but we need to do something, I just have a bad feeling something bad is going to happen soon.”

Kal nods, “Sure, if it’s a trap, I can just say I told you so.”

"Even if it's a trap, it's probably safer than fighting ourselves a way through," Karen shrugs, "and there is always the possibility they actually want to help you guys. If they don't then we can always start with kicking their butt first," she says, throwing Kal a smile.

 

[Tokiwong]

"No, Tommy wouldn't do that, I trust him, he hasn't done anything to hurt me, not like you, and I'm not gonna be afraid of him hurting me just because you want me to be upset. Everyone isn't as mean or bad as you are." she says, sounding calmer then when she last spoke to the elite, but her voice still wasn't completely convincing.

"Strong words, puppet," the boy replies, a dog limps toward the boy, and he picks it up, "but you don't know anything about bad or mean. Or evil. Your content in your ignorance-"

"You must be-" the littl girl is cut off as Neuro simply raises hand, and she starts to choke and collapse.

"Simpleton," the boy walks forward, "never interrupt me. Puppet this is the best you could do, how sad. So where is your vaunted strength now? Will it collapse under the weight of your life's crushing dissapointments?"

"Or do you truly believe Tommy loves you, and can protect you from a world that seeks to prostitute you like the puppet you truly are?" the boy replies gently petting the puppy.

 

[Tokiwong]

"Even if it's a trap, it's probably safer than fighting ourselves a way through," Karen shrugs, "and there is always the possibility they actually want to help you guys. If they don't then we can always start with kicking their butt first," she says, throwing Kal a smile.

Kal grins, "I like the way you think, Karen. You know what I am going to talk to Jimmy, I bet he would help out just in case. You guys hang tight, I will be back," he says laving the room.

Aris clears her throat, "Uhh..." she gets out before he leaves, and then just sits their in awkward silence.

 

[Aenion]

Kal grins, "I like the way you think, Karen. You know what I am going to talk to Jimmy, I bet he would help out just in case. You guys hang tight, I will be back," he says laving the room.

Aris clears her throat, "Uhh..." she gets out before he leaves, and then just sits their in awkward silence.

Karen watches Kal rush out of her room, not really sure whether getting Jimmy is such a good idea, and is left feeling about as uncomfortable as Aris,"So ... uhm ..." she hesitates, looking for something to talk about, "like ... what do you know about this informant?" she asks, trying to evade the question she really wants to ask. How do you ask someone who's ex-fiancée you're dating why they didn't get married?

 

[KaintheSeeker]

Cassie

The younger girl nods and sighs. "I'm sorry that I bothered you." Turns to leave visibily let down (the fact that she didn't say that her not making the team wasn't her opinions.)

 

[Agamon]

"Anyway, I was thinking we divide into two teams, one to come in to from the front, the other from the back, covering all of the exits. Besides, we're all really fast, so it's doubtful he could run. Then, we distract him long enough for Anika to hit him with something nasty." Ryan grows matter-of-fact and professional, sounding sure of himself. Apparently, sitting in on Legacy strategy classes did him some good.

"Yeah, distraction. That sounds good. I'm not sure I like my name and the word 'nasty' being used together so much," she says with a joking smile, trying to raise the levity of the room, "but I think I can conjure up something he won't like."

 

[Tokiwong]

Karen watches Kal rush out of her room, not really sure whether getting Jimmy is such a good idea, and is left feeling about as uncomfortable as Aris,"So ... uhm ..." she hesitates, looking for something to talk about, "like ... what do you know about this informant?" she asks, trying to evade the question she really wants to ask. How do you ask someone who's ex-fiancée you're dating why they didn't get married?

Aris responds to Karen, "Well I was patrolling, well trying to do anything without going stir crazy you know. I uhh started scouting the VSC Tower, and well I didn't get much done. But the place was like a fortress, so I started doing research on the internet, virtua-web, whatever you call it. I found a few sites that seemed to have some anti-VSC sentiments, and just poked around, I posted a message there, and someone replied to me. They seem to know alot about VSC; they started passing me information, and I started following it up. So far it has all been accurate. I really don't know much else then that."

Cassie

Jun Min pauss quizzically at Cassie's look, "Are you okay? I know you want to solve this riddle and figure out who you are, but we can't go till tomorrow, the offices will be open, and right now I am swamped with work," she sighs.

"Tell me what is bothering you?" Jun Min replies.