Generation Legacy Issue #9 "Innocence Lost" - Part 3

[Hammerhead]

"Oh, yeah, James sent it into space to get rid of it. But uh...maybe I should just start from the beginning. And the name is Ryan...Ryan Praloski, but don't bother looking me up. I'm...God I feel like such an idiot...I'm from another dimension and got transported here, and I was only born in 1996. So, yeah. No ID or birth certificate." Well he's not going to pass judgement, that's just great. I'm worried about the rest of the city's legal system, not the opinion of one cop.

"So, anyway, you probably don't believe me about being from another dimension...I think Aris explained it, but I forget. We heard a few of our friends were in trouble, so we quickly went to find them with the help of some big cape called Thor. So some guy calling himself Ares showed up, and explained how his nerve gas bomb would kill the entire city and thus provoke America into some other war or something. Then his goonsquad showed up, and Chimera, the man I killed, mind-controlled Kelly. So, then I hit him. Oh, yeah, he also spat some kind of entangling projectile at me, but it didn't work. I wasn't really trying to kill him, but..." Ryan trails off.

 

[Agamon]

Gilden starts walking, and pauses in a secluded balcony, “Maybe, but it could also be residual energy from the Red Witch… if she were truly under her control ten she would try and exact a swift and public revenge… she can be subtle, but she would enjoy trying to destroy us at the earliest opportunity for her defeats.”

“My honest opinion is that Aris is just suffering from the residual effects of the events that brought her home. I don’t think she is under any control, she just tends to be extreme and prone to frequent mood swings,” he places a hand on Anika’s shoulder.

"Oh...I guess we just don't know her all that well, then. Wow, I'm really good at making enemies rather than friends," she says, feeling less than pleased with herself.

“But she will be okay, she is just troubled… and used to getting her way,” he says with a look over the city, “what is this about you not going home?”

Anika winces a bit. "Oh, you heard that, did you?" she asks sheepishly. "I, um...I was pretty upset when I said that." She looks over the city and back at Gilden and smiles. "Of course, staying here might not be so bad..."

 

[Aenion]

Cassie & Karen

Yoshi hops off the balcony, “So what do you guys want to do, see Olympic City and chill out and stuff? I mean there isn’t much we can do here till we get home and I want a piece of Overseer but I guess the big boys are handling that. Or we can kill some time with an elite threesome?”

Elite threesome? Ow..., Karen frowns then blushes, "I th-think we should stick to s-seeing Olympic City. I don't th-think we'll get close to Overseer anyway and if a th-threesome is what I th-think you mean by it, I th-think I'll pass," she smirks, "M-maybe Kal can be our guide and we can m-make it into a kind of double date. What do you th-think Cassie?"

 

[Samnell]

Gadget hops up, “Yeah let me show you,” she takes Mark by the hand, “I mean,” she blushes, “if you don’t mind me showing you the pool? Feel like swimming? I mean course you are, I feel like swimming; swimming I fun, don’t you think?”

Mark legs himself be tugged along, "Uh, yeah... I guess I'm going to need to borrow a suit or something too..."

OOC: I did not see that one coming. Must be in character.

 

[Tokiwong]

"Oh...I guess we just don't know her all that well, then. Wow, I'm really good at making enemies rather than friends," she says, feeling less than pleased with herself.

Gilden places an arm around her, “You did great actually, and it gives me an idea tat could help Gadget get a device built to get you guys home. Red Witch has great knowledge of dimensional pathways. If a shard of her is inside Aris, then we might be able to tap into it, and use it to our advantage.”

"Besides no one understands Aris except maybe Kal, and only because she follows him around everywhere, Gilden smirks in his raspy voice.

Anika winces a bit. "Oh, you heard that, did you?" she asks sheepishly. "I, um...I was pretty upset when I said that." She looks over the city and back at Gilden and smiles. "Of course, staying here might not be so bad..."

“But you must miss your home? Your parents and friends? Your world sounds like a much different place; I understand your statement in anger, but your home, you must miss it,” he says giving her a gentle squeeze.

Mark

Gadget smiles, “Of course we can get you some swim trunks,” she fumbles through some drawers an tosses Mark some swim trunks, “You can get changed in here, and I will get changed, and meet you back here in about ten minutes and show you the pool okay?”

Karen and Cassie

“It was a joke,” Yoshi smirks, “a double date sounds conventional but fine; although I feel like we should be doing something like kicking butt, and movie and dinner is just as good.”

Yoshi stands, “We need to do something,” he throws his arms around Cassie and hugs her, “well spending some quality time with my main girl,” he kisses her cheek.

Ryan

“But you severed him in half,” he replies in a cool tone. He leans back in his chair, “So I can tell you don’t feel any remorse for taking his life; not that I would have held back, but for someone as young as you, you just seem pretty at peace with what occurred. Kind of a novelty,” he says.

 

[Aenion]

"S-sorry, I didn't mean to sound upset or s-something," Karen blushes, "Movie and dinner sounds great a-and with Kal th-there might be some buttkicking involved," she smirks, "He r-really seems to like doing that, b-but I've kinda had enough of buttkicking f-for now, first Red Witch then straight from her to that fight with Ch-Chimera," she sighs at the thought of that fight, Not that I ever really like to kick butt, I guess it comes with these powers.

She slowly gets up and puts her hands in the pockets of her borrowed jeans, "I'll get Kal, I'm s-sure he knows w-what there's to do around here," with that she goes inside to find Kal, hoping that the fighting in the kitchen has cooled down a bit.

 

[Hammerhead]

"Well, the same thing happens when you get hit by a truck, right? It was one hit, and he was fully prepared for me coming. It's not like I stalked the battlefield, found some unconscious guy, and ripped him apart," Ryan says sarcastically, attempting to control his anger. Just what was this guy insinuating?

"And no, I don't regret my decision to hit that guy as hard as I could, because it was the right one. They had a bomb, and he had mind controlled someone who was very dangerous...even knowing I would kill him, I'd do it again. But I didn't try to do it, and there's no sense beating yourself up over things you can't change." Yet you do it anyway, a voice inside Ryan informs him. You continually beat yourself up over the young woman who was killed inside the nightclub. Killed because of what you did. That's why you don't feel remorse over Chimera...

"I'm glad you find me amusing," Ryan replies cooly. "So do you actually believe what I said about the alternate dimension stuff or what? And what am I being charged with here?" Let's get this over with and stop shooting the breeze.

 

[Tokiwong]

"Well, the same thing happens when you get hit by a truck, right? It was one hit, and he was fully prepared for me coming. It's not like I stalked the battlefield, found some unconscious guy, and ripped him apart," Ryan says sarcastically, attempting to control his anger. Just what was this guy insinuating?

"Relax Ryan," he replies.

"And no, I don't regret my decision to hit that guy as hard as I could, because it was the right one. They had a bomb, and he had mind controlled someone who was very dangerous...even knowing I would kill him, I'd do it again. But I didn't try to do it, and there's no sense beating yourself up over things you can't change." Yet you do it anyway, a voice inside Ryan informs him. You continually beat yourself up over the young woman who was killed inside the nightclub. Killed because of what you did. That's why you don't feel remorse over Chimera...

"Alright well if I was to try and take you into custody, would you let me?" he says casually.

"I'm glad you find me amusing," Ryan replies cooly. "So do you actually believe what I said about the alternate dimension stuff or what? And what am I being charged with here?" Let's get this over with and stop shooting the breeze.

"Sure, stranger things happen here, for m not to accept that," he replies, "but I am not trying to b condescending I just try and keep my mind open, Ryan."

 

[Hammerhead]

"Well...I don't know. Do you have a need? To me, this seems to be a pretty clear-cut case of self-defense...well, defending a friend counts I suppose...and the whole nerve gas thing that could have wiped out the entire city..." Ryan shrugs. "Back home, at least, I don't think a jury would convict me of anything."

 

[Samnell]

Gadget smiles, “Of course we can get you some swim trunks,” she fumbles through some drawers an tosses Mark some swim trunks, “You can get changed in here, and I will get changed, and meet you back here in about ten minutes and show you the pool okay?”

It wont take me ten- Oh, she means her. "Uh, ok. I'll be here," Mark agrees. When Gadget leaves him alone, Mark looks skeptically at the floppy trunks for a few moments before donning them and leaving his clothes in a neat pile. I miss Mudaba Adin.