Karl Green said:
James hangs out with Kiyana, watching TV and trying to get an idea about this world, flipping between news, drama, cartoons, anything and everything. After a while he turns to Kiyana "What do you want to do babe? What to go out and adventure and explore? Not sure if we got the right kind of money here, but I want to check out a couple of ideas. If this world is like the comics or something, I bet they have places where they honor the heroes and stuff around here... might be cool to see that. Or we could go to the beach or something"
“That sounds wonderful,” Kiyana responds, “I would like that, maybe we can check out the park, I thought I saw a large statue there of someone wearing a cape, like in the comic.”
Danger Girl quips, “Yeah that is a tribute statue to the first Paragon, Olympic City Park is littered with those kinds of statues. I could show you guys around, if you like?”
Kiyana glances to James, “That would be great!”
Velocity Girl smiles, “Well we can get you all some clothes to wear, and we can just have a semi-normal day downtown,”
Kal nods, “Sounds great to me,” he smiles to Karen.
Aris walks in, “Me too,” as everyone focuses on the blue skinned alien princess.
Kal smiles, “Aris where have you been, last we heard Ryan said you ran off somewhere.”
Aris looks away, “That prick… nothing… I don’t want to talk about it. I needed some time alone.”
Kal furrows his brow.
Cassie
Karen goes back inside as Cassie finishes her statement. Yoshi shrugs, “I think she wants to go, and is getting the others involved, it can be a big field trip,” he jokes, “so you sure everything is alright in that blonde head of yours?”
Mark
“All the time?” Gadget replies, “Wow that is so cool, you are in great shape, I mean, you can swim well. So I am not surprised at all, so back home, do you have any other friends besides your Legacy teammates, I mean like; I am sorry if I am being nosy… just curious, I mean like a girlfriend or something? I mean one of my best friends is one of my classmates from school, Julie, she is really nice.”
Ryan
“Your choice Ryan,” the cop replies. Within fifteen minutes assuming that Ryan complies they arrest him and put him in a special containment cell. The press quickly follows though they are denied direct access to Ryan, and the containment cell; the facility is abuzz with activity.
The walls of the containment cell are of blue semi-transparent energy. On the opposite side of the blue energy wall he sees a man sitting on a cot. He looks at Ryan, although his features are difficult to make out through the semi-transparent wall; he can tell that he large and obscenely muscular. The man stands and walks towards the energy wall and taps it gently with his finger and growls, “So what do they have you in here for?”
Anika
“Thank you, Anika,” he replies with a smile.
He listens and then replies, “I wish I could see it; if only to understand you better. But as promised, my own home world is gone, devoured by Terminus at the behest of the demon Omega. My mother and father were High Magus Executors and lead much of the resistance to Omega, before it became obvious that defeat was inevitable.”
He closes his eyes, “My people, we believe in peace; through peace we find strength, through strength we master the Art. The Art sustained our civilization, it was what defined us as a people… when the final hour of my world came, my mother and father said a soft prayer as we watched the destruction of our world. But that prayer was a powerful spell and it hurled me from my world to here… I have their Hearthstone,” he pulls out a shining red crystal from out of his shirt.
“The stone is created through the Art and signifies love and family; its glow is eternal and is created from raw emotion. This is fueled by my parents love for me, its glow a silent reminder of their sacrifice…” he smiles weakly, “and their love.”
Gilden smirks, “Perhaps I have said too much and ruined the moment. I do like you Anika, and I would like to think that perhaps we understand each other…” he takes her hand, “even if I am your only extra-dimensional friend.”
