Metahuman College-Issue one: College bound [IC]

[Dark Nemesis]

Smiling at Siren as he received the ring, Marcus grinned and said, "This doesn't mean we're going steady now does it?" Regardless of her reply, Marcus looked over the ring before putting it on.

“Of course not, darling,” Siren replied with a smirk. “We’ve barely just met.”

Rinea took the box eagerly, and opening the box, exclaimed, “Ooooh… Shiny Treasure. Thank you. How literal will the translations be?”

“I am told that the translations are fairly literal. But, this is the first time we have had the opportunity to put the rings to use outside of the testing area,” Wes answered, glancing down at his own ring. Like the others, it was made of a silver metal, but it had a red stone set into it.

I wonder if it will survive a transformation, she pondered briefly. "What activities exactly?" Hoshiko asked aloud.

“Activities dealing with powers,” Siren answered. “Training, mostly, but there’ll be some tests too. To see what each of you are capable of.”

"So, can you understand what I'm saying right now, Marcus? Or does this only translate English into your most comfortable language?"

To Marcus and most of the others, the message comes across clearly in English. It was vaguely disconcerting, though, the way Cloud’s movements did not match her words, much like the way a foreign film dubbed into English looks.

 

[Keia]

Marcus Stevens (Proton) HPs: 5/5

"So, can you understand what I'm saying right now, Marcus? Or does this only translate English into your most comfortable language?"

"Seems to work just fine," Marcus replied. "Course, I'm looking for subtitles 'cause your lips are moving different than what I'm understanding . . . it's kinda obvious, too."

"New group, check . . . elite training school, check . . . super decoding ring, check . . . hot . . . err," Marcus paused, then just passed on even trying to finish. "This is way too cool. Next thing you're gonna tell us is we get paid for all this stuff . . . that would top it off!"

 

[Calinon]

"And these activities? They will be individual and private, yes?" she says, trying to keep the worry out of her voice.

 

[Amulet]

Rinea puts on her ring. “Well perhaps a test is in order? From the introduction to Thalin Yellowtime’s famous poetic treatise on positive emotional fixation:” She begins making noises in a voice that sounds like a cross between a whale sounding and a long clawed cat dancing on a chalkboard. "I, at end to protect itself in you, it emits with an extensive danger, my heart. With you, that does not subject itself to this negligence, I it is kiss. It is my heart, and being as that it is weak and, oh, is like that and crosses outside and is for it like this type, and so that hazard respects, it a love that is satisfied the treatment which has.” She switches back to English, asking “How did that come through?”

To Hoshiko, she whispers, “Do not be troubled. We are to be your family.”

 

[Nuke261]

Jonn Birkey (Rumble)

Jonn took in the ring as he took it out of the box and placed it on his finger. Heh. Just like the Green Lantern! This is pretty cool!

"Hey, I have a question. Does this thing work if it's covered? When I would go out as Rumble I would wear these big, sturdy gloves. I just wondered if it would still work if it was under something like that?"

 

[Keia]

Marcus Stevens (Proton) HPs: 5/5, Unhurt

Marcus raised his eyebrow (in classic Rock style) about a third of the way through Rinea's . . . ummm . . . whatever that was.

She switches back to English, asking “How did that come through?”

"I think I'm starting to understand the phrase . . . 'Lost in Translation.' Rinea . . . I have no idea what you just said means, can you tell us in English what it was?" Marcus asked.

 

[Calinon]

Hoshiko shivers as Rinea stops screeching.

"We are to be in the same classes," Hoshiko replies. "I mean not to offend, but my parents and brother are my family; you are not. They I know I can trust with things of a personal nature. You and the others I have just met, and at least one of our group should be in a hospital where he cannot hurt himself, let alone us."

She wrings her hands in her lap. "I am not prepared to risk things I consider very private becoming public knowledge. And I have just met you."

 

[Amulet]

Rinea replies to Marcus, “It is not simple to translate. Let me ponder the best translation for a brief while.”

Rinea sits down next to Hoshiko, and assumes a nearly identical pose. "Well, I can certainly understand that. Perhaps after we get to know each other better, and have built up a degree of, what is the word?… trust! Things seem to happen so quickly here, I am pleased to find someone wishing to take a more subdued pace."

 

[Rybaer]

Cloud gives Hoshiko an understanding look.

"If you can trust anyone outside your family, though, it'll probably be us," she says. "We are, after all, in the same boat as you. Each of us has reasons to want to keep parts of our lives private.

"Trust is something that is difficult to earn. More often, trust must simply be given...and remains until it is lost.

"Under the circumstances, I think the sooner we can bond as a group, the better off we'll all be. I give each of you my simple promise to keep any of your secrets just that...secret. In turn, I hope you will all do the same for me. I put my trust in everyone here, and I hope I never have to face the one who violates that."

 

[Dark Nemesis]

"I, at end to protect itself in you, it emits with an extensive danger, my heart. With you, that does not subject itself to this negligence, I it is kiss. It is my heart, and being as that it is weak and, oh, is like that and crosses outside and is for it like this type, and so that hazard respects, it a love that is satisfied the treatment which has.”

Rinea’s poetry is met with confused looks from both Wes and Siren. At last, Wes speaks up, “Er… that was most… unique, Rinea. I look forward to hearing the translation.”

Both mentors listen as Hoshiko voices her concerns and the conversation turns toward the issue of trust.

“I know that we are asking for a lot,” Siren said at last. “Every measure is being taken to ensure that what is revealed here will never become public knowledge. It’s to protect both our students and the faculty, most of whom have maintained their secret identities for decades. It is hard to trust people you have barely met, but please try.”