Project Daedalus (Issue #4)

[Mimic]

"It isn't flirting or anything, my powers just make me think and act more like a wolf then a human." she explains, hoping that everyone isn't gonna get freaked out.

Once she is finished Miguel looks at her for a moment trying to decide whether she is kidding or not.

Miguel smiles and shrugs slightly. Hey, whatever turns your crank, I seen worse. Miguel doesn't seem freaked out, more amused then anything.

 

[Elementor]

"Probably could have gotten into the academy without being a basketball player. But not all of us are that blessed with that kind of smarts. But sure I would love to hear you ramble on, Aaron," he says following Screaming Eagle, as she shows them around, an assumption of course.

"Really??!! Well you know The Aegis that Zeus had? Well, In a later story Zeus is said to have used the skin of the goat Amalthea as a buckler when he went forth to do battle against the giants. The interesting part is that Amalthea is the foster mother of Zeus and was the goat that suckled him while he was an infant in Crete.

Another legend represents the aegis as a fire-breathing monster like the Chimera, which was slain by Athene, who afterwards wore its skin as a cuirass. In Greek Mythology, the Chimera or Chimaera was one of the offspring of Typhon and Echidna. There have been numerous descriptions of it. Some say it had the body of a goat, the hindquarters of a snake or dragon and the head of a lion, though others say it had heads of both the goat and lion, with a snake for a tail. All descriptions, however, agree that it breathed fire from one or more of its heads.

Still others say that the Aegis was the skin of Pallas, the god of wisdom. Pallas was also an epithet for Athena, who was sometimes thought of as Pallas' daughter. In one story, Pallas tried to rape her, she killed him and turned his skin into the aegis." realizing that he is blabbing away again, he stops so the others can be heard.

Rachel smiles at Aaron's antics and hiding behind Tyrone. "It really is ok, we're pack now, like family, we can count on each other, and your not the only one thats got quirks kiddo, at least you ramble, lots of people ramble. Me, sometimes I forget and do stuff like a wolf would, I mean thats how I normally think, in between, and sometimes its a lot of work to act normal. You should try living down saying thank you in wolf, people get soo weird about it." she says, blushing a bit as she thinks about the FBI escort she had to the airport. She moves closer to Aaron and punches his arm very lightly and smiles at him, as if to say, your one of the gang.

Smiling up at the kind wolf-girl, Aaron begins to look much more comfortable. "Just as long as you dont have to mark us as your territory I'll be fine with it. As for the naked thing, I end up naked regularly too because of my shapechanging. But like Ty said, I can always throw up and earthen change room around you before you change back to human so there are no uncomfortable nude scenes."

 

[Tokiwong]

Misha listens to Aaron splitting his attention between listening to the young elite and trying to see if Sara will respond to his mental prodding. He nearly misses the strange gesture Rachel does to Miguel; he stays neutral as he wonders just what in the hell is going on.

“And here I thought that the Chimera was slain by a Greek hero, Bellerophon on a winged Pegasus,” he says with an earnest smile. “That was the legend I was most familiar with, when it came to the Chimera,” Misha responds.

 

[Calinon]

"Daaaamn, girl. That's so going to be taken the wrong way at some point, especially if the press catches hold of that. Maybe you just shake hands or something," Tyrone says with a shake of his head and a chuckle at Rachel's thank-you gesture. "Seriously."

Nudging Sarah, he says, "Hey, I was just kidding around. It's a funny image though," he adds with a grin. "And you know I don't just trust anyone to get up here," he says, tapping his head.

 

[Agamon]

Screaming Eagle begins the tour, showing the reception area, the nearby cafeteria that Devil mentioned, the large gym/training area, the pool, the living quarters, the communications room, the meeting room, a game room, a library and a conference room.

During the tour, she responds as the others talk. "Wow, that is impressive, Aaron. I knew you were a smart, kid, but I think you've taken over from Neutron as our resident brainiac," she says to the boy with a smile.

"You're the leader, Tyrone. You don't like matching uniforms, you don't have to have them, it's up to you, but we'll get into that later," she says to Tyrone. "In fact the design hasn't been created yet, if you want something you specifically have in mind, that shouldn't be a problem. You might want to wear them, regardless, though. They will contain you communication devices, not to mention they contain kevlar to help protect you from getting hurt."

Jersey Devil, tagging along, grins at Rachel's display. "Don't worry about it, Rachel. Your elite powers make you special, don't ever let them make you feel like you don't belong."

Sarah follows along not saying much. She obviously doesn't 'hear' Misha at all, looking like she's lost in her own thoughts. She smiles as Tyrone speaks to her. "Sorry, it's not that," she responds quietly. "Just, maybe we should keep our conversations public. I don't want anyone thinking I have anything to hide."

 

[Calinon]

"Hey, you got it," Tyrone responds with a wink. "Just remember, you don't have to earn most of our trust; you already have it."

"Ooo, kevlar," Tyrone says about the uniforms. "That'd be great for those that need it. I'm sure it'll be a fairly significant project too; not only for protection but we gotta make sure Rachel doesn't get hurt transforming. Kevlar doesn't usually rip that well. Besides, I'm sure they'll be room for personal preferences in there somewhere."

 

[Shalimar]

"Ooo, kevlar," Tyrone says about the uniforms. "That'd be great for those that need it. I'm sure it'll be a fairly significant project too; not only for protection but we gotta make sure Rachel doesn't get hurt transforming. Kevlar doesn't usually rip that well. Besides, I'm sure they'll be room for personal preferences in there somewhere."

"I don't think i'll have a problem, well, so long as Kevlar isn't tougher then steel. When I am transformed, I'm super-strong and super-tough, I can lift cars pretty easily, and I'm not just harder to hurt in my were-wolf form, I heal a lot faster too." she shrugs, "I don't know exactly how tough, or how strong I am or even how fast I can heal, I never really needed to know, its always been enough for whatever I needed, this is making me kinda curious though." she says, her nose twitching, in what for her indicated her curiosity. "I can use all my powers in human form too, just not as well. I can bench 520 lbs like this, its just I never had anything that heavy to lift to really see exactly what my max is."

Rachel smiles at the encouragement from the experienced animalistic Elite, he had to have gone through all of the same things that she was gonna go through, so it certainly meant a lot coming from him. "So how do you deal with all the people gawking and everything, I'm not very comfortable with my werewolf form, I mean, I don't fit in anywhere in it, and its the one I'm strongest in, so I just know I'm going to have to be in it a lot." she says, ruefully.

 

[Tokiwong]

Misha lets it go and just continues walking listening. He will need to try a different approach, but for the moment it is a moot issue. Instead he just listens; the young girl seems to have a mouth as big as Tyrone's and with strange mannerisms to match. For some reason that wasn't a good combination.

He pauses in the gym looking for a basketball court, if he sees one; he genuinely smiles before moving to catch up to the group. Misha listens to the conversation about uniforms, already trying to conceive of ways of not having to wear anything gaudy and contrived, besides unlike Tyroc he wasn't a superhero, and his clothes had been fine thus far.

“Hey I don’t think any of us have anything to hide, at least not intentionally,” he says to Sara, “if anything those of us that weren’t apart of the incident are the outsiders looking in. The rest of you seem to already trust each other, and there definitely seems to be a great amount of respect.”

He goes silent once more, feeling he said enough for the moment.

 

[Elementor]

“And here I thought that the Chimera was slain by a Greek hero, Bellerophon on a winged Pegasus,” he says with an earnest smile. “That was the legend I was most familiar with, when it came to the Chimera,” Misha responds.

"Yes! Yes! That is the very same legend!! Bellerophon, mounted on the winged horse Pegasus and with Athene's assistance, shot arrows into the Chimera and killed her. He dealt the deciding blow with his lance which was tipped with lead. The lead melted when the lance was driven into the fiery mouth and caused the Chimera to suffocate."

 

[Tokiwong]

"Yes! Yes! That is the very same legend!! Bellerophon, mounted on the winged horse Pegasus and with Athene's assistance, shot arrows into the Chimera and killed her. He dealt the deciding blow with his lance which was tipped with lead. The lead melted when the lance was driven into the fiery mouth and caused the Chimera to suffocate."

Misha smiles, "I think I have a pretty good idea of what to get you for your birthday," he says continuing to walk.