Log:Alien Legacy, Scene 2

Alien Legacy 2009/10/08 	 Black Widow Warrior Ant Mantis Amy Wasp Mantis Sable Imaginary Girl Ferryl Flyne 2

This is lush green park surrounds an inlet of water which appears to be a lake, but is in fact and arm of a creek open onto the bay itself. Water-lilies float on its surface, while flowering bushes and shrubs dot its edge; numerous benches allow one to sit and enjoy the view. Large trees of various species surround the "lake" providing shade for the recreational area. Fields of flowers are seen in the clearings between some of the trees, providing a vast array of color everywhere on all directions. The recreational area has a baseball diamond, a soccer field, a children's jungle gym swing set, and several covered picnic areas.

To the west the trees are more numerous, forming pleasant wood. In the north the land climbs in terraces up to Colonial Heights, where the old mansion of the Buckinghams still stands, a separate property now, since the family lost their fortune and were forced to sell both house and garden. The southern terminus of the Main Street MagLev line emerges from underground near the house; it is designed to blend with the landscaping of the park.

It's a quiet day in the park. The area where the meteorite landed not so long ago is still under construction. There is some tape around the area where the local government is trying to repair the landscaping.

Amy is down by the pond, feeding the ducks! She smiling to herself as if remembering something pleasant.

The ground starts to rumble in the park...not unlike an earthquake. Or massive construction. It's heard from a good block outside the park proper.

Amy says, "Huh?" She looks about as ducks fly off quacking at the tremors, then decides it might be trouble and start running up the long slope of the park."

Imaginary Girl's been hovering about ever since the meteorite landed. "You know", she mentions, casually, to one of the local government types in the area, "If y'all'd let me know it was coming, I could've caught it before it burned up and soft-landed it for y'all to study." She's about to go on when the rumbling starts, and it shuts her up as she pauses to look around.

The ground bursts open...fairly close to the site of the actually meteor strike. And out of the ground step three individuals whom start to look over the area slowly but thorougly.

Amy says, "Eeuw, bug people!"

Warrior Ant(#737TOn)

It looks like a humanoid ant hybrid. The head has mandibles and antennae. The body of this creature is more human-like, with a hard red/brown carapace over it. It stands about six feet tall, and likely weighs over 200 pounds. It's hard to tell exactly how much more, due to the carapace.

Amy keeps running toward the people, but more cautiously now. She's guessing these are villains but isn't going to do anything till she knows!

Amy(#734POeACcF?)

Standing only 5'1" tall, this young woman is seldom without a smile on her cherubic face, and her the twinkle in eyes is echoed in the the dancing light motes which always surround her, shifting colours with her mood. She wears her chestnut hair swept back behind her ears, but she is always pushing it back again as it falls forward.

She's wearing a T-shirt with the caption "Feeling lucky, punk?" tucked into her jeans; both are tight over her distinctly feminine curves. On her feet are well-worn sneakers.

Imaginary Girl actually oooh's at the arrival of the three. "Heya!", she calls as she flits over that way. "Those are /neat/ costumes!", she adds, smiling. "Seriously!", she concludes, as she puts her hands on her hips, then says to Black Widow, "Yours really shows off your figure and makes your eyes 'pop'!"

Yes, Imaginary Girl's totally being friendly with them right from the start.

Warrior Ant notices Amy, but doesn't say anything. Black Widow looks to Imaginary Girl as the hero nears the group. She then addresses IG, "Well...thank you." She smiles slightly...and it manages to look at least slightly sinister. But that might have more to do with the overall look she has going, "Where might we find the hero known as 'Dragonfly'? We would like to have a word with her."

Amy says, "Um, Dragonfly? I don't know! If you want I could tell her you're looking for her next time I see her - what's it about?"

"I dunno, either", Imaginary Girl replies, her tone simply casual, at this point. "I haven't seen her around for a couple of days, actually. She keeps pretty busy and flies around a lot, too", she adds, nodding her head. "Did y'all come to see the space-rock, too?", she then tangents, all smiles. "It's /cool/, isn't it?"

Imaginary Girl, as she mentions the coolness, does the unthinkable - she turns her back on the three 'bug people', to look at the meteorite. "I just wish they'd let me know it was coming... I /so/ coulda caught it and they'd have the whole thing to study on, instead of this little burned bit that's left..."

"Sorry y'all missed it", Imaginary Girl adds to the three, still looking at the crater. "The government guys already came and carted it off... I forgot!

Mantis smiles. "We just want to talk with her about her destined role." Black Widow looks to Imaginary Girl, "Oh, we managed to see the meteorite previously."

Amy says, "Ooh, I didn't know she had a destined role, what is it?"

Imaginary Girl turns around to face Mantis and Black Widow, once again all smiles. "Wasn't it cool?", she asks, sounding like a schoolgirl when she talks about the meteorite that left the crater that's already being landscaped over. Then what was just said registers and she tilts her head to one side. "If I see her, I'll tell her. Can I getcher names so I know who to say was asking for her?", she then questions of them.

Near the location where the meteor has struck the ground in the park, there is now a large hole. And three bug-like individuals standing near that opening. Amy and IG have moved closer to investigate.

Mantis looks to Amy, "That's for Dragonfly to hear." Black Widow converses with Imaginary Girl, "It was...quite cool, yes. A life changing experience. I am 'Black Widow', this is 'Mantis', and that is 'Warrior Ant'."

Amy asks cheerfully, "So are you heroes or what?"

While on a routine patrol of the city Sable hears the blistering roar of the meteor's passage as it tears a fiery arc across the sky. Her head swivels sharply as it blazes overhead and she sharply adjusts her course to follow the flaming tongue of fire it leaves in its wake.

It takes a few moments before she catches up to where the meteor has crashed, springing into the park to land close to the crater. "So what's happening?"

Imaginary Girl smiles and offers Black Widow her hand in greeting. "Hi! I'm Imaginary Girl!", she happily chirps by way of reply - for once not assuming everyone's going to know who she is right off the bat. On Sable's arrival, she turns (still hovering) and calls out, "Hi, Sable! We're talking about Jackie's destiny and the meteorite that crashed her a while back."

Mantis says to Amy, "I suppose it depends on your definition of 'heroes'." Black Widow happily shakes Imaginary Girl's hand, "Oh, we know who you are. We all do."

Imaginary Girl keeps smiling, happy as a clam at being recognized (just like she always is). She looks past Black Widow, then, to Warrior Ant. "You look /strong/!", she says to him, floating a little closer. "Do you know how much you can lift?", she asks.

Amy says, "Um, well I king of meant superheroes, you know, metas who do good stuff, like me and Imaginary Girl!"

Amy adds, "And Sable," noticing her arrival.

Warrior Ant actually finally speaks. It's a low, rumbling sound, with some chittering interspersed. "I'm not sure, exactly. Quite a lot, though."

Sable moves further into the park and offers those gathered a smile, her gloved hands clasped in front of her. She stays at Amy's side, quietly watching the exchange before leaning over to ask quietly. "Jackie has a destiny?"

Mantis nods to Sable, "Of course. Everyone does. But hers is special."

Imaginary Girl hrms. "Wanna arm-wrestle or something?", she asks of Warrior Ant. "I can't really think of any other way just to have fun being super-strong, right now... not without risking damaging public or private property and stuff, anyway", she adds, as if explaining the 'why' of her suggestion to him.

Sable's head tilts slightly before she nods. "I eagerly await the explication."

Amy says, "Hey! She's named after an insect too! Is that a coincidence?"

Warrior Ant looks to Black Widow, who just shakes her head, "Let's not get distracted." Ant looks to Imaginary Girl, and shrugs a little bit, "Another time, I think."

Mantis continues speaking to Sable, "We are her family. And are looking for her to lead us."

"Cool!", Imaginary Girl says to Warrior Ant's reply. She then tilts her head a little to one side, at Mantis' words. "Why? Black Widow sounds and acts like she's a good boss, already", she says, having not missed the exchange a moment ago, between Ant and Widow.

Mantis turns to look at IG, and says, "Dragonfly has experience. There are other relatives of ours here with experience, but she is the easiest to find. Relatively."

Amy says, "So you're going to be heroes like her?"

Black Widow looks to Amy, "That remains to be seen. Perhaps."

Sable's head swivels slightly back and forth as she follows the exchange. "So, she gets a say right? In whether she comes and helps you guys out, and it's not like she's going to have to commit the rest of her life or anything?" She pauses momentarly before adding lamely. "Right?"

Mantis nods. "Of course she gets a choice. We all get a choice."

Apparent Age: 19

Black Widow smiles, looking at the assembled people. "So...do any of you know how to reach her? Perhaps a...contact number?"

Amy says, "I don't get it, I mean, she's a hero so if she leads you you're got to be heroes, right?"

"Hey, this looks interesting!" Ferryl lands near Sable, grinning. "What's on the menu? And what's with the bug theme?"

Imaginary Girl, Amy, and Sable are standing near the crater (where the meteorite landed a few weeks ago), talking with three 'bug people': Black Widow, Warrior Ant, and Mantis. So far, it's a friendly chat, and Imaginary Girl's all smiles and bright sunshiney happiness and such, at meeting new people who aren't trying (yet?) to pick a fight.

"Oh! If she's got her little ear-thingie on her, maybe I can reach her!", Imaginary Girl says, in reply to Widow's query about a contact number. She reaches up to her right ear, tapping at it. "This is Imaginary Girl. Is Dragonfly on this channel? I forget!", she says, clearly not directing her words to anyone who's actually here with her.

The three bug people are standing near the opening to a tunnel which heads downward. Said tunnel is near the location of where the meteor struck the park a couple of months ago. That crater is currently covered in new landscaping.

Amy goes and peeks down the tunnel, curious.

Mantis nods to Amy, "You are making the assumption that she wants to be our leader. We just said she has the choice to not be."

Amy says, "Uh-uh, I'm just assuming that people follow their leaders and not the other way around!"

Sable turns to Ferryl. "Our visitors are looking to find Jackie and ask her to be their leader." Her shoulders lift in a supple shrug. "Or apparently not ask her so much as dictate them."

Black Widow raises a brow, looking to Sable, "Who are you implying would be dictating? And how do you get that impression?"

Amy says, "I mean they're kind of not leaders otherwise, right?"

Ferryl ahs. "So you're looking to conscript someone? Or is this just a recruiting thing where the target has the choice to decline membership?"

Mantis sighs a bit, and says to Ferryl, "The latter. We're not 'conscripting' anyone, despite what some people seem to think."

Imaginary Girl's attention moves on to Mantis, now. "Are those real swords?", she asks of the woman's blades. "Can I touch one?", she asks in that 'happy/curious schoolgirl' sorta tone that comes so naturally to her.

Ferryl nods. "Okay. That was easy. So what made the impression otherwise?" SHe looks from Sable to Amy, amused.

Amy says, "Huh?"

Sable looks to Amy. "Would you have a cell phone or PDA I could borrow?"

Amy says, "Uh-huh, here!"

Amy gets her PDA out of her pocket.

Ferryl tries again, "What gave anyone the idea that they were planning to force the issue?

Mantis shakes her head, looking at Imaginary Girl, "They're part of me, not a separate weapon. And perhaps another time."

Sable takes the PDA, fires up its browser and searches for Jackie's contact details and initiates a call before turning to Ferryl. "The blithe announcement that she has no choice sounds a little dictatorial to me, but then maybe I'm being over-sensitive."

Imaginary Girl nodnods, eyes widening. "Wow... they're part of you. That must be neat!", she says, then purses her lips as she actually thinks about it. "And it must be a pain in the butt, too, sometimes...? Can you, like, 'turn them off' or something, or are they /always/ there?", she asks of Mantis. She's still totally in 'friendly conversation' mode.

Amy says, "Wow, that's a big tunnel. Did you tunnel far?"

Black Widow again raises a brow, "I believe we said something like, 'She has a choice. Everyone has a choice.' Am I mistaken?"

In a classroom; Jackie feels the buzzing of the silent ring on her PDA. Raising a hand after looking at the number ident she asks politely, "Excuse me, Mr Peters. Can I have a hall pass? I'm being called by Lady Luck."

Mantis says to IG, "I can retract them, if I want to. So, it's not all that much of a problem."

Warrior Ant nods to Amy, "From outside of town, at least."

Imaginary Girl smiles. "Cooool!", she says, once again smiling brightly. "I don't have any parts like that", she adds, actually pouting a little. "But I can make my clothes change to whatever I want 'em to!" Her outfit morphs, then, to be a 'form fitting bodysuit copy' of Mantis' green and yellow carapace outfit - minus the blades, of course. "Tah-dah!", she says, lifting her arms up over her head as if showing off the costume.

Ferryl shrugs. "I dunno. I'm just here to see what the interesting time is."

Amy says, "Huh, how do you do that without getting lost?"

Amy oohs at IG's change of costume.

Sable waits for Jackie to pick up, watching the various exchanges in silence.

Stepping out of the classroom with hall pass in hand Jackie answers the call, "Hi, Amy. Jackie here. What's up?"

Black Widow just glares at Sable...clearly not liking being accused of something she's convinced she didn't do. Mantis smiles, watching Imaginary Girl, "Very impressive."

Sable says, "Hello Jackie, this is actually Sable, Amy lent me her phone. She and I and a few others are here in Buckingham gardens with some striking individuals who claim to be your family and they have a proposition for you. Would you care to meet them?"

Imaginary Girl, still smiling, nods. "I love being able to change my clothes just by thinking about it", she says. "If my outfit gets torn or dirty, I can just think it clean or back to how it used to be, too."

Jackie says, "My family? Uh, I don't have any family except Dorian and Zeal, kinda. Who are they, do you know?"

Amy says, "OOh, neat! I don't get dirty much but that would be really handy!"

Imaginary Girl smiles over at Amy, nodding her head. "It /is/ neat! I don't ever hafta buy clothes or pay for cleaning - which is really good, 'cause I don't have any money, anyway!", she explains, nodding her head and smiling throughout the explanation.

Ferryl grins at Imaginary Girl's comment. "Hey, neither do I."

Amy says, "You don't have any money? That's kind of bad!"

"Why?", Imaginary Girl asks of Amy, with regards to the idea that having no money's bad. "I don't need any."

Amy says, "Oh, I guess that's all right then!"

Flyne is seen gliding(How unsual for a gliding morphoid). He notices the cluster of heros below, hmm, he asks himself many questions. Then decides to angle his sails to glide down near them. He gets a general understanding of where everyone is from the air.

Black Widow continues watching Sable closely during the PDA conversation. Mantis has gotten quiet, but continues to watch the discussion between IG and Amy. Warrior Ant stands near the tunnel he dug for their arrival.

Sable is talking into Amy's phone as she watches the various exchanges about money and awaits Jackie's answer.

(For Flyne's sake) There's a tunnel leading down into the ground, fairly close to where the meteor struck the ground here a couple of months ago. There are three bug-themed metahumans near that tunnel entrance. The others have shown up in response to the arrival of these three.

Ferryl is standing by Sable, looking amused.

Flyne angles his sails and lands near Amy and IG and where the rest of them were. Notices the three near the tunnel, but does nothing to show he has. "Hi." Flyne smiles brightly. Flyne is a bipedal alien.

Sable looks over to Black Widow and speaks again into the phone. "Just a moment and I will ask their names, they have a very insectoid them by way of appearance." She lifts her chin in BW's direction. "Jackie would like to know your names."

Black Widow sighs a bit again, "We already went over this. 'Black Widow', 'Mantis', and 'Warrior Ant'."

Imaginary Girl's costume... isn't hers. She's wearing a form-fitting bodysuit version of Mantis' costume, at the moment - minus the big blades, of course. Needless to say, it shows off all the curves it covers, of course. "Oh, they're Black Widow, Warr...", she starts, but then Black Widow's handling the 'introductions' herself, and Imaginary Girl offers a little 'apologetic' smile to the woman.

Amy asks cheerfully, "So were you all bitten by radioactive insects or something?"

Sable's head tilts slightly and she returns to the phone repeating the names she's been given. "They give their names as Black Widow, Mantis, and Warrior Ant, though if you don't remember having a family then I suppose names will do little good. Would you care to meet them in person?"

Black Widow points at each of the three in turn, indicating which one of them is which, despite it being pretty clear by appearance. Mantis notices Flyne's arrival, just apparently taking a mental note.

Jackie nods, although that's not going to be seen. "Yes. I'll come over. Where are you?"

Sable says, "We're in Buckingham Gardens but we can move somewhere else more comfortable, familiar or convenient"

Jackie says, "Buckingham Gardens? I'll be there is a few seconds."

Flyne is completely ignored. At least as far as he can tell. He doesn't like this. He tilts his head a bit, then untilts it and turns and looks at the three insect things. He shutters a bit in remembering creatures similar on his planet...God that planet was hostile.

Sable says, "We eagerly await your arrival" and with that she hangs up and returns the phone to Amy "Thank you." She then turns to Black Widow. "She will be here momentarily."

Jackie changes into Dragonfly form and flies over to where Sable said she was. The small figure drops in from the blue sky just seconds after hanging up the call. She notices, of course, the three insectoid persons as she approaches.

Black Widow smiles. "Excellent. Thank you."

Amy waves to Jackie as sshe approachees.

"Three seconds?", Imaginary Girl says, looking over at Sable. "She's taking her sweet ti...", she starts to add, grinning as she puts her hands on her hips, when she sees Dragonfly coming. "Oh, hiya, Dragonfly!", she calls out, lifting a hand to wave - of course, she /is/ still wearing her version of a Mantis costume.

Amy notices Flyne and waves to him too!

Amy says, "Hi!"

Dragonfly waves as she comes to a halt, hovering in the air, "Hi." she greets the heroes she knows. Looking over to the strangers she smiles tentatively, "Hello. Sable said you claim to be related to me?"

Flyne turns to Amy, then to Jackie. "Hi." Flyne smiles.

Black Widow nods. "That's correct. If it helps...think back to how you got your powers, Dragonfly."

Sable's head swivels as she regards the diminutive purple... thing but apparently feels no need to pass comment on it. Why shouldn't there be a small purple bugoid with antennae flying arouns the park?

Dragonfly asks Black Widow, "Do you mean my original powers, or how I am now?"

Black Widow shakes her head. "After the Damselfly incident."

She motions to the other two with her, "We have all be similarly infected. So, in that sense, we are all related. Family. Not 'flesh and blood', like your human family, or course...but still related. And we would ask...that you give us the benefit of your guidance and experience."

Dragonfly sighs, "I'm sorry but I don't remember. I've lost my memories of everything that happened after I was about sixteen. Can you tell me what happened?"

At Black Widow's request, Imaginary Girl gives a girlish little 'happy squeal' and claps her hands together rapidly... but quites down as Dragonfly asks her own question, clearly listening.

Amy explores down the tunnel a little.

Flyne turns and looks at the insects...And looks far more alien then insect. He debates on transforming and turning invisible...

Mantis raises a brow, "You were infected with an alien virus, if I'm not mistaken. By Damselfly. Damselfly and the original Dragonfly are similarly related."

Imaginary Girl leans over towards Sable, sorta whispering, "Who's Damselfly?" into the woman's ear.

Black Widow nods at Mantis's words. "Or it was merely alien DNA...not a virus. Either way, the result is the same."

Dragonfly smiles to Black Widow, "I seems I have a weakness for alien viruses. It was an alien virus that caused me to lose my memories. I'm really sorry, because it probably means I'm not going to be able to give you all that much useful advice."

Flyne has alien DNA! But it's not insect Alien DNA. Flyne just listens for now.

Black Widow nods. "Anything you could tell us would be helpful. We're trying to determine what to do next, basically. Do you have a way we could contact you in the future?" They actually don't look that much older than Dragonfly. Perhaps even the same age, or a year or two older. Though it's hard to tell with Warrior Ant, honestly.

Amy sticks her head out of the tunnel again. "Well, why not becomes heroes? I mean, you have superpowers, right?"

Dragonfly nods, "Of course. Do you have access to a PDA? I can give you my number. If there's anything I can do to help you call me at anytime. I know how lost I felt after losing my memories. I can only guess all of you must be feeling something like that now."

Flyne hmms..."Heros." Flyne repeats outloud, unsure of what it means. "What is a hero?" Flyne asks curiously. He has a word in Morphoid for it, but doesn't know it in english.

Black Widow pulls a small PDA out. It was apparently attached inside her costume, on the inside of her forearm. "Thank you...that would be most helpful."

Sable shakes her head to IG. "Before my time."

Dragonfly passes over her number. "Do you need anything? A place to stay?"

Mantis considers that, looking to Black Widow, who is clearly considering it. "Not...yet. But we may take you up on that in the future."

Sable looks to the curious purple creature. "I'll explain later."

Flyne nods at Sable

Amy climbs out of the hole again.

Ferryl smiles brightly. "I could explain now, but that might be corrupting."

Black Widow puts the PDA away again. "We'll be in touch. Thank you again, Dragonfly." The other two move into the tunnel entrance.

Dragonfly nods, "As I said I don't remember how I changed from my original powers to what I possess now. But the obvious resemblance does make it seem very possible there's a relationship. I don't have any family, not related anyway. I'd like it if you'd stay in touch. Maybe meet up sometimes."

"Hey... Ant?", Imaginary Girl asks of the big guy. "Any way you can fill in the tunnel as y'all leave and leave it smooth on top? These landscaping guys're working hard to make the park pretty again." She gestures at the city workers, who're taking an extended break what with all the 'superfolk' around, her questioning tone simply that - questioning.

Black Widow nods with a smile...again, it has a slightly sinister feel to it, but mostly due to her appearance. "I look forward to that. We'll contact you soon." Ant nods to IG, "Well, relatively smooth." The three of them step into the tunnel, and Warrior Ant quickly fills in the hole as they disappear underground.

Amy says, "Oh, that was quick!"

Imaginary Girl calls out, "Thanks!" at the hole that's filling up behind the three as they leave, as loudly as she can, even cupping her hands around her mouth as if that'll help.

Dragonfly nods to Amy, "Yeah. I wish they'd stayed around a bit longer. I'd have liked to get to know them better."

Flyne looks at IG. "What do you call that?" Flyne asks IG, unsure of what she was doing.

"Call what?", Imaginary Girl wonders at Flyne, as her costume changes back from the borrowed Mantis look to her usual red-white and blue look.

Amy says, "Yeah, me too. I'm glad it turned out they were bad guys!"

Flyne replies, "Doing that things with your hands around your um...whatever you earth people call it..." Flyne doesn't know the english word mouth.

"Oh... like this?", Imaginary Girl asks, cupping her hands around her mouth again. "I just put my hands around my mouth to try and make my voice carry better, is all", she explains, lowering her hands, again. "I think I've heard it called 'cupping your hands around your mouth'", she adds.

Dragonfly smiles, "I really wish I'd been a diarist. It would have helped a lot in trying to pick up all the loose ends."

Flyne nods. "And what is a hero?"

Ferryl hops off, taking the roofs to move cross-city in a rapid fashion now that the interesting time with the invasion of the bug people has passed.

Amy says, "Yeah, I can't remember lots of stuff myself, and I haven't even lost my memory! except that one time."

"Uhm.. you better let Sable explain that. She's probably better at that kinda thing than I am", Imaginary Girl says. Then, at Amy's talk of lost memory, she says, "I remember when I first woke up... everyone thought I'd lost my memory. Even me!"

Flyne nods. "I remember when I crashed landed on this planet, then again that was only a few of your earth weeks ago..."