(Mara)
Once Jordie and Liza introduced themselves, then promptly sat down, it was Mara's turn.? The snake-like woman rose up, pushing the chair back with her foot, brushing her bangs back with a clawed hand, opening her mouth to speak when Misty skulked in, voicing her embarrassment at being late, afterwards silently sliding into a free seat.? She knew that the weather girl was going to get an earful for this later, having not only broken one of Aurora's foremost rules on always being prompt, but also interrupting the introductions.? But it was none of her business so she spared it no further thought.
"Within these grounds, my name is Mara.? Outside of the walls, I am Sandtooth, though I do employ several other monikers.? I specialize in stalking, subterfuge, and when the situation calls it, assassination," Mara explained, crossing her arms as she looked over the newcomers again.? Everyone was certainly sitting at attention, though the blond-haired young man at the very end seemed especially intent on looking at her.? The way his dusty blue eyes glazed over spoke volumes to Mara whose own turquoise-colored orbs settled over his.? Her tongue darted out a few times, sampling the air, her lips curving into a knowing smirk.? The boy was giving off mixed signals, equal parts enthralled and afraid.? Now, wasn't that interesting...Mara's eyes darted to look at Aurora, then just as quickly looked away.? "My powers include shapeshifting and poison.? You will never know I'm there unless I want you to, and I am always watching.? That is all."
With that, she settled down, crossing her legs again, reaching for a glass of water.? The information she had gained was definitely going to be useful.? Mara knew that Aurora would understand her look.? Interesting indeed.
(Lightning Rod)
It took Roddy a few moments to recover after Mara had introduced herself.? The brief glance she'd favored him with had left him left him feeling like he'd been weighed and found... not completely wanting. The intensity of her eyes though sent an involuntary shiver straight down his spine that somehow ended up in his balls - but only after passing through his bowels and making him think he was about to shit himself.
"Hi," he finally managed, standing up to address the others.? "I'm Lightning Rod.? I... make things attract electricity.? The longer I focus on something, the more electricity is gonna zap it.? Normally I'd give you a demo but doing it indoors is kind of risky."? He glanced at Mara and felt the need to sound more impressive.? "I've done some jobs for the local Chechen mob," he went on, smirking as he added "Knocked this one flying chick who was giving them problems right out of the sky.? Fried her sorry ass pretty good." With that, he sat down quickly, wondering if he'd impressed the snake-woman. And wondering what he'd do next if he had.
(Raine)
He arched his eyebrow at his would-be lover. He frowned even though it was hidden as he only trusted her with his secret and now, he had to trust the rest of this group. He smiled as he knew if something went wrong at least he would get to kill them. He hadn¡¯t caused a head to pop with microwaves for a while now. Only for her would he do something even remotely close to this.
He listened to her give instructions as he listened to everyone's abilities, he was too much like his father for his own good already plotting how those there could be best used for their skills and abilities. Jordie was clearly a techie that would come in handy for all of them. The first thing he needed was to make all members of this group disappear. Effective to not be traced.
He knew Liza¡good with calculations. He had worked with her a couple of times to turn his allowance into a large some which currently made washing money a bit easier as they made it roll through enough shell and legit corporations for it to be squeaky clean.
They had worked with Mara enough times to trust her and be aware of her, he couldn¡¯t sneak up on her simply because she was sensitive to heat. But he wasn¡¯t without his abilities in keeping an eye on her as well. He too was ever watchful, he had trust issues go figure.
Lightning Rod he wasn¡¯t sure about, but he did keep track of him and noticed the visual interaction between him and Mara. ¡®Was he trying to impress her? Good luck with that pretty boy.¡¯ He thought, knocking someone out of the sky versus a shapeshifting assassin¡yeah. ¡®You are the weakest link¡bye Felicia!¡¯ He didn¡¯t crack a smile which he would have laughed had it been Brandon introducing himself to knock him down yet another peg, but that was a family thing.
¡°Raine, Body Transformation/Energy/Electromagnetic Spectrum for those of you not familiar with your physics anywhere from Infra-red to Ultraviolet.¡± He said simply he didn¡¯t have anyone to impress all of those people were elsewhere he was his own person now¡no matter how much he missed them.
(Aurora)
Aurora noticed that Raine hadn¡¯t lifted his face shield like she had asked.? She would address it later with him.? She wasn¡¯t one to scold him in front of the others.? She looked at Devi who simply shook her head, so she moved on.
¡°Now, that everyone who wished to introduce themselves have we will move forward.? I am able to manipulate and magnetize metal.? If you are wearing or have something metal in your body, I can use it to my advantage.? That is my main power.? I have a couple of others, but for now I will keep those to myself.? Let dinner be served.? Please feel free to talk among yourselves and ask any questions you wish of me.¡±? With that she gave a wave to a person standing at the door and within minutes food was brought in on trays.
Devi stood up and walked to Aurora.? She whispered in her ear and Aurora nodded.? With that Devi simply left the room then the premise.? Aurora would explain if any of them asked.
(Jordie/Liza/Misty)
The three spoke among each other after Aurora spoke and the food was being placed in front of them.? Misty was sure that Aurora wasn¡¯t going to be happy with her being late and the other two were trying to convince her to go and speak with their boss before she had time to think it over.
Tag: Mara, Lightning Rod, Raine, Aurora/NPCs
