(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.
[Mara]
Everyone dug in once the food was brought in by the servants.? It was always a feast when Aurora set the table, at least to Mara, it being one of the things that the assassin missed the most when being out in the field.? The yuan-ti woman wasn't exactly trained in the art of cooking either.? An assassin was meant to kill with tooth, claw and blade, not by shoving a breadstick down someone's throat, though now that she thought about it, was an awful but very funny way of disposing of someone that didn't really leave a mark.? In any case, being on the move so often meant she could, and would, only eat enough to survive.? Better to complete your mission on an empty stomach than be caught?digesting a full meal.? A full snake was a dead snake.? However, that was neither here nor there, and she wasn't on a job yet, so Mara took full advantage of having this much food before her.
Several heaping plates of various meats ringed the yuan-ti at her seat.? Wasting no further time, the snake woman began digging into her fare, swallowing the meats whole as she tilted her head back and dropped the pieces into her mouth.? She didn't stop until her belly ever so slightly puffed out, leaning back into her seat cross-legged as she sighed in satisfaction.? Her eyes flicked to the one who called himself Lightning Rod.? Maybe he should've called himself Static Shock instead, a name she deemed more appropriate, which made the corners of her mouth inadvertently curl up into a smile.? What a faker.? Clearly he was trying to impress her, but for what?
"Aurora.? What do you think about that one?? The blond boy?" Mara whispered into her host's ear as she leaned close.? "He's giving off a lot of mixed signals, though he can't seem to take his eyes off me.? Should we, perhaps, give him a chance to show off?? He seems so eager to prove himself."? That one would be so easy to wrap around her finger.
(Lightning Rod)
Roddy picked distractedly at his food, barely able to look away from where the snake woman sat near the head of the table with Aurora. He shivered involuntarily at the way she seemed to swallow large chunks of meat whole without even chewing them.? It was a strange feeling, being at once fascinated and yet terrified on a very primal level.??
The blond youth was also unsettled by the strangeness of Mara's eyes.? They could seem to be looking at something else entirely one moment and then looking straight at him the next, without her head moving even the slightest bit.
"So," Roddy said, addressing Misty, forcing himself to look anywhere else besides at Mara, "any clue as to what the boss lady has in mind for us?? Or is that gonna be revealed with dessert?"
Tag: Raine, Aurora/NPCs, Mara, Lightning Rod
