Mitheral
"Growf!"
Approved Characters
Students
Saya Hayashi by @The Jason - Earth Elemental
Lyallee Foster by @Jesserz - Succubus
Staff
Janice Rand by @sharlene79 - human with simean mutation
Other
Growf by @Mitheral - dragon (genetic experiment)
Notable NPC's: (These will be run only as needed.)
Helen Arcane - Arch Mage, a mere 20 years old and probably the youngest arch mage ever. Her great grandparents were among the founders of the Island. She maintains the wards that protect the island.
Kumiko Yamakami - Helen's bodyguard.
Akiko Rheyana - Nurse.
Amazing Five
The mission had begun with Clarence as was often the case. HOW he had ever learned about such events they never understood. Helen Arcane seemed to understand him though, even though she wouldn’t really explain. The best she would do is to say that he had achieved a state not unlike the Satori that Tibetan monks strive for during the time when DARPA had kidnapped him and interrogated him. In the weakened state of his mind he had snapped. Being presented with all the knowledge of the universe in a single moment had been too much of a strain.
All the knowledge of the universe had sounded like too much of a claim, but Helen explained that it was more like being suddenly granted access to a library that contained all that knowledge. Someone who achieved such a state successfully would be able to sift through the information and make sense of it - not understand all of it. Clarence, hadn’t been able to keep his mind from being overwhelmed by the information. Nor was he able to block the constant barrage without medication.
Somehow Clarence had engineered his own escape from a supposedly inescapable room deep in a black ops DARPA base. He had ended up wandering, homeless and afraid to be seen. By sheer chance he had been discovered by Jake Iverson who just picked up his lunch. Seeing Clarence digging around garbage cans he had decided to part with his lunch. So he invited the guy over and offered his lunch. (Jake regretted this immediately as Clarence hadn’t bathed in some time.)
Jake became the one person who could truly speak “Clarence.”
Jake Iverson worked both on the Reservation, caring for wild mustangs - as well as that pack of Garou. He was the group’s mechanic - whom Sybil Sheppard referred to as a “Grease Monkey.” He had grown up a little wild, with a few run ins with the law. He ended up at odds with one of the current deputies, whom he had forbidden to bother his sister. As a result he had a record, which was an exaggerated list of trumped up charges.
Janice Iverson was the group’s medical doctor. She was also a practicing tribal shaman even though their grandfather, Standing Bear, clearly wanted Jake to take up the calling. She had constant troubles with the tribe for another reason. She was engaged to Simon Imenov. Simon was a their computer engineer and cyberpsi. He liked to think he was a physicist. Simon and Jake had come to blows initially. Jake pushed Simon hard. Simon also came to blows with half the Reservation. When he refused to back down - and Janice had a heart to heart with her brother - Jake quietly switched sides. He demanded the tribe back off. Behind closed doors Jake informed Simon - right in front of Janice - that he would have to be tested by the tribe. Simon never even flinched - not then and not later when he was tested. Truth of the matter was that Jake had already accepted Simon. Janice had made it very clear she didn’t care what the Tribe said. Jake had taken the matter to Standing Bear. And while the two men were at odds, Standing Bear told Jake to send Simon to him - alone. Jake balked when Standing Bear told Jake where the meeting would take place. It was a very dangerous climb. Standing Bear just told Jake to carry the message and let Jake choose whether to make the journey.
Simon is still alive and the Tribe has stopped bothering him.
Then there is Sybil, Clarence’s girlfriend. She is something like a Son of Ether. She is a beauty that is generally hidden behind goggled and a lab coat. She is constantly frustrated by Clarence who ‘borrows’ things from her lab. She is the engineer and scientist that created their Umbral explorer - which looks like a Jules Verne creation, a cross between the Nautilus and a bathysphere.
All the knowledge of the universe had sounded like too much of a claim, but Helen explained that it was more like being suddenly granted access to a library that contained all that knowledge. Someone who achieved such a state successfully would be able to sift through the information and make sense of it - not understand all of it. Clarence, hadn’t been able to keep his mind from being overwhelmed by the information. Nor was he able to block the constant barrage without medication.
Somehow Clarence had engineered his own escape from a supposedly inescapable room deep in a black ops DARPA base. He had ended up wandering, homeless and afraid to be seen. By sheer chance he had been discovered by Jake Iverson who just picked up his lunch. Seeing Clarence digging around garbage cans he had decided to part with his lunch. So he invited the guy over and offered his lunch. (Jake regretted this immediately as Clarence hadn’t bathed in some time.)
Jake became the one person who could truly speak “Clarence.”
Jake Iverson worked both on the Reservation, caring for wild mustangs - as well as that pack of Garou. He was the group’s mechanic - whom Sybil Sheppard referred to as a “Grease Monkey.” He had grown up a little wild, with a few run ins with the law. He ended up at odds with one of the current deputies, whom he had forbidden to bother his sister. As a result he had a record, which was an exaggerated list of trumped up charges.
Janice Iverson was the group’s medical doctor. She was also a practicing tribal shaman even though their grandfather, Standing Bear, clearly wanted Jake to take up the calling. She had constant troubles with the tribe for another reason. She was engaged to Simon Imenov. Simon was a their computer engineer and cyberpsi. He liked to think he was a physicist. Simon and Jake had come to blows initially. Jake pushed Simon hard. Simon also came to blows with half the Reservation. When he refused to back down - and Janice had a heart to heart with her brother - Jake quietly switched sides. He demanded the tribe back off. Behind closed doors Jake informed Simon - right in front of Janice - that he would have to be tested by the tribe. Simon never even flinched - not then and not later when he was tested. Truth of the matter was that Jake had already accepted Simon. Janice had made it very clear she didn’t care what the Tribe said. Jake had taken the matter to Standing Bear. And while the two men were at odds, Standing Bear told Jake to send Simon to him - alone. Jake balked when Standing Bear told Jake where the meeting would take place. It was a very dangerous climb. Standing Bear just told Jake to carry the message and let Jake choose whether to make the journey.
Simon is still alive and the Tribe has stopped bothering him.
Then there is Sybil, Clarence’s girlfriend. She is something like a Son of Ether. She is a beauty that is generally hidden behind goggled and a lab coat. She is constantly frustrated by Clarence who ‘borrows’ things from her lab. She is the engineer and scientist that created their Umbral explorer - which looks like a Jules Verne creation, a cross between the Nautilus and a bathysphere.
Zhan de L'mar
Zhan awoke blearily in the transport tank he had been shipped to the Island in. Truth to tell it felt a little claustrophobic. Confined spaces normally didn’t bother him. He had hidden from sharks in small caves on more than one occasion. The drugs they had given him - for a number of reasons - made him feel sick. But then at the very notion of being put on a plane he had freaked out, and torn out half his stitches the first time they had tried to get him to fly. At least this time his wounds had begun to knit.
He reached up and undid the latches to exit. He had been told his tank was modified based on some tanks used for escape tricks used by stage magicians. Of course, he had no idea what a magician was exactly. He was just glad the unit was intended for him to open, not as a trap. When the top lifted up he sat up. He glanced over the side where there were plenty of towels to dry off so that he didn’t track water all over his roommate’s things. He smiled at the sight of flip flops. They were the wrong kind. His toes wouldn’t fit in them.
Well, he needed to dry off and dress up like a human anyways. He eyed the uniform that had been laid out for him distastefully. He simply wasn’t used to clothes. But at least some people had gone to extra lengths to make his transition to the new school go a little easier. With a frown he started changing. By now, at least, he had figured out how to wear most of the normal articles of clothing. More importantly after the shock he had given the Davenport family by walking in with nothing but his birthday suit on to ask what to do with some of the pieces he had realized that it was something he had had to learn. Mr Davenport had been unable to decide whether to be mad or humored. In the end, though, he had been patient.
The uniform was a little like the one Mr Davenport had had him wear to go eat once - though a bit simpler. It had been one of those meals where it felt like they all wanted him to look at the food, not eat it. Mrs Davenport had tried to show him all the different forks and spoons. And the thing to eat a snail was just plain silly. The spices had nearly choked him to death. But he had politely tried everything. Still, in the end he had still been hungry. The one thing he had loved was the caviar - at least until it dawned on him just how many fish that had been killed to make the obscenely huge bowl that had been presented. But he had smiled and nodded and enjoyed a small treat - much as he would have in the ocean.
Now that he was dressed he rolled up his sleeve to reach into the water to pull out his string bag filled with his worldly possessions - which weren’t exactly many. He had a few unusual items. One was a Toughbook Laptop - the official laptop of Navy Seals. Zhan tried to imagine what a seal would do with a laptop or how its flippers were ever going to push keys, but he had smiled and nodded. Fortunately Erin had caught his look and pulled him aside later to explain a Seal as opposed to a seal. Then it had made a lot more sense. His other toys were a phone, watch, and a Droid all designed for underwater use. He was told these would be tools he would need.
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As Zhan looked around it struck him that the bed in the room made the ones in the yacht look comfortable. And they had metal railing - and straps. He cocked his head sideways as he studied the bead. It didn’t look slept in either. And it was covered with white paper. Then it hit him where he was. This was a hospital. His heart started to pound a little. He went to his bag to get his knife - only to find it missing. He fought down a moment of panic as he recalled something about rules regarding weapons. He hadn’t liked that idea. He felt a little defenseless without it.
So he picked up the wheelie stool / chair looking thing and held it like a club. Then he walked over to the door and tried it. He was a little surprised when it offered no resistance. He was even more surprised when a nurse almost ran him over. She had been about to check on him to see if he was awake yet. There was an awkward moment as she eyed the chair, her patient, then the chair again. A little embarrassed, he set the chair down and smiled apologetically.
He got the usual spiel about maps. He was told his tank would be transferred to his bungalow room later, He had arrived after hours and they hadn’t wanted to wake other students with the moving process. He nodded as usual. He had been a somewhat late arrival. But then his whole life seemed to be a process of catching up.
He made his way out of the medical facilities and out onto the campus proper and checked over his Droid to look at the map. It was a very informal sort of campus, more like a South Pacific village that a school. Erin had helped him set his Android up. He had already had to have his laptop’s hard drive reset for having shut it off so many times by just pressing the power button and holding it until it finally shut off. The Droid seemed easier to use. And all, he really just used it for GPS and studies. He checked the compass reading on his watch, then oriented himself.
And that was when the tolling of a church bell shattered his thoughts … thing of it was, he wasn’t entirely sure what the bell was for? Class? Fire alarm? Security breach? He looked around and saw “people” dragging themselves around. They seemed unconcerned, some even annoyed. He decided that whatever the purpose, it wasn’t an emergency.
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