Growing Connections
6/12/1918, Blackagar’s Chamber, The Royal Palace
Lockjaw had teleported in which was when he had noticed that there was Nanny, but Nanny was limping, the scars from the fight were still there and seeing those, Blackagar had gotten worried for Nanny as his father had approached, “Thank you, Nanny, please leave us.” he had said and hearing that, The Alphan had nodded as they had walked away and as they did so, Agon turned to her.
“Hello, son, have you been practicing?” he had asked his son, making the boy nod as he had tried to make some of the symbols that he had been brought to him and he had went and signed out the word he did know, “<Yes.>” he had said and that had made the king nod, “Good, continue to practice that.” he had said and hearing that, Blackagar had nodded at that.
“Now then, let us proceed with tests.” he had said which had made the young Prince nod as he had waited for the needles and the swabs, as he did so, the others had watched them, there were the other members of The Royal Family who were there and were making faces, were all being goofy which had made him smile towards the family members who seemed happy at that.
“Children,” Agon said, “We need to focus, please do not distract us.” he had said and hearing, the kids had all gotten sad at that as they had started to walk away before the girl, Medusalith, had went and waved towards him, Blackagar doing the same as well, with that done, Agon had focused upon the testing while Blackagar had wondered on what it was that the other kids were doing.
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6/12/1918, The Sandpit, Arena of Judgement
Auran was sitting with her friends when she had seen the Royal Family approaching, Gorgon with Medusalith and Maximus, “Max!” Auran had shouted in joy as she had went to go and greet him, “Auran! Are these your friends?” he had asked, making the others look, “Yes, this is Myrra Petrmatrar and Mesili Amastheno.” she had said, making the girls smile and wave.
The two girls were the opposite of each other, Myrra was a small and soft girl that had given them a smile, one that had made Gorgon smile as he had noticed the other girl who had already gone through Terrigenesis, she had leather brown muscles with pure red eyes as they had noticed that she had six stubs on her head as well with no long hair as she glared at them.
“You’re Gorgon, right?” Mesili had asked him, offering her hand, seeing that, Gorgon had went to do as much and the two had shaken hands, Mesili starting to crush his hand which he had went and did as well, the two of them had grimaced at each other as Myrra and Medusalith sighed while Maximuss and Auran had laughed at that, making the two of them roll their eyes.
“I heard about you as well.” Gorgon had said, making the two of them grin at each other, both of them feral at that as they had prepared for what the other was ging to offer, “They’re going to challenge to fight each other, aren’t they?” Maximus had asked and hearing that, the two of them had taken out their money and started to think on what would happen or who would win.
As they did so, Medusalith looked to Auran, “Auran, who’s your father?” she had asked, making Auran look towards her with surprise, “What?” she had asked, confused at that, “We’ve only ever heard of and met your mother, it’s strange we have no idea who your father is, not even Vinatos.” she told her, making the others nod and such at the secrecy of the whole situation.
“I don’t know, my mother never told me,” Auran said, “She just had this little artifact from him that she never opens and tells me that it was the last thing she has of her time with him.” she had said, making the others curious until they heard a boom, making them all turn to see that there was a larger Inhuman that appears to have clapped his hands to create a shockwave.
He had smiled as the young man approached, Mesili and Gorgon were on the ground, the two of them having wrestled with each other and were shocked as he had grinned, “Greetings, cousin!” he had said and that was when they had realized that the Inhuman was none other than Monarch, “How are you all?” he had asked as Maximus had lifted his book, “I am reading about Utopia.” he said.
That had made the others but Auran look towards him, “Utopia? Why do you wish to know about an unachievable paradise?” Myrra had asked, making the boy chuckle at that, “Not a dream, an island that The Kree had set up as a control group.” he had said, confusing the others at that as Maximus spoke, “They’re our sister island in the south.” he had told them, making them all interested.
“I wonder what kind of gifts that they have there.” Monarch said, thinking of their Terrigen supply, “They’re The CONTROL group.” he had said, making Mesili and Gorgon give him an annoyed look, “It means they’re the pens that DON’T get Terrigenesis, they never did.” he had said and hearing that, the others were curious, “So they’re just like normal people?” Mesili asked.
“I don’t know.” Maximus said, “We lost contact with them since the time of Randac, when they discovered we altered ourselves, they didn’t want anything more to do with us.” he had said, making the others curious, “Can you imagine how incredible that would be? To meet our cousins who never change?” he had asked of them, his eyes glowing with excitement.
“They could have an identical culture, or they’re more primitive than the humans, are they older, stronger, faster? We don’t know!” he had said in joy as Mesili spoke, “I want to fight them now.” she had said, making them all look to her, “Why would you want to do that?” Medusalith had asked her and her aggressive statement, “Because I want to see which island was right.” she had told them.
That made Gorgon snort, “Us obviously! You and me went through Terrigenesis and we cam out stronger than–!” “My Terrigenesis isn’t strength.” she had said, making Max curious as Gorgon look to her confused, “It isn’t?” he asked, looking at her for what else it could be, “No, it’s… Vinatos said it was a mental power.” she had said, “I can pause a person for a bit and then I can mess with their memories.
That made most back away in fear except for Maximus and Auran, the latter because she already knew and the former because he was curious, “Really? How does it work? Is there a range? Conditions that need to be met? A length of time–?” “But you were able to wrestle me.” Gorgon had said, “Because I train.” Mesili said, “I want to be as strong as my ancestor, Stheno.” she had told them.
Gorgon was surprised by that, his legs were his main focus and he didn’t think of training them too much, but Mesili did, she didn’t have a strength based trait but she still worked to make herself stronger, it was admirable, it was incredible, “What do you do?” he had asked, curious and wanting to train like her so that he can be stronger in more than just his legs, hearing that, Mesili smiled as she showed him through it.
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7/8/1918, Park Section, Wisdom Bridge
Myrra and Auran were both on the bridge, looking down into the park where they saw that Maximus and Monarch were approaching, “Who’s winning?” he had asked, making the two of them think, “Racing is all Gorgon, but Mesili is still beating him in endurance, right now though they’re both throwing balls at a target.” Myrra had said towards them, “They’re practicing coordination.” Monarch told them.
That made the trio look towards the older boy, “Coordination?” Auran had asked, “Yes, Hand–To–Eye coordination, it’s what you do when you want your hands to hit where your eyes are looking.” he had told them, “Why’re they doing that?” Maximus had asked, curious on what he would say, “Because the two of them are messy in how they fight.” he had told them all.
“If they’re not careful they could hurt more then just each other, so they’re trying to make it so that they ONLY hurt the one they want to.” he had continued for them, making the kids like that, “Who do you think will win?” Myrra had asked them all, “Mesili.” Maximus had said, making Auran look to her friend, “Why’s that?” she had asked, making the boy point to his cousin’s legs.
“He makes shockwaves with the wrong step, Mesili has to be careful and work on individuals with her gift, she has more practice compared to Gorgon.” he had said and hearing that, none of them could really argue as the kids had all went to have snacks while Monarch had decided that the two of them were worth walking down to see had he had went to do as much.
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7/8/1918, Western Park, Attilan
“I win!” Mesili had said as she had gotten more points, making Gorgon glare at that, “How?” he had asked, trying to win, neither one was the sort to cheat so finding out how the other one was more important as they had started to look at what the other was doing to see if they could improve, “Try kicking the ball.” a voice said, making the duo turn and see the older cousin.
“I saw that you are more accurate with your legs and you are obviously more powerful there.” he had said, making the two children look to each other before Mesili had given a ball to him, “Might as well.” he had said and hearing that, the boy had went to prepare the attack, as he had went to kick it, hitting the ball hard, enough that they were unable to see it and because of that, the two of them had covered their ears.
All three of them were shocked as they had seen that there was a hole in the target and in the tree, making the two of them shocked at that as they had went and checked to see that the ball was destroyed and the hall was halfway through the tree, making the trio surprised, “Wow, I didn’t expect that.” Monarch had said as Mesili had gotten jealous at that right now.
“Let me try!” she had said, taking one and throwing it up, her feet to eye coordination not as great as his, but enough for her to make contact, only hers made a dent in the outer ring of the target, nothing like his, making Gorgon grin, “I win!” he had said, making Mesili push him which had made Monarch laugh at the sight, “I would love to help you two more with your competitions.” he said.
That made the two pause, “Competitions?” Gorgon had asked for both of them, “Of course, that is that the two of you are doing, competing with each other the victor being the winner.” he had said and hearing that, the two looked to each other, “What happens when I win?” Mesili had asked, making the boy her age stick his tongue out while Monarch thought, “That’s up to the two of you.” he said.
Hearing that, the two of them had looked at each other before they had each nodded, the two of them liking the arrangement at the moment as they had started to mutter, as they did so, Medusalith and the others had approached, curious as they had wondered who was going to be the victor and what it was that the winner was going to get the other into one they had won the fight.
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7/8/1918, Blackagar’s Chamber, The Royal Palace
Blackagar was just finishing up his lessons and Nanny was taking the materials away when he had seen that Maximus was back and they had not just him but also Auran the two of them grinning as they had waved, “<Hello,>” Auran had said in sign, surprising Blackagar, “<I want to eat you.>” she had told him, making Blackagar confused while Maximus started to laugh.
“Max! What did you make me say?” she had demanded of the Prince who had grinned, “<She meant, nice to meet you.>” He had told his brother who had nodded, ,”<It is good to meet you too.>” he had signed towards Auran, “He just said I want to eat you too.” Auran had said before punishing Maximus in the shoulder, “Owww!” he had said, grinning as he had done so.
Maximus had just raised an eyebrow at that as Auran had spoken, “I’m sorry, but when your brother told me you needed to sign, I wanted to earn, and I learn best when I use it and–” “Auran, he understands.” he had said with a smiled which had relieved the two of them quite a bit as he had went and started to sign at that, “<Why are you here?>” he had asked of her.
“I wanted to meet the silent prince, Maximus told me about you and I wanted to know.” she had said and hearing that, Blackagar was curious towards Maximus who had went and started to pull out some photos and such, “<What are these?>” he had asked, making the two of them smile as they had went and put the images on the wall, “They’re Attilan.” Maximus said, “Her idea.” Max had told him.
At that, Blackagar had looked at the images, all of them were of Attilan from a member of Attilan who was able to press images onto paper, they had shown the rest of The Royal Family, the citizens there, the people, there was even some of the Alphans and such that had made the boy smile as he had seen the images that were there, wishing that he was able to see it.
The two of them had then went to go and shove the papers through the door opening, “We’ll get you more!” Max had promised, “Then you can see Attilan, what we’re doing and–” “<Thanks.>” Blackagar had said, stopping them both, “<But I don’t want to trouble you.>” he had said and hearing that, Max had gotten mad at that, “Auran, let’s go.” he had said, taking her hand and leaving.
That had made the girl confused as they had went and walked away, “But why–?” she had started before they had gotten out of his hearing and sight range, “Blackagar had told me what to do, and I don’t like that.” he had said and hearing that, his friend was curious, “So what’re we going to do?” She had asked, making Maximus grin, “We’re going to get reinforcements.” he said, already having a plan.
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7/9/1918, Blackagar’s Chamber, The Royal Palace
Blackagar had grumbled as he had woken up and realized that the morning light wasn’t there, it had made the young prince get up and look, only to realize that there was images on the glass, all of them were images of Attilan, a map on the wall besides, he was confused as he saw there was a note on the map, “Don’t tell me what to do.” Maximus had written as he took them down.
Blackagar had seen that there was a something on the back of each photo, all of them the names of parts, the directions of numbers that each was labeled with, like a puzzle, seeing that, he had went and put them on the ground and then started to move and sort them before flipping them over, it was Attilan, the Attilan of the people and he had loved the sight of it.
It was what he should see as a prince, see the Attilan that the people had wanted as Blackagar had a thought, he had looked to Lockjaw, glad that he had teleported in like always, Blackagar had went and written a note down before motioning for him to find the others that had made this map of Attilan, as Lockjaw had went and vanished, he had smiled at it, glad that Maximus never listened to him.
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7/9/1918, Eastern Attilan Beach, Attilan
Auran was sitting on one of the rocks there as she had seen that Mesili and Gorgon were skipping stones, the two of them were devolving into little bouts, skipping stones was the latest right now and as they had watched, Medusalith had noticed that there was a certain canine there who was looping happy with a piece of paper on his neck, “Lockjaw!” She had said and hearing that, the others turned.
Maximus had grinned as he had went and approached, taking the paper as the kids had all went and started to pet the happy dog, “Blackagar says thank you!” he had said and hearing that, the others were happy, glad that the gift was interesting for him before they had the look between each other, “What now?” Auran had asked him as Triton had popped up, at that, Maximus thought.
“Auran, to the lab!” he had shouted out, making the others confused as Auran had groaned, “If we’re experimenting, I’m not going to be your test subject again!” she had said towards him, making Maximus grin as the pair of them had walked away while Medusalith had though, “I’m going to go and talk to Blackagar, would any of you join me?” she had asked and at that, Mesili, Myrra and Gorgon decided to stay for now.
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7/10/1918, Maximus’ Lab, The Royal Palace
The little ‘lab’ was a really just an old storage room that the prince had converted, Vinatos happy to gift him some ‘harmless’ materials that they wanted as he had given them with the approval of the King and Queen, they had made a little lab that he had been making things on, yawning, Auran had went and gotten out from the pile of pillows and blankets she demanded so that they could do all nighters.
“This should do it!” he had said, grinning at her which made Auran curious as she had seen that there was something there, it was a helmet, “What is that?” she had asked him, making Maximus cackle as he had went and placed it on her head, “Hey! I said I–!” “It’s just the receiver, not the transmitter.” he said, still cackling at that as he put the other on and pressed the two buttons.
At that, Auran had vertigo, surprised as she saw herself, the young girl went and waved towards him and he had grinned as she was amazed by this, “This is incredible!” she told him, happy at it, “Sometimes I forget that we’re the same age.” she had told him and hearing that, the Prince shrugged, “To be fair, you’re my only friend that came to me naturally.” he said, the others were either hers or family.
The girl had grinned at that, “And that’s why I expect a good word with The Royal Guard for me and Mesili.” Auran said, making Max raise an eyebrow, “So you’re using me for my position?” he had ‘joked’ a little scared and worried for that, “No, but we can get into more trouble if I have a high position in the Guard.” she had said and the two of them had smiled at that, “Let’s do the fine touches then show it…” he said as they did.
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7/13/1918, Blackagar’s Chamber, The Royal Palace
The two of them had approached as they saw that the rest of their friends were there, “Blackagar, we’ve got a present!” Maximus had said and hearing that, the others had all looked as they saw that he had two pairs of goggles which had made the others curious, “What are those for?” Gorgon had asked as Maximus went to Lockjaw, “Okay, hand it over.” he had said towards the dog.
He had given a big grin before teleporting away and as he had done as much, the Prince had went and put the goggles that were there on and was confused, “Now… who wants to wear the others?” he had asked, making the others look in confusion before Medusalith had raised her hand, “I’ll do it.” she had said before taking them, her hair positioning them on as Maximus grinned.
“Okay, now press the button at the right temple you two.” he had said and that had made the pair of them and the others all cautious as the two had been hit by the shared vision, “You can hear each other too, Medusalith.” he had said, making her confused, “Blackagar?” she had said and he had heard her voice twice, “This way, he can see everything that we can do.” Max had told them.
That had made the others all confused and a bit excited at that as they had went and started to look at the goggles, some of them trying to grab while Auran and Max had both grinned, one glad that they could do something good for the prince while the other had wondered if they would be able to get some more test subjects now that he had done a nice thing like this.