No, I don't just need fresh oil in the morning. (open)

[Calvin Strong]

Cal took a seat at the table in the kitchen, wondering how fast he could eat and get out of there. Still wonder who that was pinging my head last night... Didn't think anyone knew me to be trying to give me shit yet.

Still, living in a mansion at least got one a better breakfast than one would get at home, he reflected as he picked at his bacon and eggs.

[Dana Lawrence]

Dana sat down across from Cal, carrying a tray of mostly fruit. She didn't say a word, just started organizing her food.

[Calvin Strong]

And, disconcertingly, as Cal looked up at the girl, her public information on the school network scrolled along the side of his vision. Well that's just fucking weird.

Still... she was human, and so far since getting here he hadn't talked to any of those. "Hi," he said quietly, snapping the 'creepy' mechanical eyes back down toward his food.

[Dana Lawrence]

There was a long pause as Dana finished organizing her food in order of color. Then she looked up.

"Hello."

[Calvin Strong]

"I'm Cal," he said, self-consciously keeping his left hand under the table, shooting a tentative glance up at her.

[Dana Lawrence]

"Calvin Strong. Yes, I'm aware," Dana says.

[Calvin Strong]

He frowned a minute. Wait a second... could she be... "How do you know who I am?" he asked suspiciously.

[Dana Lawrence]

"I make it my business to know this stuff," Dana says, "It would be difficult to hide your identity anyway. Your appearance is very distinctive."

[Calvin Strong]

Cal shifted self-consciously in his seat. "Yeah, I guess it is," he muttered. Shit.

[Dana Lawrence]

Dana started dividing her apple into ten slices, careful to make them as close to even as possible.

[Oka Aina]

Well, Oka broke the newly forming awkward silence by taking a seat at their table. He was wearing normal clothes on top of his containment suit.

"Uh, this seat isn't taken is it?" Oka asked in his robotic sounding voice.

[Calvin Strong]

Shit, that totally was her. What does she want? Seriously, I've never met this chick before, why's she picking on me? I thought that I'd be getting away from shit like that here? Dammit, what do I do now?

"So do I get to know your name, then?" Cal asked, more than a little defensively, then looked up at Oka in surprise. Is this more people m- oh, no, there it is in his school file. "Oh, uh, no. Go ahead," he said.

[Dana Lawrence]

"It isn't a secret," Dana says, glancing over at Oka, "Don't worry about the seats. They're reinforced. They can probably take the additional weight of your containment suit."

[Calvin Strong]

"So is it a superiority complex, or are you just a bitch?"

[Dana Lawrence]

Dana tilts her head, "I need more context then that."

[Oka Aina]

"Mahalo," Oka said, "I didn't really think to check. Didn't realize that might be a-am I intruding?"

[Calvin Strong]

"No," Cal said, picking up his plate. "I was just going."

[Dana Lawrence]

"Goodbye Calvin," Dana says, "It was good meeting you."

[Oka Aina]

"I feel like I've misse..uh, It was nice to meet you?" Oka asked as he watched Calvin picking up his plate.

[Calvin Strong]

"Whatever," he muttered, carrying his plate back to the kitchen.

[Dana Lawrence]

"I don't think he likes you very much," Dana says to Oka.

[Oka Aina]

"I don't even know him," Oka said, "Doesn't that...I mean that seems a bit extreme doesn't it?"

[Dana Lawrence]

Dana thinks carefully, "You must have offended him somehow. You should apologize."

[Oka Aina]

"But for what?" Oka asked.

[Dana Lawrence]

"I'm not sure," Dana says, "It can't hurt though."

[Oka Aina]

"But he. Didn't he call you a...a bitch," Oka said, "Maybe that means we should both apologize?"

[Dana Lawrence]

Dana pauses to consider.

"You're right. I probably had a hand in this."

Dana gets up and starts heading after Calvin.

"Calvin," Dana says, trying to get his attention before he leaves.

[Oka Aina]

Oka stands and follows after Dana. However, he doesn't look nearly as confident as Dana.

What have I gotten myself into...

[Calvin Strong]

Cal stopped as he was dropping his breakfast into the sink. "What?" he said, not looking back.

[Dana Lawrence]

"I believe we may have offended you somehow," Dana says, "I can't speak for Oka, but it was not my intention. I'm sorry."

[Calvin Strong]

"He didn't do anything. I don't know what the deal is being shitty to people for you, though."

[Oka Aina]

"I..there's no reason to be rude back," Oka said, "I think we're just having some kind of misunderstanding here."

[Dana Lawrence]

Dana almost looked uncomfortable, "There are some side effects to my mutation. I'm not good with certain things."

Dana glances at Oka, "No. It's my fault. Trust me. This happens a lot."

Dana looks back at Calvin, "I'm sorry."

[Calvin Strong]

And hearing that it was something mutation-related seemed to deflate Cal some. "Really? So... you..." He sighed. "Shit, I'm sorry. I had someone screwing with me last night, and I'm kind of jumping at everything today."

[Dana Lawrence]

Dana tilts her head, "What were they doing?"

[Calvin Strong]

"Oh, they were pinging my head. Pretending to be an artificial intelligence from a system powered by faith or something like that."

[Oka Aina]

"Why would somebody do that?" Oka asked.

[Calvin Strong]

He shrugged. "Poking computer-boy is just fun, I guess," he said with a scowl, looking down at his plate that he'd been about to scrape off, which was still mostly full. Sighing, he turned to go sit again.

[Oka Aina]

Oka turned to follow Cal.

"At least we've got past our little misunderstanding," Oka said, "My name is Keiki O'Ka Aina. But my friends call me Oka."

[Dana Lawrence]

Dana was more interested in what Cal had been saying instead of introductions, "If they were pranking you from a local terminal, you should be able to trace them. Or at least what computer they were using."