Omegawatch and Action

[zenithguard]

[Omegawatch! Before you stands a figure clad in golden armor. There seems to be a faint radiance about her that you're almost positive is NOT your imagination.]

Well met, Omegafriends. I had heard that Venture City was busy, but had trouble believing just how bad it was. About a week after I came here, I had to stop a cyborg velociraptor from attacking a school bus, and started to realize that maybe your reputation IS warranted.

It took a while to attract the Omegafriends' attention, but I have finally done so, and offer my power, as there is strength in unity.

I am the Radiant Dawn.

[Meanwhile, at the Venture Museum of Natural History!]

A tall woman sat at the museum cafe, taking a break from the crowds to enjoy a cup of coffee and an overpriced croissant. Her nametag identified her as Leona Solberg, and as a curator for the museum. The museum was extra crowded today, as it had just opened up a new exhibit, "Secrets of the Mediterranean: A new look at ancient civilizations from Northern Africa and Southern Europe."

Leona was rather tired after a week of dealing frantically with last minute preparations trying to get everything sorted out (A task plagued with hordes of problems, from mislabeled crates, to a Mycenaean vase that was accidentally delivered to Guatemala.), but now the exhibit was open and there was finally a moment with no crisis she had to deal with right now. She savored the peace.

Comments

Action/Museum

[6billioncreditwoman]

Commander Shepard was all about learning about other cultures, and she always identified with the world's earliest navies on top of that, so she naturally decided to take in the museum's new exhibit on the opening day.

She could do without the crowds while trying to look at the artifacts, though, so she decided to get a cup of coffee and wait out some of the lines. The café was also crowded, of course, enough to get her to pull out a chair across from Leona without noticing her nametag. "Mind if I sit here? It's a little crowded today."

[zenithguard]

"It IS rather busy today, isn't it?"

And boy did she sound pleased by it. All her weeks of work were paying off today. She nodded at the other seat, and pulled her stuff a bit closer so she wasn't taking up the whole table.

[6billioncreditwoman]

Shepard took a seat, and took a closer look at the other woman after hearing that nearly-smug tone. "Oh, you work here."

She looked closer. "Check that, you're in charge here. Looks like things are going pretty well."

[zenithguard]

She took a sip of coffee and nodded. "I don't own the museum, but that exhibit at least is my baby."

[6billioncreditwoman]

"I'll let you know how good it is once I manage to get inside. You pulled a pretty good crowd," she observed, blowing some steam off her drink. "I didn't think this many people were interested in ancient civilizations."

[zenithguard]

"Our advertising staff is very good, and we normally aim to open exhibits on days when there are no big new movies in the theaters."

Leona sighed at that, "It's cynical, but it works. There isn't a lot else going on in Venture City today."

[6billioncreditwoman]

"And lucky me, I just got into town," Shepard replied.

"I served a while in the navy, so I always try to drop in and pay my respects to the guys who invented triremes," she added, by way of vague explanation.

[zenithguard]

"I believe that would be the Phoenicians." She said in an off hand sort of way.

"I suppose I should welcome you to Venture City, but I'm rather new here too. I moved here for the job a little over a month ago."

[6billioncreditwoman]

"Now I'm even more impressed, if this was your first project here," she said. "What were you doing before?"

[zenithguard]

"Similar gig in Philadelphia. They offered me a job here that paid better and I didn't have a lot of attachments on the East Coast, so..."

Her cover story had the virtue of being mostly true. She wasn't about to tell a stranger about moving to find the Omegafriends.