Megan whipped around at the sound of a voice, the wolf bending down ready to charge until she stopped it, being confronted by a girl who was so incredibly vivid that it seemed a miracle she hadn't seen her coming. The girl certainly was friendly enough, though she spoke at the rate of a bullet train. She was glad that she was caught by one of the rare people who shared her sentiment that her critters were interesting and not frightening. I mean, they were probably less dangerous now than when they were alive, and there wasn't even anything rotting on them!


Happily shaking Kenzi's hand she replied "I'm Megan. I have to admit I didn't expect anybody else out here, but it's all right. This park contains a big fossil site so I use it to test stuff out when I can. I have to admit I've never been any good at drawing or painting but I still love art, so I went to Film School." she gave the younger girl a wild grin "So you're a metahuman too? What's your thing?" there was a wild excited sort of curiosity in her expression "Because I'm not sure why but nearly every meta I've met, which is not that many admittedly, has had a power that suits them in some way. I'm curious to see if that trend continues to be true." The wolf sat down, and moved it's jaw as if it was yawning but of course no sound came out save the nearly inaudible creak of the joints.

Being a Hero was tiring work, but not always for the reasons most people would suspect. Sure there was plenty of physical exertion, but having to talk to dozens of unfamiliar and only sometimes friendly people daily, uphold laws, and maintain appearances simultaneous for large amounts of time on end all while keeping who you are a secret from most people? Fortunately for Megan, practicing with her powers had always been relaxing for her. So when she had enough time to herself she did the sensible thing- spend it hiding about 20 feet off-path in thick foliage in the middle on a public park in the 23rd largest city on earth, a place where everything smelled like a newly paved road.

There was of course a perfectly good reason for her to do this. She was in Hancock Park, home to the La Brea Tar Pits, where from the moment she had entered she could feel that there were at least tens of thousands of skeletons going back the same number of years buried. Crouching down, Megan focused on a single skeleton. She could just tell it was there and about what size it was, what exactly it was eluded her until she'd brought enough up to recognize the signal she got from them automatically. She was certainly glad to be wearing her normal clothing for this, she quite liked her costume but chalk-white body armor hardly is difficult to notice.

As she started to focus, sliding up through the ground like it was made of water came hundreds of black-tinted bones, and as they reached the surface they silently but rapidly snapped into position, and within 20 seconds the full skeleton of a bulky wolf was there, it's head tilted to be 'facing' Megan. She grinned "Now you're just gorgeous". It might not have been a very 'normal' seeming talent, but she still loved using her power. You would need to be slightly off the path to even see the area where she was, and seriously, who was going to be looking?

Kenzi Nadir

Though Megan had never been nearly as much of a Hero fangirl as a lot of people she knew, having someone treat her meeting Paladin as a sure thing was still a shocking reminder of the situation her brain was still not completely done internalizing. It was very reassuring though that nobody so far seemed to be all that put-off by her power, and that she was getting what she presumed was a similar talk to anyone entering the program. She was by this point surprised Dominic had chosen the career he did. For someone who's entire job was based on images, he understood that other things had to come first. Of course this was certainly much preferable to the alternative. 

She perked up when Dominic mentioned her costume, leaning forward slightly "I'm glad you think so, I mean if people know what I do beforehand then there won't be breaking out when they figure it out. There's also the practical consideration that my power is exclusively in summoning and commanding thing, putting a bit of reinforcement onto my suit allows me to take a few hits despite having no physical advantage over other people." She took another cautious sip of coffee as Dominic explained how heroes get involved in causes. She spent a minute considering before responding "Hard choice, there's a lot of different sorts of stuff but" she paused to take another sip of coffee, as it had now cooled enough to be somewhat drinkable "Conservation has always been important to me, might just be because I practically grew up on documentaries, but I think an environmental group would be a good choice". She'd seen clips of Heroes doing that sort of thing but hadn't remembered it until Dominic mentioned it. "Though of course I'm flexible if any issues crop up"

Megan took a seat in the armchair. She was quickly coming to like Dominic. The extreme formality of his appearance had made her worried but clearly his behavior was far more relaxed. The room too had a sense of having been heavily used that felt more reminiscent of a house than a professional office. 

As Dominic moved to sit down Megan said "I haven't met that many other metahumans but from what I've heard there seems to be somebody with just about any conceivable power... I'm usually more of a tea person but since you've hyped it up so much I'll definitely give the coffee a try." Megan's trust in the government had never been especially high but from what she'd seen so far the Hero Program seemed to mostly be pretty good people, even the more business-esque sides were surprising her.

When asked a question she took a long time to consider before saying "I have to say no, I never really did. I was still a high schooler during the Event, and when I realized what my powers were... I mean say a pyrokinetic could probably do more damage in a shorter time then I could, but even people frightened by fire don't find it repulsive. I can't honestly say I didn't want to do good in the world, but what I could do scared me, maybe not the way it scared other people, but because it scared other people. The big reason I hadn't tried for the Program before is that I didn't think they'd want me." She gave a weak smile. She wasn't usually this shy, she cursed herself. But Dominic was a person who it felt hard to be anything but completely honest to.