Beau turned to Todd as he reacted to the understanding of exactly how his ability worked on others. Beau knew once he had looked away from Todd to another person that Todd had felt a strange sensation, the feeling of calmness abruptly disappearing and pulling him back to the realty of his own emotions. Beau met Todd's stare and stood silently, waiting for Todd to react. He had moved his hand ever so slightly to his satchel, ready to slip his hand in to the bag and withdraw his pistol if needed. It was a measly weapon against the ETs, more of a distracting sting than a deadly weapon, but unfortunately, despite the ETs clearly being the enemies, humanity still proved itself as its own enemy as he had come across many he had to use the pistol on for his own defense. Despite what they were going through as a race, there were still people stupid enough to fight amongst themselves. Just when he began to think of himself at how strange Todd was acting, readying himself to project another wave of calmness to control his edgy behavior, Todd suddenly turned and switched his mood to that of excitement as he shared about who he was. Beau was taken aback by the abrupt change in behavior. 

And then Alex joined the conversation, causing Beau to look his way. He seemed to have a lot of questions and not as much confidence yet a determined and resolute attitude to follow through with their given mission. He seemed to be a trustworthy young man.

Daily's brash and loud sailor mouth drew Beau's attention from Alex. He turned to look at her as she raised her hand and began her own introduction. She looked so young, was she even old enough to be on such a dangerous mission? Perhaps her youth was trickery due to good genetics. She was lovely to look at but her immature attitude and short hair cut made him think she was just a teenager. Beau listened to her explain her powers, his eye brows raising and glancing to the bottle in her hand. He tilted his head curiously at her as she finished her speech with a more serious tone, the frown falling on her face showing more of her age. Perhaps she was not as young as she looked, although she did appear to be one of the youngest in their group. Her powers were quite odd and they seemed almost unrealistic, and yet there was no real reality to compare a normal to. He would take her word for now. If her powers were what she really explained them to be she could be very valuable in keeping them safe and healthy along their mission. 

Beau looked to Murry as he gave his introduction and abilities. Murry was different from the others. His powers seemed to be more offensive than defensive. Beau wondered what sort of limitations he had or how his stingers affected the ETs. His last comment made Beau fold his arms in concern. He couldn't tell if he was being serious or just trying to look like a tough guy in front of everyone. It didn't matter for him though because he was here for more than himself and a man with so-called bad mojo wouldn't deter him from completing this possibly life-changing mission.

When the soft voice of Eli spoke next, Beau turned to him; it was the man with the plums. Beau unfolded his arms and relaxed again, listening to Eli introduce himself. So, Eli was pretty much deaf. This could complicate communication. They would need to make sure they spoke loud enough for him to hear, being aware of times that they may not be able to speak more than a whisper. He personally didn't know sign language but perhaps Eli could read lips. Beau was articulate enough where he was confident if he were to face Eli and speak with slight exaggeration that he could understand him, even if he couldn't hear very well. Beau would just have to wait and see. Eli was another defensive power holder. He would be a valuable scout for their group. 

And then another began to walk towards their group. Beau looked at his watch to see they had very little time left before they should move out. As Ray came forward, Beau looked at him carefully, readying himself to emit emotions that would protect them if this man turned to be someone not of their group. Beau listened as the raspy voiced man spoke, telling them who he was and the power he held of swiftness and agility due to his unique bone structure.

Beau listened carefully as everyone introduced themselves to their group, expressing what they brought to the mission while showing their personalty. It would be interesting to see if they would all get along during the mission. He suspected eventually some of them would clash due to personalty differences. But their personalities were a part of why they were here, their power or ability or craftsmanship that brought talent and an edge to a successful mysterious mission.

And then Beau's thoughts were turned as a humming noise filled the air, rendering himself and he was sure everyone else curiously quiet, looking for the source of the noise. The new visitor, who seemed to have possibly been here all along, announce himself as Mark Dean, their contact for the mission they were all summoned for. Good Timing. Beau had a question but Todd spoke before he could voice himself. Todd hurriedly explained his ability that he seemed to some how forget to mention to the group earlier. Beau listened carefully to his frantic almost rushed words and tried to understand clearly what he was saying. He figured Todd had some ability to figure how something works by looking at it. He could fix things by this easily found knowledge but he wondered if he had the ability to do the opposite and break things down from the inside out? It would be a question he would want to ask Todd later. The younger man seemed to be a bit off and Beau wasn't quite sure. He was having a hard time standing still, not to mention the odd way he was speaking. Such a fidgety guy. And then Todd finished his sentence with the word "drug". Beau glanced quickly around the group to see if anyone else had caught what he heard. He was a patient and perceptive man though and he doubted anyone else had caught on to what Todd had almost slipped up on. [i]A drug addict? [/i]Beau thought. This might be trouble. Beau looked at Todd with narrowed eyes, surveying him intently. He would keep an eye on him. 

And then Darren spoke up, turning Beau's attention away from Todd and to look at Darren. [i]When did he join us?[/i] Beau thought. He didn't remember seeing him from the group earlier, nor did he remember him introducing himself. There was something odd about him for sure. As quickly as he began to speak to the group Darren tried to change the subject to that of music history. Beau would not have it. He was not the leader and had no idea what their next step was to be but apparently Mark Dean did. Beau looked harshly at Darren before looking back to Mark, speaking before anyone could answer Darren's ridiculous question. Darren did have a point though as the ETs were more intelligent and more advanced then them. They would need to stay one step ahead and be quicker. "I don't know a whole lot about the ETs species as a whole, but from my experience they do not process emotions like humans do. They are at such an evolved state that they run more like machines. But I know from experience that because they do not process emotions like we do, when I emit emotions on to them they have a harder time dealing with the experience than a human would. It is ironically the trait that makes us human that is a strong weakness for the ET, such a foreign experience that it is hard for them to process." Beau looked around at the group. "I'm sure we all have some knowledge of the ETs from our own experiences that we can put together as a base before we create our game plan." Beau looked back to Mark.

"So what is our next move? Surely we need to develop a strategy before moving in? Do we have a safer place to do this?" He had several questions but if no one would ask them then he would, and their time was running out. 

Beau slipped his hands in to his long dark coat, tilted his head to the side to let it crack, patiently waiting for an answer.