It took Lan a while to find the kitchen. The school was rather large, but he did eventually find it. Logan and another man were in there, talking as Logan ate a sandwich. When the new man saw Lan, he gave a cheery smile, walking over and offering his hand.
"Hello there", he greeted, "I'm Jason Andrews, the World History Professor".
"Lan", Lan replied, accepting the handshake, "I'm the new student".
"Right", Jason replied, "We're happy to have you. We are expecting another student today as well". Lan nodded and looked around the kitchen. "Are you hungry", Jason asked. Lan nodded.
"Very"
"Help yourself", Jason said, gesturing to the fridge before pouring himself a cup of coffee. Lan walked over and opened it, peering in.
"What kind of soup is that", he asked.
"Double dumpling", Jason replied, "Cooked it myself". Lan pulled the pot out and searched the cupboards for a bowl. Logan finished off his sandwich as Lan pulled out a bowl and found a spoon.
"I'm headed up for when the student arrives", Logan stated as he left the room. Jason nodded.
As Lan put the bowl in the microwave, Jason spoke up.
"So where are you from?"
"Boston", Lan replied, "But this isn't my first time in New York City. My father owns Sci Labs".
"Oh", Jason replied, interested, "So you are Lan Hikari". Lan nodded. "So what can you do?"
"What", Lan asked.
"What powers do you have", Jason clarified.
"Oh", Lan said, seeming a bit shy now, "Well…I can change parts of my body into mechanical devices. And I can enter electronic devices as data".
"Interesting", Jason replied, sipping at the cup of coffee, "can you show me?" Lan thought for a moment. The timer on the microwave went off, and he pulled the soup out.
"Sorry it's just hard to…think of something cool under pressure".
"No pressure, I'm merely interested". Lan put a little bit more thought into it, before holding out his hand. He took a deep breath as it transformed into an electric fan, attached to his arm. It turned on, blowing a gentle breeze at Jason. "Delightful", Jason said, closing his eyes as he felt the breeze, "Do you have limits. Lan transformed his arm back.
"Well…if I'm tired it can affect the objects I make…and sometimes it's handy to have an external power supply, but I've usually got that covered". Jason nodded.
"So why are you here?"
"Well I wanted to finish my school while I learned a bit more about harnessing my powers", Lan replied, slurping up some of the soup from his spoon.
"And when you graduate?"
"Well I've always wanted to be a part of S.H.I.E.L.D.", he replied with a broad grin.
"Very noble", Jason said with a nod. He put his mug in the sink. "Make sure to come back upstairs when you're done, I'd hate for you to miss the other student arriving".
Lan gave a nod as he slurped down more of the soup.
"What do you think Lan", the voice asked after Jason left.
"I'm really looking forward to it. Everyone seems nice so far. Hope the new student is nice too".
"I told you that you'd make new friends". Lan gave an 'mhm' as he finished off his bowl and put in the in the sink and left the kitchen.
