Question Reinforce: Don't Call Me a Pretty!

Jadis, Jade, Loophole.

Probably not Jade. In the paradise island stories we hear of a company called 'jinntech' or some such thing.

It could be loophole, but I doubt it. From the phone conversation the person has a significant other named Angela, unless I'm completely missing my mark. So unless mister Cody had a complete turn around on the mister I don't think it is her.

It could be Jadis but I find this just as unlikely. Jadis already knew about the whole money=power thing from her dad.

Our best clue currently is the SO named Angela. I know there is a character named Angela somewhere in Poe but I can't remember who. We find her we can extrapolate the identity of sidewinder.

My current best guess is Vamp or whoever Ayla's year 2 room mate is.

Head of Sidewinder Holding.... Diamondback.

Legal squashing of KoP.

The CEO of the company had learned a few very, very important lessons from a friend about money, contracts, power, and how to wield them.

Sounds like Diamond and Phase.

If it was Jade it would be Dragon Tech, after her honey.
Jadis would have used an obscure reference to her "mom."
Not sure what Loophole would have used, but not Sidewinder. She may be a rules lawyer, but she is a straightforward rules lawyer.

Thrown in lockup on trumped up bullshit by the MCO, they never learn. Poor Adam, at least his uncle thought to lowjack him, or who knows what might have happened. DPA against teaching some to "Remember why Whateley neutrality is important.", whoever it is will be lucky to live through such a lesson. Adam aka Reinforce, his sponsor's company is Sidewinder Holdings, nice company and ideal. Almost sounds like something Lanie would create after what happened with her invention.

Brother worked with the Army to keep some nasty from getting to civilized areas, MMID for Adam as a favor, big favor. A shifter and he is a legacy who is in Twain, wonder who his older brother is. Wait a moment, talk of the table his brother and friends sat at, seven years ago older brother had senior year which would be 2009, this is Razorback's little brother! Wonder if the uncle who lowjacked him and made the Stalker VI for him is actual uncle or Jericho. Sidewinder, wonder who uses that codename.

And from the sound of things and how Adam is looking around, he is bi or something more. AIs and VIs trying to break into 'Spike', yet it throws off all but one like that, dang. Ammunition on his Aunts and Uncles, is the whole of the Outcasts considered his aunts and uncles [well, except his brother] I wonder. Oh boy, some idiot who thinks normal looking kids don't belong in Twain, there are always a few. And trying to pick a fight as well, this guy is a troublemaker still.

Bwahaha, smack talk like that, Adam learned a lot from his brother and friends. Shapeshifting to look like his brother, they never see it coming. Zephyr will learn to stop running his mouth and picking fights he can't win one way or another. Chasing him around like that, too funny and teaches an idiot a well-deserved lesson. And Zephyr pissed off Caitlin, he is a moron supreme!

Oh boy, coming down to see the visage of Razorback and Zephyr punching him like that, the House Father has a rough job. Mr. Filbert having to stop the fight, Zephyr lying about how he started the fight, why he is an RA is beyond me. At least Taka clears it up what actually happened. Ouch, stuck for an hour after shapeshifting until he can revert, at least he is used to that form. And Zephyr told to learn to keep his cool with non-GSD students, good.

Rooming a rager because he is used them, knows if you don't pull the trigger, and you're good to go, always knew he was a smart kid. And no more hunting howl, poor Mr. Filbert had enough of that from his older brother. At least Kenshin was entertained by Adam's attempt to teach Zephyr why he is rude behavior is wrong. Kenshin is too nice for his own good sometimes, there are times a hard lesson is needed for someone to learn.

Human is not how you look, it's how you act.

And confirmation that Outcasts are his Aunts and Uncles, as he mentions Aunt Sandra singing, though what does he mean when she was able to do it, hope that doesn't mean she can't sing anymore. A picture of the Outcasts all together as a poster, nice thing to hang up in their room. And living up to the Outcasts example, Adam is going to be a handful around Whateley.

Oh crud, elfish appearance but with clawed hands, teeth sharpened like a shark's fangs, and red hair, sounds like a Redcap to me. Rooming with a Redcap, that is going to be a challenge. Okay, at least he isn't freaking out over having Adam as a roommate, just doesn't want his stuff messed with. Nat aka Red. Adam is the perfect roommate for him with all his experience.

Bacon, that kid is owning his warthog look and then some. At least Zephyr is being more reasonable now. The old Outcast Corner hangout down near Hawthorne in the tunnels, that is going to be see some use again finally.

"Abandon shame, all ye who enter here."

Nice saying and reference to the Abandon hope, all ye who enter here. All there instruments and gear still down there. Stuffed Razorback and Diamondback dolls, I would pay to have those. Dang, Spike has a personality and attitude. And using something Jack is known for.

10 minutes late and Imp is his advisor, this is going to be good. Reputation for being as much a troublemaker as Jericho, Imp has a lot ahead of her in G1 to live up to that reputation. Combat Movement and Swimming, good reason to be afraid of the water, nearly being killed by a saltwater crocodile as a kid will do that to you.

"Depth charges should go in the water before you do."

Bwahaha, the banter between these two, my sides hurt. Imp has become a great advisor and teacher, especially with how she deals with the kids.

Dawn-Renae, the satyr girl, being sexually harassed by SlickWilly, ugh. Adam using Caitlin as a distraction to wedgie SlickWilly and get him to Dawn-Renae alone, loving Adam more and more. Taught not to talk to women like that, Adam was raised right. Him and Dawn-Renae would be a cute couple, imo.

And a friend of hers shows up, White Snake, vaguely Japanese kid covered in white scale. Sense of humor and loves Harry Potter too, Adam counters with Harry Dresden, nice.

"Well he shoved a perv-boy in the mud and seems to be following me home. I was debating keeping him."

Ouch, the puns, the puns. Toison did walk into that one though.

Melville the birthplace of all that is evil, it is except when it isn't, doesn't sound like much has changed there. Reference to the Cask of Amontillado, never read or seen it, though not into horror so much now. Big dopy grin on Adam's face after getting a hug from Toison. Bwahahaha, the joking around between Adam and White Snake, make it stop, my sides can't take much more. These three feel like the start of a new Outcast Corner.

Yup, Adam is definitely bi, thinking both Toison and White snake are attractive. Claws making the best guitar pick and a habit of just forming claws since he began shapeshifting, interesting. And interesting way to educate young Adam by Razor and his adopted sisters. Razorback is Adam's hero growing up, saved his life twice and their mom once, hard to not look up to a big brother like that.

Ouch, that type of rager, poor Red has it rough, plus remembering everything like Deimos does. Life not safe for any mutant anymore, whoa, that sounds worse than Gen 1. No shaking awaken when having nightmares, check. Good to know details about his roommate that allow Adam to help him.

Waking Nat like that when he is having a nightmare and thrashing about, his experiences with Razorback are paying dividends and then some. Tricks to help him control himself, Red needs Adam as his roommate.

Swimming class and a girl with frog-like hands and feet, always interesting to see new looks. Yikes, seeing that kind of thing due to his fear, that is true terror. Oh boy, adaptive shifting like that, can see why it is a pain. Stupid b**** threw him in the deep end! Oh boy, nightmare situation here, reflexively shifting to fight off his nightmare assailants.

Growing gills, no longer looking human and not able to shift back just yet, ouch. Shifting into a form like Diamondback's, even turning female, all just to swim, whoa. And the b**** who threw him into the deep end isn't even sorry, sadist. Shifted again, grabbed the girl by the neck and slammed her into the shallow end of the pool, never tick this kid off.

Whitman cottage, hope the girls hiding their appearance learn to love themselves for who they are. Feline girl looking out for fellow Whitman girls and suspicious of him, has to show her Outcast Corner pic to convince her. Dawn having to tell Telekat to be nice to Adam. Dawn and Adam are so cute together, I almost feel like I'm getting a cavity. And Dawn feeling good about herself because of Adam being a gentleman and calling her lovely, nice to see the other side of GSD kids like this in Gen 2.

Not taking life seriously enough, takes after his brother alright. T-shirts in the cold of September at Whateley, he would have been shocked to meet Kodiak or Murphy. Can't do normal animals and size limit at 3.5 tons for Adam's shifting, still sounds a lot like Jimmy T's power to me but on a lesser scale. Dawn is an exemplar with some magic, good at healing magic, always useful to have. Nice descriptions of the Outcast Corner members.

And Janine taught him a good thing, fighting like that just makes girls worry you are violent. And Counterpoint vs. Eldritch, would love to see him get his ass kicked, don't remember if it happened yet or not. And the table was left alone because of something done to it by the Outcasts. Living with her aunt and uncle for 2 years and just got to Whateley, that had to be rough.

White Snake and Bacon show up, Bacon figuring out why the table doesn't exist for most people at the school, runes cut in and done in sharpie as well. Ah, nice explaining Outcast Corner and the Outcast's Corner room. I like Bacon, only took the name because Razorback was already taken. Nice to see Adam has made his own group of unique friends so quickly.

Adam knows the rulebook, if they pull him in and the girl who threw him in the deep end isn't there, they are breaking the rules. Calling him Loophole mark two, these guys are mean. Standing up to Everhart over it, kid has a lot of guts. Oh boy, Miss Savitz is one of the Amazons, not good. Adaptive shapeshifting, useful and a pain to deal with in one neat package.

Saying he called her a dyke two nights ago in the tunnels, when he wasn't even there and wouldn't do that. Oh boy, these two kids get along with gasoline and fire. At least she has to pay for her actions and if she mouths off to the Hawthorne boys gets a day for each comment. Adam having to clean the public toilets for all the cottages and buildings for a week, good that he got off light.

Actually interested in Powers Theory, guessing they have a new teacher since Gen 1. Doctor Kaylan "WyldChyld" Weaver teaching Shifter Anatomy, talk about some skills to shift that fast from one form to the next. Very interesting class and new details on shifters, love learning new things like this. A High-Four Shifter, that is a powerful ability even having to follow the Mass-Squared law.

Another shifter from Australia, and Adam has gone up to 4 days in a form only to change back because his mom yelled at him, lol. Adam learned all that and never heard of a Variable Template Shifter before, guess we get to learn alongside him. Dang, Doctor Kaylan Weaver has another impressive power, touch anything organic and determine their physiology. Shifting treats his clothes as part of his body, interesting.

Unable to speak while he has gills, at least he knows sign language. Whoa, able to shift into a human-eagle hybrid and still retain his gills. Goes into a girl form to become fully human appearing again. A centaur form based on a Clydesdale, dang, plus fully viable again. Drop-Bear and what he told them about the creatures, he would fit in with Adam and his friends well with that sense of humor.

No wonder she is bi, when you can change your form that easily and are comfortable in any form you adapt fast. Everyone asking if he is a rager because of his favored form, understand why but it can get annoying after the first couple of times for him. At least Tolman is giving Adam a pass for class today, though it would be interesting to see him/her fighting in different forms.

Shifts back to normal and teased by White Snake about looking better as a girl. Deuce, Emerson prick, hates GSDs, and likely homophobic as well, oh boy. Hitting full force and claiming it was an accident, after the first 2 times I would warn him the next time he would be spending a few days in Doyle once she is through with him if I were Tolman.

Making money for more than minimum wage and around 2 hours a day, that would be hard to find even at Whateley. His sponsor is a woman and has a lunatic rugrat for a daughter, has me even more curious now.

And I'ma tell your mama you're already after a girl!"

Still no idea who this could be, feels like one of the Gen 1 characters but not sure who. Teenage focus group testing Adam can do at Whateley, wonder what it is for.

That Holding Company, all those things they do for Mutant companies, plus TMI Medical. Just who is Sidewinder. Ooo, KoP destroyed by them for attacking a mutant with an illegal DFA and attacked him for jaywalking on their property, about time someone took them down. Whoa, all those lawsuits, couldn't happen to a 'nicer' group. But with Sidewinder's legal and business skills, starting to think someone connected or close to either Ayla or Lanie.

And their lawsuits were just the start, good. 3 years to bankrupt the KoP and Sidewinder got their arms, armor, schematics, and data to make up the debt unpaid. They were always too reckless, it was only a matter of time before this happen, glad it finally does.

The CEO of the company had learned a few very, very important lessons from a friend about money, contracts, power, and how to wield them.

Okay, someone close to Ayla, starting to sound like Sidewinder is Diamondback or Jade to me, though Sidewinder name goes with Diamondback better. Lawyers taking down the KoP, if only the MCO could have this happen to them as well.

A photo of Adam and Dawn together, Sidewinder is sounding more and more like Diamondback to me with how she says she will show the picture to everyone, only a relative or someone who was adopted into the family would embarrass him like that. Angela says hello, guessing it is Sidewinder's daughter mentioned before, any of the class of 2010 and the kid can only be a few years old. 500 is a little something, whoa. List of places on campus to eat, depending on where he takes Dawn will be another clue as to who Sidewinder is.

Oh boy, definitely regular girls, asking questions about a boy their friend has and such rapid-fire. Mrs. Savage bringing Adam up, the other girls wishing they could see a boy's face directed at them with the expression he has now. Whoa, that was quick, going out for ice cream on a date just like that. And some of the other girls jealous of Dawn for having Adam right now. Hexplate teasing that if Dawn doesn't hurry up one of the other girls will pouch him, including her. Seeing a picture of Outcast Corner, Ekene's asking why Jericho is dressed that way and who let him.

Drawn to Dawn by her smile, wish more guys were like it, the world would be a better place. Cute and funny banter between them. Trays of ice cream prepared properly, wish I could find a place like that. Eating ice cream together like that and sharing it, so cute together, hope nothing happens to ruin it.

10 in the evening in Boston when a picture came through of Adam and Dawn together. Sidewinder's little girl ask the cutest thing.

"Mama? Does Adam have a girlfriend?"

Guessing 4 years old, 5 at the oldest for the little cutie. And a nice end to a very fun story, new interesting details about Razorback's little brother, his own group of new friends, as well as potential foes, and even information on shifters.

Hope we get to see more Adam and his friends in the future, plus find out who Sidewinder is. I don't know why but I'm guessing Diamondback for some reason. Just the vibe I got from all the details given about Sidewinder in the story. Though he calls her Aunt Sandra and Sidewinder something else, so that ruins it. Though the teasing about telling his mama he is already after a girl makes it seem like someone closely connected to the family, so it could be Diamondback, plus he never called her by name in the scenes where he talks to Sidewinder over the phone. All the clues could also point to Jade, if she somehow fixed her stuck BIT and is physically grown up now thus could have a daughter that young.