Sooo...Meet-y

[cityship]

The rest of the crew assembled on the Observation Deck to meet the latest editions to their number. After the recent revelation, many of them were even more eager to see people they knew from home.

Brainiac 5 and Sensor were set up near the doors to provide the new people with omnicoms and comm rings.

There's a lot to tell the new people. It's going to be a lot to take in.

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[lackofdarkwings.livejournal.com]

Matt stood to the side, mind in a whirl. The Ohm, a group of reality destroyers. Made him wonder if everything he had done was, well, up to snuff. He was the normal boyfriend and yet...

Magic curled around his hand, and he tried to suppress it. There was nothing he could do anymore.

And if his reality was gone... so was Will, even though he could feel her presence.

Sometimes it sucked to be the normal boyfriend. Especially since he was still a complete and utter fool.

[its-keeper.livejournal.com]

Perhaps her presence was closer than he imagined.

"Matt?"

And her happiness at seeing him is snuffed out almost as soon as she registers it, because - no, not Matt, not here. Out of all the people to wake up for a deadly mission of zombies and aliens and whole worlds destroyed, out of all of her friends, did it have to be the one who could get hurt the most, and most easily, and whose getting hurt would hurt HER hardest?

"Oh my -" she hovers between thrilled to see him and horrified that he's here at all. There may be tears soon.

[lackofdarkwings.livejournal.com]

That voice...

Turning around, his expression lit up. "WILL!"

She was alive! It meant he hadn't failed, she was alive and...!

"Will... it's really you," he said, tearing up a little as he offered a hand to her.

[its-keeper.livejournal.com]

The need to be with somebody from her own world, to make sure he's real, wins out. Will bypasses the hand completely, throwing her arms around her boyfriend.

"Matt I've missed you so much and I thought I'd never see you again -" she wails, her voice muffled by his chest.

[lackofdarkwings.livejournal.com]

"Will, I'm glad I'm here. Wherever here is mind you," added Matt, holding her in a tight embrace.

"So uh... I heard our world went kaboom. Whats up with that?"

Smooth Matt, real smooth.

[its-keeper.livejournal.com]

Yeah, ex-lax.

Will makes a cursory attempt to wipe the tears out of her eyes before Matt sees they're there. "It's . . . that's what they say. The Daligig. That the Ohm destroyed our worlds, and the Daligig rescued us, and now we're at war with the Ohm. We just found out, after -"

Does she want to talk about the zombie wars right now? No, not really.

"What's the last thing you remember?"

[lackofdarkwings.livejournal.com]

"Uh, does being stuck in a book for several months, getting rescued and going on a tour with Karmilla count?" said Matt, trying to absorb the whole thing. No Oracle meant he could tell her finally.

But would she feel the same?

[its-keeper.livejournal.com]

Blink.

"Stuck in a book?"

The Karmilla thing is awesome, but they'll have to get to it later.

[starlightace]

The little tingle of magic in the room was subtle - and not a type of magic she was familiar with - but it was unmistakable. Nanoha looked around to try to find the source, but it was gone as quickly as it had come. Still, her gaze locked on a young man with long chestnut hair who ... well, he looked a bit dazed and confused. She really couldn't blame him.

Even if he hadn't been the source of the magic, there was no reason not to try to be helpful. She approached him, a smile on her face. "You're new, right? I'm Nanoha - welcome to the ship!"

[lackofdarkwings.livejournal.com]

Matt smiled at Nanoha. She felt... strong. Stronger than she was but would that change in time? Now that he didn't have to hide anything...

Or did he?

Mind awhirl he smiled and said, "Thanks Nanoha. I'm just, a little out of my element here. Being saved from extinction to fight? Really? I'm the normal boyfriend."

[starlightace]

"I think we're all a little out of our element," Nanoha admitted. "So you don't have to feel alone in that."

"And I think that depends on what definition of 'normal' you're using, don't you?"

[lackofdarkwings.livejournal.com]

Matt chuckled, nodding. "Yeah, well, I haven't done anything exciting in my life save for be a boyfriend, play some music, this and that."

"There really isn't much use for a guitarist on this place is there?" asked Matt, subtly fighting down a flareup of magic. What the hell was wrong with his hand lately?

[starlightace]

That time it was unmistakable, but she didn't react to it just yet. "I don't know," she said with a shrug and a grin. "Sometimes music helps keeps people's spirits up, don't you think?"

[lackofdarkwings.livejournal.com]

The response she got was a sheepish grin and a statement of "Yeah, I guess you're right. If I can get a guitar I can play some music here."

That was when his hand flared up, snapped with pink magic and he hissed. "OW! What the hell?"

Shaking his hand, he winced. "Okay, did not expect that to happen."

[halfa-hero.livejournal.com]

"Heya. New guy right?"

[lackofdarkwings.livejournal.com]

Matt nodded. "Yeah, I'm Matt Olsen. Nice to meet you um...?"

[halfa-hero.livejournal.com]

"Danny Fenton. Or Phantom, depending."

[lackofdarkwings.livejournal.com]

Matt grinned at that. "Cool. Like a superhero or something?"

[halfa-hero.livejournal.com]

"Yup. Ghost powers, in case you were wondering. Though the name makes it pretty dang obvious."

[hero-sting.livejournal.com]

While Chris had kept a watchful eye over who had shown up praying that he wasn't the only Kamen Rider left, he knew the odds were of actually running into them. Even so, he thoughtfully checked for any signs of Xaviax or Strike. Off to the side, he saw a young teen a few years younger than him. He gave him a slight wave.

"Um. Hey there. How are you holding up?"

[lackofdarkwings.livejournal.com]

Matt looked up and waved. "Hey. Not so bad, considering a few minutes ago I was a slime-encrusted human nightmare." And he laughed. "I'm Matt Olsen."

[hero-sting.livejournal.com]

Chris smiled slightly. "Chris Ramirez. I remember when I was podpopped. It's not really the best way to get used to this sort of place." He offered his hand to shake the other person.

[lackofdarkwings.livejournal.com]

Matt took it, shaking his hand before grinning. "Well at least it's unique huh? I've seen a few people here. Any place I can get a guitar?"

[hero-sting.livejournal.com]

Chris had to agree with him on that. "Yeah. Unique is one word for it. Do you know anyone here? We might have one or two in Weapons and Possessions. You'll want to talk to someone higher up to access that stuff. Leon Kennedy is usually in charge with that.

[lackofdarkwings.livejournal.com]

"Just Will mostly, and Nanoha and Danny earlier," replied Matt. "Though I dunno if they can get me one of those."