Lately Ben had been kind of restless, and thus had been buzzing around the city. It was way too quiet with everything going on, and as much as he hated being idle, there was really no helping it at times.

He had gotten a RideVendor remote from Philip and had taken out one of the cycles for a spin. A few false starts and he was roaring around the city at a breakneck pace before pulling up to the park. Removing his helmet, he brushed his hair of sweat. "I really like motorcycles," he declared to no one as he got off and began to do a few warm ups.

While training in the sensoriums was always fun, he was often finding himself preferring the city more and more, and he selected an alien from his watch, an old standby favorite.

"CANNONBOLT!" yelled Ben as he began to roll and bounce all over the place.

Despite having been spat out of a goo-filled sac and told her world had been destroyed, Minatsuki wasn't all that upset. She had to act like she was, of course; no matter where she went, she wore a downcast, depressed look on her face and she flinched if anyone so much as looked at her. But inwardly, she really didn't care. There was no one on that planet who deserved to live. Of course she would pretend to grieve, but in reality, this was a blessing. She was alone. And she was free of that twisted prison -- as fun as it had been.

Now, if only she didn't have to rely on this ship full of strangers, everything would be perfect.

Right now, Minatsuki was browsing the media library, marvelling at the technology as she browsed its vast contents. She was so engrossed that she didn't even notice where she was going -- or so she seemed. The cute, innocent, clumsy girl act was highly effective.

((OOC: Please take note of Minatsuki's information/trigger warnings and permissions post!))

[[OOC: Right after this]]

Jonas fired off a message to the crew, new and old, and another specifically to the newly-released crew member apparently known as 'Punchy'. This was going to be awkward. They certainly could not turn down anyone with an interest in computers and hacking, but if Punchy was going to insist on speaking and typing in the manner he had demonstrated, Jonas was going to...

...Well, he was going to continue to feel a little embarrassed that he was capable of understanding what Punchy meant without needing a translation filter. He was pretty sure he could blame the brain-patterns he picked up from Chase Stein for that.

Celestia had lived a long life, but the past few days were the strangest she had ever experienced. She had awoken from a pod in a strange chamber, only to find herself whisked away to a strange maze soon after.

This maze had had her most concerned - as Princess of all Equestria, she had duties and responsibilities, after all. She could only hope that her sister Luna was managing on her own, and do her best to escape this maze and return to her beloved subjects.

Escape came unexpectedly though, when Celestia found herself suddenly dropped from the mess hall ceiling, where she landed on top of one of the tables with a thud, her hooves sending plates and trays and cutlery flying in all directions. Have a rather elegant pony - or perhaps a horse? - with a long horn on her forehead, graceful wings adorning her back, and a mane and tail that was a multicolour and gravity-defying sight standing on your table, diners, looking rather bewildered.

"Oh! I'm sorry. I hope I didn't ruin your meal," she said, with a chuckle. Then she looked around at her surroundings, her expression turning concerned. "Now this doesn't look at all like Equestria..."

Down on the city level, right by the Kohaku River and near the imposing castle, a modern-looking white building welcomed one and all to its promise of running water and warmth. Maybe even a little socializing was in order.

The ramp led up to the heated roof level, where one and all could sit down and relax in an almost sauna-like environment. Below, corridors contained plenty of towels, places to leave clothes, quick showers, and the baths, a number of them sized for any and all comers.

The private areas were accessed through separate corridors on the outside, but the busier communal baths were just as warm and welcoming. Anyone of any size or species was welcome here, so long as they behaved themselves.

[ooc: it's mingling party post time! Just start a thread or hop in one, and note if your character's in a single sex bath, co-ed, or the sauna level upstairs. My characters will be here to meet some people too.]

It'd been a few days since Shoutarou put up the announcement about the Agency being open for business.

Granted, 'business' was a relative term on board Stacey, and given the general peaceful nature of the ship, Shoutarou didn't expect much - which was a good thing, as he hasn't gotten much. Or, well, anything so far.

He can only patrol so much, same with sitting in on brig folks - he can't hog all the shifts to stay busy. So for now, he's kicked back at his desk, feet propped up while he sips at a bit of coffee.

Someone should poke him before he starts to monologue to himself. He'll do it!

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_{[OOC: You don't have to have a thing for him to do to take part in the thread - just swing in and say hi if you want.]}

Normally, Kaya would have spent the whole day at the hotel, preparing for the meeting: cleaning, making sure the pool was at the right temperature, making sure all the food was ready. However, there were a few people missing, notable Overlord Zetta, Lash, Hit Girl and a few others, so she wanted to have this less formal one on the bus, particularly since they had the classrooms at their disposal.

This didn't mean, of course, that Kaya was going to NOT prepare things as usual. There was a tray of several different snacks available for those who attended, as well as a projector set up in Tarnee's room set up by Beastboy since Kaya still hadn't quite gotten the hang of the modern technology possible to make movies.

In the meantime she still had the common area spruced up and sparkling, and was greeting people at the door.

[[Having this set up so people can drop by: the bulk of the meeting and introduction will be out up later this evening!]]

It had been a while since Hoshi first discovered the beystadium here on Stacy and she knew it had to be cleaned out of all the things strewn about inside. She did want to get it at least working the way it was supposed to be so that she could begin the beyblading lessons she continually talked about since she first woke up here.

And, so, she had her hair tied up in a ponytail to keep it out of her eyes, as well as dressed in her usual white t-shirt and black shorts that she used for training. There was already a small pile of garbage outside the stadium, mostly items she deemed to be useless for the stadium itself, but it could always benefit the crew in some way, but there were trash bags from the teams' locker rooms in with the other items.

She wondered what else she could potentially find in here, since the possibilities were endless!

( OOC: Here's what the various rooms look like in the stadium:

Main Area/Stadium, hallway with a lavatory, television screen announcing which teams are up (currently turned off), the entrance, another hallway. Just ignore emo!Takao and entrance where the teams would come in.

Hoshi will also be working on repairing a few things here and there with the arena itself so that there's more electricity around than there is at the current moment. )

As he'd promised, Billy was sure to make it to the home he was lucky enough to share with Ronnae that night. They'd hardly seen each other since she'd run from him at the club, and he'd spent more of that time than he'd like to admit pondering what he could do better the next time. It was clear to him that they could use some airing out of their respective problems, so he'd come prepared for a long night.

They would have warm blankets, a comfortable room, plenty of water, and each other. Billy hoped that would be enough.

As he knocked on the door that evening, he tried his hardest to push his worries aside. "Ronnie? Can I come in?"

Snow was in a great mood. But Snow was always in a pretty good mood when Serah was happy - and Serah was happy just to be around him, so that alwaya worked out. But seeing her face, how absolutely ecstatic she was when they spotted Lightning on the Observation Deck ... they were pretty lucky, he thought. And in that joyous moment when he thought things couldn't get any better, Snow had heard Sazh's voice in the crowd. They were all waking up, one after the next, slowly but surely. It gave Snow hope that more would be following suit soon enough. The Obs Deck had cleared and there had been no more familiar faces to see, but he knew for sure that next time, they'd repeat the cycle.

When things had finally calmed some - enough that at least the newly awakened Lightning and Sazh could find their bearings, it was an easy choice to help the two get acquainted with the ship and her layout, Snow and Serah decided. So into the city the couple led them, on the way pointing out corridors and transportation tubes, explaining where everything could and would lead if they wanted to get somewhere or explore anything more in-depth themselves down the line. Snow pointed out the places he knew as they walked through the city. "Oh yeah, that's Le Prefecture, where the Council usually has their meetings. Uh, I'm not actually sure what that castle's supposed to be," he said when he gestured over to Castle Wyvern. "And that's the Atori Teahouse - bet you can't guess what that's for!"

For all intents and purposes, this was a perfectly normal tour of the city.

Einhart sighed, taking a look around the clearing in the city that she had decided to use for training this time. It wasn't a destroyed building or had anything that could be potentially dangerous, although anyone flying would easily be able to find her.

At least this time Vivio wasn't going to have to worry about finding her.

So there Einhart was, sinking into a fighting stance as she started to concentrate, a magic circle appearing beneath her as she started to concentrate on a basic magic spell, before sending it, a small green ball of magic, flying into the air. She concentrated, making the ball of magic fly around in the air for a few moments, before dissipating into the air.