Meet and Greet Part Deux: The Socialing

[cityship]

The new people will find themselves ushered out of Obs Deck, so it can be shot down to the planet again, to pick the crew up. Eventually, the crew members on the mission are brought back up, and the doors open to let the two groups meet.

The newbies are likely not expecting their new crew-mates to come back bearing presents--which some of them are.

[ooc: This time anyone can post in. REMEMBER TO TAG OTHER PEOPLE, THO. This is set after the mission so mission peoples can meet the newbies. Latecomer newbies, if you want, you can just tag your guys into this one to make things easier.]

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[youngsoldat.livejournal.com]

Erwin is there of course. His eyes almost pop out of his head as he sees even more people - strange creatures and things he'd never imagined. He adjusts his Fritz helmet on his head and shrugs his rifle a bit higher on his shoulder, grinning like a maniac as he takes it all in. This is strange, wondrous - and quite exciting. He walks through the crowd, simply taking it all in.

Just How Many Are There?

[bluebrassmonkey.livejournal.com]

Title: Just How Many Are There?
Location: Stacy, Obs Deck/Not-Obs Deck?




Renne really hadn't understood too much since he'd woken up from...whatever that was. All he knew was that he'd met a Gargoyle, a Witch and a James T. Kirk that didn't know him. Without really having much more of a clue than that, the oddity turned 'round, got his tears under control and picked up that Starfleet red shirt that fits him.

That's about when he smells/hears a slew of others. Others? New? What? Wary but curious, the oddity crawl-bumbles until...well, until he either runs into something or falls off of something. Or, in this case, smells something new. Thus, the sniffing.

"Eeee?"

[jedimacguyver.livejournal.com]

Obi-Wan had never been on quite as...interesting a mission, and he'd never thought he'd be happy to get back into the oppressive humidity of Stacy's interior. Still, he couldn't help but smile and pat the gently pulsing wall in welcome as he felt that sense of life close in around him. And, of course, he brought gifts.

Ho-ho-ho, Santa-Wan Kenobi is home.

[pocketloli.livejournal.com]

So many people! Rein marveled at the collection of sights and sounds oh was that a dragon floating overhead? Oooooh!

Delighted, the Unison Device flitted through the crowd before she noticed a jolly looking bearded man. Not large like she expected but she flitted up to Obi-Wan and inquired, "Are you Santa-san?"

[starlightace]

Nanoha's cheeks are rosy from the cold - it's been a while since she's been out in the snow for that long - but she's smiling, and still wearing the reindeer hats.

That mission turned out to be rather enjoyable, actually. All's well that ends well, right? They'd brought cheer back to people, and you couldn't ask for more than that.

She stepped out into the Obs Deck.

[notsaintkaiser.livejournal.com]

After being ushered out of the room, Vivio was surprised as Stacy went and retrieved the crew from the mission. As the crew stepped out, Vivio began looking around for someone... or someones

And then, she spotted her.

She recognized that face anywhere. She couldn't... wouldn't... hold back from what she was going to say next.

"NANOHA-MAMA!"

[ihasvision.livejournal.com]

Shawn searches for Chaucer, a package in his hands.

[shes-intense.livejournal.com]

Brenda is back, feeling better for some helping, and even more so for being able to do some shopping. She found presents for almost everyone she wanted to get something for. Paco is first on the list (due for a half dozen cargo shorts and some choice snack foods) but Brenda sets her haul aside to stay around and meet up with some of the new faces on the ship before rushing off.

What a time this was to have new people drop in...

[flunkingspanish.livejournal.com]

He wasn't quite up to his usual tricks (no jumping on the weird fat-couches for him today, no sir!), but Paco felt that any guy who couldn't haul himself to the Observation Deck to see his girlfriend after she helped save a world wasn't any kind of boyfriend at all. So he was there. Propping up a wall, but there.

"Was your mission, should you choose to accept it, a shopping spree?" he asked, eyeballing her haul and grinning a bit. "Welcome back, chica."

[thekohakuriver.livejournal.com]

Because your average gathering on this ship doesn't have enough large apex predators, Haku came in his natural form. It wasn't that he wasn't pleased to be back, it was that he was trying to get a good view. He was a young Kami, and so his humanform was quite short. As a dragon he had a long neck, and used to to great effect, craning it conspicuously over the welcoming party to see who had been brought forth, among the newcomers.

[static-shock68.livejournal.com]

"Yo, Haku!" Static called, flying over. "Got ya something!"

This time, he was ready. He'd already pulled the box out of the rapidily emptying sack before coming over. He smiled at the draconic river god. "I know it's not one of your holidays, but Merry Christmas, man. It's not much, but I thought you'd like it anyway."

He held out the carefully wrapped box with it's tag reading "TO: My favorite River God" in Static's not too great script.

Everyone loved portable zen gardens, right?

[yubyubcommander.livejournal.com]

Wedge is hanging out on the Obs Deck again, watching the returning crew members for someone, anyone he might recognize. He's pretty hard to miss, considering he's wearing a bright orange flightsuit over his plantsuit and has a blaster strapped at his side.

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

Well, it'd be impossible for Luke to miss that color, and that jumpsuit--he was more than somewhat familiar with them, after all. So when he saw the blindingly bright flash through the crowd of people, he paused, looked again. A huge grin broke out on his face when he realized just who it was.

"Wedge!" he called across the heads of the assembled crew. "You're here!" Breaking into a jog, he went to go clasp hands with his old friend and wingmate. "Boy, am I sure glad to see you!"

[shapeshiftqueen.livejournal.com]

This had been one of the most interesting missions of her career. Infiltration was always fun. She didn't have any presents persay, but the memories would stay engraved in her mind.

And it looked like she had just missed the next batch of poddrops. If she got lucky, she might meet other Hunters. That could be fun.

[morphitudinous]

Billy may be somewhat late to the party. He has to slip off to retrieve some of the projects he'd hidden in the labs and wrap them in messy blue paper. The timing is convenient, and he enjoys participating in the holiday festivities. His allowance had gone a long way toward completing some much-desired projects that would now be gifted to his friends.

Newly invigorated by both the cold atmosphere and the weight of what they had just accomplished, he slings his sack of fun science-y toys over his shoulder and greets the gathered people with a smile.

If only I'd thought to hang a 'ENGINEERS MEET HERE' sign over this area, he thinks, trying and failing to discern which new podmates he needs to talk to. Oh well. In the spirit of socializing with everyone, he would continue to wave and look friendly, in a manner that might otherwise be called 'dorky'.

Oh, and he has a terrible case of hat hair. Feel free to laugh.

[bonnypiperlad]

Jamie is trying to peer over some of the taller crew members to see if he can spot a few people that he needs to see, when he spots a terrible case of hat hair and a Billy attached to it.

"Billy!" He's got something small in his hands, wrapped in plaid wrapping paper, and a big grin on his face.

[telekinetic_badass]

Julian only came back with a handful of gifts, not like he had a whole lot of people he wanted to give stuff to. He was kind of surprised that there seemed to be a few more people around than when they all left.

Seems a podpop happened while they were on mission.

He looked around, wondering if he'd find someone he recognized. Or at least some new hot girls to hit on.

[powersurge.livejournal.com]

Nori didn't really know why she'd hung around when they'd been ushered back. Maybe it was because she was curious to see what other weird people were around, or maybe it was because she was still hoping someone she knew was in the group that had gone to this parallel earth. It'd be like them, after all. Every one of her team were the kind of people who'd jump into something, rather than hang back.

She was skirting the edge of the crowd when she did finally see a familiar face that wasn't Bobby Drake. Inside she was extremely relieved to see that at least one person she knew and was kind of friends with was okay. Outwardly she just smirked a little. She dodged around people, moving towards him slightly faster than just a casual pace, she called out to him.

"Julian!"

[almostluver.livejournal.com]

Inara watched in absolute fascination as what appeared to be older crew members beginning to mingle with the newer ones. A small smile appeared on her lips as she watched them greeting each other, it was sweet really.

She reached up and pushed her dark curls back over her shoulder as she turned slightly so she was able to observe more of the crew. She's not trying to see if there are others from her world there, as Mal had said it was just her, Kaylee and him there. But, she was enjoying the 'people' watching.

[sgmitchell.livejournal.com]

Cam was doing his usual sweep of the new people, looking for familiar faces--and trying to decide whether to hand out the gifts he had or not. Not exactly 'people watching'. More...scanning.

Until he actually saw a familiar face for once.

He didn't drop the things he carried, per se, he just found a convenient place to put them quickly, so that his hands would be free for his beretta.

He maneuvered as close as he felt safe, before pulling said weapon. "Adria."

[not-a-spoiler.livejournal.com]

Despite how things were progressing, this was not the most bizarre day in Stephanie Brown's life. Waking up naked and covered in goo wasn't exactly pleasant (though, even more awkwardly, it wasn't exactly unpleasant either), but at least someone had left her something to change into after things were through.

"Alright. I'm clean and clothed now. Thanks a lot for undressing me like that. I really appreciate it. Now, where's the camera crew and which T.V. show is this?"

[mrsarcastic003]

...Wait a second. Tim recognized that voice. He tucked the neat little diary-PDA thing that Leela had found for him away into his belt and went looking for the source. It couldn't be.

She'd died.

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

She was happy to be back, but a part of her might always be back at that small section on earth. At the very least, she knew that she missed home more than she expected. The snow, the ice, the cold: it had made her remember the bits and pieces of the Southern Water Tribe, and right now she just wanted to see something that reminded her of that home, when she was all settled.

But that didn't mean she returned empty handed. She had a few small gifts: one for Roxie, one for Carol and one for Luna, who she hadn't seen in a long tome but really missed.

[isee-snorkacks.livejournal.com]

"Hello, Katara. I'm glad you're back alright."

Luna is smiling much less vaguely than she smiles at most people, wide eyes warm. It really has been a while.

Funny how that happens.

She hesitates before putting a hand on the other girl's shoulder, head tilting to get a good look at her face. Socially inept or not, Luna knows faces. And this one isn't happy.

"You're upset."

[governorkang]

There was no way Kang was going to miss this. While he was sure that there weren't any other draconians on board the ship, from the reactions of those that hadn't been down on the planet, that didn't mean others from Krynn weren't around. Hell, he'd even be happy with a Dark Knight or a metallic dragon (as unlikely as the latter was)!

...so maybe that was an exaggeration. Still, he didn't like the thought of being the only one from his world awake.

[runnerwithagun.livejournal.com]

Ronon was watching the crew enter the room when he saw a strong looking and taller non-human. And this time he wasn't going to be extremely on edge at seeing such a sight. It was a new face, so he figured that Kang was one of the new folk.

Still feeling friendly from all the gift giving down on Earth, he let his curiosity give way and approached the draconian.

"Are you new around here?" He studied Kang carefully, not sure whether to completely trust him or not.

[lackofdarkwings.livejournal.com]

Matt was limping. It was to be expected considering how roughed up he was. Magic coursed through his veins like Christmas Day however, healing his wounds at an accelerated pace so that his big friend Aeneas wouldn't baby him when he saw him next.

Still however, the young man was grinning widely, all flush with laughter as he shouldered one of the non-magic bags. "HO HO HO!" boomed the teenager as he sat down like a king upon a throne. "Santa-Matt bringing presents for the new arrivals!"

With a groan, he sat down and resolved to get his leg looked at. It was going to be a long day but things could wait. Besides, some of the new arrivals looked really damn cool.

[enter-aeneas.livejournal.com]

It’s far too late for that, unfortunately, because Aeneas has been following close behind his human companion ever since the fight. Unlike Matt, however, this alien has no means of spontaneous cell regeneration and repair; huge burns and gashes (a few still studded with shards of candy cane) marred one side, and though he’d long since popped his shoulder back into place it almost hurt worse now than it did beforehand. Thankfully none of his injures were too serious—even the cuts, for their relative size and depth, were bleeding a lot less than an observing human might be expecting.

But, similar to his cheery friend, Aeneas had opted to wear a small Santa hat and a wreath of bells along his unburned side, and was looking extremely joyful despite his obvious pain. For the first time in nearly a month, the creature knew what it felt like to be truly happy. Hell, he’d just saved an entire planet from the pit of isolation and despondency at the hands of bloodthirsty robots and pointy-eared humans! How could Aeneas not be happy?

Although, taking a break was also nice. The creature flopped down on the squishy floor next to Matt, purring deeply as he tended to his wounds.

[letmelive]

Claire returned with a few bags of her own, having managed to find a little time between gift giving to pick up some things for her loved ones. She was surprised to see new faces among the crew, and slowed a little from what she'd originally intended to be a beeline for her quarters, curious as to if there was anyone she might know among the new faces, and to try and introduce herself to one or two of the faces she didn't know, while she was at it.

And if she could find the intended recipients of the stuff she was lugging, that would be that much less she'd have to drag all the way back to her room.

[governmentninja]

Leon was looking through the crowd of people as they returned. He wanted to make sure everyone came back, though he kept his eyes peeled for one particular redhead. When he spotted that familiar ponytail, he moved his way through the crowd to meet her.

"Claire!"

[bonnypiperlad]

There's a brief bit of time after Jamie walked into the wall where he's making sure he hasn't dislocated his jaw - and looks especially out of sorts. Eventually, though (once he's convinced he's intact), he finds space on one of the meatcouches and plunks himself down.

He'll just watch the door from there for any familiar faces. All things considered, it might just be safer.

[onceadragon]

Claudia had been a little bummed that she hadn't been able to go on the mission, but she so didn't let that keep her down for long. Moreso when she'd heard there had been a new batch of crew members pop out of the freaky pod thngies!

Stepping into the Obs Deck, she glanced around - looking for Myka, Pete and Artie and sighed when she didn't see any of them. Figured. They'd probably pop out of those things when she was old and like thirty or something.

But she did see a crank looking Jaime sitting alone on one of the couches. So of course she had to go and harass see what was up with him."Jaiiiiiiiiiiime! What's going on dude? You look totally bummed!"

[afro-wunderkind.livejournal.com]

She walked on the deck, watching most of the other crewmen interact quietly. There was one thought ringing in her mind. What if? What if I meet someone I know?

It was pointless thoughts, really. Who was she expecting to show up. Hachi? Nell? Or Sturm forbid, Olaf? It would still be a small touch of familiarity she could use, even if it meant she'd have to avoid him for the rest of...however long they were here. Someone to plot against would be nice.

Lash had a feeling he wasn't there, however. None of them were, unless the records they were given access to about the active ship members were wrong. Considering the technology, that seemed nearly impossible.
It was odd, this feeling of being alone and the pointless clinging to hope. She had run away from Orange Star to escape possible confinement for her actions, but now the reality of the situation hit her, and the fact they were gone made her sigh quietly. Commanding Officers had no place for tears. So used to having crowds people to interact with, to yell at her, to tell her to build things or not to build things, the small girl couldn't help but realize the irony of being surrounded by a sea of crew-mates, and yet feeling like she was the only person there at that moment.

She'd need to start working on inventions soon, or else she had a feeling she'd end up being miserable.

[grayaura.livejournal.com]

Mai had shown up, naturally. She wanted to see who'd gotten 'popped this time around. No one she recognized, unfortunately (or fortunately, if you considered what Azula might be able to do). She still had hope that her family would come out of it alright (as much as she hated what her mother and father had made her do, she still didn't want them dead - and her little brother hadn't done anything wrong either). Still, most of their immediate family should be OK, at least according to Stacy.

Unless she was 'immediate family' in relation to Zuko. She sighed softly, watching the crew bustle back and forth, people meeting, the buzzed of conversation. She paused, spotting a short, spiky-haired girl. Well, she seemed almost a bit a lost. Normally, Mai wouldn't consider that her problem, but if she was going to be stuck here for the rest of her life... she might as well try to branch out a bit.

"You look lost," Mai commented dryly, "Then again, that's normal for fresh meat."

[unsc-rabbit.livejournal.com]

Kelly had a rather large bag slung over her armored shoulder. Her helmet was held easily under one arm as she threaded her way through the crowd, looking for a few of the people she'd gotten presents for. There was a multitude of presents in the bag over her shoulder. But she did have a few choice items she'd picked up for the few people she knew well enough to get presents for. As well as for a few who she didn't know too well but had simply wanted to get presents for.

Either way, she'd have a lot of extra left over.

[not-prncss-tldr.livejournal.com]

There was a curious, exhausted Abh, looking up at her with those big, dark eyes.

"Are those leftovers?" She asked innocently.

[imperious_lex]

It had been a rather productive, if ultimately destructive mission for Lex. But he had to admit that there was something rather satisfying about breaking the Macrohard corporation into pieces and walking away with a nice chunk of cash in the process.

But even more satisfying was getting back into a tailor made three piece suit. Clothes do make the man, as they say.

He hadn't returned without things for the others, though. As per his agreement with Captain Picard, Lex returned with a couple of pallets containing a few ship essentials. Most notably there were some clothes for the rest of the crew (and extra to cover the next several podpops); and some more food, though it would only stretch out their current supplies for a month or two. He didn't exactly have much time to pull the order together and get it delivered to the arctic via airdrop, but that he managed at all is impressive in and of itself.

But unloading supplies was the crew's problem. Much like loading it was. He wasn't going to mess up his new suit.

[standaloneshell.livejournal.com]

"Looks like you had fun," Motoko commented, running her eyes across Lex's suit and spoils with a detached air. Not that she was one to judge— though Luthor might not find her particular haul as impressive, it was well worth the effort to her.

Damn, but she did enjoy being able to just kill people who pissed her off.

[redheadcarrier.livejournal.com]

Asuka leaned against one of the walls, watching the returning crew. Great. So, here they were again. Still trapped on board this thing, still inter-dimensional refugees. She still hated this place. She snorted to herself and shook her head. Nothing to do but wait and see who shows up.

[runnerwithagun.livejournal.com]

Ronon knew that look damn well. In fact, now was one of the only times he wasn't wearing that same look. He seemed to have caught the joy of the season while giving out presents and making people smile. And he still felt like spreading the cheer so he approached Asuka.

"Not a holiday person?"

[hexyeah]

Since Stacy had been kind enough to provide her with her headdress and cloak, Wanda wore both of them. It was an odd combination, plantsuit and scarlet, but she didn't feel quite as naked. This would also make things easier if Carol, Iceman, Jean, Vision or anyone else to find her.

[callmeotterpop.livejournal.com]

The red cloak caught Bobby's eye in a minute and he looked over towards her. A frown on his face. Well this was a shocking surprise. He shook his head, took a deep breath, and thanks whatever god there was watching that it wasn't her sister.

"Wanda?" Had to make sure it was his Wanda first. Then he could see where it went from there.

[smartnass.livejournal.com]

Lyle hurried down to the meet. While this had been a good opportunity to paw through everyone's stuff while they were away explore, he was much happier to have everyone back.

He stopped on the edge of the crowd, not wanting to step between the reuniting friends, and checked his ring.

[feelnothinatall.livejournal.com]

"Excuse me," came a voice from behind him, and Ahava smiled when the young man turned around. "I couldn't help but notice; you're Legion?"

[static-shock68.livejournal.com]

Static was humming to himself when the doors opened, some Christmas song he'd heard on the planet somewhere. He was carrying a rather large sack, stuffed almost to the brim with presents; one for every Outsider. Hey, they were his team, right?

Of course, he'd forgotten that the pods were popped while he'd been gone, so he was a slight bit surprised to see all the new faces. So many new people, and he had no outsiders fliers.

Well, it was a holiday. Recruiting could wait.

[redeyes_andblue]

"You must have been busy," Sheik said with a faint smile, eying the sack Static was holding. "What was your team doing?"

It had definitely been interesting, seeing the different traditions - Zelda had been busy clamoring to learn more.

[demon-alessa.livejournal.com]

Returning, she'd had several noticeable injuries, but nothing that really mattered to her in the long run: nothing that hurt her enough anyway. They would be gone after sleep anyway, and now that she'd appeased her appetite for crushing things, she was satiated there. Yet another avoiding of potential injury to the other members of the crew. She would have to hope these sorts of things happened more often, if not she would have to create a part of Silent Hill. After all, her wanting nothing to befall the crew due to her was only a pipe dream: she would always be compelled to make her city of nightmares.

Coming back to the ship, Alessa was hit with a hint if melancholy. She felt as if someone who was from her world had fallen through, no longer going on the ship. She didn't know why she felt like that, but she did, and there was little she could do about it.

Though strangely enough, she DID manage to grab a few items from the North Pole. She knew earth customs enough to know this happened, and wanted to be included in maintaining the appearence of a normal person on the ship for now.

[is-the-ultimate.livejournal.com]

Despite the all out chaos near the end of their mission, Shadow felt pleased with himself. Bringing happiness to the world meant that, for at least one world, he kept Maria's promise.

He knew his job wasn't done yet. There was still so much to do. But, for now, he'll let it go and relax.

As he stepped out, he noticed Alessa there with a few gifts. "Couldn't help but get something, huh? I wonder how many of 'em got actual clothes..."