cityship: (Stacy--Actual Face)
cityship ([personal profile] cityship) wrote in [community profile] trans_92010-01-05 01:27 am

Meet and Greet Part Deux: The Socialing

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.]
mrsarcastic003: (Bwah?)

[personal profile] mrsarcastic003 2010-01-05 07:45 am (UTC)(link)
...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.

[identity profile] not-a-spoiler.livejournal.com 2010-01-05 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
Alone among the other newcomers who were being greeted by old and new friends alike, Steph couldn't help but make the comparison between whatever this place was and high school. Being picked last wasn't exactly a new feeling for the girl.

"No answers? Alright, I can figure it out on my own."
mrsarcastic003: (Bwah?)

[personal profile] mrsarcastic003 2010-01-05 08:32 am (UTC)(link)
And there it was again. He frowned a little, looking around, and... there.

Holy crap.

"...Steph?" he asked in disbelief. It couldn't be her. Maybe it was her... nearly identical older sister?

Right.

[identity profile] not-a-spoiler.livejournal.com 2010-01-05 08:46 am (UTC)(link)
If there was ever a voice she knew by heart, it was that one. Turning to face Tim, Stephanie wasn't sure what she was more surprised by- the fact he was here with her in this odd place or the fact he was speaking to her at all.

"Tim, wow. You're here too?"
mrsarcastic003: (Surprised)

[personal profile] mrsarcastic003 2010-01-05 09:16 am (UTC)(link)
"Uh... Yeah." He was feeling more than a little shell-shocked. He'd seen what Black Mask had done to her--read her autopsy. Been to her funeral. How was she even here?

[identity profile] not-a-spoiler.livejournal.com 2010-01-05 09:23 am (UTC)(link)
While she was grateful that he wasn't glaring in her direction for the various mistakes she had made and the promises she had broken to him, his expression was a little unnerving.

"You look like you've seen a ghost. What's up?"
mrsarcastic003: (Bwah?)

[personal profile] mrsarcastic003 2010-01-06 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
"I--you--" It really wasn't often that Tim was completely speechless, but this was one of those times.

After all, it wasn't every day that your dead girlfriend turned up alive and healthy.

Finally, though, he managed to get himself together enough to just... look at her. "You died," he said at last.

[identity profile] not-a-spoiler.livejournal.com 2010-01-06 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
So there it was. Just like Damien had mentioned. Tim was so far into the past that he wasn't even aware that she was alive yet! If she hadn't been left so speechless by the statement, Steph would have glanced skywards and cursed her bad luck.

"Um, yeah, but I'm better now." It was an awkward moment to say the least. Flashing a sheepish smile, she really hoped he'd just accept her existence and pretend nothing had happened.
mrsarcastic003: (Surprised)

[personal profile] mrsarcastic003 2010-01-08 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
"You're...better?" he asked a little weakly. "How?" Please don't let her say it was a Lazarus Pit...

[identity profile] not-a-spoiler.livejournal.com 2010-01-09 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Great. They had to go through this again.

"Well, I didn't actually die, Tim. Leslie faked my death so that I wouldn't be in danger anymore. She took me out of the country, but I couldn't just abandon everyone..."
mrsarcastic003: (Bwah?)

[personal profile] mrsarcastic003 2010-01-10 08:40 am (UTC)(link)
He blinked a few times. She'd... faked it?

"But... I read the autopsy. There were pictures." Though--come to that--she hadn't been especially recognizable in any of them.

[identity profile] not-a-spoiler.livejournal.com 2010-01-10 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Stephanie shrugged her shoulders slightly, giving her blonde head a shake.

"It was all part of Leslie's plan. I had no idea it would go so far, but she only wanted to protect me."

Her expression softening, the young woman reached out to rest a hand on the teenager's arm. "I'm really sorry, Tim. You know I would never do that to hurt you intentionally."
Edited 2010-01-10 21:20 (UTC)
mrsarcastic003: (Angsty Tim)

[personal profile] mrsarcastic003 2010-01-13 09:53 am (UTC)(link)
Of course he knew that. But.

He shook off her hand, frowning. "You haven't heard of a phone? I thought you were dead. Your Mom thought you were dead. Bruce and I went to your funeral. What part of that wasn't supposed to hurt?"
Edited 2010-01-13 09:58 (UTC)

[identity profile] not-a-spoiler.livejournal.com 2010-01-16 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
It was all that she deserved. Sure, she had hoped that the teenage boy would be able to just look past the deception and be glad for her return, but she knew him too well to really believe he would.

"I had to disappear completely. The entire city found out my identity and if I would have stayed we all would have been in danger. I couldn't live with myself if you or Cass got hurt because of me."
mrsarcastic003: (Determined Tim)

[personal profile] mrsarcastic003 2010-01-20 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"We did get hurt because of you," Tim said, looking back at her accusingly. "There's more than one way to hurt someone. We care about you. Living with what happened to you--what we thought happened to you--hurt a lot." And didn't she think they could take care of themselves? He and Cass had both survived Bludhaven and the giant bullseyes the Penguin had painted on their backs. They were both extremely capable.

And Steph would have been there with them to face whatever fallout they might have had to deal with together.