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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.]

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Jamie shifts just enough so he can lean over and give her an affectionate nudge, as his hands are rather full at the moment. There's a rustling noise as he searches through the bag.

"Aye, that's true, but I can tell ye about it, if ye like." He's attempting to sound like it's no big deal, but he's giving her the occasional glance from time to time to try and figure out how she actually feels about it.

He pulls out a small package, wrapped in plaid paper and with a ridiculous bow on top. It's almost...furry looking. He offers it out to her, a little shyly.

"Careful. It's heavy."

"Well of course I wanna here about it! You all like got to play Santa! How cool is that?!" Even though she was still bummed she'd missed out, that so didn't mean she didn't want details!

She took the present from him and her eyes widened a little when she realized that that present was indeed heavy. "What'd ya get me? A box full of coal?" she teased as she began to unwrap it. "Kickass wrapping paper by the way."

She pulled the box free of the wrapping paper and soon she'd pulled her gift from it. She was immediately smiling as she looked at the large cube with a thistle etched into the crystal. "Duuuuuuuuuude! Swa-weeeeeeeeeeeeet! This is like totally wicked cool!"

She leaned over and pressed a kiss on his cheek with a happy smile. "Seriously, thanks Jaime! You so didn't have to do this."

"Och, the last thing I need to give ye is something ye can set on fire," Jamie teases. "For all I know, ye'd burn down half of the ship."

He's not complaining about the kiss - not at all. In fact, he makes some suspiciously pleased sounding noises in the back of his throat. "I'm verra glad ye like it." And he'll be happy to tell her stories of what he's done on the mission He just has one small question, first.

"What does 'wicked cool' mean, anyway?"

"Hey now!" Claudia protested, but then grinned. "I'd totally only burn down a forth of it, thank you very much." She playfully elbowed him in the side.

Leaning back she eyed her present with obvious glee. "Oh, well it means it's really great." She looked over at him. "Ya know, I'm going to have to teach you all the cool ways to speak."

There's a slightly exaggerated "Oof!" from Jamie at the elbow, but he's grinning right back at her. "Only a fourth? Well, that's much better. I don't know what I was worrying about."

He strokes his chin mock-thoughtfully as he considers the reply to his question. "So if 'wicked cool' means 'really great', then 'cool' would mean 'great', aye? Are ye saying that I'm not a great speaker, then?" There's a pause, and then he very deliberately adds, "Dude."

She chuckled a little. "Well I'll try to make sure I don't burn down your room, mmmmkay?" She thought it was a good offer herself.

"Well, you don't know any slang!" Claudia grinned as she leaned over and placed her present near her feet. "Well ya got dude down. Now to get you to use chick, and... groovy and... uh, butthead." She looked up at him before straightening up and flashes him an overly innocent smile.

"I would be verra grateful if ye did not." Jamie thinks that's a fine offer, himself.

He'll also take advantage of Claudia leaning over to stretch out a little - not that he's intending on crowding her off the couch, and not that he'd mind at all if she was sitting a little closer to him. However, he's been trying to make himself as inconspicuous as possible after the incident and wound up sitting in a slightly cramped position. A stretch seems like a very good idea at the moment.

As she flashes him that overly innocent smile, he narrows his eyes slightly. Butthead? "Och, ye're having me on. Some of those canna possibly be real words."

She really can't say anything about him stretching out, mainly because she's normally sprawled out across a couch leaving no room for anyone else.

"I am not! They are completely real and people use them!" She insists and turns so she's facing him. "Like.. Chick is another word for female. So say you see me walking down the hall, you could so say 'Hey chick!' Totally acceptable! And. Groovy is another word for neat! So you like something? You can say it was totally groovy. Annnnnnd butthead, means... Well it's got lots of meaning. Like jerk, and uh, idiot. Like you can say 'Dude! You are such a butthead!' when someone like insults you or something."

She glances around suddenly and leans in a little. Her voice drops to a whisper. "But the most important thing I'm gonna teach you is a saying. Live long and prosper!" She even showed him the hand sign, she's that cool. "Captain Kirk, Worf and Captain Picard are the ones who would totally get what you're sayin' with that one."

"Okay, now I know ye're trying to pull one over on me. I know what a chick is." And it's not another word for female, according to Jamie, although 'butthead' actually...sort of makes sense. Still, he's convinced now she's not being completely serious. He folds his arms over his chest and gives her a long, searching look.

"And I've talked to Captain Picard. Why would he make a 'v' sign like that?" He also can't fathom why Picard would say 'Live Long and Prosper', but he doesn't mention that part out loud.

"Oh c'mon! I so wouldn't make that up!" Claudia protested pouting a little. "Seriously! In my time you can so call a female a chick!" She pressed a hand against her chest. "Would I try to get you into trouble with the female population?!"

She smiled a little. "I'm serious! Captain Picard would so get what you're sayin' if you told him that and did the V thingie with your hand. It's a saying from a planet in his universe," she added on an afterthought.

"Aye, you would," Jamie replies with certainty. "All ye women are part of this giant conspiracy." He gestures rather randomly at the room by way of example. "And part of that is to get us men in trouble with other women."

And Captain Picard, apparently. "Oh. Well, if it's a saying from a planet, that might make sense, even if he wouldn't say it."

Yes, Jamie doesn't believe that chick is a slang word but is starting to believe that a line from pop culture is true.

"That's completely mean, dude! I wouldn't try to get you in trouble!" OK so maybe she wouldn't try, but it was possible it would happen. She just wasn't going to admit it.

She nodded her head completely seriously. "Of course it makes sense! You should so say it to him sometime." Nope, not trying to get him into trouble at all.

"Och, ye may not try, lass. But the trouble would happen all the same. Some thought would pop into your head, like proving there's Cybermen by taking pictures, and the next thing ye know, we're pinned between a pair of them in the sewer." He's shaking his head slowly as he says this. "Or have ye already forgotten that fuzzy thing with all the teeth already?"

He considers her suggestion about actually saying the line to Picard, then comments, "I'm not sure that's a good idea. I wouldna want to get it wrong and offend the Captain."

Claudia laughs and shakes her head. "So I'm guessing that's actually happened to you?" She tries not to snort, but it's hard. "Heeeeeey! I accidently bumped into a cage! And! And the furball completely tried to eat my ankles!"

Her lips purse together for a moment. "How exactly would saying 'Live long and prosper' offend the Captain? It's not like you'd be saying 'Ohmagawd! You suck!' Seriously, dude, it's a cool thing to say."

Jamie is completely serious in his reply. "Don't laugh. Cybermen are verra dangerous." He sighs heavily. "But aye, it did. I think I mentioned Zoe to ye briefly before. It was partially her fault." And partially his for listening to her and Isobel when Isobel had come up with that particular hair-brained idea.

He shrugs. "I still don't know, Claudia. Would I have to do that 'v' thing with my hand?" If this keeps up, walking into a wall is going to be the least of Jamie's worries.

Claudia somehow manages to pull a straight face, and look somewhat serious. "Sorry..." She flashes him a smile, and nudges him. "Well I don't think there are any Cybermen here. But we can always look around to make sure!" She's just trying to make him feel secure and all.

"Can you even do the v thingie with your hand?" Claudia asked, completely skirting around his question for the moment. His answer would obviously affect how she'd respond to him.

Clearly Claudia is humoring him on the Cybermen, which is fine by Jamie. He hasn't seen any, and while there's always the possibility they're here, he figures he can deal with the odd one if it does show up. "Ye don't have to worry." he says, nudging her right back. Hey, she started it. "I don't think they're here, either. But I'll protect ye if need be."

He'll let that subject drop then, as honestly, he's wondering more if he can make the v sign with his hand. It seems simple, though. "I don't see why not," he muses, and holds up his hand, palm towards his face. His fingers don't want to cooperate to start. While he can splay out his index and pinky fingers easily, it's a lot harder to get them to split in the middle. He frowns slightly and tries again.

"Oh really?" Claudia asked before clasping her hands together up above her chest. "Xou'll be a big strong man and won't let those big bad cybermen get me? My hero," she cooed out in a mock southern accent as she batted her eyes at him. Of course she's only playing around.

She giggles and reaches out and takes the hands he's trying to make the v sign with and pulls his pinky and ring finger away from the tothers. "It's a talent, which you obviously need to work on!"

"I would've been able to get it," Jamie complains, his expression momentarily resembling the cranky one Claudia saw when she first sat down.

Inwardly, he doesn't mind quite as much as it seems. He's just trying very hard not to let that show on his face.

"Oh, ye think I need to work on this particular talent, do ye?" This time he is remarkably quick at making that 'v'. A little too quick, actually.

"There," he says, smugly. "What do ye think of that?"

"uh huh," she muttered and rolled her eyes. Dudes! Seriously could never take getting helped out by chicks.

She was about to say something but then Jaime was suddenly doing the v symbol....thingie with his fingers. Her eyes narrowed slightly and she was suddenly tempted to punch him right in the arm. "I think you could do that the whole time!" She eyed him. "Could you?!"

Jamie's gotten a little better about being helped by a girl, but he still has his rather more exasperating moments.

One of them is now, as he waggles his fingers and then easily makes the symbol again. "Aye, of course I could. What kind of a piper would I be if I didna have flexible fingers?"

He's rather blissfully unaware that he's about to be punched.

She frowned and did just that, punched him in the arm, though lightly of course - she didn't want to hurt him. "Dude! Why would you make me think you couldn't do it? Not cool."

"H-hey!" Jamie has a hurt-puppy sort of expression on his face as he gets punched. It takes him a moment to realize that it may not have been the best idea to actually give in to the impulse to prove he was perfectly capable of making some silly hand sign.

And he can't very well admit that the reason he fudged it in the first place was to see if Claudia would be amused by his original attempt so he could get her to laugh again. She's got a nice laugh.

He winds up ducking his head, instead. "I...don't know."

"Well, dnext time at least pretend a while longer that you can't do something," Claudia suggested, before smirking a little at him. "You're not too good at bein' sneaky, are you?"

See? She's not even mad anymore.

Jamie just gives Claudia a look. "Ye would be verra surprised." He is perfectly good at being sneaky, when he's not feeling the need to prove himself in front of a girl.

He's glad, though, that she's not mad, and he grins at her. "But I'll keep it in mind. Maybe ye can give me sneaky lessons or something."

Meet and Greet Part Deux: The Socialing

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