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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[clear-horizons.livejournal.com]

"Mister Luthor, that's quite the impressive haul there," Picard observed, smiling only a moment. It faded quickly when he cut to the heart of the matter.

"May I speak to you privately for a moment? It's rather important."

[imperious_lex]

That was... abrupt. But it must be important if Picard is rather concerned about it.

"Certainly, Captain." He motioned with arm, indicating for Picard to lead the way.

[clear-horizons.livejournal.com]

Lead the way Picard did, because he didn't want anyone overhearing the conversation if he could help it. Certainly not anyone who could lead the conversation back to Shinzon. "What do you know about cloning, Mister Luthor?"

[imperious_lex]

Had that question been phrased slightly differently, Lex might have been worried. There were more questionable experiments he had done. It was possible one of them had followed him here. But he had a feeling this was something different.

"More than I'd usually care to admit." In other words, far more than any ethical experiments would reveal. "Why do you ask?"

[clear-horizons.livejournal.com]

"There's an individual here by the name of Shinzon of Remus," Picard began, "and he's a clone of me. I've already met him before; in fact, the last I remember was him dying. He seems to as well. Before this, he needed my blood and DNA because of a temporal RNA sequencer in his system that was never activated. He was also leading a Reman Warbird called the Scimitar to Earth with the purpose of destroying it. With his RNA decay cured and no Reman or Romulan Empire in sight, I would think that he might have the opportunity to begin experiencing what it means to be human, but that doesn't mean he's not a risk.

"I need someone I can trust, someone Shinzon wouldn't know, and someone who isn't obviously a member of a military or paramilitary organization, Mister Luthor. I'd like you to keep an eye on him, get to know him, and help him adjust to being a human instead of a Reman. It may be the only way to keep him from becoming a threat." Picard smirked a little then, realizing how unhelpful he was probably being with the short summary of the encounter he'd given.

"I'm sorry if I'm not exactly the most helpful as far as explaining past circumstances. Perhaps I can explain in better detail over tea sometime."

[imperious_lex]

Lex took a second to really sort through the details and make sense of this.

"You want me to keep an eye on your clone?" That seemed to be the distilled version of what Picard was asking of him.

[clear-horizons.livejournal.com]

"Yes, actually, Mister Luthor. I'm going to try and spend as much time as I can personally acclimating him to his new environment and circumstances, but I need someone he wouldn't outright see as a ... watchdog. Someone who can keep an eye on him while I'm not available."

[imperious_lex]

Interesting that Picard would ask him, out of all of the rest of the crew. Lex pondered the possibilities and the angles on this, and decided that, whatever Picard's reasons, this was too good an opportunity to pass up.

"I suppose I could help with that. Suggest that he stop by the lounge one evening, and I suppose I can handle the rest from there."

[four-lights.livejournal.com]

"Before I forget, Mister Luthor ... how good are you at poker?"

[imperious_lex]

There was a slight grin there.

"Good enough." He had closed a number of deals over a game of poker. Both by knowing when to win, and when to let his opponents win.

"Planning on putting together a game?"

[clear-horizons.livejournal.com]

"Yes, actually. It was something my senior crew used to do to unwind and get to know each other better in a less professional setting. I think it would do some good here. Add a little normalcy, if you will."