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.]

Comments

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

There was a bit of fear in Katara's gaze now. It was one thing for Luna to be upset, but right now she was remembering something pretty bad, and it was silencing her. Katara had seen that reaction before: the Firenation had hurt enough people and done enough horrible things that she'd seen that reaction before.

She seized the girl's hands. "Luna, please listen to me! I know whatever happened to you must be scary, but I'm really concerned! If the Nightmare King gets to you, he'll show you what you're seeing now and worse! Please listen to me, I want to make sure you have help!"

[isee-snorkacks.livejournal.com]

Luna's eyes are dark, weighed down with fear and anguish as she blinks up at Katara.

"How can anything he imagines be worse? Nothing is worse than Inferi, because if someone can raise the dead, how can there be any rest for any mortal? It's the darkest concept in existence, and I've seen them. No more infantile nightmares about nebulous, shadowy corpses - I've seen them, and my mind hasn't gotten a wink of sleep since." She gasps, trying to pull her hands from Katara's grasp, failing, squeezing her eyes shut. "And it's not as if he can show me my friends dead, because I've already had that nightmare, Katara. What else is there to fear?"

Her posture is defensive, voice distinctly cutting, expression entirely clear of dreaminess.

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Katara could understand the outburst, and since it was Luna, who hardly ever showed anything concretely related to fear if she could help it, this was definitely rare. For the reason, Katara listened to her friend, gathering all of the information she could about the things she was saying. After all, she was definitely no expert of the magical world.

"He's the Nightmare God Luna, and the scary thing is, I don't know how far he can go. He has the ability to take the worse fears you have and twist them even farther. He's strong enough that only someone very powerful can keep him at bay, and even that person is starting to fail at that. I don't want anymore people hurt because we weren't prepared Luna, not like last time. If there's anything I can do, I'll do it. I don;t want him to do anything to you."

Katara turned away a moment. She didn't like that Luna was so full of fear, it bothered her a little. It didn't mean she wouldn't keep trying, she just had to adjust a moment.

[isee-snorkacks.livejournal.com]

And Luna can understand Katara's concern. She has already admitted, multiple time, that Katara might have more common sense than Hermione when it comes to dire situations, and the small bit of her brain that was clear was fairly certain that this qualified as dire. Still, her terrified mind doesn't want to admit the possibility of something more horrifying than Inferi and dead friends.

Sniffling, she tries to blink away her tears, and inevitably fails. Still, her effort is obvious as she fixes red eyes on the floor, arms going lax as she tries to jumpstart her brain.

"I'm not sure how he can make them worse, but..." A deep breath provides a pause, eyebrows knitting together with the effort of gathering her wits. "But I'm being ridiculous." She glances up, expression an odd mixture of contrition and melancholy, making her look about three years younger. "I'm sorry, Katara."

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

"I'm not one for apologies," Katara said. "All I care about is making sure that you don't get hurt. If you think you can defend yourself and you have nothing to worry about, I can't do anything about it. I just wanted you to take care of yourself, okay?"

She took her hand. "Please?"

She sighed. She really hoped things would be okay for her. "If you ever change your mind Luna, you know where I am."

[isee-snorkacks.livejournal.com]

She rubs at her eyes a few times, ridding her lashes of their last droplets, though her eyes are still puffy. She gives Katara a faint, watery smile.

"Thank you. Really. There aren't many people in the world who care what happens to me, so it's nice to have someone nearby." Her voice is crackly, filled with the remnants of crying. She squeezes Katara's hand, nodding, eyes still distant, though it's more out of worry than genuine anguish now.

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

"Of course I care what happens to you!" Katara protested. "You're one of the first friends I ever made. If something happened to you I'd..." Katara stammered. She wasn't quite sure what she'd do, but she'd make sure that someone would pay, that was sure.

"I'll always care," Katara said, squeezing her hand back. "If you need anything, let me know. Things in this place...don't stay quiet for long."