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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.]
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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He nods in agreement to her statement about Luthor, but doesn't say anything else on the subject, having seen him around the room. He'll make his own observations before he draws any further conclusions about the man.
He smiles a little at the sigh. "I thought he might have been, from what ye are saying." If he had a little sister, he might have felt the same way. "In that case, it explains a lot." He hesitates for a moment, about to ask about her playing mom, but settles back and simply lets the statement end there. Hopefully Katara won't pick up on the hesitation.
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He also seemed a bit quiet about Luthor, and Katara wondered if that might not be a difference between the two of them: Katara was not one to keep her mouth shut, and Jamie tried not to raise a fuss. That might make Jamie better liked, and maybe Katara couldn't blame him. After all, HE had never had to get locked up by security, or be scolded by Leon or be told off by Paco.
But at this point, Katara is DEFINITELY noticing that Jamie is saying very little, and now she wasn't going to let that slide. "What is it taht you;re not saying, Jamie? You seem awfully quiet."
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And it doesn't help when the other person is good at picking up what he's not saying. He grimaces a little as he realizes Katara's gotten at least an inkling that he's trying to keep from saying something stupid.
"Och, it's just..." Well, maybe if he chooses one of the things to talk about, he can let the others slide. And Luthor, all things considered, may actually be the safest of the topics. It's certainly the least personal.
"There's something about Lex Luthor that bothers me," he admits. "I'm just not sure what it is."
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"Lex Luthor's a shrewd man," Katara said. "He has secrets and he's very sure of himself. He has a plan for things if they go wrong, so that it goes in his favor. In other words, Luthor has got a plan B and even a plan C if he needs one. I never forgot what happened at the Bridge. That's just a part of who he is."
And that said, she turned her stern eyes to him. "And why are you avoiding what I'm asking you?"
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He looks out at the room, and gestures. "Look, people are having a good time. We should be enjoying ourselves, and proud of what we did. Do ye really want me to go into something that'll ruin that?"
Well, more than the talk of the Nightmare King did, but that's a little different.
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Katara put her hands on her hips. "If you don't tell me, I'm just going to wonder what it is hide from me."
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Jamie folds his arms against his chest as well. "And since ye aren't going to let this rest, I might as well tell ye I do think there are some things men are better at than women."
He lets that sink in, then says, "But before ye bite my head off over it, ye should also know that I've been already been told I come from a verra backwards time and that I should know better."
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But she dies stop short when she hears that, and the glare coming from Katara was enough to quail even Combustion man. "Oh really? Well, since your5 world is so very backwards, why don't you enlighten me? I'd really like to know all the things a man can do better than a woman. Please go on."
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He glares right back. "I was raised completely differently than ye were. I come from a place where men went out to fight, and women stayed home to raise the bairns - and there's no such thing as superpowers or bending or any of that. I'm not saying that's the only way. I've seen that now. I've met plenty of strong women in my day." And there's been plenty of times when he's needed their help, but that's very hard for him to admit.
"It's not easy to change overnight, Katara. I'm trying, whether or not ye believe me."
Jamie shakes his head, expression more than a little frustrated. "Ye know what? I'm not going try and justify myself to ye. Ye can deal with what I am or ye cannot. If ye can't, I'm sorry."
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Here though, she met Jamie's gaze. "Just because there is bending in my world doesn't mean its any more open about letting men and women mixing. My tribe was only a little less sexist, I mentioned that with Sokka. To get where I am now, I had to fight for it, challenge the person that would be my teacher. If I didn't, the only skill I'd have now would be healing. I wanted to fight, pure and simple, because that is what my people raised us to be, all of us."
She sighed. "But I also know when to back off too. You're my friend, and you've never treated me with disrespect, so I shouldn't react as hostile now. I did ask. For that, I'm sorry. It's just a sensitive subject for me. If people want to fight for this they care about, I think they should, male or female."
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Afterwards, he says quietly, "Ye don't have to apologize. I didna realize that your tribe was like that. If ye had to fight to get where ye were, I do see why someone like me would cause a strong reaction."
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Katara shook her head. "But you aren't 'someone' like you, you're Jamie, and you are right: if you're trying to overcome that, It won't help to have me yelling at you for it. I guess I'm still learning to get over some of the things that happening other people's worlds. It's a lot to get used to."
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He gives her a smile back and adds. "There's a lot of things to learn about people on here. Everyone has different..." he tries to think of a word that would work, then gives up. "Everything, aye? It's enough to make your head swim."
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Katara laughed. "You don't have to tell me that! I'm the kind of person who likes to talk to everyone, and sometimes that means that I learn about things that I'd never even experienced in my world before. Its not really a bad thing though, just something to get used to. Magic, technology, different species of people. That's a lot to be asked for any of us."
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Katara smiled. "My best feature and my greatest flaw, I'm sure Sheeana would say."
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"I'm not sure that it's such a bad flaw, no matter what Sheeana says."
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"It's not so much that its bad, but that I have to watch how I use it at times. It's not like I don't know I lack in certain disciplines, but it helps to have your teacher's words in your head, so you make those mistakes less."
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He glances down at the still-partially filled bag he is carrying, and gives Katara a rather apologetic smile. "It's been good to talk to ye - and thank ye again for the present. I'll play for ye sometime, aye? But I should see about finding the other people I have presents for."
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"Of course," Katara said, smiling. "I'll leave you be. You're sure to be a busy man. Hope to see you soon, Jamie!"
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He slips into the crowd and is soon gone from sight.