Lean Mean Blue Machine [open to anyone (but NOT a meeting post! Just for meeting Jaime)]

[el-escarabajo.livejournal.com]

There's a lot of people that mill around after the crew returns. Jaime Reyes, also known as the Blue Beetle, stays suited up for now, just in case, especially after getting fried with a Dracon beam twice.

He's trying to get through to the MedBay, where Paco is, because he doesn't want him to have to go through his de-Yeerking alone, whatever the Yeerk said or tried to do to him.

But the blue-suited, alien symbiote-powered teenager is willing to talk to or help any new person that needs it.

"Everybody okay? I know you new guys got all confused and shaken up by this, too."

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[shes-intense.livejournal.com]

Brenda has settled herself in beside Paco, touching his hand during the times when he doesn't struggle away. Apparently they're just supposed to wait these damned brain creatures out which sounds like the last thing she wants to do but... what else is there?

She's still too disoriented to really understand in some ways. This place is like the strangest nightmare she's ever had and she keeps hoping she's about to wake up.

It's both a relief and a horrible nail in the reality coffin when she sees Jaime just outside in the hallway. She doesn't pause to placate Paco that she's leaving. He doesn't seem aware of her right now and if he is she knows he'll understand.

She scrambles to her feet and beelines for her other best friend.

"JAIME!"

[el-escarabajo.livejournal.com]

"Oh no, the meatship got you, too."

There is massive hugging. He powers down to do it even, so there's flesh and blood hugging the crap out of her instead of armor.

"On the upside, if we need any planets blown up, we're covered."

Hug hug hug. Paco tried to kill him. It's a baaad day.

[shes-intense.livejournal.com]

She throws her arms around his shoulders and probably doesn't let go for the next five straight minutes. Brenda's never been so glad for a hug in her life.

"I'm wearing something that's alive and they told me Paco's infected with brain slugs and I want to go home and I'm SO glad you're not dead!"

She pulls away enough to look him in the eyes, but not enough to stop the hugging. "Did Paco really do that? The thing with the gun? The holographic lady showed us security camera captures or something back when we were all getting our stuff. Are you okay?"

That's probably a stupid question. She doesn't think ANYONE around here is okay at the moment, but she feels like she should ask.

[el-escarabajo.livejournal.com]

"I'm fine. Really." He'll leave out the part where Paco nearly killed him and Robin technically did kill him. "Paco did do that, but it wasn't his fault and him fighting the parasite saved my life. He's going to be fine in three days or less--that's how long the parasites take to starve out. The suits suck, I've heard, but they seem harmless. I wouldn't know because Khaji's been making my clothes."

Yes, you're hugging waste-clothes. Sorry.

"Are you okay? This is a ten-point-oh on the Weird-o-meter, even for us. It's so weird for El Paso, it's not even in El Paso anymore."

[shes-intense.livejournal.com]

Brenda feels her lip quiver. She doesn't want to cry because she knows he's gotta be lying at least a little bit when he says he's fine and her breaking down is the last thing he needs but... god dammit...

"I was covered in slime and I got dressed by tentacles Jaime! TENTACLES! I am so far from okay I think I'm in another dimension..." She rubs at one eye, trying to breathe deep and calm down.

Don't flip out, don't flip out, you can cry some other time. Possibly when Paco is no longer infected with alien slug things.

"I was worried there were going to be homocidal ewok things again like when that mother box thing happened by I'd kind of have preferred those little buggers to the werewolf."

[cutintomyheart.livejournal.com]

"Crazy werewolves want to eat me!"

D:

[compromise-wolf.livejournal.com]

One-Leaf-Ear's lips pull back from her muzzle as she glares at Chris. "I do not want to eat you, Leech. Even normal human flesh is no longer decent to eat; yours would likely poison anything that tried to eat it."

[cutintomyheart.livejournal.com]

Chris sidles in the opposite direction from Leaf with something of an 'agh!' expression, looking around for anyone who might be willing to help handle the obviously crazy werewolf.

[el-escarabajo.livejournal.com]

"I don't care what either of you are, and I don't think anyone else does--just no eating anybody."

[compromise-wolf.livejournal.com]

One-Leaf-Ear, meanwhile, bristles but otherwise stays where she's sitting. "I do not like humans, Leech, but the moment I see you attempt anything with one of them..."

Well, she'll rush to their defense. Their messy, messy defense.

Her ears prick up as she looks to Jaime. "I have already said I refuse to eat him." See? Good wolf.

[cutintomyheart.livejournal.com]

"But I'm not a vampire!" Chris protests, giving Jaime a somewhat desperate look. "And they already tried to eat me once!" He gives Leaf a momentary sharp glance... and then coughs sharply, swallowing.

If scanned by whatever means, he appears (for the moment, anyway) to be a rather unhealthy human... but still human.

[halfa-hero.livejournal.com]

"Good to see you've got both of your best friends, y'know, Paco having a slug in his brain nonwithstanding."

Despite Danny's words, he doesn't really sound happy. He actually sounds kinda depressed.

[el-escarabajo.livejournal.com]

"I'm not actually that happy about it, to be honest," Jaime says, and he sounds just as unhappy.

[halfa-hero.livejournal.com]

"Okay, yeah, point. Here sucks like a black hole." Danny sighed. "I dunno, I mean, I feel kind horrible for even wanting Sam and Tucker to be here, but they've had my back since even before the entire ghost thing happened. Kinda not entirely sure what to do without them, y'know?"

[el-escarabajo.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. I do know. Look, if they're not here, at least they're safe. And there are people who are here that'll watch your back. I know I will. Paco, once he's himself again, will, too."

[halfa-hero.livejournal.com]

Danny's mouth quirks up a bit. "Thanks. That means a lot Jaime."

[godimgood.livejournal.com]

Geoffrey glances around nervously, retying his kilt and hoping it doesn't slip again. He's not entirely convinced that more demonic worms won't leap from the walls at any moment.

"I will be perfectly fine," he remarks in a voice that he's certain is quite reasonable given the circumstances, "once someone's explained to me what just happened."

He's been trained as a soldier. He behaved like a good soldier, did what he told, shot unearthly creatures with a bizarre crossbow, didn't ask questions. Now he would like some answers. Preferably slowly and in old-fashioned words.

[el-escarabajo.livejournal.com]

"Oookay. This is a little difficult to explain. Um. You know how some people here are weird and inhuman looking?"

[godimgood.livejournal.com]

"Are you talking about the demons?"

[stingslikeali.livejournal.com]

"I"M NOT DEMON YOU SLAGGING MORON!"

[potentialmonkey.livejournal.com]

"If by confused and shaken up you mean totally freaking out, then yes, yes I was."

"hhnk, freaking out."

[el-escarabajo.livejournal.com]

"It's okay. Most people do that for the first whole week or so."

[potentialmonkey.livejournal.com]

"That's not really reassuring."

[el-escarabajo.livejournal.com]

"That's about the most I can give you reassurance-wise. Sorry."

[shinichimigi.livejournal.com]

"I will agree with being confused and still trying to make sense of everything." said Shin. "I've never seen so many..." He wants to say "strange" but chooses not to potentially insult "different kinds of people before."

"I'm still amazed by this fight. And I'll admit to being a little curious about the other parasites here. As long as I don't have to fight them."

"I suppose these yeerks were also just trying to survive, but I can't imagine being a slave that way. Your kind kill your host first. Being eaten is bad, but I think what they do is worse than death."

"I get their motivation, and I don't really have human emotions, but I can see why you'd think that way. I'd probably hate it too, if I could hate."