Do you wanna date my Avatar? [Open]

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_{[[ Aside from being shot for using that title...]]}

First things first. Grace was taking a look at the facilities she'd be using in the future. Neuropathy had been interesting and the Medbay had also intrigued her - the lab set-up here would probably be more conducive to some of the things she might end up doing - genetic analysis, studying samples from Stacy herself, the plantsuits. However, Contagion had proven the most invaluable (although she'd no idea why it was called that). A full genetics lab and analysis set-up. That would prove invaluable. It was as extensive (more, in fact) then the setup she'd had on Pandora. Quite a bit of the equipment looked completely unfamiliar to her, but she could learn. She'd learned before and she'd do it again. As she pressed further into the facility, she caught the glimpse of something floating in a tank. A murky, indistinct shape that solidified as she approached. She recognized it.

"...oh my God."

Her face slowly split into a tight-lipped smile. It made a certain degree of sense - if they'd snatched her up, why not her Avatar as well? And if the body were here, that meant the rest of the equipment was somewhere on the ship. She wasn't sure what she'd need it for at the moment - but it was good to know that they had elements of the Avatar program aboard. Maybe it would prove useful in the future.

Anyone who wandered deeper into Contagion would find her examining the tank curiously and trying to access data records - when had these got here?

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Tobias is drawn in as he passes by the Medbay, having caught a glimpse of the flash of blue. He wants a closer look.

< Someone please tell me that's not an...actually...Andalites aren't that big, so it can't be. >

She started to explain to the other person who was present that it was an 'avatar'.

< A what? Man, I thought Hork-bajir were big. This thing would be looking down at me even in that morph. > he commented.

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"...a talking hawk. And I thought Pandora was a bit weird."

She eyed Tobias dubiously. "So, are you an alien hawk or have we just not realized that Earth birds-of-prey are telepathic all these years? Wait. What's a Hork-bajir?"

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< It's hard to answer yes or no to that first one > he replied. < I used to be a human kid...but my father is decidedly not human. On top of that, there's a whole complicated alien thing with the hawk part. Have you seen the other blue guys on this ship yet? There is a resemblance to...that...only shorter. And with more legs. They're a big part of it all. I'll just say it's all complicated. > He saw no harm in mentioning Elfangor, but he still kept his cautious nature regarding the Andalite technology.

< It's another alien species. A little dim, but nice, once you get used to them. I will say that given the things I've seen in my life, it's very hard to surprise me anymore. >

The Pandora name was strange, but Tobias knew that with a whole universe out there, it was impossible to say how many planets and life forms there were. It was a bit odd not to just hear a species name used, though. In his world, it was always things like "the Andalite world" or "the Hork-Bajir homeworld".

It really seemed like an odd form of morph...except that morphing didn't involve a totally separate body, just a lot of DNA shifting and changing of one's own body.

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"More extraterrestrial life...? Well, I guess I shouldn't be too surprised." She eyed Tobias, "...that is one hell of a story. Considering everything I've run into since I arrived, it's probably true, too."

She leaned back against the console, folding her arms, "I'm Grace Augustine. Who are you?"

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< It's hard to be surprised by anything on this ship after you've been here a while > he replied. < Tobias Fangor. Good to meet you. >

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"Try living on Pandora for a bit," she responded wryly, "Nice to meet you Tobias."

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< What's that? Is it a planet? > he asked. He'd seen several by now, but they were probably only a small fraction of what was out there, especially if you asked the Ellimist. < I used to think things couldn't get any weirder, but it kept happening, so I've quit thinking it can't get worse. >