'Meat' 'n Greet

[cityship]

The rest of the crew assembled on the Observation Deck to meet the latest editions to their numbers. After the revelation that their worlds are gone, many of them are even more eager to see people they knew from home.

Several people are set up near the doors to provide the new people with omnicoms and comm rings. New crew-mates might see a green-skinned alien and snake girl among their number. There are also several authoritative-looking figures ready to introduce themselves.

There's a lot to tell the new people. It's going to be a lot to take in.

[ooc: Only new characters and Command Staff can start new threads for introductions, to limit the number of threads. Everyone else, just tag in and have your guys greet the newbies.]

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[greennotgold]

Hearing someone approach, Fletcher looked up curiously. He had no idea who this man was, but he was walking right toward him, it seemed. Fletcher looked around to see who else he could be headed for, but there was no one; he looked back to Robert, pointing at his chest in confusion. One could almost see the question mark pop up over his head.

[pocketloli.livejournal.com]

Rein patted the girl on the shoulder. "You know, sometimes things like this makes us stronger. But we can't help but worry about the people we love and care for. But in times like this, you need to meet new people, make connections. We're all in this together, not just you and I, but everyone. I didn't get your name by the way."

[wanna-tke-apart.livejournal.com]

Winry let out a little squeak. "O-oh! Sorry! I'm-- Winry Rockbell. Thank you, ah, Rein. I guess if I'm going to be stuck here, then..."

She gave a tentative smile.

[pocketloli.livejournal.com]

"Nice to meet you Winry. It's a pretty name," added Rein, wondering how she'd look like in cosplay. Clearly some of Hayate's habits had rubbed off on her.

"Is there anything you like to do by the way? I could probably show you around and give you a tour to interesting places."

[greennotgold]

"Ah, Brother--!" Fletcher retreated to Russel's side as soon as he saw him, and looked up at him in worry. It had just gotten more awkward.

[eswat-109.livejournal.com]

"Every word of it could be true," Deunan replied with another shrug. "But I'm not going to immediately start believing it when it comes from a bunch of people I don't know, like they seem to expect."

With Briareos nowhere to be found, Deunan was having to watch her own back, literally and metaphorically, and she didn't like it in the slightest. Being alone was the one thing she couldn't handle, and the tension was growing between her shoulders.

"I was born into somebody else's war," she said. "Truth or not, I've stood my watch." The end had been in sight, a peaceful and united Earth imaginable for the first time in history, and now this. The familiar urge to find the person she needed to shoot to solve the problem was rising, but she didn't think that was going to be a particularly productive line of inquiry.

[bigbad]

Spike shook his head, fangs fading away until he looked human. He didn't get a kick out of terrorizing humans anymore. Well, not much of one. He just wanted to prove his claim.

"Just got out of the slime... things a little while ago." He frowned a little. "All right there, mate? I know I look--well, I am a monster, but I'm a good one. And I only eat pig's blood. Well," he considered. "Sometimes there's a bit of otter in their. But no human."

[governorkang]

"You don't look familiar at all," Kang quirked an eyebrow ridge. "I have no idea what you're talking about. Crabs?"

[just-like-daddy.livejournal.com]

"I'm Russel. Don't you remember after the Fuhrer was assassinated?" He had thought this girl was smarter than this. He put his hand idly on Fletcher's shoulder.

[bonnypiperlad]

Ah. So that's the way of it, is it?

"Aye, well, there's a wee bit of history to the kilt that I'll not bore ye with. But in my time ye wouldna see a man who didna have a kilt - either a hunting kilt like this or a great kilt. Ye can move easier through bogs and bracken and the like, as ye don't have anything trapping your legs, like ye do with trews...trousers to ye. With a great kilt ye can use it to sleep in as well. Ye just wrap yourself up in it wherever ye are and lie down."

Jamie shrugs. "Ye just have to be careful how ye sit, unless ye don't mind showing off." Glancing over, he adds dryly, "Which ye don't seem to have much of a problem with, I think."

[bonnypiperlad]

"Well," Jamie says, sounding a bit uncertain, "There's more than one of those artificial intelligence things here. I'm not sure how that works, though. Billy could explain it to ye better."

Which actually ties in nicely with Simon's question. Jamie hastens to add, "Billy Cranston. He's one of the co-heads of Engineering. Allen Gentry's the other."

He's a little confused, however, as to why Simon would want to speak to Engineering. "Wait. Aren't ye a doctor? Kaylee said something..." He breaks off, realizing he's done it again. "Och, I'm sorry. She hasna told me everything about ye, I promise. Just that and your sister's named River."

[wanna-tke-apart.livejournal.com]

"Assassinated?!" That certainly snapped Winry out of her daze.

[wanna-tke-apart.livejournal.com]

Anything she liked to do... Felt a little odd talking to this tiny...floating...girl, but if she was offering, why not take it?

"I'm a bit of a mechanic," she said. "Automail prothetics, metal limbs. They're my specialty."

[fireworkbubbles.livejournal.com]

Keller? She'd heard that name earlier. "Okay, I totally know he was one of the kids, but which one?" Jubilee asked sheepishly. "I mean, after..." Jubilee looked down at her hands, and rubbed one along her thigh. "Then there was that whole thing in hell with Kurt, and then Scott told me to get out, so I didn't get much time to exactly keep all the kids straight."

[fireworkbubbles.livejournal.com]

"Blue?" Jubilee eyed her critically. "What about purple? I could totally see you with both, but causing your brother to collapse in a heap the first time out, probably isn't the best idea." She grinned, winking.

Jubilee shrugged. "It's just Earth. Mutants, superheroes, saving the universe, friends, family..." She shook her head. "I mean, it's home and stuff. Just like yours is home to you." She smiled crookedly. "Not real sure how to explain it."

[curiousredsoul]

"Going unnoticed can be a nice thing from time to time," Celena agrees with a smile, "Hmm, that is understandable, there are those who step beyond their bounds,"

"I am something of a traveler for the most part, what I do depends on what the people of an area may need, be it a storyteller or healer, among others,"

[dyingprince.livejournal.com]

Ashitaka responded with a laugh. A warm, little laugh, every bit as secret as her smile. He hadn't laughed in what felt like a very long time and yet it had come so easily.

"I try to be," he replied, "But you would puzzle even the very wisest."

[pocketloli.livejournal.com]

"Oh, how interesting! We certainly don't have anything like that. So you're a mechanic who does limb replacement. Hmm, medical would be quite interested to meet you then. And I know a lot of people would love to discuss how it works!" said Rein cheerfully.

[buddyofchrist.livejournal.com]

Indeed. He eyes the kilt thoughtfully. Jamie, he likes your explanation.

"And how would a man go about getting himself one of these kilts?"

[buddyofchrist.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. Yeah, I'm definitely not okay. Definitely not." He shakes his head. "Glad I'm on the same page with someone. Who doesn't want to kill me."

He mirrors her sigh, then goes back to his grin. That's enough angst, right? For now. "So. In the event this DOES turn out to be Hell, I should stick around you if I want someone experienced in demon-fighting and winning demon-fights? You might never get rid of me now."

[fierce-diplomat.livejournal.com]

Reyna blinked in surprise when Tailmon spoke to her. She had assumed that the creature was simply treasured pet, not a sentient being. It was a mistake she should have known better than to make, especially coming as she did from such a society as diverse as the Republic's. She took it in stride though and did what she could to smooth things over.

"Well, it's a pleasure to meet you both," she said with a smile before turning to address Tailmon. "Please forgive me if I seemed rude earlier. I'm not familiar with your species and didn't realize that you were capable of verbally communicating with me directly."

[rneville.livejournal.com]

"C'mon now, that isn't funny," Robert replied, brows hunched and nearly frowning. What the hell was wrong with Kang? "I'm serious. don't be playin' with me, we got the...the walls and the....the city's gone and just don-don't play no games, Kang, I'm serious."

[bombhappyninja.livejournal.com]

"Robotic?" A confused expression crossed the older girl's face at the term. "It is mechanical, if that is what you mean. A metal prosthetic called automail."

She lifted her arm a little, curling and uncurling her fingers. It moved as fluidly as a real arm... and Ran Fan was thankful for that, actually. In the forest, during the fight with Gluttony, something had happened to it... it was good to see the problem seemed to have sorted itself out.

[fierce-diplomat.livejournal.com]

"I'm truly sorry Negi." She squeezed his hand comfortingly. "I wish I knew how to help you, but I don't. I don't even know how to get you back home, other than hoping that what they told us is true and that defeating the Ohm will restore the universe to its natural state." The hand that wasn't holding Negi's moved to his back in an additional show of support.

"Let's try to focus on the Ohm for now, okay? I find that problems are easier to deal with if you take them on one at a time instead of all at once."

[fierce-diplomat.livejournal.com]

"A healthy dose of skepticism is always advisable," Reyna agreed. "Things are rarely what they first appear to be." She lowered her hand and relaxed her body language before continuing.

"I am sorry that you have been thrust into someone else's war for a second time, even if it is supposedly for the greater good." She sighed softly. "You at least seem to have the skill set necessary for such a task." Reyna's sharp gray eyes flickered briefly to the knife on Deunan's shoulder. "I however do not. My talents lie in the areas of first contact and diplomacy; I'm no soldier."