'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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[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

It would probably, Ben acknowledged, have helped if he'd taken a few minutes to meditate after he'd found his lightsaber. His heart was racing, and there was perspiration beading on his neck from the damp heat of the cavern. But he could find a quiet spot to meditate later. Right now, every instinct he had was telling him to get answers, to get information, to solve the mystery. At least he knew who to ask -- sort of.

"Any 'others' here?" he asked, keeping his tone casual but using the Force amplify his voice a little. "I hear you've got some explanations."

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

Another tug in the Force, and this one was so familiar that it made Luke's gut clench. He turned from where he'd been standing, scanning the crowd of incoming beings for more friends, reaching out in the Force because he at first couldn't believe what his eyes were telling him. But he'd know that head of red-gold hair, that voice anywhere. He'd be able to pick it out of a hundred others, even.

Pushing his way through groups, between shoulders, murmuring apologies as he went, he made his way over to Ben. But when he stood before him, blue eyes wide, Luke found that words stuck in his throat, and all he could get out was a soft, "Ben?"

[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

"Dad!" A million thoughts dashed through his head at lightspeed, half of them still reeling from the unfamiliarity of this place and half of them pure, sharp, palpable relief at seeing his father here. He'd have answers, he'd know what to do, and most importantly it just felt good to have his dad in front of him. He was fairly certain that his emotions were showing up in the Force brighter than a nebula, but he had better things to care about. "Dad, what happened?"

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

"Stacy woke you up, you've been in a kind of hibernation--like carbonite, kind of--she's been transporting us all around. It's just like she said though. We've been... recruited, to fight the Ohm." The close air in here must be getting to him, Luke thought. His eyes were stinging. After what he'd seen in his nightmares, after that false Ben in the dreams the Nightmare King sent him... it was more than good to see the true Ben here and know that he was safe.

"Oh, son..." Luke stepped forward, wrapping his arms around Ben--and probably running a danger of cracking some ribs with its strength. "I'm glad you're all right."

[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

"Dad," Ben groaned, his voice belying the relief washing over him. He patted his father awkwardly on the shoulder. "You know none of that makes sense, right? What happened to the Shadow?"

[restoresbalance.livejournal.com]

Oh. Right. Teenager. They didn't do physical affection with their parents.

"I know it sounds crazy, but as far as any of us know, it's true," he said, stepping back and lowering his arms, thinking on Ben's second question. "The Shadow's not here, as far as I know, I haven't looked all through the hangar, though, it might be there, I know a whole squadron of X-Wings and the Falcon are. Why?"

[starlightace]

"Well, that depends on what you mean by 'others,'" said a cheerful voice from behind him belonging to one auburn-haired mage. "There are plenty of us here! I'd be happy to help out if you needed anything."

[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

"What do you know about this place?"

[starlightace]

"That's... a pretty broad question," the girl admitted. "You mean other than it's a sentient ship named Stacy, and we've all been brought here to fight the Ohm? Um, well," she brought a finger to her lips in thought.

"There's a bunch of stuff from all of our universes here - especially in the City; there's a ton of famous and important buildings all thrown together. How's that, for starters?"

[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

Normally, the architecture of an unknown number of worlds crammed into one place would have been fairly interesting, but right now it took a back seat to world-destroyers. "What are the Ohm?"

[starlightace]

"Oh, um..." Nanoha paused, trying not to wince. "I guess you haven't been told about that part yet, have you? Well, the Ohm is the reason we're all here. They're... they destroy the worlds that the people here come from, and it's our job to fight them to stop it from happening more."

"I'm sorry, I know that's kind of a really big bombshell to drop all at once."

[jediwiseass.livejournal.com]

Jaina - the twenty-something Jaina, not-so-fresh from the Vong War - was listing her way through the crowd when a young voice spoke up and the currents in the Force piqued.

This one you know.

She followed the sensation until she found the Force-user in question. It took a few seconds for the credit chip to drop but with that straw coloured hair and those baby blues, who else could it possibly be?

"Ben?"

[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

"Jaina!" Ben cried, bounding across the space between them. "Long time no..." He paused, taking her in. This wasn't the Jaina he'd said goodbye to on Coruscant. She looked more like she had in the war holos, from a time Ben remembered only fuzzily. "Really long time no see."

[jediwiseass.livejournal.com]

"Really really long time no see," she tried to scoop him up, a feat that proved far more difficult than with the infant Ben she had left behind, "Oof! When did you get so big, cuz?"

[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

"It took a while," he grinned. "I've been working on it for sixteen years."

[jediwiseass.livejournal.com]

"Sixteen?" that meant ten years. She'd missed a decade of his life, a decade of the adventures he must have had, being a Skywalker, "You slowpoke! Even Jacen had sprouted by then."

[jedimacguyver.livejournal.com]

There was no mistaking that feeling. Ben was strong in the Force, powerfully resonant and with a deft, instinctual touch that made no secret of the fact that this... this was a Skywalker. Obi-Wan folded his arms into his sleeves and smiled.

"Hello there."

[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

Ben froze as recognition hit him like a rampaging wampa.

He'd never met the Jedi Master before, though he'd seen holos of his father's mentor scattered throughout the Temple library. He remembered clearly the first time he'd seen a picture of the Jedi, when he was still hiding from the Force but was too curious not to take a peek at his namesake in the library archives, and wondering how in the galaxy they were supposed to be alike. Now that feeling had returned, stronger than it ever had been before, and he was fervently glad that the Jedi Master had gone for a simple opening statement, because all he could think to say now was: "Hi. I'm Ben Skywalker."

[jedimacguyver.livejournal.com]

"I am Obi-Wan Kenobi," He replied serenely, projecting that practiced calm he always kept at hand, and continued in a bland, harmless vein. Kenobi can sense your inner conflict, Skywalker, "I take it you've already met with Master Luke and Padawan Masaari? I must apologize, restraint isn't her best-learned lesson."

He was amused at that, rather than chagrined. Obi-Wan enjoyed Arha's joy, despite its need for tempering. Or perhaps it was that Luke had named his child after him that was making the crows-feet grow around Kenobi's eyes. IT wasn't often one was graced with that particular honor.

[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

Ben refrained from replying with I know, you're kind of famous. Unfortunately, that left him without any great ideas for continuing the conversation. "She's, uh, pretty perky," he said. "And... yeah. My dad found me pretty fast."

[jedimacguyver.livejournal.com]

"...And no doubt answered as many of your questions as he could."

The conversation stalled there, sitting dead on the floor between them, but that wasn't quite enough for Obi-Wan. He watched Ben thoughtfully, brow pinching ever so slightly.

"It's a lot to take in," he tried for compassion, knowing he'd been accused of using that gentle tone for manipulative evils before, and that knowledge gave Obi-Wan an edge of caution despite himself, "How are you taking it?"

[goodofthetribe.livejournal.com]

After she'd dressed and gathered her belongings, Vestara headed for the deck. She was itching to leave this cattle call and try to find answers on her own, but knew as assessment of her shipmates was vital first.

Then she felt the new - yet familiar - presence spring up again.

She headed toward the red-haired Jedi, doing an excellent job at keeping the smirk off her face, and bowed deeply.

"Hello again," she greeted. "You, too?"

[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

"Stang," groaned Ben, his hand going automatically to his lightsaber. Standing in front of him was Her Overcaffed Truth-Bending Sithiness, Vestara Khai. "Who invited you to save the galaxy?" Of all the beings to save from the destruction of their home dimension, a Sith girl would have been at the bottom of Ben's list, a few slots above Jacen and the Emperor.

[goodofthetribe.livejournal.com]

Vestara lightly shrugged her shoulders. "Someone with far less bias than yourself, obviously."

[sithhavecooties.livejournal.com]

"Or someone who didn't do their research," he scowled.