'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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[nothefarragut.livejournal.com]

Spock.

Spock. Her eyes searched his face, took in the plantsuit, knew that he was real and there right in front of her. He was real. She was silent for a long while though her eyes burned fiercely and she wanted to simply cry. But she did not.

"Commander," she said quietly, her voice only a little tight as her hair swung heavily against her shoulders. Uhura had never, in her life, been so relieved to see his face. It just might have outweighed the moment he had appeared on the transporter pad back aboard the Enterprise with Kirk and Pike. She wanted to wrap her arms around him, but she didn't.

She did, however, smile.

[nerve-pincher.livejournal.com]

It only took one look, and Spock knew that this was the Lieutenant Uhura from his own timeline. The knowledge was... gratifying.

"I trust you are not injured? The experience of awakening can be highly disconcerting." There would be time, later, for less formal greetings. No doubt, right now, she would require information.

[nothefarragut.livejournal.com]

"I'm fine." That was a lie, she wasn't. Physically, maybe, but otherwise? Not so much. "What is our current situation and has there been any word from Star--" But there wasn't a Starfleet, was there? She drew in a sharp breath and closed her eyes once more.

"Tell me," she said a moment later.

[nerve-pincher.livejournal.com]

Spock nodded slightly. He understood. To some extent, everyone on the ship was in the same position.

"Thus far, there has been no evidence to contradict the information provided to us by Stacy, as the ship is known to the crew. She is a sentient life form," he elaborated.

"James Kirk is the elected Captain of the ship, but he is from the other timeline, as opposed to our own. Thus far, he and I have been the only awakened from our universe."

[nothefarragut.livejournal.com]

Uhura nodded once, her hands linked in front of her and tightening. She blinked a few times and let the information settle.

"Doctor McCoy, also from our timeline, is here as well, somewhere," she said. "I wouldn't be surprised if he were trying to find a place that serves alcohol." While she spoke, she was thinking. Thinking about everything.

And her eyes never strayed far from his face.

[nerve-pincher.livejournal.com]

Spock, too, was watching her closely. Taking in every detail, the way her mouth tightened, the tension in her muscles, her carefully-controlled movements.

"Captain Kirk will be glad to hear of Doctor McCoy's arrival. If you would like, I can show you to the crew quarters. They offer significantly more privacy, and quiet." A place away from the large crowd, might allow her to relax and take some rest, should she need it. It was clear to Spock that she was feeling overwhelmed.

[nothefarragut.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure Kirk will be. It," Uhura hesitated ever so slightly, "is loud." It was more than loud for her, maybe more so than most people, and she was beginning to need that quiet. The dull throb of an incoming headache from all the stimuli was the equivalent of a warning shot across the bow.

"Please," she said, and her fingers just barely grazed his arm.

[nerve-pincher.livejournal.com]

Spock gave a curt nod, and wasted no time in leading the way toward the exit, to the rest of the ship.