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Beastboy was...lost.

He'd been on the ship for a few days now but was still having a hard time getting around. Lucky for him he had his powers. Whenever he got hungry he shifted into a bloodhound and just followed the scent of Mush and misery.

It was almost by luck that he stumbled upon the Obs deck, he would have breezed right past Nanashi if the scent of blood hadn't hit him like a stack of bricks.

It was subtle, but someone with a sensitive nose like Beastboy's would pick it up in passing. He turned around looking confused, he didn't see anyone bleeding...

Nanashi would have missed the green if she hadn't been looking for it, the lights were so bright in her eyes.
Despite the headache the light was giving her she gave no hint of how the light dulled her vision. She approached Beastboy at a pace that was rather fast for a human. She wanted to find these sunglasses as soon as possible.

"Hello? Beastboy?" she ventured. With a nod of her head as was proper to her position, she introduced herself, "Queen Nanashi, of Kuninoryu."

"Oh wow hey!" Beastboy gave a little jump and turned to face her, why was he so edgy all the sudden? Was it that smell? He had to be imagining things there wasn't anyone bleeding.

He grinned cheerfully pushing away his nervous, "Nice to meetcha err..your highness." He felt a little awkward but kept going, "You doing OK still?"

She could hear his heart beat a little faster. The little one was on edge. She wondered why. "Did I scare you, little one?" He had jumped when she introduced herself, much like animals often did.

Nanashi smiled reassuringly and without showing her fangs, "I am surviving. Even if the light hurts, it cannot damage my eyes permanently, or even for a short time. I heal too quickly for that."

"The child is on to you already, dear. What if he tries to kill you like that wolf pup?" Nanashi's eye twitched a bit as she stopped herself from yelling at Kano for calling her 'dear'. He lost the right to do that long ago, but there was no need to scare him.

Beastboy blinked noticing the fangs before he registered her question "A-ah nah you didn't scare me, just surprised me is all." He grinned cheerfully through truth be told the scent of blood was making him a little edgy, his inner beast was not at all happy.

"Cool fangs." He added, "I've got some too!" And he hooked a finger in the side of his mouth to show he did in fact have a gleeming set of fangs of his own. "Ah oo ike a ampire or oomhing?" He asked forgetting to remove his finger while speaking.

Nanashi laughed lightly, covering her mouth daintily. She wasn't entirely sure how to respond to Beastboy's question, as much as the irony entertained her.

She used her laugh to cover the moment it took her to decide how to answer him. "You definitely have fantastic fangs, even more impressive than a vampire's," she said with a laugh, "I've never seen a vampire with fangs on their lower jaw as well, and I see vampires all the time!"

Beastboy let go of his lips letting them snap back into place comically, "Oh no no no I'm not a vampire, I'm a...well..." He tried to think what the right mythical creature would be, "Well I'm human I guess but I've been altered by SCIENCE! I can do this!"

And with a blur of green he shifted into a Cat, followed by a rat, and then a bat chattering cheerfully flapping his wings to hover in place.

Nanashi smiled, this guy, he could be very useful. With a small giggle she commented, "You are a fascinating young human then! I have never seen such a power! And I did not think you a vampire, little one, I would recognise one of my own species-"

Knowing that humans did not have the friendliest opinion of vampires she made sure to quickly add, "But I am not going to bite you or anything like that. I only take blood from willing donors, and only because I must. I am sure you understand?" Her face was sincere. She really would not take blood from Beastboy, but more of because she considered him still a child, and she would not have harm come to a child. She also usually only took from willing donors, but she also usually could make an unwilling donor willing as long as she had time alone with them.

No, she would not hurt Beastboy but she was not as angelic as she was pretending to be. Of course, she was too smart to let on.

Beastboy shifted back with a sheepish grin, "Aw that's alright, I probably would taste funny anyway, I'm a vegetarian I'm sure that changes how I taste somehow...that and I bleed purple." He laughed he tension slowly easing away. The human part of him was extremely trusting and if she was making this big a deal to earn his trust why not give her the benefit of the doubt? It's not like he couldn't handle himself.

"Hopefully you'll be able to find someone willing to err...donate. If you're anything like the movies I'm sure it won't be too hard. Vampires are pretty hot these days." He laughed with good nature.

Purple blood? Now, that was interesting.

She was relieved that he took what she told him in stride. It made things so much easier. Still, she didn't entirely expect him to start hitting on her. "Oh my, I so not know what a movie is, but was that you trying to court me?"

With a light laugh she added, "I think I might be a bit too old for you, Beastboy."

Besatboy winked and wiggled his ears playfully, "You're only as young as you feel and as mature as you wanna be!" He joked more then happy to show her he wasn't put off by what she was or how old. After all some of his best friends were aliens, half demons and the sons of super villains.

Nanashi wasn't entirely sure what to do about Beastboy. She had a carpe diem attitude towards life, but honestly, the boy was just too young.

She shook her head and changed the subject, "So, shall we get going on our search? Where shall we start?"

"Well I was thinking about that." Beastboy was used to his flirting being brushed off and probably wouldn't know what to do with a girl if she reciprocated, "And if we can't find anything in the personal effects lockers...which we probably shouldn't go digging through other peoples junk, our next best bet would be to find someone smart and crafty so I was thinking like, where do they keep the engineers around here do you know?"

To put it bluntly...Beastboy didn't have a clue where to start.

Nanashi laughed again, "You have no idea, do you?" She shook her head with a smile and thought for a second. "Perhaps we should find some of these smart people." Nanashi was certainly glad she had looked up the ship map on the omnicom.

She adjusted the cape on her shoulders and started walking towards the door, "I believe I know where the engineers have a station set up. I have been meaning to visit for other reasons anyway."

Beastboy sprang into a trot at her side, "Yeah sorry, it sounded real good on paper but I mean...well if I knew where to find stuff I'd be wearing more then this plant suit."

Though he had to admit he was getting used to running around barefoot.

"I've seen people with jackets and stuff, maybe there's somewhere we could get you a hat to at least shade your eyes. You doing OK? It's not too bright here is it?"

Nanashi waved her hand, "It is too bright everywhere, but I shall live. You do not have to worry!"

Nanashi often went without shoes in the castle or on the battlefield. In the battlefield, having no shoes actually gave her a better footing. Still, the plantsuit was not doing it for her.

"I believe the people who have jackets or accessories got them from the possessions pick up. That is where I got my cape. However, I am sure there is some way to get some clothes. I shall let you know if I find out."

Even though she said the light was fine, it was a real headache. In attempts to improve the situation, she pulled her hair over one shoulder and lifted up her hood.

Beastboy shifted into a cat to bound ahead before shifting back so he was walking backwards and facing her "So you're a Queen? What's that like?" He asked making conversation while they aimlessly wandered.

Nanashi thought for a second. She found his shape-shifting rather entertaining.
"Being a Queen... It is..." She thought back to what she had to do to get the throne, and all the war she had ruled through. She hadn't realized as a child that the country had been so on edge with the neighbouring human country. Her kidnapping their people did not aid in relations, not that that would have stopped her.

"It can be hard. Very hard. My country is- was at war with the neighbouring human country." Of course, leave out the kidnapping. "So I have seen many battles. Of course, I also can tell anyone in the entire country to do anything, and it will happen. That can be fun. I can do anything I want... Well, not quite. I can do anything I want that will not cause an uprising. And I cannot ignore my duties to the state either. There are a lot of managerial things that I cannot ignore." Her face fell as she talked. She never realised how many responsibilities she had. She just did them.

Then she thought of the things that went on behind closed doors, the things that had gotten her a reputation for being wild. She began to smile again. "One of the best parts, though, is most definitely being able to get whatever you want when you want it."

"Sound totally sweet!" He agreed still walking backwards before smacking into a wall and sliding to the ground.

Not one to be deterred Beastboy shifted again to a weasel rolling between his new friends legs and springing to his feet again appearing behind her, "My friend got to be Queen once, on her world she was a princess but her older sister took over right? Well her older sister was a lousy queen, totally cruel and mean and junk so my friend Starfire fought her for the crown and won of coarse." He grinned remembering it fondly, "Then she gave the crown to her most trusted gigantic nanny type dude and he became king. He's awesome even though he's totally scary looking with a great huge beard and stuff." Beastboy did his best to make a face that looked scary and manly at the same time.

Nanashi laughed, refusing to show any uneasiness as she considered that she could very easily be considered a cruel queen, even if she made her people happy. "She sounds like a good person, your friend, Starfire. Though, if she gave up the crown that quickly, she probably did not have to deal with paper work. That was probably the worst."

With a wider smile Nanashi continued, "It just goes to prove that you cannot judge one by their appearance." Take her for instance. She was not very tall, or particularly muscular, but she could probably make a house crumble with a well placed punch.

"Oh totally! I mean you look at me when I'm like this, scrawny, pointy, unbearably cute, but not particularly intimidating right? Then I do this!"

And to prove his point he shifted into a green wolf growling, baring his teeth and then letting out a howl that echoed down the halls.

Unfazed, Nanashi patted Beastboy's wolf form gently on the heaad, "Exactly like that. You know, in my world we have a species of intelligent being that changes between wolf and human forms freely."

She stretched her arms and yawned. She was used to sleeping during the day, yet here she was, wandering the halls. What was this place doing to her?

After a yawn Nanashi said, "You know, we had a fairly good relationship with the werewolves, but when I got on board, I was attacked by a werewolf during the meet and greet. And so many here have seen technology beyond my wildest dreams! Have you found this place to be as alien from your own world?"

Beastboy shifted back so he could speak, "Oh totally! I mean it's like something out of a comic book." He paused and added, "Err...a book full of pictures." He had to remind himself most people were not too familiar with his world, "It's really weird but it's totally cool too in a way...just wish the food was better, and that my friends were here. Cyborg would be all over the tech trying to help make things better, Robin would be working out like nobodies business to make sure we were ready to fight the alien dudes we're supposed to go after..." He mused idly.

A book with pictures... That still seemed an odd concept to her, but she let it pass. "It sounds like you have very diverse group of skilled friends. Strategy and weapons technology have been my own personal focus. I have done a lot of study into both of those fields, as well as biology." She figured it best to leave out that by biology she meant dissections.

Winry was, for all intents and purposes, looking around the ship, trying to get better acquainted with it. She couldn't spend all her time cooped up, after all, and it would do some good to meet new people.

She was on her way to the Engineering Core, but something on the opposite side of the hall caught her eye.

Rather, to clarify, it caught her eye more than the usual weird behavior going on. A boy turning into a wolf and then turning back into a boy.

Oh, and he was green.

She stopped

Beastboy of coarse was used to people giving him strange looks so it didn't register at first, rather he shifted into a dog and took a deep breath of air to try and see out someone who smelled...well like Cyborg.

Oil, grease, stainless steel, sweat...Blond girl! BINGO!

He let out a howl of triumph and scampered over to Winry wagging his tail and barking excitedly.

Edited 2010-06-11 00:36 (UTC)

Nanashi raised an eyebrow. The boy certainly did like to go after these girls.

With a small smile she shook her head and followed Beastboy over to the girl. She was another young one. So many children were aboard this ship, even if this one was just old enough to be considered a woman.

With her fanged smile, Nanashi decided to be the first to speak, "Hello."

Even if royalty was not supposed to speak first, it was not the girl's fault. She probably didn't even know Nanashi was a queen yet. Besides, no one on this ship seemed to know how to address a queen.

Winry looked between the green dog-boy and the girl. Why was the dog-boy acting like he'd just hit the jackpot...?

And what was with those fangs?

"Um, hi." She reminded herself to be polite and not weirded out. "I'm..."

Confused? Probably the word that was going to follow that.

Beastboy shifted back with a pleased grin on his face, dramatically he pointed at Winry, "YOU! You're a mechanic or an inventor or an engineer or something aren't you?" He accused.

"Beastboy," Nanashi admonished with a gentle tone. "Give her a moment to speak."

With a slight nod of her head she said, "Excuse us. This is Beastboy, and I am Queen Nanashi of Kuninoryu. I believe you were trying to give us your name."

Well, if the young lady wasn't too confused, and Beastboy's nose was right, then they might be able to make some progress.

Her first wonder was how Beastboy -- odd name -- could know that, though she decided just to take it one step at a time.

"Winry. Winry Rockbell, I am a mechanic, but how could you know that?"

And then it kicked in that she was also talking to a Queen and she straightened up. How do you act in front of a queen, anyway?

Beastboy grinned all proud and excited, "You smell like grease, oil, stainless steel and sweat! I mean...it's not a bad smell and you can't really...I only smelled it cuz dogs have really powerful noses ya know?" He rubbed the back of his head embarrassed.

"Hello Miss Rockbell," She laughed, noticing Winry straightening up. "No need to be entirely too formal with me, little one. Just be respectful, and I shall ignore all the fancy courtly respects that most people here do not seem to know." She smiled and winked.

Nanashi put her hand on Beastboy's head, "We have been searching for someone who might be able to help me with something. I need a pair of these things called 'sunglasses'. Either those or these things that are supposedly like lenses that you can put in your eye called 'droptacs'. Do you know anyone who can make either of those for me?"

Little one? She wasn't used to that. Regardless, Winry processed what Beastboy -- odd name, still -- said, wondering if he was some kind of chimera, and then put a finger to her chin, wondering.

"Well... I'm not really the best person to ask about looking for people here, but probably someone in the engineering area. I specialize more in mechanics..."

She was thinking allowed, really.

"Aw man." Beastboy sighed, "Well never say never, we'll find someone." He turned back to Winry, "What we're looking for is someone who can make like glasses, but tint the lenses you know? I mean with a coat hanger I could make some frames but they wouldn't be comfortable, and glasses got those tiny screws in them you know? I'm not good with tiny screws I always lose them."

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[[OOC: SQUEE!!! THAT WAS MY FAVOURITE STARFIRE EPISODE!!!]]

Seems like Beastboy has a story for everything X3

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Sorry for my earlier fail!! [kicks Al]

I thought I'd made it clear, apparently it wasn't Five A.M clear. ^_^;;;

We all suffer from fail at five A.M.

For the record, I blame Al. =P

Let the record show that records are outdated and we all use MP3's now.

Let the record show that Poptarts are AMAZING!

Massive apologies for being so late, this has been a busy several days.

I blame the nazis

oh. my. god. I just realized, with Nanashi's habit of saying little one, she must meet Ed!

FWAHAHAHAHAAA, yes. :D Ed-mun would love that, especially since he's not-so-short anymore!!

Even his "Not so short" is still kinda short.