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cityship ([personal profile] cityship) wrote in [community profile] trans_92010-10-02 02:03 pm

Meet-n-Greet

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 tall man in green armor 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.]

[identity profile] changelingdude.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
For once Beastboy was the one who was startled by an unusual animal.

With a grin he knelt down, "Oh hey sup! Um...I guess that guy." He pointed and realized the crowd was in his way, "Oh um...well his name's Leon but we have a whole bunch of people who are in charge really. Maybe I can help though?"

[identity profile] fluffyapartheid.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Zhiai'kahn was confused enough by these... creatures around her. She had dealt with species similar in looks to these, but they were too tall and walked too straight to be Hoefeken, and all lacked the ritual tattoos of the Bak'shir. And now there was a green one talking to her.

She followed the green thing's finger and took note of the one he said was in charge. She'd have to get acquainted with them, as well as find out who else was in charge. Then she looked back at the creature talking to her, and narrowed her eyes. "That would depend on what you know," she said curtly, her tail giving an annoyed swish. "Can you tell me what race and planet this... place... is affiliated with?"

[identity profile] changelingdude.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh um..." Actually no not really.

"Well see we're all from different worlds so alot of us are different races. I'm a human..err...mutated but still human. Alot of the people around here are and we're from different planets...does that make sense?"

[identity profile] fluffyapartheid.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"No. No, that does not." Was her blunt reply. "The voice in the large cavern I awoke in said something similar. But I do not understand it. This cannot be a part of some interplanetary meeting, as I was not brought here willingly. The purpose given by the voice made little sense, as well."

Her tail twitched again. Maybe it was because she was so used to being in charge, maybe it was just because she was too old to have time for answers that weren't straight, but whatever it was, she was feeling helpless and antsy.

[identity profile] changelingdude.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"OK um..." Beastboy rubbed his forehead, "Lemme try again...OK evil bugs came and destroyed everything from your world and this big ship picked you up to save you. You don't remember because I guess she's not letting us remember. She can do stuff like that."

Another pause and he added, "Actually that doesn't make sense either...my suggestion is just go with the flow. It's what I do."

[identity profile] fluffyapartheid.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
The green one's words were like a shot to her heart. The Sansani's eyes widened, and she slumped to a sitting position. For a moment, all she could do was stare at the floor. How? How could Viashahg be destroyed? Perhaps this was a lie - she'd never heard of bugs being capable of such destruction. Bugs were food, after all. But then again, why would anyone lie about something like that?

"How?" she said quietly, then her voice began to rise to a snarl. "How can I simply 'go with the flow' of something so serious?"

[identity profile] changelingdude.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Beastboy felt guilty and kicked himself for being so blunt...it had just slipped really. His big mouth always got him in trouble.

He looked away and remembered how it felt to learn about his own home being destroyed.

"There's nothing we can do at this point in time...but if we defeat the evil that did this to us we might be able to bring it all back. The only thing I can see for it is to keep moving. If we let it overwhelm us then we're all really done for."

[identity profile] fluffyapartheid.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
The way the creature looked right now was enough to tell Zhiai'kahn that this wasn't a joke. But what he said did impress her.

"'Keep moving'..." she repeated. "You speak like a soldier. Is place... these people... it's an army, isn't it?"

[identity profile] changelingdude.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Beastboy laughed weakly, "You could call it that." He looked back to her trying to work back into his happy place, "A refugee camp too. People from all walks of life, skills, abilities and backgrounds stuck in the same ship for the same reason. Because we've got no where else to go."

[identity profile] fluffyapartheid.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Zhiai'kahn sighed. She was tired of wars. She'd spent so much of her life dedicated to war, only to lose her faith in her mission once it was over. A war spanning multiple planets was disheartening, to say the least.

She didn't particularly want to talk about that with a stranger, though. And is seemed like the green one wasn't so enthused by the topic of conversation, either. "What are you called?" she asked. She was not sure if she had any place in this army, but it would still be wise to know the individuals in it.

[identity profile] changelingdude.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh um..." He smiled cheerfully again eager to make conversation that wasn't so depressing, "Beastboy. And you?"

[identity profile] fluffyapartheid.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"I am Zhiai'kahn Ahl," she replied.

"Of the Sansani race," she added on, after some thought. She did not know what his species was, so it made sense that he would not know her's. "You said you are... human, correct?"

[identity profile] changelingdude.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's right, I'm just err...a little special. Check it." And with that he shifted down into the form of a chipmunk.

Said Chipmunk gave Zhiai a thumbs up.

[identity profile] fluffyapartheid.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Startled by the sudden transformation, Zhiai'kahn scrambled back from the small green rodent. "Deity's limbs!" she gasped. "How... how did you...?"

[identity profile] changelingdude.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Beastboy shifted back looking proud, "Well it's a long story, but the short version is that Science and good luck made it so I can shift into any animal I think of."

To demonstrate he shifted into a bird next.

[identity profile] fluffyapartheid.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"I... I did not know science could do that," the old Sansani said, smoothing her fur down with her front paws now that she was over the initial shock. "Is that why you are a different color from the rest of the people here?"

[identity profile] changelingdude.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"You got it." He chuckled after shifting back, "I was infected by this bad disease when I was little, my dad saved me with science and as a side effect I became stunningly handsome~"

[identity profile] fluffyapartheid.livejournal.com 2010-10-02 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"Actually, you're quite ugly," she said flatly. And she wasn't joking around, either - she was sincere. All of these humans were ugly by her standards, with their lack of fur and limbs. Beastboy had the extra flaw of being green, which would stick out in the red trees of her planet. There's no way someone with his coloring could find a mate on Viashahg.

[identity profile] changelingdude.livejournal.com 2010-10-03 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
Beastboy winced, "Yowch, you don't pull any punches that's for sure." But he laughed it off anyway.

[identity profile] fluffyapartheid.livejournal.com 2010-10-03 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, at my age, I don't have time to be anything but blunt." Don't feel bad, Beastboy. You just happen to be talking to one of the most cynical old geezers in all of Viashahg.

"But I am curious. You do not seem to be upset about this mutation of yours. You look so different from all of these humans, are you not an outcast?"

[identity profile] changelingdude.livejournal.com 2010-10-03 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
There was a chuckle and a grin, "Well to tell you the truth I love my powers. Sure I stand out in a crowd but I've never been the kind of guy to blend in anyway. And how many dudes can say they've flown through the sky and swam into the darkest depths of the ocean? I can run faster then regular guys, lift tons of weight, and I get to use my powers to help protect people and save the day." He wiggled his ears again, "It's a fair trade as far as I'm concerned."