She's Alive [Open]

[teethofneedles.livejournal.com]

 Anyone wandering into the media library this morning would find a somewhat unfamiliar looking young woman (about eighteen, possibly nineteen) sitting in front of the equipment, head tilted back and eyes closed as she listened to some good, old-fashioned rock and roll. She looks fit, in excellent physical condition and seems cheerful enough. She has one leg folded over the opposite knee, toe tapping as she keeps time with the music. Yeah, she's discovered just how awesome music from twentieth century Earth is and she's enjoying it. 

Give her a minute and she'll probably notice whoever wanders in after her. 

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[zouichi.livejournal.com]

Now that's some music that's practically ancient as far as Zouichi's timeline is concerned. There's a young woman listening to it, someone he's never seen before -- but that's not so out-of-place with such a large crew.

He takes a seat on a nearby fleshy chair. "Remembering home?" After all, she looks human; it's entirely possible she's from some version of Earth.

[teethofneedles.livejournal.com]

"Eh, not really... Just listening. This stuff isn't exactly from my world."

She waves a handi n the general direction of the machinery.

"More like I'm just relaxing."

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

Scratch that -- something about her seems a little familiar, but as he's never talked to Karis personally, he brushes that aside.

"Sorry, I thought you might be a fellow refugee from Earth." He pauses for a moment to listen to the music she's chosen. He doesn't recognize this song; sadly, only some of them made it to 3005 A.D. without being buried by time, but he certainly recognizes the style. "I come here fairly often, but I don't think we've ever met. Kanoe Zouichi."

He extends a hand; he's not sure whether her world has handshakes, but it seems like a common enough custom aboard the ship.

[teethofneedles.livejournal.com]

Karis smiles easily enough and extends a hand, "Karis Reynolds. Pleased to meet you, Kan."

Yeah, she doesn't really get the whole reverse name thing yet.

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

"Zouichi, actually. But Kan is fine, too, I guess." After all, Howard calls him 'Zou' all the time.

His handshake is firm, but it's obviously a gesture he's not entirely used to.

"Did you arrive here during the last pod release?"

[makeherblue]

Now that's good stuff. The Doctor pokes his head in as Sweet Home Alabama starts really getting into the chorus, curious because this is the first time he's heard some classic rock on Stacy. Well, classic depending on your point of view and...relative position in time and space and there's loads more specifics, but the point is, it's enough to make him have a look into the Media Library.

It's empty except for a young woman. Human, by the looks of her. He doesn't recall seeing her around. Big ship, though, so it does make sense he hasn't seen every single crew member; new; old; or hasn't yet made up their mind. The Doctor tucks away the Otter Locater he'd pulled out, more to check it's working at all than anything else, and pops inside the Media Library. The Doctor joins her (although he can't resist fiddling with the equipment either -- some people have a case of sticky fingers? He has fiddly hands. Very fiddly hands. It's a curse).

"Interesting choice in music," he says, fiddling with a bit of tubing and glancing over at the girl.

And really, she is a girl. Even if she was eighty in human years, she'd still be a girl to him. It's one of those funny things about the human species's short life spans.

[teethofneedles.livejournal.com]

Karis looks up as the doctor pops up in and rolls her eyes good-naturedly as he starts fiddling with the tubing. Yeah, he would do that. He slumps a bit lower in her seat with a shrug and a little laugh. And then she grins. It's probably a bit familiar. It's a lot like the grin she had (is going to have), but it's not as sharp and pointy. There isn't the cold, vicious, sadistic edge to it that makes the rotting version of Karis look like she's about to bite into someone's throat.

"I need to take what I can get, Doc. It's not exactly home or familiar, but it's good stuff."

And then there's the voice. Like Karis', but without the dry, dead rasp. And younger, much younger, more energetic.

[makeherblue]

The Doctor frowns at the girl, because really, there's only a few people on this ship that can get away with calling him "Doc" and it's only out of sheer stubbornness. The voice, too, sounds a bit familiar, the Doctor staring at the girl for a long moment. Something about the smile looks like he's seen it before, too.

It's the fact she's not dead that throws him off.

"Karis?" he peers at her, leaning forward. That's definitely not very dead and he has to say, she really should decide on one or the other.

[teethofneedles.livejournal.com]

"Uh, yeah. Come on, you're not that forgetful, are you?" She rolls her eyes again, "I know I was in a horrible mood for the last couple of weeks, but can you blame me?"

[makeherblue]

The Doctor frowns at her. No, he’s sure he isn’t going senile, because that isn’t how it works. “Horrible mood? More than that. Where’s your armor? And you’re more…squishy.”

He means that fondly. But he’s not used to seeing her with her bones properly hidden and her teeth are humanly blunt and not much good for looking even remotely threatening.

[seasindorei.livejournal.com]

"Sounds familiar!" A voice pipes up over the sound of the music. It's Ter'thelas, poking his head into the Library. He grins, shakes his head. "I prefer more classical stuff myself."

It's a human, true. But they're not all bad. At least they weren't, back in his day.

"But could you turn it down a bit? I'm trying to get some reading done."

[teethofneedles.livejournal.com]

"You complain too much, Ter."

It's a good-natured retort, but she turns it down.

[seasindorei.livejournal.com]

"Er. . ."

Wait a moment.

"I don't believe we've met."

[teethofneedles.livejournal.com]

"I know it's only been a few weeks, but you could at least remember my name," Karis shakes her head, "Hell, we went shopping together."

[seasindorei.livejournal.com]

Wait. Wait, wait, wait.

"Karis? Is that you?" His world view has been shattered. What is this he doesn't even. The Sin'dorei steps forward, reaching out to touch a hand to her hair before he can check the movement.

"By the Sunwell. . . ."

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

Legend of Drunken Master. Awesome. Howard's got it on his media pad and is about to head out of the library when a woman in the library catches his eye. She's got a familiar face and yet, he can't place it. And he really feels like he should.

"Uh, do I know you?" he asks, not bothering to apologize for talking over her music.

[teethofneedles.livejournal.com]

"Damn, Howie, I know I've only been on the ship a few weeks, but that's cold."

Karis laughs. She's just joking with him.

"Whatcha got there?"

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"Fangs?" he asks incredulously. "No offense, but did someone open up one hell of a beauty salon around here?"

He sits down across from her - no point is keeping weight any more on his bad foot than necessary - and hands her the media pad. "Legend of Drunken Master. Jackie Chan. Pretty fun movie. And this'd be, what...Aerosmith?"

[teethofneedles.livejournal.com]

"You're acting like I don't always have natural good looks and charm," she replies with another laugh.

"I've sorta been in a foul mood since I came out of the pods. Sorry if I ragged on you too hard earlier," Karis shrugs, "And yeah, I think so. I'm just going through whatever I can find right now."

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"Usually, your good looks and charm come with really pointy teeth," he says, tapping his.

Honestly, he's less weirded out by her sudden change in appearance than he is by her better mood. He shrugs back. "You were ragging on me? I didn't notice." Which isn't true, but he never held it against her.

"So if you were in such a bad mood, why the better one now? Besides the new hairdo."

[governorkang]

Kang approved of the music very much. He'd heard some of it from Dean, and knew of it quite well from Fairplay. The woman, on the other hand, wasn't familiar - wait. Some of her features, and her scent, was familiar; she was a hell of a lot less... dead.

"Karis?"

[teethofneedles.livejournal.com]

"Kang!" Karis raises her hand in a lazy wave, "How's it going?"

[governorkang]

"You look..." Alive. "Different."

And, Karis wasn't using annoying nicknames. Kang sat down next to her, "I see you discovered Styx."

[teethofneedles.livejournal.com]

"Is it my hair?" Karis runs a hand through it with a little laugh. She seems so much more relaxed like this. Like she's not about to jump on someone and maul them to death.

"Hell, I discovered this music. Way better then some of the stuff we've got at home."

She gives him a little jab in the shoulder. "How're you doing, big guy?"

[governorkang]

It was a nice change, but it was strange at the same time. Kang had gotten used to Karis's usual attitude. "It is pretty good. Have you heard any of Foreigner's yet?"

The jab was a bit more familiar. "As good as can be. There's been a few... weird things happening around the ship." He paused. "Well, more weird than usual."