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Newbie Meet n' Greet

For the newbies, there are people waiting for them in the Obs Deck. A whole gaggle of people. Behind them is the nasty statue, and the beautiful sight through the windows of the stars streaming past and the swirling vortex of collars that was interdimensional travel.

There are more questions than answers, but the crew is willing to help, especially the Command Staff and greeters.

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"Well, glad I'm useful for something," She was grateful for the lighter conversation. The situation at hand was weird and the ability to not have to be completely serious about it was important. Otherwise she'd probably start thinking too hard about it, and get worried.

"Hopefully you're not planning on tracking down the self destruct on this thing, quite yet though. I have a feeling that'd go down like Titanic."

"Not quite yet. I'd at least like to try to find a way home first." But if all else fails, blow shit up. Its the Resident Evil way.

"Have you had a chance to look around at everything yet?"

"You mean there's more than the goo chambers and this room here?" She gestured around with her hands, arching her eyebrows in mock surprise. It might say something about her mental state that she was still capable of being sarcastic after waking up on an alien space ship, but some people coped with the weird differently.

And Claire had never been the type to go all weak in the knees in the face of the unknown.

"You know, you wouldn't think so by looking at it," he started, rolling along with her sarcasm, "but there's lots more on this ship.

"We have, uh..." he started ticking items off on his fingers, "the slop dispenser, where you can eat stuff that tastes like shit but someone manages to keep your mouth minty fresh; the media library, which seems to be the result when wkikpedia, youtube, ebook publishers, and netflix got merged into one; and, of course, the one thing no ship should ever be without, the Vatican. 'Cause, apparently, even in space, we still need Jesus." Despite his lightly sarcastic tone, he was actually serious about that. Though he didn't think she'd believe him until she saw it for herself.

"We should get you set up with an omnicomm and a few other things while we're about." He didn't mention weapons specifically, largely because he was unsure if she wanted any. She had put away the guns when she joined TerraSave, and he respected that decision. Plus she did have him to protect her.

Claire made no verbal comments as he listed off what else was on the ship, but the looks on her face ranging from vaguely disgusted to skepticism pretty much said everything that needed to be.

"I'm guessing other things wouldn't be clothes that don't move." She'd noticed that he, and everyone else for that matter, were all matching with the creepy uniforms. It made her wonder where exactly their clothes had gone, because she hadn't seen them when she'd picked up her personal effects.

"I wish." Leon was very aware of the pulsing of the plant suit. He couldn't not be. He still hadn't gotten used to it, and he never would.

"As soon as I find a decent pair of pants, I'm burning this thing."

"I've only been in this thing all of twenty minutes and I'd already be more than happy to share that sentiment." Claire grinned, glancing down at the suit. She just wasn't used to looking like she belonged on Lost in Space, although she supposed it applied.

"I kind of wonder what happened to our clothes. I mean, I managed to hang onto my elastic and my brother's lighter but a t-shirt and a pair of jeans is a bit much?"

"Stacy tends to refer to us as her crew," he stated, as he pulled at his plantsuit a little. "I'm guessing these are our uniforms."

It was bad enough he lost another jacket, but now his pants too...

"At least its less worse than wandering around naked... though you'll find some people on the ship that would disagree."

Claire looked over the people gathered throughout the room before looking back at Leon. She smirked slightly, and shook her head.

"There aren't people actually wandering around naked, are there?" While she wasn't a prude by any means, there were limits to things she was cool with, and a reason she'd always sat out of trips to nude beaches when she'd been in a locale that had that kind of attraction. Typically the people who wanted to be naked in public were exactly the type who shouldn't be.

"Yeah, there's a 'team naked' running around." He shook his head at the idea. "Fortunately they still cover up with something, usually a drape or a blanket. And that's only because there are a few kids trapped here with us."

Well, a lot of kids, really, as a good chunk of the crew was still under voting age, but there were a small handful of little ones about.

Claire would've commented on the nudity, but at the mention of children her entire demeanor changed.

"There's kids here?" her brown furrowed and the idea of kids being pulled into this kind of situation was obviously upsetting to her.

He nodded his head. "Yeah, three girls: Dani, Yuri, and Will." He had a faint feeling that he was forgetting someone, but he had made it a point to go over names repeatedly. "Don't know if there were any in the newest group of releases, though." He hadn't noticed any so far, at least.

"Everyone is trying to look out for them, and we're doing our best to keep them out of harms way, but there isn't any one specifically responsible for them."

Claire frowned, one hand coming up to rest against the underside of her chin while she thought this over. "What kind of sick freak would..." she muttered, before she looked at Leon again.

"How old are they?"

He decided to leave out the fact that those weren't ordinary kids. She'd figure that out soon enough upon meeting them, though. Which, if he had to guess, was probably going to be soon.

"They're all roughly the same age, about eleven or twelve."

"Jesus," Claire breathed, shaking her head. "But they're okay? Nothing severely traumatic? ...Besides the obvious." She knew Leon wouldn't leave kids to their own devices unless there was a damn good reason if there was a chance of something happening to them. Still, she was worried. It was a large part of her job, watching after emotionally troubled children, so she slipped into the role sometimes without even thinking about it.

He could tell how worried she was getting. He put a hand on her shoulder to try and comfort her a little. "Relax, they're fine." And if they weren't, he'd be doing something about it. "They're even handling a lot of this craziness better than some of the teenagers and other adults here."

Exhaling she nodded, giving Leon a smile. "Yeah? I didn't think you'd leave kids alone if they weren't fine." She tilted her head slightly, shrugging a shoulder. "I should probably meet before getting all emotionally invested, but you know how my job is."

"Yeah, I know." Claire, for better or worse, was always one to lead more with her heart than with her head. But Leon wouldn't have her any other way.

"Don't worry about it, I'll make sure you get to meet them soon."

"Thanks, Leon." She reached up and patted his hand on her shoulder, before her eyes shifted around the room again.

"So is there something I have to be here for or can we leave?" She didn't entirely mind standing around and catching up, but if there was as much to see as Leon had listed off, she'd rather not be stationary.

"Anxious to see more of the ship?" He gave her shoulder a light squeeze before finally removing his hand. He glanced around the room, thinking for a moment.

"I don't expect any major announcements, so we can go."

"Something like that," she smiled again, shaking her head slightly. Vaguely gesturing to her left since she wasn't really sure where Leon had intended to drag her, she looked at him again.

"Wherever we're going, you lead."

Not that he was sure where to begin. Even if they were confined to only a part of it, there was still a ton of ship to see. But they weren't going to see much of it while standing still.

So, Leon just picked any direction, since one was as good as any other. He'd still make sure she get to see everything, though. Especially the Vatican. So, with Claire in tow, he led her off to give her the grand tour.

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