Newbie Meet n' Greet

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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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[lilyofthedrills.livejournal.com]

Yuri's decided to imitate the adults and go to greet the new arrivals. They must be just as scared as I was... She thinks, full of goodwill as she walks through the crowd, looking for the particularly forlorn looking ones.

And as she turns, she's confronted with a wide, toothy grin. Predator's eyes. Breath like a butcher's shop. A face long and shaped to swallow chunks of ready killed meat.

The girl screams and stumbles backwards into one of the bony tables. Borg's eyes turn to Xes and he spreads his wing over her, responding to the spike in adrenaline.

[raptorwithagun.livejournal.com]

Oh ho. This one was scared. He could practically smell the terror rolling off of her. Goooood. This mean he could boss her around her. He straightens up, rifle clanking quietly as he steps forward.

"Who are you? What do you want?"

[lilyofthedrills.livejournal.com]

Oh my god it talks! And it doesn't sound happy!

"N-n-n-n-n-nothing! I promise! I didn't mean to startle you! Please d-d-d-don't eat me!" Her fear is obvious and she's having to restrain borg from spearing it with his drills. It's not like the aliens back home, it's sentient. That was a word she'd learned in first year Xeno-studies...Sentient. Having consciousness.

[raptorwithagun.livejournal.com]

Ha! It is terrified! all the better. And it thinks he might it. Ooh, such an opportunity.

"Well, I won't eat you. If you do what I tell you to when I tell you! Understand, human? Hmmmm?"

Yeah, Red Snout is a jerk.

[lilyofthedrills.livejournal.com]

"S-s-s-sure whatever you want! What do you want me to do?"

A rasping voice sounds from the top of her head. "Yuri, you shouldn't let it boss you around. I can take care of it if you let me."

"No, Borg! He just said he wouldn't eat me!"

[raptorwithagun.livejournal.com]

"Nothing, yet! Just make sure you watch yourself around me. I love devouring human children!" Great Scravis it's hard to do this with a straight face. But he manages to look suitably menacing.

"Just make sure that when I do tell you to do something, you do it! Understand?" You had to repeat things with humans. They weren't always the brightest of creatures an--What was that?

"Who said that? What's going on?"

[lilyofthedrills.livejournal.com]

"I u-understand! Whatever you say!" Oh god, what has she gotten herself into?

"I'm Yuri's Borg, buddy. I can't tell her 'no' if she decides to do what you say but if you try to hurt her..." One of the little drill tentacles that are his limbs spins with a whir. You could practically smell the aggresion hormones. This was two predatory animals meeting and deciding on terms.

[raptorwithagun.livejournal.com]

"Good human." Oooh. He was off to a good start now! Hehehe. He turns his head to watch the drill spin, considering it.

"I will not harm her as long as she is obedient. I believe I would come out the victor in any fight, so you should be careful...borg...thing." Yeah. That'll learn him.

[captain-jtk.livejournal.com]

Oh, look, here comes Captain Kirk, a slight frown on his face, "I'm Captain James T. Kirk, acting first officer. Welcome aboard, both of you."

He eyes the (apparently) terrified Yuri and then Red Snout, "What's going on here?"

[lilyofthedrills.livejournal.com]

First Officer? Now i'm in trouble...I bet he's mad. "N-nothing. I w-was just greeting the new arrivals." Yuri tries her best to hide her nervousness.

[raptorwithagun.livejournal.com]

Red Snout hisses. It's one of the old one's bodyguards. He bobs his head in a deferential manner.

"Nothing. I was merely conversing with the human girl. Is that not correct?" He shoots a glance at Yuri.

[captain-jtk.livejournal.com]

Kirk offers Yuri a reassuring a smile, then glances at Red Snout, "You know, we're a crew here. All of us. We're going to have to work together, as a team, if we all want to get home. The key word there is work - we're all crew and we're all in the same boat."

[lilyofthedrills.livejournal.com]

Oh no, now he's lecturing me! He's probably mad at me right now...I'm so in trouble...

"Y-yes te-I mean captain, i'm sorry."

[raptorwithagun.livejournal.com]

Silly humans with their silly ideas of 'equality' and 'sameness' and 'not fighting.' Red Snout knew one day they would be weak and then he would rule the crew with a steady claw.

"Of course, Kirk-human." For now, play it safe. Act like you defer.

[captain-jtk.livejournal.com]

Kirk clicks his tongue and knelt next to Yuri, trying to reassure the poor girl. She seemed to be terrified (and she was apologizing to him). That wasn't exactly what he'd been looking for. Then again, children weren't his strong suit, "No, it's perfectly alright. You've nothing to apologize for. Now, if anyone tries to bother you or make you do something, you let me, Captain Picard, or Master Chief know, alright? No one here is going to hurt you and we're going to do our best to make sure you're comfortable."

He gives her shoulder a friendly pat and then stands, tossing a pointed look at Red Snout, "You really shouldn't boss around your crewmates. What's your... name?"

[lilyofthedrills.livejournal.com]

Yuri mentally added Mr. Kirk to her formerly very short list of nice adults. "Y-yes sir, I will." It took her a moment to understand this. The idea of an authority figure who was there to help and protect her was still a little new.

[raptorwithagun.livejournal.com]

Red Snout harumphs and paces side to side, eying Kirk with a singularly unpleasant gleam in his eye.

"I am Red Snout, warrior of the Swiftclaw Tribe. And I merely do as is expected of me." He snorts, cocking his head to one side.

"You have a problem, Kirk-human?"

[captain-jtk.livejournal.com]

Kirk places his hands on his hips, surreptitiously closer to his phaser. He knew Stacy would interfere if the raptor attacked him, but he didn't feel like having his belly cut open if Stacy wasn't quite fast enough.

"I do. I won't have you bullying other crew members - especially not children. You understand me, mister? I don't care where you're from - you're going to treat everyone here with respect."

[lilyofthedrills.livejournal.com]

Yuri looks nervously between Kirk and Red Snout. Human or not, boys are still boys! She thought. Grateful for Kirk's protection as she was, she didn't want them fighting.

She tried a trick she'd seen Kumi using, and subvocalized to her borg. "Can you keep them apart, Borg?" She didn't hear a reply but Borg seemed to wriggle in assent.