Newbie Meet n' Greet

[cityship]

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.

Comments

[governmentninja]

"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.

[letmelive]

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.

[governmentninja]

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."

[letmelive]

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?"

[governmentninja]

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."

[letmelive]

"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.

[governmentninja]

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."

[letmelive]

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."

[governmentninja]

"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."

[letmelive]

"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.

[governmentninja]

"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."

[letmelive]

"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."

[governmentninja]

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.