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.

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[hatngartersnake.livejournal.com]

Yes, I have a problem with that, Jeka struggled to not say. Because Mother would be appalled to see a princess of Orando behave as you do.

And she cared for Projectra's behavior even less now that she knew they were supposed to be counterparts.

"Merely surprised, dear," she said coolly. "In my universe, I am the princess of Orando."

And thank grife I never wanted the position of queen if that ambition turned me into you.

[projectra.livejournal.com]

"I see," Projectra replied snidely, without letting the words or their meaning process. "That must be so ni - you're what?!" For a few seconds - too long for Jeckie's personal liking - she lost her composure and she looked the other princess up and down. She was horrified and a little repulsed. "What possibly happened in your universe to turn you into that?" she asked. "You truly didn't believe that insipid human fairy story about the princess and a frog and try to kiss a snake, did you? Not that it matters anyway. Clearly, I am here to replace you, just as one of these Brainiac 5's is here to replace the other one. Surely the two of you must not be meeting your purpose, ergo the reason for what is clearly an upgrade." That's right, Jeckie, go to the insults when you don't want to deal with what's really going on here.

[cabbage-butt.livejournal.com]

"Neither of us is here to replace the other," Brainy cuts in sharply. "Admittedly, it's a highly unusual situation, learning to coexist with one's dimensional counterpart, and it has been...difficult, but we've found many commonalities between us."

A slight tilt of the head, but he's still looking at his omnicom, clearly bored with the conflict. "Rather than one of us replacing the other, we simply compliment the strengths of the other." They have no weaknesses. They're Brainiacs. "It simply requires time and the recognition that both parties have something vital to offer to our situation, and are not horribly different from one another. The end result is a cooperative effort. I would sincerely suggest attempting it rather than empty insults directed at individuals you've only just met."

He snaps his omnicom shut--yes he was scanning her and pretending not to, but he wanted to see what her species of Orandan was like, and if her ring was genuine (it is. He'd sort of been hoping it wasn't).

"That being said, welcome to the ship's approximation of the Legion. Clearly, the ship disregarded the fact that among several versions of the Legion, there are ample numbers of members, and decided to be redundant."

[projectra.livejournal.com]

"Obsessive no matter what universe you're from," Projectra said off-handedly while looking at Brainy. She looked at the other one who seemed decidedly more pleasant...if younger. "Perhaps our different experiences have shaped us into different people. In some quite obvious ways," she mused out loud, indicating herself and Sensor as well as both incarnations of Brainiac 5. "Different experiences, different points of view, and different talents, despite being technically the same." She turned her attention back to Sensor. "I assume that you, too, can project illusions." It's not that she's stepping into line with Brainy there. Brainy merely displeases her enough for her to not want to deal with at this time. She'll take up her issues with Sensor at a better time.

[hatngartersnake.livejournal.com]

Jeka bristled at Projectra's strike at her appearance. How dare that arrogant little nasshead say anything about the way Jeka looked when her own personality was so hideous?! However, Brainy's timely intervention gave her the opportunity to reign in her tongue. He had a point; if the ship had released two of them, they ought to make an effort to work together rather than fight in opposition.

Although she deeply doubted that she would find much personality in common with this 'Princess Projectra'.

"I am a mentalist, yes," Jeka answered coolly. "I also possess super-strength."

[projectra.livejournal.com]

"A power I do not possess," Projectra replied, her voice equally cool. Not that she wants super strength. Physical fighting is so...gruesome and banal. "Perhaps the ship wishes us to use our abilities in tandem, to an extent." The thought...does not please her much. But then, as she's seeing, there are more people on this ship than make up the core of her Legion. Perhaps two illusion casters are necessary.

[hatngartersnake.livejournal.com]

Admittedly, Jeka hadn't possessed it herself prior to her transformation by Ra's al Ghul's hypertaxis energy, but she wasn't about to explain that. On the other hand, it had come in very handy when she had needed to project the illusion that she was fighting a telepathically mind-controlled MO'nel.

"The ship or those who designed her release protocols," Jeka said. "We were released from the Pod Caverns at the same time, after all."

If that had been the plan, it was entirely unnecessary. Jeka didn't need assistance using her powers, especially not from someone like this.

[projectra.livejournal.com]

Well well well. Now who was being haughty?

Projectra mused over this for a moment. "That...is interesting," she finally said. "Odd, but interesting." She pursed her lips. "Well, then. This certainly proves to be...an interesting experience." She eyed Sensor before looking back at the rest of the group around them. One wrong slither, Projectra promised herself, and she was going to tear into that serpent's id, pull out her darkest fear, and force it in her face.

[hatngartersnake.livejournal.com]

It was hardly haughtiness when it was true.

"Mm," Jeka said. She could think of other, far more accurate words for the situation, but they weren't suitable for polite company. And while Projectra hardly counted as polite company, there were others around them who did. And the less time Jeka had to spend in such poor company, the better.

[projectra.livejournal.com]

Darling, the only truth here was that Projectra was far superior to Sensor. Sensor's reptilian brain merely wasn't smart enough to perceive that yet.

With that one syllable, though, understanding flooded the humanoid princess' eyes. No matter what happened on this ship, it was far from likely that the two women would ever be anything resembling friends.