Meat n' Greet

[cityship]

The rest of the crew assembled on the Observation Deck to meet the latest editions to their numbers. After the revelation that their worlds are gone, many of them are even more eager to see people they knew from home.

Several people are set up near the doors to provide the new people with omnicoms and comm rings. New crew-mates might see a tall man in green armor and snake girl among their number. There are also several authoritative-looking figures ready to introduce themselves.

There's a lot to tell the new people. It's going to be a lot to take in.

[ooc: Only new characters and Command Staff can start new threads for introductions, to limit the number of threads. Everyone else, just tag in and have your guys greet the newbies.]

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[colorfulworld]

"I'm not sure. I don't really know a lot about the technology." She shrugged sheepishly. "Some kind of negative reaction, though. Oh-- And, Iniss 335 was the one inside of Tom. Tom's free now. Schmuz 44356 is..." She paused. "I don't know, actually. He isn't anyone I knew from home. His number is higher than anyone's should be, too... He was inside another crew member for a while."

[caringcassie.livejournal.com]

The mention of the Yeerk that had controlled Tom caused Cassie to wince. She was sympathetic to the Yeerk cause, but that didn't erase all the things she remembered him doing and all the pain that particular Yeerk had caused. But, perhaps, he was different now. After all, he'd left Tom while aboard the ship and he hadn't in her reality, even when he could have morphed into another body instead of continuing to enslave Tom.

And Tom was free. For that, she was very glad. He hadn't deserved his fate.

Cassie thought of Jake again, wondering where he was. She wanted to make sure he knew that Tom was both alive and free. That Rachel was alive too. Perhaps, that knowledge might help him some. It was a hope worth holding on to at least.

"So, how long have you been here? Where is Karen? You mentioned that she was aboard and awake."

[colorfulworld]

"A long time. It's hard to keep track of the time here, but a few months, at least. Maybe a year? For most of the time Karen and I were being tested by this A.I. called GLaDOS..." Ugh. Just that memory was irritating enough.

"Karen is in our room. I thought it'd be safer there... Last time there was a podpop, a naked, skinless man with his brain exposed burst in and declared himself the ruler of the ship. He turned out not to be much of a threat, but better safe than sorry."

[caringcassie.livejournal.com]

"You have been here a while. Does... it ever get any easier to deal with?" Cassie asked, concerned. "And what is this GLaDOS? I've never heard the name before?"

"Really? If that's the kind of thing that happens at these times then she'd definitely be best staying somewhere safe." Cassie hesitated another moment. "Who was this guy and why would he do a thing like that?"

[colorfulworld]

"It's one of the artificial intelligences run by this ship's computer systems. It runs tests on us to make sure we're healthy, I guess, but they're generally tedious and time-consuming."

"I... don't know why he'd do that," she replied. "According to someone else from his universe, his name was Lord Zedd and he was a... well, villain, I guess." For lack of a better word. "There are all sorts of people on this ship."

[caringcassie.livejournal.com]

"I see," Cassie said slowly, filing the information away in her mind for later. She hoped that she'd be able to remember all that she was learning today.

"A villain?" Cassie was no longer sure that there truly were such beings. She still believed that evil existed, but the lines that she used to believe in between good and evil had faded long ago. They had been crossed too often with those she viewed as "good" doing bad things and those she'd considered "bad" doing good or at least doing only what they felt they had to do to live. But she trusted Aftran's judgement and knowledge. At the very least, he must have been choosing to do bad things to earn such a reputation. It was something to keep in mind for now. "Yeah, there definitely seem to be all sorts around here."