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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[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

"I don't have to kill you with it, just make sure you don't hurt anyone else," Kaya said casually. "Besides, you'll be in trouble soon enough. You were the dumb one that threatened someone who became a councilor. Good luck with that."

She turned apologetically to Katara. "There's a lot I need to explain, its part of the reason why I wanted to have you stay with me tonight. I know you'll run into the guys and they'll tell you some of it, but they've all been podded at least once: I haven't. You ought to know. It's why I think the guys have kept their distance, but I don't blame them. It's complicated."

[wet-and-riled.livejournal.com]

"The more things I experience, the more I realize that life is never not complicated," Katara sighs. "I'm more than willing to stay with you tonight, Kaya. It will give me a chance to get to know you, which I would like," Katara nods.

"As for you, Azula." She raised an eyebrow. "You may have had clout at home, being that you were from the royal family, and in line to become Fire Lord - through machinations of your own, I'm sure. You have no such clout here, and personally, I will not stand for your special brand of insanity. I'm not threatening you, but I am being very honest with you. I'm sure it's a new concept for you, but you'll catch on to it, I'm sure."

[burnedbrighter.livejournal.com]

Azula's expression became inscrutable, and then a bit of confusion. Finally acceptance.

"It's becoming tiresome to hear the same words from different people again and again." She explained her eyes shifting again to that far away look. "I can't so much as question a Councilor with an open door policy about his policies without being accused of having ulterior motives. I can't spend a day without someone calling me insane, or wicked or evil. While I agree entirely it's still not pleasant to hear."

Her eyes focused again on Kaya, "You'll cast me away at the first sign of trouble in hopes that perhaps finally they'll accept you again as who you are not who you want to be. But betrayal is nothing new to me."

And back to Katara, "And you...the last person to raise a hand against me while I wasn't in chains back home. You'd do well to remember that while I have no sway with anyone really." Her voice was very soft "I have nothing to lose either."

"Because what good is freedom when everywhere I go I find more walls?" She turned her back on the girls apparently not wanting to stick around for another rebuttal or further accusations of her mental state or motives.

If they listened they would hear her speaking out loud, though it sounded as if her thoughts were escaping her lips without her consent. "It doesn't matter, nothing you say matters anymore, not to them, not to anyone. Accept what you are and stop fighting."

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Kaya shot her a look. "She has her moments of acting like a person, then, she goes right back to being herself. Just so you know, YES, I have tried being friendly with her, I believe like Aang that its possible she can be reasoned with. Of course, her saying those things is abut the worse way to go about things. But she is right in a way: she has to live here, with us, and needs help. The question at this point is if we're able to do anything for her."

She shook her head. "And the truth is, we're not all on board with what should happen with her, not really. That's something I'm going to have to talk more about with you. It would be nice if it was just a fact of she's evil and needs to be stopped. Because there's a lot more, thanks to Stacy, at stake here."

[wet-and-riled.livejournal.com]

"What do you mean by what should happen to her?" Katara asked, her eyes fixed on Azula's retreating figure. Katara felt a little shaken, if she was being honest for herself. She had worried that Azula was going to try to flambe her alive or something. She looked at Kaya. "Yes. It does seem as though we are going to have much to discuss."

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

"I mean that we all didn't think Azula should be allowed to walk freely like she is now. True, Aang, Sokka and I all thought she should be evaluated a bit further, just so she wouldn't hurt anyone: I think even Zuko thinks that. But Mai thinks we shouldn't even give Azula that chance: that we ought to take care of her before she ever becomes a threat to us at all. Obviously there are a lot of things wrong with that, specifically if Mai were able to do it, she'd likely be imprisoned for a long time. And that's not something we think should ever happen to Zuko."

She nodded. "There's some other things I have to tell you, but it doesn't fee right to do it all right now: so if you can meet with me later, I'll talk more in detail then. It;s confusing, but it'll help you understand what Azula was talking about."