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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Katara dove into the water, still dressed in the plantsuit. She wasn't sure how to take it off, and she wasn't sure if she wanted to try. The thing felt alive.

She twirled around under the water for a moment, enjoying how real it felt. When Katara came up for air, she paused to appreciate Aang's body. Conscious of herself, she splashed Aang with a small, friendly wave and giggled.

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Aang splashed her right back, using Waterbending to put a little force behind it.

One thing he'd missed with Katara not being around?

Playing.

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Katara laughed and sent dual waves towards Aang, one on either side of him. This felt wonderful, playing, laughing, letting all of her worries go. She dove under the water before the waves hit Aang.

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"Hey no faigrble," Aang laughed soggily.

Where'd she go? Aang dove under the water after here, long arms making him swim rather quickly through the water.

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Katara twirled around in the water, enjoying the feel of it. She saw Aang swimming towards her and grinned. She swam towards him. Behind her was a little whirlwind of water, helping out her speed.

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They met under the water, and Aang smiled at her, taking her by the hand and twirling her.

Yes, they were dancing, because why not?

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Katara grinned and twirled under Aang's direction. She came back around and put her hand on his shoulder, because she wasn't really sure what else to do at that moment. She'd never danced underwater before. She was starting to realize that there was a lot of untapped potential there.

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Tons of untapped potential. It was two of his favorite things to do with Katara--practice Waterbending and dance.

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There was also the kissing, Katara would insist. The very surprising, but very, very nice kissing.

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Okay, so it was two of three of his favorite things to do with Katara. This was new and fun and definitely up there, though.

Of course, the only downside was the need to breathe.

Aang eventually let go to start swimming upward to catch his breath.

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Katara followed Aang up. She took in a deep lungful of air as soon as she broke to the surface. She then turned and smiled at Aang. "That was...also new," she laughed. "How long can the Sensorium hold an image like this?"

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"As long as you want it to and you're still in the room," Aang said breathlessly, treading water.

"There's a lot of neat stuff here! It doesn't make up for--for why we're here, but we're going to fix everything anyway, so it's a nice distraction in the meantime."

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Katara nodded. "I believe that we will," she agreed. "I mean. It's a bigger fight, from what it sounds like, but...we can't lose, right? Not with all of these people here." Never mind that they had certified insane cases like Azula with them. At least she made up with firepower, both literal and figurative.

As long as she didn't try to become the Ohm Lord or something.

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"The universe wants to be balanced," Aang said. "It just needs a little help. We'll fix it."

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"We will." She swam over and wrapped her arms around Aang's bare shoulders. She looked down at his chest before looking back up at him. "I don't doubt it."

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With her holding on to him, he swam around a little bit, lazily, just enjoying the way her skin felt against his back, and how her strong arms felt against his shoulders.

Eventually he brought them back to shore, where they could climb out and sit at the end, dipping their feet in the shallows of the lake.

He couldn't seem to stop smiling at her.

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Katara smiled back at him. She slipped her hand into his and rested her head on his shoulder. "This is nice," she softly sighed. "Just...really nice."

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"It's going to be just like before, with the fighting and the running and being chased," he said, leaning his head against hers.

"With everything that's going on, with everything that's going to happen as this goes on, we're going to have to make the most of the time we have."

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"I know," Katara replied. "I expected as much. I mean, on a bigger scale. Before, it was only a few of us. Now it's...an entire army, it feels like." She brought Aang's hand up and gently kissed his knuckles. "I can do that. Make the most of this."

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"Good." He pressed another soft kiss to her lips. "So can I."

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"Well...good," Katara said. She leaned over and kissed him back, a little less softly, though no less tenderly. This, she decided, was one of the better discoveries aboard the ship.

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After they finally broke apart, he breathed out against her lips. "Really good."