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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[jesus_is_gundam]

Setsuna was the kind of guy who went through hundreds of internal processes. Once the surprise wore off, his mind tried to wrap around what he just saw. His expression shifted back to his usual stoic face while he evaluated the situation.

Eventually, he came to a conclusion, making a thoughtful noise as he did. Whatever one he came to caused his face to shift into another expression he never normally wears.

...was he... smiling? He just might be. If you look closely.

"Christina Sierra..." It was all in the inflection, but that was about as close to Hey, welcome back, I've missed you and I'm glad you're not dead anymore alive, again, as he was ever going to say out loud.

[opsys-stylist.livejournal.com]

ignore that like half my last tag is missing :/

She froze, at first, her mind still trying to understand what she was seeing. What to say, what to say. What do you say in this situation? Any awkward situation was draining, but now she was starting to feel close to collapsing.

The hand on her shoulder was comforting, though, and she brought one hand up to meet it, and the tone of Setsuna's voice was sobering.

"I'm — glad you're all okay." Well, if they all looked older, they must have survived. Maybe that last situation hadn't been as bad as it seemed, then.

[pinkbridgebunny.livejournal.com]

She was older, and she had a different hairstyle than what Chris had last seen on her. She gave her friend a smile before looking around. She hadn't been able to spot any of the other Celestial Being members. She was sure that they were in the pods, but she had no clue when they would be waking up.

"We're doing the best we can," she said. It was the truth. They were surviving in this place and they were doing the best they could to continue Celestial Being's goals.

[praises]

Allelujah wasn't stupid enough to think that Chris didn't know, with the way she was continuing to look so stricken and shaken up, despite the difference in what they all remembered last before arriving on the ship. Even the feel of her hand was a little surreal, but he was glad for it all the same.

"It's like Feldt said," Allelujah agreed. He was uncomfortable with mentioning too much among so many people, but he figured their presence wasn't much of a secret as it was.

"Celestial Being is still here."

They still had a home.

[a_mere_human]

"And we have a lot of work to do," Setsuna followed up. Leave it to him to barrel past any emotional stuff and get to business as soon as possible.

"Read this," he told her, handing her his omnicomm. "It should answer most of your questions.

"We'll show you where the Gundams are momentarily." So, yeah, seven five years older, ten times sexier, far more bossier, but still every bit the Setsuna F. Seiei she remembered. 'The more things change...' as they say.

[opsys-stylist.livejournal.com]

She almost smiled, "Most of it." Despite their best efforts, with those final moments replaying over and over in her head against her will, Lichty's tragically hopeful last words, the glass still seemed half empty. Even if logically, this meant that more than half of the team had survived. That meant something, right?

—Oh. Trust Setsuna to be insensitive indeed. She blinked in surprise, eyes wide, but took what he passed her automatically. "Right now?" She wasn't normally one to avoid work, but it had barely been five minutes, she thought with suppressed — was that irritation? That may well have been a step forward.

[pinkbridgebunny.livejournal.com]

"You don't have to read it now. I can take you to the hangar sometime soon and show you the successors to some of the Gundams," she said. Sadly the 00 Raiser was in no condition to fight, but Seravee and Kyrios were ready to go and she could give her some information on them.

Either that or she could just leave her best friend alone and let her adjust to what was going on.

[praises]

"I agree with Feldt," Allelujah interjected, gently. Concern still gripped his features, remained in his slight frown, but he knew better than to try and justify it to Setsuna. Instead, Allelujah cast a glance around them, eyes briefly searching the faces within immediate distance for any trace of familiarity.

"For the time being, it may be better to keep looking for anyone else we know."

Though it was an honest suggestion, it would give Chris a little more time too.

[a_mere_human]

Setsuna was somewhat slow with people, but not completely oblivious. "Read it as soon as you can," he conceded, not bothering to push things at this juncture.

"I'll start looking for anyone else."

[opsys-stylist.livejournal.com]

"I will, I will, but right now, I'm not on duty. For now, I just need to sit down." She said firmly, but finishing with a self-deprecating laugh.

"Feldt, you and me can go to the hangar later, okay? Promise." She sighed. "...I'll read it, but I'd prefer hearing some stuff in person." She'd never liked reports with subjects regarding life. She was used to reports, but when the subject was her friends, just reading felt too impersonal.

"But, later! After we've found anyone else who's turned up, yeah?"