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Meat n' Greet

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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Kimberly took in all Billy said about the bathhouse, the command center and how he used his coin to charge the central power. But she couldn't help but sigh heavily once she was inside the familiar space. It was like that feeling you get once you're home after a long trip. "Billy, I don't think I can do this" she finally let out crossing her arms across her chest, almost holding herself.

"I mean, sure, you've been here and done stuff but.." It just means that he's so much older then she remembered. "Me? What if I'm not strong enough? These Ohm guys? no Zordon?" she flailed her hand to the empty time-wrap-thing. "No Alpha, and not all of us are here?" Kimberly knew negative thinking wasn't the way to go about it.

Although the feeling of being alone has left since Billy showed up. She still felt unsure, a little scared, confused and off center. Did she need a job? Did she need to get a house?

One day she was a sixteen year old girl who loved shopping and just-so-happened to be a power ranger. Now? She on ship with Billy and few thousand other survivors of an attack that she didn't remember, oh and everyone was either a different world or a different time.

"Kimberly," Billy breathed, coming closer and wrapping an arm around her. It was hard, he knew that. It had been so very difficult to wake up here alone, settle in his new job, and seemingly start life over again. And that had been without a familiar face.

Knowing someone didn't make it that much easier though. He stood quietly with her, hugging his best friend for all she was worth.

"You are strong enough, Kimberly. I know you are. Who was it that patiently trained me to keep my balance, showed me how to act appropriately, and saved us from the Terror Toad, huh?"

He brought her close, gently rubbing her shoulder. "You've been strong enough all along---I've wanted to see you again so badly because I knew you'd be a great asset to us and a wonderful friend. It's painful, and I miss Jase, Tommy, Trini, and Zack as much as you do. I worry about everyone I've met here too, but we can win, Kimberly. Let's walk one step at a time."

Billy was right together, along with the new rangers and everyone on the ship, they would make it out all right. Maybe if she didn't think about too much she'd be able to cope and manage better. But right now with Billy in the Command Center with his arm around she felt comforted. "Thanks Billy" she managed to say.

"I did take on that disgusting toad, didn't I?" she smiled and leaned into Billy. He really was a good friend, at least she had him in case things got to complicated.

"You did," Billy confirmed, hugging her tightly. Kim was the best, and she needed to know that she was going to be just fine. "We needed you here."

As for settling in? He'd outline the steps, not make it sound so overwhelming. "All you need to do is relax and get to know the ship, Kim. We have training with the other Rangers sometimes, and you're definitely invited there, but the food and board are free. You can trade small favors to have clothes made for you, and all the facilities are yours to use at any time."

He thought on the next item for a moment. "Finding a home is easy. You can have a room in the crew quarters, either by yourself or with a roommate. My friend Kaya runs a hotel for teen superheroes that you'll be welcome at, and I live with my girlfriend in a neighborhood down here. There are a few empty cottages next to ours that you can have."

Uh...yeah, he had a girlfriend. First time mentioning that.

Kimberly nodded along as Billy explained all the options that were available to her. Taking in every word and making a mantle note of it.

"Whoa!" Kimberly caught that last part loud and clear. She looked up to Billy and leaned away in shock. "Okay stop, rewind and repeat." There was a little smile growing on her face. "A girlfriend?!" There was excitement in her voice as she playfully slapped Billy in the arm.

Billy had just about expected that. He smiled a little nervously, hoping the...specific circumstances of the arrangement wouldn't bother Kimberly. But she was an adaptable person, he knew that. She could be trusted not to freak out, and that was what he liked about her.

"...yeah. We've been together for the past while, and it's really been special to me. Her name's Ronnae, and we work together in Engineering," Billy introduced, opening a little wallet he carried on his belt. Yes, he'd started carrying pictures.

The one he carried in his wallet featured a girl of about Kim's height held in Billy's arms. Except for her emerald green skin, little protruding fangs, and elf-tipped ears, she could've been human. She sported long red pigtails and a charming smile, one that matched the loving boyfriend's fro just behind her.

Kimberly was almost jumping with joy as Billy out a picture of him and the girl that has stolen his heart. At first sight she had catch herself. The girl wasn't human but for some reason that didn't surprise Kim. "Oh my gosh. So cute." She said looking back up to him. And it was the truth. They really seemed to be into each other.

"Billy, I'm so happy for you" She said again stretching her arms around him in a tight hug. He had been shy around girls back home and now he's dating one, a green one at that! "She's a total cutie. When can I meet her?"

Billy gave back a delighted hug, so relieved that Kim seemed to like her so far. "I'll call you over if you don't end up meeting her on your own soon," he smiled. "She's a little shy, and she tends to worry that she'll be judged. But it would definitely boost her confidence to know that you approved," he smiled.

It was hard to restrain himself from gushing about her. "She's really sweet, a great cook, a dancer, and we're officially married on at least one planet," Billy admitted. "The things we're required to do for missions around her can be...odd."

Why wouldn't Kimberly approve of her? Ronnae made Billy happy and that's all that counts. If it was an appearance thing, she never judged a person on looks. Well, at least not anymore. Meeting Zordon had changed so many things in her.

"I'm sure she's great." she sounded great. For the first time Kimberly saw how much Billy had grown into his own here. He was forced to. It wasn't a bad thing and he did look happy.

"I really do have to meet her. Oh, we can be shopping buddies." There were shops here, right? "We can do each other's hair and share stories. This is going to be so much fun." Fun at Billy's expense.

Billy gasped in mock-surprise, all the possibilities running through his head. "I've already had a head start on telling her embarrassing stories from my youth," he said lightly. "She'll definitely like the 'girl time', and..."

Uh oh. He realized then that it wasn't Kimberly talking that he had to worry about. It was Ronnae, and all the details she'd learned about Billy in their relationship, that was more likely to be the source of information.

"I should be worried, shouldn't I?"

Kimberly laughed. Billy was adorable, he always had been if it wasn't his irrational fear of fish it was the fear of girls. Not that either of those were problems now. "I don't think so, Billy" She was lying but that was obvious. Even though she would love to hear the goofy things that he did here.

"Besides you know I wouldn't ask about any embarrassing stuff, like how good of a kisser you are or any of that other girl talk." She smiles again even more innocently then before. As she turns to look around she faces the viewing globe. And like a ton of bricks she thinks back to Tommy.

"Billy, I've got a question for you."

As usual, Billy looked somewhat flustered by that. "Why would you want to know? It's definitely considered excessive information where I come from," he shot back, unable to imagine asking a similar question of Tommy. There were just some things about your best friends that were better left unknown.

He sobered when Kimberly addressed him again, though. It felt important. "Sure, Kim, what is it?"

"If Tommy were to show up.." Her voice trailed. Kimberly didn't want to get her hopes up of him waking up here but if did. "His powers are limited, right? You think that, maybe, there is a way to recharge him?" The powers of the Green Ranger were weakening with each battle. But there could be a way if he were to awake here to re-energize him, right?

Tommy...the Green Ranger?

That was when realization hit. This Kimberly wasn't the Kim he'd been with as the world ended. She was from another parallel timeline, from before White Rangers and peace conferences and ninjas from Stone Canyon. He smiled faintly, lifting his own power coin in his hand.

"This might be a good time to tell you that Stacy doesn't always rescue everyone from a world at the same point in the timeline. She goes wherever she has to in time to find enough people to save, and if that's as far as you know, we're from different timelines," Billy explained.

"For me, Tommy's already lost his Green Ranger powers. I don't know how much I'm allowed to tell you about what would have happened in your future, but this much should be safe. Zordon gave him a new power a few weeks later, the same power that was the basis for the new Rangers'. All their morphers are modeled on his new one. So if he was to awaken, he could take the new morpher."

Kimberly held on to the control both for support. Of course this Billy was from further into time then she was. It be all too simple to just be from the same point in time. "Well, um, then I guess there's no need to worry, huh?" Tommy becomes a new ranger? His powers are totally lost? Wow too much in one day really could do a number on a girl.

Billy nodded quietly. "Yeah, he'll be fine. He might even come from earlier in time, where his Green powers are still strong. I think Stacy would want him as the best Ranger he could be."

He'd also heard a thing or two about Tommy's future from Dustin, something about being a paleontologist, but he didn't want to dump too much shocking information on Kim.

"What you're talking about happened...I think it was about three months before the Ohm's attack in my timeline. You haven't missed much, other than meeting a few new friends. If anything, being here for a year's changed me more than those few months did---but I'm still me, Kimberly. At least I think I am. I hope I haven't changed too much."

'A few new friends' was an understatement, really, but introducing Rocky, Adam, and Aisha could wait until one of them actually arrived. That train of thought led right back to a worry he'd had all this time, that he was changing too much and that his old friends would no longer recognize him.

"Billy, you're still you. Even if you have changed a bit you're still my friend. My best friend in fact." Kimberly wouldn't allow these little changes in Billy get in the way of their friendship. Besides she could that these changes were positive.

A few new friends? Kimberly didn't see why that would be important to mention but she guessed it was good to know.

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