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[sonofthewarrior.livejournal.com]

Before Nanaki finally visited Hydroponics, he wanted to check out the rest of the ship - mainly to make sure if he could find any other places that sounded as nice. The city hadn't been too bad; if anything, the park was peaceful enough. But just as he expected, nothing came close to the earthy, planety feeling that he sensed immediately upon entering Hydroponics. To him, everywhere else on Stacy, while tolerable, still felt like he was living inside the belly of an animal (which wasn't too far from his actual situation), which irritated and dried out his nose. He had to get used to this, he figured, but for now he wanted to sit and think, resting somewhere comfortably.

Before he did that, he took it upon himself to take a look around, moving, sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly, through the vast area. He spotted some of the wildlife, took note of the different sorts of trees and plants that lived there - some of them he'd never seen before, so every once in a while he would pause, taking a closer look at something.

He finally took refuge underneath a tree, stretching out and lying against the base. Silently, Nanaki watched the others passing through, wondering how those he'd met so far were faring on their new "home."

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[twilit-midna.livejournal.com]

"My, what a big kitty." Midna, of course, was hovering well up out of reach, even as she watched Nanaki lie down. Sense of self-preservation and all.

"You must be one of the newcomers."

[sonofthewarrior.livejournal.com]

With a perk of his ears, one, amber eye glanced up when he heard the voice. He stared at her for a few moments, sizing her up - she was unlike anyone Nanaki'd ever met before, that was for sure.

"Hello," he responded, not moving or getting up quite yet. "You're right, I've only just woken up."

[twilit-midna.livejournal.com]

"And you're already going to sleep? How do you expect to win a war like that?"

How curious that he had only one eye. Maybe he lost the other one in a fight.

[sonofthewarrior.livejournal.com]

"There doesn't seem to be any fighting going on at the moment." He twisted his neck somewhat as he shook his head, the omnicomm fastened around it shaking as he did so. "From what it seems, those who use these devices, as well as this ship itself will inform us if something approaches that endangers us."

[twilit-midna.livejournal.com]

"Boy, you sure take everything literally." She yawned widely; man, he was making her sleepy.

"Oh, well, whatever. So, how come you can talk?"

[ternaui.livejournal.com]

The Chancellor came through, having returned something he'd borrowed from hydroponics.

"Good afternoon," he says to the individual relaxing.

[sonofthewarrior.livejournal.com]

After the abundance of humans both in the chambers and on the Obs Deck, Nanaki was surprised to see so many others on the ship. He raised his head, tail flicking as he gave the Chancellor a small nod in return.

"Good afternoon. Have you been here long? I didn't see you with the others when I woke up."

[ternaui.livejournal.com]

"I was awakened on the last occasion, a few months ago."

[sonofthewarrior.livejournal.com]

"A few months?"

His head tilted a little, taking that in and thinking about it. While he didn't look outright angry at that, he definitely wasn't pleased. "Is that how often people get woken up?"

[ternaui.livejournal.com]

"I have not been keeping a proper tally the entire time, and I was briefly kidnapped by a cake-obsessed madwoman, but I believe around two months."

[alastirra.livejournal.com]

As Nanaki passed, Alastirra waved from where, as was her wont, she worked on her garden.

"Hello!" she called. "Come to enjoy Hydroponics?"

After their discussion it seemed a sensible question.

[sonofthewarrior.livejournal.com]

"Alastirra," Nanaki greeted her back with a small smile, turning to move toward her. "Yes. I've taken the time to explore other areas on board, too. But I think I like this area most of all."

[alastirra.livejournal.com]

"Considering how often I am here, I do too," she said with a chuckle. "Still, it is...I suppose, the most like home. At least before Azeroth was destroyed."

Or Draenor, or Argus.

"Are you settling in all right, then? I mean, I would hope so, but I know how much of a shock it is."

[sonofthewarrior.livejournal.com]

"It's been the only place so far that's actually felt like being on a planet. I like it."

He paused, wondering how to answer her question. He had stayed pretty calm after he moved to learn more about what was going on. He didn't like what he heard, but that there was hope to save his planet, he at least had something to focus on. "I'm doing fine, so far. I have not seen anybody that I know, but I wasn't expecting to, either."

[alastirra.livejournal.com]

"That seems to happen a lot. I had no one I really knew when I woke up either--though Nehaalista is at least another Draenei. There is that." Nevermind that at first Alastirra hadn't really known her except by sight.

"So, I do not want to be offensive, but...would petting you be a huge insult? I certainly do not mean it to be, but..."

Alastirra shrugged, even as her cheeks went blue in a blush.

[appletastic]

Applejack took to this land immediately, just as if she was home on the farm again. That wasn't quite true, of course, but it sure was nice to see a tree again. An honest to goodness tree. Several of them, even! The air didn't feel quite like Equestria, but it was sure as hay better than the stuffy old ship's other parts.

"This here's one fine tree you've got," Applejack admired when she found the crew member enjoying himself, sorely tempted to tap the trunk with a hoof. Maybe this one would even bear fruit someday.

[sonofthewarrior.livejournal.com]

Nanaki looked up to Applejack, and then further up to the tree he was resting under. "I like this entire area of the ship the most, so far. It's peaceful. ... and feels a lot more natural than the rest of the ship."

[appletastic]

"It's still not quite right, but it'll do," Applejack cheered, tucking her legs under her a short distance away. "Real dirt under my hooves, real trees. I could get used to this."

She jerked her head to the side to swing her mane over the other shoulder. "Only thing it needs is a night sky and some stars."

[sonofthewarrior.livejournal.com]

He nodded when she said that. "It would be nice. Even though I like this place, it's still strange to look up and see a ceiling instead of the sky. But, at the moment we seem to be traveling through space - there are places to see the stars."

[appletastic]

"All I see out there's a bunch of red, no lights." Applejack admitted, nuzzling against the tree. Apparently they were in someplace called the Bleed? Whatever it was, she hadn't quite grasped it. At least trees were still trees---that would do to make her happy.

"So what brings you out here? Farming, gardening, just taking the tour?"

/tags forever late

[shynotmeek.livejournal.com]

Kali flopped the grass, wings relaxing to either side of her. This felt even less like a ship, finding herself safe for a moment in the sunlight and she couldn't help a low thrum of pleasure as she settled into the grass not far away from Nanaki.

For a few minutes, that was the only sound she made, as she found a comfortable position. She looked very much like a happy child that had just found a patch of sunlight to bask in.

She had come to find Nanaki, not knowing as she did so that there would be sun and grass and living things to delight in. That this little patch of normalcy existed in the ship. She should have come here sooner. This felt more like home than anywhere save the room that smelled of her father had so far.

"Humans are very complicated." The soft complaint was uttered after she finally stilled, wings spread to absorb the light, hoping that it would help shake off the lingering fear from her encounter with Marco. She would not have done this, not with anyone else on the ship. But Nanaki was the closest thing she had to a friend on the ship, and he had invited her to seek him out.

:D!!!

[sonofthewarrior.livejournal.com]

Nanaki moved over toward her, glad that she had decided to show up. Equally glad he was that she seemed to be enjoying Hydroponics as much as he was. He did silently wonder for a few minutes how her time on the ship so far had been. But when she uttered those words, he frowned slightly, his tail swishing with a concerned curiosity. "I find that to be true a lot, too. Did something happen?"

Re: :D!!!

[shynotmeek.livejournal.com]

"My uncle is on the ship. He is a leader here, I have met some of his friends." She kept her face buried in the grass, breathing deeply of the warm smell of life and living, growing things. "I have also met some of his enemies, or at least, I do not think all are happy with him here."

Marco's hostility had disturbed her on a deep level, frightening her into fleeing. "There are places on this ship where Stacy cannot see, I inadvertently found myself in one."

She kept her eyes closed, claws flexing against the earth.

[sonofthewarrior.livejournal.com]

"Where she cannot see..." he repeated, shifting to sit down next to her. "Where can't she see?"

That sounded rather dangerous. Nanaki heard about the way the ship could protect people, and in the same vein, stop people from doing harm. To be able to be somewhere where even the ship itself couldn't see...

"I'm glad you've found somebody here, though. It's better to have family and friends around, I think. Have you gotten a chance to ask him why there are those who don't like him?"

[shynotmeek.livejournal.com]

"Eva called them cold zones, within them whatever you do is not recorded. She cannot interfere, should it become dangerous. She would not even know you were in danger."

She sighed, flicking her tail once. "He is on a mission, at the moment. He is out of contact range. Though he will return, for the moment I must simply wait and try to keep from..." She frowned. "Getting myself in trouble. There is a bronze dragon on the ship, Lord Bight has promised that it will not harm me. And there are those who dislike my uncle as well, I do not know that they would do anything to me. But there are so many humans...." She sounded very much like a lost child, uncertain and at odds with too many new and strange things on the ship.