Mission: Castle and Crystal City [Open for family / friends to see off this part]

[thewunderkind]

||Attention, Attention. The following crew members must report to the Observation Deck...||

Stacy began to name off sixteen members of the crew, repeating the message until everyone had arrived. When they did, they would find the following information being displayed.

Planet Designation: Unknown. No records of a system existing at this location can be found. All information is based on preliminary scans.
Status: Terrestrial, H-class.
Non-sentient life: Extensive flora and fauna.
Semi-Sentient Life: Unknown.
Sentient Life: Obsidian medial castles and crystal cities scattered all around, but no signs of humanoid life detected.
Water: 80.8% of the planet's surface.
Climate: Similar to Earth's Tropical zones [Click here for cultural equivalents for non-Earth cultures.]
Landscape: What little remains of area is deep thick tropical forest with forests and abandoned towns.
Air: Non-toxic. Elevated levels of oxygen.
Air Pressure: 101.3 kPa (kilopascals) = 14.7 psi (pounds per square inch)
Sky: Blue.
Sun: A class G V, yellow dwarf star.
Warnings: No records of this planet exist. Suggest taking extreme caution while planet-side, as dangers that have not shown up on preliminary scans could exist. Please bring appropriate tools and weapons.
Mission: Scout planet's surface and locate the twin signals.

Being sent off into the unknown was part of the risks that being on the ship had brought them. Thankfully they were getting a chance to stock up before heading out.

But just what was waiting out there?

[[Just so you all know, this is bendy time for around the 12th on the meatship, so those who were hurt during the battle should be much, much better. This is also the only post that will be open to both groups before they split off, and anyone who wishes to see them off can do so. In fact, it's encouraged!]]

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[indeliblepast]

Sumeragi had been a bit surprised to hear her name rattled off on the list of those being summoned to the Observation Deck (though the hangover-headache she was nursing wasn't helping), but curiosity won over suspicion, and she made her way over there. Hopefully it wasn't trouble.

When she saw the screens with the scrolling information on them - well, alright, this was probably trouble. But not court-martial trouble, which meant she could handle it. Somehow. It felt odd to be on the receiving end of such a message - usually she was the one giving out missions like this.

[thewunderkind]

"Is this your first mission?" Lash asked behind her.

[indeliblepast]

Sumeragi very nearly jumped at the sudden voice behind her. Clearly not on top of her game today. "Ah... yes, actually."

[carrieswar.livejournal.com]

"Get called up? Or just curious?"

Jr. gazed up to the information, trying to size up the kind of place those called would be visiting. Metal castles and crystal cities? Jr. hoped somewhere that he wouldn't be missing some enchanted visit to the Emerald City or something. He'd never forgive Stacy if she left him out of something like that!

[indeliblepast]

"Called up," Sumeragi replied with a small sigh. "There doesn't seem to be a lot to go on, though..."

[makeherblue]

Oh, don't get the Doctor started on new, essentially unexplored planets. Or you could get him started, but you might have to wait for him to stop and the thing was, he was feeling loads better after the allergic reaction to Stacy's slime.

Long story.

The Doctor popped up on the Obs Deck standing right behind a girl with gorgeously almost ginger hair. Not enough to get envious off, but he thought if you put her in the right light, she could pull off amazingly ginger if she put her mind to it. The Doctor peered over her shoulder at the announcement, squinting up at the display, and not at all concerned with bringing weapons or anything like that. No sign Stacy knew who the town ruins belonged to, either.

"Oh, that's lovely," the Doctor suddenly said, almost in the human's ear. Enjoy a Time Lord invading your personal space, crew member person. "New planet! Mysterious signals! Couldn't get better, don't you think?"

[indeliblepast]

Sumeragi jumped - and winced, too - at the sudden, unexpected, and far too loud voice right by her ear. Though at the moment, just about everything was far too loud. Should've grabbed something before she left. Like maybe some more beer. It was looking like one of those days.

She did, however, manage to give the slightly manic (dear god not another one) man behind her a somewhat brittle smile. "I'm not sure how I feel about the 'new' and 'mysterious' adjectives there." Alright, so the idea of going somewhere humans had never been before was a little exciting - but she was a strategist, not a pioneer. And the vast majority of her wanted to get back to either sleeping or keeping her Meisters from shooting each other or some such.

[thewunderkind]

Unknown danger and stocking up on weapons? Don't mind if Lash did! She was finally out of the hospital after all that had happened, and this was exactly what she needed. Maybe she'd get put in a fancy mad scientist outfit again, one could only hope.

"I can't wait!"

[badassfreakingoverlord]

"Yeah, it'll be a nice change of pace," the book said. "Something interesting!"

He glanced at his companion. "You're fine, right?"

[thewunderkind]

"Yeap!" She moved her arms into the air to show off how totally okay she was now. "They did pretty good work. I guess I'm just a little bit impressed."

Just a tiny bit.

"Last time we didn't know what we were getting into as a small team was pretty great," she agreed. "I guess you could say Galilee was interesting too, but for different reasons, tee hee hee!"

Oh man, maybe they could steal stuff here too.

[badluckbabe.livejournal.com]

Jinx read the information provided with detached interest.

"Unknown planet, fun." She remarked dryly. Frankly after the big battle that she narrowly avoided she wasn't feeling particularly excited about the concept of risking her neck on a planet even Stacy was unfamiliar with.

But what could she do other then attempt to be a team player?

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

Zouichi didn't look particularly pleased. "The last planet with this many unknowns turned out to be run by people who tried to blow up our hotel."

Speaking of which, someone seriously needed to set Galilee on fire. You know. If they hadn't already done it themselves.

[bonnypiperlad]

"Oh, aye, fun." Jamie sounds just about as thrilled to be here as Jinx is, if his equally dry tone is any indication. Truthfully, though, he's feeling a touch of excitement at the thought of getting to go on a mission again, especially with not knowing what might happen. There's always something about the possibility of getting a chance to live on his wits that's appealing.

He's not sure this lassie feels the same way, though. She's a bit hard to read. Still, he figures he should be friendly, in case they wind up working together.

"I don't think we've met yet," he says, extending a hand. "Jamie McCrimmon."

[badluckbabe.livejournal.com]

She gave him a once over, sharp and clever eyes blazed over and through him as she measured and judged this newcomer, and took is hand gently allowing the handshake. "Jinx. This isn't your first mission I'm guessing."

[iceiceprincess]

Pram wasn't called, but it didn't mean she couldn't go to the Observation Desk to watch people leave.

So there she was, watching the others gather a she floated in her spot at the back.

[thewunderkind]

"Are you jealous?" Lash called out. She totally had to be jealous not to be going out and being stuck here.

[piggyback-ride.livejournal.com]

She'd nearly spit out the warm drink she was enjoying when she'd heard the summons to the Observation Deck. Here she had spent all this time flying under the radar, only to be called to the forefront now. Still, she could only assume that she was needed, so she made her way there.

When she arrived, she quickly went through the information scrolling on the screens and mentally sighed. Off to explore some planet that they had little to no knowledge of; well that was just fantastic.

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

"I hope we're not being too loud for you," Zouichi said, recalling their earlier conversation. "Have you been on many missions before?"

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

Yay, a new mission full of exciting adventures and surprises! Howard's so excited he's at a loss for words!

Well, a loss for words longer than four letters and that don't require a seven second delay at any FCC-censored station.

He ends up standing next to a girl who looks about as happy to be here as he is. "So. Ready for some near-death shenanigans?"

[seasindorei.livejournal.com]

Ter'thelas arrived dressed in his best battered leather armor, and was buckling his sword belt on as he strolled in. The only thing out of place was the lack of his pair of hefty flintlock pistols. They were instead replaced by a more modern, sleeker looking handgun strapped to his thigh with several extra magazines. He gave a wry grin, shrugged at the rest of the group.

"She wants me out there again so soon? Who am I to argue with a lady." With that, he moved over to examine the available information, taping lazily at his chin with a pair of fingers.

[alchemyxfreak]

Well, this was new. Ed had also managed to stay relatively unnoticed since his arrival, not that he minded either way - if he was on this ship to help he was going to help. Even if that meant being on some unknown planet with a bunch of people he didn't know the capabilities of.

"... Twin signals?"

[greennotgold]

Having heard Edward's name called along with the others, Fletcher also hurried to the Observation Deck. He hadn't seen much of the older alchemist since the podpop, and he hoped to catch up briefly before Edward had to depart.

He read over the information that was presented, then set to looking to Edward. He didn't have to look long before he heard his voice.

"What are those?"

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

A new mission. She was picked up for a new mission, JUST as she had just barely recovered from their little run in with the Ohm, which gave her plenty of nightmares, thank you very much. Still, it showed at least a sign of respect for her skill, so no real argument there. She would have liked if Ruffnut had been going with them though: she was so used to them fighting and getting into shit as a pair, without her there it was weird. That, and Ruffnut's first actual mission had been such a clusterfuck she wondered if the viking wanted to GO on any more.

But at least the Overlord and Lash were here. For her part, she had the overlord's gun, her two glocks, the butterfly knife and two short swords on her back. The Pactio card with Negi was also safely tucked away.

You know, insurance. Or, to put it in Chris Rock terms, "in case shit."


She was in full Hit Girl regalia too, so this would be interesting to any new people to see a young girl in a superhero outfit armed to the teeth.

[thewunderkind]

Lash, despite the last battle, was in high spirits.

"I am so pumped for this," she told the other girl. "One dumb mission withstanding the other ones I got sent on were pretty fun." Because getting brianwashed into being an evil scientist was fun.

Not much of a change of jobs mind you...

[ruffntumblenut.livejournal.com]

A sharp slap on the back annouced the arrival of Ruffnut to departure.

"Don't screw this one up." She teased playfully with a grin hiding her pout that she wasn't coming along.