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. They are also told they must read information about their current situation and a survival guide with their new omnicom. New crew-mates might see a tall dragonish guy with wings (but don't call him that) and purple 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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[handpuppeeet.livejournal.com]

Ankh wasn't even paying attention anymore. He had the plant suit on, he had his white jacket. The single Hawk candroid and his no longer useful phone were tucked into that-- he had the medals. That was most important.

In fact, he was far more content to scrutinize the contents of the medal case than the crowd. He was a bit dazed, and confused, but he wouldn't admit that, so he was just angry. So he looked at the medals, and glanced up to gaze at the crowd through narrow eyes every now and then.

[thisclinchesit]

There's suddenly a detective regarding you rather obviously and curiously, Ankh.

"...I know waking up like that is unpleasant, but I don't think I ever saw anyone look that mad about it."

[handpuppeeet.livejournal.com]

Ankh jerked his eyes up from the medal case and promptly snapped it shut when the man spoke to him. Like hell he was letting anybody touch those, after all.

"Is that so?" You could just feel the snark dripping off that sentence. "What the hell do you want?"

[thisclinchesit]

...man, someone's touchy. And totally suspicious. Shoutarou straightens up, but frowns a bit. "Uh. Just out and about and welcoming the people who woke up."

[handpuppeeet.livejournal.com]

"Tch." Ankh lowered the medal case and gave the man a quick once over, a bit of annoyance on his face. "Are you on some kind of welcoming committee? If you're so eager, tell me what's going on around here." Seriously, 'champions of life'? What kind of crap was that.

[thisclinchesit]

"Not officially, but I'm with security," he answered.

"Short version is that these nasty guys called Ohm destroyed our worlds... We've been picked to fight them. Possibly get our worlds back in the process."

[handpuppeeet.livejournal.com]

...He admittedly hadn't actually expected a proper answer to that. Well then. It got the detective an odd look, but slightly more confused and slightly less condescending.

"Destroyed, huh..." Well that was intensely ironic. even moreso the fact that it wasn't the crazy doctor. "This is retarded. Why would I want to fight these guys just to save some other 'worlds' out there?"

[thisclinchesit]

"You were chosen to do so - you've got the capability to help out in some manner. Hopefully get to go back home - and hopefully get the people you know and care about back."

[handpuppeeet.livejournal.com]

"I don't care if I was chosen!" And there goes his temper flaring up because damnit he was not in the right place and Eiji and Hina were nowhere to be seen just when he decided to back--

"You want me to fight some freaks just for the possibility that I can go back?!"

[radiantcourage.livejournal.com]

Well, Ankh, are you expecting to have a cheerful girl come up? If not, then get yourself ready because she was going to approach you right now with her holy beast perched on her shoulder, currently in his eagle form.

"Hey, there! Do you have any questions?" she asked, waving her hand in greeting as well. Hopefully her cheer would help turn that frown he had upside down.

[handpuppeeet.livejournal.com]

No, he definitely had not been expecting that. And apparently somehow missed her on one of the sparse occasions he had looked up from the case. Ankh fixed the girl with a quirked eyebrow and a muted look of suspicion, especially given the fact that she had some kind of freaking bird on her shoulder.

"Yeah; what's going on around here?" He asked, snapping the medals case closed as he watched her. At the least, she seemed to know what was going on.

[radiantcourage.livejournal.com]

Seraphiel decided to fly over to Ankh to make sure he was trustworthy enough. He did not want his mistress to get hurt again and was doing this for her benefit. Really, that was all that he was doing.

"A-Ah, Seraphiel, c'mon, stop--" Hoshi said, trying to make him come over to her side. "Sorry, he likes to do that time to time. But, anyway! I'm Hikari Hoshi, last name, first. And that's Seraphiel.

"What's going on around here is that every so often, Stacy, the ship you're on right now, releases people from their pods to join the crew's numbers. That's why you woke up the way you did. Um, now... Your world has been destroyed. I'm sorry about that, but you can work to get it back. After all, that's what everyone else is doing so that they can get back to their loved ones and where they can finally go home after all this."

She stopped to let him absorb that information while Seraphiel flew back to her side, perching once more on her shoulder.

[handpuppeeet.livejournal.com]

Ankh jerked his head away slightly when the eagle came over to him, looking at it with a mix of aggravation and annoyance. "Hey, get out of my face," He said, attempting to wave the bird away.

He looked like he was mulling over this information for a moment, and once Seraphiel was out of his face and back with Hoshi, he spoke up again, calmly, but it was easy to tell his anger was boiling just below the surface. "Hmph. This stupid ship sure has a dumb way of getting people cooperate. Count me out."

[radiantcourage.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, Seraphiel did his check on you, Ankh. That was all he needed to do. He cawed slightly, just to acknowledge your personal space bubble.

"It kinda does, doesn't it?" Hoshi offered back before blinking just a bit at his dismissal of being included. Well, sure - he was entitled to that fine and well, so then she nodded. "You're free to do whatever you want, of course, if teamwork's not your thing. Say, did you want something to eat?"

Of course, there was ice cream involved. She decided to go with something different for this podpop.

[handpuppeeet.livejournal.com]

Ankh kept eyeing Seraphiel suspiciously even when it returned to Hoshi and especially when it was cawing. That thing was kind of...weird.

Hoshi's concession garnered a glance of suspicion from the Greeed. This girl was oddly cheerful and oddly agreeable for someone who seemed to be advocating for the ship.

"...Tch. What the hell does that have to do with anything?" He asked at the topic change, tucking the medal case into his jacket almost protectively.

[radiantcourage.livejournal.com]

By now, Hoshi had decided that if people wanted to help out on the ship, they would. If they didn't, then, well - she just hoped that they'd come around eventually on their own terms. There was no need to aggravate matters, especially with a first meeting.

"Well, I kinda figure that being in that pod after so long that you would want at least something to eat. It's better than eating the slop that's here, at any rate."

She noticed him tucking the medal case away, tilting her head a little. Well, whatever that was had to be important to him. Still, she was curious as to what purpose it served to him.

[handpuppeeet.livejournal.com]

'So long'? It couldn't have been that long since had dealt with Maki, had it? Perhaps because of the way those pod things worked there was some sort of time lapse, but that just begged the question of how long exactly it had been.

Regardless, he kept those thoughts to himself for now. It was easy to notice Hoshi watching the medal case, and Ankh took a step back and glared at her for it. "Hmph. I don't need some damn handouts from an annoyance like you."

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"Whatcha looking at?" Ankh's space is now being casually violated by a nosy teenager who sees that unlike most people, Ankh isn't looking for friends and family among the crew.

[handpuppeeet.livejournal.com]

Ankh was not usually used to his space being violated by nosy teenagers, and so when he noticed the stranger he jumped slightly and quickly turned to cover up the contents of the medal case. "None of your business, idiot."

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"God, you guys are the worst. Don't you know that hiding something just makes it look more suspicious?"

[handpuppeeet.livejournal.com]

"Tch. I don't care about looking suspicious. I care more about the fact you're in my face."

Aaand closing the case so he can lower it and keep glaring.

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

Howard puts on his best Idiot Grin, looking for all the world like a clueless, dopey teen. Secretly he's searching Ankh's body language for details to figure out later. "Sorry about that. Should've figured you'd be in a bad mood after the tentacles."

[handpuppeeet.livejournal.com]

Augh, that stupid grin. It was the same kind of face Eiji wore most of the time, like when he was talking about his 'underwear for tomorrow.' Just what he needed, another annoying dope around. His grip on the medal case tightened a bit at the thought.

He looked down at the teen in silence a bit, the anger subsiding just a tad. Only a tad. "Just stay out of my business then."

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"Why, is it important business? But you just got here!" He tilts his head curiously, a natural movement amidst the unnatural 'clueless but well-intentioned dumbass' routine he's doing.

[handpuppeeet.livejournal.com]

"Just because I got to this ship doesn't mean I don't have stuff to worry about," He scoffed, shifting his stance a bit and lulling his head ever so slightly to the side to look at the kid in annoyance. "And I don't need people like you harassing me about it."