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cityship ([personal profile] cityship) wrote in [community profile] trans_92011-10-01 12:17 am

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. 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.]
fattynoparents: (what do you mean mashy spike plate)

[personal profile] fattynoparents 2011-10-01 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
OH NO spotted.

If Chell was a normal, well-adjusted individual who was not raised by robots and had any kind of social graces at all, she would have cared. As it stood, however, she was not a normal, well-adjusted individual with social graces.

But she did know eye contact when she made it, and though moving from the couch seemed to be too much effort, she did tilt her head, ever so slightly. Questioning.

[identity profile] hates-deadites.livejournal.com 2011-10-01 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
That subtle body language translated to Ash as 'I'm totally checking you out and you should come over here and introduce your big manly self to me.'

Which is exactly what Ash did. He sauntered up to her, letting his eyes flit across the crowd just to reassure himself that she didn't have some crazy boyfriend lurking nearby who'd get his panties in a twist just for saying hi.

"I couldn't help but notice you checking me out." He offered a stump. Er... other hand. "Name's Ash. You got a name, dollface?"
fattynoparents: (ok you go ahead and hack that)

[personal profile] fattynoparents 2011-10-01 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Luckily for Ash, Chell was currently engaged in some kind of strange marital spat with the closet thing she had to a crazy boyfriend and thus any unfortunate robotic interference was nowhere to be found. FOR NOW.

A great many things often went over her head, especially when they involved subtle (or not-so-subtle) nuances of human interaction. This was one of those times.

So she continued to regard this strange handless-man with an air of curiosity, nodding to indicate that yes, she had a name, but ha ha like he was going to get it. Instead, Chell pointed to her own hand, wondering what had happened to his.

[identity profile] hates-deadites.livejournal.com 2011-10-02 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
Ash stared.

She was pointing at her hand.

He blinked. Oh! Right!

He went to go shake the hand she was pointing at.

"No, really, you got a name?" Wait wait... maybe she didn't speak English...
fattynoparents: (i hate computers)

[personal profile] fattynoparents 2011-10-02 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, this guy was about as good at deciphering what she meant as the robots. That was to say, not very good at all.

Completely ignoring his second request for names, she shook her head and pulled her hand away, using it instead to point out his really gross-looking stump (no offense).

What was that all about? Mishap with a spinny blade wall?

[identity profile] hates-deadites.livejournal.com 2011-10-03 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Great. First impression you make on a chick and she's already pointing out your inadequacies before you get her name.

"This?" He shied his arm away, sorely missing the prosthetic one he had built for himself. "Long story." One he would happy to regale her with. "Involvin' evil books, demon incantations, and deadites. You ever have your own hand possessed and try to kill you? Not a fun time."

Technically, his mishap did involve a spinny blade called a chain-saw.

"Somethin' dark and evil got into my hand, and it went bad... so I lopped it off at the wrist." He gestured in a karate-chop motion.
fattynoparents: (i hate computers)

[personal profile] fattynoparents 2011-10-04 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Congratulations, Ash. You've just received a look that said very blatantly oh my God are you crazy, you're crazy, aren't you.

Chell had seen and done a lot of ridiculous things in her lifetime, but there were some things that were just...too ridiculous.

She stood, eyebrow cocked, and made to leave.

QUICK ASH, DON'T LET HER GO.

[identity profile] hates-deadites.livejournal.com 2011-10-04 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
NO, DON'T GO.

"Hey...!" He tried not to look like a kicked dog, because he honestly felt like it. "That's cold, baby. If you're squeamish, you shoulda' just told me so... but that's the truth of the matter."

His eyes darted downward briefly.

"So what about you? What's with the go-go boots?"
fattynoparents: (ow. god. ow.)

[personal profile] fattynoparents 2011-10-05 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
TOO LATE, SHE WAS GOING.

But Chell wasn't heartless. She'd stop, and see what else this guy wanted.

Why was everyone always so fascinated with her shoes? Geez it was like they'd never seen boots before. But if this guy was crazy then maybe he hadn't. So she stopped, folding her arms and sticking out a foot, allowing him to get a good look if he wanted one.

[identity profile] hates-deadites.livejournal.com 2011-10-05 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
He glanced the boot up and down and then settled back on her face, deciding they looked about as weird as the girl who wore them. She obviously understood him but just... wasn't talking to him for some reason. Maybe she had something horrible going on with her teeth and just refused to open her mouth? Some kind of horrible over-under bite or crooked buck-teeth or something... who knew...

Then Ash decided because of this, Chell would make the perfect wife. Ash was used to talking aloud (mostly to himself), but it was uncertain if curiosity or impatience was going to win out in this first encounter with Miss Bromden.

So... he decided to just outright ask. "You can't talk, can you?"

Ten points for Gryffindor Captain Obvious.
fattynoparents: (It's cute that you think it will work.)

[personal profile] fattynoparents 2011-10-06 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
She tilted her head slightly to the side, considering his words, but all Ash received was a noncommittal shrug.

Maybe she just didn't want to talk to you, Ash. WHAT THEN.

[identity profile] hates-deadites.livejournal.com 2011-10-06 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Or is it that you just don't want to talk to me in particular?"
fattynoparents: (a horrible person)

[personal profile] fattynoparents 2011-10-06 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Another shrug, this time accompanied by a slightly withered glance.

But hey, maybe she was being rude. The concept of human politeness was still something Chell knew she lacked, so perhaps she should give this crazy Ash guy the benefit of the doubt.

She stopped again, this time folding her arms and gesturing outward with a hand, indicating that if he had more to say, to go on and say it.

[identity profile] hates-deadites.livejournal.com 2011-10-07 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Either she was playing some unprecedented level of hard-to-get, or just just plain didn't want to talk to him. He glanced her up and down again, clearly perplexed.

What are you trying to say.

He was, of course, thinking she was playing a game of hard-to-get, but his patience had thinned at this point. He wanted him to say something?

"You're weird, lady."

It was his turn to about-face and walk off. "When you learn to use your mouth better, come find me."
fattynoparents: (the pastry is in fact a falsehood)

[personal profile] fattynoparents 2011-10-09 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, sure, crazy no-hand man.

Chell watched him skeptically as he turned tail and left, shrugging as if to say she didn't particularly care whether or not they crossed paths again.

She had a feeling it would be sooner than she'd like.