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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[badluckbabe.livejournal.com]

"Or something." Jinx echoed giving Maxine a strange look, "And if it came to it "hero" would you make the ultimate sacrifice for all of these people? The one's you don't know? The ones you might not like?" She sauntered closer leaning in seeking the truth in Maxine's eyes.

[windwitch]

Maxine's eyes fell instinctively, feeling awkward and uncertain under the fire of that question. "Um," she started, "I--I think so. I mean I've never been in that situation before, but I'd want to do my best. That's what heroes are supposed to do, and that's what all of my friends would do, because who the people are doesn't matter, right?" That's what Damage had done. "I'd... like to think that I could be as brave as them." She just didn't really feel like she could be.

[badluckbabe.livejournal.com]

"Good girl." Jinx patted her on the head, "Not my style, but you're trying." She chuckled. Frankly she couldn't see herself sacrificing that much for anyone, but if the heroes were willing to do it they could go to town.

[windwitch]

Maxine squirmed a little from that, unsure what to think of the almost condescending response. "Um, thanks. I want to try and be a hero, you know? Because it's one of the things I'm good at, which I don't think I have many of, right?" She bit her lip a bit. "Hopefully I can do a good job here."

[badluckbabe.livejournal.com]

"Aw, not alot of talents other then saving lives?" Jinx fluttered her eyelashes, "Somehow I doubt that. But we'll see won't we?"

[windwitch]

Maxine flushed a little at that. "Oh. Thank you! I don't know, I'm pretty smart I guess, but we'll see how that works out on a ship like this, right? I mean I bet this ship is full of people who are talented in lots of things, and I'm kind of inexperienced even as a hero..."

[badluckbabe.livejournal.com]

"You'll learn one way or another." Jinx smirked in a sort of superior fashion, "Sink or swim."

[windwitch]

Maxine nodded again, though she wasn't nearly as cheerful as she'd gotten earlier. "Right. I guess we all have to adapt, right? Which is kind of a pretty human thing to do, but..."

[badluckbabe.livejournal.com]

"Don't think of yourself as human?" Jinx inquired curiously, after all she thought of herself as human even if she was a better human then most.

[windwitch]

"Oh, no, that's not what I meant," she said, flushing. "I guess I phrased that kind of weird. It's just a scary thought, I meant. we have to adapt it's just sometimes nicer if you don't have to, you know? Like change is good but not all change is."

[badluckbabe.livejournal.com]

Jinx chuckled, "It may be scary, but change is a necessary evil. Evolve or die as they say."

[windwitch]

"Right," Maxine said, nodding a little. She was just obviously bothered still. "It's not always good but it has to happen eventually, right? Not many things stay the same forever, after all-- that's life, right? Like how a language is considered dead once it stops changing."

[badluckbabe.livejournal.com]

Jinx nodded with a coy smile, "And the less will you have to fight it the easier you're changed, molded and transformed." She drew in close to whisper in Maxine's ear "Until you can hardly recognize yourself anymore."

Personal space is overrated don't you think?

[windwitch]

Maxine hugged herself a little, not rejecting the closed distance off hand, at least not outwardly. "I-- I guess that could happen. But maybe it'll be for the best, right? I mean most of the time in that case it works out and I don't want to think I'd change to be worse or anything. It could be like an epiphany or something."

((ooc: Fun fact: changed_within was a username I was considering. For obligatory Wicked references.))

[badluckbabe.livejournal.com]

"You never know~" Jinx teased not drawing away, warm breath dancing on Maxine's ear. "All you can do is take a breath." She took a deep slow breath through her nose, "Let it out slow..." She blew on Maxine's neck and drew back her pink eyes twinkling mischievously, "And take that first step leaving it up to fate and luck."

((OOC: ooo wicked~ I finally get to see it next year when it comes close to my town.))

[windwitch]

At that, Maxine flushed darkly, and stepped back, deciding that she needed some space back, though she didn't want to offend.

"I-I think you're right. I guess we just have to see or something, which is going to be hard but no harder than anything else, right? I mean I want to take it into my own hands as much as I can but we have to kind of deal with the situation at hand and we can't really deal with something that big."

[badluckbabe.livejournal.com]

"Then don't try to over power it." Jinx brought her hands up and did a delicate graceful twirl, her feet moving skillfully. "Move with the flow of the situation. Let it carry you along." When she finished her demonstration of flow she stroked under Maxine's chin apparently delighting in making her draw back and blush.

[windwitch]

And Maxine did it again, a little flustered, unsure how to respond at first. Of course, she knew that being nervous tended to make her talk more, but hopefully that would be okay.

"Like the wind, right?" she asked nervously. "I mean I'm used to that kind of movement, and in this case it's kind of just more a symbolic thing, but it still applies, doesn't it? Or I think it does. I know everything kind of has it's natural place and things just sometimes happen and all. Wherever the wind takes us, right?"

[badluckbabe.livejournal.com]

"Exactly." Jinx's smile was praise enough letting Maxine know she got the right message...or at least one of them.

"Think you can be brave enough to just let go every now and then and let fate lead you and luck brace you?"

[windwitch]

Maxine did relax a little, now that it seemed that was okay. Still, it was kind of an uncomfortable conversation.

"I--I hope so," she said. "I'll do my best obviously, but I guess we'll have to see, right? But I'd like to think that I'll be able to be brave, no matter what that entails. That's what I'm supposed to do, too, right? Anyway, at least you have some luck powers, maybe you can help out." The last part is said as a sort of joke, smiling a little nervously.

[badluckbabe.livejournal.com]

"So long as I like you~" The pink haired girl teased with a mischievous wink "So far your odds are good."

[windwitch]

Maxine flushed a little again, and tried for another smile. "I'm glad you do, then. I mean, I don't really know anyone else on the ship, so it's nice to know that there's someone, right?"

[badluckbabe.livejournal.com]

Jinx chuckled politely covering her mouth with her hand. "Of coarse. Humans are social creatures. And everyone needs someone." But there was a sort of confident victorious way she said it.

[windwitch]

Maxine was a bit flustered, still, but she relaxed some. Jinx was being pretty nice, at least. And Maxine didn't know a lot about having friends-- she'd not had a lot until more recently in her life-- but it was a nice feeling. So she wasn't sure if what Jinx said should sound off or not. "Right! It's really hard when people don't have friends, it can be tough on people, for sure. It's always really nice to meet new people and all..."

[badluckbabe.livejournal.com]

Jinx leaned into the wall relaxing her posture, "You don't do alot of socializing just on your own I'm guessing? Always had a few people you could talk to?" Just guessing really, she was fishing for the truth.