Now that he was working in Hydroponics, Fletcher hadn't been visiting the Sensoriums as often as before. But he did sometimes come in when he felt like he needed to get away from it all, and right now was one of those times. Nothing in particular had happened; he just felt down, like he did sometimes. And it was odd, because he hadn't had the urge to make this particular scene before. He should be more adjusted to life on Stacy now than he had been a few months ago, so why only now did he feel the need to do this?

He was sitting in the garden in the back of Belshio's house in Xenotime, the same place he'd gone after the battle on Zokez II. Only this time, he wasn't alone. Sitting next to him, with one arm tight around his shoulder, was Russel -- or as close a representation as the Sensorium could put together. He listened as Fletcher told him about all of the things that had happened in the past few months, interjecting every so often to say something comforting or snarky.

Fletcher was sure no one would come in. To make sure of it, he'd put up several bushes and trees close together near the door, and the area where he was sitting was about as far in as he could get. He could go back to doing productive things later. Right now, he just wanted to be with his brother.

Ed had told Nanashi that he wanted to introduce her to Al. This reunion of brothers was a momentous occasion, and Nanashi fully intended on treating it as such. She had taken a sensorium room and turned it into the private dining hall- meant for entertaining the most important guests. It was smaller than the main dining hall, though that was not to say that the room was in any way small. There was a long table placed in the centre of the room, long enough to entertain at least 40 people. All along the table stood candelabras with wooden sticks rather than candles, burning with a blue flame. Even with these, the light in the room was still less than a human would generally use. It was a little on the bright side for Nanashi, but at least she did not need her sunglasses.

The chairs around the table were ornately carved and padded with plush velvet cushioning. Only three seats at the tabled had plates, but they appeared to be fine china with gold trim. The goblets were finely wrought gold bases with crystal cups, with matching gold utensils. There were fine silk black napkins folded on the plates, with Nanashi's on her lap, her goblet already filled with a dark red liquid. 

There was a door off to the side, aside from the entrance, with a young female vampire with green eyes and blond hair tied in a bun. She wore a black and white kimono, holding a black towel over her arm, standing completely still. Nanashi too, was in formal wear- or at least she appeared to be. She was wearing a silk dress, much like the one she usually wore, but it had rubies sewn into the hems. She wore atop this dress a  dark red kimono robe that was loosely tied around her waist. Embroidered into it  with black and silver were dragons, some looking more European than others, but they all maintained a grace among the silver clouds. Her cloak was draped over her shoulders as usual, with the crest of the snake killing the hawk as the hawk grips the snake in it's claws embroidered onto the back. Her long hair was also tied up, braided and twisted into a complex knot, netted with a net that was dotted with crystals. Even pulled up, her hair fell past her shoulders. 

She sat with her elbows on the table and her fingers folded in front of her face, listening to the flute player in his red robe, waiting for the boys to arrive.

It had been something of a production, calling all of the kids available since Devlin and Negi found a big screen monitor and several data disks of what Negi called Rider shows. He and Devlin had indeed found copies of Ryuki, and had decided from that point that they needed to watch this with friends. As such, Negi plugged in the first data disk and the screen lit up as the opening crawl began.

It was a opening scene, people walking home from work on a busy night as a form slipped through the mirror, stalking a woman...

Negi and Devlin had found Kamen Rider Ryuki, and had been determined to share it with everyone of their age group and maybe older. Anyone who was interested could show up that evening as the pair settled down in the crowd.

Ed had promised and all, and was certain that the sensoriums would respond properly to whatever alchemy Al used.

Al used. that was something he thought he'd never stop missing and here he was, alive and full of health. Sure there was a discrepency but he was ALPHONSE ELRIC. Nothing could dissuade Ed of that notion.

As such, he entered the clear white space of the room and abruptly it shifted around, becoming a armory full of suits of armor. "Here we go," said Ed, thumping a recreation of his brothers armor, the first he came to.

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. New crew-mates might see a green-skinned alien and snake 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.]

[ooc: Newbie Helpers List | Instructions: Post your character with one post establishing them as being podpopped. Tag each other in groups of 2's, 3's, and 4's, to get some interaction to start with. If a thread doesn't already have 2 or 3 people tagged in, tag it with your character's podpop popping near the other people, rather than making a new subthread. If you would like to play out them talking to the AI, please send an email to the mods making the request--we do this only by request. Then move onto the big Newbie Meeting. Once your character has gotten the rundown from the old crew, you may start posting entrance posts and freely tagging.]


||Pod Release Protocols Initating|| Stacy's familiar voice sounds out to all the podmates through the ship.

In the Pod Caverns, there are the sounds of: Pop. Pop pop pop. Poppuhpoppoppop. KASCHUNKhiiiiiiiissssss.

There is condensation and mist spraying out from cracks in the pods, as the people inside slide out onto the floors, covered in slime.

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( There was nothing... )