In the short weeks she'd spent mourning the loss of her world and keeping her own counsel as to the unique opportunity it'd given her with its destruction (she was, if anything, opportunistic), Celes had felt she was finally ready to step out of her bubble and learn more about the denizens of the ship. Not everything could be gleaned from quietly observing the ebb and flow of faces and half-understood conversation amongst the many people of Stacy.

It was, for a woman of Celes' caliber and bearing, absolutely infuriating to simply not understand. That idea, that reality that something was going on and to not have some handhold to scrabble hopelessly onto made the young woman curse. She made her way down into the vehicle depot (it could only be a depot, what with all those weapons around) and with a little help from Stacy, Celes found one thing she could understand.

Magitek Armor.

It was ugly, true, and not as sleek looking as some of the other suits (did the one she'd just passed growl at her?) but it reeked of home, bittersweet. Of Balance. Of Vector. Celes hoisted herself up into the machine with an oomph and settled into the firm leather of the seat. The array before her looked like it hadn't been touched in ages. A fine layer of dust covered the console as she wiped it away with a finger. Wasn't that disgraceful?

Still, it started just fine, the hiss of steam and the shaking jerk of the suit was familiar and almost heartwarming.

"Well then, shall we?" Celes patted the machine and put her hands on the control stick.

CLONKCLANKCLONKCLANKCLONKCLONKCLONK.

Just like riding a chocobo!

[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... )