It seems like everybody's been feeling a little hollow after recent revelations.

Kazuki is no different.

After all, if his world was gone, then that meant everything he and his friends had sacrificed to save it had been for nothing.

Tears. Blood. Lives. All for nothing.

Of course, in his typical manner, he continues to trudge along, taking solace in the fact that his friends and loved ones were either here, with him, waiting to be released from the pod caverns, or that they could be restored along with his world somehow.

It still was not much comfort, however.

In order to get his mind off of things, he had been helping move supplies back to the living area now that it was safe. While it did help, there was only so much he could do at the moment, so he was now wandering he halls near the new crew quarters, looking for a room to claim for himself.

Entering an unoccupied room, he began to unpack what little belongings he had. Several doses of the Fenrir treatment, a handgun he was holding onto for emergencies, and a single photograph of a number of teenagers, Kazuki included, wearing their Alvis uniforms.

He sits down on one of the beds, staring at the photograph for a long while.

For now, it was all he had left of his home.

Despite yesterday's strange turn of events, Katara was upbeat about the meeting at the Statuary. All in all, it was a rather relaxing place, and Katara thought it would be perfect for getting to know her teammates. She made sure she adjusted the communicator for Kazuki on one of the nearby statues. He wouldn't need it now, but she still wanted it there since she and Allen worked so hard on it. She only hoped that Julian didn't mind that she had arranged all of this, since he was their team leader. Of course, Katara knew full well that she was the type to get like this, but the others didn't. She hoped it wasn't too jarring.

And she hoped Sokka wasn't late.

The statues were unrecognizeable to her, and as far as she was concerned, that was a good thing. Seeing all of the past Avatar statues, not to mention a grown up Aang, had been a little too daunting for her taste. She waited, and made sure she sent out a reminder to all of her teammates.

There are a number of reasons Kazuki finds himself heading down to the Med-bay.

Perhaps the most important is that being blind is damned inconvenient, especially in a situation like this. Kazuki has always felt it important to be useful, and being unused to his current handicap, feels that there isn't much for him to do unless he gets it fixed.

To a lesser extent, however, he's noticed that the people he's mentioned his condition to often treat him with a vague sense of pity, which also makes him uncomfortable. He's not ungrateful for the concern, but he's far more used to worrying about other people's problems then his own.

Whatever his reasons, Kazuki is currently heading down the hall, led by the hand by one of Stacy's tentacles.

||You have arrived at your destination,|| Stacy's voice says as he reaches the door to the Med-bay, and the tentacle retracts into the wall.

"Hello?" Kazuki calls into the room, gripping the doorway with a hand for support. "Could someone help me?"

[[ooc: Mostly closed to medical staff, though if your character would be in the Med-bay for some reason, feel free to tag]]

Someone walking into the Sensoriums today will find themselves in an old-style pottery workshop, likely set somewhere in Japan judging by the shōji-style doorways.

There they'll also find Kazuki, deep in concentration as he works at the potter's wheel, working at a lump of clay to try to make it into something interesting.

Even though he still has trouble seeing, just the sounds, the smells, and the general feeling he gets from this place back home--even if it is only an imitation--puts him more at ease.

He continues to work at the clay with his hands, but, obviously not pleased with his work so far (his lack of experience contributing just as much as his lack of sight to this problem), frowns and mashes the clay back into a solid lump, starting over from the beginning.

[ooc: Newbie Helpers List | Instructions: Post your character with one post establishing them as being podpopped. 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... )