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[initiates]

Date: December 1st
Location: The Observatory.
Characters: Everyone.
Summary: New Transports arrive and are shuffled into the Observatory after their initial briefings.
Warnings: None.

Your arrival here has been very unceremonious. One second you were somewhere else, and now, very suddenly, your feet hit the glowing white of the Transporter pad, and you're here. You aren't alone, either. There's a crowd of others around you, each seeming just as bewildered, angry, or confused as you might feel. At the head of the group is a woman in purple robes, solemn and taciturn. She hurries over a quick overview of your intended purpose here, and gives direct answers when asked for them, but to most things she simply shows you how to access the tablet you've just been given, or tells you that the DITR's greeters will explain everything. On the tablet, you can find the history of this place and a record of what your new cohorts have experienced. Someone stands on hand to give you a weapon, and though the armory is now greatly reduced, you should be able to find something to suit you.

You're shepherded down a walkway tunnel and into the Observatory, where you will find screens mounted on three sides of the wide room; they show multiple variations of satellite images, focused on... somewhere snowy. It's difficult to say more than that, but those that record heat readings seem to suggest there are people there, where ever "there" is. It's night outside the great wide windows, and the lunar landscape isn't much to look at right now. But, hey, at least all the lights are on, right? No more creepy red emergency lighting upon arrival — not that you'd know anything about that.

You're free to explore the base, visit and use any of the VR rooms, or discover your new room and roommates, but try not to step out of any airlocks if oxygen is a requirement for your system.

Welcome to the moon base, and to the remains of Exsilium.

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Seiya / Star Fighter | OTA

[alightlost]

Seiya was in a pretty bad mood so far. She was feeling distinctly kidnapped, which wouldn't have been the weirdest thing to wake up to after you go unconscious, but being in space was definitely a change. She hadn't been to space in years, didn't think Earth had this kind of technology, so what on earth these people were talking about when it came to the History lesson was very frustrating for her to try sorting out, especially without Taiki or Yaten here. Was this Galaxia's doing? Was it a trap by the Outer Senshi somehow? She couldn't be sure.

However, as she emerged into the Obersvatory, that bad mood fell away and she was immediately drawn to the lunar sky at night. Maybe to others it was a cold vastness, but she could see the lights out there - the distant stars and planets of other galaxies, even her own. It was strangely... homey to her.

So she let her throbbing headache disappear as she leaned against the glass, completely unfazed by how perilous a 'drop' into the abyss it may appear to others. She was still in her concert clothes and had a new bandage around her head courtesy of the debriefing team. The bright red suit and long black ponytail of a male pop star didn't exactly blend in with the moonbase.

[celestial_wizard]

Lucy wasn't one of those to think of space as a cold vastness. To her, the stars were friends - though that may be because of her friends being representative of the constellations themselves. She'd always felt a little connected to the stars, herself - enough that she took every free moment she had where she wasn't keeping Natsu company or training, to watch the stars in the observatory.

Hearing someone entering a few minutes after her, she glanced over her shoulder curiously, smiling a greeting, though a worried gaze flicked over the sight of the bandage. Still, the pop star looked like he was just as fascinated with the stars as she was, and after a moment, she spoke up. "Beautiful, aren't they?" She was glad she could still see such things after the dangerous situation they were in - when everyone was down and gloomy.

[alightlost]

Her bright voice caught Seiya's attention immediately and her smile was infectious, so Seiya smiled back. "Yes, I've always thought so."

She held up her hands to the glass. "I don't know these as well as others, but..." She started tracing patterns - they had all picked out birthdays and signs comparable to back home. "Leo... and Gemini... and Aquarius..." She turned to Lucy and gave a little grin. "I'm afraid I've forgotten the rest."

But she was cute enough to flirt with. "I think the nameless ones have it harder though - they have to shine bright enough we remember them on beauty alone." Seiya winked playfully.

[celestial_wizard]

Lucy grinned at the named constellations. "I know them all - or most of them, at least." There were still a few that she hadn't met yet after all. But she cheerfully recites the others like old friends. "Nikora, the Little Dog Constellation; Aries, the Ram; Virgo, the Maiden; Taurus, the Golden Bull; Saggitarius, the Archer; Cancer, the Crab; Pisces, the Fish; Scorpio, the Scorpion; Capricorn, the Goat, and Libra, the Heavenly Scales."

A pause, and she laughed sheepishly, "I guess you could say I'm a bit of an aficionado when it comes to the stars." She absently patted the keys at her side. "There are lots of others, but those ones are the ones of the Zodiac. Well..except for Nikora." But he was cute enough to be part of the zodiac!

She grinned at the wink, shaking her head, "All the stars have names - we just haven't learned their stories yet. But you have a point - it's easier for a lot of people, to remember the ones who already have names and tales to tell. So it's even more reason to remember the ones who don't have voices of their own yet, lest they fade into obscurity." She offered a hand, as an afterthought, because otherwise she'd babble endlessly about the stars. "My name is Lucy. Lucy Heartfilia."

And now I'm on episode 8, thanks a lot B(

[alightlost]

"I think you're a bit more than an aficionado!" Seiya was actually impressed. "A smart girl like you probably hasn't had much time to spend listening to music, huh?" Seiya took her hand. "I'm Kou Seiya, since you didn't recognize me. One of the Three Lights." She gave one more smile. "Nice to meet you, Lucy."

Since she was so interested in it, though, Seiya gestured back to space. "If you know this much about the stars, I wonder if you know about the planets and galaxies beyond." Maybe charming the answers out of people would work. "You work here, right? So you must know a lot about what goes on."

I-I'm sorry D8! W..what did I do? Q_Q

[celestial_wizard]

Lucy blushed sheepishly, "I'm afraid not. Guild work keeps me pretty busy," nevermind that they were from completely different worlds (literally) and she wouldn't have had access to his music anyhow. Cough. But she smiles warmly nonetheless, "It's nice to meet you too. Do you sing or play an instrument?"

She chuckles again, shaking her head, "I'm afraid I don't know much else about the other planets and galaxies.. the only other planet I've been to, other than my own home and this one, is Edolas. I don't suppose you've heard of it?" Probably not. "I don't work here though. I've just been here for... a little over a year now." Time has flown really quickly. A lot has happened. "I can try to answer any questions you have though."

I started watching Fairy Tail on youtube XD;

[alightlost]

"I do both, although mostly I sing lead vocals. If I find a guitar, I could play an acoustic set for you." Seiya was still trying to hope that this was a moonbase above her Earth, maybe created by one of the countries of Earth and to which she'd been kidnapped. Maybe her identity had been compromised like Usagi's had - the only way to find out was to ask questions.

And that... well that answered a big one. She was absolutely dumbfounded. "A year?!" Forget Edolas. "Why are you still here after that long if you don't work here?" It really must be against her will, surely. "Hasn't anyone... tried to escape?"

Re: Seiya / Star Fighter | OTA

[dead_shot]

[ Lockon stood a comfortable distance away, staring off in the same direction as the other man, with bandages around his head as well. They are a fair bit bloodied, especially on the right side just above his eye and down toward the temple. His green flightsuit is quite worn, too, but he hasn't found anything to change into yet so he's just toughing it out.

He shifts the grip on his helmet from one hand to the other, sighing in a put-upon manner before speaking. Casual; like he's just walked up to someone else who missed the same bus or something. ] You think they'd have the foresight of grabbing us sooner.

Re: Seiya / Star Fighter | OTA

[alightlost]

[The flightsuit was like nothing Seiya had seen before, but was close enough to peg him as the space cowboy he was. Then again, maybe he was a movie star, but he sounded a little too intense for that.]

I don't know... if their goal was to disrupt our own work, then the timing was perfect.

[She pointed at his wound.] They patch you up too?

[dead_shot]

Work, huh. [ Lockon chuckled and turned his head to look at the man. ]

This? [ He reached up and motioned to his temple with index finger as if tapping it. ] Just a scratch. [ Exaggeration of the HIGHEST order, but there was nothing to show that he wasn't used to his eyes working at their fullest. After what he's been through, a headache is nothing. ]

[alightlost]

Oh, oh, tough guy. [Seiya smiled.] Did you get it playing extreme sports, then? Or something more to do with your job>

[dead_shot]

Nah, just that they managed to pick me up before things got too bad. [ Lockon grinned, both presenting the truth and hiding it with the same words. It's not a sort of double-speak he's particularly fond of but when he teeters on the edge of calling all of this a cosmic joke, it gets easier.

He looked down at himself, and the helmet, and then something dawned on him. Was the guy mistaking it for a ski suit? ] Heh, piloting is a bit more exciting than snowboarding.

[alightlost]

That's odd... The last thing I remember is collapsing, before I could hit my head on the stage. [And after using up most of her energy by telling Usagi her past.] I wonder if there's a connection...

You said you're a pilot? As in a fighter jet pilot? So that makes you a kind of warrior, right?

sup

[promises_to_keep]

Lea had planned to bring a book to read in the observatory, but as he drew nearer it seemed it was a bit noisy today. Were there new folks again?

Poking his head in and taking a quick glance around, he checked for any familiar faces, and his heart sank a little when he didn't manage to spot Xion anywhere in the sea of transports. It seemed she wouldn't be making an appearance with the new batch. With a sigh, Lea starts to head back to the hall, considering maybe just borrowing one of the empty rooms in the west wing when something catches his eye. There's a figure apart from the rest of the chattering crowd, just leaning against the domed glass of the observatory.

Intrigued, Lea moved cautiously toward the newcomer. Arrival Day tended to be a little too noisy for his taste, but this fellow at least looked less obnoxious than others. Hands in his pockets and book under his arm, Lea leans forward to see if he's looking at anything in particular.

"Landscape doesn't change much, I'm afraid."

oh sup

[alightlost]

Seiya looked over at the stranger. "I wouldn't mind that if I was only going to be held here a short time, but you sound weary."

Then she turned to face him. "Please, tell me - have I been kidnapped?" This guy was just walking around, though. It wouldn't make much sense to let your prisoners wander, so maybe there was something else going on. "I have important things to take care of back on Ear--"

Her head suddenly hurt all over again and she put both hands up to try and stop the pain. "We don't have much time left."

[promises_to_keep]

"I dunno if weary is the right word, but I'll admit I'm a little over the moonbase," he admitted. "I don't like long hallways; too many bad memories."

He made a wordless noise of consideration then, and put a hand on his chin.

"Not sure I'd call it kidnapped, exactly," he said. "More like 'borrowed'. Like yeah, we can't go home, but we pretty much have full autonomy and freedom within this place. And... eventually we'll be going back planetside, I imagine. So it's not like we're impriso-- Hey, are you okay?"

He cut himself off and lifted a hand when the stranger pressed both hands to his head, looking like he was in some serious pain. There was a bandage around his head, but Lea didn't see any blood or anything. He didn't touch the man, but his hands sort of lingered near him as if to catch him if he fell.

"Dude, if you're still in bad shape you should go back to the clinic," he said. "I think most of the staff is transports like us, so they'll fix you up right."

[alightlost]

"They can't fix this." Not entirely true. Seiya just wasn't convinced they could. "They tried." Okay that much was true. Seiya pushed up on both knees, mostly standing straight again. "I've lived with it a few days. A few more won't kill me."

She gave a wry grin though. "Is it because we're just being 'borrowed' you think they'd help me? It's not nice to give a performer the hook before they've finished, you know." Oh but she had no right to joke right now, did she?

"I won't expect a guy like you to know who I am, though. That's okay." She was still royally irritated and tried to keep a lid on the tone, but it snuck out anyway. "If you say there's a way to get back to Earth, I'd like to be pointed in that direction. Moonbase or whatever space technology they're working on here doesn't interest me. I know plenty about space already."

And it was in danger.

[promises_to_keep]

"Well no, I meant more that the clinic's run by other transports, so they're peers," he said. "Though really, the Initiative is by far the lesser evil if you ask me. Besides the whole borrowing thing, they've done their best to do right by us, at least."

Lea looked a little indignant then.

"And what's that supposed to mean, a 'guy like me'?" he asked, folding his arms. "You just met me like forty-five seconds ago, how do you know what kind of guy I am?"

He wasn't entirely sure this guy was okay, the way he was still gripping his head and all, but if he was going to insist he was fine Lea wasn't about to force him back to the clinic. He shifted his weight where he stood and hummed to himself briefly.

"Well, the earth kinda got nuked," he said, "so they're making sure it's safe before they give the all-clear to head back to the surface. Not sure you wanna go down just yet."

[alightlost]

"Like you-- No, I meant that the only guys at our concerts are brought there by their girlfriends, but nevermind that-" Seiya looked straight at Axel now and it felt ridiculously similar to trying to shout-down Taiki. At least Tenou was roughly her height. "You said the Earth was nuked?"

Panic caught in her throat now. "What the heck does that mean? Huh? The whole planet can't have been..." No, it definitely could have been. Galaxia may have that kind of power now, after devouring Kinmoku's Star Seeds. Maybe she'd even found the Princess--

"I'm begging you." Her eyes dropped to the ground. "You have to tell me it wasn't the whole planet-- at least not Japan."

the continued story of usagi and seiya

[moonlitlove]

((continued from here))

Now that they've begun their tour, Usagi occasionally turns her head to study her new friend. Seiya looks so cold from the outside, huh? And...maybe just slightly cute. But in her idle thinking, she comes back to a topic she'd neglected earlier.

Her hands fly to her mouth, and she resists the temptation to bite worriedly.

"You're hurt?"

Huzzah!

[alightlost]

Seiya tried to smile back reassuringly. "Well, yes, but-" She didn't want to lie to Usagi. "I'll recover. I just over-exerted myself. Just walking around with you like this will be fine, though."

She offered her arm to Usagi. "Shall we continue?"

[moonlitlove]

"You should have a rest, though," Usagi insisted, taking her friend's arm with a sad smile.

"What about a drink? I messed up the cookies, but I think I can get lemonade. Just lemon juice and sugar, right?"

[alightlost]

"As long as I don't try fighting for a bit longer, I'll be fine." She patted Usagi's hand. "You don't need to worry about me."

Resisting the urge to keep teasing, Seiya just laughed at Usagi's cheerfulness. She'd missed it so much these past few days. "You said there's rooms for each of us, right? Can you help me find mine and then we'll make lemonade together?"

[moonlitlove]

"All right. Let's go...west?" she guessed, frowning down that hallway. At least, that's the one she thought was west.

"This could be harder than it looks. Tell me if you need to rest, okay?"

[alightlost]

"I'm supposed to be the cool guy, remember? You're stealing all the good lines, Odango."

Seiya was walking fine now, even though her head was throbbing a little. "But I promise to say so if I need it."