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Date: November 1st
Location: The Observatory.
Characters: Everyone.
Summary: New Transports arrive and are shuffled into the Observatory after their initial briefings. The zombie plot will not spill over into this area, this area is safe and unaffected! To face zombies, characters must leave the area, and please move to the event log with those threads.
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 — although it won't have Network access for another 8 hours. 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. It's night outside the great wide windows, and the lunar landscape isn't much to look at right now; the only lighting comes from dull red emergency lights, but there are… noises. Listen carefully. Over the voices of your fellow Transports, now and then you might catch the sound of a scrape, or a low and muffled cry. It doesn't sound human. Are there animals up here?

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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Oh-- yeah, no, I know. [Or, at least, he's confident in Noishe's ability to take care of himself if necessary.] He's okay, he's just nervous about all the people.

Mm... [that's one way he meant it— but he got the answer to what he was wondering anyway. (there are bigger things here to be nervous about... zombies, for example! not. that oswald is saying that right now, but.)] If it's the people, would he be less nervous with other animals?

[oswald wouldn't mind bringing owl out, or taking him to his itty bitty budgie. either way—!]

[Noishe whines again, and Lloyd scratches between his ears.]

That... depends. What kind of animal?

Birds... [aaaand then he pauses.] I've six, but the ones I'm taking about are a small bird and an owl.

[because if noishe is this nervous right now, the other four chains oswald has inside of him would probably scare the crap out of him (jabberwock especially oops).]

Oh! Well, that should be okay. What do you think, Noishe?

[Noishe whines yet again, but his tail wags a bit.]

Yeah, that's okay.

[he's sorry noishe, he will do his best to take you to his tiny budgie and hopefully not scare you with the darkness that follows owl when he calls him out!]

I have Owl with me, [but where is the question--!] but Iris is in my room-- follow me...

[says he of the turning-around-with-the-expectation-that-he'll-just-follow, already starting off.]

[Lloyd, being that he never properly learned the concept of "stranger danger," follows without complaint.

Lloyd looks and squints and generally is unsubtle as ever in trying to piece together this bird puzzle. Finally:]

Did he fly away?

[oswald stops walking a moment, a pause to his step, before blinking and remembering ah, most people don't know. it's been a while since he's been able to freely talk about chains, so he turns to lloyd and raises his hand to the side, a dark haze gathering above it.]

...no, he's right here.

[and then there's a pure black owl coming out of it, the black haze following its wings as it lands on oswald's hand, claws latching around a finger. owl is his least intimidating chain, so hopefully it's not too. bad. hopefully.]

-- Whoa!

[Noishe barks for the first time since they got here, and Lloyd jumps, but it's more from surprise than anything else.]

What is that?

[Like, an owl, he can see that much. But dang.]

...he's just Owl.

[he explains in just one word because it's as simple as that - of course, that's not what owl is, but oswald assumes he's talking about that. chains, chains, chains - owl's vision ticks from oswald to noishe (what is he supposed to do here, he's just sitting around on oswald's hand for now), silent as the haze stays centered in his wings.]

As for what... he's a creature from my world.

Like a monster?

[Lloyd says the word casually, but Noishe immediately wilts. He whines, and his big ears cant back slightly.

Owl doesn't seem threatening, but there's no way he's just a bird.]

[a monster.

oswald can't argue it, but for a moment all he can do is stare at lloyd, before looking at noishe and cracking something close to a soothing smile.]

...he's certainly no pet, but he's no longer just a monster, either.

[and owl seems like he understands everything they're saying (he does, understanding human speech isn't hard), feathers ruffling before he shakes them and tiny black particles are shaken off.]

Noishe will be fine with him and Iris... [pausing, before:] Iris is a normal bird, if it helps.

[Lloyd watches him for a second, and then glances back at Owl. He feels like he might have said something wrong, but he's not sure what or why.]

Monsters make Noishe nervous, that's all. [To be more specific about it. He's not sure what "no longer a monster" means, but it doesn't seem to make a difference to Noishe. Lloyd rubs Noishe's head and smiles.] He'll be okay, though. He just has to warm up to him.