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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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[Her lips quirk, because - well, it's true.] I hope they at least asked permission the last time.

[ISN'T IT SO TRUE. He knows it. And it's good that somebody else gets it.]

Yes, they did. I think almost all the Avengers showed up to ask me for my help. Which I don't mind giving, but I don't think it's unreasonably to want to have a say in it.

[Her eyes go wide.] The Avengers. [Oh.

Another smile, deep and warm.] I can see why the Initiative swept you up. [The Avengers don't tend to recruit teenagers. They must have made an exception for a reason.]

[They needed his alien brain. These were the exact words they used. And technically he was probably about 20-ish at the time! It's not like he's more immature than Spider-Man. Or Tony Stark.]

Well, yes. Even if I am not an Avenger anymore. But it does not take one of them to notice that this plan was somewhat ill-conceived and desperate.

[Sorry Noh you have the babiest face.]

No, but they could help make the best of it. [That may have been a backhanded compliment.

She cocks her head, slightly.]

What are you doing now? ...Before the abduction.

[Is that a compliment, or? The question is, can he get in the clubs without getting carded?]

I was traveling with friends.

[This is the totally bland way of saying it; the one he'd use to be careful about what he's been doing, that somebody might draw the connections between the Avenger who used to be the Protector who isn't allowed to be on Earth anymore. The way you don't say "I am disobeying both my people and the people who defend Earth because I don't give a fuck" because you don't actually want to admit to those kinds of things directly when there's no way to make the explanation good.]

We had barely finished pancakes and decided to leave again.

[Glossing over the dimension jumping...]

[She gets the idea he's not telling her everything, here, but it's not like he's obligated to. She's not going to press.]

Well, at least you got breakfast first.

[It's harder when people ask you direct questions outright rather than letting you sort of steer the conversation to it and around it casually without ever pausing to think about the details or even hint that there are any.]

On that topic, they do have pancakes here, right? I've become fond of them since I came to Earth.

[So he'll just disarmingly change the topic entirely.]

Edited (FAKE EDIT FOR NOTIFS!) 2013-11-25 18:07 (UTC)

[Her eyebrows arch - she sees what you did there - but she lets it go.]

I'm not sure. It depends on what people get on food runs.

We could check the kitchens, if you want.

[Sorry Jean, you're nice and all, but he hasn't even told his girlfriend some of this stuff. Otherwise, she probably wouldn't still be dating him.]

I appreciate the help, but I wouldn't want to impose on you. You've already given me a lot more answers than I had before. I'm perfectly capable of tracking down pancakes somehow.

[Though this is seriously not an attempt to get rid of her. Without any trace of the Young Avengers...but maybe it's not a good idea to hang out with adult heroes? Especially not the woman who carried the Phoenix Force, which is intrinsically tied to...all his problems right now. ...half his problems, right now.]

Or making them, should it come to that. I was told that was an important life skill on Earth.

[Jean shakes her head, smiling faintly.]

You're not imposing, trust me. I could use the distraction.

[Her smile deepens.] I could teach you how to make them, too.

I've heard it's a near impossible task.

[Ok Jean he likes you just a little bit.]

[Score.]

Oh, it is. We're going on an epic quest, here.