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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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I'm...17 now so. I guess it's been that long since Aang's been gone.

[She frowns suddenly.]

Wait, you said you knew Aang? Who are you supposed to be?

I'm Mai.

[If Korra knows anything about Azula and ~~Ozai's Angels~~ her two sidekicks during her hunt for the Avatar, it ought to be somewhat recognizable. That and for her aid at Boiling Rock.]

If you're that far ahead though, I doubt you know me. I wasn't part of their group or anything.

Mai...wait. Mai! Mai helped Sokka and Zuko escape from that Fire Nation prison!

[The look Korra gives Mai now is much warmer and considering.]

That was you?

What, you know about that?

[Even though she's that far in the future... or whatever?

Mai isn't sure whether that pleases her or somehow embarrasses her.]

After the war, a lot of the story came out. Not...everything, but a lot of it.

I know you helped Azula track Aang first and decided to help them later.

[That seems to make her a bit somber.]

I didn't have much choice.

Edited (Hi, I thought proper wording might help.) 2013-11-29 01:31 (UTC)

[That's not what the stories make it sound like. She's curious.]

No...choice? What do you mean?

I'm a little cold but even I can't just let the people I love die in front of me.

Even if they are complete jerks.

[Mai's wrong if she thought that would put Korra off.]

See, that's a choice! You didn't have to save the jerk, but you still did!

[Pause.]

Wait, who's the jerk again?

Edited 2013-12-02 22:58 (UTC)

[This is where she crosses her arms.]

Zuko, of course.

[Der hur, who else is a jerk? Sokka's too simplistic to be a jerk if you ask Mai.]

Zuko, huh. [Like a flash, the understanding comes. She smiles slyly.]

You said people you love just now.

[This expression. This one right here.]

What?

Love! That's what you said. [She grinssssssss.]

So you helped them out because you love Zuko? I'd say that's a choice!

It's not that strange.

[Grumping.]

Trust me, it's not a choice.

[If it were, she'd be far over this thing for him now.
... Maybe.]

[The smirk isn't fading. At all.]

You can say what you want, but I'm not buying it.