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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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[It's unfortunate that Kano's the one she chose to watch. When he's aware of someone staring at him, he glances back and quickly turns around to hide his grin. Ah. There's no way he wouldn't recognize someone dressed so elaborately behaving like some awkward, timid deer.

He leads her on for a bit, walking around and humming to himself before he uses his powers to disappear for a split second. A moment later, he taps her on the shoulder from behind.]

Stalking people is cree~eepy, you know.

[ lost, is a better word. he's been close to another's side ever since becoming part of HOMRA, losing his connection to the yakuza who treated him like nothing more than a dog and it's--yeah, he'd followed yata, but yata isn't the same. he's alright, and when she puts that tablet close to him he tilts his head up, eyes looking towards the screen and then

over to nill. a weird way to talk--but he can't say it's not a good idea. he doesn't like opening his mouth much, either. that's what this is, isn't it? ]

Fine.

No.

[ mikoto's flame is just a little pink okay there's nothing wrong with pink. ]

[Roy doesn't intend to wander around the newbies. He's not really in much of a social mood. But he can dig the free food, which is what he came for and what he's chowing down on as he makes his way back toward the west wing and his room.

That's when he sees her. And when he nearly chokes on a cookie.]

Starfire?!

It's him... all of them, I know them-- [ hrmmmm. he's quiet for a second or two, processing. he's pretty shocked, to say the least. ]

How is that possible?

I'm not sure, but as soon as we find... Mikoto, is it? As soon as we find him, maybe he'll have the answer you're looking for. [ he lets that 'we' slip as he's so used to helping families be reunited and he's treating this like that. he pauses briefly, fixing one of his bangs. ] I know all this is sudden, but what usually makes sense in the world, in the life, we know, doesn't always translate here. The best advice I can give is to shut out what's possible and be on guard. When I first arrived here, there was a zombie attack going on. One of my friends even saw dinosaurs on the beach -- this place doesn't go by normal logic.

[ dinosaurs on the beach seemed cool. zombies? no problem, he played a ton of video games. he was sure it wasn't entirely the same but if he was going to take this guy's advice and be on his guard, he'd have to take things in stride.

the fact that something weird was going on between this place and some other members of HOMRA included.

Yata nods once Koujaku seems to be done explaining, staring down at the floor for a few seconds before he shakes his head vigorously. this wasn't the time to mope! ]

Right, gotta keep looking for him. And don't worry about it, you've already done a lot.

[ yeah, he didn't miss that we. ]

[Man, that's a pretty long short version. And a whole lot of that was met with a blank stare and a canted head, if not quite for the reasons Al's expecting. Some of it was just plain word salad to him. (nuke? zombie? how do you cut off gravity even.) There is a part of it that makes sense, though, so he jumps to that.]

Mutiny? [That's serious. A pause, then-] What sort of demands were they making?

I see. [ pink is cute. but the way she took it must have sounded rude. ] Oh! I mean, it's fine. I like pink.

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I am. [ She straightens up and looks at him from the corner of her eye. ] You, you shouldn't go around scaring ladies like that.

I could be much more so if I meant to be. It'd be rude to do that to someone I just met, though, wouldn't it?

It's fire.

[ you know the thing that burns. it's not meant to be liked!! well.

well. ]

[ Nico's usual brooding scowl eases away as he looks from the girl to the tablet. It's not hard to figure out what's going on: this girl clearly can't talk. His expression softens. ]

I'm just having a look around, that's all.

[ She doesn't understand. It's power. Power is good. ]

My friend also uses fire. My brother, too.

I think I have some clean bandages around here...

[Armin cadged them from the med bay when he visited over his injured knee a few weeks ago, people didn't seem to care if you took things to use on your own. Armin settles next to Eren, undressing his wound and examining it, gently murmuring at him to turn around so he can see the back of his head where he expects to find a pretty large goose egg.]

I'm going to say something strange - the strangest thing yet - but I hope you'll believe me anyway.

We both survived past that day. For weeks after. I know this because you were brought here before, from a place even later along our timeline.

I wouldn't let you explain it to me because I was afraid to know the future. Afraid because I knew I wouldn't actually be able to change it, even if I figured out a way to do it here.

Even though you don't remember that... I'm sorry.

[ She did it. She did it. Kougyoku made a friend! She is so proud of herself. ]

Yeah! [ And she follows. He'll notice that she's walking even closer to him than before. ] Let's keep looking for King Mikotosan!

[ That's his name now. ]

[Well, he seems to be relatively okay at least. Not visibly hurt, or even all that nervous.

The shock thing is still a possibility she supposes, but he doesn't seem to be doing too badly, and that's always a plus. She glances around for a moment, to see if maybe there's anyone in the immediate area that he might be waiting on, but she doesn't really see anyone.]

Are you waiting for something?

[It makes things so much easier when people don't think she's doing it for kicks. A small smile spreads across her face.]

My name is Nill. Did you just get here?

Nowhere in particular. Just trying to get the lay of the land.

[part of him's relieved, not being recognized. the rest of him is bracing for a repeat of a dozen and more uncomfortable conversations, all because, as far as he's concerned, he can't carry his own weight in it.

but let's not get ahead of ourselves, kiddo.

he shakes his head, while he lifts his tablet out of his belt. the blank text field is already waiting for him.]

I can write. Or sign, if you know sign language.

[he turns it and holds it out for her to read.]

This must be the plot of a light novel. [ time traveling, outer space, wars and magic? yeah, that sounds like some things he's read before. ]

[ It's when Kougyoku is watching somebody else from behind a wall that Totsuka comes across her. Curiously, he looks towards where she is gazing at -- a person talking to another person, huh.

Anyway, this looks fun! Very quietly, like a spy but smiling, he asks: ]

Friend of yours?

Nill. Did I say that right?

[ no his heart is already warming to her fuckshit ]

I'm Nico. And yeah, I did.

It obviously didn't work, so you don't have to worry about it.

[ Then muttered to himself, as if Peter's not even there. ]

I guess I just don't have Hazel's talent...

[ Kuroko feels a little bad about it; he knows surprise is inevitable when it's him, but he doesn't generally mean to make people fall over or drop things. ]

Just now. Are you all right? [ he'll be proactive and kneel down, offering her his hand to help her up. ]

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