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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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[redsea]

[ Look at your life choices, Yosuke. Kougyoku lifts her chin up, full of confidence. ]

Are you saying you can't block it?

[ No, that's not how that line goes. Besides, it was cooler when Sinbad said it... ALSO YOSUKE OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T STAND A CHANCE? KOUGYOKU!? ]

this world is cruel, tiny

[counterattacked]

[Someone else might have taken the Captain's composure for callousness. Even if he'd only been under Levi's command for a month, Eren knows better. Even after so short a time, the absence of the squad around them is a loud one. He'd looked up to them, learned to trust them, some of the first people he'd met after he'd shifted who'd treated him like a person (after a snafu or two,) despite being carefully handpicked because they'd be best equipped to be wary of him. To kill him if they had to. It was the closest thing he'd had to real camaraderie since Trost, and part of him had been starved for it. And they had paid the price for it.

Because if he hadn't held back-

He relaxes slowly out of the salute, but his hands stay clenched into fists at his sides.]

Sir.

[He wants to argue. Frustration, regret, grief and anger. His voice is thick with it, the set of his shoulders is noisy with it. But he doesn't. He's not a child. It's not the time to talk back to his superior.

Instead:]

Have you seen the Commander?

[inafadingcrown]

[And in return for the bow, she gives a quick little nod, accompanied by the slightest bend at the waist.] And I am the Lady Galadriel. [A slight tilt of her head] 'Doctor' is a title oft given to healers, is it not?

[juneshero]

[how could this happen to meeeeeeeee]

No, I actually can't!

Kougyoku, calm down, can we talk about this? Or something?!

[granted, summoning a Persona was much more likely to happen under extreme pressure but Yosuke's Persona was but a piddly frog before the mighty dragon Djinn that Kougyoku had. To say that Vinea would probably eat Jiraiya is probably putting it lightly... haha]

[ectobiological]

Not in the movies, anyways. You are supposed to be able to leap across the moon and float upside down. Like this-

[And he demonstrates! His glasses nearly fall off his face, but he pushes them back in place.]

[ectobiological]

Uh, what?

[He equips his hammer - the Vrillyhoo. The scorpio symbol is obvious against the yellow paint.]

No, I got my own hammer back. It is one of my favorites.

[crab]

"If there was anyone guarding the galaxy where I come from, my species sure never ran into them, which says a lot for the miserable job they were doing with their so called guarding, considering how many civilizations we conquered and overthrew," is Karkat's dry response.

[ectobiological]

AGH!!!

[John is tugged down a few feet as he is CHOKED PRACTICALLY TO DEATH. When he catches his breath (heh), he turns around to yell at the rude person responsible!!

Dude, watch where you're going!! Way to go!

[redsea]

It's your fault for getting me fired up.

[ Being from Overpowered Royal Losers: The Series has its disadvantages, huh? If Yosuke was unwilling to take her on at that level, then it wasn't as fun. She lets out a sigh. ]

Ah, I was so looking forward to it...

[ Fine, fine. Her sword transforms back to its original form. Still, Yosuke's a new friend who said he'd play video games with her. ]

If not now, then when?

[celestial_wizard]

"Nice to meet you, Annie. I arrived here last October, so .. roughly a year. We've only been on the moon for about two months.Hopefully we'll be able to go back soon, and.. as much as I'm uneasy with the idea of time travel, maybe we'll be able to fix things so that those people won't have to ...well.." Die.

[ectobiological]

Wha- oh, hi!!

[He floats down toward her level, grinning. Man is it good to make new friends and talk to new people.]

I am not really sure how I can fly, but I am pretty sure it comes with the pajamas. [He tugs at his blue shirt.] I can help you fly, though! At least temporarily?

[celestial_wizard]

[ Lucy is right back to smiling at Levy's words. ]

We'll all get together and catch you up on things - Natsu was back home just recently so he knows the most out of all of us but... it's not good. But let's not think about that right now. Levy-chan, you don't know how glad I am you're here, and that's really selfish of me considering what an awful situation this all is.

[counterattacked]

Thousands? That many...

[That's. A lot. And all one country. Totsuka you are a saint. He will actually ask the strangest things, look what you've gotten yourself into.]

They're islands, like- in the ocean? Is it true that it's full of salt?

[The ocean, wow. That's even better than hearing about the moon.]

[dayplanners]

Really? [She laughs, grinning widely.]

I can totally fly if I transform, but flying pajamas are even more super cool and exciting! [She nods now.] Show me!

[ectobiological]

Hehehe, okay. Stay still-

[Wind begins to pick up around them, gentle at first before it becomes strong enough to lift a person and keep them afloat - her!]

[firefromstars]

[ He takes so long that she almost reaches out and touches him, just to speed along the process. What a frustrating way to communicate with someone.

When he does turn the tablet around, however, she finds that she had no immediate answer to give. She reads it and then reads it again, blinking. ]

I don't understand. I am called Starfire as well. You're saying this person looked like me?

[ozymandates]

The commander's expression creases at the reply. Definitely not congruent, but a source of insight if ever there was one. Perhaps it would be touched upon in the readings he'd managed to find futzing around on the tablet, but four months worth of judgment regarding this cause, from a perspective easiest to grasp at the moment, sounds far more appealing.

"You were on the retreat just now."

Not to mention training in the Corps. It's not outright disbelief, much less a doubt of his word, but he can't help a flicker of perplexity. Consider it an invitation to elaborate.

"At ease."

[lafouldre]

[ Yes, yes it does. ]

Well, each of the cards means something. A general something, but when you put them together and when you're me, you know - a little bit of the future. Not a lot, but an idea.

[lafouldre]

Well, yes. I'm trying to get a read for it. I was hoping my cards would be able to.

[lafouldre]

Magic users. Do you - [ slow beat ] do you not have those?

[ She nods, digests that as much as she can. ] Where is Exsilium?

[lambofcolumbia]

...No. Not at all. I'm not even sure I believe in magic. Some things are difficult to explain, of course, but it's all science in the end.

[Elizabeth shifts.]

Ah...England. What was left of it, at least.

[lafouldre]

I think it all being true doesn't necessarily mean we're not nuts, really. It seems rather like it would make that more likely.

[ She knows she's feeling a little bit crazy, though she does glance down and smile a little bit at his appraisal. That feels more inside the normal realm of things, flirting a little with someone. ] You'd do that? You've only just met me.

[lafouldre]

A little bit. At the least they support the truth of this whole thing, which is - something, I suppose.

[ or nothing. or terrifying. she'll see eventually. ]

[lambofcolumbia]

"Well, all of us," Elizabeth frowned at her. "We don't have anyone but each other here, and we're all strained enough as it is, especially with recent...unfortunate things." Stupid mutiny.

"We were prisoners. Now we're more like...refugees, for lack of a better term. Or soldiers."

[bunnivore]

[ this is when b.rabbit would be useful, although breaking the moon base isn't a very good idea. ]

Oh. [ she squats back down and... begins eating the rest of her cookies. ] I'm Alice.