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Oct 10, 2011 21:28

If it had been any other person, it would have been reasonable to conclude that they might have panicked. It wasn't normal - and hell, certain people had a broad definition of what normal meant - to wake up in a strange and far too humid cavernous room with a hypnotically pulsing greenish glow, to only see that for a few moments before there was ( Read more... )

!location: obs deck, hiccup, howard bassem, kanoe zouichi, zoe washburne, !status: open

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zouichi October 11 2011, 05:02:45 UTC

Hmm... another new face? Zouichi raised a hand in greeting as he made his way toward Zoe, figuring she was just lost. It was a big ship, after all -- he was surprised more people didn't end up missing and stuck in a transport tube somewhere.

"Hi. Need help finding something?"

serenity2ic October 11 2011, 16:15:03 UTC

Zoe turned at the voice, taking in this stranger's appearance quickly - friend or foe, soldier or civilian? She was still holding the short stick when it came to know what the hell was going on, something that hardly sat well with her.

"Answers'd be nice," she finally admitted when she concluded there was nothing immediately dangerous about him.

zouichi October 11 2011, 16:22:58 UTC

He frowned a little. "You didn't just come out of the pods, did you?" Because a pod release had just happened, and no others had been announced as far as he knew. "Er... what's the last thing you remember?"

serenity2ic October 12 2011, 18:29:51 UTC

The pods? She gave him a flat, unimpressed look. "Don't reckon that I have, seein' as how I don't know what you're talking about."

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i_sell_drugs October 11 2011, 19:53:43 UTC

Howard's decided to go back to people-watching, now that he's spent some time away from the meet and greet, but unfortunately it seems the observation deck has mostly emptied out since the podpop.

He does notice the confident-looking woman examining her surroundings. She looks capable. Formidable, even.

"Hey. How are you liking your first day on the Snotpod Express?"

serenity2ic October 12 2011, 18:30:44 UTC

One eyebrow slowly lifted at the drawl, and she glanced back to see man casually relaxing nearby and watching her in something akin to amusement. Then, she let her gaze sweep across the room. "All this?" she asked, her hands feeling strangely empty without the familiar weight of her gun. "Not my idea of a pleasant wake-up call."

If she could remember how she woke up there in the first place, it'd be a start.

i_sell_drugs October 12 2011, 19:47:34 UTC

"Then wait 'til you see how the ship did your bedroom's interior decorating. You want my advice, snag an unclaimed building in the city before people take all the good ones." His voice cracks a little with puberty. His cheeks flush a bit as he tries to get that under control.

"I'm Howard." He doesn't extend a hand, but he's friendly enough with his greeting. "Who're you?"

serenity2ic October 12 2011, 21:47:37 UTC

"This really a ship?" Zoe asked, looking around. She saw the Black out there, but this had to be one of the largest ships she had ever been on - she was getting the feeling this wasn't the only part of it and the mention of a city didn't help matters. This room could probably swallow Serenity whole.

Her calculating demeanor warmed slightly when his voice cracked - hell of a thing being a teenager. "Corporal Zoe Washburne."

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serenity2ic October 12 2011, 18:31:25 UTC

The man that approached her now - well, she wasn't sure what to think of him. She had seen strange things around the 'Verse, but his clothing would be up there with the strangest. And his breezy manner made him seem like a chai neow. But that didn't mean he wasn't dangerous - people wore a lot of masks to hide their talents.

"Expect you'll be here doing the explaining now."

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serenity2ic October 29 2011, 20:51:42 UTC

She crossed her arms and gave him an even look that only a soldier who had received a lot of bad news possessed.

"Go on."

voiceofserenity October 13 2011, 07:04:07 UTC

The Obs deck had cleared fairly quickly as people found their friends and family and carted them off to explore Stacy. Kaylee herself had been about to leave, to head back to Serenity and the excited crew that would be waiting. A figure caught her eye, though, and Kaylee hesitated only a moment before darting back into the room, toward the now-emerging woman.

"Zoe!!"

Hope you don't mind if I threadjack flieswithdinos October 17 2011, 17:48:51 UTC

Wash was ready to leave himself. In fact, he made it all the way out the door without even seeing Zoe appear. But Kaylee's shout spun him around like it was a physical force. His feet started moving before he knew what was happening. He stumbled when he hit the doorway and caught himself. He couldn't even speak at first, just stared.

"Zoe."

serenity2ic October 29 2011, 21:06:14 UTC

The explanations she had received from the few people straggling about in the room had been enough to convince Zoe that she needed to somehow find the rest of Serenity's crew, see what they made of all this. She wasn't bothered at all by the description of the ship's size - city or not, with that comm, there had to be a way to get in touch with all of them. She did frown at the idea that maybe they were still "sleeping" as that one boy had said ( ... )

voiceofserenity November 2 2011, 04:18:29 UTC

Kaylee was really too excited to watch her volume, and loud or not she was still running toward Zoe with all the excitement of a five-year-old who had just found her long lost puppy.

That slowed as Zoe spotted Wash, though. Kaylee contained herself enough to stop and step back, out of their way in case Wash decided he wanted to gallop back into the room too. The mechanic beamed up at Zoe and waited for Wash to join them.

"Been a terrible handful without you, keepin' him in line. Wouldn't believe some of the antics he's been gettin' up to here."

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pantsaretight November 3 2011, 01:14:27 UTC

Perhaps it was several decades of absolutely abysmal luck finally starting to get paid off, but Zoe wouldn't be lost on her own for too long, because as fate would have it the man who'd shared most of that bad luck with her happened to be in the area, and stepped through one of the bizarre heart valve doorways just in time to come face to face with probably the only true friend he had left in the world.

Course, Mal being Mal, he ended up staring and blinking at her for a moment before giving out a rather underwhelming. "Huh." This was then followed by a slightly more hopeful, "Zoe, if that's you I'd appreciate some assurance. Been a long few weeks and I got no need to be goin' crazy right now."