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[kingtyrantranger]

So, we've got a bunch of new people. If we haven't met yet, hey. I'm Jason Lee Scott. In the field, you can call me Amp. But Jason's fine pretty much anywhere else. It's great to meet all of you. I'd turn this into a general introduction and powers announcement thing, but I think I'd hurt Grif's feelings if I stole his gimmick.

But we are gonna get to know each other outside of the regular Legion-mandated training. Don't worry about that. See, I've been saving up my money, what I haven't been sending to charities supporting recovery efforts on Naltor and Winath...

[And here he pauses for a moment to insert links to information on those charities.]

...Yeah, anyway. Like I said, saving stuff there, and I've got enough to afford a three day retreat. I mean, last time we went to a beach and it was great, and free, but I figure one or two of us have had enough of swimsuits for a little while. So this time, I figured that I'd put it up for vote.

I'm looking at three choices here. No pictures, we'll let some things about this be a surprise.

Option one: Plain ol' camping in the woods. I can get us a reservation in Yellowstone. Apparently Old Faithful isn't quite so faithful anymore, but we've still got cliffs and trees and all of that. We can chat, maybe do a bit of training while we're there, explore, all that. It'd be great.

Option two, and this one is neat: There's a campsite that's actually on an asteroid. One that's got two others in a stable orbit around it. Apparently Brainiac 3 used to use it as a lab or something to work in private, but the Coluans have confiscated everything after they died and all we're left with is three huge asteroids with low level gravity and an atmosphere. They promised me that there aren't any killer robots. [They actually seemed a little offended that it had been a concern.]

Option three could be a bit risky, but it still sounds cool. This one mad scientist made this hollowed out planet and filled it with an artificial ecosystem. It's got a fake sun, atmosphere, giant mushrooms... It's a little humid, but there's already some buildings, bathrooms with showers, and cooking sites set up, complete with, uh. 'Primordial beast repelling sonic fields'. Probably not going to be too much of an issue if something gets curious, though. Gravity's going to be a little higher than Earth's, though. 1.2 Gs.

So, uh. Yeah! Vote for which one sounds good and I'll set everything up for us to get on a week or two from now. Same as last time, you guys just get a bit of say in it now. We can set up campfires, cook some s'mores, play some games, get to know each other when there isn't a big crisis going down... It'll be fun!

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[captainbuzzkill]

Primordial monster option!

[He loves his primordial monsters. And he has a whole notebook he wants to fill before he eventually goes home and shows his Great Uncle Ford.]

I mean... [he clears his throat] option three.

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[kingtyrantranger]

Chalk one up for possible Mastodon attacks.

[He's laughing, at least.]

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[whyarewehere]

[ Grif is laying on what's probably a couch... somewhere. The comm is lazily angled so only part of his head is visible in the lower half of the frame, the rest is patterned fabric. ]

My delicate feelings are still hurt anyway. But I'll forgive you as long as you don't get us eaten by bears.

...Or space bears.

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[kingtyrantranger]

[Trying to be artsy? That's fine. Enjoy a view of the gym's floor and a slowly evaporating sweaty handprint.

Then again, who knows if Grif has ever seen the inside of the training rooms here? Outside of the Wallening.]

I'll take that as a vote for the asteroids, then. Not gonna lie, those do look pretty cool. And hopefully a step towards being forgiven for my heinous crimes.

[unrecovered]

Yellowstone. I don't trust anything built by a supervillain to not kill us.

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[kingtyrantranger]

I guess excitement is the last thing we need when we're trying to unwind.

[headinjuries]

Space. The answer is always space.

[kingtyrantranger]

I wouldn't say everything is better in space.

But camping in space would be really, really cool.

[headinjuries]

Maybe not everything. But most things are.

[wherenoonegoes]

Yellowstone. Toothless'll have a hard time flying at the other two.

[kingtyrantranger]

Do you guys count as one vote or two?

[wherenoonegoes]

Not sure. I guess it depends on if you want to be the one to tell him his vote doesn't count.

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[mylawn]

Mandatory?

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[kingtyrantranger]

Well, you don't have to come if you don't want to. I don't have the authority to make this mandatory, and I don't think it'd be a good idea to just force people to come along anyway.

But I will take this moment to remind everyone that the Legion is a team, and unless we know each other, not just what we can do but actually know the other members, we're never going to win this. If we don't pull together, it's not just our lives that are lost, but the lives of everyone who are counting on us to protect them. If we don't do the small things, how are we going to be able to function as a team when it comes time to do the big things?

That's a really dramatic way to put "No, but please come camping with us anyway", isn't it?

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[mylawn]

Not mandatory, but recommended. That's all you needed to say.

[this guy is very nice!!]

[deafleppard]

You know, I've always wondered what it's like to camp out on a livable asteroid.

[kingtyrantranger]

So that's one for the possible monsters, three for Yellowstone, and three for the asteroid. You guys are gonna break Dipper's heart.

[fighting4afuture]

[Killer robots. Please no killer robots.]

I don't have much of an opinion either way. Just. Definitely no killer robots.

Also, not sure if my hearing is still better than human levels, so the sonic field might be a bit of trouble. Gravity probably wouldn't be though.

[kingtyrantranger]

[No one needs to reveal puppet shows to Trunks.]

That's two people who were pretty firm on wanting to avoid killer robots.

I hadn't thought of enhanced senses being an issue. Uh. I can probably get a sample of the frequencies and have some tests run to see if they bother anyone. If they do, maybe one of our science guys can make earplugs?

[the_civilian]

Oh man, all of these sound good. I think I'm going to have to vote for option three, but I'd be happy with any of them.

[kingtyrantranger]

So that's two for option one, three for both of the others, and a "whatever is good". Man, this might end on a coin toss. if I can find a three-sided coin.

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[ex_eraserhead411]

This sounds like a good idea.

A training excursion in different terrain could be a nice change of pace.

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[kingtyrantranger]

Don't say the 't' word too loudly, you'll scare Grif off.

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[notwithoutafight]

[ She has to put some thought into this. Because, on the one hand, camping on an asteroid while other asteroids orbit it sounds downright awesome, but on the other... ]

You know, I've heard training at higher Gs can be really effective, but the idea of giant mushrooms in the showers skeeves me right out.

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[kingtyrantranger]

Training at higher gravities probably takes longer than a few days to have any real effect, I think. Then again, couldn't we reverse the flight rings somehow if we wanted that kind of thing?

[They couldn't. Valorium wasn't known for increasing the weight of things. However, increasing the weight of their hab areas could work.]

I'd think that wearing a weighted vest when you worked out would do better. Anyway, I don't think that there's mushrooms in the showers. That just seems like a health hazard.

[Definitely something to check on, though.]