[video] Checking In

[whyarewehere]

[ It’s that time again, gang! Grif’s broadcasting from scenic his room. You can tell it’s Grif’s room because it is an absolute disaster area. There’s all kinds of empty containers strewn everywhere, a pizza box, his other uniform (it’s rumpled and in serious need of a wash), and scattered bits of an orange suit of armor. Of note to those who’ve born witness to this appalling scene before, the far wall has a shiny little plaque on it. That’s new.

All of this is visible in the frame because Grif’s slouching back in his chair with the comm propped up on his desk. He’s a scruffy, somewhat flabby guy swiveling his chair lazily to and fro with one leg while eating… something as he talks. With his mouth full. Because Grif. ]

Alright guys, it’s come to my attention, as the one who tries to keep track of this shit around here, that we have new people. And when we have new people, that means we have new superpowers to figure out how they work.

[ Because clearly, clearly Grif is the only member of the team to take an interest in others and what they can bring to the table. It’s not that he’s nosy and just wants to know if anyone has eye lasers yet. He just gives and gives for this group, he swears.

Grif deigns to swallow before he continues. ]

So: New people. Lay it on me. Who are you, and can you do anything awesome? If it’s not awesome, make it sound awesome, cause that’s what I’m here for.

I’ll start for you:

[ He thumbpoints at his chest, getting space twinkie crumbs everywhere because he’s using that hand. ]

I’m Grif, Doubletime if you want to be that nerd who uses my code name, and I’m pretty much the fastest thing on this ship. Which is awesome.

[ He pauses for a moment, then adds, ]

…And the rest of you should probably come say hi? Tell them stuff? And tell me about the mission because I was stuck back here babysitting the ship and I mean... I took a lot of good naps, but...

[ He shrugs. Then he finishes off the space twinkie, balls up the wrapper, and throws it over his shoulder where it lands on top of the orange helmet. He is not even remotely concerned by this. ]

((( This is a free for all mingle post! Grif will reply to everyone who responds, but if you want to have a character jump into a thread with anyone you are absolutely welcome and, in fact, encouraged. This is set after the end of Lantern Plot, so characters who've been away on that are able to tag in too. )))

Comments

[headinjuries]

I dunno, I thought Star Wars did pretty okay, and they're clocking in at seven now.

[ Sam is not old enough to have angry NOT MUH feelings about the prequels. Star Wars is all Star Wars, to him. ]

[kingtyrantranger]

Wait, what? They made more Star Wars?

I thought it was over when they killed the Emperor and blew up the second Death Star. What else is there?

[Sam, stop blowing Jason's primitive 90s-era mind with your future pop culture.]

[headinjuries]

Hey, they started at Episode IV, right? So they filled in the blanks and did the first three about how Anakin went bad.

And then the new one's like twenty years later and Han and Leia have a son who's got some kind of weird creepy crush on his granddad, and his lightsaber's got like, a beam hilt which just seems like a really good way to lose a hand.

[kingtyrantranger]

Huh. That other trilogy sounds like it could be cool. The new one sounds dumb.

Is the hilt like, just another lightsaber blade? Is there one coming out of the pommel or something? I guess I can see that being good for surprise, but lightsabers are supposed to be like katanas. Having an extra blade coming out the end is just stupid.

[headinjuries]

The new one has BEST DROID, though.

And yeah, it's like another blade that goes where the hand guard would? So if your hand slides a little you're gonna lose fingers. Bad idea.

[kingtyrantranger]

Better than R2-D2?

...Yeah, that's seriously stupid. I don't see how anyone would think that it's a good idea. Maybe he's got a robot hand, though?

[headinjuries]

BB-8 is awesome. But actually he and R2 need to gang up on 3PO, that's the optimal outcome.

No robot hand yet, but he's got two more movies. Who knows?

[kingtyrantranger]

They're probably out by now, if this universe has Star Wars. Then again, it's been a thousand years. They might be lost forever.

[headinjuries]

...oh, man. That never even occurred to me.

[ TIME FOR AN ARCHIVES CRAWL ]

[kingtyrantranger]

Man, how do you guys think I feel, finding out that all the good stuff's come out, like, twenty years after my time?

[Given the pretty nasty events between the year 2016 and the thirty-first century, Jason's not holding his breath. But it'd be cool if they found some tapes or something.]

[headinjuries]

I'm looking for it. Like, now.

[ringslinging]

Wait, since when?

[headinjuries]

Sorry you're old, Hal.