[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

[the_civilian]

If there were a giant green robot lion, I'd probably be goggling at it right now, so I don't think one's turned up. Maybe it'll show up later?

[HELLO FELLOW NERD. Tadashi resettles his baseball cap on his head and smiles.]

Hi Pidge, I'm Tadashi. Or, uh, Sunfire. I don't know what the tech level is where you're from, but if you want to talk robotics or computers, count me in.

[isthisapidge]

Well, mostly I've been working with alien tech made over ten-thousand years ago, but as far as earthling technology goes, we have ships that can reach Pluto's moons.

[Not sure what that will mean to Tadashi just yet, but...OK, try not to let the little lump form that forms every time she mentions Kerberos.]

...And, yeah, I get the feeling that if I do get my lion, I won't be the first to know.

[the_civilian]

[Tadashi laughs.]

We're still playing hard-to-get with Mars where I'm from, so I guess I'm still playing catch-up. I'm guessing the lion is the ten-thousand year old tech rather than Earth-tech?

[isthisapidge]

You got it. It was made to be one-fifth of the most powerful weapon in the universe, though...we actually found the first lion on Earth.

[You can tell it's the first time she's considered the potential implications of that. There was just too much else to think about.]

So I guess Earth already had an encounter and we didn't know it until now!

[the_civilian]

Yeah, I guess it would have had to!

Was it hidden on Earth ten thousand years ago? Because I don't know how different our historical timelines are, but if I recall correctly, that's around the time humans domesticated cats -- or cats domesticated themselves, depending on who you talk to.

[isthisapidge]

I have to assume it was. The race that created it decided to hide all the parts across the universe when the original team was destroyed. The blue lion is kind of a clown.

Maybe there's a reason I've always been more of a dog person...

[the_civilian]

That sounds a little ominous.

It's cool that they have an AI -- err, SI, synthetic intelligence, not artificial intelligence -- advanced enough to have a sense of humor. I've been reading up on that sort of thing here and it's fascinating.