E.S. Berkhard---1st Mission. "Getting to know you, getting to know all about you...."

[proxy_explorers]

Each crewmate had woken up in a cabin assigned to them, with their name and role on the door outside. It was a pretty nice little cabin, private and with a private bathroom. Like a basic hotel room honestly, in shades of deep blue and rich brown wood and steel. Clean sheets on the bed, clean linens on the desk waiting for use, and a closet full of uniforms for their use. (Each consisting of dark blue BDU pants and jacket with rank and name, a black undershirt, and black boots. These uniforms are modified for non-humanoid wear as needed.)

A small note was on the desk, on top of the linens. "Welcome Explorer! For your first mission, you are to proceed to the Waystation's VR deck. There is a map accessible on your Omniband, which will also be used to lock and unlock your cabin. Each Omniband is individually designated. It is recommended Omnibands be worn at all times." Indeed, there is a small blue, silver, or grey band that looks like a circular smart-watch on the desk. The 'band' itself will expand to fit over any width, or can be unlocked and flipped to form an 'S' type shape with the screen, to act like a traditional phone.

Explorers can explore their ship if they want. Although they won't be able to undock or leave the Waystation. Heading out further into the Waystation, they're free to explore there as well. They will be prompted by their Omniband though, to gather in the VR Holodeck. The longer one takes to get to the VR Holodeck, the more insistent the prompts will get--starting with a beeping, that will only get worse the longer it takes. There is no way, short of hacking the Omniband, to disable this beeping. This is the first 'mission' after all!

Once there, the sliding doors will open to reveal what almost looks like any good 2010's employee conference room, although the table has been moved to the side and laid out with snacks and drinks. Stepping in will prompt a "My name is ____" badge to appear with the person's chosen name on their clothes in an appropriate place. Also on the table are various ideas for Ice-Breakers! A big banner spans the room and says "Welcome Explorers!"

It appears your first mission is for everyone to get to know each other!

OUT OF CHARACTER
This is for your chars to get to know each other, since you'll all be working as a crew. The MDSOBs have tried to make it welcoming and easy and encouraging. Below there will be a thread for some different Ice Breaker Activities. Please respond there for threads.

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[pilot05]

"Honor is not determined by a single moment, unless it is the moment of your death," he replied firmly, but when Glass asked if he was a werewolf, the surprise dumped all the wind out of his sails. "What?" He looked at Glass like he had two heads. "No. Those are fictional," at least on his world.

He glanced over at the dinosaur that was in the room with them. "At least where I'm from." But now he was just unsettled. "Are you?"

If werewolves were real, what else might be? Vampires, zombies, witches? Dragons?

[fourglasswalls]

Uh.

"Pfft, no," Glass said, entirely seriously. Honestly, he wasn't! "But hey, hold on. I'm confused. So if you were a warrior who lived a good life, were decent and kind to people, held onto the strength to fight but the willingness to embrace peace, and then unfortunately kicked it due to choking on a fish bone in your 80s, you'd have less honor than some guy who plugged a cannon with his face?"

[pilot05]

He frowned at Glass. "No, of course not. But if one cannot embrace peace, then the only honorable death is one in battle." He feels a little bit like he's being talked in a circle here, and it's making him suspicious.

God help him if there's an empath on this ship.

[fourglasswalls]

"Soooooo embrace peace...?"

Like, the answer was RIGHT THERE!

[pilot05]

Wufei stares at him, deadpan and silent, for a full thirty seconds before he replies. "What a profoundly insightful suggestion."

He was starting to wish he'd punched Glass after all. Getting a dressing-down from the captain would probably have been a lot less annoying.

[fourglasswalls]

"I know!" At last, they're on the same page! Glass slaps his hands together in delight. "I have more if you want, too! Go on, ask me my opinions about Arbor Day! Because I have some. A great many opinions! Some of them are even mine!"

[pilot05]

Yeah, no. Wufei is just going to stare at him again for another ten seconds or so before he just. Shifts his gaze to the far wall, and hopes that he'll finally get a little more peace and quiet.

This is going to be a long mission.

[fourglasswalls]

Glass stared right back, eagerly anticipating the guy embracing peace. Any second now!

...but when Wufei looked away, Glass looked over his shoulder to see what was so interesting. Not being sure, he immediately rounded Wufei to stretch up on his tiptoes to better match the man's gaze.

"...what are we looking at?"

[pilot05]

His eyebrow twitches ever so slightly and lets out a heavy sigh. "What do you want?" he demands, finally worn down enough to consider just giving Glass whatever it is that he wants to get him to go away.

Not that he expects it to work.

[fourglasswalls]

Glass considered that for a moment.

"Do you mean, like, right now? Or in the big picture? Or medium? What's the timeframe here?"

[pilot05]

He actually pinched the bridge of his nose, letting out a long sigh. "Right now. To satisfy you enough to go latch onto someone else and leave me the --" his next word is bleeped out by the translation software "-- alone."

[fourglasswalls]

"Hmm."

Glass put a finger to his lips, eyes flicking around as he considered various possibilities. Then, after more thought than he seemed capable of, he shrugged cheerfully.

"As near as I can tell, nothing! Because if I get what I want, you won't want me to leave you alone!"

[pilot05]

Punching definitely would've been the better option.

He pushes off the wall and makes his way over to the refreshments table, plucks up whatever looks like it'll take the longest time to chew, and offers it to Glass. If he's stuck with a parasite, maybe he can get it to be a quiet parasite.

[fourglasswalls]

"Hey, thanks!" Glass immediately popped it in his mouth, then continued to talk anyway despite the chewing. Hey, he was raised in a zoo, what do you expect? "Shee you're awready gelling flendlier."

[pilot05]

"It's rude to speak with your mouth full," Wufei replied, and started heading for the door. He didn't think he was going to shake Glass so easily, but you couldn't blame him for trying, could you? He'd been very patient so far.