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.

Comments

[maxwellsdaemon]

"This stupid bee..." Duo had started, anger in his voice as he shook his wrist in a vain attempt to shut the noisy watch up, but then he'd looked up. He looked up and immediately took a step or three back, his other hand dropping and reaching behind himself for a gun that just wasn't there.

He'd seen this movie! Though they'd never talked in that!

Had it talked?

Was he losing his mind? Probably. It was always going to happen.

"... How bout... you back off, buddy, yeah?"

[sowgoodseed]

"Back... off...? You wish me to step backwards? Very well," he said, confused. But he stepped backwards. "Is this sufficient? If I step further back, I suspect conversing will be hard, human throats hurt when they speak at volume, do they not?"

[maxwellsdaemon]

"What...?" Duo was completely confused. Not only was this dinosaur talking to him but it was talking to him in a tone of voice that made him think of robots or posh people. Like someone who had swallowed a thesaurus!

Thesaurus Rex. This was a Thesaurus Rex! Duo might have laughed if he hadn't been afraid this guy was about to eat him! Except was eating him really something that something that spoke this way would want? Duo was so very confused. And the only way to fix that was just to straight up ask.

"... You're... not gonna eat me, are you?"

[sowgoodseed]

He was taken aback, and somewhat insulted. He did his best to remind himself that this was an outsider, and that no insult was intended. Probably.

"Most certainly not. I am properly civilized!" Then he winced at his own harshness. "That is not to say that those of the Rainy Basin are of a necessity uncivilized, I appologize to them, that was unkind. Nonetheless, I assure you, I am, as most Dinotopians, a strict vegetarian. I find eating meat to be distasteful and disrespectful. And even were I to eat meat, I could not even imagine eating a potential friend."

[maxwellsdaemon]

This was nuts. He was talking to a dinosaur. An actual walking and talking dinosaur. Duo decided there and then that he was probably still dreaming. So he looked down to check if he still had pants on. Yep. They were still on.

"Look... No matter what you say, where I'm from you're a dinosaur so thinkin you're about to eat me isn't the craziest thing in the world! You talking to me is down right insane!" And yet here he was. Talking to one. Duo rubbed at his forehead and the growing headache. "But you're a danger to veggies and not me. Okay. Okay. Uh... you got a name? I'm Duo." And so very weirded out.

[sowgoodseed]

"I'm a Dinosaur where I am from as well. A Dilophosaurus by species. My name is Goodseed. As in Sow Good Seed. I am from Dinotopia, where Dinosaurs and humans live in peace with the other species with whom we share this world."