Welcome to the Illyria!

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Stardate 58561.8: Day One

Now that you've all got your room assignments and communicators, it's time to explore this ship. Please check out the deck plans to figure out where you're going. You can read about some of the existing crew members you might run into here.

Even those of you who may feel right at home on a spaceship will find that the Illyria is definitely a bit... different. Mostly because she's kind of a wreck right now. Whatever it was that threw the ship all the way out here to wherever we are, it really did a number on the ship itself. There's a lot of damaged areas, and several of the ship's systems have been compromised. You'll find that the replicators don't always work right (I asked for hasperat and I got pok tar!?), the turbolifts are unusually persnickety (I said bridge, not engineering!), and the environmental controls in your quarters may not do as they're told (why is it snowing in Room 4J?). Several corridors are blocked by debris, and more often than not the lights are flickering if they're on at all.

So what will you do? Help clean up the mess in the hallways? Try some bizarre alien food in the mess hall? Try and infiltrate restricted areas to get a peek at the ship's systems? Feel free to make your own top level comment, and treat this as a big mingle. Get to know your new crewmates, explore your new home, make friends or enemies, and whatever you do, don't try the gagh. If you need the captain or the first officer, please let a mod know, but try and stick to threading with your fellow new recruits!


(Don't worry about the entry tags for the moment, they will be added shortly. Before we throw ourselves into missions on alien planets, we wanted everyone to have a chance to get to know one another, so please use this opening log as an opportunity to kick off some CR with crewmates and bunk buddies, and if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask a mod!)

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[fist_of_hydra]

"Only in the ways that count." Bucky's answering smile was his most genuine yet, for all that shadows still haunted his eyes. "I mean, we did pretty much live in each other's pockets for twenty years. But you know how Steve is. Always puts himself last. I don't wanna be the one he loses everything for, this time."

[nobettycarver]

Peggy liked to see the smile. It gave her some hope, at least. "I understand... I was just remembering how, after you fell, I did have to give Steve a lecture. He blamed himself for letting you come on the missions, believing that that caused your death. I told him that he had to respect your choices, that you must have thought Steve was worth it, and to shoulder the blame in that way disrespected your choice." She arched a brow. "And now I feel like giving you the same lecture."

[fist_of_hydra]

It didn't surprise Bucky in the least that Steve had needed a lecture about something like that. "Well, you were right. I'd have followed him even if I knew what was coming. But it's my choice now not to put him in that position again."

He shrugged. "Prob'ly a moot point anyway. Finding a way to send us home isn't all that high on their priority list, seems like. I'm just saying, for me it ain't the end of the world, ending up here. Nobody's hunting me, here."

[nobettycarver]

Peggy nodded, inclining her head. She couldn't fault him for that, even if it made her sad for Steve. "You're probably right," she said, patting him gently on the arm. "But I hope you won't be a stranger so long as I'm here."

[fist_of_hydra]

She really did seem to like touching him. He supposed he was going to have to get used to it. Because, despite everything, he didn't want to be a stranger.

"Just don't expect me to be the man you remember, because I'm not." He shrugged, but brushed his hand briefly over her shoulder in return. "Glad I met you, though."

[nobettycarver]

She looked slightly baffled. "Of course not..." She drew a breath and found a smile. "I'm glad of that, too."