Throwing Oneself a Welcome Party

[blitz_of_gold]

Who? Fate, and anyone she would be able to convince to come!
What? Getting the newbies together, plus some vets to jump start cooperation.
Where? A cafe in First District
When? Evening
Warnings? Jeeze, I hope not.



Fate waited nervously at the cafe. She had posted a message on her comm, announcing that other newcomers and the veterans that would like to welcome them should come. Yet, other then convincing the cafe owner to let her pay back any orders, there wasn't any organizing she could do!

She paced in her combat outfit. She hadn't had time to get new clothes. She worried that her somewhat threatening outfit would intimidate or insult one of the others. If any came. Fate had a lot of things to worry about. In the rafters rested Alph, her Komory Bat. At least she didn't have to worry about him and Bardiche making another scene.

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[4letters4ninja]

Ziva walked into the cafe, Fluffy perched on her shoulder, and Ducky following close behind. Grabbing a coffee and spirit treats from whoever was in charge of drinks, she wandered over to a table and sat down.

After his person sat, Fluffy noticed the bat in the rafters, and flew up to say Hi, a friendly wave of a wing accompanying the greeting. Ziva just watched as he did so, taking a drink of the coffee and handing one of the treats to Ducky, who was now sitting in the chair beside her.

Now, she would wait and see who showed up...and answer any questions she might be able to.

[blitz_of_gold]

Fate gave a small jump when she noticed Ziva- her first guest! It was make or break time. Fate took a moment to steel herself- imagining Nanoha, and Mom, and Chrono, and Arf- and all the rest.

Putting on her best smile she quickly (but not to quickly, no need to scare anybody!) over to Ziva.

"Hello! I'm Fate, I organized all this. I'm glad you could make it-"

Fate, noticing the new Komory and Ducky, bent down petted the Dream Eater. "-and that you could bring your friends!"

Sorry this took forever...and that's it's short. :(

[4letters4ninja]

"Hello." Ziva said in reply, watching as Fate petted Ducky, surprised he didn't try to run away. Maybe he was getting used to people around. Who knows. Ziva smiled.

"My name is Ziva. This is Ducky." A point upwards. "That is Fluffy."

[blitz_of_gold]

Fate smiled all three and said "I am still getting used to my own Dream Eater" She pointed up to where her bat was roosting.

"I suppose having so many means you have been here for some time."

[amygdalae]

Bruce took a while, since he was still kind of trying to get used to the whole... thing, to put it in a nutshell. Not everyday you doze off and wake up to what Tony had dubbed as 'Nickelodeon-style Inception'. Not that Bruce had ever watched Inception or remember much of Nickelodeon, but apparently that's what it was.

This was all going to take some time to take in, but Bruce was trying, at least, and as he walked towards the cafe with the Meow Wow in tow (Bruce wasn't quite ready to think of it as his yet, even though all evidence pointed it to him and it never stopped following him anywhere) he glanced around, reminding himself that 1) nobody seemed to know who he was besides Tony and 2) he had to keep his cool and not freak out no matter what strange things this world threw at him. He was doing a good job of that so far, and Bruce hoped it would stay that way.

[blitz_of_gold]

Fate saw the Earth civilian she had talked to- Mr. Banner. She quickly moved over to him and his (arguably) feline dream eater.

"Mr. Banner, I'm so glad you could make it. Feel free to get refreshments." She gestures to where a moogle was working to keep everyone's thirst and hunger from getting in the way.

"I hope you didn't have any trouble getting here."

[amygdalae]

It didn't take too long for him to spot the girl he had talked to. Fate - interesting name, that was for sure - came over to him and greeted him politely, and Bruce responded with a small smile of his own.

"Not too much, fortunately." It wasn't all that hard to figure out where to go once he got started. The place was surprisingly easy to navigate around. "It's nice to see you again, Miss Fate."

[blitz_of_gold]

Fate sighs in relief. "I was afraid that you would be attacked by nightmares! I'm sure your Dream Eater would do it's best to protect you, but combat is nothing to underestimate!"

"It is very good to meet you in person. I have to admit, communicating through these" she gestures to her comm "doesn't capture the spirit of talking face to face."

She looked the man over, trying to figure something out. "I wonder... why us? Why were we chosen?"

[amygdalae]

Ah. Well. The concern was... touching, and Bruce blinked for a moment, surprised by it. He certainly hadn't expected that, certainly, even if she didn't need to in the first place. Bruce could very well take care of himself.

"I'll be fine, don't worry about me," he assured her with another smile, and then he tilted his head slightly at her change of topic, blinking again before he frowned slightly. "Chosen... as in why we were brought here?" Bruce wasn't really concerned with that so much as the logistics of why they were here - or rather, what this entailed for the other guy, but that was something Bruce didn't want to think about just yet.

[letteropener]

Into the cafe came a pony -- tall, wings slightly spread, and smiling a greeting. A Thunderaffe walked at her side, and a Komory Bat flew circles around her long flowing tail.

"Good day," she said, by way of a greeting.

[blitz_of_gold]

Fate stared agog at the Alicorn. A tall, gorgeous quadruped, with incredible flowing hair- the regal (and it was clear that this was some sort of noble, even without the crown) carried herself with excellent grace.

She was very, very pretty. Fate quite badly wanted to stroke her mane.

Shaking herself from her embarrassing surprise, Fate managed a reply. "H-hello, I'm Fate. I, uh, I've never met a a talking... uh, I've never met an alien before. Ah! Not that your Alien, or strange!"

Fate blushed, hoping the being didn't mind her faux pas.

[letteropener]

By now, Celestia was pretty much immune to offense from the reactions of others to a talking pony. Smiling still, she bowed regally. "I am a pony, in fact. My name is Princess Celestia, and it is a pleasure to meet you, Fate."

[blitz_of_gold]

She was a pony. Fate felt an enormous smile spread across her face. A princess pony! Suddenly she felt a bit less like the officer representing a vast world spanning government and bit more like the girl Nanoha and her friends took cell shopping and watched silly cartoons with. There was just something about a pastel pony that made it hard to be upset.

She gave a decent curtsy and said "The pleasure is all mine, your majesty. Please, feel free to order anything you would like from the cafe. So is everyone a pony where you are from?"

Fate tried to keep herself from deluging the royal with her questions.

[letteropener]

At least this greeting, while formal, had a certain amount of innocent joy behind it that made the weariness of being put on a pedestal much more tolerable.

"Not everypony in Equestria is, in fact, a pony. We have many other residents -- donkeys, zebras, griffons, even a baby dragon. But for the most part, my subjects are indeed ponies."

She wouldn't mind more questions; in fact, to judge by her patient smile, she expected many more.

[buymedumplings]

Bolin looked up from his bowl of pasta, quickly slurping up the noodles. Yeah, he hadn't really waited long before ordering food. To be fair he HAD been starving and with the continuing lack of sleep lately, he'd been dealing with a lot of food to keep him going.

The Dream Eaters with him today were Mako Jr and Ganseki, his hebby rep and escarglow respectively. Ganseki was currently hiding in his shell by Bolin's feet and, as usual, Mako Jr was draped over his shoulders like a scarf. Bolin finished the noodles currently in his mouth and held up a hand, "Hey Celestia!"

[letteropener]

"You are well, I trust? All three of you?" She came over as she spoke, mostly because she was curious about what he was eating. Humans, she had discovered, occasionally came up with some very interesting dishes... if not precisely ones she would welcome, being herbivorous and all.

[buymedumplings]

"I think so," he replies, leaning back casually in his chair. He hadn't been getting sleep, but at this point that really went without saying. Besides Celestia could probably see the circles under his eyes despite his natural energy. But, let's not talk about the bad dreams everyone is having. "Just keeping up my earth bending training. I heard someone else was throwing a...get together I guess. Sounded like fun."

"How have you been?"

[truth_detector]

Deanna hadn't exactly been meaning to be reclusive, but she hadn't gotten herself out there very much, either. When the invitation came through over the network she decided this was her chance, and she gathered up her pricklemane and made her way to the cafe.

When she entered the room, she took just a moment to scan it, then ordered herself a mocha and brought it to the table. "I hope there's a spot for me."

[blitz_of_gold]

To an empath like Troi, Fate's nervousness would be even more obvious then to most- and so would her eagerness to make the party work! Fate made her way over to the woman and smiled at her.

"Oh, yes there is plenty room for everyone. I hope. Anyway, I'm Fate! Thank you for coming!"

[truth_detector]

She smiled, a sincere one to put Fate at ease, and greeted her with a nod. "I'm Deanna. It's my pleasure to be here."

[blitz_of_gold]

Fate considers the woman. Her outfit- it was unlike she'd ever seen before. But the lines, the stark colors...

"Is that a uniform?" Fate wished she had her own black Enforcer uniform- or any clothing not made for sleeping or battle!

[lonenoble]

Six entered the area, looking around cautiously. But the place seemed safe enough, and it definitely was the right place.

Her bat was fluttering overhead, scolding her a bit before deciding to try landing on her shoulder. Just to keep a closer eye on his person. Six couldn't help an exasperated sigh at that, but she didn't bother pushing it off...

[blitz_of_gold]

Fate's own bat, Alph, roused from his half slumber and fluttered down to say hello to Six and her Dream Eater. Following close behind the squeeking, flapping thing was Fate, with a slightly distressed look on her face.

"Oh, sorry! Sorry! Alph gets like that sometimes. Your- Noble Six, right?"

[lonenoble]

Six shrugged it off, and her bat is happily chatting. He's so excited to be out with his person. "Don't worry about it. The bats seem excitable. And yes, I'm Noble Six. Call me Six if you need to shorten it."

[blitz_of_gold]

Fate took a moment to test the name in her mind. It wouldn't be hard to remember at least! And she was the last person to think a person's name was weird.

"I'm glad you could come. I thought you might be too busy checking up with comrades in the- UNSC?" Fate was pretty sure that was right.