4240/A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Planet Earth

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Planet Earth
Date of Scene:	10 April 2018
Location:	Unknown
Synopsis:	Kar'ras meets some Titans. They do not do an amazing job of introducing him to the Earth.
Cast of Characters:	Kar'ras, Stardust, Amarok, Breath, Cyborg

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Kar'ras has posed:
    It was the first time since his escape that he was given a bed of his own. It was a size small but he accepted it. He was in the rec room looking out the window and seems to curious of his surroundings. His muscular bare chest is easy to see and is probably the feature which draws eyes to him. He picks up a controller and looks it over, even sniffing it.

Stardust has posed:
"It's not intended for olfactory enjoyment. You use it play games." The voice comes from a woman in costume - perhaps not an unfamiliar concept to Kar'ras, who's experiences of Earth don't go far beyond the superheroing fraternity. This particular costume is a full-body suit with a leather jacket worn over it, calf length boots, and face mask that covers her entire face but for the eyes, stopping just below her hairline. Don't get used to it, the costume changes. A lot.

She's leaning in the doorway, watching Kar'ras exploring his new world. "You'll be Kori's buddy. The Tamaranean." She pauses a beat. <<Welcome to our planet. Try not to break it,>> she says in passable Tamaranean. Then, in English, "I don't speak your language by the way, someone told me how to say that, this conversation will go better if we stick to English. I'm Stardust."

Amarok has posed:
As the lift door opens, the room is filled with the sickly smell of rain washed blood as the Wolf steps out, his LED eyes stopping on Kar'ras and holding there for several seconds before a gruff modulated grunt escapes the mask, possibly some form of greeting.

Breath has posed:
Breath wanders through, glances up at the new guy with the scars, and waves idly. "oh, hey. New guy? I'm the Breath. Please don't eat the controller."

She grabs some fruit out of the kitchen and munches on an apple. Crunch. "What she said, basically. I guess?" She stretches her neck a little. "Bluh, homework is a pain. And that's after work." She waggles her fingers in greeting at the Wolf, not really looking at him too closely yet.

Kar'ras has posed:
    "I speak english. Princess Koriand'r gave me your language." Kar'ras says as he sets the controller down on the couch. He then looks to the woman. "If it makes you feel better, I dont speak tamaranean well. I was stolen from my parents when I was young. I only know my name because it was what my parents named me before I was..." Kar'ras says as he clears his throat. He nods. "You all serve to protect this planet, with Princess Koriand'r?" He asks curiously.

Stardust has posed:
Stardust bumps away from the door frame and walks into the room. "Everyone showing up at once. You're being Titaned. It's our way, get used to it. Breathmints has introduced herself, and this..." she walks over to the gruff one, looks him up and down, then looks back at Kar'ras. "This is our pet wolf. We trained him to walk upright and put him in a costume. Absolutely terrifies the life out of the badguys, but don't expect a lot of conversation from him.

Taking a quick detour to the fridge to get herself a drink, Stardust pauses to put a hand lightly on Breath's shoulder. "Sorry about the uh... in the gym. Didn't mean to lash out," she says before going over to the couch and picking up the discarded controller. She jabs a button on the arm of the couch, activating a large screen, then presses a few buttons on the controller, starting up a racing game. She passes the controller back to Kar'ras. "Here. See if you can figure out the controls. Initiative test. Yes, we protect stuff. Not necessarily the whole planet, though that has happened once or twice. We do the small stuff too."

Amarok has posed:
The Wolf's answer to the stranger is as simple and gruff as it's speaker, "To the death." He then twitches his head to look at Colette, "....Talk is cheap." Breath goes either unnoticed or...well, talk is cheap.

Breath has posed:
Breath tilts her head. "You seemed kind of upset. I was worried, not annoyed?" She looks at Stardust and frowns in concern.

She crinkles her nose, frowns, hrms and glances over the Wolf. "Uh. Is that... *your* blood?" She makes a bit of a face.

Kar'ras has posed:
    "This is the most I have spoken in any language. I was a weapon, not a linguist. I killed people, families...Whatever my master desired. It wasnt until I started escaping did I learned how to speak to people." Kar'ras says. When given the controller he tries to control the race car, nearly crashing several times before realizing which joystick moved the car. He then turns to the others present.

Stardust has posed:
Stardust watches Kar'ras attempting to play the game, answering Breath with a distracted nod of her head. "I'm fine." After the third or fourth near vehicular catastrophe, she nods in Kar'ras' direction. "You're getting the hang of it I see. The point of the game is to get to the end of the route faster than the other vehicles. Avoiding your vehicle crashing into things is a good start though. So how did you end up on Earth? I mean we seem to be some kind of magnet for stray aliens. There's a lot of worlds out there, what made you pick this one?"

Amarok has posed:
The Wolf glances back at Breath and pauses for a long moment....then shrugs, "....Some of it." He then resumes staring at Kar'ras.

Breath has posed:
Breath blinks at Wolf and just stares for a bit.

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Breath asks quietly, "...So... um... does that mean there are like, dead ninjas on the roof or something, or were you, like, just in a really big hurry to get, you know.. *here*, *specifically*? Because, like... shower is right over there, y'know." She points, still kind of bewildered.

Cyborg has posed:
     As cyborg walks into the room his hand is shaped into a boombox playing a mix of his own themesong, written and preformed by himself. It's high quality thanks to a few top of the line music production tools he managed to snag off of the pirate bay. I mean let's be fair who buys programs when you can just hack away the viruses on the free stuff? You'd be a fool to actually buy the programs.

     He rounds the corner bobbing his head in time with the music, there's a spring in his step as he moves right up to the point where he notices all of the other people in the room which causes him to slide to a halt right at the entrance to the room. "Uh, this a bad time to catch up on Rocky and Bullwinkle?" He motions over his shoulder. "Because I can leave if it is, don't want to interrupt whatever's going on over here." A quick circle is motioned in the air as it becomes apparent: He's not wearing any clothes. Then again? There's nothing to see. Man's like a ken doll. A muscular, black chrome, cyborg ken doll. "Be honest, thought I had the tower to myself for once."

Kar'ras has posed:
    Kar'ras stops playing the game when a new voice comes in. Seeing the man causes him to blink a few times. "That is a naked human?" Kar'ras says as he watches cyborg. Cyborg will be able to detect advanced technology hidden in his own body. He then looks to the other woman and the wolf. "So why work together? I wager you all dont like living together?"

Stardust has posed:
Stardust turns and stares at Cyborg. "Yeeees. Yes Kar'ras. That is a naked human. That's how we all look under our clothes. Cy, rule one here is, you never have the tower to yourself. It doesn't happen. There's always someone around. And when there isn't someone around, mysterious shadows walk out of the walls or something. Bullwinkle and Rocky. You could show our alien visitor how to play a racing game instead? Alternatively..." she turns back to Kar'ras. "Given his history, maybe we should make him watch the Iron Giant. I think it would explain an awful lot of things to him."

Amarok has posed:
The Wolf sloooooooooowly turns his head to Breath, holding her gaze for a good ten silent seconds. Then just as slooooooooowly turns away, leaving the question ominously hanging. Cyborg's arrival goes unmentioned, as apparently he cant think of anything edgelordy enough to respond to him with. Kar'ras however is not so fortunate, "....I dont live here." The suggestion of The Iron Giant draws an irritable grunt from the Wolf, but everything else goes ungrumped. For now....

Cyborg has posed:
     Cyborg looks from one face to the next, then he slowly blinks for a few moments thinking. Then he just motions down to himself. "There's not exactly anything to see anyway." His hands motioning down to where something would be on a normal organic person. "Let's be honest guys I pretty much look like I'm wearing tactical gear twenty four seven anyway." He walks over towards a small mini-fridge he'd recently placed in the rec-room and pulls out a Dr.Fizz. "I just live here because it's better then living in a car, don't know about you." Before downing the entire can and throwing it all the way across the room into a small dustbin perfectly into the center of it. "Take living in a cramped tower over the back of the T-Car any day."

Kar'ras has posed:
    "T-car?" Kar'ras asks as he looks to the others. He then looks to Colette and then back to Cyborg. "I do not wish to impose on your customs and place. Princess Koriand'r said that I should stay. I can leave. I would rather hide on your planet for when my masters will come for me. I think they track me because of the technology within my body." He says softly. "I do not want to put you all in danger."

Stardust has posed:
"Cramped?" Stardust looks at Cyborg with a heavily arched eyebrow. "You may be on the large size, but I wouldn't call this place cramped. You have looked around right? I mean we have a hangar. My apartment doesn't have a hangar. " She shrugs her shoulders and plops herself down on the couch. "We've got a few technical wizards around, Kar'ras. Maybe someone can figure out some way to shield you or whatever. Anyway, people who try to invade this planet tend to have a bad time of it."

Amarok has posed:
The Wolf's gaze finaly moves to Cyborg, "......The T-Car?" He asks in a strange mix of bemusement and atonality.

Cyborg has posed:
     "Wait, your mansion didn't have two hangars?" Cyborg asks deadpan for a moment tilting his head to one side. "I mean mine had a main one and two backup hangars, and I don't think this place even has a meatery." Finally he cracks a wide smile, before making his way over the couch and hoping over. He lands heavily into place a new can of Dr.Fizz in his hand as he watches what's going on on the screen. "Don't worry about it man, aint no body the Titans can't handle. Hell I bet I could take all them aliens out with one arm behind my back." He locks his arm behind his back and makes air punching motions with the can of soda in his grasp.

Kar'ras has posed:
    Kar'ras nods to Cyborg. "I wish I had your faith." He says softly as he hands the controller to cyborg. "I am going to go to the roof and sun myself. Thank you for trying to make me feel welcome." He says with a smile as he watches the various people.