[Open] We are from a distant galaxy

[faceguy]

WHO: Leo and you!
WHERE: The Peanut Party and the Agrii ship, + bonus network
WHAT: A new turtle joins the party
WHEN: Just before/right around the beginning of the event
WARNINGS: none so far

A. Network - Text

yes the rumors are true
the coolest, fastest, strongest, best looking turtle is finally here!

names leonardo but you can call me leo or leon
or any other nickname you wanna come up with, thats fine

if you know my bro donnie then im sure he already told you about me
everything he told you is true
unless it was bad
in which case none of it is true
real kidder that guy

anyway stoked to be in space
bummed about what this is gonna do to my snapchat streaks tho
cant wait to brag to everyone back home about it

im on the peanut party if you wanna hang

B: Peanut Party

This place... is absolutely nothing like Leo imagined being on a spaceship would be like. Even in most sci-fi movies, there aren't these massive green spaces and fake beaches (with purple sand??) and bars with glass that looks out at the swimming hole. Maybe a space station might be like that, but a spaceship?

Then again, maybe the greenhouse is a great idea for long term space travel. Maybe Jupiter Jim should have thought of that for some of his own journeys.

Leo spends a pretty long day just exploring the ship, in all the places he's allowed into. Catch him in the diner, examining the food past and beverage dispensers with some skepticism. Or on the artificial beach, dipping his toe in to test if the water is for real or some kind of hologram. Or in the training center, checking out the exercise devices (and hitting more than a few buttons at random).

Or finally he may be found loitering outside the cockpit. He hasn't committed to a data point just yet, so he's not allowed inside... but he really, really wants to see it. Maybe be a dear and let him in?

C: Agrii Ship

So there was some kind of big explosion, and now everyone is summoned back to the Agrii ship in a rush. At least no one is being sucked out into the vacuum of space, so it's not that bad.

Still pretty bad, though!

Leo actually isn't sure what he's supposed to do - he hasn't been here long enough to really understand the layout of the Agrii ship or the situation at hand, and trying to understand the Agrii themselves is pretty hopeless for him. Everyone is getting rushed to repair things, and Leo is left standing in the hanger, not sure which way he should be going.

For all his boasting of being the "coolest, fastest, strongest turtle," he sure does look like a lost fifteen-year-old right now.

Comments

[faceguy]

cool to meet you chrissy

oh well
some say I was just born talented but I think it was all my hard work and dedication

and I also got the best markings out of all my brothers
they wish they were red eared sliders

[ephemerios]

that's totally fair! hard work and dedication works most of the time, shocker I know. ha.

Red eared sliders *are* cool, it's true. Most people here are humans, including me, but one of my friends here is a blue hedgehog, so more turtles here is great too.

[faceguy]

[Too bad Leo has actually been running from hard work lately, not that he’s going to say that now.]

a human huh?
well I wont hold that against you lol
kidding kidding
glad I could bring a little more green to the party though
and blue too!

[He and Sonic can match!]

[ephemerios]

hahah, well I'm glad it's not a mark against me even if I am less cool. :P

You're green and blue? AND red?? dang, you're a rainbow. I like it.

[faceguy]

I even have yellow!
so yeah I AM like a rainbow
niiiiice

so tell me about yourself Chrissy
how do you like being in space and all?

[ephemerios]

Space is pretty cool, better than 1986, so yeah I like it so far in the few months I've been here. I'm not a holder of as interesting titles as the coolest, fastest, strongest, best looking turtle, but back home I was a high school cheerleader in a tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiny Indiana town, so that's pretty much my thing.

[faceguy]

whoa your from the 80s??
thats the heyday of the jupiter jim and lou jitsu movies!!

oh wait your universe may not have them
still kinda cool though

im pretty good at basketball so maybe we can team up and make a sports league lol

[ephemerios]

if they do exist in my universe I've never seen or heard of them, but what are they about?

haha yes, we could, and basketball is the most popular sport where I'm from so it works.

[faceguy]

lou jitsu is the greatest martial artist EVER
all his movies are super action packed

and jupiter jim is all sci-fi and space exploration
some of it is pretty low budget but its super fun

oh yeah? where are you from?

[ephemerios]

if you ever get your hands on them here, I will watch them!

Hawkins, Indiana - it's pretty small. There are a few others here also from there, so I guess this place likes us. how about you?

[faceguy]

oh I so will

nyc born and raised!
its me my 3 bros and my dad
one of my brothers is here actually

[ephemerios]

ooh big city turtle! that's awesome - both that fact and the fact you have family here. Like I said, I've got five or six other people from Hawkins here too.

[faceguy]

dang hawkins is like a hot spot of alien activity
and here I always thought that was nevada

[ephemerios]

you know how there's the 'big kid'/adult rides and the 'kid rides' at amusement parks? Area 51 is the kids ride, Hawkins is apparently the adult ride.

[faceguy]

wow
sounds like it must have gotten pretty crazy

[ephemerios]

It could have used some chill for sure.

How about your NYC? Is it as fun as the movies and stuff make it seem?

[faceguy]

oh absolutely! they don’t call it the city that never sleeps for nothin

me and my fam can’t really go to a lot of places on account of our whole situation but were masters of making our own fun
helps that our friend April has been fired from so many places she has back door keys and wifi passwords for half the city

[ephemerios]

if you're used to making your own fun like that, you're going to have extra fun here. feels like there's either always something going on or someone is making something go on.

[ which she's not complaining about. ]

Half in a place like NYC is still a looot, so honestly she sounds like fun!

[faceguy]

that's good to hear
id hate for my first space adventure to be boring

["First" because surely there will be more!]

oh yeah April's great! you'd love her

[ephemerios]

right?? I would feel so cheated if my first time in space were boring too, ugh. Let me know if you need an extra someone to get into shenanigans with also; I'm a pretty fun addition, but I'm biased in saying that.

[faceguy]

of course!!!!!
I’ll def come find you when it’s time to have some fun

[ephemerios]

I will look forward to this, then!