[center][h1][color=00a651][b][u]NERO KAYAKOS[/u][/b][/color][/h1][/center]

So, at the moment, there were basically two camps in this meet-'n-greet that was their initial gathering.  On one side, you have people talking about getting the Xuanzang - [color=00a651][i]What the hell's wrong with just calling it by name, Ave?  It doesn't need a nickname.[/i][/color] - past an area with high levels of Ascendancy presence, a full military cordon.  Most people were already agreeing that even though it was pretty dangerous, time was of the essence.  The longer it took for them to get there, the more chance their enemy had to gather enough people to get to Realist first.  This was especially important because the people of Plenty were actually on the side of Moonstrike, and this would be the Ascendancy's big chance to push back.  Couldn't let [i]that[/i] happen, now could they?  Think of all those poor starving assholes that'd get their lunch on time.

The other camp was...not one that Nero really wanted to be a part of.  Narvia was feeling homesick, terribly so.  She'd been betrayed by at least part of her own family - It's come up a few times in conversation.  Navi's rather talkative. - and yet she missed seeing them and her home back on Mars.  Others, like Tarak and Amy, tried to comfort her.  Nero was...not in that circle.  He wanted to pay more attention to the part about the mission.  He wasn't really longing for his home on Earth.  He and the old homefront had a love/hate relationship.  It was a good enough planet, but not for all the people on it.  It was a difficult thing, trying to figure out what he wanted.  He supposed he wanted to be away from people, so he couldn't be given a hard time, but people are funny, sometimes, so maybe just a few are alright.  Anyway, they seemed to be making headway on that, so he went back to the first camp.

Things were just about wrapping up, there.  Natasha was mentioning a particularly-nasty piece of work who could be in charge of the cordon they were gonna run, and then Ash and Flame were wondering about quarters.  Yeah, there ya go!  Priorities!  Where do we sleep?  Well, fortunately, the Xuanzang had a large amount of rooms, plenty of space to oneself.  Perfect.  However, after that, Natasha said that they were now all officially crew, which meant that they'd have to help out doing jobs around the place.  At that, Nero let out sort of a deadpan [color=00a651]"Fuuuuuuck."[/color], at least until he heard that - of all things - [i]accounting[/i] was on the list.  What a boring task!  Oh wait, they had someone to look after the numbers already: Flame Brooks.  Probably with Ash on the side for the technical stuff, but Flame was Big Brain Mode about alot of things.  Nero clapped him on the back.

[color=00a651]"Good luck with the numbers game, buddy.  I'll be finding something more my speed."[/color]

It was probably gonna be maintenance.  The way he could get around, it was pretty on-point, there.  Either that, or the cook was gonna have him chop everything edible in the kitchen to bits.  Diced [i]everything[/i].  Nero took this opportunity to wander off and get what you might call some sighting laps of his new territory.  No, not his quarters.  He was gonna make some rounds in the Xuanzang and get familiar with the place, all of its nooks and crannies, and see if there was any duct work he could fit into.  Getting around ventilation was one of the ways he did his stealth work.