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[starbuckslord]

[ Peter almost wished this was the first time he had ended up snatched onto a strange spaceship and woken up in a pod. Hell, he wished this was the first time it had happened in the last six months, but that wasn't the way his life worked. At least this time it wasn't members of his father's army that had been sent to snatch him up.

Today, Peter's face was going to grace the Tranquility with a touch of amusement. Sure, this wasn't the best of situations, but it wasn't the worst, either. ]

First thing's first, everyone- I'm gonna get the basics out of the way and introduce myself: the name's Peter Quill and in some parts I'm known as Star-Lord. No, I didn't pick the name for myself. [ A beat. ]

I would have gone with "James," to be honest. [ Were people laughing? ]

Anyway, what do you all remember before waking up here? Anything like cracks in the fabric of reality? Seriously, if you saw tentacles, we might have a problem that we shouldn't be having. [ As opposed to problems they should be having, but hey- he went to a lot of trouble to make sure the tentacled horrors of creation didn't come creeping through. ]

And on a final note, if you're with the Spartoi, the Shi'ar, the Kree, or the Badoon: make sure to keep your flarking keesters out of trouble, okay? I don't wanna have to keep on playing cleanup after you guys while we're all stuck here.

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[peckish4action]

[ Well, this boy was laughing - at the last sentence there. ]

Keesters? Oh, I like you!

Anyway. Robin here. No tentacles, no cracks in the fabric of reality. Not outside virtual reality exercise, and I'm pretty sure it's okay when they're there.

Which are the worst - Spartoi, Shi'ar, Kree, or the Badoon?

video; i couldn't resist

[born_this_wayne]

You have poor taste.

[damian is judging you big bro]

video; of course not.

[peckish4action]

Oh, man, D. Come on, he's probably feeling bad enough for sharing profanity with children right now.

[ Not that kind of 'like,' bro. ]

[ And, yes, Peter Quill, this boy might not know the words, but he can recognize bad words from a mile off. And he's just the right age to find them really amusing. ]

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[starbuckslord]

[ Whoops. There he went opening his mouth; he hasn't figured there were kids on board, but oh well. ]

VR exercise, huh? You're not one of Reed Richards' kids are ya?

And, heh. Well. I guess which one's worse depends on the day. Used to be you could say the Badoon were the worst, bunch of slave traders, but- [ Shrug. ]

Times've changed.

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[peckish4action]

[ Score! ]

Nope, never heard of him. Who's he?

[ Beat, and the brightness gets wiped out of the boy's face at the mention of slave traders. ]

Noted. And the rest?

[voice]

[ryuuzaki]

[The voice belongs to a young man -- the tone is relaxed, flat, slightly weary, and British.]

Unfortunately, there hasn't been enough commonality in what happened before we woke up here to imply any kind of causation.

That used to be in Jones's welcome package, but he hasn't been posting it recently.

[With more interest, but also some skepticism, he adds,]

Why "Star-Lord"?

[If it wasn't meant to be discussed, he wouldn't have asked, but he has the feeling that he's falling for conversational bait that may not be particularly useful.]

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[starbuckslord]

Not much in common. Well that's curious on its own. But I guess we could all just be having a case of bad luck. [ Lord knows that Peter knows about that. ]

And the title got handed to me by a man named Ragnar. It came with a suit and a ship, too. [ More than a ship... But that was a painful topic. ]

[ryuuzaki]

A spaceship? If that's the case, I suppose you might feel more at home here than other people do, although you're right that I wouldn't call it good luck.

Was Ragnar feeling generous? Why?

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[born_this_wayne]

[well if he's gonna disparage you he might as well speak to you as well, right?]

Why James.

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[starbuckslord]

Name of the coolest starship captain around when I was a kid. Though I think more people referred to him as Jim.

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[born_this_wayne]

[yeah right like damian has ever watched star trek]

Never heard of him.

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[alsohawkeye]

I haven't seen any tentacles creeping into cracks in reality, but I've heard of those races, especially the Kree. Have you heard of the Avengers?

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[starbuckslord]

Good. That means less trouble for me.

And yeah, my team did some work with them a few months ago. Iron Man even went up in space with us for a bit.

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[alsohawkeye]

Then there's at least a chance we might be from the same universe. What year are you from?

[priceoffreedom]

Are there problems we should be having?

[starbuckslord]

Of course not. But as problems go, that is one you really don't want to have. Hard one to fix.

[priceoffreedom]

Getting home seems like enough of a chore.

[nightblogs]

o yea there are tentacles EVERYWHERE
theres one behind u rn

[starbuckslord]

Cute. I'll make sure to ask if it wants to stick around for drinks.

[makedo]

Star-Lord, really?

[ why would you introduce yourself like that. ]

[starbuckslord]

Not my name by choice, but I wasn't just gonna say "No" to a guy who called himself Master of the Sun.

[ Because he is and always has been a little weird. ]

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[warandapiece]

[ Oh for a time before his military career where all of those alien names were childish comic book whimsy and not words that put fear into the heart of anyone who'd come face to face with a Goa'uld. ]

If I called everyone Star-Lord who wanted to be called Star-Lord I'd run out of space under S in my little black book. So James, huh?

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[starbuckslord]

Never said I "wanted" to be called that, but it's just the name that's stuck over the years. Came with the job and all the other things I've been called aren't pretty. [ He at least sounds amused by all that. ]

Yep. That'd have been my name if I had my way, but my mom wasn't too big on all the sci-fi shows. [ With good reason, probably. ]

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[the_other_eight]

[Pepper can't help the raised brow at his announcement. He sounds like he's trying, which is nice, but he also mentioned tentacles and a bunch of things that seriously sounded made up. Still, she's been here long enough to make sure not to discount anything.

Part of her wants to make a comment about the cracks in her reality happening long before she got here, but with the tentacles and all, she's pretty sure sarcasm wouldn't be appreciated (even though it should always be appreciated).]

I'm fairly certain we haven't seen anything that you're describing here just yet, but I'll be sure to keep you posted if we do.

[She purses her lips. Really, she probably won't keep him posted, she'll tell security, but it's nice to tell someone that anyway. After a moment she adds:]

You're new, aren't you?

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[starbuckslord]

[ Pete's been in the face of authority enough to know when someone doesn't exactly mean what they say, but he can also tell when someone means well. So he offers a smile and nods in thanks for Pepper offering to tell him if anything comes up. ]

Just got here this past jump. Waking up in a pod of liquid is not a fun experience, gotta say. But at least this time it was total strangers snatching me up. [ He doesn't exactly laugh, but there's an edge of sarcasm to his words. ]