open; tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree

[bestials]

» WHO? Hank McCoy (bestials), the rest of the X-gang, and you
» WHEN? throughout the latter half of June
» WHERE? around the station
» WHAT? arriving, exploring, finding himself in need
» WARNINGS? n/a, will edit as necessary

i. keep on truckin' (deck three, near the bar)

[ Hank's mind is hazy as he blinks awake. Distantly, he becomes aware that he's not in his room at the mansion, when he hears the recorded voice repeating something about trying to save the world? Did he leave the TV on to Star Trek again?

He pushes himself up, picking up the odd looking device nearby, and sticking it in his pocket, deciding he'll figure it what it is later. First things first, he needs to know where he is.

He begins making his way down the hallway towards the nearest sound of people. That winds up leading him to... ] A bar?

[ Very odd. He walks right past the bar with its collection of bottles of varying fullness, and goes to investigate the computer-looking devices at the rear of the room. He picks up a VR headset, making at it. He mutters to himself, not really paying attention to whether anyone else can hear him, ]

Is this Cerebro?

ii. ramblin' man (any living quarters deck, a few days later)

[ Hank realizes he ought to count himself lucky that the serum stayed in his bloodstream as long as it did. But it's hard to feel grateful when he's currently losing grasp on his body, seams tearing as his muscles ripple and expand, growing larger than the coveralls can contain.

Resigning himself to his lot in life, Hank ventures into the hallways, seeking out unclaimed rooms that might hold larger-sized clothes. He might barge into a few occupied rooms by accident, so please excuse this large blue man in a tattered jumpsuit. ]

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know this room was... I didn't think anyone would be in here.

iii. crocodile rock (wildcard)

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[morethan084]

[Daisy is going over all the info again that has been gathered from finally getting the Command Deck open. It’s definietly progress, although it would be a lot nicer if all the doors were open.

Speaking of doors, suddenly hers is being opened. Shifting on her bed into a more upright position, Daisy raises her hand instinctively when she sees a flash of blue before realizing whoever this person was, they weren’t Kree. Besides, not like her power worked here anyway.]

Ever heard of, I don’t know, knocking?

[bestials]

[ As soon as he's faced with someone raising their hand at him in a threatening manner, Hank raises his hands in surrender. ]

Sorry! I'm-- I didn't think! I'm sorry.

[ Please don't hurt him, fellow mutant! ]

[morethan084]

[Daisy has seen some interesting looking Inhumans before, so she knows better than to comment, or stare. Although she’s never seen someone look like him before. She finally noticed the jumpsuit he’s wearing. Well, barely wearing.]

You get into a fight?

[bestials]

What? [ He follows her gaze down to his tattered clothes. ] Oh, no. These clothes are just... a little bit small.

2.

[juniberries]

[Allura is budy going through the files Alucard had sent her for the umpteenth time when her peace and quiet is unceremoniously disruptive. She's been doing her best to try to put her mind at ease that everything will be okay, despite already being here for far longer than there was available oxygen on the Castle of Lions when she left, and that tension she's been holding boils over when Hank barges into her room.

She lets out a very unprincess-y yelp, falling off her bed and onto the floor, before jumping up ready to fight only to relax immediately upon the apology.

The blue of this man is hardly what startles her.]

Why...did you not knock first? [And she notes the tatters of his jumpsuit, a bit of concern forming in her gaze as she looks him over.] Are you all right? Were you in some sort of fight?

[bestials]

[ At the sight of a woman falling off her bed, Hank rushes forward to help her up, before realizing that could seem threatening in his current form, so he backs off. ]

Sorry, I really should have knocked. No, uh. I'm fine, it's just that these coveralls aren't exactly my size anymore...

[ He shrugs, sheepishly. ] I was just trying to see if I could find a bigger size somewhere.

ii.

[ohshutup]

[Clara looks up from her tea, only somewhat startled, and raises her brows at the intruder. Her cat, on the other hand, tears off across the small living space and through the bathroom door, hair on end.]

'S fine. Might have to apologize to Percy, though.

[Well, this certainly is a... very large, very blue man. Still, not one of the weirdest things she's seen, not by far. She stands up and walks over towards him.]

Lost?

[bestials]

Sorry... [ He says again, not exactly putting two and two together that he's apologizing to the cat that just ran away. ]

Not exactly. My, uh. Uniform doesn't fit me, like this. I was hoping to find one in a larger size.

[ Though, judging the size of the room's occupant, he might not end up finding that here. ]

[ohshutup]

Won't find that in here, unfortunately. [She plucks at the front zipper of her jumpsuit, as if demonstrating her size (or lack thereof).] My roommate's not much bigger.

[bestials]

No, I suppose not. Sorry to bother you unnecessarily.

[ He'll just... turn to go, now. ]

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[veristitalian]

"Yes."

Says Jasnah, a little bit faintly. She's grabbed her scabbard, has her hand on the hilt of her sword, is half out of her desk, and coming down from the shock only gradually. She's never seen someone who looked like him before. She straightens up, composes herself forcibly, and gingerly sets down the sword.

"May I help direct you to an unoccupied set of quarters?"

[bestials]

A sword is honestly among the last things Hank is expecting to see here on a space station, but he handles his surprise admirably.

"Yes, thank you. I would appreciate that."

[veristitalian]

"All right."

Dusting her hands off and approaching the door.

"You must have just arrived?"

If he's looking for rooms, and she hasn't run into him in the mess or corridors before. She thinks she probably would have noticed.

[bestials]

No, if anything she may have noticed a pale scrawny man in horn rimmed glasses, but Hank's current appearance is certainly a newcomer.

"About a week ago." Which probably doesn't explain why he's going door to door. "My uniform doesn't fit me like this, so I was trying to see if I could find one in a larger size."

barrrr

[oorah]

[ ever since kat's disappearance he'd taken up "bartending" even more frequently than before. it's a good way to pass time when he has nothing else going on. the gap on that is closing all the time, though, really. ]

Depends. [ he calls from behind the bar, drying down glasses with his trusty rag. max - the big brown pitbull - picks his face up off the ground to address hank too, giving him an upside down stare. ] On what the hell that is. [ cerebro, he means. yeah, he picked that up from across the room and with his back turned. he takes notice of everyone here, and hank's isn't a face he recognizes. ]

[bestials]

[ Hank had of course noticed that he wasn't alone in here. He'd just sort of ignored the other man, leaving him to his work behind the bar. ]

It's an advanced sort of computer I designed. I'd thought it was the only thing in the world like it, but... I guess we aren't exactly in the world anymore.

[oorah]

Uh, I'm not computer guy, but I think it's just like those live action video games. 3D or 4D or you know, whatever. [ he's literally never gone over there, is it obvious? ]

iii

[personify]

[Raven's been spending a great deal of time in her room ever since she's arrived. She's avoiding the people she knows as much as the strangers she doesn't. Eventually, she does have to leave that room. Only to stumble nearly right into one of the people she's been trying to avoid.]

Hank? [He lives on the same deck as her. Of course he does.]

[bestials]

[ Hank had been about to go look for Charles, but when he comes face to face with Raven, he stops dead in his tracks. ]

Raven. It's... good to see you.

[ He may be blushing uncontrollably a bit, remembering the last time he and Raven were together. ]

[personify]

[It's painfully familiar, that way he looks at her. It's not changed much at all in the years since she's seen it last. The blushing seems to be bit more pronounced, however. She's got the jumpsuit and the mag-boots on, so it's not because she's not wearing any clothes.]

You too, Hank. [Even if she's been trying to give them all a wide birth. It is good to see him, despite her apprehensions.] How've you been settling in...?

II

[imperialsun]

[Someone coming into his room wasn't completely surprising since Naoya had left his room open (he was inside and wasn't sleeping) so he could hardly blame the man.

On the other hand what was happening with him?]

That's fine...are you okay?

[bestials]

[ Hank, on the other hand, looks dreadfully embarrassed. ]

I'm fine, thanks. Just... You don't happen to have any larger sized coveralls, do you?

iii. Do the Crocodile DO WHAT I WANT

[magneticfields]

[ Hank answering his network log is the first time Erik's seen a familiar face since he got here. Hank wasn't exactly pleased to see him, but Hank never really was so that's not enough of a warning.

You steal a guy's girl once and he never gets over it.

Erik does not proceed with the appropriate caution, and uses the location information from Hank's replies to track him down. Which leads him to the room right next door to his, all the way on the end of Deck 6. He doesnt knock. He doesn't need to, obviously. They're friends! Or at least, Hank said goodbye to him when he left Westchester that last time. ]

When did you get here?

[bestials]

[ The idea that anyone could track down his location based on his network connection honestly hasn't occurred to Hank. So when Erik bursts into the quarters he shares with Charles, he is surprised to say the least. Startled, he stumbles to his feet from where he'd been lounging on his bed. ]

Erik. Yesterday. [ Squinting, indignant, ] Did Charles tell you where I was?

[magneticfields]

[ He scoffs. ] Have you talked to him recently? Charles hasn't told me anything. You left the location on your messages. [ He shows Hank on the device where he found it. ]

Why did you pick this room?

[ There are more important questions but this one is going to bother him if he doesn't address it first. ]