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Who: Sable and anyone who happens to be in the Trailblazer dorms.

Where: Trailblazer dorms.

When: Late April

What: Sable is trying to get oriented and having no idea how to do that.

Warnings: Probably nothing?

In all honesty, Sable has no idea what se is doing. It's pretty much that simple. Se had been travelling, scraping by on what se could, and now that se had a place to stay and people who se really need to get to know, se was clueless.

So that's why se is wandering the Trailblazer dorms, uncertain and yet curious at the same time. Se is a little lost, a little confused and a lot worried se is going to mess something up here.

But well, what can se do but try? There's not really any going back at this point.

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It's true that Peony hasn't been in the Trailblazers long, but she's pretty sure she should be able to recognize most of the other members right away - and she can definitely tell when someone feels out of place.

She's quick to approach Sable, smiling brightly. "Hiii! Are you new?"

Sable nods, offering an uncertain smile. "Uh-huh. I'm still--I don't know. learning? Ze laughs waving a little. "I uh...I just got here a little while ago and uh....I'm not really sure what to do."

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"Oh, don't worry about it! Just make friends and you can pick things up as you go along!" Of course, she doesn't think for even a second that maybe making friends may be harder for some people than others, and may not be something that everyone can just decide to do.

"What's your name? I'm Peony; my codename is Princess Unikitty."

"I'm uh..." It's like ze has to think for a moment, remember zir name before answering. "I'm Sable. It's nice to meet you. Ze smiles, a little uncertain but hopeful all the same. "They game me Inkwing for my codename."

Sable can't help but think Peony knows what she is talking about in regards to getting by here. It's strange but kind of nice and Sable vaguely wants to follow her until ze knows what on Earth ze is doing.

Peony doesn't really notice zir pause beyond thinking how nervous ze seems, which is a situation she is determined to do her best to alleviate. "Oh wow, that's such a nice codename!"

"So what do you do?" she adds. "Y'know, powers or training or stuff like that." She's already starting to like Sable; she likes most people anyway, but Sable seems sweet, if a bit shy, and Peony is sure ze will get more outgoing as ze gets used to zir new surroundings.

"I make people think things. Not like...mind control, I just help give them ideas. And I change shape. I don't....Have a set physical form in a human state."

"I don't really do this much, or I didn't. Being a person, a human with hands and eyes and all that, it's strange. My other form didn't have any of that." Ze smiles a little and its nervous but hopeful at the same time.

"Wooow!" Her face seems to light up even more than it already had. "Oh my gosh that's so neat!"

She cocks her head, pursing her lips contemplatively. "Yeah, I guess getting used to that would be weird if you're not used to it." She can't quite imagine being in a situation where one wouldn't be used to it, but if that were to be the case, she can kind of see where Sable is coming from. "What did you used to be?"

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Sable looks aroun for a moment, as if ze wasn't sure ze should be doing this, then she moves a little closer to Peony, voice low. "A Library."

Ze steps back, smiling a little. "But I'm not anymore, I'm something else now. Something with fingers and toes. It's very strange."

It takes a moment for that to sink in, partly because Peony isn't sure at first that she didn't mishear. Honestly, she's not even sure how a library turning into a human would work, but she sees no reason to assume that what Sable says isn't true - and every reason to assume it is, because she definitely wants to believe that a library could turn into a human, because it's like a fairy tale in the best possible way.

"REALLY?!" she squeals, then, picking up on Sable's softer volume, quiets down. "Oops, sorry! But- oh my gosh that's so amazing!"

"That really would be hard to get used to, though," she adds. "But I bet you can do it! I mean- I couldn't even tell you didn't used to be a human until you told me, so that's gotta be a good sign!" She smiles encouragingly; who even knows what sort of cues might have tipped her off, but whatever, they didn't.

Sable nods zir head. "Mmmhm. Yes! I....Things happened and then I was different. I had all these....>Limbs." Ze laughs a little nervously. "I know what I'm supposed to do but I really don't know what I'm doing."

Ze wonders if that even makes sense.

"Hmm. Well, what are you supposed to do? Unless you just meant eating and talking and doing human stuff like that," she adds with a giggle. "Either way, I'm sure you'll figure it out, just keep doing your best!"

She pumps a fist enthusiastically, completely unaware of or apathetic to how cheesy that sounded.

Sable bits zir tongue, unsure if ze should even say. On one level ze wants to. It would be nice to tell someone who would immediacy know and maybe be able to help, on the other hand, ze can't eb sure who to even trust anymore.

"I uhm..." Ze shuffles zir feet. "I need to find someone. The person who hurt my Curator." Ze looked up again and there's a sad, longing expression on zir face. "She died. I have to find who did it."

Okay that is... a lot heavier than she had really been prepared for. "O-oh," she says softly. She shuffles awkwardly a bit, like she's not sure how she's supposed to handle this. "I'm sorry, that's... yeah."

She so does not know what to do here, she can't even think of a way to change the subject without being completely insensitive and obnoxious (as opposed to somewhat insensitive and obnoxious).

Sable nods, looking a little like ze isn't sure what to do either. "Mmhm, I have to find them. That's...It's why I'm here, with fingers and toes. I need to make it better, or at least make it even."

"Ooh, yeah! Uh- good luck!" At least the knowledge that something's going to be done about it makes this a little better.

Really, one would think that superhero business (and hanging around other heroes-in-training) would have gotten Peony used to other people's upsetting backstories.

Rikki has finally talked some of her contacts at CONDOR (okay, mostly Clint) into forwarding her information when a new Trailblazer joins the team, before they show up at the dorms. So she's not surprised when Sable wanders through the common area where Rikki's reading, and she looks up with a smile, setting her book aside.

"Hey! Inkwing, right?" It's an interesting name. The section on her abilities was a little vague in her CONDOR file, but Rikki figures she'll have plenty of time to figure that out.

Sable nods. "Yes?"

Ze smiles a little, not entirely sure what to do with human interaction. After a few moments though, ze finds zirself adopting as much of Rikki's pose as ze can, hoping that it's a physical sign that ze is listening.

Rikki is getting pretty used to weird and poorly socialized people - even more so here on the Trailblazers than in the superhero community at large. She barely blinks at Sable's awkwardness, just gets up from her chair and walks over to hold out a hand.

"I'm Nomad. Or just Rikki, when we're out of costume. Did you just get here?"

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