The New Velociraptor Empire wrote:NVE attended the meeting despite his objections, Gretta was still preoccupied with defrosting Neil. In the Communal Dining Room he saw many of the inferior mammals and the ones that thought they knew him. Arthur was there as well, the slippery raptor-man grinned at NVE still never giving a clue to whose side he was on while remaining very helpful. The two sat together lighting what they smoked, for NVE it was a pipe, and Arthur a cigarette. They paid no mind to the two strangers that sat down across from them. NVE dismissed them as "typical inferior mammals" while Arthur almost thought he smelled something familiar, but it could have been anyone in a room with this crowd.
Calvin was relieved to see that this area permitted smoking, or so he thought. His own crave warped the normal safeguards that his better judgement established, and he was compelled to light up himself. Of course, perhaps taking note from beings that appeared as such strange and fantastical creatures was a bit naive, but he was truly getting desperate. He pulled out a small stick himself and lit it with the same lighter he had always used, even before getting here. Battle damaged by many things, crash included, it was one of the few things in any world that he considered a 'lucky charm' in direct spite of his own lackluster and mundane personality.
He was cautious how he smoked, only slightly afraid that maybe they were in the wrong and now he was to, but the pent up feelings and slowly building stress flowed like great rivers, and he felt much better. He slowly began noting certain people in the room, capturing their facial features and logging them for future reference. A precautionary move on his part in case they turned out to be psychopaths and he needed to avoid them whenever possible, wherever possible.
