Rangers: Now Recruiting

[morphmasters]

Whatever you was doing? Wherever you were? It's now irrelevant. You see a sudden flash of light, a sensation like you're suddenly made of nothingness, and a rush of electric energy where you think your body must be. There's just enough time and consciousness for you to think that this is frightening, or strange, or perhaps cool, but in a second your body is whole again and you're sprawled on the cold hard ground in the darkness.

The space you find yourself in is dark, save for the twinkling white lights like stars that adorn the walls. As others warp in just like you have, streaks of colored teleportation energy fading around the outlines of their bodies, a ring of light illuminates the central controls. A number of control panels surrounds a central platform, the tops of the panels standing about at waist-height for an adult human. Each panel's outline is lit by a colored streak of light.

A single shape stands on the central platform, hustling and bustling to each successive platform. It's not human---the head is shaped like two cymbals crushed together, the limbs move a little too stiffly, and brightly lit buttons line its torso. It suddenly turns to spot your character, its red visor fixed on you as surely as a human's eyes would be. The little robot throws up its hands, waving you over after a moment.

"Ai yai yai. Ah...what should I say? Oh, that's right. Welcome, humans! And...others. You have been chosen to become Power Rangers."

Congratulations, you're about to find out just what that means.

[ooc: Your character has been given a morpher and a promise that they'll know what to do when they morph. Feel free to talk amongst the other recruits, badger Alpha, accept or refuse the offer at your leisure. No matter what, though, the call of battle will soon reach you, and your character will be teleported out into the wider world (and the call of battle). Don't worry, you'll be back in the Hexagon soon enough.]

Comments

[dragonspooker]

"Ohhh... That urgent, huh?" Lina's at least calmed down a bit by this point, and is more willing to give Alpha the benefit of the doubt - which is more than some people got.

"Guess that means talk of payment will have to wait," she says with a frown. "Though that will let me price things a bit better..."

[morphmasters]

"We will offer you food and shelter for free as long as you stay here, and the city will pay you for your service. You'll be fine," Alpha promises.

[dragonspooker]

There's a distinct pause here, as if a switch throws in Lina's head.

"SOLD!" She steps up alongside Alpha and grins, smacking his shoulder lightly. "Alright, little golem, point me at your problems! There's not much that stands up very long against Lina Inverse!"

[morphmasters]

"First you'll need your Power Morpher."

Alpha presses a series of buttons on the nearby console. A strange sort of wand with microphone-like decoration glitters into existence in Lina's hand.

"When you need power, activate this. You'll know what to do."

[dragonspooker]

For a moment, Lina stares at the wand.

And then, as some very awkward memories come to the surface, she flushes bright red and leans into Alpha's personal space. "H-hey, what's the big idea with this thing, huh?! Last time I got tricked into using one of these goofy wands for power, all I did was wind up embarrassing myself!"

[morphmasters]

"You won't embarrass yourself. You'll know what to do. Don't worry." Alpha attempts patting her arm awkwardly---is that what should be done to comfort humans?

[dragonspooker]

Alpha gets a terribly suspicious stare-down from the sorceress. (Or would that be a stare-up? Or maybe an equal-grounds stare... I can't remember how tall Alpha is.)

"I'm not exactly convinced, but..." She frowns at the thing, then sighs. "I'll keep it as a backup - but if you turn out to be wrong, I'll hold you accountable, little golem!"

[morphmasters]

It's a fairly intimidating staredown. Alpha's at least a head shorter than even the average very short adult woman. He just tips his head up and nods.

"You won't go wrong. You'll see."