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"I used to live in a room of mirrors, and all I could see was me..."
The Ingress has pulled you in. Your body experiences several sensations at once: being pushed forward as if a hand is resting on your back, momentary and startling blindness, a gentle ringing in your head. You have difficulty discerning whether it is hot or cold, but where you have been prodded is noticeably warmer than the rest of you. Some may suffer from dizziness while others are perfectly fine. Once equilibrium has been reestablished, you will notice you are standing on a long platform and that the room is filled with a soft cerulean light. It's slightly humid and dark despite the glow around you, and nothing is familiar.
Those that arrive will find they have a very short amount of time to actually adjust to time on the Moira before the ship is preparing to enter the orbit of a nearby planet. Shifts in gravity are normal, but for the most part, things carry on as usual.
WELCOME TO EMIRI
Despite recent events, it seems things are slowly coming to a standstill. As the Moira comes closer to this new planet, the Captains relay a message to the crew informing them that they are required to dock and stay on Emiri for an indeterminate amount of time due to the nature of its most prized resource: matchmaking. Although it is universally known by many other names, Emiri is a central hub for pairing others with their true intended—or second self. Each crew member will be asked to participate in a series of MANDATORY tests - both physical and mental - so that their profile may be uploaded into an efficient database before being allowed to explore what Emiri has to offer. Curious about the process? Don't be! Side effects to these simple tests are rare, and while some of them may be lengthy, the majority of them are timely, efficient, and short.
However, the company responsible for this modern miracle is well-known, especially throughout Emiri, and each Morian should verse themselves as to exactly who they are and what they do.LINK'D INC.
The Art of Once
Link’d Inc. knows that finding your second self isn’t easy, so we take the guesswork out of it for you. If you’re looking for love, a perfect genetic match, a person to help you build an empire, or something more, you’ve come to the right place. Link’d Inc. runs mental and physical screenings and performs a background analysis--all at your discretion. Immediate customization of a detailed profile is ready for you in seconds.
This profile is then calibrated into our system and cross-examined with over 99.9 billion others. We’ll find you your second self, the perfect counterpart, the very first try. It’s the chance of a lifetime. It’s the life you deserve. It’s... The Art of Once.These are some of the many different sorts of advertisements found throughout Emiri describing the corporation responsible for this advanced science. Its founder, Frederick Link, is not easily contacted, but there is some information available about him. Anyone that asks will be told bits and pieces of the following: Frederick Link searched the universes for his perfect match, only to be met with disappointment and loneliness. A businessman at heart, but a romantic to his very core, Link decided to take that perceived failure and channel it into a company that could provide others with the very thing he longed for: the perfect second self. Two years into development, during a trial run, Link was matched with a woman from a neighboring galaxy, and they’ve been together ever since. A prosperous thirty year relationship shows that the methods of Link’d Inc. can provide a person with love, romance, a business and life partner, or anything else that one might need. Whether they hear all of it is determined by how much the crew explores the vast cities of Emiri, which are connected to one another by a railway system that makes travel quick and simple. There are also numerous other modes of transportation that range from cars and trucks to boats and bicycles.HARASHANCommercial & Professional
Map of HarashanPopulation: ~ 7.28 million
Major Landmark: The Aerospace
Literacy Rate: 95%
Harashan is the main district for education and learning. There are countless programs and schools offered to those of varying races and ethnicities throughout the galaxy. Want to learn another language? Perhaps brush up on some of the arts that were never quite mastered? This is the place to perfect things that need a bit of fine tuning. It is also the main business capital and transportation hub of Emiri—the aerospace is located centrally, a busy place that monitors the comings and goings of every ship. The Link'd Inc. corporate office can be found here, as well as its chains and subsidiaries (i.e., screening facilities and health services). Their motto is: Finding your second is a business strategy. Get it right the first time.☄ DATING 101: Someone thinks you need a little more education before meeting your one and only because you're now being forced to attend reform school. Ettiquette, dining, dancing, and more, there are countless lessons you'll be taught and tested over through the course of your stay on Emiri. Perhaps you won't be so unlucky and have someone to share in the experience. ( 01.01 - 01.17 ) ☄ BOARDED UP: Crew members located in this city will be passed a flier by an unrecognizable stranger who is immediately swallowed up in the crowd of Harashan; being able to follow them will be impossible. Yet, the thin paper has nothing on it but a specific address. Asking some of the locals eventually leads to an abandoned station on the outskirts of the city in the opposite direction of the Aerospace. It's dirty and falling apart, like the residents of Emiri have completely ignored its existence. There are also signs of a struggle in random areas throughout—black scorch marks, bullet holes, and dried blood stains. Yet, the most noticeable feature is the single flag tacked onto a wall just down a flight of steps that leads to a closed subway system bearing an unfamiliar symbol. What happened here? Why won't anyone know what you're talking about if you question them? Something seems to be brewing beneath the business-driven energy of Harashan. ( 01.18 )
AvelleRomance & Love
Map of AvellePopulation: ~ 2.1 million
Major Landmark: Wem-Run River
Crime Rate: 15%
Avelle is Emiri's second largest city and is centered around those individuals looking for their second based on love compatibility versus the "entire package". However, it differs from Harashan due to its increase in families rather than individuals and is more suburban in its layout. While it does have schools and general places as Harashan does, its most noted feature is the Wem-Run River, which courses through the center of the city. Much of Avelle's energy and livelihood is generated by this natural formation, but the water is not drinkable. Their motto is: Finding your second is finding your soulmate. The first time is the only time.☄ FAMILY MATTERS: Congratulations! You've been given the keys to a new place of your very own, completely furnished and with no strings attached. But there's always a catch, right? Well. It's the starting foundation of your new life with your second—regardless of whether or not you've met. So, get settled and get comfortable. You have a while to figure out what you're going to do. ( 01.01 - 01.17 )
☄ BOMBS AWAY: Crew members located in this city will suddenly feel the slightest tremor shake the ground. Depending on how close you are to the Wem-Run River, it might be possible to see the remains of a burning ship. You might even notice the few figures in the water who are immediately swept up by - what appear to be - the authorities of Avelle. If you're further from the water, there will be thick black smoke pouring into the air, and as the crowd begins to grow larger, it's almost impossible to see what happens across the river. Yet, some of the debris will wash ashore eventually, and pieces of the boat will bear an unfamiliar symbol. What happened here? Why won't anyone know what you're talking about if you question them? Why do they whisper Komai? Something seems to be brewing beneath the light-hearted energy of Avelle. ( 01.18 )
St. MurtelGenetic & Biological
Map of St. MurtelPopulation: ~ 867,000
Major Landmark: Link'd Inc. Gen-Lab
Success Rate: ERROR
Unlike other cities across Emiri, St. Murtel's access is extremely limited and monitored closely. It is the center of medicial-related queries as well as laboratories and other screening facilities. Physical and mental conditioning and other educations are held in the pristine buildings of St. Murtel due to its heavy focus on pairing people from a genetic level to "create a better future". The streets are clean despite the vast highways that runs either side of the center of the city. Settled between these busy roads is the Link'd Inc. Gen-Lab. Their motto is: Finding your second is for the future. A perfect legacy is only born once.
☄ INFANT POSSIBILITIES: The future is closer than you think! With help from several Link'd Inc. sources, you can now know what your offspring will look like. Accessing the system is easy, and all candidates who have been logged through Link'd Inc.'s matching process will be available to view by anyone. Not the most precious thing you've ever seen? Don't worry! There are even programs that assist with altering what those genes may produce so that you can have exactly what you've always wanted. ( 01.01 - 01.17 )
☄ CUFFED: Crew members located in this city will notice an unrest arising within the people slowly gathering outside the Link'd Inc. Gen-Lab. Upon closer inspection, it seems the authorities have been contacted due to some sort of threat, and if you look even closer, that "threat" is a person being arrested and detained for questioning. What might strike you as odd is the an unfamiliar symbol inked into the back of their jacket and the shout the stranger gets out before being shoved into a locked vehicle. "The Komai won't stop until it's over!" What's happened here? Why won't anyone know what you're talking about if you question them? Who was that person and what did they mean? Something seems to be brewing beneath the strict energy of St. Murtel. ( 01.18 )
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thisavrou_log2016-01-01 12:09 am
Mess Hall
Ah, been there, mate. [She thought about it.] Twice. Three times if you count that whole thing in Spain. And hey, bein' a serving wench ain't so bad! Though it'd be nice if we could get some tips when serving, eh? I mean, I can when I behind the bar, but it ain't the same as doing it in the real world. The Faber pockets, they be running awful light.
And aye, could you maybe grab me one of them orange-like things? Feelin' a bit peckish, me.
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Three times! Someone's popular. I'd start taking it as a compliment at that stage.
[He goes back to wiping down the table, and hell if tables made out of metal aren't the weirdest things going at the moment. Swords are metal. Belt buckles are metal. Tables, chairs and walls are not.]
No one tips, no one talks about wages. Where's the appreciation for a job well done these days?
[Says Varric, who is pretending to wipe down tables without actually more than a cursory job at it at the moment.]
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[Grinning, she caught the orange thing handily, peeling it open with a nail. The universe must have been looking upon her favourably: it was an actual orange. Savouring her slice, she watched him clean the counter without seeming too pleased.]
Aye, right? Don't look down upon people 'cuz you don't know when you might be one yourself, I always say.
Where are you from, mate?
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Kirkwall, originally. It was a great city if you're not an elf or a mage and have a lot of coin to your name - lucky for me, I'm a merchant dwarf, so I always had a soft spot for the place. Right now, it's only a great city when you're far away, remembering it fondly.
I'm guessing you've never heard of Kirkwall, though. [Even Thedas itself seems to be a foreign concept to people around here, which is just one more thing he's trying his damndest to get his head around.]
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[She frowned.] 'Elf'? Like 'sidhe'? Me seadad used to tell me stories 'bout them.
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Sidhe? Never heard that name, but it might be something they were called, once upon a time. [He furrows his brow a little, folds his arms.] They're another race. You have the dwarves... [He unfolds his arms just long enough to make her a brief, ironic bow.]... unable to connect to the Fade in any way, the humans and qunari who can visit it in their dreams and connect to it enough to use magic. And then you had the elves, who could walk in and out of the Fade, commune with spirits, had full command of their magical powers. At some point, with one annexation or Exalted March or another, they lost all that. Now they're about as magical as the average town of humans, nomads. Mostly, unless you count the downtrodden stuck in the Alienages.
Also, they have pointy ears. That tends to make anyone stand out.
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I'll take your word for it. Here, elves are just folklore; the fair folk, and the like.
Is the Fade a place, or a thing? [Jacky likes learning about other people's worlds; insatiably curious, her.]
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[But folklore. What the hell kind of place has he ended up in that elves aren't even real? Humans are real, but there's no sign of another dwarf, no elves, no qunari...]
I'm no expert on Fade lore, but it's mostly a place, but in some ways it's more a concept, or a state of mind. It's the spirit realm, I suppose, although some scholars would probably scalp me for calling it something as crass as that. It exists everywhere and nowhere, shaped by location and the dreams of the living, full of spirits and ghosts and all sorts of creepy shit. Ten or so years ago I'd have told you it wasn't really a place, but I went there physically a few years back - me, a dwarf. Hard to argue with the impossible when you've experienced it firsthand.
[...And now he has to ask.] So, where you're from. You've got humans - so I'm presuming... [He gestures openhanded to her.]... but no elves. Dwarves? Qunari? Spirits? How about those?
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[Taking a moment to swallow the last bite of orange, Jacky mulled over the question.] I cain't speak for everyone else, but my world only had us humans in it, and the only spirits I've ever seen were the spirits I were pretending to be to scare some very bad men. But, in my world, we didn't sail through the heavens in an enclosed ship, so it's all relative, innit?
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Maker's balls, though... [No spirits - except fake ones, and at that, he hadn't been able to help grinning, no dwarves, no...nothing. Just humans. It's the first time he's had this weird, selfish thought that where she's from, he just plain can't exist. Not him, not anyone like him. Weird.] So if there's no spirits and no Fade, what about magic?
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No magic here, though. Dwarves aren't exactly suited to that kind of thing. Some of them can forge runes, but that's not my area.
[And he sounds for all the world like he has no desire for it to be his area, either.]
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That's right, your area is merchant-ing. Were you good at it?
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[He's counting on that. But anyway. He clears his throat.] To put it simply, I'm a merchant of merchants, rather than actual goods. There's no amount of gold in this world or the next enough to make me start selling real things to real people.