Who: Everyone
When: February 3rd to February 28th
Where: Thisavrou + New Worlds
Warnings: death, blood, violence, torture

thisavrou monthly info ( the tmi )

⋆ All information is current as of day 32 ( there are 100 days in a cycle, which started on January 1st).

⋆ The storm around Thisavrou is particularly volatile this month - plums of dark energy twist and turn. There’s an upsurge in the number of Outpost techs called in to work in an effort to monitor and research Thisavrou’s unruly cage. Weather on Kauto is a moderate 70°F / 21°C during the day and 65°F / 18 °C at night, and Chioni’s has reached record highs of 130°F / 54°C at peak hours.

⋆ Savrii Notices:

Region One grocery depots are offering fifty percent off of any item purchased between day 41 and 45.
Region Four’s population of Gorgóna are giving away free underwater training lessons on the 51st day.

⋆ Mission notices have been posted to TABs for anyone interested in earning a little extra cash. Available missions are listed below:

Day 39 (February 10th) - The locals of Region Three (R3) are in need of “pest” control assistance. Creatures called Tanglesnakes have infested the trees and are eating the natives’ homes! Anyone willing to remove them will be paid 100 sencs per Tanglesnake. However, catching them might be tricky; they are quite fast and are smart enough not to be lured by snacks or kind words of encouragement! They also have a tendency to curl around and trip up anyone after them, hence their name.
Day 47 (February 18th) - The waters of Chioni are boiling! Scientists stationed out on the third burg are asking volunteers to bring back samples for study. Anyone willing to risk the harsh climates of Chioni will be compensated with 250 sencs as well as travel expenses up to 80 sencs.
Day 55 (February 26th) - The majority of Savrii responsible for the Ingress Complex’s upkeep have suddenly fallen ill, which has left them short staffed. For those not too proud to pick up trash and put a little elbow grease into shining the windows, compensation will be given for the time. This mission pays 40 sencs per hour.

⋆ As a welcome gift to all the new visitors, Savrii will be handing out treats.

ingress travel info

⋆ Signatures are the base reason for traveling through the Ingress (aside from general exploration and monetary gain) and are used to discover the correct world visitors on Thisavrou wish to return to. Every visit through a different Ingress brings the technicians a little closer to finding it. The two worlds open for access this month only have a slight impact on the signature of each person who travels.

⋆ Missions are jobs or specific tasks listed on the TAB once new worlds are open for exploration. Be sure to check if Clearance Levels are required to accept some of these missions.

⋆Clearance Levels are given to visitors for the length of time they have been on Thisavrou (or traveling on the Moira). Each CL offers access to certain things or incentives that others will not have.

aueia

⋆ To welcome the new arrivals to Thisavrou, all visitors will be granted access to one of the worlds already known to the Savrii. Aueia (proper pronunciation here) is the native homeworld of a species some Moirans may already be familiar with: the migratory space whales. While isolated from the rest of the galaxy, the whales’ homeworld has been known to the Savrii for generations and viewed as a peaceful center of cultural exchange.

⋆ Although some disorientation is common enough with all Ingress travel, transit to Aueia is commonplace enough to make the trip relatively straightforward. A brief sensation of a fall and a wash of color (felt as much as seen), and visitors will find themselves stepping out onto the greeting dock. To leave, characters may make use of the same portal, or explore to find their own—there are multiple transit points scattered through the world, as well as a few maps designed for humanoid interpretation.

⋆ A gas giant encircled by a unique interstellar medium, Aueia holds three distinct zones.

The outermost layer, or "sea" of the planet, consists of a liquid shell inhabited by a diverse set of fluid-dwelling wildlife. A variety of tours go out regularly to explore the oceans, and platforms are set up along the boundary for those with interest in "beach" play. The fluid composing the sea is a pale green, and has no harmful effects on contact. However, human-analogous life forms will be advised against consuming the mixture, and may experience dizziness, indigestion, or mild hallucinations if they do.
The second, gaseous layer, composes the main range of habitation for visitors and other non-aquatic life. With an oxygen-rich atmosphere and a wide distance from the denser planet core, this region of the planet includes the Ingress dock and the majority of non-native living areas. It’s also known for its low gravity! A wide array of ships and settlements can be found floating through this layer of Auiea, including trade barges, explorers, and a wide variety of schools and learning centers. The lower one goes, however, the less stable the atmosphere, and pockets of dangerous or flammable gases have been known to gather near the boundary with layer three. Gliding equipment can be borrowed or rented at low cost for those who want to travel unassisted. However, visitors with no means of propulsion should take care—falling means a very long way down. On the other hand, you’ll have plenty of time to flag a passing flier to come grab you.
A strong layer of electromagnetic distortion separates the habitable second layer from the third. Once crossed, both gravity and pressure intensifies rapidly, well beyond the tolerance of most beings. Standard materials dropped through this layer will crumple and compress before sinking out of sight behind the orange haze of the interior. Even more disconcerting are the shapes that can occasionally be seen within: odd, gigantic silhouettes brushing by the surface of their world. These deep-sea wildlife can’t cross the pressure differential on their own, but are widely regarded as one of the main hazards to any efforts to explore the lower zone. By visitors, at least-- the whales of Aueia are the undisputed masters of their planet, and the only species known to move freely through all layers of their world.

⋆ As a world visited regularly by the Savrii, Auiea has a relay station set up to enable communication through the Ingress. Some lag may be expected, but TAB functions should persist.

⋆ Clearance Information (Each person can take what is noted for their CL or below into this world.):

CL 1 - Clothing, swimming equipment.

CL 2 - Personal weapons.
CL 3 - Private transportation.
CL 4 - Small ships.
CL 5 - Extended stay or the right to build.

⋆Missions available:

Wildlife Preservation - The outer layer of Aueia is home to many creatures. Senc donations will be made to anyone that spends volunteer time cleaning up and caring for the wildlife here. (50 sencs per hour).
Object Retrieval - Samples, samples, samples. A sample (it doesn’t matter what it is) from each zone can be sold back on Thisavrou. Z-1 (100 sencs). Z-2 (200 sencs). Z-3 (300 sencs). Savrii will absolutely not purchase creatures that were hunted and killed. However, there might be visitors on Thisavrou interested in this.

(All sencs are awarded ICly when you come back through. OOCly, you keep track of what you earn.)

eosoros (cw: death, blood, violence, torture)

⋆ Ingress technicians have discovered an energy link to a new world. It has been marked as Exploration Class (EC’s) and all who go through will be given a drone to use for documentation. As with the majority of EC’s, this new world’s Clearance Levels will center around weaponry, and most missions focus on security, research, and object retrieval.

⋆ The Savrii are an inclusive group - when they open this world for exploration, all visitors are allowed to enter. They will be told that, as it has not previously been explored, it could be dangerous and for all to heed that carefully before entering. High-paying missions, listed below, will be offered to anyone willing to take them through and Clearance Levels will be posted and applied to TAB devices.

⋆ The ride through the Ingress might be disorienting for some, though many will notice that the temperature steadily increases as they move through the blue energy. Upon entering this new world, they’ll find that the energy dissipates as soon as the person steps out of it. Discovery of a way out of this place is found in Exploration. Broken up into what can only be described as increasingly terrible levels of horror, this world’s only exit (energy that takes you back to Thisavrou) is found at the end of the seventh sector. Each level can be experienced with the same partner or someone different every shift.

Level One - You are neither here nor there. The ground is a muted grey color, almost ashy, and each leafless tree is an exact copy of the one before it. In the center of each tree is a carving, the word - Go. Ambiguous in nature, it’s hard to tell if it means to go back the way you came or to continue forward. The choice is in the explorer’s hands. No matter what direction you walk in, the landscape never changes. Colorless and barren, but without any sense of impending danger. After a thousand steps, gait is of no importance, there will be an abrupt shift and the second level will begin.
Level Two - That same empty landscape is cut by large, violent storms so close together that there is no place for respite. The wind whips you about, debris flying through the air cuts and breaks, lightening scorches the dirt, and the screams of swept up travelers can be heard from inside the massive dark clouds. The third level starts when the electric heat of a burst of lightning can be felt on your skin.
Level Three - Up to your waist, black slush stretches out for what seems like an eternity. As you trudge through, you’ll feel hands grabbing at your ankles and legs, tugging in an attempt to pull you under. The moment the sludge crests the top of your head, the hands let go. This cycle repeats until you’ve crossed two miles of the putrid liquid, and the instant that you touch land, your entire body will vibrate and you’ll be in the fourth level.
Level Four - Groups of travelers, some who have been here for a long time and did not arrive from Thisavrou, stand around groups of giant boulders. No matter which you choose, the stone will be extremely difficult to push. Grooves in the dirt show that previous visitors have pushed boulders to the top of a small hill and left them there. Whether you push your boulder alone or have help (one stone gets one person through), when it reaches the top, you’ll vanish and enter the fifth level.
Level Five - The heat and smoke surround you. There is only enough space inside the tomb for yourself and whoever else might be inside. Flames billow up on all sides and the stone coffins are hot enough to burn. There are two ways to the next level - put the fire out or let the fire take you.
Level Six - It’s a fight to overthrow. Spread out are thousands of people in various forms of battle - verbal, physical, mental. There is someone standing at the ready to explain, if visitors dare to ask them. They’ll spin a tale of the imbalance of power and how the only way to move forward is to best someone else. The method is up to the visitor, and there is only one rule - be the person with the upper hand and you can continue on.
Level Seven - You are now standing at the beginning of a cavernous, sloping landscape. In the far off distance is a storm set at the top of a craggy mountain. The energy is a familiar shade of blue - you came through energy just like it. It’s a harrowing journey, a labyrinth of twists and turns. Most get lost and overwhelmed looking for the path that takes them to that storm. Those that make it, who step into the light, return back to the place they had come from.

⋆ TABs - Functions stop after going through the Ingress.

⋆ Clearance Information (Each person can take what is noted for their CL or below. Standard methods of transportation can be taken through by any CL holder.):

CL 1 - Small handguns only.

CL 2 - Rifles and shotguns.
CL 3 - Explosive type materials.
CL 4 - Vehicles with affixed weaponry.
CL 5 - Dangerous creatures.

⋆ Missions Available:

Security - Savrii of all backgrounds are looking to hire someone to take them to this new world and bring them back safely. The standard offered rate is 1,000 sencs, but most are open to negotiations.
Research - Technicians are looking for scientific aware minds to document and look into the effects of Ingress energy on this world. They’ll pay handsomely for the information. Anywhere between 200 and 500 sencs, depending.
Object Retrieval - Samples, samples, samples. A sample (it doesn’t matter what it is) from each level fetches a fair price. L-1 (50 sencs). L-2 (70 sencs). L-3 (90 sencs). L-4 (100 sencs). L-5 (150 sencs). L-6 (200 sencs). L-7 (350 sencs).
(All sencs are awarded ICly when you come back through. OOCly, you keep track of what you earn.)

OOC: For questions please go here. Don’t forget to respond to the Activity Check.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Frisk has been hunting around as well, and they've gotten nothing but bruised knees and bitten-up fingers for their efforts. The creatures very much want to keep their new homes, it seems, no matter how much Frisk tries to encourage them that maybe someplace a little less crowded would be better suited. But they don't want to give up a peaceful approach just yet--if they can get one to agree, then maybe that one could encourage the others even faster.

They catch sight of a familiar green and yellow shirt, the shade of color just a little bit off from the surrounding leaves, and run along a suspended bridge to start climbing up the tree Chara is perched upon. "Chara! Did you get one? I've been tryin' for ages!"

They have, indeed, gotten one, and it is currently requiring all their skill and patience to continue to hold it where it is, as well as both hands. This complicates the means of getting down significantly.

Or, if you rotate the perspective, it does not complicate things at all.

"Is there a preference for what is done to them once they are caught?" they ask, breezily, as they contemplate the leap from the branch to the ground and how well the tanglesnake may cushion their fall.

Frisk's brow furrows, and they pause for a moment in their somewhat clumsy climb. What are they thinking, here?

"Um, I don't think so? I think they just want them all gone--Chara don't jump down you'll get hurt!!" The last comes out in a startled burst when they get a better look at Chara's expression, and Frisk starts scrambling up the trunk as fast as they can.

Edited 2017-02-09 04:44 (UTC)

They just want them all gone, do they? Good!

"How unfortunate. It seems you are eighty percent of my impulse control." Chara shoots the other child a bright, sunny grin for a split second before taking the leap, a ruthless propulsion from the branch and into the air. For a moment, they are almost suspended, cutting a bizarre tableau with their arms wrapped tightly about their prize even as it thrashes.

And then they go as children like them always do.

They hurtle downward, and land heavily upon the ground.

Well, that's about two months shaved off their lifespan.

"Chara!!"

Frisk reaches out as if to try and grab them, and overbalances before tumbling down to the ground as well. It's not as far of a fall, but still enough to drive the wind out of their lungs and leave them wheezing for a moment. As soon as Frisk can force themself to move they roll and scramble to their feet, hurrying over to Chara's side.

"Are you--?!"

Their breath emerges in an airy wheeze, momentarily winded. The tanglesnake remains pinned beneath them, though its persistent wriggling indicates that it is, indeed, very much alive. How fortunate for everyone involved.

Their knees scraped, the skin on their palms and elbows rubbed raw, their HP lowered by increments, and yet - when would something so simple succeed in stripping a demon down to their CORE?

They smile despite the rusted red smeared across their knees and forearms, prize well in hand.

"You won."

Frisk lets out a long sigh of relief, seeing that they aren't seriously harmed--or at least that no bones are poking out where they shouldn't. (N-not that the tanglesnake isn't important too, of course! But--they have to be sure. You know.)

Relief, however, is followed quickly by irritation, standing up and wincing from their own scrapes and bruises making themselves known. "You earned a heart attack outta me! You gotta be more careful than that, th' Locket's only gonna help so much!"

--oh, wow, the world just went wobbly for a moment. Um.

"And nothing of value was lost."

Perhaps they are a shade too cheerful as they chirp the words out, even as their balance shudders slightly, their footing - uneven, following the rough collision of their knees against the ground in an ungainly drop.

They would request that Frisk come down on their own, but they are doubtless already about do precisely that, seldom content to be more than a few yards away from the demon they still insist is their Partner.

What a joke, for everyone.

And indeed it doesn't take long. Frisk makes their way down with several slips and scrapes, jumping down the last few feet. Far enough to stumble a bit on the landing, but they recover well enough and cross their arms with a huff.

"You've got value t' me. An' Asriel, too! Or do we not count anymore?" The anger doesn't last, however, melting away in lieu of concern. "'Re you really sure you're okay? That was a really long fall!"

"Perhaps you should consider the same, when it comes to yourself."

A retort fired back with whipcrack efficiency, every sharpened at the edge of their tongue. Humans hypocrites; this is nothing new. Frisk may be a tier above the lowly rest, but they are still as guilty, still as susceptible, as every other loathsome being in their lot.

It is simply the way of things.

Frisk's brows furrow, and they open their mouth to retort...but then frown and glance away.

"'M still alive. People worry too much 'bout me, anyway." They're made of tougher stuff than other people--they've taken beatings and been able to keep going, a red spark in their chest forcing them up so long as there's still breath left in them.

"Perhaps it is because you consistently place yourself in harm's way."

They levered his name against them. Of course they do. That is their Achilles', their obvious weakness. They have no moral qualms whatsoever, when it comes to employing whatever name or idea they feel may keep their humble servant in their place.

Accept your lot.

Live with it.

"I come out fine." Even to their ears, it sounds like a whine, a childish excuse for something that...it should be simple. Why can't it just be simple? "It doesn't...they shouldn't hafta worry."

Frisk's hand bunches up into the fabric of their sleeve--this isn't about them right now, it's about Chara. Why are they like this?

"Let's...let's go get th' tanglesnake turned in. ...'s it okay if I keep lookin' with you?"

Understood. Dictate their path, Frisk, as you always do. You will go, and they will follow. Your humble servant to the last.

"Understood."

Turn the thing in and walk away with their 100 senc reward. And then Frisk - Frisk can do whatever it is Frisk does. They can dog Chara's every footstep and criticize their every action. They can make whatever claims they like.

It's exactly what a demon like them deserves.

february mod plot log

thisavrou monthly info ( the tmi )

ingress travel info

aueia

eosoros (cw: death, blood, violence, torture)

tanglesneks

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