thisavrou_log | ( april intro log )

Who: Everyone
When: April 1st and on
Where: The Moira + Del Pascia
What: The crew finds themselves visiting the correctional facility of Del Pascia.
Warnings: Mentions of blood. Please label your content!

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"I feel liberated when I'm doing it, and I want other people to feel liberated through it."

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. Shortly after, you are led out and toward the medbay.

Inside this room, you are given a physical scan and offered a contract to sign that states you are now part of the crew of the Moira with a specific job. This process consists of a complete work-up of medical history and current health, and afterwards, you are given your MID, a device that is integrated into your hand with only the slightest pinch. From there, you are guided out of the medbay and to your living quarters.

With the combined efforts of the crew, the terror plaguing the ship has been successfully removed from the Moira. Yet, it doesn’t come without consequences. Aside from the overall state of those aboard the ship, the Moira itself has taken considerable damage across various sections. Overall functionality seems stable for now, but with necessary repairs to be made and few supplies to actually make them with, the Captains have set a course for any nearby planet with the hope of finding what they need. However, that is much closer than it appears. As new arrivals begin coming through the Ingress, a message is received by those in the Tower and broadcast to everyone:
Please be advised. Your vessel is now entering Restricted Space. As per penal code 65208-A, only authorized personnel are to be admitted beyond this point. If necessary, further assistance will be provided once docked.
As there is little choice, the Captains instruct Navigation to proceed with caution. All transporters will be required to assist in taking those who volunteer to the main hub.

WELCOME TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITY DEL PASCIA

Del Pascia is one of many facilities across the universe built to maintain and rehabilitate its inhabitants. With a combined populace of both prisoners and employed civilians, it functions as both prison and living quarters. The central section of Del Pascia is divided into multiple floors that branch out into subdivisions of the facility—clearly and precisely labeled. For those contracted to work in the prison, Del Pas Main is home. There are cafeterias, common areas for exercise and general downtime, divided residences, and work stations. Beyond this area, each remaining wing of Del Pascia separates into cell blocks A through F with similar facilities available to the inmates. Varying degrees of criminals are brought to Del Pascia, ranging from maximum security to juvenile offenders, and security differs depending on which block is visited.

Yet, there is something peculiar about this prison upon further investigation: there are no living persons within Del Pascia. The AI, which runs and oversees all of Del Pascia, has made arrangements with the Moira so that those who wish may board and take what is needed to begin repairs. This program, while generally polite in nature, goes simply by the name D-E-L.

☄ ENJOY YOUR STAY ... IN PRISON

Those who choose to go to Del Pascia will find themselves greeted by D-E-L. It has already agreed to terms with the Captains, allowing crew to strip nonessential supplies that aren’t needed since the station’s crew and prisoners were relocated due to funding cuts. The only condition placed upon this agreement is that any crew wishing to explore must undergo a mandatory decontamination before proceeding through the rest of Del Pascia. This process takes only minutes and is guaranteed to cause no physical side effects. Following this simple procedure, exploration is open with only warnings to be careful about damaging key systems. It is important to note that there are various security cameras located throughout the correctional facility, and it is not uncommon for D-E-L to comment or show concern for those exploring parts of Del Pascia.

☄ DEATH BECOMES YOU

There is salvage to be found in all parts of the facility, including the cell blocks and infirmaries of the prison wings. However, there is something odd about these sectors, a strange charge in the air that follows you as you search for anything useful to bring back to the Moira. Perhaps it is the eyes of D-E-L watching? But then, after an indiscernible amount of time, it's like a switch is flipped. Suddenly, you are wearing your sins where anyone but you can see. For however much death you have wrought or committed, there will be blood on your hands—perhaps even further than that. This bizarre occurrence will appear as an almost digital skin and will not vanish until outside the cell blocks. If exploring the infirmaries for supplies, any and all health stats throughout your life will be visible and easy to read by anyone who happens to take an interest.

For those who have killed once or twice, they might find a red stain on their hands, but the higher the kill count will result in larger proportions of blood covering their arms and, in extreme cases, perhaps their entire body. The blood will vanish once you have left the prison wing, though you may occasionally see a flicker of the image while anywhere on the station. The same goes for health stats viewed in infirmary sections of Del Pascia.

☄ WHAT WAS THAT SOUND?

Del Pascia is a very large station and has been abandoned for quite some time. D-E-L will regretfully inform anyone who asks that some nonessential areas have fallen into disrepair. It will warn that exploring these areas can be risky as it has no knowledge of what damage these sections have taken. Regardless of that, if you venture in, you’ll find that these sections are in rather bad shape. Exposed wiring sparks in the walls, a great variety of broken tools are thrown about, and it seems that every camera has been purposely broken. Venturing in further will yield valuable components for salvage, and yet... as before, you suspect you aren’t alone. It isn’t often, but sometimes, you might hear a step falling moments after yours or a rattle coming from the vents. Every time you go to investigate... whatever made the noise is gone.

Should the AI be queried about this, D-E-L will emphasize that all personnel and prisoners were removed and that there is no one on board except crew from the Moira.

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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

( ivan's motivations for ditching the moira can easily boil down to: avoiding his mother for a little while. she's got her job to figure out, and ivan needs to figure out how to handle a mother who thought you should just be starting to walk. at least he hasn't disappointed her there.

the swords on geralt's back put him more at ease than perhaps they should -- they're not the right type for someone on barrayar, but it's close enough. unlike half the vor back home, ivan is also sure that this man could probably use them effectively as well. )

Oh, I don't know. This is a first for me. Although I heard the really high security ones back home got renovated. Turns out throwing your head of security into them can make one rethink comfort levels once they get out again.

( ivan shrugs. he's not unarmed as well -- stunner shoved into the obvious shoulder holster he's wearing over his issued uniform. he's been on too many planetary visits gone wrong to think that it isn't a good idea here. )

Prisons aren't supposed to be comfortable, last I checked.

[ They're, you know, dank dungeons where people get whipped and stuff. ]

Maybe most, but Barrayar likes to pride itself on giving every and all traitors a chance at comfort before letting them die by exposure.

( ivan's pretty sure they've phased out being whipped by now.

pretty sure. )

How compassionate. [ The way Geralt says that makes it sound like it's not compassionate at all. The opposite, in fact. ]

( ivan shrugs, as apolitical as he can possibly force himself to be. )

You've got a better idea? ( wait, no , hang on. ) If you do, please don't mention it.

Prison reform isn't my thing.

[ He just has a lot of experience being on the inside of them. ]

Comforting. ( not really, because ivan realizes where his prison experience must have come from. great. ) How about stealing stuff from them?

( since that's essentially what they're supposed to be doing. )

That, I don't have a problem with. If you're breaking out of prison, stealing is probably the least of your worries. At least, in my experience.

So, uh. You do the whole 'prison' thing a lot, then?

( oh no. )

Depends on what you mean by a lot, I guess. Why?

[ Would that scare him? Not that Geralt's face isn't already scary enough. ]

( he already figures that's just genetic tweaking. what with the weird eyes and all. the scar, though. )

More than once? Who ends up in prison more than once-- ( uh. ) No reason. Just, you know, never been in one myself before now.

( it doesn't scare him, but it makes him feel like he's going to be less of an innocent bystander standing next to him. )

Well, there was the time I was framed for assassinating a king. And the time I actually killed a prince, though he was a giant frog at the time, so...

[ Geralt shrugs vaguely. He sees no point in keeping things a secret, not about himself, anyway. The scarier he sounds, the more likely people are to give him a wide berth and not harass him. ]

Do you just really dislike royalty or is it sort of a coincidence thing?

( well guess who's not going to mention that he's 1. a lord 2. possibly third in line for being emperor 3. grandson of a princess

this guy. )

Kind of a coincidence. But I also don't really like royalty. They're usually pricks.

[ People with a lot of power usually are. ]

Only the ones that end up dismembered and with their scalp in a museum. The ones that actually manage not die at the hands of the people they've pissed off generally do fine in my experience.

( look, gregor, he's speaking nice words about you! )

If every prick in power ended up murdered, there wouldn't be many people in power left.

[ It's kind of part of the job description, really. ]

That's a very... direct way of looking at that.

What can I say, I'm direct.

Get right to the point of the matter, eh?

( ivan no. )

( april intro log )

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