thisavrou_log | ( april intro log )

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( 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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[The sound of something skidding around catches his attention as he explores, only managing to not walk onto the floor wax'd hallway by pure chance. He does get a glance at the robot though and for a moment he can only blink because that sure is a giant robot of some sort and Akito's definitely from a world where that is in no way normal] Wow...

[But then there is air guitaring and that just makes him laugh, surprised by the randomness of it, his hands clapping together as he watches, giggling. He's impressed!]

[He wobbles a bit as he stops, looking over toward the sound of the clapping. For a second, he's worried this is going to be someone mocking him, but then, he spies the kid.]

[And just grins.]

[Kids, he can handle kids. Human kids are awesome. And he clomps over to hunker down nearby with a little wave.]

You like that, huh, dude?

[Akito being Akito, he waves back]

Yeah! That looked cool~ [And kind of fun, he has to admit]

Oh, yeah? You think so?

[He holds out his hand.]

Sideswipe. Resident master of cool.

[Akito is really tiny in comparison at a mere 4'5" but that doesn't stop him from reaching out his hand in response. Totally willing to believe the robot there]

It's nice to meet you Sideswipe-san~ I'm Akito, Akito Wanijma. [Thisissocool] I'm kind of new here.

[It's a lot smaller than the last human hand he shook, but hey, he'll keep being careful. It seems like a better plan than not, with regards to his human buddies. Tailgate and Riptide can have the roughhousing.]

Pretty cool name yourself, pal.

[He grins -- he may actually be 100% serious there, the dweeb.] Yeah, me too. Kinda. I mean, I guess I've been here a month but still.

[Good plan]

Thanks~ [He's not sure it's kind of as cool as Sideswipe, particularly since the whole badass robot thing, but he has always liked his name]

You've got a month on me then. I guess I know who to ask to find the cooler stuff to do here.

Yeah, you do!

[He says with a big, stupid thumbs up. Before sobering a bit.]

... Or you would, if there was anything cool here. Because, sorry to say, there's not. Like, at all.

Really? [He head tilts, curious about this] That's so weird. So much of this is nothing like what would be possible on my world, I would've thought there was something... [Kind of disappointing, but it's okay after a moment] I guess it is kind of about getting back to where we came from, huh.

Yeah, I mean, we gotta do work, and scrap. So sure, cool ride through the galaxy, but you gotta be responsible.

Biggest drag ever, if you ask me.

[He shrugs a bit.]

I guess. If you want to.

[He sighs, echoing Sideswipe's opinion on the matter. Work isn't that big of a deal for him, it's more...if they have to work, he'd going to have to bully Agito into it, and that's going to take forever] Working is going to be a pain...

[The last bit makes him head tilt a bit, curious] You don't want to go back?

It totally is. I don't even know what I'm supposed to be doing here.

[... Yeah, Sideswipe, that's not something to be proud of, dumbass.]

I dunno. I miss a couple guys, but no one here really rides my tailpipe like they do back home.

I kinda don't either, aside from cleaning stuff. That's simple I guess, but boriiiing. [He's not the neatest person in the world, cleaning sounds like a drag]

Ahh, I see. I kinda get that. Onii-chan used to order us around a lot, but now we're away from him, it's kinda nice to not have to do everything he says. [He can't help giggling a little. He loves his brother dearly, but Kaito had so many rules. So many]

Yeah, way boring. More reason not to do it.

[It's simple enough from where he sits, anyway. Then again, he's never really had to clean anything before. So...]

... wait, who orders you around?

[He giggles at that] I'll try doing some things, I think. Don't want to get bored doing nothing after all.

My older brother, Kaito. He used to order us around a lot. I don't mind doing stuff for Onii-chan but it was still a lot sometimes.

I guess, but I mean. The last planet we ended up on was pretty cool.

[SHRUG.]

Brother... oh. That's a human thing. Family, right?

Oh? What was it like? [He wants to hear all the interesting things. New planets is one of the things he's looking forward to here]

Yeah. He raised me and looked after me when I was little. [Littler, at any rate]

There were these: get this. There were these flying whales. And me? I totally rode one.

[For five minutes before it kicked him off and he crashed into the planet.]

Oh. Like a parents?

[Yes, with the "s" on the end.]

Woaaaa. That's so cool. I wish I'd gotten to see that. [Flying whales sounds amazing in itself. And even if it kicked him off that would've been great to see. Akito is forever a child at heart]

Parent, and kinda, yeah. [He's never really seen Kaito as a parent, but it's close enough, really]

Hey, dude, you never know. Maybe the next place we end up will be awesome.

[You have no idea what you're talking about, child.]

Oh, huh. Why 'kinda'?

I hope so! [He's kind of looking forward to it now]

It's like... [How to describe this?] Onii-chan's my brother, and a brother is something who's raised by the same parents you are. But in a way, he kind of was my parent. But someone can't be your parent and brother at the same time. Not normally anyway. It's sorta seen as wrong if they are. [Don't ask Sideswipe]

... Huh.

Okay. Man, you humans are complicated.

I guess we kinda are. [He rubs his neck, sheepish] I mean, I'm human and sometimes I find the things people say are normal weird.

Although that reminds, I was going ask, what are you? [Curious! After all it sorta seems rude to just assume Sideswipe's a generic robot. There has to be more to it than that]

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