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Cúrre ([personal profile] hownkai) wrote in [community profile] thisavrou_log2016-06-01 12:20 am

( june intro log )

Who: Everyone
When: June 1st and on
Where: The Moira + Collectives ASH3 - BF3 - CLF5
What: The crew finds themselves visiting the vacation spot of the Collective.
Warnings: None for now. Please label your content!

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"Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us."

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.

Having left Amissis-Re behind, tensions among crew members have continued to escalate into ship-wide consequences, and recognizing the need for some separation among those aboard the Moira, the Captains make the unanimous decision to deviate from their present course to a "nearby" planet that is notable for such popular distractions. While it is not a permanent solution, measures are being taken to monitor the crew's morale much more closely. New arrivals will be treated as they always are; yet, now, more than ever, it is important to stress the balance of working together toward their goal of reaching their destination so that everyone will return home.


WELCOME TO COLLECTIVES ASH3 - BF3 - CLF5




The Collective is a paradise resort located far from any other neighboring planets to offer the most leisurely experience possible to its patrons. Artificially created for multiple uses, it is divided into separate locales interconnected with a tubing transport system that is so fast and efficient that it’s like being teleported to the next area. Extensive mapping can be found at various intersecting points to offer some direction, and there are even recognizable adverts from a very familiar stop months before spread out across the Collective. Whether looking to explore or to simply shed the weight of anxiety, there are plenty of opportunities to be found within ASH3, BF3, and CLF5.

All crew members are given a card from the Captains that has an unlimited amount of credits on it. Organized through trade, these allow Moirans access to any of the luxuries that the Collective has to offer aside from the purchase of items considered weapons due to the escalation of recent events. Food, clothes, trinkets, or even a full spa experience—the limits, otherwise, are endless. The Captains emphasize that this is time to relax and take a break from the grind that is living and working on a spaceship as unique as the Moira.

B.E.A.C.H! THE BEST ESCAPE ANYONE CAN HAVE!
For those seeking a fun time, the Collective offers a variety of activities on ASH3. There are multiple beaches to enjoy as well as beachside kiosks offering drinks, beach toys and surf equipment for those a little more sports-minded. The tide washes in beautiful shells to collect, and there are always life-guards on duty to make sure everyone stays safe while enjoying their time on the beach. ASH3 offers a safe and friendly environment with plenty of fun in the sun for everyone. There is also a boardwalk full of restaurants, bars and plenty of games and entertainment for when you want to step off the sand but don’t want to give up being out in the sun.For those who can’t or won’t bear the sun, ASH3 also offers a thriving night life on both beach and boardwalk. There are midnight boat tours to view the bioluminescent schools of fish native to the island and bonfire dance parties that go long into the mornings. On the boardwalk, all shops are open until midnight as well as many clubs and social spots where crew can mingle with other tourists in the area.

So you don’t like the sand. It’s too hot, and it gets everywhere. Then hop onto one of the many transportation systems, slip into some warmer clothes, and take to the slopes. More experienced crew can immediately dive in, but those who need help can take lessons on how to ski or snowboard. There’s hot cocoa, sleds, snowball fights, and the occasional person making a snow angel (or snow person). ASH3 also has areas for rock climbing, sky diving, base jumping, bodyboarding, canoeing, hang gliding, jetskis, mountain biking, hiking, and much more.

WHEN I SHOP, THE WORLD GETS BETTER
Not everyone enjoys shopping, but this Collective entices even the most frugal and reluctant into spending their credits here. In fact, the Captains are encouraging this. They give the explicit “order” to buy whatever you want for yourself and your fellow crew members, but more than that, to consider making purchases to better the ship. Is there any area of the Moira that needs spruced up? Maybe some fresh paint in the mess hall,or new furniture in the decks? Maybe some fancy curtains for all those windows on the observation deck, or a few throw pillows? New pots and pans for the kitchen might be something to add to this list as well as equipment for the rec area, or whatever else you think BF3 will have to help increase comfort aboard the Moira.

To enhance your shopping experience, the technology here allows you to try on clothes without lifting a hand. The food here is an unlimited spread of gourmet dining to comfort food and every dessert you can think of. When you’re finished with your purchases, have all your packages and larger items delivered back to the ship for you.

TREAT YO SELF
The accommodations on the Collective of CLF5 are as unique as they come. Lodging is available for those who want to sleep in an environment that’s underwater or perhaps those who desire something as simple as a soft bed. No matter what kind of room you want to purchase for the night, it’ll be available here, and the only true limit is the imagination. When you aren’t relaxing in a hotel room, you’ll find that there are numerous spas and hair salons that offer varied services. Gold face masks rejuvenate your skin, the Ever Young™ Spa can make you look ten years younger with one treatment, and the mud baths are known across the universes for making you feel youthful and refreshed. If you’re looking for a new hairstyle or to relax, this Collective is the place for you to spend those hard-earned credits.


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Agent Washington | ota

[personal profile] hatesimprovising 2016-06-02 08:58 am (UTC)(link)
a. ingress; not your tour guide, just security
[ While he's still undecided on whether he really feels better off here than at home, Wash still takes part in his job without any fuss. Largely because without something to do, he'll go stir crazy. Time off isn't his thing. He hasn't had time off in years, so he's fine with taking an extra shift guarding the Ingress.

Standing right outside the room that holds the portal, he's dressed in his full suit of power armour with his battle rifle in hand, though he holds it idly. Seems pretty unlikely that he'll ever actually need to use it on the job, but still. He'd rather be prepared.

Mostly, he'll just be silently watching people pass by in the halls without saying anything, though they're free to try conversation with him if they really want to. As for anyone who comes out of the Ingress and leaves the room, he'll definitely turn his head to get a look at them but again, isn't likely to initiate conversation. However, if they start speaking, he'll probably be kind enough to point them in the direction of the captains. ]



b. ASH3; B.E.A.C.H more like B.A.R
[ Mostly, Wash has been sticking to the ship through this entire stop. Vacationing is not something you're necessarily comfortable with when you've spend the last few years almost constantly working. However, he does slip away from the Moira every once in a while to go down to the boardwalk. The first couple of times, he's in his ship uniform because it's either that or his armour, and he's not looking to stand out. After he goes shopping for some practical items, however, he can be found in casual, if boring, civilian clothing.

The only thing he comes down to the boardwalk for is the bars. That's where he can be found on the evenings/nights he does come down by the beach. Always sitting at the bar, usually in the same seat if it's free when he shows up, simply there with a drink while he looks to be brooding silently. He doesn't want to make a habit of drinking, but it's at least good for dulling things here and there. And he's got a lot he wouldn't mind dulling.

He's not likely to initiate conversation, though he might toss a critical look your way, or even a simple bored look. Wash is not terribly social anymore. ]



c. BF3; shut up, so what if i'm buying cat things
[ It takes a while for Wash to convince himself to leave the ship to go to BF3 for some shopping. If they were allowed to pick up weapons, he would have been down there much more quickly but, as it stands, he's far more hesitant about it.

There's one time he goes down briefly, figuring that some casual clothing would be good to have around the ship; clothes for training and exercise, for general comfort while not working, for sleeping in, and maybe even a bathing suit so he can actually make use of the rec room's pool. So he stalked up a little, though not excessively so.

The second time he goes down, however, he's inspired after playing with his cats. They don't really have all that much to keep them entertained when no one is in the room and he's been wanting to change that--this is kind of the perfect opportunity.

This is why now, he can be found wandering around some speciality shop he came across that focuses on the sale of items for cats. And he may or may not have a basket full of all kinds of things already. Scratchboards, toys, nice little food and water dishes, even a couple of plush cat beds, even though he's sure all three could fit in one, since they're bonsai cats.

Yes, this is a grown man, a hardened, bitter soldier, shopping around in a store that almost seems to be meant specifically for cat ladies. Those really obsessive ones. And he's regarding everything he looks at very seriously as he determines whether or not it's something he should get for his three teeny tiny cats. ]
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BF3

[personal profile] prayed 2016-06-03 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[To be honest, Kyoko only came here in the interest of checking out everything that the planet had to offer. Her lifestyle didn't allow her to own animals, and raising them on a spaceship would just be weird anyway.

Naturally, this leads to her running into somebody from the ship who clearly does have cats. More specifically, an adult man--the type who reeks of hardened veteran, carefully choosing the cutest, most precious cat items like some grandma.

She huffs, shaking her head. It makes no sense.]


What are you doing?
Edited 2016-06-03 21:25 (UTC)
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[personal profile] hatesimprovising 2016-06-04 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's the huff from nearby that draws his attention. Dragging his gaze away from the fancy cat foods on the shelf in front of him, Wash glances over to see...a teenage girl. Shaking her head at him. His lips press into a firm line and he just gives her a look for a long moment.

He can feel that judgement coming off of her in waves. ]


What does it look like?

[ Buying things for his cats, duh. What else would he be doing in some cat speciality store? If the captains are going to give them unlimited money to waste, he might as well pick up some of the things they need and a few extra things that they don't just to make them more comfortable. ]

Shouldn't you, I don't know, be on the beach, or something? Buying clothes? Whatever it is teenagers do?

[ He's not going to let some huffy teenager come in here and criticize him for getting some cat stuff, if that's what she thinks she's doing here. Wash is Unimpressed. ]
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[personal profile] prayed 2016-06-05 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
It looks like I just found somebody's grandma. There's better ways to deal with your lonely old days than by throwing stones at strangers in stores and collecting cats, y'know.

[She raises an eyebrow. Kyoko almost considers ignoring the second set of questions, but that seems inappropriate. It was, after all, what truly defined him for her.

Really. How could anyone under sixty not be embarrassed to act like teenagers were some sort of unfathomable endangered species?]


Oh, and talking about how kids were back your day's not the right answer either.
hatesimprovising: ([face] blank)

[personal profile] hatesimprovising 2016-06-05 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
Awfully hypocritical when you're the one who approached a stranger just to throw stones. Also, I'm not old, and I'm not collecting cats. I have cats.

[ There's a difference there. It's not like he's picked up any more since he got the first three in his first month on the ship. So it's not collecting!

Still, she manages to pull an irritated and maybe somewhat offended huff out of him. He might kind of look it, but he's definitely not old. --And he doesn't even look that old!! Just...older than he really is, is all. ]


Yeah, because that's exactly what I was doing. [ He barely manages to avoid rolling his eyes. ] Excuse me for assuming that, given we're all from different universes, teenagers have different hobbies in some of them.

[ Also he barely remembers being a teenager at this point, he's been in the military so long, but she doesn't need to know that. ]
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[personal profile] prayed 2016-06-06 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Kyoko rolls her eyes, shrugging her shoulders and letting out a sigh in an exaggerated display of exasperation. It'd take all day to cover all the things wrong with what he just said. None of it is making him sound any younger.]

Right, like how the hobbies of old guys varies from universe to universe.

[She folds her hands over her chest. It sounds ridiculous. He'd probably get all huffy if she was saying something similar.]

Lemme guess. You don't get out much and don't have any friends, except for the cats and maybe a couple of weirdos.

[Not that she has any friends to speak of, but that's out of necessity as much as choice. If she wanted to, she could certainly change it anytime.]
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BARRRR!

[personal profile] beautifulspaceraptor 2016-06-04 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
[So, Wash, how prepared are you for some sexy space bird company? Because Nihlus is sliding into that vacant seat next to you in some really form hugging sleek black clothes and a very shiny, black leather jacket]

Washington, [his voice is warm. Not flirty for the time being, but warm.] I see you've recovered from your stay in the cryo. How are you doing?
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yessss bring on all the sexy space bird company

[personal profile] hatesimprovising 2016-06-04 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ The movement of someone taking the seat next to him has Wash's eyes darting over and, okay, he's admittedly kind of surprised to see Nihlus is the one who joined him. It feels so long ago that they'd gone on to the Grid to try finding Rinzler--but then, he has got about two years on top of the amount of time it's been since then in this particular universe. ]

Does the whole ship know about that?

[ It's part rhetorical question, part actually a question about the ship knowing about the events prior to his time in cryo. There's a long exhale, and Wash doesn't match Nihlus' warm tone, instead meets it with something more brusque. ]

I'm fine. Not the first time I've been in cryo.
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[personal profile] beautifulspaceraptor 2016-06-05 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
[The brusqueness wouldn't normally phase him but it makes Nihlus pause this time.

There was something odd about this interaction, the feeling of something being... different from before. It's the same feeling he'd gotten when he'd first interacted with Shepard's clone, but it didn't feel exactly like he was meeting whole other person.

What WAS different though, he couldn't pinpoint just yet. After all, Wash could just be grumpy from the cryo.]


Rinzler asked for assistance on the Network when you were incapacitated by something in the Amissis-Re's Ingress. It was a public broadcast.

[He waves the bartender over and orders a drink, watching Wash.]

You've been in cryo before?
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[personal profile] hatesimprovising 2016-06-05 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ A public broadcast. Made by Rinzler. After the Ingress on Amissis-Re. So it had been put out there, if maybe not with all the details. The information has Wash's hand tightening its grip on his glass. He'd been hoping there hadn't been anything about it put out there, that Rinzler and maybe some of the medical staff were the only ones who knew.

So much for that. People at least know something happened. ]


He did, huh.

[ That's about all he's got to say to that, just adding a curt nod. ]

Cryo's a pretty common thing when you're travelling a long distance through space where I'm from. But I've been in cryo here once before, too. Longer than I was this time.
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[personal profile] beautifulspaceraptor 2016-06-07 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
It's strange, but I think he was panicking.

[It was... kind of a defense for Rinzler. With the tone Wash was using, he suspects something more direct wouldn't go down too well.]

I was curious because the cryo tech here is apparently very... peculiar. One of my friends had gone into cryo so that they could change her chirality.

[Nihlus looks up briefly to thank the barkeeper when the drink is set down in front of him. It's a cheerful, minty green-blue color with a translucent slice of an alien fruit hanging off the rim.]

She can eat levo-protein food now. I didn't think something like that was even possible.
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c

[personal profile] forwardmomentum 2016-06-06 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ miles catches sight of wash in the pet shop -- he'd come by with similar aims, though mostly to find something for ivan's cats to do besides try to sleep on his face while he's asleep -- and strolls casually over to him with that slightly manicky glint to his eyes. eyes flicking down to the basket, he looks back up at wash with a grin. ]

Shopping for the little ones, eh? So I see you decided to adopt a few after all.
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[personal profile] hatesimprovising 2016-06-06 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh?

[ Not really expecting anyone else from the ship to be around here, much less approach him, Wash blinks and glances up from the series of elaborate cat trees he's been wondering about fitting in his room and how much one would annoy Snake. Miles isn't really who he would have expected to see, even if he had figured someone would strike up a conversation. ]

...Something like that. [ It was months ago, Miles. ] But yeah, I did.

[ No explanation of how many he'd adopted. Nothing to keep the conversation interesting or even all that friendly. All he does after he answers is look Miles over briefly and quirk an eyebrow. ]

You too?
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[personal profile] forwardmomentum 2016-06-07 10:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ well something sure does seem...off. profoundly off, in fact. miles's brows draw down in bemusement. last he'd met wash, the guy was awkward and borderline chatty, not to mention hilariously gullible. but no, he's sporting a different air than miles recalls. something is most definitely off. ]

Not me. Ivan. He took up two of the little beasts, and they both think my face is the designated cat bed.
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[personal profile] hatesimprovising 2016-06-08 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ There's a nod at the explanation. Ivan. Wash thinks he might have met him once, sometime toward the beginning of his time on the ship, though he can't say he recalls it particularly well. Nor does he really care to. ]

Yeah, they'll get into that habit if you let them. [ And he's got the feeling Miles has let it go on too long. ] Don't know that getting them their own bed will make much of a difference.

[ That...counts as advice, right? Or something? ]
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[personal profile] forwardmomentum 2016-06-10 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
No, but at least Ivan won't be able to pretend that they don't have anywhere else to sleep.

[ he rolls his eyes. ivan. ]

How many d'you have? That's...an awful lot of cat gear there.