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Cúrre ([personal profile] hownkai) wrote in [community profile] thisavrou_log2016-08-16 09:06 pm

( august event log )

Who: Everyone
When: August 16th and on
Where: The Moira + the Luminous Sea
What: The original Captain and the First Mate try to find the closest Ingress for help. The crew ventures into the Luminous Sea.
Warnings: None for now. Please label your content!

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"Time is what we want most, but what we use worst."

With the Moira in a sort of low maintenance state, Captain Ira and First Mate Egan have been forthright with information at their disposal, and as the weeks have progressed, not much has been answered in terms of what has happened with the ship itself or why some of the crew are informing the Captain and First Mate of Ingresses all across the universes being broken. Early on the 16th, Captain Ira decides that Manasseh has been in cryo long enough to warrant waking her. With that decision comes the restoration of all ship functions—including normal water and power usage. Rationing continues, but it isn’t as strict (or enforced) as it has been the last few weeks. However, the Navigator appears and acts no differently than before, which troubles the Captain, and rather than shut down the Moira’s functions once more, he decides to redouble efforts to contact someone at the Midway Hub.

As before, when he first tried, no one answers.

Not completely discouraged, Captain Ira orders First Mate Egan and those in both Navigation and the Tower to put out a transmission to anyone with an Ingress in hopes of finding a technician or someone with enough information pertaining to the machinery to perhaps fix the one aboard the Moira long enough to get them to the Midway Hub without having to travel the length of the Runoff. Within the hour, they receive a peculiar return transmission that’s worth investigating since it’s considerably close. During this time, Captain Thán sends the following MID message to all Moirans:

Crew,

The last few weeks have been hectic, and I'm sure everyone has questions that they need answered. When Captain Ira and First Mate Egan approached us, we asked for evidence of their legitimacy and were given it through credentials, logs, and the private access codes that they had in their possession. It allowed us to see that they were, in fact, the previous leadership of the Moira.

Explaining why we took a knee is rather simple. They know what they're doing, and it is clear now, more than ever, that we do not. Every bump in the road that we've met, you have survived because of your own tenacity, and many of the deaths and hardships were our fault in some way. We found this ship unmanned and took it without any skill. It worked, at first, but then, you were all here, and it changed everything. We needed to grow to accommodate, and we weren't fast enough. As captains, we've failed you, but we do believe that Ira and Egan can do so much better. We'll be working with them to make the end of this trip as short as possible. You deserve to go home, and they can make that happen.

You also deserve honesty. The blame for the events on Caducus Primary are our burden to carry, not yours. The statues that their people believed had been stolen were on this ship, and we were responsible for them being here. Not long after boarding the Moira, we stopped there and were approached by a person offering us the items at a lower trade rate. We knew that it wasn't strictly by the books, but we did the deal anyway. When those actions came back around, we attempted to remedy them but were not fast enough and many lives were lost.

This is one of the reasons we have given leadership rights over. We've done enough damage, and you don't deserve anymore by our hands. For what it's worth, we do apologize for everything, and we'll be staying on the ship until we reach the Midway Hub.

-Thán
Whether believed or not, the previous Captains can still be found around the ship in their usual places of work. Onward, the Moira goes—

WELCOME TO THE LUMINOUS SEA



Unlike most places the Moira has come across or visited, the Luminous Sea is thus called due to its soft turquoise glow. While other parts of the Runoff consist of stars and planets, there is no life or anything remotely sentient found within this part of the universe. Yet, the most fascinating thing about the Luminous Sea is not the fact that it appears empty but for the sole reason of why the Captain and First Mate first approached it in the first place: it’s very reminiscent of Ingress energy. The ship is slow to move through the Luminous Sea, all those stationed in the Tower asked to observe and collect data to be sent to Navigation as well as those who have been reassigned to the Ingress. However, even stranger things are afoot the longer the Moira lingers within the ocean of blue-green space...

IN, OUT, AND ALL AROUND
Needless to say, things are now a little… different on board thanks to the anomalies caused by the energy of the Luminous Sea. What once had been a simple journey using MPS to navigate your way around the ship has now become a risk in Location Roulette. Perhaps you’re simply planning to head to the library, but when you walk through the door, you’ve somehow ended up in the middle of the Mess Hall. Or you’re fresh from a nice, long shower only to find yourself in the middle of the Cargo Bay wearing nothing but your towel! It seems that the space inside the Moira has rearranged itself to make life interesting for the crew. The changes happen at random and aren’t guaranteed to work the same in reverse. Sometimes, a doorway will work to take you back the correct way, and other times, it might deposit you in yet another part of the ship you hadn’t intended to visit. Also, be wary of those areas of the ship that have been sealed for the protection of the crew and never go anywhere alone. Because nothing good ever came of walking through a door to suddenly end up outside the Moira or within the room that holds Ploiatos.

50 SHADES OF AGE
While in the Luminous Sea, some members of the crew are likely to wake up and find themselves a changed person. Literally. The unstable nature of the energy that encompasses the Sea and its ability to bend both time and space means that those affected by it might find themselves suddenly years younger. Or even older. What’s more, some crew members who do become younger might possess no memories of have ever been on the ship and will see the Moira through brand new eyes. Those who find themselves jumping to a point further down their timeline won’t be affected as harshly, though they will be tarnished with age as time tends to do. What’s best for the new and old alike is to remain calm and continue on their daily routines until otherwise instructed by the Captain and First Mate. Hopefully leaving the Luminous Sea will wear away this reversal in time and return you to the person you once were.


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sketchycharacter: (suited up)

[personal profile] sketchycharacter 2016-08-17 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Couple months. Plenty of stuff's happened, but nothing like critical failures in personal navigation.

[Or, in layman's terms, everyone getting lost. He shrugs and walks through. Maybe they'll be able to join forces and get somewhere on purpose.]

Where were you headed?
justice_from_above: (pic#10326695)

[personal profile] justice_from_above 2016-08-17 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I was trying to find my way back to Nomo deck. I haven't had much luck. [She gives him a nod, curious to keep the conversation going and see if she could find out what sort of 'stuff' has happened and what she might have to look out for in the future.]

Where were you off to?
sketchycharacter: (see my house from here)

[personal profile] sketchycharacter 2016-08-19 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
What a coincidence, we're headed for the same place. We are now, anyway—I gave up trying to get anything productive done today and decided to head back to my room. But even that's a lot harder than it should be.
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[personal profile] justice_from_above 2016-08-19 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
[She makes a motion down the hall and gets walking. They're certainly not going to get anywhere without moving.] It almost seems more productive to remain in one's quarters, but I cannot do the with inactivity.

[She casts him a sidelong glance.] What had you been trying to achieve?
sketchycharacter: (yes i'll have the salmon)

[personal profile] sketchycharacter 2016-08-20 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
I was going to go work out, but I might just hole up with one of my books for a while. If I can even get there.
justice_from_above: (pic#10326696)

[personal profile] justice_from_above 2016-08-20 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Pharah gives him a dry little chuckle.] I don't need a gym to keep fit. Okay then, so what books have your interest?

[She might not be as resourceful as Zarya, but she knows how to use her own bodyweight against her to keep fit.]
sketchycharacter: (papers please)

[personal profile] sketchycharacter 2016-08-23 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Him either, but it helps. Push-ups and crunches get boring after a while.]

History books, mainly. I'm kind of an amateur historian back home, and here in space there's an ass-ton of history I don't know anything about. Which just makes it fun.
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[personal profile] justice_from_above 2016-08-23 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
[She quirks her brows at him, curious. It certainly wasn't what she had expected, but it's impressive; someone interested in learning about the past had a better chance at understanding the present.]

Have you discovered anything interesting?
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[personal profile] sketchycharacter 2016-08-23 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, actually, but that's not so surprising—plenty of people think of history as stuffy old news, but there's tons of interesting things that have happened. Some of it sounds like bad fiction, but it's real.

[He's getting a little more animated now; clearly, this is his wheelhouse.]

Unfortunately, a lot of the books I've found are just bits and pieces from different civilizations here in space—makes it hard to spot connections, if there are any.
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[personal profile] justice_from_above 2016-08-23 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's interesting seeing what excites other people.]

[Also she is lucky he's passionate about such a useful subject.]
Have you found anything about this veseel or the people who made it in particular?
sketchycharacter: (pic#10454297)

[personal profile] sketchycharacter 2016-08-26 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Not anything's more than publicly known already. You should ask Robin about that—she's the ship historian.

[Lucky.]
justice_from_above: (pic#10322369)

[personal profile] justice_from_above 2016-08-28 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
I will.

What sort of things did you study in your world? Was it much different than this one?
sketchycharacter: (pic#10162773)

[personal profile] sketchycharacter 2016-08-28 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
All kinds of things. History, language, myths...a lot of people here come from Earth, so they've got these things in common, but plenty don't.
justice_from_above: (pic#10326695)

[personal profile] justice_from_above 2016-08-28 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
There certainly is a variety here.

But you're from Earth as well, I take it?
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[personal profile] sketchycharacter 2016-08-28 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Born and raised. Where and when I'm from, we're still on the fence about whether there's other life out there.

Guess being here answers that one.
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[personal profile] justice_from_above 2016-08-28 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)

Neither have we answered those questions. We gave ourselves much to be worried about but we still look to the stars. There's a research station on the moon and that's not the end of it.

sketchycharacter: (pic#10396472)

[personal profile] sketchycharacter 2016-08-28 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Really? Wow, you're still ahead of us, then. We've been to the moon and there's an international space station, but that's all.
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[personal profile] justice_from_above 2016-08-28 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm, gives you something to shoot for. [She gives him a wry grin.] So what do you think, are we from different eras on the same Earth or different timelines altogether?
Edited 2016-08-28 22:13 (UTC)
sketchycharacter: (let's resolve this with diplomacy)

[personal profile] sketchycharacter 2016-08-28 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, don't hand me that one. [He raises his hands in a 'surrender' gesture.] That's way out of my area of expertise. Also, it makes my brain twist in knots.
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[personal profile] justice_from_above 2016-08-28 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)

Okay, no, I won't torture you with hypotheticals. [She laughs.] I'm no scientist either, I don't think either of us are going to hit on a mind-blowing solution.

sketchycharacter: (pic#10162736)

[personal profile] sketchycharacter 2016-08-30 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
My mind's blown enough on a weekly basis around here. I don't think it needs any more hole anyway.
justice_from_above: (pic#10326701)

[personal profile] justice_from_above 2016-08-30 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Well, we certainly wouldn't want to strain your poor, overtaxed brain.

[She's totally teasing him at this point.]
sketchycharacter: (fingerguns)

[personal profile] sketchycharacter 2016-09-05 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
That's right. I need it for vital functions like breathing and eating without dribbling on myself.
justice_from_above: (pic#10326696)

[personal profile] justice_from_above 2016-09-05 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
We certainly wouldn't want that.