Who: Everyone
When: October 19th into the beginning of November.Where: The Mini Colony of the Runoff & the Moira.
What: The Moira stops to resupply at the closest planet and things get weird.
Warnings: Physical transformations, phobias - please label if needed.
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Between the Perspectives
"but in your future, the you i see is exactly the person you always wanted to be."
Supplies have been loaded onto the ship, and the captains have encouraged all crew members to explore with the added notice that this will be the last planetary stop (hopefully) until the Moira reaches the Midway Hub. While seemingly uneventful on the Moira, the mini colony has been thrumming with adventure and has offered its visitors the opportunity to explore. To those who have indulged, some experienced great changes and others discovered enlightening information about the Ingress and the very ship some have called home for over a year.
Later in the month, the Lamaria hold the closing ceremony of the Desiderium Festival (which was noted on the prior event log) . The burgundy and lime colors of the celebration slowly fade into black and vermillion, and small fires are now in place for visitors to throw their written notes into. Everyone who participates will be blessed by one of the Lamaria (they will visit the ship as well), and the MID will be able to only translate bits and pieces of what this blessing means. "Experienced loss — every story is different — and saying goodbye — not to know — understanding lies in the mingling of holding on and letting go."
☄ TRANSFORMATION CENTRAL For some, it might be due to a touch or a look. For others, it might not be any of those things at all, and something that just happens. Either way, shortly after the blessing occurs, you will find yourself changing. Your character’s body will slowly transform into the physical likeness of another being on the Mini Colony. The effects of this change may last as short as a day or as long as a week, but each come with their own stipulations—advantages and disadvantages. This is limited to one as the blessing itself only allows for “a little understanding”. Linked below are some of the possible transformations that your character can go through. Players can choose either one of the mod-supplied suggestions or choose the form of another already living on the Moira.
☄ THE FEAR MACHINE Paranoia writes the checks, we're dangling here like a marionette. Here we go again, the world is coming to an end. Engage the fear machine and collect the dividends.
While the festival is beautiful, and some have found enlightenment and understanding here, there are those on the mini colony who don't enjoy the festivities. In a secluded room on the fifth floor in one of the buildings in the Science District, there is one such person who finds the religious festival to be a nuisance—one who should be stopped. Thinking that disrupting the blessings and celebration will somehow "get back" at the Lamaria for impeding their work (some of those who have transformed got into the building a few years ago and destroyed this person's property). Pettiness thrives, and they create something they dub The Fear Machine. Yet, while the science is sound, the technology itself is not.
In the middle of the mini colony, the machine is set off, and bolts of transparent energy erupt and spark out around it, stretching as far as the docked ships. Since the technology wasn't created properly to sustain the energy, it doesn't spread out evenly like they had hoped. Some are hit. Some are not. Those who are will develop a sudden and overwhelming phobia that will last well into the beginning of November. The machine might be turned off and left behind, but the obsessive fear has only just begun.
( ooc; For questions, go here. This log will run into the beginning of November; any threads here can be claimed for bonus activity the following activity check as well. )
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thisavrou_log2016-10-19 10:32 am
SPACE VAMPS RULE
I've been trying to get control of something else. This... is new.
[It's all new, but even as a bloodthirsty vampire-analogue at least he's human shaped. The bat thing? That's a complete change from anything he's ever experienced.]
Suppose the stories must have origins in space.
SPACE WEREWOLVES DROOL oh wait i mean--
I suppose we'll get used to it, eventually. I'm not sure how long we'll have to wait for this whole thing to pass.
[In his case, he's never even really known what a vampire even is, seeing as he's still from 1792. Sure, he's heard them in passing since being here and even back in the Drabwurld, but he's never come across one ever. Needless to say, the transformation was essentially terrifying in all aspects for him. As of now, he's more or less settled into being a Sangui and is learning how to be comfortable with it.
Still, a brow furrows.]
Truly? I'm even sure what the stories are, at this point.
no no you've definitely got it there
[He doesn't want to be, of course, but you don't exactly get to decide these things.]
Well, of course, vampire stories tend to differ in a lot of ways. Thirst for blood, problems with the sun, turning into bats, no reflection... Take your pick, someone's used it. And, well, whatever it is we've become, it's quite close to being vampires. Maybe the bat thing came from an alien abduction.
[It's just as viable as 'hey, look, we've suddenly turned into space vampires'.]
yes good bonne
[He has hope, naive as it is, because it's something he's had in abundance due to living during the French Revolution.]
I don't think vampires exist in my world- I've never even heard of them once. They sound like something out of a fairytale. Or a nightmare. I don't even know if there's anything like a vampire in stories back home.
[It's about all they have, honestly. At least, that's how Arno takes it. Eventually, they'll either adapt or things will go back to a sense of normalcy. If there even is such a thing on the Moira.]
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[Something to think about sometimes.]
A lot of things I didn't think existed turned out to, so you never know. It's always been a fairy tale, horror film sort of thing where I come from, too. Of course... eventually you learn that that sort of thing isn't always that sort of thing.
And sometimes you turn into bats, for some reason.
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Though he does sigh at the mentioning of the Moira being a waiting game.]
I can agree with that. It's how it's been for me with the Moira and from before then, too. [This isn't his first rodeo when it comes to being kidnapped.] I was never fond of them, and I'm not entirely sure who is.
[Arno raises a brow and chuckles.] Monsieur, you're talking to a man from the French Revolution. If anyone has learned that things should exist and shouldn't exist and yet they do, it would be me. Honestly, I'd like to say this has been the wildest thing that's happened to me yet, but I don't think I can.
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[Technically, Liquid's been kidnapped before, although it's more being a prisoner of war and it was a hell of a lot different than ending up on a spaceship and deciding (with few other options otherwise) to work. So... really it's only vaguely related.] The Moira's certainly shown me more of space than I ever thought I'd see.
[Arms crossed, he tilts his head slightly to the side in interest.]
Oh? What's the wildest, then? Sounds like you've really come a long way.
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[War and revolution tend to show who are leaders and who have no spine, as he's been told. Arno likes to think that despite not always standing up for themselves, the people as a whole are a powerful and incredible force that can cause immediate change, regardless of their ability or desire to adapt to what may come. It's the beauty found in choice and free will.]
The closest thing I ever saw before the Moira was a train, and that was in another world away from home, before I came here. It was called the Drabwurld.
[Arno huffs a little at that, brow furrowing in thought.]
Have you ever heard of a Dullahan? I met them for the first time in the Drabwurld. They're headless riders who will stop at nothing to tear down everything in their path. In my case, they were people who were accused of treason and killed within the court of Caer Scima, only their souls were cursed to their bodies instead of letting them rest. I had to ride with them into the enemy's territory and fight against my will; if I did not, I would be accused of siding with the enemy and have my shard- [He motions to his chest at that.] removed and my only method of returning home revoked.
So while being a Sangui is interesting and new, I don't think it quite comes to what I and many others had to do to stop a war in another world.
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[He's certainly had plenty to adapt to, although it's never been quite so different as when things like the Moira happen. Or, even, something as incredibly bizarre as the story this guy's telling him.
Okay, so (hopefully) temporarily becoming a vampire is a little less difficult than all the complications of that.]
I've heard of the legends, yes.
[He read a lot about a lot as a kid. And not as a kid. Of course, nothing mentioned some kind of 'Drabwuld' but nobody ever wrote a novel about the Moira (that he knew about), so. It's an interesting story nonetheless, and he finds himself nodding along with it.]
Yes, that's certainly... different. I'm used to war in my own world. Although I'd be lying if I said I had no experience with fighting against my will.
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Oui, it was different. And a revolution and a war aren't so far from each other in some aspects, I suppose.
[It saddens him to hear that he's not the only one forced to fight against his will- but he won't push as to why or how. It's not his place. Instead, Arno crosses his arms and raises a brow at Liquid, huffing slightly.]
As far as bats go, I can't control when it happens- most of the time, at least. It tends to happen when I'm surprised. Controlling which direction or how many isn't as hard, I just need to focus on where I'm going and it works. [His arms uncross and he shrugs.] It may not work exactly the same for you, but it's just a bit of advice on my end.
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[Liquid, after all, tried to start his own little revolution. And he would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for his meddling brother.
At least he's not trying to revolt against anything here. For now.]
It's probably more helpful than I've got, which is nothing. It just sort of... happened. I was working on something, but it looks like I might have a different project for the time being.
[And that project is bats.]
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[Unless they were Templars and named Thomas Germain. Arno has quite a bit of words for that man, not to mention more than that.]
I'm honestly not even sure how to go about it other than try to work on it when I'm already a bat. It's... confusing.
[His nose wrinkles just a little at the thought of trying outside of it. So far, it's been unsuccessful.]
At least it will keep me preoccupied for a while, I suppose. I'd imagine it would be about the same for you?
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[Liquid is, of course, not most people. Fighting's one of the things he's best at, the thing he was pretty much created for, and something he enjoys greatly. War's in his genes, although explaining that to people is hard.]
You're telling me. I'm not even sure how it works. Probably best not to think about it too hard, before it becomes a difficult process.
[Maybe thinking too hard about the bat thing would make things different? He's not too sure about that. It's like he'd replaced trying to figure out turning into smoke with trying to figure out turning into bats... so maybe it'll be useful when his body goes back to normal.]
Yeah, looks like it. Time to harness some bats until our bodies decide they've had enough of all this, hm?