thisavrou_log | ( october event log pt. 2 )

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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Didn't like the clothes. I don't understand how you humans can wear them, they're so...

[riptide open arm shrugs.]

Scratchy.

[ Sam chances a peek over his shoulder to see if-- NOPE those are still boobs! He claps a gloved hand over his visor quickly so as to avoid any more accidental peeking. ]

Uh... I'm not sure how to put this but, you're human?

I wasn't a couple of hours ago.

[it's only going to get worst bro, riptide stands up, cocking his head at sam.]

Soooo... I'm guessing from your reaction being naked isn't, uh. How do I put this? Socially acceptable.

[ Sounds like she's moving but Sam's not stupid enough to look. ]

No, not really. What do you mean, you weren't human a couple of hours ago? What were you?

Cybertronian. [a pause] A race that doesn't really wear clothes? Can you at least tell me what parts I should cover?

[riptide looks down, frowning.]

I'm guessing the, uh. Slag, what did Bruce call them? Penises? On my chest. Those things. Right. Covered with my arm. Progress.

Edited 2016-10-22 23:14 (UTC)

[ Sam takes a chance, peering through his fingers and yep, her arms are over her boobs. He holds out his hand palm forward so that, from his perspective, he's not looking at her lady parts. ]

Okay first, they're called breasts, not penises. Girls don't have penises. And then second, you still have to cover your butt and... vagina. [ He all but whispers the last word, really not comfortable saying it out loud, even if it is for, you know, science reasons or whatever. ]

I've only been doing this for about an hour! I think I'm doing pretty well so far.

[whether he means flashing the entire ship or anything else, it's up in the air.]

Okay, I know what those are. You know I had no idea that wasn't okay? Humans are wild. I also don't have enough arms so I guess I'll just continue to flash my arse to everyone.

Do you have-- can we find you a robe or something?

[ He'd offer her his shirt but that would mean taking the Nova helmet off and he can't do that. Can't go revealing his identity on the first day. ]

Eh, I need something that won't be uncomfortable. I didn't like what I had on! It's all scratchy!

[riptide groans, throwing his hands up again. out of habit, sorry.]

How about we all just collectively stop being prude! That would be easier!

Aah--! [ Sudden onslaught of boobs! Sam grabs her firmly by the shoulders and turns her around to face the other way. This way he can just look at her back instead of her whole... front business... ]

Sorry, I can't just do that. How about... my room isn't that far from here, I can give you the blanket off my bed. That's soft.

[ Sam, are you inviting a naked girl to your room???? What would your mother say!?!?!? ]

Aw, so kind. Alright. I'll try to remember to give it back whenever I'm not... this again.

[riptide cranes over his shoulder to look at sam.]

Lead the way.

[ And he will, gently guiding her by the shoulders to Mero #025. Where he'll grab the blanket from the weird egg-shaped pod of a bed and hold it out for her. ] Here you go.

Edited 2016-10-24 16:53 (UTC)

[riptide rolls his eyes as he takes the blanket, wrapping it around himself.]

Well, that was suitably awkward. How am I doing at being a human?

Better, now. [ Now that Sam can actually look at her without, you know, looking at all of her. ]

Is that blanket ok? Not too itchy or whatever?

It's terrible but apparently some idiot decided that human parts are bad when on display, so I guess it'll have to do.

[HUFF PUFF HUFF]

Well excuse me for not having a plush velvet robe for you. [ Ungrateful! ] But you can't go walking around naked; there are kids around! ...Probably. Maybe.

Ugh. Ew, okay that's a good point.

[riptide pulls the robe further around himself.]

I'm more concerned about going back to how I was.

Yeah, that is pretty worrying.

[ Sam frowns, scratching his chin as he thinks. ]

Do you know what it was you were doing when you changed? Can you like... retrace your steps?

Well, I was going to show off and painlessly smash a plate over my own head. But then I was human and it hurt.

A lot.

[ Squiiiiiiiiiint. Okay. Some aliens are weird. ]

So you were in like... the mess hall? Did you eat something weird?

No! [he throws his hands up then remembers that apparently tits are bad and hastily wraps the blanket around himself again.] I was on the colony using my holoform. Then suddenly I was my holoform!

[ OKAY flash of boobs! It really says something that Sam is less and less fazed by the random nudity this girl is putting out. ]

I don't know what a holoform is but... I bet if there's a way to transform you back, it's back down on the colony.

That's right! Maybe I'm still sitting in the docks, huh?

Or, uh. My body.

Right!

[ That makes some sort of sense. Right? ]

Maybe we should go check.

Yes! Oh, my god! No offense but being a human is absolutely awful!

[he's just gonna GRAB THAT ARM AND TUG HIM ALONG. yep.]

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