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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"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. )

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Yikes. Sorry.

[riptide gets up to crouch next to sideswipe ~~sorry everyone behind him~~ and cocks his head.]

Maybe it's because you're so bony. I have way more flesh armour!

[He props himself up on his elbows to peer up at Riptide more effectively.]

Yeah, man. You've got like. Mega chest armor going on.

Ugh. They're so annoying! Starscream came by earlier and his are even bigger!

[riptide slaps at his boobs for a moment then winces because ow]

Pointless!

Why does he get better chest armor than we do?

[Well now he's just sulking.]

... unless they're like. Pads for laying down or something. Humans on TV always show them off.

[shrugging, riptide stands back up.]

Dunno. Not looking forward to turning back, though. That's gonna feel weird.

Yeah, but it's gonna feel good.

I miss transforming, man.

At least one of us does.

[riptide squeezes his hands.]

I mean, I don't like being human but at least you have a reason to transform.

You had stuff to do on the vacation planet, man.

Maybe we'll hit another one like that.

Pssh. I'm not too fussed about it. I'm just saying.

Are you sure you're not "fussed"? You look a little fussed.

Okay, fine. A little.

Can I do anything to uh. Un-fuss you?

You don't need to baby me, Sideswipe. I'm not broken sparked about it.

What, no? I'm not trying to baby you dude.

I was trying to like... flirt and stuff.

Oh... OH! Okay. Maybe we could sit and watch the stars for a bit. I think that would un-fuss me.

In that case... let's find a sweet spot.

Uh.

Cafe?

... No, I mean.

A sweet spot to sit.

Oh, huh. Okay. You're better at this than me.

Lead the way, mate.

Really?

[He just perks right up. And, you know. Goes to take Riptide's hand like he sees humans do all the time.]

[GO ON DRAG THIS IDIOT NAKED WOMAN ALONG]

[HE WILL. AND HE WILL LOOK STUPIDLY HAPPY ABOUT IT, TOO.]

[You know, the last time he looks happy around Riptide for a while whoops.]

[WOMP WOMP]

--I haven't seen this part of the ship before. Do you do much exploring in your holoform? I haven't actually been to the smaller parts before.

I did. 'Cause someone told me I had to refuel like a human. So... that's a thing.

Ewww, don't they have to mash it up inside their mouths or something?

[GROSSS riptide almost gurns.]

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