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. )

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

...I'm not sure what a dragon has to do with anything? But no, I don't.

[He watches quietly while she scribbles down her notes, both curious and touched by her attention.]

Hmm...I've heard the word, but somehow I get the feeling there's more to it for you than the definition I'm familiar with.

[Please elaborate!]

Oh-- It was just my example of a drastic change since one of my friends back home had two of them. So your change shouldn't be that surprising?

[That's pretty difficult to top in her opinion, but she'll see.]

Well, symbology where I'm from is basically using symbols to perform unnatural feats! --I'm not an expert at all in explaining it, so I think it'd be better to demonstrate...

[Turning to Thane, she raises a hand and mumbles an incantation which results in the surface of said hand emitting a faint light blue glow. Using her other hand, she points to the space in front of it.]

Can you try punching this? It doesn't have to be lightly either.

[When hit, it feels similar to a concrete wall and a transparent-looking sphere seems to be enveloping her hand. Though it's only visible for a split second when touched.]

[He listens intently to her explanation and watches closely as she holds up her hand to demonstrate. The glow reminds him of a mass effect field, so he's willing to take her at her word, so he makes a fist and aims it at her palm. He uses a carefully measured amount of force - enough for a firm impact, but no more. His knuckles encounter an invisible barrier a small distance from her upheld hand, and create a brief flicker of light at the impact site.]

Interesting. I'm guessing it has more than just that one application?

[She nods, withdrawing her hand as the blue hue dissipates from its surface.]

Yes, that was an example of using light symbology at least. I believe there are other variations for each element, but my specialty happens to be healing. So I think it would be worth a shot to try it when you turn back?

[Unless they have a solution for it already then, yay!!]

I see. If you're willing to try, then I have no objections.

[Though he does advise against getting her hopes up...but for some reason he can't quite bring himself to say so. How odd.]

Perhaps you'll find the current research being done regarding my condition to be informative - You can find what there is of it in the medbay, at your convenience.

Really? That would be helpful!

[She pauses--now that she thinks about it, is information in the Medbay accessible by all members? Being new sucks.]

Would it really be alright though? I'm not exactly part of the Medbay team...

I don't see why it wouldn't be. The staff there is generally quite open to acquiring new members. [He pauses thoughtfully.] When I was first pulled here, I was assigned a job. Were you not given one during your briefing?

[If she's got an obvious passion and gift for medicine, he would have thought she'd have been assigned to the medbay in some capacity...]

I was... The job that I was given wasn't related to the medbay, though.

[Which makes her question how the captains even assigned the jobs in the first place. Not that she's bitter over being a cleaning staff; she's perfectly fine with it (albeit a bit disappointed), but why the Ingress department of all the divisions?]

What job were you assigned?

That's odd...usually if you have a particular skill you're assigned to a job that relates to it.

[Usually.]

I was assigned to keep the ventilation ducts clean. I had planned to petition for a new position, but as I haven't been well enough to work...[He shrugs.]

[UM.]

--I'm surprised you were able to even keep up with that assignment considering your lung condition. I would've asked about a transfer in a heartbeat.

[She just can't believe he didn't petition for it sooner? That's a terrible place to be for someone with lung issues.]

What kind of skill did you have to get assigned as a cleaner of ventilation ducts anyway?

It was far more manageable when I first arrived.

[Shrug.]

I'm quite athletic and flexible, believe it or not. Working the vents wasn't a particular hardship.

[He had no skills. He still has no skills. He's just possibly the galaxy's best assassin, but that's not really a marketable job skill outside of a very specific, very niche market, which doesn't exist on the Moira.]

[Cause obviously being assigned to the ducts is better than defense with that skill set.

Anyway, at the mention of his qualities, she takes a quick glance at his overall appearance. He has pretty much the same physique as one of her friends back home, so it's not that unbelievable to her. But then again that's not how he usually is so??]

I believe you, you're pretty similar to someone I know back home. --Physique-wise, anyway. [Thane isn't as broody as him which she's glad about.] What were you planning to switch jobs, to by the way?

I had wanted to work in the library. There's a beautifully curated collection on board, which suffered some damage when the ship crash landed last month. Cataloguing and repairing the damage will probably be the work of some months to come.

The ship crashed last month?! Was anyone injured?

Some were, yes, although it was a thankfully small number. There were no fatalities that I heard of either, fortunately.

That's good to hear! Though it makes me wonder--did the captains explain how it crashed in the first place?

It happened due to a sudden catastrophic power loss caused by a phenomenon known as the Luminous Sea.

[He pauses with a small frown before continuing.]

Repairs took nearly a year, but no one was aware of it until we left.

( october event log pt. 2 )

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