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
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[If Frisk notices anything off about that comment, they're a bit too harried right now to really address it. The fire, of course, is not at all smothered, but instead catches onto both Frisk's fur and Mettaton's shirt--only damaging the shirt, thankfully, but still distressing.]
Noooooo! Um, um, get water! Water's good for fire!
[Who knows if it will work on magic fire, but it's worth a shot, right?]
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Right...right! Give me a moment, don't let it move if you can help it!! Try to relax, we are going to solve this together, darling!!! Staying calm means you mightn't influence it further!
[Which would be great, actually. Let's not ruin anything else. Not that he's upset at Frisk, he's just a little uncertain about how to be of much use without hurting himself.
So he follows Frisk's advice for the moment and runs to find some source of water, anything lying around. It's very fortuitous indeed that he locates a bottle of water somewhere relatively close. So he brings it back, uncaps it, and tries splashing the fireball instead.
Please work...please...
Though even if it doesn't, Frisk will get the possible satisfaction of having seen a panicking human Mettaton running around looking for water and then frantically trying to douse a floating fireball.]no subject
[They take deeps breaths, try counting to ten--it's not working well, but the fire isn't spreading further, at least.]
[The first splash on them is startling, getting more on them than the fire, but the rest does a fairly decent job of putting it out, thankfully. A few embers remain, but they swat those away fairly easily and take a few moments to try and collect themself now that the trouble has passed.]
...'m sorry...
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Mettaton lets out a sigh.]
No, no. I'm sorry for losing my head, sweetheart. You probably aren't used to your magic yet, are you? Ah...and sorry for getting you wet.
[Maybe he'd gotten a little overwrought about it, but come on. He doesn't want to add getting burned to the list of mild to worrying injuries he has already sustained.]
...If it makes you feel better, you are probably the most adorable boss monster I've ever seen! Just don't tell Asriel I said that!
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[They seems to take a little heart from that, looking up at Mettaton properly now--and then startling and staring at him in shock.]
You--you're human!!
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Oh well, not a big deal! Mettaton puts his hands on his hips, posing proudly because let's be honest, would anyone expect less?]
Yes! I am very human!! Don't I look stunning in the flesh?
[And shirtless, the skinny bastard. In all fairness, he had tried to use his shirt to smother a fire.]
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You look awesome! An' pretty, an' handsome, an' everythin'!
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Goodness, I never knew you could be so warm, darling!! If this is what a hug like you really feels like, then I've definitely been missing out!!!
[He holds them close, enjoying the hug for as long as he can. Rest assured, he'd caught Frisk in his arms to make up the height difference. Eventually though, he pulls away a little to look at them more directly.
He doesn't set them down quite yet though.]
You look very lovely as well, Frisk dear!! Of course, I always thought you had the heart of a monster in there!!
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I-I know Mom's hugs are always super great! An' Asriel's, too!
[And then he goes and pays them a compliment like that, and Frisk can feel a little swell of...something within them, within their magic. They sniffle a little bit, and rub a few tears out of their eyes.]
I...I wanna stay like this. I wanna stay a monster. D'you think we can?
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[Their displays of affection are familiar, if not entirely intrinsic to his part of monster culture, and he finds himself nuzzling into their fluffy hair after he speaks. But...somehow he feels that he oughtn't raise their expectations too high, so Mettaton adds to his statement.]
But if not, you do know that no matter what you are, human or monster, that doesn't change how much everyone still loves you, right? Sometimes you cannot change who you are, though you can try if it makes you happy! I wouldn't tell you not to, not with you knowing me as you do!
But...just don't forget that your mother, your brother and I all love you just the way you are, and you needn't do anything more to have our affection! Okay? You know this, right Frisk?
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[He wouldn't be saying this if he knew. Not if he knew what them being human really meant, the sort of things that they could do. Maybe they all had forgiven Asriel, but...he had an excuse. He'd been scared, alone, not even able to feel anything, and...more importantly, he can't do that anymore.]
[They can. And one day they probably will. It's inevitable, isn't it? They're human, after all.]
[Tears gather in their eyes, and Frisk ducks their head. They nod once, but aren't able to meet Mettaton's eyes.]
Y...yeah. I know.
[At least they manage to sound thankful.]
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Still...whether he knows it or not, whether he ever will, he wishes he could believe Frisk truly understood and believed him. But he doesn't. So he just gives them a tighter hug.
He isn't really ready to put Frisk down but he's not as strong as he was usually, so he does put them back on their feet. His arms don't pull away immediately though--well, at least one lingers, gently petting Frisk on the top of their head.
He does this with Asriel too, in order to try and comfort him. Maybe it'll work here?]
If there's ever anything I can do to help you, you need only ask, dear.
[If Frisk is uncomfortable with themselves--a feeling Mettaton knows very well--then he'll do whatever it takes to make them feel better about who they are.]
oh yes, he'll never find out =) never ever =)
I know.
[They won't say that they will. They don't...quite have the energy to sound like they mean it, right now, but maybe a hint at accepting his help will be enough for now. They feel bad enough troubling him this much, to make him worry when both of them should be excited and happy.]