( october event log pt. 2 )

[hohnkai]

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.

E V E N T L O G

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. )

Comments

[iseedeadbees]

I can't believe I'm even having this conversation. I'm just not some... some emotional wreck like the people you're used to dealing with. Is that really so hard to accept?

[Starscream said, crossing his arms and huffing like some emotional wreck GOD]

[knaval]

I'm not calling you an emotional wreck, I'm saying you're wrong when you think you have no issues.

[iseedeadbees]

[Starscream's just pissy because he doesn't like losing, and he's clearly losing this argument.]

Ugh. What would you know about my "issues" anyway?

[knaval]

So, you're admitting you have them?

[TRAPPED YA]

[iseedeadbees]

I-- No!!

...maybe like one. Or two. I don't know, I have no idea where to even start figuring this out.

[knaval]

The first step is always admitting you have them.

[iseedeadbees]

You know, this is just confusing me in ways I didn't even know I could be confused.

[knaval]

Why?

Tell me your thoughts, Starscream. I won't give you a Froidian analysis or anything. Mostly because I don't know what that is.

[iseedeadbees]

If I knew, I probably wouldn't be confused. And right now I'm just thinking that this is stupid, and I don't feel like dealing with it.

[knaval]

Well, if I had to guess, I think a major one is the whole killing and betraying with no remorse thing.

You had a feeling about Bumblebee, so I don't think you're like Tarn, but c'mon.

[iseedeadbees]

We were kind of at war. Killing just happens to be a big part of it. And honestly, can you blame me for betraying Megatron? It's Megatron.

[knaval]

With no remorse, idiot. Everyone killed in the war, but not everyone enjoyed it.

Don't ignore my point about Bumblebee. You weren't drunk then!

[iseedeadbees]

You think I enjoyed it? It stopped bothering me after a while, but I never went out and did it for fun!

And the whole Bumblebee thing-- it's not a big deal! I'm allowed to just not dislike someone.

[knaval]

Yeah, see, the problem here is I'm having trouble believing that.

There's a carefully cultivated image here. One that I don't think is actually you.

[iseedeadbees]

I don't even know what you're talking about.

[He does but shhhh.]

[knaval]

Do you think I know what I'm talking about? I'm a human for frag's sake! I don't even know where I am! I can't feel my face!

[iseedeadbees]

[If Starscream was looking at him weird before well shit buddy it just got 100% weirder.]


And now you're losing it. That's. Perfect.

[knaval]

You're not gonna try and tell me this isn't super weird?

[iseedeadbees]

It... yeah, it is super weird.

[He's glad for the subject change at least but now he's distracted by reaching up to run his fingers through his pretty hairs]

Like, what's the point of hair? Is is just for keeping their heads warm? Why don't they have hair like this all over the rest of their bodies?

[knaval]

[riptide ruffles his own.]

Yeah, right?! Almost as annoying as the chest things!

[iseedeadbees]

The chest things are the worst. I think we got lucky though, to be honest. Some humans have these like, dangly external genitals right between their legs. I want to know how they avoid smashing them in things.

[knaval]

Oh! Oh! I, know those! They're, uhh. Penises! That's right.

[iseedeadbees]

That's it, penises. The floppy ones. Human organs have the strangest names.

[knaval]

Yeah, I don't even wanna know what this is.

Anyway, I'm not done. Tell me about... the Real Starscream.

[iseedeadbees]

[Dammit he was having a not horrible time talking about genitals NOW WHAT]

Ugh. Just leave it alone, okay?