( 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

[psychadrellic]

[He definitely won't miss it.

And wow, Fenris, what's with that face?]

"Another?" [He repeats with a small smile, gently amused.] I suppose so. She's been a good friend to me almost from the time I arrived here. Have you seen her here already?

[lethen]

[Listen, he's very familiar with Hawke's proclivity for collecting strange individuals and banding them together.]

Yes, though it took some time to find her. I wasn't aware she was here at first.

[He still felt guilty about it, for some reason.]

How long have you been on this ship?

[psychadrellic]

[Aw, Fenris, don't feel guilty.]

That's hardly surprising; there's a lot to acclimate to upon first arriving.

I was pulled here just three months ago, now. Living here has been...an experience. Not unpleasant, though.

[lethen]

Not unpleasant?

[He hasn't completely settled perhaps, but the disorientation is extremely unpleasant, in his opinion.]

Do you find it easier to acclimate because you've traveled the stars before?

[psychadrellic]

There was a lot of chaos and turmoil where I was prior to being pulled here. While I would still prefer to return, the time I've spent here has been almost like a vacation in comparison.

[He shifts where he sits a bit, leaning comfortably against the backrest of the bench, and moves his gaze from the observation window to Fenris.]

You're probably correct. Space travel has been a reality my entire life, so I can't pretend to know what it must be like to be thrown suddenly into it.

[lethen]

[A vacation. Fenris makes a low sound, almost like a laugh. He hadn't had time to consider this a reprieve from Kirkwall, but perhaps it was. In a strange way.]

I can relate. Although the place I am from is often embroiled in chaos.

[Even if not specifically in Kirkwall.]

Is there anyone else here that you know from before?

[psychadrellic]

[He nods at Fenris' question.]

A few people, only two of whom I met prior to coming here, although only one of them also met me before.

It's been an interesting adjustment.

[Says Thane Krios, Master of the Understatement.]