( 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. )

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[cadeuces]

[ If it was all Angela could offer, she would give everyone here best effort. Pour her very soul into easing pains and troubles, soothing chaotic minds, and at least let those she helps know that she's tried everything in her power. That held especially true for those she cared about, Genji at the top of that pile simply because of how much he's already been through and how closely she'd want to monitor his body. She doesn't know what would happen to him and she'll be on edge every time one of these afflictions go around, likely. His words are genuine and she returns the nod just as respectfully, giving his hand a little squeeze. ]

You'll always have it. And your company would be plenty welcome; if you wanted to keep an eye on messages over the network or those nearby, as well, I wouldn't say no. You know how I am with social media.

[ "Terrible, and also avoidant". It had never quite been her style and she did as little as necessary for her position. When 76 stops dead in his tracks between them, nearly bumping into their linked hands Red Rover, Red Rover, let 76 on over? Angela offers a gentle guidance with her hand at his arm to urge him a step back, moving to put herself between them again.

He can look as miffed as he likes, even over seven feet tall; Angela doesn't cower or even seem put off, looking right up at him with a softening expression that seems apologetic for not allowing him to leave. ]

I wanted to give you your time, but I think a couple of samples will help me going forward in testing various options. Especially with the herbs we have aboard the ship; I'm not familiar with many of them and I don't want to be applying them without a better understanding of them. If you want to take some more time, though, I can leave with Genji and let you stay here in the office.

[ With his things. No shame in reaching up to smooth along his neck, hand resting at his shoulder somewhere halfway between a soothing touch and something to urge him to walk behind her so she can urge Genji the other way. She doesn't want there to be any excuse for either to get in each other's faces. ]

[fallensparrow]

So I am to be your PR, then?

[There's nothing but amusement in his voice as he says it. But Angela could do worse in terms of PR; it may have been a while since Genji was active with social media, but he certainly remembers the hours wiled away on status updates and selfies.

The talk of samples and testing have him sobering quick, quiet before he speaks again, visor turned toward 76 now.]

I'll step out during the medical proceedings.

[Genji understands nothing if not a need for privacy in medical operations when one is utterly out of their zone. He's pretty sure being turned into a giant space wolf counts for that. He's maybe starting to regret jumping ahead so rashly. 76, again, wholly deserves his suspicion, but he's also utterly out of his element at the moment; that, and as easily as he could have pushed his way through them both and left the medbay, he allowed himself to be stopped by Angela instead. It counts for something. The offer is probably as far as Genji will get to something like an apology to 76.]

[mylawn]

Doesn’t matter to me.

[He’s leveling his stare at Genji again, perhaps to make him purposefully uncomfortable. If he doesn’t get to leave, then everyone gets to feel super awkward, apparently. 76 grumbles a little as he heads back to his corner and settles into it once more. Exam tables are for people not turned into space werewolves, apparently. Angela can come to him.]

Let’s get it over with.

[cadeuces]

You'd be the best anyone could ever ask for; but only if you wouldn't mind. Just letting me know if you see any posts in distress of the sort, and I can figure it out from there.

[ Genji catches on easily enough with the topic's turn, and his offer to leave is met with an apologetic little smile and a nod that silently conveys it would be for the best, even as 76 turns on his heel and goes back to hunch in the corner. He seemed to be safest there; it was the least likely position anyone could get the drop on him, and offered the widest angle of view on the room. Clear sight of the entry, tucked to the side so he wasn't in immediate view. That tactical mind seems to duck in and out of survival mode and military training couldn't be more obvious in his background than it is in these moments.

Angela will turn to slip an arm up over Genji's shoulder to draw him into a brief hug before he gets the chance to go. ]

Thank you, Genji. I'm sorry your arrival is with this sort of strangeness right on your heels. A little privacy would be nice, thank you.

[ Whether 76 cared or no, Angela upholds her standards in practice even in space, lightyears from home. She'll only move for her petri kits once Genji's moving to leave before she's back at 76's side— his side, specifically, so he won't feel walled in. She'll just take some hair, just a few plucked with the root, and a cheek swab. That his very DNA has mutated is clear enough, but perhaps if it's unstable she can work on a quicker return to normal. ]