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"Here I am at the end of the road and at the top of the heap.."
So far, things have been sort of normal for those aboard the Moira. Some of the crew have begun researching the Ingress, which has produced some interesting things as a result. There has also been the incident with Navigator Mana being separated from the ship while others have been deal with something worse as well as the on-going problem with Ploiatos. However, all of this isn't the problem.
The Ingress begins to work as it should after combined efforts from the crew and is honed in on the Midway Hub’s specific signature, but traveling there isn’t exactly easy. Since the Ingress hasn’t been working properly for so long, as the energy of it surrounds the ship, it enters the Moira into what the creators had called a “timeslip”. Looking outside the ship, this can be described as a multitude of different things. Inside the ship is a completely different story. Effects from Ploiatos have not disappeared, and some of them have even amplified due to the timeslip. Pieces of the ship are beginning to rot away and entire sections of the floor might just disappear from underfoot. Also, one other thing: ALL rooms have been unlocked, including a space that holds all of the missing shoes “taken” by the Ingress. ☄ LET’S DO THE TIMEWARP (AGAIN) The timeslip is not kind to those riding it through to its destination. Looking out any window will reveal worlds growing, thriving and dying in the blink of an eye. One may even glimpse faces of those they know in various states, perhaps even fragments of events that have not happened or maybe never will. Time is weird like that. But there are other things to be wary of in the time slip. Insomnia strikes without warning, and sanity will begin to trickle away as well. Some may even fall prey to body alterations as they travel through more damaged areas of the ship. Bodies may be altered by the energy of the slip, aging rapidly or changing in strange and uncomfortable ways that can’t be properly explained. These changes will happen suddenly and fade away without warning, but there is no getting used to it. People are not meant to be caught unprotected within a timeslip like this, and with the ship falling apart, there is nothing to keep them insulated from the side effects of the vortex.
They say if you stare too long into the abyss that the abyss begins to stare back, but in this case, even averting your eyes may not keep you safe from the dangers on all sides. ☄ HE ATE MY HEART Inside the timeslip, one thing is clear: anything and everything can happen. First Mate Egan will tell anyone who asks that this isn’t typical, which prompts Ira to tell the crew to exercise caution until they reach the Midway Hub. What should take seconds feels like weeks inside the slip, and packing for departure is encouraged. Outside the ship, time flits by, passing disorientingly fast, and for the first few days, it is the only notable malfunction.
Three days in, the crew encounter the first slip monsters. They come within hours of each other in two waves, and when they’ve boarded the Moira, they won’t go until killed or the ship has reached the Hub. The pool will have a new guest, the hallways are over run with small creatures, and the vents are swarming with massive foreign things. The slip is a dangerous place, and all crew are allowed to use any means necessary to stay safe. (All slip monsters can be used by any players; the monsters can attack each other, crew, themselves, the ship. It’s a literal monster throw-down.) ☄ ISN'T IT IRONIC? DON'T YOU THINK? As the Moira reaches the Midway Hub, the ship shudders out of the timeslip‐what should be a graceful stop is anything but. The ship shakes, the vibrations unending and splitting metal. The Ingress machine thrums, a heartbeat felt in every inch of the Moira as the energy crests out of the boundaries the creators had fashioned for it. Blue swirls of light curl up and out, breaking open the ship from the inside out. It begins to plummet, and evacuation measures are, once again, initiated.
Crew are instructed to get to transporters and crafts, leaving nothing and no one behind. The ship is breaking, falling fast and rough through the atmosphere surrounding the Hub. Evacuation pods are primed, anyone in cryo will be taken to the Cargo Bay for transport (unless alternate arrangements were already made), and the hatch in the Bay is opened for crew to escape through. The coordinates for meeting are sent to all crew, not far from where the Moira should touch down, and all medical staff are asked to be ready and waiting for when the ship lands. ☄ GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR TOM Those who have already evacuated and have landed on the foggy, dark expanse of terrain that the coordinates have guided them to will see nothing around them except for the bright light of the Moira as it breaches the atmosphere and crashes into the rocky surface of the Midway Hub. One of the Captains, Thán, chose to stay on the ship until the last moment to make sure all crew were evacuated and was injured in the process. His reading on the IC Directory blips in and out, signaling that he’s somewhere in the ship’s rubble in need of immediate assistance. The MIDs stop functioning after the initial crash and other than reading vital signs, won’t come back on for a few hours (the network won’t work correctly in that time frame, sending videos and messages that it shouldn’t or not posting at all). The other Captains will ask for someone to take a head count and to report anyone who might be missing while all others will be directed to carefully seek out crew in the rubble and to gather any cargo that they can. Take inventory, set up a medical tent, check transporters and crafts, help crew, and stay together until everyone is accounted for.
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thisavrou_log2016-11-15 09:40 pm
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What's ahead of them looks grim, but it's at least a chance. He glances at his gun to make sure the clip is full and moves to pull her off the wall.]
Can you walk? If you can't I'm carrying you.
[No more time for reassurances. They have to go, at least take a chance.]
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[ The second time she's felt the need to say that today so far. Elena feels done, like this is it. The makeshift bandaging around her one arm has already become soaked with fresh blood.
Her protests don't matter when he's pulling her away from the wall.
It shows then that he'll have to carry her, her weight sagging into him once the wall's no longer there to support her. ]
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[She is, technically, but Nate does not give one single damn. They ride together, they die together; he's not leaving if she can't.
But just then he spots something ahead in the dark, half-hidden by the gloom. There's no time to explain, no time to do anything but take a leap of faith, so he scoops her up in his arms without warning, carrying her like he did that day out of Shambhala.
Something even further in the gloom hisses as he charges forward, like it's anticipating their arrival, and all he can imagine is an enormous black mouth opening wide enough to encompass the entire hallway. But he doesn't stop, actually moves faster, until—
—he drops to his knees and carries them down through the rotted point in the deck, ready to take his chances with whatever lies below this section of the Moira.]
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[ She remembers this, it's Shambhala all over again. She'd been conscious enough to know back than as she was enough to know now. Her head drops to his shoulder, her breathing becoming labored. Her blood soaks into his shirt, stains his skin through the fabric.
Elena barely hears the hissing, all she knows is that he's pushing himself faster, harder. She doesn't see the darkness that rushes to swallow them. He drops and her gun almost slips from her grasp. ]
What- what? Nate...
[ Where are they? Where are they going? It's strange that she can make out the fear, the apprehension.
The noises continue, rush in from behind, like they're giving chase. ]
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Adrenaline and determination make a great combination, because even carrying Elena, he's able to move faster, put distance between whatever is making those noise, and then slowly, outrun it until it's just them.
They're safe. Or as safe as anyone can be on the ship right now.]
I think we lost them.
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[ She feels so tired, like she just wants to lean against him and rest her head. Her eyes feel so heavy that she keeps them closed, body feeling light and yet heavy all at once. ]
How— how far...?
[ Elena doesn't realize it but her voice is sounding further and further away. Medical needs to be coming up any moment now, if they can find the proper turn off in the dark. ]
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Not far.
[He's not lying now. After getting his bearings, Nate recognizes where they are, and moves with greater purpose. And finally, they're not alone—he sees a couple members of the crew up ahead, looking tense and alert but not actively fearful.]
We're safe.
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'We're safe'.
Wonderful words to hear before she falls unconscious, once they reach the others, her weight sagging in his hold. The entire front of his torso, at that point, would be soaked in her blood, right down to the waistband of his pants.
Her arm slips to hang, her gun dropping. ]
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