january event log

[hohnkai]

Who: Everyone
When: January 3rd and on
Where: The Midway Hub.
What: The crew finally make it to the center of the Hub.
Warnings: Mentions of dead bodies, death, and violence. Please label your content!

E V E N T L O G

the inner gate "Let them in, and take them out." Through ups and downs, the Moira and the crew have survived much together: During the first wave of arrivals, the ship docks at a planet that has an addictive substance called Exuo — crew went through mood swings, heightened aggression, and fits of paranoia. Natives attempted to kidnap and sacrifice everyone. A solar storm caused a power blip, and strange masks were found in every mailbox that gave them unusual abilities. They reached Caducus Primary, a planet largely comprised of glass. The representative of CP accused the crew and captains of theft; however, they didn’t leave fast enough, and a skirmish caused damage to their Ingress, which ended with Caducus Primary cracking and being destroyed. The power fluctuates and temperatures drop. One of the captains, Tipota, is found dead. This is the introduction of Ploiatos, who ended up being one of the original crew members affected by the power of the Ingress. The Moira docks at Emiri, which was comprised of three main cities where the culture was influenced heavily by finding one’s soulmate. The company responsible for this, Link’d Inc, is incredibly popular throughout the universe. However, hints of forced unions, kidnapping, and slavery are investigated by the crew after an attack on all of the cities by a rebel group. The planet becomes locked down. Benjamin Link joins the crew and helps them escape. Another month passes, and crew dock on Ceta. It is known for it’s unusual atmosphere and its living beings AKA sentient flying whales. They were hunted for valuable organic resources, and eventually, the crew decided to hire mercenaries from outlying planets to protect them from further death. Soon after, the Moira stops at an abandoned prison station called Del Pascia with a resident AI (D-E-L) who was “irritated and snippy” but did not keep crew from exploring and taking items. D-E-L tried to persuade crew to stay, and when it became clear no one wanted to, D-E-L tried to infect them as she had infected those who’d remained behind in the prison. Everyone fought and escaped. Amissis-Re is an unregistered planet that had no signs of life — the crew’s next stop. Here, they meet a “host” who had done the impossible and “fixed” the Ingress. However, she only reversed the energy of the Ingress, which created melted worlds and made it incredibly dangerous to discern reality from the time inside these worlds. The host gifts some of the crew with journals after she decides to go through the Ingress and remain there. The Moira begins to malfunction, and those of Caducus Secondary, along with survivors of Caducus Primary, hunt the ship and those inside it for revenge. Negotiations started while crew tried to set up defenses aboard. Due to prior issues, the Ingress shuts off, resulting in the melding of Caducun glass with the ship and everyone aboard. When the Ingress finally stabilizes, the Moira is now in a different universe: the Runoff. Some members of the crew are found on a slavery outpost in the Runoff, and others make a stealthy rescue effort to bring them back to the Moira. First Mate Egan and Captain Ira appear through the Ingress, explaining that they are the original members of the Moira designated to pilot the ship. The old captains hand over authority to them as the ship drifts into the Luminous Sea. The ship crashes into one of the moons within the Luminous Sea where crew find a group of natives who are overly friendly. They beckon them to stay with food, drink, and much more. Unbeknownst to those who stay with them, an entire year passes. Eventually, what is wrong with the Moira is patched so they can leave. After months of hard travel, the crew explore the wonders of the Mini Colony. A closed ceremony held on the MC caused crew to change in ways they’d never experienced before. Yet, during the festivities, someone triggered the “fear machine”, and crew suffered from phobias once back on the ship. Those working on the Ingress pick up a signature for the Midway Hub and begin to make preparations to go there. The new species Ploiatos has become is named Mirtis (meer-tees); some of the crew kill him before things get too out of control again as they had in the previous months. The Ingress is then turned on, and the ship falls into a time slip. The Moira crashes on the Midway Hub. Captain Ira draws a map and encourages crew to split up and travel to the Inner Gate of the Midway Hub. Once inside the Outer Gate, crew experience de-powering — a safety protocol of those who’d worked on the Hub. Exploration and survival are a key focus during this time. They move through a network of caves to find the entrance to the Inner Gate. After a brief respite, crew learn that the entrances to Gate A and Gate B are inside one of the caves. Groups are split, TABS are synced, and crew explore carefully until an entrance is found. Crew discover Gate A first, and all crew are contacted to gather there. The captains remain at the cave entrance until all crew are accounted for, and then, they enter through the gate together. Finally, after entering through the Inner Gate, the crew head down through a system of tunnels that lead them to an underground - and main - section of the Midway Hub. Initial scans show that there is a catacomb of rooms and hallways that seem to have been patched together hastily and messily, suggesting that the builders added on new areas as they were needed. Anyone who has abilities, and tries to use them now, will realize that they are no longer depowered as they had been for the last several weeks. Crew are allowed to explore and are encouraged to look for any evidence as to why the previous tenants are gone, as well as take any supplies found or find ways to radio out for assistance. ☄ FLOOR ONE - jan. 3rd Deeper in, the first level of the Hub is littered with thousands of papers and notes regarding things on the Ingress. Some are highly classified while others are of the smallest consequence to anyone reading them. Upon closer inspection, some of the things listed might even make sense to those of the crew slightly familiar with Ingress technology—reports of energy distortion and time slips, effects of the energy on those traveling through it, how to isolate particular parts of the Ingress' energy and use them to transport to other places. Only a portion of these documents are legible; the majority have either been torn into pieces or charred. Smaller rooms can be found here as well, offices and labs that are only large enough to hold five or six people at a time, and within some of them, pieces of machinery and electronics can be found. Most recognizable are the circular-curved mechanisms that belong to an Ingress. Yet, rather than just one, there are hundreds. Some have been left in piles of twisted, melted hunks, and some, those parts still (probably) capable of being used if the occasion presented itself, are thrown about carelessly, tossed under desks and under chairs and even embedded in parts of the walls where they - more than likely - exploded. Not much else can be found on this level. Unless empty cups and broken computers are justifiable as something. ☄ FLOOR TWO - jan. 4th Crew who travel even further within the Hub will find that not all things have been deserted. Sort of. What greets anyone who explores here is the visible evidence that some sort of intense struggle happened between those who worked on the Hub and a group of outsiders. Dead bodies cover the floors, in hallways, and inside personal quarters. The one constant in the tableau is that none of them died in any sort of peace, and the visceral knowledge of that is clear by the amount of blood spilled and the putrid smell that comes from it having been sealed off for such a long time. Be careful to tread lightly and step with caution. Also, breathing the air for any more than a few seconds without some sort of filter isn’t advisable. Items worth taking might be in the form of blankets and clothes, but most of it seems to have been taken in a rush. ☄ FLOOR THREE - jan. 5th And even further within the Hub, below the offices and labs and unfortunate death, a power source can be found. From obvious signs, it is clear that someone had lived here recently, and anyone who looks through some of the things left behind will find a list of recordings readily available to them. They are as follows: audio log 1 audio log 2 audio log 3 audio log 4 audio log 5 ☄ FLOOR FOUR - jan. 6th to the 24th Inside the Ingress Channel, a group of fifteen have taken up a defensive position, standing in a small circle towards the back. When approached, they’ll tell crew to stay where they are; they want to talk to them but with lots of space between. There doesn’t appear to be a leader of this diverse group, but one person comes forward and asks who they are and what they were doing on the Moira as they had seen it crash. With this new group being unwilling to divulge any information, the conversation is slow to reveal anything important or useful. Through patience and diplomatic efforts by the crew, the following is eventually discovered: these people call themselves Savrii and aren’t native to the Midway Hub. The Savrii aren’t hostile, though they are skittish at first. Their people were sent through the Ingress to destroy all the documented research on Ingress technology and energy that could be found here, taking out anyone who tried to stop them. Their mission was critical, meant to protect the universe from those tampering with such an unstable, natural force. During the incursion, the Ingress machines on the Hub were damaged, and they are what’s left of the group of Savrii that didn’t make it back through before the machine shut down. They’ve seen footage and schematics of the Moira and would have destroyed it, too, if it had landed instead of crashing. The Moirans did the job for them. Their people don’t believe in fighting or chaos, unless the Ingress energy is being manipulated in any way. The ship was the first of its kind, created by severing some of the energy from the whole. This upset an already delicate balance and caused issues with Ingresses all across the universes. The Savrii liken it to taking a child away from its mother. When the crew explain that they were only passengers, the Savrii believe them. They lower their weapons and open the floor to peaceful discussion. From this point, crew learn that the Savrii have been surviving here as they try to fix one of the Ingress machines, which they are close to but are lacking one of the key elements. Science technicians from the Moira, who have studied the Ingress will realize that after sorting through the wreckage the part they need survived the crash, and with help, the crew are able to assist in replacing the broken element. When the Ingress is rebooted, they send one of their group through, who returns a moment later with good news. The damage on this side didn’t affect the Ingress Complex on the other, a place where the Ingress Energy was first discovered and built around. They tell of their home, with the largest and first Ingress machine, that is a mecca of travel and culture. It might not be the crew's original homes, but the Ingress there is functioning, and they can use it. The Savrii can go home. The Moirans are allowed to come with them. Step through the Ingress and welcome to thisavrou ( ooc; For questions, go here. Please comment to activity check to receive new ranks (if applicable)! Everything will be switching over during the end of the month. )

Comments

[brokeassgoing]

"Nah-- you're already a giant douche so I can only not imagine what's under the hood."

But he hums, half interested in what the hell's going on.

"You being important research or whatever it is you fucked up? Most of this is shit. I doubt whatever that was was the golden goose. It doesn't work that way."

[saveyourserpent]

"I didn't fuck anything up. It's just paper. Thought I'd collect some things in case they were useful." A little more concentration and he's back to normal, mostly, flexing his fingers before he squats down to pick up the papers.

"The research's got nothing to do with me, but for some reason all of this was meant to be destroyed. Very suspicious."

[brokeassgoing]

He hums, a curious gaze flickering down to the aforementioned other papers. Doesn't seem like much.

He tsks.

"No shit. Of course they want to destroy this-- one, someone could copy their work and two-- ...they might be laying out bait."

[saveyourserpent]

Liquid shoves the papers into a bag, looking over at him. "If they were that worried about copying, you really think they'd make it so you could at least sort of piece it back together? It's like they've never heard of a shredder." That's pretty basic technology-wise, isn't it? Especially in space when you've got things like Ingresses.

He sets the bag on the table, goes to pick up another paper, and then it floats to the floor when he changes into smoke once more.

He swears. It's gonna be a long day.

[brokeassgoing]

"Which brings us to the bait part. They leave enough to piece a couple of things together but not enough..just enough to whet the appetite."

He cocks a brow at him as if to say hmmm? What say you, detective.

"Have you always had that or is that another blessing thing?"

[saveyourserpent]

"I'd still say that seems a bit off. But then again, who bloody knows."

He's certainly done things to bait people before, but he had what to him seemed like a much better plan than whatever this is.

"I'd liken it more to an infection," he mutters. "It stopped happening when everyone's powers stopped, but apparently it's back."

[brokeassgoing]

"How do ya mean?"

He may hate his guts or you know the most of him-- but he's willing to hear what he thinks.

"Contagious?" And he leans away, nose wrinkled.

[saveyourserpent]

"It's just suspicious either way. There's something off about it being entire destruction, and there's something off about it being bait. They could be trying to throw everything off of entirely different motivations."

Hey, it could happen.

"Not from me, that I know of. Just try to avoid breathing me in, I suppose." Well, that sounds stupid. "The one who gave it to me was some sort of alien or something, blowing smoke out of her everything. You'll be fine."

[brokeassgoing]

"All I can see coming outta that is the fact that they're gettin' off on all this confusion. How do you take it?"

The entire situation is just...fucked.

Also that sounds really stupid and corny. "HER EVERYTHING? YOU BREATHED IN HER PUSSY AND NOW YOU'VE GOT THAT? THAT'S AN ALIEN STD IF I EVER SAW ONE!"

[saveyourserpent]

"Could be. Perhaps the confusion hides something greater. There's no coverup or bait, at least for the original concept..."

Look, weird conspiracies are pretty commonplace, where he comes from.

"...Alright, no, I didn't get quite that far. Actually, I could have, but I chose not to go with her because I had a bloody game the next day. Which is what pissed her off, and how I ended up with this."

[brokeassgoing]

Tell him about it! He's got his ass so full of conspiracies he might as well write a damn book.

"SO INSTEAD SHE MADE YOU GO DOWN ON HER SMOKE?! JEEEESUS CHRIST."

[saveyourserpent]

Maybe he should write a damn book.

"...No, that's not how it bloody happened. I didn't go down on anything. I was a bit too busy with all the smoke and everything to do that. It just got everywhere, I breathed it in, and apparently that means you end up turning into some sort of smoke thing sometimes." He grunts in annoyance, then pops back into existence.

[brokeassgoing]

Do it! And entitle it Barry Manilow's Pubes: their tall tales.

"So it was like a fire-- you're supposed to go down low when a building fills up with it, y'know."

[saveyourserpent]

Ohhhhh no, that's terrifying.

"Look, it was an extremely complicated situation, and while I tried to get away, there were... complications." He pretty much got kidnapped then rescued but that's kind of embarrassing.

[brokeassgoing]

That's gonna happen. It will happen. Out here, in space.

"Complications....you don't mean smoke bitch STDs."

[saveyourserpent]

Well, shit.

"We never got to the bloody sex part, alright? I didn't even want to get to that part in the first place. I had a little assistance, but by the time I got away it was already too late." And it sucked. "At least I can bloody float around now."

[brokeassgoing]

"Wonder what the hell they call you then," he wonders.

[saveyourserpent]

Liquid raises an eyebrow. "...What?"

[brokeassgoing]

"Well you're kinda something new...wonder how many samples they took from you when you were asleep."

[saveyourserpent]

"I'm the same bloody thing I always was, I just get something extra to go along with it."

[brokeassgoing]

"But aintcha concerned? Bout what they did to your ass."

[saveyourserpent]

A long pause. "And, er, who exactly is 'they'?"

[brokeassgoing]

"Maybe the captains. Maybe some other science geek up there."

[saveyourserpent]

"That never bloody happened." He'd know. Probably. "I had things checked out by the med team, and that's all."

[brokeassgoing]

"How do you know? With all the weird stuff that happens....?"