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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
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thisavrou_log2017-01-03 09:25 pm
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Especially after passing the second floor.
It had taken everything in him to keep himself collected as they made their way through. The scent reminded him of things he'd rather not have brought to the forefront of his mind. A mind which lately is playing tricks on him. Causing him to see people he's known, dead and alive, here where they absolutely cannot be. He doesn't bring it up, he focuses elsewhere when it happens, and tries to block it out. Only a handful of times has he been so thrown that he's either engaged or ended up compromised in any way, but he doesn't have time for that here. He sincerely hopes it won't happen down here. Not now.
Anxiety is a lump of rock in his stomach, but he turns when he hears steps, smiling a little finally at the familiar voice. He and Venom had gotten a lot closer during their travel here. It had started while the Moira herself had been in her death throes. More than a couple of times there had been moments of shared proximity between them, though not much more than Jim slinging an arm around the other man to sleep. Occasionally something more, but nothing too far removed from that. ]
Yeah, here Venom. How're you doing?
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And Jim, well, he's truly enjoyed their shared time and space. He reaches out to take the other's hand, though it's tentative as he's unsure of the protocol regarding such contact.]
I'm managing. And yourself?
[He moves in a bit closer.]
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About the same.
[ He reaches out, not to take his hand fully, but brush his hand along the back of the other man's, fingers tangling briefly. He offers a smile that reaches his eyes, but only lasts a moment. ]
You think we're almost there?
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[Going through those floors took forever, or at least they felt like it. The second reminded him a little too much of his past, and leaving it behind seemingly lifted a bit more weight off his chest. That was no longer his life. The life that made him unhappy.
His fingers keep brushing as long as they can. Venom wants to continue touching, though a hug feels wildly inappropriate at the moment.]
I'll be glad to be away from this place.
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Me too.
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He gently hooks his fingers, trying to keep their touching to a minimum but always present.]
Is it all right if we stay here together?
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His mouth turns up again, and this time it doesn't fade as Venom hooks their fingers together. ]
Here? [ For the moment or--- ] Or wherever we end up after this?
[ He's really not sure what Venom is going for. At least his first reaction isn't to say that's so weird, cause at one time, it would have been. Trust him. ]
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I'm not sure. I want to say here, but that doesn't seem quite right.
[How does one go about saying that he whatever happens, he doesn't want to go alone? That he wants to continue this friendship or whatever this is between them? That it isn't a friendship but something more?]
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How about wherever it is that we end up? We don't exactly know where this place goes---but we'll be together.
[ Though, if his only option was going home, he doubts he'd be able to make himself do that. The thought terrifies him, actually. Does that mean the other option is just staying here?
He'd do it, mostly because he's pretty certain there's no happy ending for him on Yorktown. ]
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He never once considered his own.
Yet here he is, falling for someone of his own volition. He's never felt this kind of happiness before.]
I'd like that, Jim Kirk.
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Jim isn't sure he was built for that. Dispassionate. Disconnected. Clinical decisions. He's made them, sure, but he has trouble living with them. He thinks about his plans before Altamid. Taking the position for Vice Admiral on Yorktown. Getting away from---where he wasn't sure he should be---maybe it's time.
He thinks that would be okay. A chance to be happy. A chance to find himself, along with someone else. ]
Guess it's settled then. We're stuck with each other, until you get tired of me, anyways.
[ He's only joking on that last part. ]
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Partner? Yes, partner sounds suitable.
He wants to hold his new partner, but he opts for continuing to hold Jim's hand. And if Jim looks closely, he can see a bit of a smile under that hair. Perhaps he should take a look.]
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Partner in crime, maybe? They could find some trouble. The good kind.
When Venom doesn't let go of his hand, he shifts his grip to entwine their fingers, and grip his hand reassuringly, looking over at him. It's only then that he notices a bit of a smile, at least he thinks it is, under that hair. He shifts, reaching up his free hand, and bears some of that hair away from the former assassin's face. His own splits into a wide, bright smile. ]
I knew one day I'd get a smile out of you.
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It causes the former assassin to smile wider. This time, it can be seen full on now that Jim's brushed his veil of hair away.
Seriously, when was the last time he felt like smiling?]
You've managed to do the almost impossible, Jim.
[You've made him feel good.]
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Venom smiles wider, and Jim can't help but continue to. His hands slide past the hair, cupping the other man's face, and he leans in to press his forehead against his. ]
I'm a sucker for a dare.
[ Or a challenge, and it felt like that, in order to earn a real smile from the former assassin. Venom makes Jim feel better than he has in years, and he feels more at ease here with him, than he ever did on the Enterprise, whatever that means.
He isn't sure he wants to try and define this properly. ]
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There's a good chance that what they're doing is wildly inappropriate, but Jim's hands on him, their foreheads pressed together, that smile... he cannot get over it. He can't ignore any of it.]
I cannot wait to have some time alone with you.
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If anyone in their present company finds something like this to be wildly inappropriate then what happens later, possibly, behind closed doors would make an Orion blush. ]
Oh ho, is that a fact? Sounds promising.
[ They were going to get through this. Together. It was enough to know just that. ]
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It would still depend on how the talks went, but he feels quite hopeful.]
I won't disappoint you.
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Now, for the first time in a long time, there is genuine hope. ]
I don't think it's possible for you to.