march mod plot log

Who: Everyone
When: March 3rd to March 31st
Where: Thisavrou + New Worlds
Warnings:

thisavrou monthly info ( the tmi )

⋆ All information is current as of day 62 ( there are 100 days in a cycle, which started on January 1st).

⋆ The storm around Thisavrou is rather quiet this month. Although there is still an upsurge in the number of Outpost techs called in, many of them have been put on standby until otherwise needed. Weather on Kauto is a moderate 70°F / 21°C during the day and 65°F / 18 °C at night, and Chioni’s has reached dangerous highs of 200°F / 93°C at peak hours.

⋆ Savrii Notices:

Region One grocery depots are offering sixty percent off of any item purchased between day 70 and 82.
Region Three’s residents are doing a pruning ( every sixty days or so ) and all excess is available to be taken; if you need it for mulch, lumber, etc. it’s free to anyone.

⋆ Mission notices have been posted to TABs for anyone interested in earning a little extra cash. Available missions are listed below:

Day 65 (March 6th) - The locals of Region One (R1) are looking for extra help with cleaning and are hiring pairs to run each machine. They’ll pay 50 sencs an hour or 300 sencs for a full day.
Day 68 ( March 10th) - A group of newcomers have taken shelter in Region Five as their home world is no longer habitable. All of their belongings have been brought through the Ingress and is stacked up outside the EN-Line in R1. Savrii are paying volunteers 70 sencs an hour to help transport everything to their new homes. This species returns kindness with kindness, and will offer any volunteer who goes the extra mile tips ranging from 100 to 200 sencs.
Day 75 (March 16th) - With temperatures on Chioni reaching record highs, some scientists and researchers have been stranded due to EN-Line shutdowns. Those in the Ingress Complex are offering 950 sencs to anyone who is willing to withstand the heat and rescue their fellow colleagues. Any equipment needed for the trip will be provided, but due to the greater increase of temperature, some suits may only cool a body inside for a total of four hours before needing replaced. Plan the trip wisely: most EN-Line access has been completely revoked and travel by foot (or vehicle) is necessary.
Day 87 (March 28th) - Scientific Study. Do you smoke? Are you addicted to any substance? A scientist researching methods to combat addictions, of all kinds, is looking for volunteers. He’ll ask a series of questions, take samples, record, study, analyze, and apply new procedures over the course of a day (nothing invasive without permission). Compensation is 800 sencs with complete cooperation.

ingress travel info

⋆ Signatures are the base reason for traveling through the Ingress (aside from general exploration and monetary gain) and are used to discover the correct world visitors on Thisavrou wish to return to. Every visit through a different Ingress brings the technicians a little closer to finding it. The two worlds open for access this month only have a slight impact on the signature of each person who travels.

⋆ Missions are jobs or specific tasks listed on the TAB once new worlds are open for exploration. Be sure to check if Clearance Levels are required to accept some of these missions.

⋆Clearance Levels are given to visitors for the length of time they have been on Thisavrou (or traveling on the Moira). Each CL offers access to certain things or incentives that others will not have.

deslora

⋆Upon entering the world of Deslora, everything seems to be connected by an intricate tunnel of tubes that lead to different and very explorable areas of this new place. Ingress travel will have been quick but somewhat nauseating for most, and returning to Thisavrou will result in the same feeling. However, it wears off quickly, and Deslora is opened as EC (exploration class). Aside from the bright colors of the “walls” and the excessive lights, there are also smells of familiarity—to some. Popcorn, pizza, cotton candy. They waft through the tunnels and get stronger the closer anyone comes to the first open area of Deslora, and depending on the route that is taken, some may have to crawl or walk right into it.

⋆Food, perhaps, might be one draw to Deslora, but it is not, so to speak, the main attraction. After piling through the tunnels, it’s like being inside a massive tent. There is no natural lighting, everything illuminated by bulbs or torches placed strategically across the path that leads to an equally smaller tent. Dangling above the doorway is a sign that reads Laugh Your Way to A Smile with reflectors and pieces of glass hanging from its bottom. Entering the tent will reveal a very small but intricately designed room full of twists and turns and mirrors. The strange thing about them comes with looking at your own reflection; passing by will do nothing. If you linger too long, you find your own physical body beginning to take the shape of what is reflected in the mirror. Sometimes, you are stretched thin and tall. Sometimes, you are short and round. And other times, you will find yourself suddenly wavy and curved from head to toe. These changes do not hurt the first few times they happen, but after the third look at your reflection, some alterations may cause pain in your limbs or torso. It increases each time you look at a mirror, and while the effects will fade after a few minutes, it’s best not to linger too long and find your way out through the otherside.

⋆Located several tunnels down - or up, depending on the direction you go - from the Deslora’s ever-popular funhouse is another equally famous attraction. At the top of the steps, a worker waits to pair up individuals into groups of two before ushering them inside the first set of doors. The foyer is quiet, and after the doors behind you have been shut, two single doors ahead of you and your partner begin to illuminate. There is a sign between the doors: Pick A Path . Once through the chosen door, it will lock and the door will slowly fade away. It will quickly become evident that what is in this room is specifically targeted at one out of the two people inside. A happy memory, a beloved hobby, the person you love most - the scenario is always different, but the overall feel is the same. Whatever the room has transformed into, it’s what makes that person the happiest. If it’s a person, they can be spoken to and touched, if it’s an object, it can be used. As the interactions between both characters and the room increase, subtle changes will begin to occur. Slowly, the contents of the room begin to morph into something new. The combination of what one person loves the most and what the other hates the most. The only resolution to be had is to confront the issues and find something in the room to help. For one past patron, the room transformed into thousands of paintings that morphed into painted memories of their partner’s most painful memories. The only way out was a can of varnish tucked back into the corner of the room. Be creative, be careful. Find the way out together.

thisavrou (R6)

Every so often, new Regions are built to accommodate visitors who are looking to make Thisavrou their homes, a place to work, and many other acceptable reasons. The Savrii pride themselves on being open to explorers and travelers, allowing Thisavrou to be a mecca of trade, exploration, and for some - a place to live. During many meetings with Savrii intermediates over the course of 600 days, an agreement was made with an entrepreneur looking to find a safe place to build their business. The funder, John Hammond, spent millions of sencs on the proper permits and is funding the building, transportation, expansion and overall creation of Region Six. Over the next 30 days, Mr. Hammond will be following very specific building schematics and with this, will be hiring temporary workers to fill the positions required to do so. Job postings will go up and those that do well, might be offered permanent employment when Region Six is up and running. Hammond, along with his temporary work posts via the TABs, will release a missive explaining the following: a few days before the Region is open he will be hiring a large number of permanent employees in (research, science, ingress, cleaning, security, transportation, customer service) fields. He’ll also thank all Savrii, and anyone living on Thisavrou, for allowing him to bring him and his to live here.

⋆ Construction (different pay depending on skill level required) —

Enclosures: Large, electric and nonelectric enclosures meant to be home to creatures that require the added safety measures. 1,000 sencs per week. Crew lives on site until job is completed.

Arena: Stone seating surrounding an underwater area. 200 sencs per day. Crew can commute to and from work.

Hotels: Temporary living accommodations for guests. Crew are paid 50 sencs per hour and have to commute to and from work.

Crew Homes: Residences for future permanent employees to live in. 50 sencs per hour and have to commute to and from work.

Food Courts: Small huts for the production and selling of food. 40 sencs per hour and have to commute to and from work.

Mini EN-LIne: John Hammond wants to build a smaller version of the EN-Line within Region Six. Technicians and general laborers needed. 60 sencs per hour and have to commute to and from work.

⋆ Cleaning: 100 sencs per day; standard cleaning.

⋆ Transportation: Crates of amber stone and creatures will be coming through the Ingress and need to be taken to Region Six. Extreme care and caution is required. 400 sencs per day. Safety clause is signed before work commences.

⋆ Security: Guards to help in the transport of aforementioned crates. 450 sencs per day. Safety and loyalty clause signed before work begins.

⋆ Creature Care: Two permanent employees. The care of creatures. Resumes need to be submitted here listing credentials. Pay is 4,000 sencs per month and workers must live in Region Six. Safety, loyalty, and privacy clauses will be signed.

⋆ Art Design: One person is to be commissioned to create a logo for Region Six. 2,000 sencs for the finished piece. Contact John Hammond. To Note: All management positions in the fields above are paid double the sencs, but they come with double the responsibility.

OOC: For questions please go here. Don’t forget to respond to the Activity Check.

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I guess we'll see.

[ The bell rings, and he starts. Keith is faster than he is accurate, like he's trying to get as much done in as little time as possible instead of taking his time and precision aiming. ]

[ Lance watches critically as Keith mows down a decent number of vaguely bird-shaped targets, but runs out of ammo well before the buzzer signalling the end of the round goes off. Lance nods, approvingly as he steps up for his round to start. ]

Not bad. Now watch the master in action.

[ Lance takes in a slow breath and aims, waiting for the starter buzzer. As soon as it goes off, he methodically picks off each target, more still and focused than he normally seems physically capable of. ]

[ Keith watches Lance more than the targets, surprised by his cool-headed focus. He'd expected Lance to be all bluster and noise and motion, like he is so much of the time, but... no, Keith has to admit it. The guy really knows what he's doing. ]

[ Lance picks off target after target. He misses only once, at the top speed of the targets when there are the most to aim at, but it doesn't break his concentration. He keeps going, picking off one after another until the final buzzer rings, with ammo to spare.

He exhales with a smile that turns into a cocky grin as he pretends to blow smoke off the barrel and turns to Keith with a raised eyebrow. ]

See?

[ It's only a stupid carnival game, but Keith finds himself actually impressed with Lance's entirely un-Lance-like performance (or, at least, his entirely un-Lance-like attitude) right up until he blows pretend smoke off the fake gun.

Right. Still Lance. No bodysnatching. ]

Missed one, [ he says, cooly. ]

[ He sets the gun back down and crosses his arms over his chest, turning away from Keith with a huff. ]

Yeah, and how many did you not even get a chance to shoot at because you blew all your ammo?

Like a third.

[ He can concede that much. He's not that sore of a loser. Keith takes a step closer to Lance's turned back, lifting a fist to bump Lance's upper arm. It's awkward; he feels weird about it immediately. ]

If I didn't know better, I'd think you'd been practicing.

[ Lance rolls his shoulder with the not-punch, but he turns back to Keith, leaning up against the counter beside the guns. ]

If I had been practicing, I wouldn't have missed one. [ He tries to sound cool, but he can't help but crack a grin. ] I love games like this. Stuff at fairs growing up, or even arcade shooting sims. You ever sneak out of the Garrison and go to that pizza place in the next town over? They had this super retro one, and I had all the high scores on it.

[ That felt like it existed more than just worlds away, now, more like it happened to someone else. It was a completely different life where Lance paid rapt attention to flight displays but goofed off in boring lectures, snuck out on school nights and stayed up too late cramming for exams, or watched movies with Hunk while munching on snacks Hunk made on their "technically contraband" dorm hotplate.

The distance of it all hits Lance all at once, and for once he's glad he's with Keith. If his voice gets a little thicker thinking about it, he's pretty sure Keith's the least likely to notice. ]

[ Keith doesn't notice the change in Lance's voice, exactly, but he's not completely hopeless — he does know Lance gets homesick in a way he'll never be able to understand. Keith's not exactly sure how that makes him feel, when he thinks about it. Not envious, but lonely, maybe. ]

Didn't have anybody to go with.

[ Which sounds pathetic, and he hates that. So Keith changes the subject swiftly, gesturing to the wall of prizes. ]

Let's win one of those.

[ Lance turns to look at the collection of truly bizarre looking stuffed toys, trying to ignore the strange feeling Keith's comment left him with. He wonders what it would've been like if he and Hunk had invited Keith to hang out with them sometime. It feels absurd to think about in a way that standing there with him now, picking out stupid toys, felt weirdly normal.

He points at a few brightly colored, vaguely-feline toys tucked into a corner of the prize wall. ]

Those ones kinda look like lions, if you squint. We should win 'em for Hunk and Pidge and Shiro, too.

Those look nothing like lions.

[ But he's squinting and tilting his head, trying to see the resemblance. ]

Look at them from over here and they kinda do! Sort of.

How?

[ Keith takes a sideways step toward Lance. ]

Wait. You think those are ears?

[ He points, directing Keith's line of sight. ]

Yeah, and then those are the paws, and that could be a tail.

Huh. Okay, yeah, from this angle I can kinda see it.

Right? And there's five of them in the right colors, so we should get them.

That's a lot of tickets.

I think we can probably manage it. Unless you're not up to it...

[ It's a challenge, of course, but with none of the petty antagonism behind it that's all too common in their feuds. ]

Oh, you know I am.

[ Lance picks up one of the guns and grins like a movie poster. ]

Then let's do this.

[ They pay for several rounds, with and against each other, definitely spending more than a few stuffed toys are worth, but it's half for the thrill of it. Lance is laughing as he finishes his last round, missing a couple of targets through his laughter, but not so many that they don't earn the final dozen tickets they need for the last "lion". A bored carny, tired from having put up with their antics the whole time, sighs as they take the final tickets from Lance's hand and trade him the light blue stuffed creature that completes their set. ]

[ Keith actually laughs — a quiet, amused chuckle, but a laugh nonetheless — as he tries to figure out how to pick up the yellow one when he already has the red and the black toys tucked under his arms. ]

No one's gonna believe this.

That we won a bunch of toys, or that these are actually supposed to look like lions?

That we actually got along for long enough to win five whatever these are.

[ Maybe he's not supposed to point it out. Maybe that'll ruin whatever pleasant truce they've got going here, and Lance will have to pick some stupid fight to make things feel normal again. ]

But what you said, too.

[ That fact that Keith points out it makes him want to pick at it, start some dumb argument for the sake of it, but he's in a good mood, more relaxed than he can remember having been in... however long they'd been away from Earth. So he rolls his eyes and bumps his elbow into Keith's side as he grabs the yellow toy Keith is struggling with. ]

Which one of those d'you think is the least believable?

[ Could this be it? The fabled bonding moment? ]

My thing for sure.

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