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famed & framed
"There will be no prison which can hold our movement down."
The Ingress has pulled you in. Your body experiences several sensations at once: being pushed forward as if a hand is resting on your back, momentary and startling blindness, a gentle ringing in your head. You have difficulty discerning whether it is hot or cold, but where you have been prodded is noticeably warmer than the rest of you. Some may suffer from dizziness while others are perfectly fine. Once equilibrium has been reestablished, you will notice you are standing on a long platform and that the room is filled with a soft cerulean light. It's slightly humid and dark despite the glow around you, and nothing is familiar.
Yet, unlike most new crew arrivals, this one is in the middle of chaos.
Despite more recent events, the planet of Emiri is not as peaceful as it once was. Frederick Link is still missing, and the authorities of Emiri have yet to lift the interplanetary ban they have placed on all space crafts docked at the aerospace. The captains previous held a meeting asking crew for any and all information that might help them locate the Komai, a mysterious group determined to undermine Link'd Inc's work providing flourishing matches across the universe by causing random acts of violence and protest across the three main cities: Harashan, Avelle, and St. Murtel. These things have led to mass arrests as well as an unsettling atmosphere spreading across the planet, and since a previous broadcast, things are beginning to escalate.
A downward spiral of these events begins as soon as new arrivals start to leave the Ingress—an unmarked box arrives in the cargo bay addressed to the inhabitants of the Moira. As per his job, Niko Bellic is the one to discover this box and open it. For some, the contents may be particularly gruesome. Link’s body is inside, clothed in a simple white button-down and pants (no shoes), and it looks as if letters have begun to bleed through the material. Anyone with expert knowledge of torture may note that Link was, in fact, tortured for information, and those letters? The writing itself spells out the name St. Murtel.
The captains, having been alerted of this, make an attempt to contact those at Link’d Inc. Unfortunately, the damage has already been done.
☄ First: MISCOMMUNICATIONSomehow, whether intentional or not, the Komai have once again hacked public systems and networks to brand those of the Moira as the ones behind these terroristic acts. They still use their own name, but the images are different, focusing on familiar faces wearing the ship’s uniforms and traveling to the Aerospace to return to the Moira. Not only that, there are short recordings of Link’s final words that mention a very recognizable name: Captain Thán. The Komai have redirected the blame to the Moira and its crew for their own means, and in response, any and all crew who are captured by authorities will immediately be detained and shipped out to unknown locations. The Captains send a message via MID and request everyone return to the ship to prevent this from happening. Yet, not all messages will be delivered depending on how far away they are.
With everyone’s safety hanging in the balance, the Captains have decided to take things into their own hands and find a way to lift the block on the Moira so they can leave Emiri’s orbit and avoid further repercussions regardless of whether or not any one of the crew wants to stay.
☄ Second: DECOY & DISTRACT After learning that Benjamin Link, son of recently deceased Frederick Link, knows how to unlock the ship so they can leave, the captains ask for volunteers to act as decoys on a mission to the Aerospace in Harashan. Their job is to distract guards and Emiri citizens, leaving the path clear for Benjamin to get to the computers. The captains reiterate that they are to use nonfatal methods as they don’t want a repeat of the events on Caducus Primary. Without his help, the ship won’t be able to leave, making this mission critical and extremely time sensitive. ☄ Third: RESCUEDuring the mission, Benjamin informs the crew that the Komai aren’t incorrect in their claims that Link’d Inc uses unforgivable means to obtain information in order to make their matches perfect. The children the crew dreamed about are just two of many—the offspring of Emirian citizens who had gone missing. It has long been suspected that Link’d Inc was involved in their disappearances, but only recently has the Komai done anything to shed light on these gruesome rumors. Benjamin, after successfully unlocking the ship, disables the security systems in St. Murtel, which will allow the children a chance to escape. They’ll need assistance in getting out of St. Murtel and to a pre-designated area in Avelle where a group of Komai and Emirians will be waiting for them.
But be careful. If anyone is recognized as part of the crew, they will be placed under arrest for treason and possibly never heard from again. ☄ Fourth: BREAKING OUTNow that the computer systems in Harashan’s Aerospace have been used to release the Moira, the entire crew are being called back via MID for an expedient exit from Emiri. Crew will be asked to assist other Moirans in getting back to the ship as quickly as possible via transporters or other small crafts as leaving is their only option at this point. In the escape, Emiri launches an attack on the Moira in an attempt to stop them. The ship’s previously unused defense systems activate, and those assigned to those positions are required to man their posts. Perhaps even those who don’t have the clearance are needed. Either way, it’s time to leave. ☄ Fifth: REFUGEESNow that the ship has finally escaped Emiri’s orbit, the crew will notice a group of stragglers in the main hall. During the crew’s quick exit, about fifty Emirians have taken refuge aboard the Moira, and the captains have agreed to take them to the closest planet so they may start again or live a life free of Link’d Inc “rule”. The captains ask the crew to help get them clothes and food for their short stay, no longer than a day at most, and to occupy them as best they can. Tell jokes, sing songs, bring up the kittens so that everyone can attempt to wind down after this series of unfortunate events. Light entertainment won’t be provided, but on request, some crew members may do just that.
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thisavrou_log2016-02-01 11:09 am
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Unlike most people, he doesn't wear a uniform, the plants covering his body are all the clothes he really needs while on the ship. He has little interest in going back to Emiri for the time being, considering the last time he did that he got arrested and scared the crap out of Papyrus.
So he's just kind of minding his own business when he notices that there must be new arrivals. When he sees the kid in the hallway ahead of him, he is excited for approximately three seconds before he realizes what he's seeing.
Is that Ginko? As a kid?!
He's hard to mistake, in both appearance and mannerisms. The nymph looks like he was just about to say something to him before he crumples down, looking shocked. And then straight up wibbling.
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...And then the green kid just kind of... crumples. And looks like he's about to cry.
Ginko stares at him in shock for a couple minutes, drawing back a little at first but not leaving. Then he takes an uncertain step forward, fiddling with his sleeve. "...Are you alright?"
Did he do something wrong? Did he somehow offend this plant person? He doesn't know, he doesn't know anything about plant people. Why is this happening.
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"You don't remember me, right?" he asks between his fingers, looking up at the kid. He sounds heartbroken, despite himself.
Sometimes he forgot how much he missed everyone he'd left behind.
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He's pretty sure he's never met this kid, but...
"...I don't remember a lot of stuff." He crouches down, resting his hands on his knees as he keeps studying Steven. "Do... you know me?"
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Ginko had always seemed like such a fully formed person that Steven had momentarily forgotten that he'd apparently been a child amnesiac - he didn't even remember his parents or anything, did he? He suddenly feels totally awful for bringing that up. Most people didn't already have memory loss baggage going on.
His tail goes stiff with dread at the realization, his leaves raising on end. He startles.
"Wait, I mean - I'm sorry! I didn't mean it like that...I just..." He raises his hands helplessly. "You're...you're Ginko, right?"
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"It's... fine?" He thinks it is, anyway.
Then he pauses.
"...Yeah. That's me."
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"It's...it doesn't matter, it's not your fault. I just...knew a version of you and it's kind of a long story but you don't even know me, so..."
He scrubs at his face with his roots, closing his eyes and trying to brush this off. His his voice doesn't stop wobbling.
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An awful thought occurs to him, and his eye widens fractionally. He still doesn't know what Steven meant about another version of him, but... "Did... what did I do...?"
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"You didn't do anything! Not anything bad. You...You were my friend."
That didn't seem like a full summary of their dynamic, but it was close enough. He misses Ginko, and he misses Henry, and he misses Edward and Elsa and the other Crystal Gems. He's been trying not to think about it - focusing on how he's promised he's going to help them from the outside.
But it only feels like it's truly sunk in now.
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That... doesn't make sense. He's almost forgotten the whole "different version" thing. His shoulders pull up to his ears. "How did... that happen?"
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"...Are you sure that was me? Or... a different me." Because he's having trouble imagining that the person Steven is describing could be any version of him at all, given that he apparently not only managed to survive to adulthood, but was also capable of looking after a child.
"If the way it works is that strange, it could have been... someone else, maybe?" He's not even sure what his logic is here.
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"I mean..." He shrugs, like he's trying to accommodate Ginko's feelings but isn't actually sure what those are. "He looked like you, had the same name, and...and I think had the same situation when he was little. He...kind of told me about it. A little."
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"What... what did he tell you?"
Please let it not have been about the scamming thing. He's just gotten here, and as much as the idea of being trapped scares him, he isn't sure he wants people wanting him gone so soon.
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"Um...that he lost his memory when he was little...so he didn't remember how he grew up exactly..."
He frowns.
"He said he grew up not really knowing where he came from or what happened to him."
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He's not sure how to feel about the suggestion that he really never did find out what happened to him, but at least it's not a surprise.