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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
Entertaining People
"Here; you look like you could use a break yourself." She offers a bottle of water, extra ones tucked away for the crew members she runs across. "I'm Pepper Potts; it's nice to meet you."
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She smiles at Pepper and accepts the bottle of water. Talking for such a long time really has made her feel a little parched.
"Thanks. Trish Walker, nice to meet you too.
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"Are you new to the ship?" Not that Pepper herself is a veteran, but just in case; Trish has a pretty wicked looking black eye. "I could show you around a bit if you need. We've got a very good medbay you might be interested in."
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"I got a tour when I first arrived, and I was in the medbay only a little while ago actually. You should have seen me before that. Bruce is gonna give me disapproving looks for being up already for sure."
It doesn't look like she minds the thought of that particularly mutch at all, and she really doesn't. Bruce's disapproval tends to be a fairly mild affair, in her experience. Besides, he's kind of entertaining when he's exhasperated.
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"Oh, you know Bruce Banner?" Shame on him then, for not mentioning his attractive blonde friend. Then again, considering the chaos they've all been muddling through, Pepper might be able to forgive him for it. Regardless the connection earns a grin. "If you met him before you were brought here, it's likely we're from the same world."
As soon as the words are out of her mouth, Pepper shakes her head with a laugh. "A month in, and that still feels really weird to say."
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Trish pulls a face as well.
"And yeah, that does feel weird to say."
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"Sad to say, from what I've heard it doesn't go away any time soon. That sense of strangeness. But it makes sense that it wouldn't. I mean, it was crazy enough when aliens came to Earth. This goes beyond that."
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She's collecting disapproving looks from the Avengers.
She sighs and takes a long drink from her water bottle before nodding a little.
"And yeah, the world is a lot stranger than most people were aware of just a few years ago."
She's been aware of super powers since she was a teenager, but it's still quite a leap from that to 'aliens invading through a hole in the sky', not to mention to 'you are going to be pulled through an interdimensional portal to another universe and become part of the crew of a space ship'.
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The jerk.
"Oh, no kidding. I didn't even need the aliens to show up. Ever since Tony came out to the world as 'Iron Man,' it's just been non-stop." Not just on the superhero front, but on the running a superhero's company end, and the dating a superhero side as well. There's a lot about her life she loves--particularly the man that features so prominently in it--but it'd be nice to have a few more days filled with less intensity, thanks.
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Trish is a politically minded idealist, of course she knows who runs the biggest name in clean energy. Not to mention the fact that she tends to keep track of prominent women so that she can drag them into her radio studio and show the world how badass they are.
"Let me just say that I'm a big fan."
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"Thank you. It's always nice to hear." Especially since Tony's role as Iron Man has drawn more ire as of late; he does everything he can, but his self-appointed task of saving the world means people tend to blame him and those he holds dear when something goes wrong. "Although there's not exactly much I can do to run it from here; on the Moira, I'm the one saddled with the job of Chief Morale Officer.
"What about you?" Since all of them have an assignment, it's safe to assume Trish has gotten a title of her own.
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"I'm a talk show host on the radio."
Which doesn't have the same impressive ring to it as CEO, but Trish too is proud of her work.
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"Oh? What do you focus on?" News of the day, politics, current issues, local issues; Pepper's listened to a few talk shows. It's something of a necessity in her work to keep up with the media, although she can't recall hearing Trish's. Still, it's something to be proud of for sure. Radio has been an enduring medium, particularly as technology progresses. Trish isn't a CEO, but she's a voice and an influence, and that could be more powerful in the right circumstances.
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One that Trish sometimes tries to steer in more opinionated and political directions, but it is somewhat of an uphill struggle against her production team, who doesn't have nearly as much faith in the attention span of her listeners as she does.
"I've actually been tasked with creating a radio show here too."
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"Any ideas for what the Moira version might feature? I can't imagine it will be easy to put together." Honestly, even Pepper's a little hard pressed to think of what a good radio show might feature here in outer space.
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It'll be easier to come up with ideas once she has a feeling for what sort of audience she'll have.
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"You're probably going to get a pretty diverse set of answers."
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And it means she'll have a wider range of topics to explore which will be a good way to battle boredom and cabin fever.
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"Anyway, I should probably get back to handing out this stuff." She shifts the box on her hip, readying herself to carry it again. "But it was nice meeting you. I'll make sure to listen for your radio show."
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More so than she knows just yet, since she and Pepper will in fact be roomies for a while.