( october intro log )

[hownkai]

Who: Everyone
When: October 1st
Where: The mess hall, kitchen, and other locations
What: The crew
Warnings: None, but please label anything you do that needs a warning

SHIP LIFE

”Working together not only helps us move more quickly, it changes the nature of what we can undertake.”

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 various machines line the walls on either side, though they are not accessible from where you stand. Shortly after, you are led out and toward the medbay.

Inside this room, you are given a physical scan and sign a contract that states you are now part of the crew of the Moira with a specific job. This process consists of a complete work-up of medical history and current health, and afterwards, you are given your MID, a device that is integrated into your hand with only the slightest pinch. From there, you are guided out of the medbay and to your living quarters.

MERO DECK ● NOMO DECK ● MORO DECK

☄Crew members exposed to Exuo will notice that effects are slowly beginning to taper off. However, most will still continue to feel some agitation over the smallest things. Perhaps a visit to the UV beds will lighten that mood of yours.

☄MINI RECEPTION

Orders have been sent down to the kitchen to prepare something small but fulfilling for the entirety of the crew as a way to thank them for their hard work gathering supplies and returning to the Moira mostly unscathed. The mess hall has been decorated—kind of. There are small, tidy bows stuck to the backs of chairs and “party favors” spread out across the tables. These favors make a room smell sweet but are otherwise harmless. As a gift from Thán, he has provided the crew with a treat of sorts in addition to the foods the kitchen has prepared. All crew scheduled for morning shifts in the kitchen will have helped with these preparations. As a note, there is also a soft, unfamiliar melody coming from an old radio on one of the tables. The captains encourage everyone to relax, have fun, and get to know one another better.

Other areas of the ship are also open to exploration! Privileges for crew ranked Tiruncula** are as follows: (1) shift in kitchen and/or mess hall duties can be skipped each week without repercussions.

( ooc; **Ranks are listed here with an explanation. Please comment to activity check to receive new ranks (if applicable)! )

Comments

[seeingscarlet]

[There's no flicker of recognition on Wanda's face, just a blank stare. Vault? Is that a prison world? That would explain the armor...

Maybe this person isn't even human, just humanoid like the Asgardians. She's certainly not from anywhere on Wanda's arm of the galaxy.]

I'm from Earth. I've never head of this 'Vault.'

[Does that help?]

[pallantias]

[That actually gets a surprised look from the mostly unemotive assassin.] Really?

[It’s hard to imagine anyone not knowing what the Vault is, especially now that it’s been opened. So many people have killed and died in its name, it might as well be the closest thing the planet has to a god.

For her part, Athena’s never heard of this “Earth.” Perhaps it’s in such a distant or secluded region of the galaxy that they’re kept out of the loop of the going-ons of the rest of the galaxy.]

It’s… an alien… thing. [Even Athena is usually more eloquent than this, but trying to explain it now, she’s realizing that there really isn’t a good way to describe the Vault to an offworlder. It was supposed to be an Eridian treasure cache or maybe an armory, then ended up being a prison for a giant alien monster, and is now causing Pandora to crack open with veins of Eridium like a giant, rancid egg. At this point, nobody knows what the damn thing is. She tries again.]

It’s a large structure left by the Eridians, of unknown purpose. All anybody knows is that it’s extremely powerful and that opening it has caused Pandora to change on a planet-wide scale. Controlling it has become a top-priority objective for many corporations and other hostile factions. [Better. Kind of sounds like she's giving a mission briefing though. At least the stiff tone shifts to something more quizzical in her next question.]

Have they really never heard of it on “Earth?”

[seeingscarlet]

[An alien thing. Right, that's descriptive. But the general situation sounds familiar, if on a much larger scale than Loki's scepter. Greed is a powerful, if awful motivation - some things don't change even galaxies away, apparently.]

We know of Asgard. We fought the Chitauri. But we don't have much contact with other planets.

[Science is still getting over the rather violent proof that life on Earth is not unique. Maybe one of those names will ring a bell? Wanda doesn't know much about the Chitauri, just that HYDRA was rather fond of poking and prodding at their toys. They could be near this 'Pandora' for all she knows.]

[pallantias]

[Those names only get a questioning look from Athena. This “Earth” must be very remote indeed if they only know of one other planet. At least, Athena is assuming “Asgard” is a planet.]

The Chitauri? Is that a corporation? Or a gang?

[Those seem to be the two most likely categories if she’s talking about fighting them. Weird name though. Nothing like “Hyperion” or “Fleshrippers.”]

[seeingscarlet]

They're a race. Part machine and very violent.

[A perfect match for certain people studying them if you ask her.]

[pallantias]

[Ah. So some kind of cyborg faction? That’s… odd, though she supposes it’s no more strange than the cannibal gangs or Vault worshippers they have on Pandora.]

Earth must be a border-planet as well, then. [At least, she’s pretty sure people in the core don’t have to deal with incursions by hostile cyborgs. Or any other beings besides the occasional corporation for that matter. Kind of the appeal of living there.]