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( april intro log )

Who: Everyone
When: April 1st and on
Where: The Moira + Del Pascia
What: The crew finds themselves visiting the correctional facility of Del Pascia.
Warnings: Mentions of blood. Please label your content!

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"I feel liberated when I'm doing it, and I want other people to feel liberated through it."

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. Shortly after, you are led out and toward the medbay.

Inside this room, you are given a physical scan and offered a contract to sign 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.

With the combined efforts of the crew, the terror plaguing the ship has been successfully removed from the Moira. Yet, it doesn’t come without consequences. Aside from the overall state of those aboard the ship, the Moira itself has taken considerable damage across various sections. Overall functionality seems stable for now, but with necessary repairs to be made and few supplies to actually make them with, the Captains have set a course for any nearby planet with the hope of finding what they need. However, that is much closer than it appears. As new arrivals begin coming through the Ingress, a message is received by those in the Tower and broadcast to everyone:
Please be advised. Your vessel is now entering Restricted Space. As per penal code 65208-A, only authorized personnel are to be admitted beyond this point. If necessary, further assistance will be provided once docked.
As there is little choice, the Captains instruct Navigation to proceed with caution. All transporters will be required to assist in taking those who volunteer to the main hub.

WELCOME TO CORRECTIONAL FACILITY DEL PASCIA

Del Pascia is one of many facilities across the universe built to maintain and rehabilitate its inhabitants. With a combined populace of both prisoners and employed civilians, it functions as both prison and living quarters. The central section of Del Pascia is divided into multiple floors that branch out into subdivisions of the facility—clearly and precisely labeled. For those contracted to work in the prison, Del Pas Main is home. There are cafeterias, common areas for exercise and general downtime, divided residences, and work stations. Beyond this area, each remaining wing of Del Pascia separates into cell blocks A through F with similar facilities available to the inmates. Varying degrees of criminals are brought to Del Pascia, ranging from maximum security to juvenile offenders, and security differs depending on which block is visited.

Yet, there is something peculiar about this prison upon further investigation: there are no living persons within Del Pascia. The AI, which runs and oversees all of Del Pascia, has made arrangements with the Moira so that those who wish may board and take what is needed to begin repairs. This program, while generally polite in nature, goes simply by the name D-E-L.

☄ ENJOY YOUR STAY ... IN PRISON

Those who choose to go to Del Pascia will find themselves greeted by D-E-L. It has already agreed to terms with the Captains, allowing crew to strip nonessential supplies that aren’t needed since the station’s crew and prisoners were relocated due to funding cuts. The only condition placed upon this agreement is that any crew wishing to explore must undergo a mandatory decontamination before proceeding through the rest of Del Pascia. This process takes only minutes and is guaranteed to cause no physical side effects. Following this simple procedure, exploration is open with only warnings to be careful about damaging key systems. It is important to note that there are various security cameras located throughout the correctional facility, and it is not uncommon for D-E-L to comment or show concern for those exploring parts of Del Pascia.

☄ DEATH BECOMES YOU

There is salvage to be found in all parts of the facility, including the cell blocks and infirmaries of the prison wings. However, there is something odd about these sectors, a strange charge in the air that follows you as you search for anything useful to bring back to the Moira. Perhaps it is the eyes of D-E-L watching? But then, after an indiscernible amount of time, it's like a switch is flipped. Suddenly, you are wearing your sins where anyone but you can see. For however much death you have wrought or committed, there will be blood on your hands—perhaps even further than that. This bizarre occurrence will appear as an almost digital skin and will not vanish until outside the cell blocks. If exploring the infirmaries for supplies, any and all health stats throughout your life will be visible and easy to read by anyone who happens to take an interest.

For those who have killed once or twice, they might find a red stain on their hands, but the higher the kill count will result in larger proportions of blood covering their arms and, in extreme cases, perhaps their entire body. The blood will vanish once you have left the prison wing, though you may occasionally see a flicker of the image while anywhere on the station. The same goes for health stats viewed in infirmary sections of Del Pascia.

☄ WHAT WAS THAT SOUND?

Del Pascia is a very large station and has been abandoned for quite some time. D-E-L will regretfully inform anyone who asks that some nonessential areas have fallen into disrepair. It will warn that exploring these areas can be risky as it has no knowledge of what damage these sections have taken. Regardless of that, if you venture in, you’ll find that these sections are in rather bad shape. Exposed wiring sparks in the walls, a great variety of broken tools are thrown about, and it seems that every camera has been purposely broken. Venturing in further will yield valuable components for salvage, and yet... as before, you suspect you aren’t alone. It isn’t often, but sometimes, you might hear a step falling moments after yours or a rattle coming from the vents. Every time you go to investigate... whatever made the noise is gone.

Should the AI be queried about this, D-E-L will emphasize that all personnel and prisoners were removed and that there is no one on board except crew from the Moira.

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With all our guilt the walls should be covered in blood too. [At least with his. Was he feeling remorse for killing those innocent men back at Mother Base? Of course he was. He had to kill them to halt the spread of the vocal cord parasite virus. Shit. So much wasted life.]

Yeah, I hope so.

[He wrapped an arm around Kaz's shoulder and nodded firmly.] Question is how the hell do we get out?

You had to do what you had to do. I know you wouldn't have asked for this. I don't even want you to have to do this.

[But he's chosen it, at least for now.]

[There's something a little gratifying that he gets to be the support for once. That his stubbornness has given him some sort of strength here, and that he's not having to hobble along and be helped for the slightest thing. He lets Ahab hold onto him.]

They have transports coming to and from the station. You should stay on the ship. Especially since Sn- B-

[Then he realizes he's never been comfortable even calling him "John". Big Boss never gave him that name (Even if he knows it). Kaz has only ever been allowed "Snake".] Since Ishmael is here.

[Ahab nodded. He knew Kaz was right. They did what they had to do and no less.]

Transports, right. [At least that was something comforting. The blood would surely fade then, right? Snake didn't want an image of himself covered in blood for people to see forever. They'd truly believe he was some kind of demon then. At Kaz's last words Ahab smiled a little. He knew it must be hard for the man to speak about the two versions of him all the time.]

It's alright, Kaz. [As if sensing his friend's slight discomfort Ahab patted the blond on the shoulder.]

It'll be fine, I promise.

And it was just a slip-up. It doesn't matter. You're both Snake and Big Boss.

[He says it firmly, convincing himself that it's alright. It's fine. He's dealing with this. Even if he knows in his heart that one man can accept he's covered in blood here, and the other man couldn't. Not in the same way.]

Yeah. Ahab. So many names but I'm still just one man.

[He smiled at the thought of being so many men under so many names. Why did it have to be so complicated? Ahab suited him just fine. Yet, Ocelot and Kaz called him Boss. To him he was Boss. Also, the men back at Mother Base believed he was Boss, so he was. He had to be.]

We'll get back there, Kaz. I know it. Mother Base. Our true home. They can't keep us here forever. [Could they? The men needed them back there. They needed him. Big Boss. Ahab.]

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They won't keep us here forever. [Kaz assures him, but doesn't add more than that. After all, motherbase... Well, he made his decision. He put all that love and effort into it, and when he returns he knows he'll look at it and that effort will mean nothing.]

[Still something to Ahab. But to him, he knows it will just be another platform in the middle of the ocean one day.]

You'll handle yourself just like you need to do. [And Miller's going to make sure that he doesn't die just so 'Big Boss' can survive. All this bullshit about how there can be only one 'Big Boss'. After saying in the previous breath that both men are. Whatever this plot is, he wants it done.]

[He slows down with him when they get near the docks.]

You're right, Kaz. [Ahab offered his friend a warm smile and a nod. He knew that things had changed now after hearing the truth. He would view everything differently now, even Mother Base and the men. Yet, it was just a title and all of what they had done at Diamond Dogs hadn't been for nothing. Ahab had built that with Kaz and Ocelot. It was all theirs. Nothing could take that away from him.]

I'm just glad we got away from that prison. You didn't experience any hallucinations did you? [Because he heard screaming. That wasn't part of it, was it?]

Maybe the AI was messing with my head but I saw them, Kaz. The men screaming. The ones I shot back at Mother Base. [The infected.]

Hallucinations, no. [Probably just Ahab. That mess of shrapnel he took to save them.]

Boss. They needed you to do that. The entire base did. And I'm sorry you had to go through that. No one should have had to.

[Huey deserved a worse ending. He was told to let it go, but now he has a revenge that he plans to see through. The worst he can deliver.] I know you won't stop blaming yourself, but those men gave you strength on the battlefield.

[Then it must have been his horn. The doc said that he may experience hallucinations now and again but it had been so long since he'd had one.]

Must be this. [He tapped the tip of his horn and sighed. Damn thing.]

I know. There was no other way. I just can't help but see their faces in my dreams at night. [He forced himself to not think about it but it was there right on his conscience. He knew it had to be done it just wasn't him. Killing innocents wasn't in his characters at all. He wasn't a cold-blooded killer who didn't give a shit about others. No. Not his own men.]

Yeah. Sometimes I wish I didn't have this thing in my head giving me these damn nightmares.

It's not just that... I still have dreams about the Skulls. [He still has nightmares of being left behind, too. That part, he doesn't say.] What they did. I wake up and even with the prosthetics, I'm in excruciating pain.

[He's always in pain, though. Worse than he admits now. He lives with it all the time.]

I don't think that's just the shrapnel doing that. Not when it happens to me, too.

[The Skulls. They were enough to give anyone nightmares. The way they moved, the mist....everything about them was horrifying. Snake was glad that they did not follow them aboard the Moira.]

You don't have to be in pain now, Kaz. We can both heal together. This life we have now aboard the Moira, we can use this to try and heal the pain we share. [A break from Cipher surely. It wasn't a permanent fix for the pain but surely it could help? Snake sighed. He wasn't the only one having the nightmares. His friend had suffered even more than he and he wanted him to try and heal, not deal with pain everyday.]

We can do this. A life without pain. It is possible.

Boss, I don't think I can.

[The literal pain anyway. The time away from Cipher, thinking about other things, obviously has helped Kaz some. He smiles more. Was capable of forgiving Big Boss (to some extent). Allowed himself to get prosthetics.]

It still hurts real bad. It was ten days out there. [Waiting to die.] They didn't exactly take good care of me. My nerves are shot. Just like that shrapnel they can't remove in you. [He lifts his fake hand and looks through it. Then lets it drop again.]

But I'm making due. That's enough.

We're both alive which is the main thing. If we're alive then there's always hope. [He wished he gotten to the man sooner. Kaz was waiting alone, tied up, brutally mutilated. He should have gotten there sooner.]

I should have got there sooner and I'm sorry, Kaz. You shouldn't have gone through all that. Not for me. [Snake felt like he didn't deserve all of his friend's ordeal for him. The man had lost so much. His mental as well as physical state had been damaged. All to save Big Boss.]

You're one of the bravest men I've met. [He looked at the blond and offered him a warm smile, placing his good hand on Kaz's, squeezing softly.]

Don't be alone. Don't hide your pain. I want you to share it with me so we can both heal together.

[The same had gone for Venom. More so. Kaz only dimly remembered how that helicopter went down. He'd been off to the side as the medic threw himself in front of Big Boss, got slammed with the force of the explosion, the bomb inside of Paz.]

[He can't even remember his code name. Just that he was a regular medic.]

[It's a shame.]

[He looks down at the hand on his. And, it's on reflex more than anything that he says-] I'm fine. [He never could stand feeling so weak. If he heals... It's too difficult to acknowledge how broken he is.] It's okay. I'm fine. I'm not the one hallucinating... I'm just saying I can at least understand why your dreams are hard. [He gives his a rough squeeze, one of those that reminds him that he's there.] Come one. I'll get you onto the transport. I don't need to go back yet, but I will later.

[Venom wondered if Kaz was really fine when he kept insisting he was. Yet, he didn't wish to press the man. If he said he was fine then Snake would leave the man be. He couldn't help it if he felt that he might lose him again to some metal monsters, parasites or whatever else alien they might encounter. The bond was there and it was never going to be broken.]

We probably share the same dreams. Cipher installed those in our heads but we can erase them with good memories. [That was how he was going to look at it.]

You'll be alright on your own? [It was a reflex response. He couldn't help it.]

[It's a hard questions, too. One that if answered in the long run is... complicated. In terms of this station, though, he just nods.]

Yeah. Yeah, I'll be alright.

See? I can stand up again. Leg's working. I'm right as rain.

[He doesn't want Venom worrying about him.]

Alright. [If he knows you'll be ok, he'll be ok. The guy's just concerned for your well being, Kaz. It's something rooted deep inside of him.]

Don't want you saying that then falling over on me. [He was half-joking but had a serious tone in his voice too. One of concern and worry. If anything happened to you again, Kaz, he'd blame himself like he always did. Snake readied himself to get off the platform.]

I'll be in touch.

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