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thisavrou_log2015-11-01 12:09 am
hownkai) wrote in thisavrou_log2015-11-01 12:09 am
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( november intro log )
Who: Everyone
When: November 1st and on
Where: The ship and on planet
What: Exploration + new arrivals
Warnings: Please label any warnings you have on your threads
"It is not so much about beginnings and endings; it is about muddling through the middle."
DESCENSION "I am the keeper of fragile things."
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When: November 1st and on
Where: The ship and on planet
What: Exploration + new arrivals
Warnings: Please label any warnings you have on your threads
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.
Welcome to Caducus Primary
Shortly after your arrival, you are met by one of the captains and any of the crew of the Moira who might have accompanied him. You are given a brief physical scan and are asked to sign a contract that states you are now part 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. Much like the Moira's own Ingress, C-Primary's Ingress seems to be malfunctioning, and nothing can return through it. If you choose to disregard this offer, you will be detained indefinitely by the natives of Caducus Primary. (Joining the Moira is really the only choice you have.)
Shortly after your arrival, you are met by one of the captains and any of the crew of the Moira who might have accompanied him. You are given a brief physical scan and are asked to sign a contract that states you are now part 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. Much like the Moira's own Ingress, C-Primary's Ingress seems to be malfunctioning, and nothing can return through it. If you choose to disregard this offer, you will be detained indefinitely by the natives of Caducus Primary. (Joining the Moira is really the only choice you have.)
From a distance, Caducus Primary doesn't look like much. The weather on the planet is extremely stable, and the vegetation is neat, almost pristine. What stands out about C-Primary, however, is the fact that there are hundreds of VERY TALL buildings packed together in many of the cities. They are elevated about the ground on what appear to be stilts and sway almost gracefully in the gentle breeze that is always present. Their stability never wavers; they don't fall down. The streets are lined with beautiful sculptures that are placed wherever light is needed. Many other designs can be found outside as well as in. This planet is rather wealthy, and the abundance of their natural resources reflect in everything. The world glitters just as glass would in the sunlight.
Native Details
● They have darker skin tones, but their hair styles and colors are all as unique as they can make them. This can be seen as influence from other travelers.
● Friendly, welcoming, and encouraging to the crew to trade with them for what they need.
● There are no visible "poor" areas.
● Calm and organized. If lost or in need of directions, they will offer to take you where you are going.
● Vey strict when it comes to rules. (Trade what you say you're going to trade.)
☄CITY PROPER
There are many things to do once on planet. In the city proper, stepping into one of the multiple shops reveals workers crafting glass figurines, jewelry, cups, and other items to your specifications. Trading is the same as on all other planets—there is no one accepted monetary unit. Yet, any unsavory cargo (such as weapons, explosives, alcohol, and drugs) will not be found anywhere in the vicinity of these areas. Other travelers have set up places outside the cities near transporter zones for these particular necessities. Trade at your discretion. At night, if you catch your reflection in a surface that isn't quite as transparent (on a sculpture, the side of a building, anything made of glass), there will be a momentary glimpse of your past or future self. A blink, and then, it will be gone.
Staying on the Moira isn't required during time spent on Caducus Primary. Visit one of its many fine hotels with its beautiful accomodations. The price is remarkably inexpensive: it's free.
Staying on the Moira isn't required during time spent on Caducus Primary. Visit one of its many fine hotels with its beautiful accomodations. The price is remarkably inexpensive: it's free.
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( back to dishing about his crazy cousin, however. )
Never really thought of it like that. I gotta say, it explains why he can get just about anyone roped into his schemes. He was the worst bully I knew, growing up, except it was never bullying. Just able to talk me and Elena into doing whatever he wanted at the time because it sounded like a great idea. We never minded until he got hurt and we had to explain why we were racing each other down the bannister in Vorkosigan House. ( luckily, aunt cordelia and uncle aral tended to believe them when they said it was miles' idea ) But yeah, he does.
( care, that is )
Seven hundred years couldn't change us completely. Just mostly.
( heyyyyyyy neo-feudalism. )
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[That sounds unlikely to him, too.]
Hey, my cousin and brother were a lot like that too. I was the youngest, they give me a hard time. But I still cared. But no good bannisters.
But hey, I think I saw something decent this way. [He starts walking.] Come on. Tell me what has changed. Ивер не би требало да пада далеко од стабла.
[They may not speak Serbian, but it felt appropriate to say in his native tongue.]
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( he perks up at the mention of having found a place for tea, and keeps time with niko's steps, a step behind and to the side. the serbian doesn't translate, but he nods anyway. )
How much has Miles and Gregor told you about Barrayar?
( just so he has a reference point )
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I only spoke with Gregor enough to give him Miles.
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( ivan's really not sure where he shakes out along those lines except for not greek, because the greekies tend to keep to themselves. )
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[He actually sounds pretty interested in this. Maybe because in his time, Europe is a wreck of high-powered ethnic and ideological war, has been for nearly a century, and he keeps pondering ways that it can still turn out.]
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( well it's not like they got along, but it certainly wasn't divided amongst ethnic lines, unless you counted everyone's general dismissal of the greek speaking population. )
Anyway, the galaxy finds this planet that's using horses and swords instead of proper weaponry and thinks it's an easy target for conquest. So we fight it out for about twenty years, and eventually they just give up. Er. Not without killing five million of us and nuking Vorkosigan Vashnoi. Ask Miles about that, his grandfather willed the damn glowing crater to him.
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I will remember to ask him about that sometime. I guess being responsible for a war torn land is pretty shitty. [It's hard enough just to live in one.]
My cousin told me the first Americans, the natives, were descended from the people that crossed from Russia. Much longer before, but it would make sense that the same happened to them when the "civilized" people arrived. [He actually made quotes in the air with his fingers as he walked.]
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If they bothered to pay attention to everything that happened in the Time of Isolation they probably wouldn't have tried. Nice to know that civilization is used as an excuse even in the past. And sure, we've got our share of backcountry hicks and all that, but uncivilized is a stretch, when they're barely human. ( ah, cetagandans. but he perks up slightly. ) You mentioned your cousin before. What's he like, and do you want to trade?
( please. please trade him. )
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But I think it is because he is full of love. He is completely pacifist. He would hurt no one. He laughs and finds the good in everyone. His home destroyed, finding himself at the bottom of the barrel, and all he sees is great future. Once I thought he was full of shit when he brags- it's true, in a way. He exaggerated a lot. But I think sometimes it was the only way he could show how good he did. [He used to tell everyone how amazing Niko was, as if he were a legendary figure, a man that was a great lover and adventurer. Maybe that's how Roman actually did see him.]
I think I'll keep him, even if he is a piece of shit moron sometimes. All trouble.
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I think family has to be a piece of shit moron sometimes. It's a requirement.
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[Though for all his talking about Roman, he sincerely misses him now.]
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Yep, name calling between cousins is definitely still a thing on Barrayar.
( or cousins who are more like brothers in most of the ways that count, at any rate. )
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I hope you at least end up with good ones. And by good ones, I mean ones that are funny in retrospect, when you are not so mad at each other.
[No, Niko, they're not.]
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He settles for any variation of 'Ivan, you idiot'. ( he's not offended by it at all, honestly. ) I'm the one that has to be creative.
God I want you to hear some of the Roman/Niko conversations now
Oh? What is it you say?
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'Manic little git' is pretty applicable in most situations. 'Frigging insane' is good too when he nearly gets me killed.
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[Not that he didn't like Miles, he was a likable person, but there was a level of energy for a fragile man that was surprising. As well as occasional bursts of joy that struck like painful radiation.]
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