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"the trees rustle in the evening when we stand uneasy before our own thoughts."
With the events of Del Pascia behind the Moira, things are only now beginning to settle—and not very well. Through the combined efforts of some of the crew, D-E-L and her permanent residents were incinerated into the dust of space. While it’s not the most peaceful end, it is one, and not many are going to be thinking back on how nice Del Pascia’s facilities were for quite some time. Repairing what they could of the ship’s interior and putting as much distance between the Moira and the prison as possible, those aboard are informed by Navigation that they are approaching another planet. This means, of course, the potential for better supplies, as some things are beginning to dwindle, and the Captains elect to dock so long as the crew follows protocol. WELCOME TO AMISSIS-RE
Amissis-Re is an unregistered planet with no documented histories or signs of life. The Moira’s Navigation crew have scanned the planet for any usable resources and have discovered a faint signal emitting from beneath the surface of Amissi-Re. Using the transporters and any other crafts located in the Cargo Bay, the crew are able to travel to the source of the signal. Upon arriving in its exact location, they’ll find a small series of lakes that lead to a tower-like structure that appears to be in use. Crew must cross a poorly assembled bridge system that sways and dips when weight is applied to it in order to gain access to the entrance. Once there, a woman comes out to greet them and explains, excitedly, that she is so very happy that they have come to Amissis-Re.
Everyone can go home.
Their host insists that she has done the impossible and has somewhat fixed the Ingress that’s been built on Amissis-Re a long time ago, and what’s more, she can send crew home for short bursts of time. Upon following this woman inside, crew will find that the planet is not, in fact, barren at all. Diving deep into the underbelly of Amissis-Re, it’s like an eternal factory of machines, and while vast, for whatever reason, it also seems incredibly welcoming...
☄ LEAP OF FAITH ( 05.01 and on ) The barren planet of Amissis-Re is devoid of vegetation and organic life except for a lone woman, and the planet itself is an intricate honeycomb of machines that go for miles below the surface. Yet, that seems insignificant and unimportant in comparison to the news that the crew has just received. After Thán has looked at the Ingress, he tells the crew that he cannot say for certain that it is properly functioning, but Emiri native, Ben Link, will volunteer to test it out.
An elevator takes crew down to a glass platform that overlooks an inverted Ingress portal. In order to return home, the Moirans will have to take a leap of faith and jump in. Ben, in order to show his commitment to the crew and willingness to help get them home, takes that jump with Captain Thán seconds behind him. Jumping feels like dropping through wind; lights swirl, it’s warm, and a soft buzzing encompasses you as you fall. You don’t feel the landing. One moment you’re falling, and the next, you’re in a new world.
A few hours pass before a similar elevator rises from below and to the left of the Ingress, stopping beside the platform. Ben and Thán step out unharmed.
It works, and everyone can temporarily go home. Will you jump? ☄ COMBINE THE EXTREMES ( 05.01 and on ) The woman that greeted the crew and led them to the platform will allow anyone that wants to go home the opportunity to go. There’s only one catch: it’s not permanent. She’s worked for years to fix the Ingress so that she can return to her own home but hasn’t been able to make the trip an everlasting one. Everyone always comes back. Always. They go for a few hours, at first, but that amount of time increases with each visit.
The one guideline, she says, is that you can’t go alone. Each trip requires a partner, or it becomes too much for the mind to bear. These rules are simple: the world takes shape depending on who jumps first, but if crew go hand-in-hand and leap at the same time, the worlds combine. This new world will be populated with people that existed in both and may appear to be a jarring combination of both worlds. It may seem unusual, but if the woman is asked, she’ll explain that the combined world does exist as there are more universes than can be imagined. The Ingress tries to take the person to their own home, their original home, but when jumping together, it finds the closest possible match and deposits them there instead.
From that point on, you can travel the world together or split up, but remember, this world is a living, functioning world. It doesn’t matter if it’s the home of one crew member or a combination. You meet other people. You can get hurt. You influence and are influenced by others.
Be cautious, and enjoy your visit “home”. ☄ LINGER ON ( 05.05 and on ) The more times the Amissis-Re Ingress is visited, the more it seems that your trips last longer and the experience becomes even more vivid. More real and harder to distinguish from the current reality that you know. It’s difficult to explain why, but you get the feeling that maybe if you went without the aid of the host, that perhaps you’d be able to stay. Forever. It takes some subterfuge, but in time, you see your chance: she’s nowhere in sight, and you take it.
The world you are in now is completely your own, whether another crew member accompanied you or not. The people you know are there, everything around you is exactly as you remember. A few hours pass, and you don’t feel that familiar tug, that invisible hook at the base of your spine that signals that your visit is over. Even more time goes by, and you’re still in that world, your home. When the first day has passed, you begin to question if you’ll ever go back, or if life on the Moira was all a dream. The person with you won’t be able to convince you otherwise, and they’ll start to feel less real, a stranger that you used to know.
There’s only one way to go back to the Moira. Someone from the other side has to come in and retrieve you both. Once in, contact with a third will jump-start a link through the Ingress, and it will pull all crew back to the platform.
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thisavrou_log2016-05-01 09:04 pm
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Kaworu... has no idea where this is.
He has no idea what this is, in fact.
He's never seen this before in his life. Tokyo-3 isn't old enough for plant life to grow over it like this. Even its wreckage is made of concrete, steel, and glass.
...nor is its air filled with miniscule glowing globs of light.
At first, Kaworu wonders if they might be some kind of debris. But no--they move as waves on a shore, drifting not with the wind but on their own paths and patterns. They're not insects, either.
An Angel?
But there should not be an Angel... and he feels nothing. No AT Field. No presence at all. Like an inanimate object.
...how.... weird.
He reaches out slowly with one hand, extending a finger to gently poke one.]
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Which also doesn't do much to answer the question of whether Kaworu knows what's going on here, which Ginko had sort of hoped he did.
...And then he goes and tries to poke a mushi why is this happening. Ginko makes a startled sound in the back of his throat and all but swats Kaworu's hand away.]
Don't!
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Because he doesn't look even a little bit alarmed--just perplexed and not a little curious.]
What is it?
[He's asking what the glowing thing is, by the way--not what Ginko's problem is. Although he kind of figures one will explain the other.]
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[With the danger no longer quite so imminent, Ginko retreats back to his usual closed-off body language, fingers tugging at one sleeve.]
If you touch it, it might make you sick.
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....]
Sick?
[Kaworu's never been sick a day in his admittedly limited life. But there's a reason for that. His body isn't really human, though it possesses human DNA. He's human 'enough'--molecular nature aside, he's very, very near to it. All Angels are, really. But not enough to be home to anything that might want a human body as a host.
What he's really interested in is Ginko's reaction, though.]
...you are so afraid of that possibility that you would strike me with your hand.
[This same child who could not press a single key on a piano without words of reassurance and encouragement.]
Yet now... you seem unafraid. That's very strange.
Why is that?
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[He doesn't actually seem mad, which Ginko is certainly glad for, but...
He gives a very small shrug, opting to stare at a small cluster of mushi nearby rather than look at Kaworu.]
Because you didn't touch it... and you shouldn't touch any of them.
[Those mushi are getting closer. He frowns, a tiny, nigh-imperceptible shift in his expression, and moves slightly closer to Kaworu again.]
Really - don't touch them, okay?
My name is Karl and THIS IS JACKASS
But now that you've warned me, whatever I do next is my own responsibility, is it not?
[That's how free will works, after all.
And with that, he turns his attention back to the luminescent 'mushi' and reaches out to close his hand around it, grabbing it out of the air.]
ffs karl
He takes a quick step forward, his hands curled into tight fists and clutching at his shirt.]
D-Don't! Don't do that!
Free will, bitches!!
He already did.
He regards his closed fist for a moment, the mushi held tightly in his hand.
Now... what should he do with it?
To be honest, he has no idea. The entire point of catching it like this was to see if it was substantial enough to be caught. Obviously, it is.
With that established....
He opens his hand again, releasing its glowing prisoner into the air once more.]
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Why... why'd you do that?!
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The same reason he talks to you, Ginko.]
It doesn't look very substantial, but you can hold it in your hand.
[He beams, clearly delighted to be able to announce this discovery.
He's still watching the mushi, too.]
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[Even now, he looks like he's on the verge of panicking. How does he know Kaworu isn't going to grab another one? What if he's already contracted something?!]
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Are you still upset about that?
I can't get sick.
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[He grits his teeth, balling up his hands against his shirt again.] Just-- just don't touch them anymore, okay?
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Anyway, it's too late now. And Ginko's instructions are impossible. There's too many of these little lights to not touch any of them. If he so much as walks forward, he's gonna walk into one whether he wants to or not.
Kaworu frowns.]
I can't. There's too many for that.
[Well, he can. It's just more trouble than he feels like going to.
But it's a sign of how far he's come that he doesn't ask why Ginko cares if he gets sick.
Selfish fear.
Again.
He sighs.]
Fine.
[There's a faint distortion to the air around them, a temporary shimmer of iridescent nothing--]
Now they can't touch me.
[Being able to use his AT Field whenever he wants is definitely convenient.]
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--What's that?
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Kaworu makes a mental note to explain this right when he uses it next time, since that is apparently just going to be necessary.]
Your kind refer to it as the 'AT Field.'
An impenetrable barrier of the soul. They cannot pass through it.
[It is, perhaps, the most straightforward explanation he's ever managed on anything.
The version of this that Frisk got was borderline incomprehensible.]
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[Well, he may not totally get it, but he's not so confused that he can't accept that for now.]
If... if you're sure.
[He edges a bit closer to Kaworu.]
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Are you serious?
Kaworu looks back at him with a smile--or is it a questioning smirk?]
Aren't you the one who wanted me not to touch them?
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[There miiight have been a faintly passive-aggressive note in there.]
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What more do you want from him?]
Well, if you're done being upset about their presence, we can probably move on.
[You know, to 'where are we' and 'is there anything interesting here besides these so-called mushi?']
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...Okay. Yeah.
[He looks around again with a frown, biting his lip.]
Do you know... where this is? There are a lot of... buildings.
[He guesses those are probably buildings. He's never been in any remotely urban area before, so... skyscrapers are kind of new.]
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Kaworu hesitates, visibly confused--or at least conflicted.
He knows these buildings, or buildings like them. But...]
...I'm... not sure.
I've never seen so much green.
[Not in the ruins of old Tokyo, anyway. Or the ruined parts of Tokyo-3.
Or... no, honestly, this much green is new to him anywhere. Kaworu didn't exactly get out much.
But with that said, he decides to start walking--he's not going anywhere in particular, really, just towards the nearest building. A squared-off brick structure clustered amidst some pines, with a massive tree growing out of it.]
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He examines the building with a frown, tilting his head.]
...What's that?