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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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[ Home. Or...her newer home. She's spent much of her post-graduate life here and all of her time as a vampire on these streets. They're far enough from downtown that she isn't immediately assailed with terrible memories or the familiar scents of the people she has preyed upon for her nightly meals, and it only makes her smile more genuine. She has a chance, even fleeting, to be normal again. To be human again.
She needs to find out the date. How much time does she have to potentially fix everything? Plans spin in her head as she ducks away briefly to a vendor to look at the date. It's two days prior to when she turns into a vampire...and the Ingress might pull her back in a few hours. She'll need to keep trying to come back.
But to Danny, she turns back to him, light still in her eyes and she's actually happy for once. Not wary, not paranoid. ]
Have you ever been to the states? I could take you to Hollywood. It'll look nice around sunset. There's some places to eat around there, too-- But the sights are amazing.
[ She doesn't care what they do. Anything to give her some normalcy. ]
i'm so sorry D:
[That's part of the reason he'd struggled living on the Moira at first. Everything was different, but it wasn't just his surrounding, but the constant change of scenery. If there hadn't been people around him, he might have gone mad from the stress of it all.]
I'd like to go to Hollywood. Could we, um.
[His cheeks flush, and he rolls a shoulder, suddenly embarrassed.]
Could we go somewhere that's for music? I don't care where.
[Danny loved music. All genres and bands, all types of performances.]
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[ She goes to grab a map of Hollywood, looking for where they can go. She knows the seedier places, knows Isaac's joints and Ash's nightclub. That's not a good place to take Danny. Instead, she shows him the map and points to a few places. ]
There's a few clubs this way with live music. A lot of them have outdoor patios so we can sit outside and listen. And they're really close to the popular outdoor venues. We should be able to hear some of the residual music nearby and we can go join them.
[ If she has the money... Ah, screw it. It doesn't matter. If she has limited time here, she wants to spend it enjoying herself. Ava goes to flag a taxi over. ]
There's a ton of other things to do in Hollywood, too, so we can just...wander around and see the sights. I think you'll like it.
[ Ava glances back to him. ]
Are you into history? There's a museum down where we're headed that has Hollywood history in it too. We could drop there if you wanted something quieter.
such a cute icon :D
we're going home. [He raises a skeptical brow, tone lightly sarcastic.] But we don't really know. Back in London, I always knew what was going to happen.
Work and home, then all over again. It wasn't until after I met Alex that I realized things were going to be different, but then I showed up on the ship.
[It's easier to talk about Alex now, it gets easier every time he says his name, but he knows that going into it right now will only bring the mood down and he doesn't want that.]
Wherever you think is best, is where I wanna go.
[He keeps close, not wanting to get left behind.]
The clubs, or wandering around. Even the museum sounds like it can be fun, if you want.
thanks! c:
[ And it's unnerving to her, too, to wonder where they'll go and if the captains are even trustworthy enough. In the end, she doubts they have their best interests at heart, and every world is just another stopping point. But she's surprised to hear how Danny seems far more reclusive than she assumed, and the way he sounds sad when he says his friend's name. She frowns as the taxi pulls up. ]
Let's see what we find. You're half of the team on this excursion; I want you to have a good time too, okay? I'm down for music. It's one of my favorite things about being in such a busy city...since all you ever hear is some kind of music somewhere.
[ Ava pulls open the door and gestures for Danny to get in while she tells the driver where they're headed. She slides in after him and closes the door. ]
Was it hard to adjust to being on the Moira?
[ She wants to know more about Danny, and now about Alex, but it might be better to start this way. ]
What did you do for a living back home in London?