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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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That giddy expression gives Asriel an odd sense of delight, and that's surprising too. It wasn't like he never wanted to try getting along with Sans - Flowey didn't, but he did. But with everything he's done to both Sans and his brother, talking and laughing like this kind of felt like he was...
Lying to him? Tricking him? Sans would hate him if he knew who he was really talking to, right?
But the laughter coming from the skeleton makes him oddly happy, and he laughs nervously - it's genuine too. It's the kind of laugh of someone slowly trying to lower their guard, and Asriel feels the urge to continue.
"Well... um! Mom really seams to know a lot of good jokes? Hehe."
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"Heh, no kidding she does." For a moment, Sans looks a little wistful. Maybe even a little sad? It's hard to tell, when your face only seems to make one expression. "Your Mom's the best, you really lucked with her, kid."
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The thought travels through his mind as Sans settles against the grass, and when Asriel stops giggling, it's replaced by a calm smile. While Asriel isn't fully aware of Sans and Toriel's feelings about each other, it isn't hard to pick up that they seem happier around each other.
"I'm... really glad she's here."
In so many ways he can't actually describe. He almost catches himself adding "but she really should living on the surface" before stopping himself.
"It feels like it's been so long since I saw her. When she first arrived, I mean."
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It's an earnest sentiment. Sans winds his finger bones through the grass, letting blades poke up between his metacarpals as he listens to Asriel continue. He's a good kid. Sans can see a lot of Toriel herself in him, not to mention a lot of their king. If thinking about that makes him feel a little guilty, it doesn't show in his voice.
"Yeah?"
He has an idea as to why, but asking directly isn't Sans' style. Instead, he tilts his skull to the side, patiently urging Asriel to continue.
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Asriel stutters, finding it difficult to keep going. He hadn't really talked to anyone about how he felt about being "alive" again and reunited with his family. It made him happy, sure, but it was also a painful reminder of all the things he'd missed. How he couldn't take part in growing up, eating his mother's cooking, watching the flowers grow in the garden...
So much he could've had, so much he lost, and he had no one to blame but himself for losing it all. Even though he can go curl up next to Toriel right now, there's a sense of sadness there. It wasn't the same. It could never be the same. And even though he could laugh, play, and even sometimes forget a little... things could never go back to how they were.
He could never be the sweet, gentle Asriel everyone thinks he was. He could pretend, maybe even some days, he could even try believing it a little. But deep down, he knows how rotten he really is.
The smile on Asriel's face twitches for a moment, but as much as he wants to bail on this conversation, he keeps talking.
"I've been away for a while, haven't I? So I guess... to me, it feels like a long time."
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There's a sympathy to his voice, lower than usual as he chews on Asriel's incredibly diplomatic way of putting it. Every monster knew the story, after all. Every monster could recite how the human ward fell tragically ill, and how their brother the Prince acted to complete their final request to see the flowers from their village.
Every monster knew what became of the Prince when he stepped through the barrier. It was the foundation of their King's war. It was why they no longer had a Queen.
From Asriel's perspective, it was why his parents were no longer together, whether he knew it or not. The thought makes Sans feel oddly guilty.
"Y'know, for what it's worth? I think it was really brave, what you did, going through the barrier like that to give your sibling some peace."
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The story wasn't lost on Asriel. It surprised him the first time he heard it, stirring up some lost feeling that Asriel couldn't grasp at as a flower... and by whichever number of resets it was, he remembers laughing. Mocking it.
That's how you choose to remember me? You idiots.
They left out the part where the death was planned, and that the noble "sacrifice" was originally meant to be a plan to collect six human souls. A plan that almost ended in the death of several human villagers.
Asriel bites his lower lip, tears springing to his eyes before he can stop them. He quickly starts rubbing his eyes with the sleeves of his shirt.
"U-um... thank you."
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"Hey, hey, kid, I didn't mean--I didn't mean to stir up bad feelings or anything. I know it couldn't be easy." His voice is higher than usual, and much faster. With a cracking laugh, his grin widens. "Wanna hear a joke?"