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Who: Everyone
When: May 1st and on
Where: The Moira + Amissis-Re
What: The crew finds themselves visiting the very barren planet of Amissis-Re.
Warnings:None, but please label your content!

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far from nowhere
"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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Look, not everyone can have hard-ons about free will, okay.

Frisk hums and looks around, then smiles and bends down to scoop up some snow. "You ever had a snowball fight?"

"No..." He frowns, brow furrowing. "How does that work?"

~~it better not be an ACTUAL FIGHT~~

"Well, you make little balls out of the snow..."

Frisk packs their handful together, and holds it out to Ginko so he can see.

"An' then we throw 'em at eachother!" And--yup, have a snowball tossed your way, buddy! (At least they packed it soft?)

Ginko leans forward, examining the snowball with some confusion--

And then flinches back with a quiet squeak when it breaks against his shoulder. He relaxes slowly, glancing sheepishly down at the dusting of snow sticking to his sleeve.

"...Oh. Um... okay, so..."

He crouches down to grab a handful of snow himself, trying to pack it together the way they had.

Frisk giggles and takes two steps back, nodding encouragingly to Ginko.

"Yeah! Just like that!"

Encouraged, he finishes getting the snow packed into what's more or less a loose ball shape. He stands up, weighing it thoughtfully in his hand before tossing it at Frisk.

They let it hit their shoulder and giggle, scooping up another handful and packing it as they start to run. "You better start dodging!"

Ginko nods and grabs more snow himself, stumbling a little when he first starts to run but then getting into more of a rhythm... and then tripping again when he tries to actually throw the snowball. He falls face-first into a snowdrift with a startled yelp.

Frisk can't help a small laugh, and lobs their snowball overhead to splat right in the middle of his back before ducking behind a tree.

He rolls over, trying to scramble to his feet and get another handful of snow at the same time. "--Hey, isn't that cheating?"

He doesn't sound too upset, though, all things considered, and wastes no time in chasing after them to toss another snowball.

"No! Forts aren't cheating!"

Frisk ducks and goes running, lobbing off another snowball before dashing to find another tree to hide behind.

"What about throwing one at me when I fell down?"

He practically falls down again dodging that one, then grabs a handful of snow and takes off after them, this time seeing if he can get them with a (probably rather poorly-packed) snowball before theirs is ready.

"That's just--AGH!"

Aaaand guess who just went face-first into a snow-drift.

Ginko just stares at them for a moment... then runs up, drops his snowball on them, and scurries away.

RUDE.

Frisk makes a muffled noise of indignation (they felt that!) and thrashes up to their feet again, picking up as much snow as they can in both hands and running after Ginko, yelling the whole way.

He scurries away at top speed, scrambling in between trees and leaping over roots... then, on an impulse, grabs onto a low hanging branch to start making his way UP.

Frisk tries to heave the armful of snow at Ginko before he gets too high, but it falls short and misses him entirely. But rather than really be upset, Frisk just laughs and starts climbing up after Ginko.

"Wait up, haha!

"Nah."

The response may not sound exceptionally enthusiastic, but honestly, Ginko doesn't really know how he's supposed to sound so this is about the best he's likely to manage - even if he is actually having a good time.

After a while he plunks himself down on a branch, clinging to the trunk as he leans over to watch Frisk follow him.

"Come oooooon!"

Frisk huffs and puffs, hauling themself up the tree. They don't climb them too often, and they're a little out of practice. Stopping on a branch a bit below the one Ginko is perched on, they look up and grin before batting at one dangling foot.

"Meow!"

Ginko kicks his feet a little as he waits for them to catch up. When they bat at his foot he stops, blinking in surprise.

"What are you doing?"

Frisk laughs and bats at Ginko's foot again.

"I'm a cat now! Meow!"

"...Oh. You look a lot as a cat like you did as a human." Apparently Ginko isn't actually enough of a Certified Fun Ruiner to actually insist that they're not a cat.

He squirms around on the branch to lie on his stomach, which isn't actually any less precarious than how he had been sitting before, and reaches down to try and catch their hand if they bat at him again.

"That's 'cuz I'm in disguiiiiiise!"

Frisk giggles and bats at Ginko again, and when he catches their hand they pause in surprise. Is he...?

He is! He's holding their hand!!! FRIENDSHIP LEVEL UP!!!

That pause gets Ginko's attention, and he freezes up as well for a moment. His gaze drops to their hands and he pulls his own back hurriedly, his shoulders hunching.

"--Uh. Sorry, I, um. I was just kinda seeing if I could, I-- sorry."

--whoop, there he goes. Frisk shakes their head, reaching their hand up again.

"No, 's okay! I don't mind!"

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