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thisavrou_ooc2017-03-24 10:49 pm
tdm 16
test drive meme
Waking up is another story. Or maybe it isn’t.
You find yourself in a nondescript room; sometimes with others who have found themselves in the same situation, sometimes alone. A medical tech is always present to explain what’s happened before giving you some clothes, a TAB, and a guide that discusses things in further detail. This entire process also consists of a complete work-up of medical history and current health in order to obtain your signature—a specific frequency that will allow them to hone in on exactly where it is you’re from in order to get you back there.You spend your first week on the Ingress Complex while other accommodations and arrangements are made for you.
welcome to thisavrou
escoria
⋆ The boat that eventually comes to your rescue isn’t very big, one of a fleet used to transport visitors from the floating Ingress platform. Only a few passengers are allowed on each one--a maximum of six. The boat’s captain is quite insistent that each group remain small, handing out blankets to those who did not come prepared for the chill. It isn’t too much trouble as there are a great many boats and plenty of natives to pilot them. The weather is cool, the skies are dark with rain that might fall, but for now things seem alright. Leaning out on the rail, you might see some shark-like sea creatures breaching the surface to breathe. Of course, you might also see quicksilver figures darting underneath the water from the corner of your eye, which is then followed by a sharp rocking of the boat. Did something nudge the vessel? Maybe you ought to make sure people stay back from the sides in case they fall in...
⋆ Despite the calm appearance of the sky, the worst has happened. A storm hits at just the right time to drive your boat against one of the multitudinous reefs, roughly jarring its passengers, and then, the waves continue to batter the ship against it until it falls to pieces. You get lucky and find a piece of debris to hold onto to keep your head above the water until the storm passes, although it’s some time before even a calm comes. Once it does, you have to deal with the facts: you’re stranded with minimal supplies, all alone except for the other people who were on board with you when the ship went down in the waves. And what’s worse, the water isn’t getting any warmer. What do you do to survive until help, hopefully, arrives? Will you make an attempt to swim to shore or wait for someone to send another boat?
⋆ The few who manage to weather the storm and make it to one of the few islands of Escoria are, indeed, lucky. What lies beneath the surface of those dark waters is much more dangerous and deadly. Distant cousins of Thisavrou’s native Gorgona of Region Four, these nameless creatures are ruthless as they hunt. They slither the shallow surfaces of the reefs spread out across Escoria, waiting for even the slightest ripple of water to alert them to their prey. At first, looking into the water reveals nothing. Then, the closer these things come to the surface, the faster it begins to change and look as if something familiar, something you long for is calling to you. It can be a person, alive or dead, or it could be something intangible like a goal waiting to be fulfilled or an object waiting to be touched. This is how they lure the unsuspecting below the surface, and once they have their claws in you, it’s very difficult to escape. The urge to be with them is impossibly strong regardless of the fact that no one can hold their breath for that long or survive the deep cold of the water for longer than a few minutes.
Your only chance of escape? Someone who might have noticed that you’d suddenly slipped under without a sound. Or, if by chance, you manage to snap off a piece of the coral in the reefs. It changes with the shape of the holder, and that, if you’re lucky, might be the very weapon that saves you.
FAQ | LOCATIONS | RESERVES | APPLICATIONS | NAVIGATION
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Alec Ryder? [She types his whole name, checking they were talking about the same person. What the hell. Disgraced was one thing, but that didn't make him any less of an N7 operative. If something killed Alec Ryder, it was nothing less than a complete blindsiding.
She could relate to that.]
I'm sorry for your loss. By all accounts, he was a great man.
[Except for the, uh, illegal AI research, but people in glass houses with unshackled AI friends shouldn't really point fingers. Or throw stones. Whatever.]
As for the confusion, I'm afraid it's a third option. That glowing machine you stepped out of is called the Ingress. You've been pulled several universes sideways, to a place called Thisavrou.
Did you read the arrival documentation they gave you?
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Thanks, though.
[ Daddy issues? Well, duh. But that's neither here nor there. She takes a moment to breathe, and read what else the illustrious Commander Shepard has to say to her. ]
I'll admit, I've never been good at reading the fine print. Also, was kinda having a panic attack when I first showed up. So yeah, the abridged version might be a good idea.
... I guess that WOULD explain why I can't contact my ship, crew, or friendly brain-buddy AI.
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Well. An explanation about the casual "brain-buddy AI" drop, for starters. But that could come later.]
I can abridge.
You're on Thisavrou, a binary planet system. Like I said, you've been pulled her via the Ingress, which harnesses a unique energy from between the two planets that has the ability to manipulate time and space. It works, believe it or not, and it serves as a jumping off point for trade and travel — but it still has faults, glitches — and that's what drags people here. Aside from the locals, many of the people living here on Thisavrou have been involuntarily pulled from their own universes.
The good news is, Ingress technicians and scientists are genuinely working to get us home, trying to locate the multiverse coordinates for each of us, and there's been some successes. So there is every chance we can return. But in the meantime? We're in limbo. [Purgatory. Civilian hell.]
I know it's a lot to take in, but this is about as short as it gets.
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So, I get a vacation I guess before I have to go back and save everyone's asses. Wonderful. Don't you love it when a computer glitch ruins everything?
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[AND THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT VACATION YOU SWEET SUMMER ASS CHILD!!!]
Mind telling me what you were saving everyone from?
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[ Can't you just let her live in a fantasy for two minutes? Geez. ]
Saving? Oh, the usual. Hostile aliens,
starvation, politicians, their own stupidity...
1/2
2/2
Andromeda not exactly matching up to the brochures?
[All those stock images, sacrificed for nothing.]
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No one said it would be easy. Well, some people might've thought so, but there's stupid people everywhere.