Asteroid 276: Conclusion (OOC Post)

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Hey, Savrites!

As you may have seen, there is a new log post up concluding this month's exploration of Asteroid 276. The previous log and signups for modifications remain open, and the events of the new log won't actually transpire until April 30. However, given those events take place within a single day, we figured players might appreciate a chance to plot or thread responses in advance.

Part of the goal this month was to move away from the slice of life situations toward a more player-driven line of metaplot in which character actions (or inactions) have lasting consequences on the story going forward. Over the next couple months, we'll get to see some of the effects of these events on Thisavrou as a whole. We'll also be working to provide responses to individual efforts at exploration and engagement with the setting. As always, if you have an idea you'd like to pitch or a question we can help with, feel free to hit up the Feedback page, FAQ post, or any of our OOC plot posts like this one.

dreams

The dream described in the log post will be experienced by every character that set foot on the asteroid. However, the following groups will be exposed much more directly to the source:

• Characters who (willingly) donated samples of their own biology.
• Characters who came into physical contact with the Greeter.
• Characters who underwent genetic modifications (double effect)

These circumstances can, of course, be handwaved (the Greeter's careful to be polite, but plenty touch-happy to anyone who seems open), though we ask that all modifications be commented to the link above. Once you've figured out how many incidents apply, tally them up and check below for the continuation of your dream. [CW for descriptions of blood, death, body horror]

One:

You claw your way free of the blood. You cling to shelter and try to clean it off, but the more you scrape away, the deeper it runs. You're made of it, and your flesh seems to squirm of its own accord, a disgusting, melted sack you're trapped inside of. You curl in on your flesh-mass, retching--

Two:

It's wrong. The loathing, the loss, the sticky liquid all around you. It isn't yours. None of it was, none of it ever was, and you pull back, with the startlement of a dreamer awoken... but you don't wake up. The shape is still there, a thrashing monster in a sea of corpses. But the figure isn't you. You're trapped in someone else's nightmare, and you feel the moment when their gaze turns in your direction, jagged fingers lashing toward your flesh--

Three/Four:

It's wrong. The loss, the loathing, the keening, absent sense of grief. None of this is yours, and you pull back to see the nightmare. No: the need. This is a focus. This is a call: to kill, to wake, to come together.

Save them.

The shape subsumed in the blood sea bears no resemblance to any creature you've seen. You couldn't name its face or size-- not truly, and trying only presents you with your own delusion. Whatever the being is, it sees you, though. It knows you. The world contracts in on itself with the impression of laughter, and it considers you a moment before reaching out. You have time, you know, to ask one question. On contact, you find your body dissolving around you, leaving an acrid ache like screaming in your lungs--

All characters awaken the same way. The vision, whatever its origin, was experienced as a dream, and may linger or fade to whatever degree you deem appropriate. This applies as an opt-out as well! However, if your character does retain their memory of a dream, the severity of the empty sensation in the log will intensify with their connection to the dreamer. (i.e. regular visitors to the station might shake it off in a day or two, but someone experiencing the fourth-level dream could be affected for a month or more.)

For questions or comments (IC or otherwise), hit up one of our comments below. Otherwise, feel free to comment directly to the post for inter-player plotting!

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Questions/Comments (OOC)

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Dream Questions (IC)

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[[ooc: Open to those in category three/four of the dream effects above. (Others are welcome to ask questions, but will not have the dreamer's attention long enough for an answer.) Comments are fine too, but keep the circumstances in mind; no yelling out an essay!]]