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Ingress travel can be disorienting, but there’s no need to worry! All side effects are temporary and lessen with each trip. Your body may experience several sensations at once: being pushed forward as if a hand is resting on your back, momentary and startling blindness, a gentle ringing in your head. You may have difficulty discerning whether it is hot or cold, but where you have been prodded is noticeably warmer than the rest of you. Some may suffer from dizziness while others are perfectly fine. You notice that the area you are in is filled with a soft cerulean light and feels slightly humid and dark despite the glow around you. Regardless of your current state, however, the stress of initial Ingress travel forces your body into unconsciousness.

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

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phanos

⋆ Phanos is classified as Exploration Class (EC) and is open to all travelers. The dry heat on the planet is overwhelming, but it's important that as many people as possible visit so that scientists can track down the origin of a strong signal pulsing somewhere on the planet. Its frequency indicates that if it is found, Ingress engineers may be able to hone in on people's signatures to send them home. However, frequent dust storms on the planet's surface are causing interference. It is strongly advised that investigators visit in groups—and keep their mouths closed!

⋆ Between dust storms, at the ege of the sandy plains, travelers will notice a series of pyramid-like structures. The smallest ones are just a few feet high, and the largest reach as high as ten-story buildings. Those who press on will find the terrain more difficult, as they must trek through increasingly dense clusters of pyramids of all sizes. Eventually, the pyramid 'forest' clears to reveal the largest pyramid of all, the size of a small mountain. Its peak is guarded by nests of griffin-like creatures which are no larger than a medium-sized dog. Those with combat skills should be in no danger, unless a whole nest attacks at once!

⋆ Multiple stone doors built into the top of the pyramid lead into a surprising space: a sleek lab, filled with incredibly advanced technology. Scientists, engineers and techies could happily spend years studying the equipment and deciphering the data it contains. But in the darkest corners, there's a quiet chittering...are the travelers really alone?

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[alterplex]

[ It's obvious that Venom saw no reason to press beyond the scope of his jurisdiction. An abundance of information can be a hindrance when one's primary motive is to follow directives; it's not his place to decide where the future takes him.

And, again, there's that hesitation. A split-second shuffle of feet that his wolfdog picks up on, pricks his ears up in response to. ]

—From the source.

[ There's a cautionary undercurrent to his tone, here, only compounded upon in his next admission-to-come. ] Kaz is also here. He filled me in.

[ Unspoken: keep it civil. ]

[shashka]

[ really, he shouldn't be surprised. information gathering like this had never exactly been 'Big Boss''s speciality. really, he should be grateful that he has as much information as he does, given the situation.

and, of course Miller's here. isn't that just fantastic.

what he says next might be perhaps the most ironic thing he's ever said. ]

You can't trust him.

[ given the last conversation he had with the other man, he'd be willing to bet good money that he's at least partially responsible for this whole mess.

whether or not he decides to keep it civil remains to be seen. ]

[alterplex]

He's made it clear that this future isn't the one he wanted for any of us.

[ Which is to say that Venom does trust Kaz, with the same empathy that he's currently extending to Ocelot. His angle of approach has always been different with his XO, who he still believes has been wronged— Kaz speaks to Venom's inherent need to preserve and uphold, because out of all of them, Venom has reason to believe that Kaz is the most vulnerable.

There are a lot of things that Venom himself is missing from the picture, the loose puzzle pieces that he doesn't deign to put together. Kaz is a blind spot for him, much in the same way that Ocelot can be. ]

...Ocelot. Whatever happens here may not have any bearing on what goes on in our world.

So don't get too hasty.

[shashka]

Because you didn't remember your last stay here? Was that an anomaly, or do we have more examples of the same thing?

[ if he's being honest, he doesn't like the idea that any of this might not matter, or that somehow he isn't in control of his own fate. for however else he was raised, since he helped bring down the last of the Philosophers, he's chosen his path of his own free will.

he's made it clear that this future isn't the one he wanted for any of us.

yet again, there's another crack in his ever-calm facade as a flash of rage passes over him. what the hell else did he think was going to happen?! but, yet again, he forces that rage down, because he really doesn't know anything about Miller's involvement one way or another. he just suspects, based on their last conversation, and what little he's learned from Venom. he might also be letting his own dislike of the man get in the way of his better reasoning.

and letting blind emotion get in the way of the logical truth had never done any of them (least of all Miller) any good. ]

I'll want to talk to him about this.

[ a pause, before clarifying. ]

And just talk to him.

[ he is occasionally capable of doing that, when the time calls for it. ]

[alterplex]

[ There are worse things than anger when it comes to personal politics, but anger tends to conflate and consume; two things that Venom wants to avoid, both for Ocelot and Kaz's sake.

He makes a mental note to continue mediation of whatever fireworks go up in the near future. Somehow, somehow, he already feels that he's failed. ]

That's for you and Kaz to decide.

[ They're both adults, and Venom has to trust that they can keep their discussion to something that doesn't blow up in everyone's faces.

Venom takes a beat to sigh, and appends: ] —And as far as more examples go, you were also here before. If anyone brings it up, now you know.

[shashka]

I see.

[ yet, somehow that was the least strange thing about this whole situation. Ocelot not having memories that he should... was something he had intimate experience with, even now. still, he didn't like what that meant for everything Venom had just told him.

well. it'd just be another bridge to cross when the time comes. ]

Anything I should know about that last time?

[ did he... backstab anyone? situations could change in an instant. ]

[alterplex]

[ Venom can't needle Ocelot for the things that he knows to be difficult to handle, which is where his misguided empathy plays a part, again. None of them need to be handled delicately, least of all Venom, but he can appreciate that information is best delegated to bite-size details. ]

No. As far as I know, we kept up the neutrality.

[ 'As far as Venom knows', of course. He won't deign to speak on Ocelot's behalf, but he can hazard a bit of a guess.

He rolls his shoulders, as if to grind his gears back into place. ]

...You're gonna be alright?

[shashka]

[ well. if nothing else, that was a relief. still, it didn't change the other facts. especially one in particular.

he needs more information.

at Venom's question, he shrugs. even if he were actually 'John', and not just 'Big Boss', this was one situation where he wasn't sure he'd reveal his true thoughts. no need to let anyone else know his weaknesses. ]

I'll manage.

[ he always does. ]