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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. The techs and others in the facility seem strangely frazzled and tired, but if asked, they reassure you that nothing is wrong, the danger has passed and everyone is all right now.

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⋆ Escoria is classified as Exploration Class (EC), and travel through the Ingress is mostly smooth except for one issue: anyone with powers or abilities will find that the distortion between worlds has temporarily caused problems accessing them. Essentially, it has left all travelers depowered. Another similar issue comes in the form of the location of Escoria’s Ingress—seemingly in the middle of a vast ocean, the Ingress is balanced precariously on a set of buoys connected to a small floating dock. Once on this dock, it is clear there is no getting anywhere without some transportation. Testing the dark waters will find it unbearably cold, though not cold enough to form ice, and far off in the distance, between the mist and ever-constant gray light - where’s the sun? - some might even notice what looks like an island.

⋆ 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.

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Not worth the rashes, man. Well, it really depends on which kind you take. The ol' 'retrieve sample of this' ones ain't as easy as they look.

Luckily I ain't lookin' for easy. I'm lookin' for 'pays well'.

[But he's got to admit that a rash doesn't sound like the best of times. It's not a typical concern.]

I'd keep that in mind, though. Nothin' like a distractin' itch to make a fight go bad. You can't live that sorta thing down.

Easy rash? If you say so, dude.

[distracting........]

I'm talkin' a rash that lays you down. And probably transforms you into something.

[Well, that sounds like a doozy. But still...]

I come across worse on some of the planets I been on.

You end up with somethin' like that?

[Still not above his pay grade quite yet.] And how much does some protective gear cost around here? They can't be sendin' people out there without some options on the table.

What like alien STDs? [an afterthought:] No offense.

I didn't have it I just saw a situation like that. Rough to stomach.

Depending on the job, some equip you with what you got. Just to make sure you come back with it.

No offense taken. Can't be too careful with the company I usually keep.

[He'll flat out admit that he hangs out with some morally questionable people. It's not as if someone isn't gonna be able to pick up on that on their own.]

So they'll give you a loudout before they send you out there. Good to know.

Can you bring some of your own shit? [He'd hate to leave behind his yaka arrow. He'd feel downright naked.] I like usin' what's familiar to me.

They're particular about their shit coming back, so while the stuff's on loan your ass don't matter.

[sad but true]

Yeeep, they don't care as long as you get it. And as long as it can fit on a transport.

I guess I'd get pissed if one of my guys made off with equipment meant for the lot of us. Makes sense that they would.

["I guess" meaning "he'd be throttling the absolute hell out of somebody for their transgressions."]

Lucky for me I pack light. I normally don't need too much.

What sorta transports you got access to around here?

--Would they really make that much money off it?

[something to not consider but still]

What like a pair of undies? Same. We got spaceships, little ones.

Well I ain't expectin' to soil my britches or nothin' so I'll probably be fine.

I got experience with ships, too. A lot of it. Are there any planets within casual drivin' distance or do we gotta use their big portal?

If you say so, dude.

Gooootta use the big portal, depending on where you're at, anyway. Currently.

Hm.

[That "hm" is a "I'm not big on being the check in-check out passport type", but he'll make due with what he has. At least there's a chance for some work where he can get out and about.]

There any guys that go in as a unit or is this mostly a solo venture?

[He misses his Ravagers. Both the current ones and the past ones.]

[he won't mention smuggling himself anywhere because.........that goes without saying, probably]

Some of the people from the OG ship do, yeah.

"OG ship". What's that mean?

[He, sadly, is not familiar with 'OG' but he's guessing at least at some point an actual ship happened.]

The original ship we were on before landing on this shithole.

[an actual straight answer WOW]

You're an alien, get with it, dude.

[aaahhh nevermind there it is]

Hey, unless you were born here? You're an alien too.

[Yondu is not hip to the abbreviations, alas.]

Huh. [WELL] You're not wrong on that one. Still, you're more of one than me, cause you're new.

That's about right. I got a feelin' I'm gonna be stuck here. I prefer bein' new somewhere than to stick around an' get used to whatever mess people got goin' for themselves.

Better to know it than to have hope that ain't there. Better keep busy, dude. Don't die stupidly though.

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