November TDM

[savmods]

Multiversal 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 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 transit 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. Welcome to Avagi Station, your new home.

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Avagi

That First Step, it is a Doozy: There are always risks to exploring new environments and Avagi is rich with new nooks and crannies to explore. You’re checking out a new corridor that’s been opened, though there have been signs warning that there are areas where structural stability has been weakened by neglect and the passage of time. But maybe things have been going well, you’ve found a few interesting things of note and you’re ready to head back to your bunk for the day. Except when you turn to leave, the floor is giving way without a screech of metal. Hopefully you’ve got some good reflexes and can catch yourself before you topple down a shaft that seems to go down at least thirty or forty feet. Do you call for help or struggle to handle it on your own? And more importantly, how are you getting around this giant hole in the floor now that it’s there? The Buddy System: In order to help new arrivals find their bearings the more experienced residents on board have decided to try out the buddy system in order until the new arrivals get their space legs. The guide is responsible for answering any questions, showing them all the important facilities and making sure their new friend doesn’t wander anywhere too dangerous. And what better way to get to know your buddy than to try and help them find all the supplies they need to be comfortable in their new home? Hopefully the barter blocks have some clothes in your size or else it could get a little bit awkward come laundry day. Shining Bright: The Observation Station is the best place on Avagi to get a look at the storm that rages all around. However today when you stop by there’s something strange and new to look upon. It’s not clear if it’s a change in the environment or perhaps an effect of the living energy that opens the portals but the entire room is filled with softly glowing floating lights. If you venture into the room and dare to touch one of the lights you’ll find that you find a song playing in your mind that fills you with a deep and abiding sense of peace. What you do with that feeling is up to you but it seems that these lights aren’t going to cause any harm then why not let yourself relax in a beautiful space for a little while?

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Kaittos

This month there is a portal to the planet Kaittos, a peaceful world containing one large land mass and a scattering of lived-on islands across a clear blue ocean. On the mainland, a large city-state occupies the central region and southern coast and resembles what some travelers from some versions of Earth might know of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Bustling and lively, the city is clean and well provided-for due to the temperate climate and the bountiful natural resources found on its northern side; orchards, farms and forests extend into the distance, butting up against a small mountain range. The technology level is low compared to Avagi, with carriages and candles in place rather than cars and electric lights, but the craftsmen of the world have managed some very impressive mechanical feats. Kaittans, the local residents of the world appear somewhat humanoid, but the bipedal race has hooves rather than feet, silvery skin and three eyes with vertical pupils. Although there is no sign of any other sentient species in the world, the locals are nonetheless excited to meet their guests, rather than suspicious or afraid; for some reason, they are not surprised that aliens exist, merely that they are here. Visitors are encouraged to explore the city and partake in an exchange of goods and ideas, to share their culture and stories with the locals. Perhaps there’s a merchant willing to trade a bauble for a story or you want to try something entirely unknown to your palette in the culinary quarter. The possibilities, while not quite limitless, are enough to keep the curious busy for quite a while. OUT OF CHARACTER INFO FAQ | LOCATIONS | RESERVES | APPLICATIONS | NAVIGATION

Comments

[clussy]

He's a talking, moving skeleton. Why would he be anything else but magical?

(He is yanking his scarf back now, thank you very much. Honestly. He folds it up carefully and sets it in his lap. Richie was totally missing the point, and for that, Eddie felt, as Richie himself would put it, 'bitchy'.)

It isn't normal. But like, none of this is normal.

[beeped]

Rawr.

[That's how he feels about that, but he follows it up with a shrug.] I. Don't. Know. Which is why I asked.

[It's one of those moments where he's not understanding why Eddie's getting frustrated with him but that's nothing new.]

[clussy]

(It was as simple as Eddie just being frustrated with Richie being Richie. They were best friends, but they were best friends that chopped together pretty often. But at least his annoyance is subsiding and he's realizing maybe it wasn't totally fair to expect Richie to just roll with it. So he bumps his shoulder against Richie's and gives him a bit of a meek look.)

Okay, okay. Sorry. I don't really get it either, is the thing. I just know that he's a skeleton. I haven't asked about the technicalities.

[beeped]

It's okay.

[He might've been able to stay mad at some of their friends for weeks at a time, but that generally wasn't the case with Eddie. This is hardly a big deal, and after that nudge, they're cool now.]

I'm glad he's been a good friend for you.

[clussy]

(The simplicity of twelve-or-so year old boys. Eddie's grinning, and he nudges Richie again.)

Yeah, but he's not you guys.

(Which was absolutely no offense to Sans, but the man in question would understand what Eddie meant by that. No one could replace the Losers.)