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Cúrre ([personal profile] hownkai) wrote in [community profile] thisavrou_ooc2015-09-12 11:32 pm
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TDM 2


SEPTEMBER TEST DRIVE MEME




ABOARD THE MOIRA


Whether adjusting to space travel has been difficult or not, there is always something to be done. From working to leisure, the Moira offers a multitude of opportunities to get to know your crewmates a bit better. Exploration of the ship is highly encouraged, but as another planet grows closer to being docked, things start to get a little hectic. You'll notice a slight change in the artificial gravity as the Moira is pulled into the planet's gravitational field; however, more noticeable changes can be found in the overall morale as you prepare to descend.

☄ in the mess hall:


Things have been pretty smooth sailing thus far. There haven't been any unexpected horrors or accidents, and no one has gone missing. Later in the evening, you find yourself hungry and decide to check out what's on the menu. Making your way toward the mess hall, you discover that the door is closed and a sign has been posted directly in the center. It reads:

We don't know who did this or why, but action will be taken if it is not fixed immediately.

At the bottom, in very small print, it is signed by the captains. Venturing inside, you find something irregular about the room, and it's not what you might have thought. Finding the culprit, however, is hardly on anyone's mind. In fact, the kitchen has been closed until everything on the tables has been "fixed". Decadent foods and desserts from many of the planets explored in the past are laid out like a feast. There might even be liquor, but who knows how strong that stuff is. Consider this a thank you for all the hard work and effort you've put forth as a valuable crew member. Whoever said the mess hall wasn't for messes was sadly misinformed! It's party time.


☄ on your own:

There are plenty of other communal areas on the ship to explore! Pick a place, and see where it takes you.


PLANET EXPLORATION






Unlike some of the previously found planets, this one is populated. However, the majority of the natives are located in one central area near a very large body of water. At some point, it might have been a lake, but due to some abnormal constructional designs, it has been transformed into a well-maintained connection of underwater cities. Still, accessing them may prove to be difficult. Your MID warns of no pollutants in either the air or water. Yet, it has problems translating the language spoken between these humanoid beings—if they even speak at all. Most of them appear friendly, more than welcoming, but what's to be said about someone (or something) that doesn't wish to talk?


☄ the submerged:


I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment. I would like to be that unnoticed and that necessary.

Exploring the surrounding areas, which consist of marshes and some small trees, doesn't yield much. There are little resources and no fauna to speak of. The natives continue to lure whoever dares to follow closer to the water, their gestures open and curious. There is nothing to hint at the dangers that await anyone who wanders within arm's length of the shore, and if you do... Hopefully you weren't traveling alone and a friend is there to attempt dragging you away from the tight grip of the thing suddenly yanking you into the murk of that lake. They will fight to keep you, sink their hands and fins deep enough to draw blood; it calls more of them up from the depths to bring you down. For they need you like air, are desperate to call you their own, and if you surrender, how are you to ever describe the the last thing you see?

Is that what happened to the all those ships found crashed here and there, buried beneath mud and moss? Is this what became of the people aboard them? How ironic the dead say even less than the things that got you.




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[personal profile] neveroutwrenched 2015-09-15 09:34 am (UTC)(link)
Ratchet doesn't pay any mind to her gawking, and turns, looking at the tree nearest him, searching for a good place to attach a kinetic tether. It wouldn't work as well without a metallic surface, but it would do.

"Well, I didn't want to make any assumptions," he responds absently, and there is a bright flash as he activates the tether, and it latches onto the trunk of the tree, creating a temporary, but secure life line.

Omniwrench gripped tightly, he tentatively steps into the muddy banks, making a face as he sinks further with each step, although only daring to go up to his knees. He didn't want to end up like her, after all. Glancing back to assure himself that the tether's connection was stable, he reaches toward her. "Here, give me your hand."
peridork: (/TUGS AT COLLAR)

[personal profile] peridork 2015-09-15 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
She can't help but eyeball the kinetic tether for a moment. It's definitely a great deal more advanced looking than anything she observed back on Earth, so whatever this alien is, at least it's not a bone-headed primitive.

There's very little composure in the way she lunges forward to try and close the gap between the two of them, enough to be able to reach his hand with her weird, disembodied fingers. There's an ugly grimace on her face, too, as she tries to keep her core lifted high enough that she can maintain her balance and not belly flop into the mud.

"Hurry up, pull me out!" She says urgently.
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calm down artax

[personal profile] neveroutwrenched 2015-09-16 07:21 am (UTC)(link)
Ratchet starts to wonder how the heck her weird disembodied fingers even manage to work in the first place but cuts himself off; it's a headache inducing train of thought at best and he definitely wasn't about to ask. Here's to hoping they don't just...you know. Fall off.

"What's your rush? I thought you were just flinging yourself in the mud 'for the fun of it'?" He grins; it's probably not fair to make fun of someone who's trapped in a potentially pretty dangerous pool of goop, but, come on. Using the tether for leverage he backs towards the shore, leaning back to pull her with him, careful not to lose his own balance. It takes more effort than he expected, honestly, and he's suddenly doubly glad he didn't go any further than he did.
Edited (accidentally posted that before I was finished....?) 2015-09-16 07:28 (UTC)
peridork: (run run run)

(DISTRESSED WHINNYING)

[personal profile] peridork 2015-09-16 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm guessing--" Peridot stops to grunt, kicking her feet and trying to assist Ratchet's efforts at pulling her out-- "they don't have sarcasm on whatever backwater planet you're from, then?" she asks, her voice positively dripping with it.