February Event: OOC Plotting Post

[savmods]

Greetings! Over the last week, many characters have discussed how (or whether) to investigate the distant life signs found by Wanda, Erik, and Flynn's Cerebro device. Others have concerned themselves with the increasing maintenance issues plaguing the station here and now. On February 10, this month's event will be getting underway with a discovery that concerns both interests: a cascading set of system failures that requires resources from elsewhere in Avagi to repair.

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The Crisis

The arrival of the player characters—both from Thisavrou and the portals—has placed a strain on previously-inactive systems. While sizeable steps have been taken to fix or improve the lived-in spaces, Life Support has always maintained a more delicate balance, kept working as much by taskbot functions as by the few individuals who've taken up the job. On February 10, this balance will tip toward the worse. The barely-visible mold emerging from the vents will give way to a torrent of dark smoke: airborne toxins released as the filtration systems fail. Short-term efforts toward repair will require a full reset of station power, and once shut down, key systems will have difficulty coming back online. This will affect heat, air quality, and electricity through the entire local area. Over the next couple days, in-depth investigating can reveal the fault. To retain a breathable environment, Avagi's systems filter and store toxins: both those created naturally by its inhabitants and the more hazardous byproducts of power generation. Normally, these chemicals would be removed or purified—and systems for both do exist within the station. But the storm outside has prevented venting out to space for the last three centuries, and Avagi's purification modules rely on the presence of a rare crystal: once, imported from the nearby planet of Kauto, and currently... run out.

Stay or Go?

If a more numerous group has stayed alive elsewhere on Avagi, these problems must be ones they've overcome. More, investigation into Sanitation's backstock reveals shelves empty of not just the vital crystals, but the containers they were kept in. At some point in the past few centuries, someone removed these items from this region—presumably, for use elsewhere. It stands to reason that these hidden neighbors might have the answer to your problems. So who's going to reach out? At minimum, the journey will take several days, making it advisable to send a larger group. However, many people may be reluctant to leave their homes unguarded. While the purification crystals will be needed to provide a longterm fix, smaller efforts at repair can make a difference in the shorter term: both in securing liveable spaces for those who choose not to travel and in that ensuring vital spaces like the Greenery survive. While we are not requiring formal signups, we do encourage players to think carefully about whether their characters would stay or go. Both the home and away teams will face different challenges as things intensify, and after February 20th, it will become impossible to change groups. To reiterate: while travel between teams will be possible for the first week or so of journeying, both groups will be physically cut off from one another after that point. The character base will reunite in March.

Upcoming Dangers

Those who choose to stay will do so under extremely difficult conditions. Those who travel will (of course!) be encountering their own. The explosion that tore apart the Ingress Complex didn't just vent most of its inhabitants into the void. It let the void in. The energy-draining storm that surrounds Avagi has penetrated wide swaths of the interior, and a several-day journey will stretch out considerably longer as characters work to circumnavigate the lethal zones. More, proximity to the storm can have unfortunate effects on even the most cautious. If you are interested in signing up your character for a storm effect, comment at the header below. More details on both sets of experiences will be provided with the log. The player characters are neither the only ones to live on Avagi nor the only ones to travel through its halls, and they may come across signs of those who've come before them. They will also encounter much more dangerous hazards. On February 20, a discovery will be made that poses a severe danger to both the home and away teams. While information on this threat won't be publicly posted until the second log, we are looking for volunteers willing to accept a character death for a unique role in kicking off this portion of the plot. If you would like to volunteer your character, comment here. While not strictly necessary for the plot to proceed, we feel these volunteers could add significantly to the experience.

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If you have any questions, drop them off for us below! This is meant to function as an OOC post for both logs in the event, and we encourage players to make their own plotting comments as well. The first log will be posted in two days, on February 10.

Comments

WOWIE IGNORE THAT I POSTED UNDER THE WRONG TOP-LEVEL FOR A BIT HMMMMM

[inconsequence]

Character Name: =)
Interest in the storms: They're going to generally be cautious about the storm since they remember what happened last time, but Chara's instinct for self-preservation is, how shall we say, next to nonexistent? If they see anything or anyone of interest in the storm at all, they'll probably decide it's worth the risk if it means investigating. This thing of interest could be like, Literally Just A Flower and they'd be willing to poke and prod around, whoops.
OOC limits?: Last time they got storm effects they lost the power of speech. Since I've already run with that, I'd like to avoid that particular repercussion again!

we saw nothing~

[savmods]

Thanks for your interest! As a result of their proximity to the storms, Chara will be subject to the following loss:


Memory

The rippling shadows visible through the glass merge and shatter without end, making any number of shapes that might have drawn Chara's focus. Whatever they saw was enough to cause them to look closer—and in particular, to prompt associations of someone or something that matters deeply to them.

As they watch, memories of this subject are at the front of their mind. And as the storm's exaustion creeps in, it poisons the memory from the inside out. They may find themselves disgusted, tired, or hateful towards whatever brought them comfort—or, if the memory was already negative, may find themselves drowning in the sentiments it provokes. By the time they look away, all feelings on the matter have been replaced with an apathy so intense they see no point in even thinking on it. For the duration of the event, they will no longer be able to access any memories of this topic. If prompted by others, they will be overwhelmed by a hateful indifference: even if what these people say is true, why should they care?


The loss may begin anytime between the 10th and 19th—whenever Chara travels close enough to the storms to perceive them. It will last until the end of the month, and at your option, may persist to a lesser degree after. If you have any questions or adjustments you would like to ask about, feel free!