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thisavrou_ooc2018-02-08 10:49 am
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February Event: OOC Plotting Post
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. |
| 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. |
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. |
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The original question was: What would happen if Rogue were to touch one of the Mitros? Given that her power drains the life of others, in addition to their own powers, would it be fair to assume her touch would be enough to take them out?
and the response was: Unfortunately, a fully transformed Mirtos is not actually a living being! Her touch might harm the partially transformed PCs, but would be unlikely to be able to affect the Mirtos.
So just a few follow-up questions.
-If she touched a partially transformed PC, would that stop their transformation, or just eventually render them unconscious? Would their effects be passed on to her? If so, would it fade as all others' powers do, or would it remain and effect her?
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The specific effects would depend on the degree of their transformation, and the duration for which she maintained contact. While not strictly "empowered", the turning characters are connected directly to the storm, and it is in the process of leaching away their own nature to hollow them out for use as its conduits. Options include:
1) The PC is still "themself" enough for Rogue's power to act on that, and Rogue maintains contact just long enough to make them unconscious. The touch may be unsettling for her, similar to close proximity to the storm, but conveys no significant damage. It would not affect their transformation.
2) The PC is far gone enough that Rogue's power acts instead on their channel to the storm. Brief contact would provide them with a short reprieve (clarity of mind and freedom from the storms' hunger), but does not reverse any of the damage they have suffered. Rogue would be subject to a storm effect herself for the sensations she absorbs, and within a day or so, the PC will resume transforming.
3) The PC is far gone enough that Rogue's power acts on their channel to the storm. Prolonged contact causes the storms' anchor to transfer completely: freeing the PC she contacts, but afflicting her. The PC in question would be capable of a slow recovery (though the marks on their skin would remain), but Rogue would then begin transforming into a Mirtos. The more thoroughly she "cured" the other character, the more rapid her own changes.
If you have any follow-ups regarding these, feel free to ask!