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Thán ([personal profile] hohnkai) wrote in [community profile] thisavrou_ooc2015-08-04 11:09 am
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AUGUST 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.

☄ on the aft:


Offering an unobstructed view, it's quite easy to see stars that are still light years away. Like your own personal observatory, things are relatively quiet since other members are busy. While visiting, your steps may feel lighter as the ship's gravity is affected most here, but don't worry! The barrier surrounding the aft will keep you from floating away. Take note: if you happen to find yourself alone, no matter how brief, you may hear a distant echo — like a voice calling to you. For the most part, it's harmless. However, those curious enough to attempt to heed those words may find themselves suddenly jettisoned into space through a momentary lapse in the Moira's safety systems.

Hopefully you're wearing your thermals! The MID relay will alert the ship of this emergency, but who knows how long it will take for someone to retrieve you.


☄ in the mess hall:

It's breakfast time! On the buffet lining the back wall, you'll find an assortment of hurriedly prepared foods, but it's not the rations you've been accustomed to since the last port. There are stacks of green pancakes that taste like stale yet metallic bread. Are those eggs? Yes. Do they taste good? Probably not. Since supplies are scarce, there isn't much else to eat. The water might seem a bit brown, but is that really water you're drinking? After a while, depending on how much you've drank, you start to feel lightheaded... That's some strong space liquor right there.


☄ 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



Welcome to Hyacintho!





WARNINGS for possible psychological trauma, suffocation, and hallucinations.


From the outside, Hyacintho appears to be devoid of natives. Its landscape is sparse of vegetation with many slow-flowing streams tinted a murky blue. Craggy rock formations jut up randomly from the ground, hinting at abrupt development and are razor-sharp to the touch. Upon further exploration, dome-like structures can be found and appear to be abandoned settlements. Some are smaller and clustered close to the ground while others are elevated and connected by swinging bridges. Watching your MID here is critical; it monitors atmospheric composition with steady beeps that signal hazardous conditions. Staying on Hyacintho's surface for extended periods of time is ill-advised.


☄ the dormant volcanoes:

Scoping Hyacintho's peculiar topography leads to the discovery of inactive volcanoes and lava tubes. Some are easily accessible while others take more effort to reach—it's a steep climb to the vent. The ground shifts under your feet and can make walking difficult. Yet, the closer you come to a particular one, you may notice subtle changes in temperature and the air smelling faintly of sulfur. Perhaps this planet isn't as latent as you first thought.

Around midday, vibrations are unexpectedly felt and whatever light from Hyacintho's suns is blotted out by ashy clouds the same color as the ground. Small pockets of blue lava seep from those sharp rock formations, and that light sulfuric smell has now become increasingly overwhelming. Time to make a quick escape back to the Moira!


☄ the delirium:

When something terrible happens, sometimes it leaves a trace, a wound that acts as a knot between two timelines. It's like an echo repeated over and over, waiting to be heard... Like a scar or a pinch that begs for a caress to relieve it. An itch under your skin or a memory fading before your eyes.

The faint sound of your MID has grown unreasonably loud. In the back of your mind, you know what it means, but you're too lethargic to attend to its warning. Where once you believed Hyacintho to be absent of life, it is now overrun. Falling back to the safety of the ship is now much too difficult to do quickly. Your limbs are heavy, the natives' faces blurry and unrecognizable as if they're a great distance away, but you swear you can feel them breathing on your neck, dragging their hands down your arms and back. You struggle, falling over yourself and are swayed by the delusions you are rapidly succumbing to. Yet, somehow, the Moira is just ahead. Within reach. Are you at the door now? Are your friends with you to drag you inside? Are they even calling to you?

You ask yourself why you're breathing so heavily.

You aren't.



OUT OF CHARACTER INFO


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fight4theusers: ([art] twin discs)

[personal profile] fight4theusers 2015-08-10 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Discs are gripped tighter, but Tron doesn't move to attack just yet. That didn't go so well for him last time, after all, and Clu isn't making any agressive moves at the moment. Besides, the enemy around them, just out of sight, seems to be a more pressing matter.]

It's certainly not getting any better. [Not with you suddenly appearing. Tron can't even be certain the gold-circuited program is real, and not a product of whatever is scrambling his processes here on this strange world.]

[Wary, he stands defensive, back to the ship... shouldn't they be running? Fighting? Those dark, faceless shapes still crawl over the ground, pressing nearer, but vanishing when he tries to look. Clu is the only thing solid in this shifting landscape and Tron definitely doesn't like that idea.]
a_perfect_end: The players tried for a forward pass. (reboot retry)

[personal profile] a_perfect_end 2015-08-14 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Clu long ago learned how to act relaxed, how to seem at his ease, and never more so than when he might be threatened. So he's being very...chill, that was the ridiculous word for it.]

C'mon, is that any way to treat an old friend? Unlike whatever those are, I don't bite.

[Hark, is that the soft low hum of a lie?]

We always should have been a team.
fight4theusers: ([comic] wtf are you up to?)

[personal profile] fight4theusers 2015-08-14 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Tron knows that act, knows Clu's facade, and doesn't like it any more here than he did back on the Grid. The more calm Clu seemed on the exterior, the worse it would be later.]

Friend, huh? Maybe once. Before you betrayed Flynn. Before you rectified me. [His voice breaks off in a low rattling sound, that shattered hum that signified his other self.]

You and Rinzler made a great team.
a_perfect_end: The players tried for a forward pass. (bad command or file name)

[personal profile] a_perfect_end 2015-08-22 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Rinzler. Tron spits the name like it burns his mouth. Good--that's better proof he's real, because Clu would fancy another outcome, would see something else.

A more perfect world, where things were what he wanted they ought to be.]


Oh. That. [The smile goes tight and thin.] Flynn betrayed me, and as for you--

Well. He left you with me, didn't he.

['Cause maybe you didn't hear it, but you've got something in your throat, there, program.]
fight4theusers: ([comic] watchful)

[personal profile] fight4theusers 2015-08-23 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Some scars are more easily patched than others. Tron's face might not still show the damage that was once inflicted on him, the torture he endured, but that glitched rumble refuses to disappear completely, no matter how many scans and reboots he runs. That code can't still be there, it can't...]

That's how you see it, of course.

I told him to go. I saved him from whatever you would have done to him. [He's proud of that fact, no matter what the consequences were.

[Tron has been stepping back toward the ship, edging away from the twisting, writhing shadows all around them. He won't run from Clu, not now, not again, but facing him and whatever else is out there might prove difficult. His gaze flickers to the side, distracted, something's reaching for him but isn't there when he looks...]