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initiates NPCs ([personal profile] initiatesnpc) wrote in [community profile] exsiliumlogs2013-05-14 09:48 am

Other Worlds: V 1.0

Date & Time: May 14th at 9 AM to May 15th at 9 AM.
Location: Elmer's world
Characters: Elmer and his volunteer squad (and some Initiative NPCs).
Summary: The Initiative is tentatively trying to find a way to get Transports home, as outlined here. This is their first excursion.
Warnings: n/a

The Initiative employees who stand with the Transports at the Transporter pad are silent, nervous, but determined. They’re good words for the entire Initiative Hold today, really. For a room full of scientists all poised at their stations, it’s awfully quiet in here.

Transports and employees alike have been thoroughly briefed, warned repeatedly about the dangers, and finally, thanked for their bravery and contribution to the efforts to find a safe way home for unwilling Transports. (And yes, everyone has been promised a healthy pay bonus, pending their successful return.) There isn’t much left to be said. With one final nod, a white-coated woman at the forefront of the home-side scientists throws a switch.

There’s a hum, a rumble, a light...

...And then a lot of water.

It’s different from being sent back in time on missions; there is disorientation, a fleeting confusion. But as all of those along acclimate to their new universe, they might become aware of their surroundings. The fighters among them, having been warned repeatedly that there could be anything waiting for them on the other side, might even be a little disappointed.

They’re on a giant black cruise liner in the year 2002 — a veritable floating palace, with room for 2500 passeners and 1000 more crew on top of that. They seem to have just left shore, and the group’s en masse arrival on deck has drawn a few curious stares. Fortunately, their holographic devices should already have been activated before leaving, so the stranger-looking ones among them (you know who you are, green, gray, winged, and pointy-eared folks) won’t get more idle curiosity than the rest.

“Well,” says one of your resident lab-coated companions, “Mr Albatross, welcome home. Techs, spread out, get on the readings.” He tosses a doubtful glance at the rest of the Transports, a little apologetic. Really, they’d been prepared for a lot more explosions and gunshots than this. “The rest of you... see what you can find. I have a best-case-scenario list* from the higher ups, supplies they need. If anyone wants to see if there’s anything around here, be my guest.”

So there it is: you have a day, and a luxury cruise liner to spend it on. Better get to it.


*THE SCAVENGER HUNT LIST:
A lot of this list, handed out to the group on request, is really long, complex names of chemical compounds and fuel sources. Really, it’s mostly just wistful thinking on the part of the Initiative. But, hey, how were they supposed to be sure the group wouldn’t find itself teleported into a well-stocked laboratory in a futuristic world?

There is one very mundane mention on this list, though: alcohol. Is there a shortage in Exsilium? Do they just want better quality alcohol back home? Or is this for some extravagant party back in the Hold? Who knows. What is clear is it’s about the only thing on this list available on the cruise liner (although you never know, diligent searchers may get lucky with other items), and the Initiative has only given all travelers about $50 each.

[[ ooc; You’re welcome to make your own threads, mingle, or make up basically any scenario you’d like here! Feel free to tag the NPC, or handwave any communication with him entirely. They’ll be told to reconvene in 24 hours in the same place on the deck (except Elmer, who is to stay and look for any longer-term effects), and anyone not there runs the risk of being left behind when they attempt to reopen the portal back. ]]
dawningsun: (and forget it all)

[personal profile] dawningsun 2013-06-04 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Koltira?

[He thinks.]

Deathweaver?
gevurah: laughs he who laughs last (today's pb: ruth wilson)

[personal profile] gevurah 2013-06-04 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
That's right. [ Now she nods. ] We've only spoken once or twice. [ She doesn't know much about him other than he's apparently grumpy. ]
dawningsun: (I wanna push you back down)

[personal profile] dawningsun 2013-06-04 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I know of him, though I don't bother with the undead if it can be avoided. I don't care for his kind.

[He frowns.]
gevurah: (mismatched floor designs)

[personal profile] gevurah 2013-06-04 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She slows down her pace and looks over at him. ]

The dead don't stay dead in your world?
dawningsun: (there's a degree of difficulty)

[personal profile] dawningsun 2013-06-04 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately not.

[He shrugs slightly. There's more of a story there, but he wasn't one to go and give it all up just like that.]
gevurah: (bruce pls)

[personal profile] gevurah 2013-06-04 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
It happens in mine, too. Well, I think ordinary people stay dead. [ God knows her mother did and now her sister. ] We had a whole zombie outbreak some time ago.
dawningsun: (But I let you inside)

[personal profile] dawningsun 2013-06-05 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
That sounds much like the situation in my world. Thoroughly unpleasant business, in my opinion. A man ought to stay dead when he dies.
gevurah: ([muffled rap music in the bg])

[personal profile] gevurah 2013-06-05 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
Even before his time? [ She wonders. ]
dawningsun: (there's a degree of difficulty)

[personal profile] dawningsun 2013-06-05 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
I don't believe in fate, or that a man has a set time. People simply die, and there's nothing that can or should be done about it.

[A slight shrug.]
gevurah: (oops)

[personal profile] gevurah 2013-06-05 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ Kate falls silent, mulling over something. ]

What if one of our missions in the future deals with something like that?
dawningsun: (When you follow me home)

[personal profile] dawningsun 2013-06-07 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
Then I suppose it was hardly fate if it could be changed.

[He quirks a brow, smirking slightly.]
gevurah: (i shall become a lesbian)

[personal profile] gevurah 2013-06-08 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ She lets out a soft "ha". ]

It's what we've been doing -- trying to do -- this whole time, I guess. Restoring Exsilium. Changing the timelines and saving those who weren't in the past.
dawningsun: (stare into the past)

[personal profile] dawningsun 2013-06-08 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Curious, we have those who do much the same in my home world...though we don't generally use engineering to do so. We have dragons that guard over the timeways and who correct things when they go off-course.
gevurah: (bette why are you orange)

[personal profile] gevurah 2013-06-09 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
Dragons? What sort of dragons? [ This piques her curiosity some. She's met a dragon here, although he didn't seem to know anything about guarding the passages of time or whatever. ]
dawningsun: (When you follow me home)

[personal profile] dawningsun 2013-06-09 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
Bronze dragons. Dragons, in my world, are grouped into flights. Each flight corresponds with a color...a species, I suppose, you might consider them. Each species has a task.
gevurah: (un cadeau)

[personal profile] gevurah 2013-06-11 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Well, that certainly does bring back memories of meeting Aurican. ]

Ever met a dragon named Aurican here? He's a metallic dragon. Gold in color.
dawningsun: (stare into the past)

[personal profile] dawningsun 2013-06-13 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
I have not, actually.

[And, for once, he sounds almost...enthusiastic.]

I've never met a gold dragon. Curious! I think I would like to meet him.
gevurah: laughs he who laughs last (context not needed)

[personal profile] gevurah 2013-06-13 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
He's not a fully grown dragon. [ She's certain he would have not been in the city if he was. ] He's... an infant, I think.