here they talked of revolution, here it was they lit the flame

[initiates]

Date: October 1st
Location: The Observatory.
Characters: Everyone.
Summary: New Transports arrive and are shuffled into the Observatory for the show of the year. Initial briefings are very brief this time around, and that Greeter just won't stop crying.
Warnings: new confused people and old sad people??

Your arrival here has been very unceremonious. One second you were somewhere else, and now, very suddenly, your feet hit the glowing white of the Transporter pad, and you're here. You aren't alone, either. There's a crowd of others around you, each seeming just as bewildered, angry, or confused as you might feel. At the head of the group is a woman in purple robes, with eyes red as if she'd just finished crying. She hurries over a quick overview of your intended purpose here, and gives direct answers when asked for them, but to most things she simply shows you how to access the tablet you've just been given. There, you can find the history of this place and a record of what your new cohorts have experienced — although it won't have Network access for another 8 hours. Someone stands on hand to give you a weapon, and though the armory is now greatly reduced, you should be able to find something to suit you.

You're shepherded down a walkway tunnel and into the Observatory, where you will find screens mounted on three sides of the wide room. The only lighting comes from dull red emergency lights, and the scenes of a dreary, rainy city from various cameras up on the screens; the largest of the screens opens up to a view of Earth from a good distance away -- this one isn't a screen at all, you might realize, but a window. As you watch, all screens in the room fill with light, impossibly bright. It consumes the buildings, the people, everything. There is no sound played, perhaps mercifully, only that white light -- and then nothing.

Through the large window, there's a pinprick of light over one of the landmasses on the blue planet. It grows to a tiny blossom and then dies away, but a cloud begins to mushroom outward in the same spot. It pushes the natural clouds out of the way, claiming that small portion of the world and wrapping it in a uniform gray.

Strings of numbers begin to fill the blanked out screens as the base's AI begins collecting data and calculations, but the show seems to be over. You're free to explore the base, visit and use any of the VR rooms, or discover your new room and roommates, but try not to step out of any airlocks if oxygen is a requirement for your system.

Welcome to the moon base, with front row seats to the grave of Exsilium.

[[ooc; reminder! The Network will be down for 8 hours after the wave of new Transports.]]

Comments

[therealrisette]

[Pidonus may have used some charm spells on Rise to get her to help. With Rise's permission. It's a beautiful friendship they have.]

Oh... they gave you a tablet, right? Once the network's back up, you can use that!

[Normally, she shows people how to use it, but... since it can't actually access the network right now...]

It's kinda like a really high-tech cell phone. You can even do video calls!

[trickmyheart]

Ah, yes ...

[ She pulls it out of her jacket, to look at it ]

I had thought it was useless. [ Since, you know, it doesn't really do much of anything when there's no Network ]

[therealrisette]

Just when the network's down. Apparently, it takes a lot of power, stealing people from their worlds.

[Was that bitterness? Rise's voice, with all her innocence and naivete, doesn't lend itself well to it. It probably even sounds kind of pouty. But she's definitely upset about what the Initiative does.]

[trickmyheart]

I see ... I will be certain to take a look as soon as it is available again.

[therealrisette]

It should be working soon... I think...

[It's supposed to be down for quite a few hours, but this is the first time it's actually happened. She doesn't really know for sure.

Suddenly, she stops walking.]

Oh, here we are! Room 108...

{ooc: The timing on this tag... just as I was helping with grand opening plans for the 'speakeasy'...}

[trickmyheart]

[ Celes takes a moment to look around, remembering exactly where the room is, before looking back to Rise with a smile ]

Thank you for your assistance, Rise-san.

[therealrisette]

No problem!

[At least she was able to help somehow.]

I'm in Room 153, in the east wing, if you ever need anything while the network's down. And the door to the speakeasy's in the cafeteria. Just let me know if you need me to show you around anywhere else!