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exsilium MODS ([personal profile] initiates) wrote in [community profile] exsiliumlogs2013-09-30 08:15 pm
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here they talked of revolution, here it was they lit the flame

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.]]
paraleyes: (24)

[personal profile] paraleyes 2013-10-06 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
Then... we have to find them for sure! Seto will help...!
eyecaptivating: (that sent me swimming)

[personal profile] eyecaptivating 2013-10-07 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
Oh! He probably knows a lot more than us about how to find them, doesn't he? [Nod, nod, nod.] We have to tell him, Mary!
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[personal profile] paraleyes 2013-10-08 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
Seto's really smart... and he knows a lot about animals... so I'm sure he'll be able to tell us where we can find them...!
eyecaptivating: (fathoms under water)

[personal profile] eyecaptivating 2013-10-08 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
[At that, Momo claps her hands together once, practically bouncing on the balls of her feet.] Then we'll ask for his help! All right, Mary? He should be happy about seeing the rabbits on the moon, too.
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[personal profile] paraleyes 2013-10-08 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah...! I bet it'll make him really happy...!

[It'll be a good pick-me-up for everyone, come to think of it. After everything that's happened over the past few days, couldn't they all use a breather? She and Momo could make that happen.]

... Maybe -- we can all look together...!
eyecaptivating: (you are running out of breath to carry)

[personal profile] eyecaptivating 2013-10-08 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
Ah! [She giggles again, nodding.] Yes! Yes, we should all go! All of us and...

Oh! All of our friends!
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[personal profile] paraleyes 2013-10-08 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that's right! If everyone looks... then we'll definitely find them...!

[And even if they don't? It's a nice break from all the stress.]
eyecaptivating: (there's still time)

[personal profile] eyecaptivating 2013-10-08 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
That's right, that's right! The rabbits will even want to see us!

[She has decided this. Just now.] Just wait, moon rabbits!
paraleyes: (24)

[personal profile] paraleyes 2013-10-08 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
If Seto comes... they definitely will...!

[Gosh, now she's all excited. If she smiles any more her face'll fall off.]
eyecaptivating: (cause that song)

[personal profile] eyecaptivating 2013-10-08 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
[It's a good thing the both of them are in the same boat.]

Then we'll find him first!
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[personal profile] paraleyes 2013-10-13 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
I can -- I can ask him! Seto will definitely come...!

[If he hasn't found work already, anyway. But for something like this, something important like this -- he'd definitely try to make time, right? They can all make it work.]
eyecaptivating: (and deeper)

[personal profile] eyecaptivating 2013-10-15 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Something like this... Even work could wait! Right?]

Ah! Thank you so, so much, Mary! I'm sure he'll say yes to you!
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[personal profile] paraleyes 2013-10-16 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
I think... if you asked, Momo, he'd probably agree too. Seto's really nice.

[As long as you got his name right. :T]
eyecaptivating: (you are running out of breath to carry)

[personal profile] eyecaptivating 2013-10-17 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
[Names are hard and no one understands, Mary!! D:

After a moment's pause, she nods.]
Hehe, I think you're right, Mary. He's been really nice to me and my brother, too.

[Even though he hasn't known them for as long as the others, she doesn't get around to saying.]
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[personal profile] paraleyes 2013-10-18 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
Just... remember, okay? His name is Seto. Not Setto or anything...
eyecaptivating: (a greedy little thing to have around)

[personal profile] eyecaptivating 2013-10-19 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
Seto...? [She pauses, eyes wide in surprise. Then, she squares her shoulders and nods yet again.] Y-yes! All right! Seto! His name is Seto.

I won't forget! I'll do my best to remember his name!

[Maybe.]
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[personal profile] paraleyes 2013-10-20 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
Don't forget. How would you like it if someone forgot your name, Momo...?

[She says, but she's not really angry or even irritated. She hasn't forgotten recently, and, well -- Momo is her best friend. She couldn't stay angry with her anyway.

But it's very, very important that she remembers this.]
eyecaptivating: (a stern and stubborn rock)

[personal profile] eyecaptivating 2013-10-20 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh no. Ohhh nooo. Oh no, she's right!

Momo quickly shakes her head, waving her hands in front of her.]
I-I wouldn't like it! I wouldn't like it at all!

I'm sorry, Mary! I promise I'll remember. I'll work really, really hard!
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[personal profile] paraleyes 2013-10-21 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
[Good! She gives a smile, not entirely triumphant but still definitely pleased. As long as Momo tries to remember, as long as she does her best, that's what matters.]

Thank you, Momo!
eyecaptivating: (away from the shore)

[personal profile] eyecaptivating 2013-10-21 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Seeing that smile, Momo relaxes, cracking one of her own.]

Hehe, just wait and see!
Edited (PAGING THE DEPARTMENT OF REDUNDANCY DEPARTMENT) 2013-10-21 20:40 (UTC)