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Date: November 1st
Location: The Observatory.
Characters: Everyone.
Summary: New Transports arrive and are shuffled into the Observatory after their initial briefings. The zombie plot will not spill over into this area, this area is safe and unaffected! To face zombies, characters must leave the area, and please move to the event log with those threads.
Warnings: None.

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, solemn and taciturn. 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, or tells you that the DITR's greeters will explain everything. On the tablet, 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. It's night outside the great wide windows, and the lunar landscape isn't much to look at right now; the only lighting comes from dull red emergency lights, but there are… noises. Listen carefully. Over the voices of your fellow Transports, now and then you might catch the sound of a scrape, or a low and muffled cry. It doesn't sound human. Are there animals up here?

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, and to the remains of Exsilium.

[[ ooc; As a note for players of current characters: please keep your root comments confined to the various groups and organizations that set up root comments to greet new characters! We highly encourage tagging around here, but since it's a log meant for new characters specifically, we ask that they be the ones to set up root threads to the entry. Thank you, and happy playing! ]]

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I was fighting--

[ dammit what was her name again? she forgets the thought, only because it would be too much of a nuisance to figure it out. ]

Leo! Leo came to find Oz.

Edited 2013-11-03 04:38 (UTC)

[So from the sound of it, about the same time as he and Oz. That's both reassuring and a little frustrating.]

Leo isn't here either. [Though unlike Oz, he isn't certain to return in a day or so.] So you don't have to worry about fighting anyone.

[...]

Ah. At the moment, at least...

Oh? Who do I have to fight? Did he run off like a scared puppy?

[ y'know, despite it's them who's in a different place. god.

STOP BEING SO AMBIGUOUS YOU MARINE PRODUCT. ]

No one! I just said that!

[HE'S GETTING TO IT how does one segue into 'btw you're on the moon'.]

Are you sure you don't remember anything that woman said?

[ the moon always did look tasty, maybe she'll be okay with it. ]

Just a little about training and a government. [ she doesn't know that the latter is... ] It all sounded stupid. They made me pick something out but all I need are these.

[ lifting up a leg she shows off her signature boots. yeah! ]

Wait -

[He'd insisted that he hadn't needed a weapon either, so they'd done something to his Pandora emblem that he still hasn't been able to figure out.]

Did they do something to your shoes?

I guess...

[ ~it's a mystery~ ]

[Well, one more thing to worry about later. Not right now. Right now there are zombies to worry about.]

...It's just like that woman said. This place isn't the same as back home. It isn't even our world, it's...somewhere else.

[He can't even explain it using the concept of the Abyss.]

So for now, we have to stay here until those people you saw before find a way to send us all home.

Who said they could just take us somewhere else without my permission.

[ pout pout pout. ]

Next time I see her I'll kick her.

Don't kick anyone!

[He sighs in deep annoyance, and takes this minute to think about what Alice being here means. For one thing, Oz will be happy. This is a good thing. But Oz will also be upset, because now this means that the stupid rabbit is stuck here on the moon with them with zombies in the hallways and a world that is still smoldering beneath them.

Not exactly the best set of circumstances for a reunion.]

Listen, stupid rabbit. You can't cause any trouble while you're here. And if you promise to behave yourself until Oz gets here, I'll make sure to find you some meat to eat later.

[Maybe a bribe will help.]

O... Okay!

[ the bribe helps wonders, but really it doesn't actually mean she wont cause trouble. she does this cheering gesture and it's evident that she's looking forward to her next meal. at least she's a happy rabbit for now! however she stops and turns back to gilbert, as if moving on to the next order of business. something has been bothering her, it just wasn't important. ]

Hey, Raven. Have you been hearing noises?

[ oz & gil > meat > potentially dangerous noises. ]

Hearing noises?

[He frowns down at her.]

Did you hit your head on something?

No.

[ ╬ she's not stupid! good going gilbert, way to make her mad again. she scowls at him before continuing to explain. ]

It sounded weird. [ like moaning or something, who knows. maybe they're just like pigs or cows or something... anything that is meat is good with her. ] Do they keep animals around here?

Eh? What are you talking a--

[But just then, it hits him. The sound hadn't exactly faded into background noise, but he hasn't noticed it as much as before she showed up. Stop distracting him, Alice.]

Z-zombies--?!

[ excuse you, gilbert. with that kind of reaction alice simply stares at him. it isn't exactly one of confusion but she's pretty confused right now. she furrows her brow as she asks: ]

What's a zombie?

[ a beat.

here comes the forbidden question. ]

Can I eat it?

[He can't really blame her. Until a few days ago, he didn't really know what a zombie was either. Not exactly, not like this.

But that still isn't going to stop him for yelling.]

NO YOU STUPID RABBIT YOU CAN'T EAT IT! IS YOUR BRAIN REALLY IN YOUR STOMACH AFTER ALL?!

[These things aren't for eating! They're for killing. Without the use of guns or Raven, which has been making it more difficult for him.]

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE, YOU STUPID SEAWEED MOP.

[ they were just talking about animals, okay. naturally she would think zombies are animals. then again she thought the word naturally sounded yummy so it's hard to defend her sometimes...

either way, gilbert started it!!!! ]

They're people!

[insert soylent green reference here.]

Just...people who are dead. And still moving around...

What.

[ gross, dead people. that's not yummy. it actually reminds her a bit of the chains back in the abyss and she feels annoyed just thinking about them.

then she has an idea. ]

I can beat them up.

That's not an option.

[Even if she could use B Rabbit's powers freely here, they're not risking destroying the moon base.

Though speaking of which he still needs to mention that, huh.]

Why not?

[ stop stalling gil!!! ]

Because it's dangerous! Just - let me handle it!

[Yeah, he doesn't expect this to go over well.]

[ letting gilbert handle things is madness, just madness. ]

I want to see them.

[He's about to yell back that no one in their right mind would want to see them, but it occurs to them that unless they want to hide in the observatory all day, they're going to have to venture out into the other parts of the moon base eventually. For now, they should at least get her to one of the safety zones set up, get something to eat, and wait for Oz to return.]

...If that's what you want, then follow me.

[He turns back towards the door, checks to make sure that no one else is trying to come in or out before holding it open for her.]

[ she walks on in, quite eager to see what these things looked like. maybe she could fight one of them despite what gilbert said earlier. she does peer in first, as if keeping up with the nervous atmosphere.

she wants to find oz already but for now she feels secure enough, because gilbert is here with her. ]