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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! ]]

Comments

takes a million years to find this icon

[bunnivore]

[ this is when she stops abruptly and her expression changes to one of confidence. with her hands on her hips she speak speaks firmly, almost with a scoff at how serious he's making this sound. ]

But he's still the same right?

[ no matter how long it has been, alice has been with oz enough to be confident of this. he's still that same idiot she met back in the abyss, and even as time passes and he changes, he's still oz. he's just oz moving forward. and now that she's here too she can move forward with him in this place. ]

Hah! I don't care how long he's been in this place, it just means that I, Mistress Alice, will have to make him remember his place as my man-servant!

1/2

[retraced]

[He looks down at her, annoyed at first, like he can't understand how even in the face of something like this she can still say such ridiculous things. But her words are true, and are exactly what he's sure Oz will want to hear. That despite everything, nothing has changed between any of them, and those few dreamlike moments that they all had shared can continue.

A small smile cracks the corners of his lips, and he reaches out to pat her head as he continues hurrying them down another hall.]

Mm. He's still the same.

2/2

[retraced]

[But then he drops his arm back to his side and scowls again.]

When he returns, you're not allowed to hit him or kick him or be violent at all. He'll probably be tired.

[bunnivore]

[ tell that to her when she sees all much taller oz is!

but she doesn't say anything, enjoying what seems to be the praise given to her as she continues to walk down the hall. she makes a mental note that she will have to, again, make pat her more because she likes it so much. ]

[retraced]

[You're going to have to work hard! Headpats aren't free!

But for now, let's turn down this way. This looks safe, which means that zombies can't be too far behind.]

There's one other thing I didn't mention. We're on the moon...

[bunnivore]

[ what. ]

[retraced]

[You heard him he's not repeating himself.]

[bunnivore]

[ wait,

just one more moment. ]

[retraced]

[THEY'RE RUNNING AROUND ON THE FUCKING MOON.]

[bunnivore]

[ THIS IS A HARD CONCEPT TO GRASP OKAY.]










Is it made of cheese?

[retraced]

--Cheese?

[Still thinking about food???]

[bunnivore]

[ she just had cookies, she's hungry.

she quickly puffs up, as if about to proudly announce something that only she knows and everyone else needs educating on. ]

Clearly you don't know! The moon looks just like cheese, so it should taste like it too!

[ cheeeeeeese, yo. ]

[retraced]

[That's

really very hard to argue.]

Even if that was true, you still wouldn't be able to eat it! So don't even consider it an option!

[bunnivore]

[ sharp glare.

it softens just a little when she speaks the obvious words: ]

I'm hungry.

[retraced]

[This is what he gets for encouraging the food discussion.]

We'll eat in a bit. First we have to--

[Get away from zombies, is what he wants to say, but a zombie answers for them. Up ahead, one of them moves into view, dragging its feet and guts across the ground. It's a sight enough to make anyone lose their appetite, at least.]

[bunnivore]

[ her eyes widen at the disgusting sight for a few seconds. seeing the zombie makes her just a tiny bit nervous, but it quickly goes away because she trusts in her own abilities. anyone would be startled at the sight of a walking corpse dragging it's own guts across the ground. she hasn't exactly lost her appetite, but food isn't the first thing on her mind anymore. ]

Oooh?

[ she makes this noise, as if ready to start a fight with it. ]

[retraced]

[He can sense that she's ready for a fight, and he weighs his options for grabbing her and running or letting her attempt to kick one over. They're slow enough that he'd be able to rescue her if she ended up in over her head, and she'd probably just yell at him until she got her way, so...]

Don't rush in and fight without thinking about it first.

[bunnivore]

I know...

[ those words were enough to bring her back down from her fighting mood. she suddenly remembers what lenalee told her about the zombies. if they would just come back up all the time, is this worth it? tch, annoying. she did want to kick one though, but maybe later.

while the zombies were slow, another one seems to be following in after him. and another. she knows when it's best to run. she flinches at the sight of them, and while her movements aren't very obvious unless you were paying attention she's pretty grossed out by these things. ]

Hey, Raven. Let's just get out of here already.

[retraced]

[He stares down at her, eyes wide with confusion. Huh, something has calmed her down, and he's not sure what it is. Maybe she's just really that hungry...yes, that has to be it.]

Follow me.

[He keeps a close eye behind them as he turns and flees the other way, making sure that the zombies haven't suddenly learned how to run. And just to make sure that she actually follows:]

I know where we can find some food.

[bunnivore]

[ hey, she can be mature sometimes and not just think about food! she follows. ]

Okay.

[ okay, maybe it's about food now. ]

[retraced]

[There isn't very much food, but it might be enough to keep her quiet for a while. And this way she doesn't finish off the rest of the welcome booth in the meanwhile.

He looks back and forth before walking into each hallway, making sure that the coast is clear of zombies first.]

[bunnivore]

[ and of course she follows, which eventually leads them almost crashing into oz. ]