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❪ test drive: #2 ❫
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THE PROLOGUE There is urgency in the Orbiters' request. Refugees currently in El Nysa are asked via mass message to please return to Thesa Station virtual reality area immediately. Zasere tells them that the next set of Refugees are scheduled to wake, but there's been an issue. On Thesa, refugees will find that the people in stasis are still apparently trapped in slumber. Most of them are complete strangers, but there's a chance you may recognize a familiar face or two. Normally, these people would wake up from their pods without issue, but due to a malfunction caused by the unforeseen force during The Descent, they have to go through extra measures to make this possible. Those in slumber require extra stimulation, something to keep their minds active. What better than a simulation of an area of El Nysa? Keeping their minds active requires an extremely involved simulation. Those subjected to the VR (prospective characters) will find themselves completely immersed in their new environment, believing themselves to be native Olympians. To wake up from the simulation, characters must work together to accomplish a certain objective(s) in the icy tundra. Characters in-game will be aware that this is a simulation, but this is good practice for properly interacting with El Nysa natives, isn't it? PROMPT: WINTER CAME  The wind in the icy wasteland is bitter and frigid. You are wrapped up in a winter coat, but even still, the cold bites at your skin and leaves you yearning for a warm fire. Perhaps you're a merchant from the city, here to make a delivery, or you're a royal guard, sent to patrol the area. Who are you? The sky is the limit. One thing is certain — you won't snap out of your new identity until you finish a task. 1. Due to the vast diversity of the creatures on El Nysa and the fact that new ones are constantly being discovered, an important objective is to carefully chronicle different species. Unfortunately, to research these new species, they happen to need more than just a visual. More than just fleeting glances in over a snowy hill. Researchers are constantly looking for ways to secure...  3. You are stuck in a dilemma. On one hand, you are set to work for Olympia. One the other, you're not completely sure what is really expected of you, or who the man who gave you this mission truly is.When you come to, you will awaken in Thesa Station. All will be explained to you by Zasere or Sael via telepathic link. Your world is no more. The Storm has consumed it. We offer proof in the Observation Deck if you desire it, but it won't be an easy thing to stomach. We offer you a new life, in our planet of El Nysa. We just ask for your help in maintaining the vitality of El Nysa. What can we offer you in exchange for your help? PROMPT: STASIS UNIT  You have found the massive section of Thesa known as the Stasis Unit. There’s no special access required to access this part of Thesa Station, but refugees are warned that it may not be for the faint of heart. Here, in large pods that nearly cover every square inch of the space, are all of the people the Orbiters have managed to rescue. Your loved ones, your greatest enemy, your next door neighbor— you might find them here. These people are in a state of deep cryosleep. Due to the damaging effects of The Storm, their bodies are not yet ready to be awoken. PROMPT: GET REKT  The Orbiters have noticed that some of the refugees really miss their video games. The technology in El Nysa could be much worse, but it definitely leaves much to be desired. Which is why, after expressing relief that everyone awoke safely, the Orbiters have decided to provide a little fun in the form of video game competitions. Anything from old-timey arcade machines to state-of-the-art computers, consoles, and VR headsets (though you may be a little tired of VR right now...) is available, and yes, they have your favorite games! Enjoy PAC-MAN, Starcraft 2, or perhaps Dance Dance Revolution! Teach a friend how to play. Get unnecessarily angry and competitive. Most importantly, have fun. Keep fourthwalling to a minimum, please. Recommended playing: QWOP PROMPT: OMAGE
Upon receiving your mobile phone, you will be asked to set a username. Voila, you can now access the network! You can choose to send a message to the entire network, specific usernames, or you can try out the Orbiters’ service, Omage, which connects you to a random user. They thought this might be a good way for their new guests to make friends with each other...
Connecting to server... PROMPT: WILDCARD
You are welcome to write any scenarios in Thesa Station! Characters have been granted temporary access to the Observation Room, and are encouraged to study it carefully.
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Please give toplevel priority to prospective characters! Current characters wishing to thread these scenarios with other current characters are encouraged to create separate logs. However, threads between 2 current characters are not eligible for Natha Orbiter REP.
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Zer0 | Borderlands
[Scooping up cat dumps isn't the most glamorous of jobs, but it's quick and it's easy, and Zer0 has it over and done with as soon as he finds a fresh pile. Sure, it's gross, but getting that out of the way frees him up for the slightly more interesting job of retrieving a blood sample. Not being allowed to kill these things was probably going to add a certain degree of difficulty to the whole job, but maybe the extra bit of challenge would make this more entertaining. Maybe.
Probably not, but the hunt was on regardless. Pro: Fresh critter poop = fresh critter tracks, and Zer0 isn't too far from one of their caves. Con: He's stuck carrying a bag of poop around for a while. It could be worse, though. He could be carrying poop around and have some chucklehead roll in and interrupt him while he's sneaking up on a cave full of sleeping Kleps. He's got stealth down to an art, but it's only going to get him so far if someone decides to drop in on him all "HEYOOO".
OMAGE
You’re now chatting with B00mHeadsh0t... Say hi!
Requesting info,
Where can one purchase weapons?
Asking for a friend.
STASIS UNIT
[Look if you're gonna be stuck on a crazyass space station, you might as well explore the shit out of the place. It is pretty badass, after all. Aside from the whole world ending thing, but you can't win 'em all right?
Zer0's adventure trek has brought him to the Stasis Unit, and it's every bit as creepy as he expected it to be. He's way more curious than he is creeped out, though. Who wouldn't come in and start browsing through frozen bodies just to see who's here?
Maybe Zer0's actually the creepy thing here, let's be honest. Whoever's around to chat may just think so.]
Perhaps this sounds strange, / But I think I killed these guys. / All those guys, as well.
[Then again, Pandora had a seemingly endless supply of psychos and bandits. Who knows.]
WILDCARD
( just slap me with something I'll roll with everything. HMU at mummifiedsalarian on plurk and we can like plan a shit maybe :D )
SCREAMS aaaah a Zer0! (also omage)
>>There are plenty of armories around here, if you're in the market.
Or... if your "friend" is.
But I have to ask, what exactly are you-- er, they-- looking for, and why?
YO
Though rifles would be preferred.
For shooting at stuff.
[I mean what else would you use guns for bro??]
yooooo
Are you -- or your friend -- planning on going hunting or something?
[ for animals, he means. not humans. ]
:)
That is available here.
So, sure. Probably.
[Animals, people, robots, giant alien monsters, whatever. He isn't picky so long as it's challenging.]
he was my main in my first playthrough of bl2 ever. meeeeeemoriessss...
lmao dude the first time i played it was like this past winter i am so new
That we should be shooting at?
Suggestions welcome.
well WELCOME! it's such a gr10 series, and zer0 is my fave. i even have his hoodie. c:
[ You're getting ideas now, aren't you? ]
But I'm sure there's a range around here somewhere!
[ Bo-ring. ]
omg i hope i do him justice \o/
I'll keep that in mind.
[booooring.]
I'll have to keep a look out
For work I'd prefer.
so far so good my dude!!
Is... shooting what you'd like to do for work?
[ Sorey, no. Turn around, and back right out of this conversation, right now. ]
aaa thank you!!
stasis
[ Guess who wasn't expecting there to be anyone else around this particular area of the pod storage and nearly jumped out of his skin just now with a none-too-manly yell of alarm?
definitely Not Rhys that's who, he has no idea what you think or saw there he's the perfect picture of composure here with the way he's stumbled back up against on of the with wide eyes. ]
Why would yhhaaa, Z--Zer0?? Is that you???
[ Oh my god oh my god Be Cool Rhys, Be Cool. Never before has he straightened up so fast and brushed his clothes down like this was all something he totally meant to do, yup. Everything's Fine. ]
H-hey, didn't see you there all...s, sneaking--hey. How've you been?
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After a few seconds, a hologram pops up in front of Zer0's mask for a couple seconds. "B00". Beyond that, though, Zer0 decides to just let it slide. He doesn't really know Rhys that well, but the guy's pretty much an overgrown chihuahua as far as he can tell. Get him too worked up and he'll probably start pissing on the floor. No thanks, bro.]
Fine. Still adjusting, / This was all unexpected. / Have you been here long?
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Rhys clears his throat and tries not to look too excited to see the assassin. ]
For a-about a month? Yeah. Did you just...uhhh, did you just wake up?
[ Or did he wake up with everyone else and Rhys just missed him this entire time ]
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I did, recently. / I've heard everything is gone. / Is what they say true?
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About our universe? From what I can tell it...seems that way? I mean I don't know how you'd really prove that but something did attack the station before and that seemed pretty real.
[ So unless it's some giant and elaborate kidnapping plot... ]
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Hmm.
[So the universe exploded or something, and now they're stuck on a station that had already been attacked. If nothing else, this place probably wasn;t going to be too boring. That's. Kind of a plus?
Either way, that's about all he has to say to that for the moment, and he turns his attention back to the stasis pods. Whatever is on his mind, he isn't sharing, and the lack of helpful emoticons make him even less readable than usual. The awkward silence doesn't last too long, though.]
Anyone else here? / Awake, or still in stasis, / I'd like a head count.
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[ Finally, useful information he can give Zer0 and seem confident about. Rhys straightens to attention all over again and stops rubbing at the back of his neck before gesturing at the pods lining the way. ]
Sasha and Fiona are over that way. Vaughn and Yvette too. Are you...are you looking for someone in particular?
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Also it was nice to hear that they weren't all dead or something. They were pretty cool.]
You might not know them. / I had many connections / Back on Pandora.
[The other Vault Hunters, the
NPCsfolks around Sanctuary, people like that. Zer0 could brows around in his own time, maybe turn something up. He's about to say as much, when another thought hits him.]Are there people here / We should be concerned about? / The dangerous sort.
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Oh...uhh, yeahhh. About that.
[ Rhys's hand comes back up to his neck awkwardly as he rubs it, sending a glance down the hall to the left as he tries to figure out the right way to say this. ]
So. Here's something, and like don't overreact or anything but Jack mmmmaaaaay not...be...dead, exactly. Apparently being an all-powerful bunch of space aliens means you can just grab whoever you want, whenever you want from a world you save.
Sooooo...surprise?
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You know what, Zer0 won't overreact. If anything, he almost seems to underreact, just silently nodding after Rhys breaks the fun news. He might be trying to wrap his brain around how any of this is even possible. Or something.]
Our hard work, undone. / Killing him was no small task, / Guess I'll do it twice.
[SHRUG. It's not like Jack would have an army of Hyperion cannon fodder at his disposal this time, right?]
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Okay but look before you do that you should know you can't do it right now. A-and I don't mean it like it's too difficult or you shouldn't for any good reason. These guys who rescued us won't let you kill anyone still inside a pod.
[ This Rhys knows from experience thanks to a handy-dandy network post. But also he's a little paranoid about Jack somehow waking up from it and killing them all anyway ]
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