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ɴᴀᴛʜᴀ orbiters ❰ mod collective ❱ ([personal profile] natha) wrote in [community profile] elnyan2017-06-28 04:48 pm
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❪ test drive: #1 - the overflow ❫

YOUR STORY BEGINS    


The Storm came. You only remember darkness, but you don't remember much after that.

All you know, perhaps, is that it was cold as you slept. You don't know for how long you slept, but the dreams were short, at least. You remember the expanse of stars and the universe that came in view. Every world and solar system ever known was displayed in your dreams in careful, pristine detail. You have also witnessed The Storm, which has devoured a fair portion of these galaxies. It was a dark, thick smog; ominous in appearance and ever foreboding.

Your Earth and similar planets were immersed in The Storm. Somehow, you knew it would be the last you'd see of it. That was when she told you what happened, and how you can help. You knew that you'll be living somewhere new, even though you never asked for it. The details here weren't clear, but you knew you'd made a deal with Darma.

Not long after, you'll wake at Thesa Station — Your body is still cold.

It was all a dream, but somehow, you knew it wasn't — now, will you keep that promise you made to Darma?
PROMPT: THE MESS HALL    


It's fascinating to the Orbiters how such a dull room can be turned around so completely with people in it. All meals are served by Roman, and while all the food is delicious, some of it is a bit odd. Is that neon green soup? That’s hideous.

If you happen to be in the mess hall at a particularly unlucky time, you and the food will suddenly begin to drift. Someone’s got jokes, and they’ve turned off the gravity control. Now it’s just you, your fellow refugees, and the floating sea of food. Wait, did that person just chuck a pie in your direction?
PROMPT: TRAINING MODULES    


While it’s all nice and well to familiarize oneself with Thesa Station, it is most advised that new arrivals venture out a bit. Not physically. No one is quite prepared for that yet. However, there will be several virtual reality training programs set for those who dare to be adventurous. For those who aren’t and don’t dare, well— good luck, all the same. Be advised, however, that participating in one of the training modules will start you off favorably with the Natha Orbiters’ in terms of REPUTATION.

Once seated and appropriately strapped in, the system will automatically whir to life and the dense foliage and forestry of a section of El Nysa will open up. According to one’s map registry, it clear to see that it’s miles from the outer gates of Olympia, but not as far enough to venture into any other territories. So, in that sense, you’re safe.
  • 1. Or you could have been, but unfortunately the wilderness is home to various types of beasts and monsters hailing from different universes and galaxies. On the bright side, perhaps one of them will be oddly familiar to you. Or maybe someone else who is currently synced is willing to give you that extra helping hand.

    Fortunately, if you’re powerless, there are options. From telekinesis to flight, there are strange abilities one can adopt and “test” out in the virtual reality. Granted, you’re only limited to one at a time. They say in the near future, some of you may be granted these abilities under certain conditions.

    But, please practice some caution. You aren’t alone in the system, after all.

  • 2.. Who do you fight for, the VR system will ask you individually before you enter the module. The righteous Olympians, or the free-spirited Wyvers? Whatever your choice, when you enter El Nysa, you will wholly and truly believe your allegiance.
    • A. Working together: You now have to suffer the consequences of your choice, as you and your partner have been captured by guards of the opposite faction. Now jailed and soon-to-be tortured, you must find some way to negotiate your release. Perhaps you’ll find some means to escape without detection. Maybe you’re the “fight your way out” sort of people.

    • B. Facing your enemy: That person you stepped into the VR with? They’re out to capture you. Or maybe you seek to capture them.
  • 3. When you enter the virtual reality, things aren’t exactly how they’re supposed to be. Maybe that’s natural, especially if this is your first time, but the problems here seem a bit more fundamental. Maybe you find yourself under a parental safety lock, and you’re suddenly censored. Exposed back? Censored. Body suit? Censored. Or replaced with a mascot costume. Worst of all? You can’t sign out. Not right now, at least. Regardless, whatever it is— ridiculous filters, body alterations, or even body swaps with other users... you are assured it’ll all be fixed with due time. Zasere sends his humblest apologies and promises no more wire chewing, or so the announcement states.
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: HANGAR STATION    


You find your way to the hangar station. Here rests are a factory worth of docked mobile suits. You recall how the Orbiters had previously spoken of a "space frontier," but only after seeing this you realize how real their words are. Most machinery have marks of wear and tear, assurance that they have indeed been used before, and an assembly of others are going through repairs and maintenance. No one seems to care that you've just strolled in.

In fact, there seems to be a couple of the aircraft that beckon you to take a closer look. Maybe you’ll only look on the outside, maybe you'll be greeted by the hand of a mobile suit extending toward you and welcoming you to its cockpit.

You go out and explore SPACE!!! Unfortunately, that mobile suit should have warned you it only had 20 minutes of flight time left in its system. Or, perhaps, you’re a particularly ambitious pilot and you’ve strayed past the designated perimeter. Either way, the HUD display is now blinking with errors, cropping up with a single message: DISTRESS SIGNAL.

  • 1. You’re the poor sap who happened to chill around the Observation Deck. Unfortunately, everyone seems busy with the influx of mobile suits out and about, and the only one who can answer this distress signal is on the Navigation System, well, you. Hope you can figure out the controls fast enough. Guide the pilot back to the safety of the hangar using the most efficient route possible. Keen Navigators will find an instruction manual that provides a shortcut to automatically return a suit back to base.

  • 2. You’re actually sitting in a two-seater mobile suit. Funny how that works, isn’t it? Maybe you were unwittingly dropped down a hatch, or dragged along for a joyride by your ambitious co-pilot. Either way, it looks like help is going to take some time...
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...
Looking for someone you can chat with...
You’re now chatting with [username]... Say hi!


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.

FINAL OOC NOTE    
These threads may be carried over as game canon if players choose! Players are encouraged to submit TDM threads as application samples, but they are not required. Please direct any OOC questions to the questions thread below! A Training Module thread of AC length on the TDM may be submitted for 1 NATHA ORBITER REPUTATION POINT after acceptance.

galaxycannon: (Default)

[personal profile] galaxycannon 2017-07-08 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooh you THINK it's free. Truth is, your payment isn't in cash. That's all!

[ he's joking mostly. He just can't let opportunities to tease pass him by. ]

Of course I do! Weren't you the guy who just said he was super popular? After all... I didn't ask you out that day just for your sake.
kissintime: pixiv id: 52919709 (crazy crazy nights)

[personal profile] kissintime 2017-07-08 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
well i wouldnt want anything to happen to them.
but if we all go down into that fiery death, does anyone really get a say in what happens to them?
flashystyle: (our real estate agent)

[personal profile] flashystyle 2017-07-08 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
You're now chatting with sparkler... Say hi!

Dead venatori?
agradecido: (5'4" of Sin)

[personal profile] agradecido 2017-07-08 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
A promising answer!
So, how then does one go about making dead venatori?
flashystyle: (or maybe a nursery. no no)

hangar

[personal profile] flashystyle 2017-07-08 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Cole?

[Maker knows, Dorian never should have been put in one of these suits. But his curiosity for modern technology got the better of him, and he'd wanted to grasp how wide the world beyond theirs was. Icarus and the sun, all that business.

So after all the swears that are making his Tevinter brethren roll over in theirs graves, to have Cole be the one finding him floating in space? This is embarrassing.]


Well, I suppose there could be worse fates. [He's just going to die out here, that is how he's going to go.] Cole, I'm stuck outside. I'm piloting one of the space suits, but it's ran out of energy.
flashystyle: (with bobby fischer-like intensity)

omage

[personal profile] flashystyle 2017-07-08 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
You’re now chatting with sparkler... Say hi!

I'll have you know, this name was bestowed upon me by a renowned author. You might know him. Short, egregious amount of chest hair. Hard in some towns.

Did you not get more creative than your own name?
mcgillis: (pic#11544000)

mess hall

[personal profile] mcgillis 2017-07-08 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[McGillis hasn't indulged in his own helping. Eating in zero g's would be fine, but indulging in something akin to twice-rotted human roadkill is something he'll have to acclimate to -- or not, hopefully. There's a glance spared to the side, acknowledging his company's words as it were, then looking back down to his own helping.]

Is that all?

[Maybe this guy had an upbringing similar to his own; he's eaten far worse himself -- or at least similar, but he was also starving. Not quite there yet, at present.]

I wonder if the chefs know what they're doing.

[Both to serve a demonic appendage and to skimp on the herbs.]
flashystyle: (she wanted us to have a baby)

[personal profile] flashystyle 2017-07-08 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I find that throwing a certain amount of fireballs to the face seems to do the trick. My countrymen might be capable of terrible things, but their reflexes are god awful.

It might be a little difficult if you don't wield staffs, but I'm sure you can find a way.
agradecido: (I should probably introduce myself)

[personal profile] agradecido 2017-07-08 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I certainly can at that.
Arrogance makes for poor armor, after all.
The gurgling sound they make when stabbed in the back is amusing at least.
r3f4c70r3d: (pic#11133003)

rhys you pos

[personal profile] r3f4c70r3d 2017-07-08 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ More like some sort of- anyways, bad joke.
Ever since Angel woke up she's been plagued by the question: what happened to her? Her last memories - before she woke up here - are of pain, the incoming storm and then...nothing. She wasn't sure if she had died, because it's not like anyone could tell you what being dead feels like, or if she had simply fallen into a coma. She had even considered the possibility that the storm had hit moments after the Vault Hunters had freed her, the loss of her powers gone with her universe rather than her life alone.
There is an even longer pause this time between messages. She doesn't know what to say, the confirmation that she died, the fact that she had been revived- but so had Jack. What was she going to do? What was she supposed to do? At some point she had crouched down, leaned forward with her head between her legs and gone into having a full blown panic attack. ]


Sorry.

[ She can't think about whether to tell this guy that Jack is very much not gone, isn't in the right mind to carefully pick her words and approach, she needs to get out of here before anything else. They can talk again once she's calmed down. ]

I'm sending you a friend request, please accept.

YOU HAVE RECEIVED A FRIEND REQUEST FROM S1R3N ACCEPT Y/N?
Edited 2017-07-09 01:24 (UTC)
cariad: (pic#11340512)

[personal profile] cariad 2017-07-08 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[There is that spike of pain again. The snapshot memory of that day has never dulled for Yamagi. "That day" has been a struggle to fold away into his heart. It's only dragged further regrets that Eugene's later words both agitated and alleviated for him.]

Maybe I'm popular for my brain. [He pokes Shino's collar more to make sure he's real, that he's still there, than to tease.] And not for--what did Eugene call it?--my baby blues.



estimable: (fs181)

[personal profile] estimable 2017-07-08 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She tires of sitting here. If this is supposed to be training and negotiating didn't work, then the next answer would only reasonably be escape-- Why this was would be considered righteous, she did not know. But even if this was a simulation the implication of torture lingered and if eating something could fill their stomachs than she would hasten to find out how torture worked.

Of course, similarly, she doesn't take into account the man with her. Her grip on the hilt of Excalibur shifting as she spared him a look. Saber is far from rash in that moment, even if her answer right now is one of extremes.]


Perhaps. [The word comes out thickly, though she doesn't slacken her stance.] Yet, they have not listened to reason and if these simulations are things of great feat then is it unacceptable to find our own way out?
zephrah: (i'm a caution taker)

[personal profile] zephrah 2017-07-08 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"My...faith?" Keyleth blinked at him, not entirely sure what he meant. "You mean, me, personally? I don't...I don't follow any gods."
estimable: (fs090)

[personal profile] estimable 2017-07-08 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Saber is relieved the man listens well to the order. In many ways she expected a fight, but seeing where they were perhaps it was something that shouldn't have been too considered. She settles her feet more firmly on the ground, leveling the man a look.]

If there is another action you wish to take than I would hear it. [Because it's not as if she's unreasonable, this just seems to be the fastest way out of a situation that is growing more tiresome by the minute.]
estimable: (pic#11549490)

[personal profile] estimable 2017-07-08 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Despite the fact the young man before her is physically older, Saber's internal dialogue thinks of him as a child. His appearance far from what she anticipates of any soldier and she wonders if these simulations merely throw people into them at random and not to their skills-- If that was the case then she had trouble understanding them. There was nothing right about throwing a defenseless boy into a battlefield.

Naturally, part due to the VR's influence, Saber does not trust him but then noble part of her has her slacken her grip on her blade. The magic around it does not dispel even as she relaxes it against her side. Merlin appears earnest enough, but that far from makes sense-- Why seek out the enemy even in a situation like this? ]


If they wish to bring the battle to me, I will take them one by one with my Holy sword. [She says it simply, the aura of a knight who will not wither from battle even in impossible odds. The confidence of a swordsman who knows his own strength is greater than most. She does not seem bothered by the situation in the least.] You will not be harmed by me, but if you are struck within the fray of battle there is nothing I can do for you.

[So really: Merlin you should be the one leaving???]
Edited 2017-07-08 20:38 (UTC)
r3f4c70r3d: (11)

[personal profile] r3f4c70r3d 2017-07-08 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Angel suppresses a laugh, it coming out like a sharp puff of air. ]

Sworn enemies for sure, then.

[ She turns away, back to Rocket. ]

Your friend is lucky to have you, if what he's up against is similar to my situation.
ripvanwinkled: (all the rapidly growing fields)

[personal profile] ripvanwinkled 2017-07-08 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[His A/S/L is the best thing he's ever said in his life?? Junpei just has no taste in jokes and Snake's going to ignore him. Except like, for the jacket.]

It's outer space. It's rather cold, don't you think? And it would cover my shirt from any potential spills you'll pull me into next.
coolerjunpei: (001)

[personal profile] coolerjunpei 2017-07-08 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Stop telling him your A/S/L!! He knows! He's right here witnessing all of these things, Snake.]

It's my jacket. [He just got it back...] It'd be easier to do your laundry than sacrifice myself to the freezing void of space.

[Which is really what would happen, for real.]
ruffboi: (rustic hospitality)

[personal profile] ruffboi 2017-07-08 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sorry, but he definitely has fixated onto her as a cute puppy dog, and has made it his goal to be her best friend. He holds the steak so she can grab it, tightens his grip for a second when she bites on it and shakes it a little, just to teasingly tug of war for a second, and then lets go.]

There you go, hungry. Eat up!
ruffboi: (hit it with an axe 22)

[personal profile] ruffboi 2017-07-08 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
That's settled!

[He's still going to try to pull a 'no take backsies' whenever he gets his axe back, or else just hope Taako forgets or doesn't care anymore. On the other hand, he knows he's not going to out-stubborn Taako, so there's little point in not agreeing to it.]

So I guess you gotta give me the lowdown? Our whole, uh, break into the Bureau plan seems like it's on hold, forever...
ruffboi: (phantom fist)

thank you so much!!!

[personal profile] ruffboi 2017-07-08 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Probably! I mean, I'm not one hundred percent certain, but it's a reasonable possibility. Depends how heavy it is and how good the welding on it is, I'd think.

[Really giving those joints a look over. He now wants to do it right now, if only to prove that he can! But that probably wouldn't go over great with the guards?]
ripvanwinkled: (because i know Everything)

[personal profile] ripvanwinkled 2017-07-08 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[For real. If Snake ever opened his eyes, he'd be rolling them right now.]

So you know how to do laundry here, Junpei? Enlighten me. [got 'em]
ruffboi: (create a pulley)

[personal profile] ruffboi 2017-07-08 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
That's the idea! I'd offer to help, but I'm not really a gardening guy. Buddy of mine who's in, uh - [Gestures vaguely at the freezers.] Now, he's good with that kind of plants and trees and stuff. But me, not so much.

Still, from what I can see, the ship seems like a hard place to get a garden going?
coolerjunpei: (026)

[personal profile] coolerjunpei 2017-07-08 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[okay first of all you come into his space house]

Uh— Well, how hard can it be? It's just land laundry in space, right? ["Right," he says, like Snake knows. It's to stall, as he desperately tries to remember what the laundry situation in DCOM was. That's as close to space as he's been, so-!!]

Look, I'm not an astronaut, but I think I can figure out a few more buttons.
yourhatred: (forever uncertainty)

[personal profile] yourhatred 2017-07-08 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Seeing through walls would be helpful, sure, but that's not what Itachi is looking to do right now. He has a far more simple reason for that question.]

My eyesight is unfortunately poor. I just wanted to know if you would be able to spot for me if necessary.

[As a ninja, he's especially skilled in stealth missions, but that sort of task becomes a great deal more difficult when working with someone who isn't. It can require a certain amount of silent communication, the means for which he might not have time to teach him now. Or perhaps he'll have plenty of time, depending on how long it appears it might take to get free of this place.]

First we need to know what we're up against. Who, and how many. How large this facility is and how much security it has.