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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.

ripvanwinkled: (snake3)

[personal profile] ripvanwinkled 2017-07-15 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
What will I do without my high fashion? You've ruined my image in both my clothes and these slanderous accusations. [He paused, then sighed and raised his hands in defeat as he leaves Junpei on his bed.] Your pillow was softer than mine. If you like, you can take another to replace it.

[But not like... his own back? That's Snake's now. Anyway, he's definitely unbuttoning his shirt on the way to Junpei's bed, aaand... there it goes. To the floor. He's going to sort through these shirts while shirtless.] Do these say anything embarrassing?
coolerjunpei: (003)

[personal profile] coolerjunpei 2017-07-15 06:57 am (UTC)(link)
I'm taking mine back. I'm squeezing them all now to be sure. [He's ignoring the implication and Snake's high fashion bullshit to squeeze every pillow to be sure, genuinely. (Ginuwinely.)

He doesn't notice Snake is just disrobing casually until it's too late. There are four pillows in his lap and he's having difficulty picking the right one.]
No. Don't leave your shirt there.
deadthenred: (sixteen.)

[personal profile] deadthenred 2017-07-15 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
Means I'm hearing you loud and clear. The signal's perfect. Radio slang.

[ And maybe her staring at him works, because he breathes in, and then out, and some of his color comes back to him. ] I really have done this before, you know. [ Not the flying bit, but close enough, he figures. ] I just— normally I get a little more warning.

[ He even manages a small smile. But he doesn't move, or try to go down. One step at a time. ]
gekkajuu: commissioned, please do not steal (何処に向かうか)

[personal profile] gekkajuu 2017-07-15 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Atsushi is still going to be weirded out when he meets Rockets in the flesh. There's "three feet tall and furry" and then there's "cyborg raccoon". (Also: how dare you not be as cute as you look, Rocket?!)]

Is that what happened to you?

training!

[personal profile] jelmazmo 2017-07-15 07:03 am (UTC)(link)
( When she'd strapped in this time, Dany had found 'beast friendship' on the list, and wondered how useful that might be. Its worth has now been proven to her as she sits astride a creature as close to a dragon as this world may hold, rather than filling its belly. For what had felt like hours, they'd traversed the night sky, enjoying the cool breeze.

Until she is reunited with her children, this is as close to feeling right in this world as she will ever find. All continues to be calm for sometime, until her mount picks up a sound far below down in the trees. Her blue eyes narrow thoughtfully, as she pats the creature's side. )


Let us see what that is, then.

( Taking wing, her new friend veers downward, the wind now whipping her braids loose. He releases a shriek in answer to whatever it was he'd heard, and they land in a clearing not far from the treeline. They're still miles from the gate, so whatever it is might be large or small; she can hardly know. But Dany can spy that they're not alone.

She gazes down upon the young woman spinning about, and calls out to her: )


What is it you have heard? We are with you.
estimable: (2362103 (2))

[personal profile] estimable 2017-07-15 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
And what will you do when meet an enemy who can dispel magic? [She asks the question sternly, though it's not entirely unkind-- More the voice of someone used to battle of all sorts.]

You will be trained in the way of the sword. "Fight with my eyes closed," as you say will only get you killed.
gekkajuu: commissioned, please do not steal (虎狩)

[personal profile] gekkajuu 2017-07-15 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
Eh?

[Video games?! Of all the things to come up...! Atsushi is caught off guard in spite of himself, glancing over at his partner's warning before he looks at the demon again.]

They look like fun, but... I've never really played.
ripvanwinkled: (snake5)

[personal profile] ripvanwinkled 2017-07-15 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
Do you really deserve your pillow if you don't recognize it right away? I don't think so. [Snake almost ignores that shirt comment to keep on going through these new ones, but he gives up to reach back and pick up his old one. To place on Junpei's bed. Clearly, a better spot.]

What about this one? [He raises a really good shirt to his chest.]
coolerjunpei: (031)

[personal profile] coolerjunpei 2017-07-15 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
I'm going to find it. [Just you wait!! He'll get rid of Snake's shirt later... or will he? Either way, he's distracted by the pillow thing again, until he has to look up once more to survey the shirt Snake has chosen.

It's the best shirt of all time. Junpei literally chose all of these shirts himself, and he's still in awe of how fucking amazing that shirt is. Suddenly, he's struck by the realization that although he really wanted that one for himself, it's even better if he can see Snake wearing it like once a week or so. Holy shit.]


It's, uh, plain. I have like 14 of those. [...] Had.
totheno1: (17)

[personal profile] totheno1 2017-07-15 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
Me too, he-ho!

[Somehow the demon sounded pleased from his answer. Nanjo just tried to not roll his eyes to the back of his sockets. The art of contract was a very...confusing one.]

I've always wanted to play a video game but only humans can play those, he-ho!

[It rolls backwards and snaps its fingers.]

Can we play a game together mister?

[It looked expectantly at Atsushi.]

[personal profile] jelmazmo 2017-07-15 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
( Her gaze lingers over him, as she can clearly see that he has the build of someone who has wielded a sword. A shadow of a smile curves her mouth, knowing without one word being spoken. )

In this place, most seem capable. But a Queen does not battle, herself.

( Leading her armies and actually doing battle with her own hands are two very different things. In any case, Drogon is not here to mount an assault for her. So it would seem that for the first time since she'd left the shores of Essos, she will once again need a knight to protect her person.

His power is lovelier than she might have imagined, and her features soften a touch. )


Most like, yes. Are you keen to see its defeat, or relocate elsewhere?

( Either way, she isn't leaving his side until they sign out. )
gekkajuu: commissioned, please do not steal (eatsushi035_zpsobll8gfq)

[personal profile] gekkajuu 2017-07-15 07:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Atsushi is glad he was warned beforehand, or he would never have suspected anything wrong. Now he knows to be suspicious... but Atsushi, being Atsushi, still has only one answer he considers giving.]

All right.

[Maybe it's stupid to play along, but not playing along is risky as well, right? There's no telling what the demon might do when angered.

That, and Atsushi has always favored the way of least resistance, to the point of taking far bigger chances than he should.]
ripvanwinkled: (how can i get junpei to like me)

[personal profile] ripvanwinkled 2017-07-15 07:20 am (UTC)(link)
It sounds like the perfect shirt to wear a leather jacket under. [IF HE HAD ONE.... But Snake has a feeling that this shirt is not plain. He can also feel the shirt and question it, but honestly? There's more important things to be questioning while he's pulling this on.]

You had fourteen of the same shirt...? That seems a little boring, Junpei. [idiot,]
coolerjunpei: (ok!!!! it's not blue!!!)

[personal profile] coolerjunpei 2017-07-15 07:23 am (UTC)(link)
I'm a detective, not a model. [Also he's not giving up his jacket so stop trying. Wear a jacket that fits, Snake. Finally Junpei makes a pillow decision and frees himself from the rest of this bedding, coming over to toss the pillow on his bed. Does he also change his shirt...? He slept in it...

He's only going to change it because it's stained from yesterday's escapade. Know this. Know, also, that he's putting on a shirt covered in jellyfish. Or don't! But he's definitely right here, changing.]
exonerated: (025)

[personal profile] exonerated 2017-07-15 07:23 am (UTC)(link)
We should leave. If it follows, then we battle.

[ Any beast deserves mercy, at leasf at first.

He stands up straight, and that faint curve upon her lips is returned. Acknowledgement, if there has ever been one.
]

And what of kings?
politrick: (to the evil throes)

[personal profile] politrick 2017-07-15 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
[He has the sense not to say "that's what I have you for" to her question, at least. Wrong Arthur, and his Arthur wouldn't go for it anyway. Sigh!]

But... [ughhhhh] Alright, you win. But I'm not going to be any good.
otrazhenie: (018)

[personal profile] otrazhenie 2017-07-15 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ It makes absolutely no sense that Elena is still terrified of that unknown creature out there under cover of the trees (never mind that she knows very well it can't really hurt her), yet feels no fear whatsoever at the thing that descends from the sky. Well, she's a little in awe of it, and shocked by the sudden appearance of something that looks a lot like a dragon, but that's all it is.

The young woman riding the dragon-like creature is the most surprising thing, because somehow Elena hasn't even contemplated such a thing being possible. (Clearly she'll have to try that simulation herself sometime.) She stares up at them for a moment before glancing back at the trees. ]


It sounds like a wolf. A big one.

[personal profile] jelmazmo 2017-07-15 07:30 am (UTC)(link)
Very well.

( Dany is not opposed to that; a beast is hardly a host of armed men charging at them.

Moving toward him, she doesn't hesitate to take his arm. That smile still lighting her face for the moment. )


That would depend upon the king. I know of one who did not go to battle and a usurper who did.

( And a prince who had, and was lost. In the distance, another roar sounds. Closer now. )

Let us leave this place.
estimable: (2362103)

[personal profile] estimable 2017-07-15 07:32 am (UTC)(link)
[...She smiles somewhat at winning this argument? It's a small one, more gladdened then anything. Why was there something oddly familiar here...?]

I would not expect a mere novice to match my skill right now, but it will come with time.
agradecido: (I should probably introduce myself)

[personal profile] agradecido 2017-07-15 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
Luck would be to hear them lamenting their stolen fortunes, instead. And should that happen, they would need luck to avoid me.
politrick: (i'm fixing to carve this)

[personal profile] politrick 2017-07-15 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
[A novice....!! Somehow that's more embarrassing than Arthur outright mocking him. It's because Arthur is full of it.]

Me, with an ordinary sword, and you with yours? I hope you've got plenty of time.
ripvanwinkled: (talk about how great i am obviously)

[personal profile] ripvanwinkled 2017-07-15 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sure you would make a better model. [Is this a compliment, or an insult? Probably both, that's just how Snake is. While Junpei's changing, he's going to occupy himself by trying to turn off this sensual spanish guitar music. There he goes, pressing a button that instead plays...

Fitting music? Fitting music.]
This is... appropriate. What-- [give him a second, he's already laughing,] What are you wearing, Junpei?

[personal profile] jelmazmo 2017-07-15 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
A direwolf? ( The sigil of House Stark, she's seen from the attire of the boy, Bran in his pod. ) I would leave it be.

( She has never made such an attempt before, but Dany refuses to leave a woman alone and frightened. It is against her very nature. Extending a hand, she motions toward herself. )

Come, we can move elsewhere and leave it alone.

( She thinks of the Lady Sansa's soft-spoken words, and decides that she would not kill the beast unless it were necessary. )
agradecido: (Where there's no such thing)

[personal profile] agradecido 2017-07-15 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
I think a certain intent is required for it to be assassination.
It is more of an art. Any fool can commit murder.
So yes, I suppose I am an assassin on purpose, as you say.
coolerjunpei: (005)

[personal profile] coolerjunpei 2017-07-15 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Rest assured, Junpei is halfway into his clean shirt when all of this happens. He pauses, head still in the shirt, arms awkwardly above his head, kind of stooped a little over the bed, because of the music. And everything.

It's a lot. Give him a moment to work this out.]
Snake... Did you play with the buttons when I wasn't here?

[Surely that's the only way he could perfectly time that smooth jazz reveal. His shirt... is on. Jellyfish.] Now that's what I call a shirt. I look great.