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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.

nineteenfortyfive: (TREATMENT)

[personal profile] nineteenfortyfive 2017-07-05 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[If only she could hear the noise Claire makes. It's the closest thing to a laugh since she's gotten here.]

I wonder if there's an abundance of military women here. I'm Claire Fraser.
deadthenred: (thirty-eight.)

[personal profile] deadthenred 2017-07-05 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm Bucky Barnes, by the way. [ The thing is lifting off, making a strange humming sound. Bucky grins.] You can tell that to whoever it is you meet after we die.

[ Not that Bucky thinks he's gonna die. He's only ever thought that maybe once in his life, that's how arrogant he is. Or maybe just how young. ]
cariad: (pic#11340550)

[personal profile] cariad 2017-07-05 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Something stupid. Old age brings clarity with it, but it doesn't brush away the bitterness of comprehending it. That stupidity had won them a small window of safety, and Yamagi is a liar if he says he hasn't wished the Isaribi's destruction in its wake in the dark days that followed their shaky awakening in safety.

Eugene's listened to Yamagi blame himself again and again for not joining Shino one last time, for not upping his chance of survival, of their success.

Perhaps it's Yamagi's own stupidity that needs to be prevented.]


I promise you, too. I don't think I can go through that again.

[They've come to realize that none of their lives are sacred, but who deserves a second death?]

He has to listen to us now. Older and wiser us.
songofdeneir: (37)

2B

[personal profile] songofdeneir 2017-07-05 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
-=he's never seen a gun before, but given how it's being pointed at him he's fairly certain it's meant to hurt in some way. cadderly holds his hands up, one holding a walking stick and clutching a yoyo made out of some sort of crystal held in place by a metal setting=-

Is that a weapon?
underwhelms: (Default)

[personal profile] underwhelms 2017-07-05 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Edward might not offer the jacket, but JJ takes it anyway (why else would he have shrugged it off?) to hold up to his nose, letting out an audible sigh of relief as it helps with the smell. ]

But... Why should you do it? We're both in the same boat here.

[ His voice comes out muffled from the jacket, a little humour to offset the gravity of the situation, but it's not enough to lighten his mood. It just feels a little weird to leave the work up to Edward, when they're supposed to be in this together, and while the other teen is gentle and accommodating, JJ can't help but feel a little admonished for not pulling his weight. ]

Unless you're used to dealing with corpses?

[ And his stomach sinks a little at that thought. Maybe the ghost isn't the only thing he needs to worry about. ]
nineteenfortyfive: (SEARCHING)

[personal profile] nineteenfortyfive 2017-07-05 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's trying to be optimistic, she supposes, and so she tones down the level of the frown on her face. Fine. Fine. No choice but to win, right?]

What's your name? I'm Claire.

[She offers her hand for a shake.]
rhygret: (bros before bros)

[personal profile] rhygret 2017-07-05 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
There isn't exactly a lot of tiem for story-telling when you're fighting a giant teleporting monster you know.

[ Which is ironic considering the circumstances which led to fighting it in the first place. Two solid days of walking and talking, although admittedly had professed to being a Vault Hunter. Rhys thinks the life suits her.

She's tough, smart, had a mean elemental pistol. She's practically set. ]


After we won it was more about the loot and the Vault than sharing stories.
songofdeneir: (50)

Training

[personal profile] songofdeneir 2017-07-05 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
-=the anachronistic fellow rhys has been captured with doesn't seem at all bothered by the situation. in fact, he seems fascinated. he's also been singing under his breath this whole time, though not in any language rhys would recognize=-

It is likely we are meant to escape.

-=then he returns to singing, though the melody is different now and he knocks lightly against one of the bars=-
songofdeneir: (26)

Stasis Pods

[personal profile] songofdeneir 2017-07-05 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
-=he wanders here sometimes, not really admitting to himself that he's hoping to see someone he knows. he's a firm believer in hope, but sometimes it hurts too much to acknowledge.

it's hard to miss the one sided conversation as he comes around the bend, and he can't help but chuckle a bit to himself=-


A companion of yours?
kissintime: (strange ways)

[personal profile] kissintime 2017-07-05 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Depends. It doesn't have bugs or anything in it, right? Or like weird liquids that people wouldn't want to swallow down?

[she's in space and there are people from different worlds, so she has to check...]
mulletrock: (norm: you eat shit for breakfast?)

[personal profile] mulletrock 2017-07-05 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Okay, Dean can't decide whether or not that's adorable or pathetic. Somehow it ends up being both and the angry look on his face gets replaced by some amusement. IF she wanted to act like she had balls, he wasn't gonna tell her not to. They'd all need some serious cajones to actually make some progress in this situation.]

Somehow I doubt that's gonna be a threat right outta the gate. Cooperations the incentive, and if you threaten one person you might as well be threatening us all.

[Despite the words Dean does make a show of backing down, it's easy to understand where she's coming from. Nobody wants their family on the line, Dean knows the feeling more than most.]

Maybe you're right. If you're still here you've probably weighed the options.

[ooc: I never thought of it like that but definitely. im screamin. so happy you tagged me tho for real.]
Edited 2017-07-05 23:59 (UTC)
clandestina: by <user name="chillarmy"> (neutral)

[personal profile] clandestina 2017-07-05 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
why do i get the feeling this is something you want to do out of the kindness of your heart
speeds: (57)

[personal profile] speeds 2017-07-05 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He also said it'd help with the smell so it was implied well enough, no problems with taking it. It probably smells really good anyway, just... because. ]

My father is a doctor, actually.

[ It doesn't make him one, his control is not as good as Carlisle's, but most of their kind don't inhabit that kind of control either. His is good enough to get by with this though. ]

It might not be the same, but I imagine I'm more used to this than you are.

[ For other reasons too, but he won't get to that. ]

Just don't look if it bothers you. We can always talk about something else as well.

[ Like when he gets started, taking a piece of what was once human (virtual, but it feels real) and starting to line it all up. ]
r3f4c70r3d: (pic#10974358)

[personal profile] r3f4c70r3d 2017-07-06 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ Well, that tells her nothing. ]

I see. So if you're not a Vault Hunter, and despite working with them know nothing about them, then where do you fit in to all of this?
kissintime: (saint and sinner)

2b

[personal profile] kissintime 2017-07-06 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
Huh...

[She turns around from her spot and her arms go up the second she sees the gun. Shit.]

Damn, man, be cool! Where the hell did you get that from?
songofdeneir: (11)

Mess hall

[personal profile] songofdeneir 2017-07-06 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
-=the person who let his dinner roll go adrift is currently floating calmly, his food drifting up off the tray. he's also singing in a language eric will not have ever heard before. his hands move in precise motions, and then in a small circle around him gravity seems to right himself and both he and his food topple back to the table with a yelp=-

O-oww...
valcurie: http://nishakadam.co.vu/icons2 (.o3)

[personal profile] valcurie 2017-07-06 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
( She's probably just laugh tbh; she's been called much worse. )

Alive and awake. That's quite a privilege. The ratio of those walking to those sleeping is always something to keep in mind.
Who knows, maybe when your friends wake up they will be jealous of you.
kissintime: (shout it out loud)

[personal profile] kissintime 2017-07-06 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
--KKAAGH!

[Bastard. She sees that smile on him just before he throws the punch, and she can tell she's not dealing with an ordinary person. No one would fucking grin when they're injuring someone unless they were some brand of crazy. Experience has taught her as much, but that doesn't matter now. What matters is trying to dial back the pain reeling through her.

Her wail at least gets the guard to show up faster. The guard takes out a metal rod, clicked to life with electricity sparking off it, and opens the door. They wave the rod at him, urging Giovanni to take a step back from Ermes. Ermes herself stays on the ground, staring intently at the guard and waiting to see what her "partner" does next.
]
songofdeneir: (cadds19)

Mess hall B

[personal profile] songofdeneir 2017-07-06 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
-=cadderly has a similar feel about him sometimes, when he lets himself ponder too long about things long gone. harmless with a dangerous sort of frustration underneath. so he can see it in others. he can see a lot in others if he tried, but he is not the sort to be needlessly invasive. A distraction may be helpful though, at least for a little while=-

Would you like company?

-=the priest also has the feel of someone who's time is wrong. sped up fiercely then left to slowly unwind again, extended far past where a human should be=-
rhygret: (I am so smart it hurts)

[personal profile] rhygret 2017-07-06 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know nothing okay? I know plenty! We just didn't exactly go around sharing stories about ourselves.

If you must know I was the brains of the operation.

Sort of. I mean technically speaking we couldn't have found the vault without me since it was linked to my bio-signature or whatever?
rhygret: (SWOL....len)

[personal profile] rhygret 2017-07-06 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
Fighting a giant teleporting space alien. [ It's impressive, he knows. ]

Don't know if you've heard of it, but it all took place on a little place called Pandora. Literally the worst and most deadly planet in existence. I own a company there, it's no big deal.

[ he also apparently has a cult following made up of accountants from the space station he crashed into the ground too ]
rhygret: (i too have weird hobbies)

[personal profile] rhygret 2017-07-06 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's where one's mind tends to go when large corporations long ago overthrew local government and took charge of everything. Money makes the world...s...turn. ]

Okayyy...yeah, I guess that would have worked? I mean though, would you really have believed me if I did though?

[ Mercy seems a little too sharp for a simple attempt at deception. Kind of like how trying to pull the wool over Athena would be just....no, yeah. No. That's asking to be killed. ]
rhygret: (i too have weird hobbies)

[personal profile] rhygret 2017-07-06 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ Is it sad that when she says "punched a boy" Rhys immediately assumes that's a threat and he just needs to maybe shut up a little? He won't, of course, but he does let out this awkward, forced laugh as he gives Jyn a little more room than before. ]

Right... That's. I've had that happen before. I-I mean I didn't fracture it or anything, and they were an adult and all but it hurt?

[ ...This is sounding less and less impressive. ]

Why--why do you ask, exactly?
songofdeneir: (26)

Omage;

[personal profile] songofdeneir 2017-07-06 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
You're now chatting with Cadderly!

Greetings, Mr Scamander!
I am also an author of books and an avid reader myself. That is certainly the sort of endeavor I would have patroned, once upon a time as it were.
Nonetheless, I would be interested in hearing about the creatures of your world. Perhaps offering assistance if I can.
rhygret: (oh balls)

[personal profile] rhygret 2017-07-06 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ It stops him from spinning backwards when he does so Rhys can't complain too much, really. His nose looks a little red beneath his hand (and not just from the blood), but that rapidly becomes less of a concern when he cracks his eyes open and sees not the human woman he expects, but a red...uhh...alien? Fish-alien? Amphibian??? and can't help but stare with wider, surprised eyes.

Okay. So this is apparently happening. ]


I, uhhh....you're....

[ Very red and...naked? God nope, Rhys isn't going to look down there. He's just going to focus on her face, holding still as she latches on. ]

...Yes?

[ She can look at his nose, he means. ]