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❪ test drive #6 ❫
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YOUR STORY BEGINS  The Storm came. You remember darkness, but you don't remember much after that. You don't know how long you slept, but the dreams were short. You remember the expanse of stars and galaxies in your direct view. Every world and solar system ever known to man was present in your dreams in careful, pristine detail. You also witnessed the Storm, which has devoured a fair portion of these galaxies. Your Earth and similar planets were assimilated by the Storm. Somehow, you knew it would be the last you'd see of your world. That was when she told you what happened. You knew that you'd be living somewhere new. The details weren't clear, but you knew it was a part of a deal with the entity known as Darma. Not long after, you'll wake at Thesa Station. Your body is still cold; it all felt like a dream, but somehow, you knew it wasn't —
CLEAN-UP CREW  While everything has wound down significantly from the strife and destruction of battle, the frozen image of Ysverai, the massive, rotten dragon, and the hole he tore in El Nysa's sky, on several screens of the station is a constant reminder of what took place. New and old refugees alike will notice that prolonged exposure to these images will leave them with a disquiet that gradually builds to actual pain. The discomfort starts from a crawling sensation, insects over skin, and gradually becomes unbearable. They will begin to hear the cries of Ysverai’s pain and suffering, first whispers, then echoes, then wails. Even after Refugees tear their eyes away from this footage, a strange itching sensation remains beneath their skin for several minutes. The dragon isn’t a matter for them to deal with, however. Darma made it clear that the Natha will find a solution. For now, everyone is encouraged to assist in the clean-up of the cities currently frozen in time. However, in interest of the current events and the fact that the refugees still have much to prepare for, they will be offering this help remotely. Several stations are set up where refugees can remote control drones to map out areas and pick up some of the lighter weight debris. Those more well versed technology are encouraged to assist those who may be having trouble getting started with the unfamiliar Natha tech. It seems like it’ll definitely take some getting used to, though. On the bright side, they’re pretty durable drones so if at first you don’t succeed, press the next button? To keep morale high during the clean-up efforts, one of the Natha have set up large hoops around dumpsites and a scoreboard program in the control room, though there's no sign of any directions or rules to be found. That's right, you can play a mechanized version of… some sort of game while you're helping clean up El Nysa. Just make sure you don't get too carried away with competitive spirit! For those looking to pilot something more heavy-duty, there are also cockpits set up for remote control piloting of basic mecha. These are very similar to the VR simulations offered on the station. However, they will not work without a partner. To be able to successfully move one of these, two refugees will be required to connect their minds and pilot in tandem. This may be a daunting task, but with the extensive structural damage to the cities, it's a necessary one. Piloting will require trust and cooperation to make it through. The more connected the pilots are, the more agile and powerful their mecha will be. For those who can’t seem to get on the same page, coordination will be a pipe dream. PROBLEMS WITH THE SHIP  By now it’s likely clear to all refugees, new and old, that for all that they may appear to be infinitely powerful, the Natha Orbiters have been shaken by the recent events on El Nysa. The details of Ysverai’s revival were somehow obscured from their view, and while they’re focusing their efforts on the planet, certain… abnormalities again begin to arise on Thesa Station. The most prevalent of the problems plaguing the Station are the malfunctioning doors. Walking through a door that should lead to a bedroom or kitchen (or, for the truly unfortunate, a toilet) will suddenly take refugees somewhere entirely different and possibly even new. And while this may lead to some accusations of breaking and entering, at least these mishaps can be quickly rectified by an apology and a hasty exit. That is, unless the door refuses to open again — the locks also seem to be malfunctioning. Still, those that find themselves transported somewhere familiar, though off-limits, should consider themselves lucky. Thesa Station is far more vast than most refugees are aware, and some of them might find themselves wandering into a uniquely sticky laboratory. This area appears to serve no purpose other than to house dozens of slimes. These slimes appear not only in a variety of fun colours, but with a variety of not-so-fun abilities ranging from harmless (spitting bubbles) to deadly (spitting fire). Regardless of what abilities a slime possesses however, they are all relentlessly friendly, and characters will need to be careful not to accidentally bringing one out with them once they manage to escape. Unfortunately, that’s not the only situation to escape from. Whether it’s in the mess hall or the bathroom, many will find themselves suddenly rising off the ground. … with everything else in the room, too! It seems like gravity control is also on the fritz. Fortunately, most open spaces aboard the station have a small control panel that can correct these effects. The only problem is getting there. Hopefully at least one of you refugees took that anti-gravity safety course. SUMMER TURNS TO WINTER  The news that the refugees should begin preparations for a return to El Nysa may come as a surprise given that the planet still remains frozen, but it appears there is one community that has somehow withstood Darma’s intervention: an area known as Nadril where time continues to flow freely. Not much information is available regarding this destination, other than the fact that it is isolated, and, more importantly, that it is cold. (Maybe characters should consider the malfunctioning thermostat plunging the temperature to below zero in certain areas on the station as preparation for their upcoming journey!) There are other resources available for those itching to take action, of course. There will be a new supply pack delivered to each room containing gear meant to withstand freezing temperatures — both clothing and storage gear to keep water rations from freezing. Characters will also be alerted to new training programs available in the VR room that are designed to assist with survival in the snowy regions of Nadril. The training programs will consist of a variety of tutorials that will assist in winter survival. Naturally, there will be courses on how to start fires, find food, and build igloos to withstand the frigid temperatures, but that’s not all. Due to the Natha testing their systems, there will occasionally be strange occurrences. For example, refugees may experience a snowball or two pelting them from out of nowhere, or they may suddenly find themselves being cloaked by a snow yeti costume, amongst many other inconveniences. Hopefully that doesn’t detract from the lessons to be learned here, as some of the training programs can include extreme weather survival, including the perils of snow storms or avalanches. SOCIAL-LINKED(in) By some miracle, there are still some quieter parts of the hall. This may be an appropriate time to check out your smartphone. Aside from the expected "Omage" app, there seems to be a new one called Social-Linked. There, you may find a profile waiting to be posted. The app allows for the user to fill it in, but there is also an auto-function! upon pressing it, it will generate a shockingly-honest answer based on the Natha's observation of your history. Roman will be your only friend in this app, with his very own profile: STASIS UNITS  During this time of crisis, the Natha have done their utmost to ensure the safety of those in cryosleep. However, due to the nature of recent events, they will be asking some refugees to do a quick check on some of the pods in the stasis unit. While they are definitely looking for any damage that may have occurred over these past few weeks, they also seem interested in getting a deeper insight into some of the occupants. On each control panel for the pods, there's a new application, asking observers to add notes and commentary — the Natha are looking for a more personal understanding of their sleeping occupants. Refugees are tasked with providing evaluations of the sleepers, based on both their knowledge of those from their homes and on what they can observe just by examining them in their repose. The application asks for how useful you think the pod's occupant would be in a crisis, what their skills are, what their best feature is, if you'd take them with you for a long walk on the beach, and so on… And, of course, all answers must be recorded out loud. Anyone passing by could overhear these evaluations, flattering or less than. FINAL OOC NOTES
As always, feel free to wildcard prompts within Thesa Station!
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Link | LoZ: Breath of the Wild
[ he's pretty good at waking up from a state of stasis, having done it once before (if that's an actual skill), and is happy to immediately wake up those numb limbs with a challenge that looks quite interesting! and after slamming on a few buttons on his remote control and seeing what happens, including hitting a few at the same time and making the device create shrill angry noises, he turns and looks around for someone to pull over--- inside the control room or passing by. with a whistle, he's determined to lock eyes with said someone, his smile brightens up and his eyes sparkle with sudden clarity. ]
Hey, do you see those rings? [ grabbing a spare remote control, he holds it out toward that special person who should be so lucky to get his attention. ] I bet I can get more pieces of rubble in yours than you can in mine.
[ it's a game, right? who knows what it might be called. basket-rubble? either way, he's going to start smacking the buttons. his drone immediately picks up one chunk of something and flings it toward that hoop, missing by a hair. ]
At the very least, try it out with me. To assist others.
[ in a fun way. ]
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[ opening door after door has been an incredibly fun way to determine what kind of things he could pick up might make a good potion or two. after all, being able to harvest the random parts off of monsters and mix them with some kind of bug or lizard has virtually saved him countless times from extreme heat, cold, and any kind of environment in between!
but this is a little... unusual.
slimes. they remind him of chuchus, except their smiles are incredibly disarming. he doesn't want to cut up something that looks so happy to be there? and they're not doing anything particularly dangerous! yes, one is spitting out what looks like to be some kind of colorful bean-shaped pellet. and another one looks like it is on fire! but Link's not here to judge. besides, they're not trying to attack him or anything. ]
Hm. What are those...
[ and one might find him gathering up those jelly-like beans into his hands, the slime more than happy to spit out more and more of various hues. ]
... I wonder if they are edible?
[ he's talking to himself, distracted. ]
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@LINKLONK (???), HYRULE
I'M SKILLED IN: cooking and hang gliding
I'M LOOKING FOR: familiar faces
ALSO, I'M: bad with bombs
3! (UN: Daybreaker)
Surely there's a story behind that. Up to mischief in the princess' absence, champion?
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Link pls
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Early on in my adventures, I dropped a bomb and triggered it by mistake.
It blew up a tree. The log rolled down a hill.
Sometime later...
At the bottom of it, I discovered quite the bountiful harvest of food stuffs...
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Oi, you sure you should be eating those?
[They could totally be poisonous!!]
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but once he realizes Chuuya isn't trying to drive a spear into him, he lets his guard down. ]
Maybe. How else can I determine that they'll be safe to eat without trying them first?
[ moving his palm, the beans roll around unevenly. pink, purple, red, and green. ]
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Easy there. If I wanted you dead you would be.
[He glances down at the beans in Link’s palm. He’s right that they won’t know if they’re safe to eat without trying them, but Chuuya also doesn’t have a death wish.]
I guess one wouldn’t hurt.
[He just casually bypasses introductions to take the pink bean and nibble at it. It’s pleasanty sweet and almost fruity!]
Not bad.
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Yeah? I guess I can't challenge that kind of reasoning.
[ and he's been through the wringer, having fought quite a few Yiga Clan assassins. 'masters of disguise', though they were happy to shed them so they could receive a whooping.
but he's quite surprised that Chuuya would be so... hasty to chow down on a jelly bean. mostly because they've come from things that don't seem all that natural, and with their smiling (and borderline leering) faces, he...
well. might as well try one too. ]
Oh. You're right.
[ the red one reminds him of cherries. ]
These are... sweet?
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Yeah. Maybe they’re trying to show us they’re not bad?
[Except there’s one still spitting flames in the corner...]
Let’s try another.
[In goes the green. It’s...
Spicy. Hella spicy. Like jalapeños. Chuuya has regrets.]
Oh my god it’s awful...!!
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I have a few more beans. Maybe one of them will do the trick?!
[ he grabs the blue one: blue is water, right? worst case scenario, what kind of blue ANYTHING could make this worse? ]
Open up!
[ just words, as he slams the blue bean into Chuuya's face when his mouth is parted just enough. one might say Link could've been gentler, but this is an emergency? ]
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Mmphh?!
[Chuuya is suddenly chomping down on a blue bean, and oh, it’s a burst of nice, minty coolness...
Looks like he won’t be able to get pissy about being force fed, because it’s definitely helping.]
Hhhh...thanks.
[Chuuya is now minty fresh.]
Maybe we shouldn’t eat anymore of these...
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[ wiping his hand on his tunic, Link chews his bottom lip for a moment as the faint scent of mint brushes past his senses. it smells quite nice, a coolness wafting under his nose. ]
And you're awfully brave to eat one! I think most people would avoid them.
[ it takes courage or idiocy to jump into things without hesitation. even eating. ]
Have you ever seen slimes like these before?
[ it's also difficult for Link to pull his eyes away from Chuuya's face, studying him carefully. ]
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[More like dumb, but he won’t argue.]
Nah. My world was pretty normal aside from people with supernatural abilities.
[Oh? Is he being studied? He doesn’t mind.]
What about you?
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And it's nice to know things haven't really changed at all. Link still trying to eat everything in sight.
Mipha clears her throat a little and looks uncertain] My healing can't help you if you make yourself sick, Link...
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he drops the beans.
the slimes roll over them, and they disappear.
disgusting? ]
... this is true. But I can't remember the last time I got sick like that.
[ turning around, his smile is as bright as ever. ]
You're here.
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[Her tone is lightly teasing, but her smile is as warm as ever in response to his.]
I am. [She steps closer, clasping her hands to her chest as she looks him over. He looks as hale and hearty as ever, so there's nothing for her to really fuss over, an though she wants nothing more than to throw her arms around him, she refrains for now.]
I'm really here. I'm... I'm alive. [Mipha swallows hard and adds:] The others, too. Urbosa is awake now. Revali and Daruk still sleep, as does the Princess, but... We're here.
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she is relief incarnate. ]
Urbosa too? [ kind and courage, her humor playful and her pride for her people intense like the heat of the desert. it's hard to keep that smile from revealing itself again, though tempered. ] I'm... glad.
[ it's the truth, and he's never been much for words in the first place. ]
Mipha. I'm sorry that I made you wait.
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I waited a hundred years for you; a couple months more is nothing in the grand scheme of things. You're here now, and that's all that matters.
[He doesn't seem to remember being wake before, but that's okay. She doesn't need to bring it up, it's not terribly important right now anyhow. She looks him over carefully to make sure there in't any lingering injuries from being in stasis or something, even if she knows the Natha heal them up pretty well.]
I'd say you should stay out of trouble, but it seems trouble finds us all lately.
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his body is fine. no new scars on the outside, though seeing Mipha again has surely opened up some old ones. ]
Trouble... nothing can be worse than Ganon.
[ her touch allows him to take one long, stress-free breath. ]
But if this Storm was strong enough...
[ then, he has a new enemy. ]
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She squeezed his arms lightly in a comforting, 'be strong' sort of gesture. 'It'll be okay.' She even offers a faint smile]
Even if we can't get our home back, we can help the world they've brought us to. And it does need quite a bit of help. [Though most of that was more in politics and less in fighting off giant evil monsters.
Usually. There WAS still that dragon... Anyway.]
We know very little about the Storm, I'm afraid, an things have been happening so much it's been hard to find the time to dedicate to researching more... But, the planet we've been staying on has been nice, for the most part.
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Researching... if only the Princess was able to assist us. [ more fretting, now over the person he felt the most responsible for. someone who could actually do something with enough time. he never doubted her even after being fatally wounded, knowing that somehow things would be okay.
but their current circumstances are pretty much the definition of not okay. ]
But with you and Urbosa, I am sure success will be soon to follow... and I am sure you have found plenty of friends.
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[She does smile though, because he's right.] I've made many friend here, yes. Friends I'm sure will be glad to meet you and help you too. I've talked about you quite a bit.
[A soft laugh and she shakes her head, hesitating slightly. Her face turns a bit pink] And...I've grown quite fond of someone here too. Someone I hope you can be friendly with.
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derails your second prompt in its entirety sorry slimes
[ A familiar voice booms the name out emphatically from somewhere behind Link, and before he can turn around he's being bodily lifted by a very, very tall zora who squeezes him and nuzzles his back and makes no indication that he intends to set the young hero down again any time soon. ]
I did not think I would see you here! How do you fare? When did you awaken? Tell me everything!!
bye slimes
there were no survivors]I... it hasn't been long, Sidon! [ being lifted of course tightens up his speech a little toward the end! and how could he ignore such an affectionate shark prince, deciding to place his hands on Sidon's wrists and giving them a tender squeeze. ]
And I think I am okay. Better now, though.
[ his cheeks are turning pink... from lack of air? or something else??? ]
I promise... I'm fine.