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Senior Crew ([personal profile] dropoffs) wrote2024-03-31 05:25 pm
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GRAVEYARD...3!


GR͏∀VE̴Y͞A̵ЯD     18 DECOMMISSIONED
t̀h̡e u͝nḑerbe̸l͞l̵y ̸o͜f th̴è ̡şh̷i͠p.
 
Crushing pressure is the initial sensation you can recall upon awakening. The stench of fetid, hot steam fills your nose, motes of dust and dirt floating upwards to cling to your skin. Down you are pulled to the cold ground, and all at once you realize you have forgotten to breathe. As you gasp back to life, you are flung onto a pile of scraps and trash, as the enormous machine that spat you out grumbles a little, and then goes silent. You are whole somehow, alive... but at what cost?

Popping out of the grinder, you look yourself over and find that any injuries you may have incurred during your death will be healed. While the scars that remain from the process will serve as a stark reminder, you will be able to get up on your own two feet without issue.

Thin, tapering metal (?) claws unhook from overhead and lower themselves, proceeding to guide you around. Your clothing starts sticking uncomfortably to your skin in the humidity of this strange, new place. Overhead you can hear the tinny humming of flickering lights overhead, arranged in a singular, thin strip and snaking around the serpentine halls. Along exposed pipes, wires, and the walls, a rust-colored substance creeps in web-like patterns, climbing towards the ceiling lights.

The deep grinding and groaning of the ship begin to meld into one low, deep moan from all around. It dips and rises in pitch, and becomes sickening to listen to if you focus on it for too long. Maybe, it's the ship's way of saying Welcome, to the underbelly of the CSS Eudora, home of the decommissioned.
Some things to keep in mind, while amongst the dead:

💀 Mini-events will be posted on WEDNESDAY at 3 PM EST / 12 PM PST, and are due at the same time they are for the living. Any changes to the schedule will be announced in the graveyard channels.

💀 Weekly effects will still hit you here, in the belly of the ship. Mods will make sure to announce any special changes based on being the graveyard; otherwise, please assume everything is 1:1!

💀 While not perfect, there is a healing factor in place. It is extremely sluggish, uncomfortable, and does not negate the fact that you're injured and likely in pain. If the injury is too severe, you might wind up dying from it if left untreated. Again. If you have a pre-existing condition like an illness that has been exacerbated by factors beyond your control, you will find that for the time being these symptoms are at their most minor.

💀 That said, while double death is possible, you'll find yourself reviving after 4 hours fully healed, but feeling like complete garbage for the rest of the day. Message your mods if you find yourself getting killed while dead, though! There might be a special surprise involved.

💀 Your possessions, minus clothing besides what you're wearing now, can be found in the bunk pods and their storage. Yes, while it might not include clothes, it does include any Omegamart Promotional Items, Scrap purchases, home items, etc that you were in possession of. if you had a lot of things, the cubby might jam or have difficulty closing. Better organize. If you arrive on Saturday during trial, belongings will return at the end of trial.

💀 Communications, while you cannot text via I.R.I.S., you can still send messages through HER-MES. All other functions for I.R.I.S. are available along with direct data transfers. Dead can send private letters to the living! An inbox can be accessed from the family computer at the canteen. If you find it locked, it is because we are updating it.

💀 Living livestream is broadcasted on the TV screen in the canteen!
✔️ Upgraded Quality ✔️ Audio ✔️ Translit Captions that sometimes fuck up ✔️ Dramatic panning ✔️ Color

💀 Planet locations are free to use! Upon the Eudora landing planetside, you will find that as you meander through the various parts of the Belly you may run into one of locations of the current planet instead of where you were meaning to go. These locations are indeed still populated, but the people are more like wisps and will not react much to any conversation. Though you can interact with stuff there you cannot take anything with you out of the location "rooms".
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[personal profile] polliwog 2024-04-04 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ it is truly so beautiful. the girl is more like a young woman—right around rosamund's age, just short and petite. her hands land on her wound and are cool to touch, like sidon's, and somehow just as strong despite being a fraction of his size.

her demeanor is much less rambunctious though, almost demure. a very proper young lady, if a little shy.

"This is Zora's Domain. Our home."

she says it with a little smile, a tiny curve of her lips, then offers a hand to help her to her feet. it starts to rain a little. ]
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[personal profile] rosebleed 2024-04-04 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
[She's so very charming, this young woman. And she supposes she'd have to concede it is a young woman, with the mannerisms and the calm, the confidence in her voice.]

It's beautiful. [She offers, eyes catching a myriad of glittering wonders.] Thank you for showing it to me.

[Ah, the rain. She hugs at her elbows and looks around. Any convenient alcoves they can duck into?]

What's your name?
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[personal profile] polliwog 2024-04-04 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ the rain doesn't bother her, because she's a fish, though she does hold out a hand to catch some droplets in her palm, lips thinned together a moment in some unspoken concern.

but she seems to understand that humans (hylians) don't like all the copious wetness so much, taking her aside underneath one of the ornate, silvery gazebos, expression quickly evening out into regal gentleness again.

"Oh, pardon me... I am Mipha, Princess of the Zora."

she looks out over the rain.

"You're a visitor." ]
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[personal profile] rosebleed 2024-04-04 12:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Mipha. [A princess? Rosamund nods assertively and gives a brief curtsy.] Yes, I'm just visiting. My name is Rosamund, Princess of Reverie.

[She looks out to the rain again, curious. It only illuminates the scenery, adds an extra layer of majesty to these cool coves. Though she wonders about that strange look Mipha had given while catching raindrops.

Well. There's other more sensible questions, first.]


Pardon me, but do you know Prince Sidon at all?
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[personal profile] polliwog 2024-04-04 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ the void around them shifts a little. like maybe she's catching onto what regret formed it in in the first place. the rain doesn't come down any harder yet, though the air does something strange—that eerie drop in pressure that promises a storm.

mipha, illusion as she is, cants her head with a smile. it is not her little brother's gleeful grin. but despite the way she carries herself—quiet, an arm drawn in to her chest and thumbing one of her many silver dangles—she has her own soft, genuine charm.

"My younger brother."

her hand moves, and the rain brings her a trident. larger than she is. she wields it easily, naturally. bravely. something crosses her expression again. she doesn't speak this time, but her thoughts seem to travel to rosamund anyway.

I'll have to leave him someday. ]
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[personal profile] rosebleed 2024-04-12 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Leave him? [The words have a potency. Finality. They're not even spoken aloud and yet they echo through her, rattling out of her own mouth the moment they land.

That Sidon has never mentioned this speaks volumes more. He shared so freely of himself, but she doesn't believe he'd ever once mentioned his family.]


Mipha, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to pry. [She flounders a moment. This won't count, really. It's not real. Perhaps it's okay to push a little more.] But, are you going to be all right? You seem...well. A little sad.