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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".
uncoincidental: (090)

[personal profile] uncoincidental 2024-04-09 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[hi but also not because sheba is passed out and i am still stuck in the hell that is capitalism

there are some olive- and plum-colored flower petals stuck on sheba's clothes, like she puked them up. it's fine.]
bossbabygirl: (tearing down the silos)

[personal profile] bossbabygirl 2024-04-09 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ahhhhhh.]

What happened? Are you guys okay?
rosebleed: @polarsirens on tumblr (032)

[personal profile] rosebleed 2024-04-09 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
She fell unconscious!

[WHEEZING her strength stats!!!]

We were — I tried to wake her up but my healing doesn't work like that!
bossbabygirl: (this is disappointing news)

[personal profile] bossbabygirl 2024-04-09 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
She'll be alright.

[she thinks. worst case she dies and comes back.]

What were you doing when she passed out?
rosebleed: @magicratfingers on tumblr (035)

[personal profile] rosebleed 2024-04-09 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[stop being so casual about euthanasia challenge???]

Yeah, she's still breathing, she just...we wanted to see if she could hear its thoughts. With our powers back — we didn't wander too far in, I was keeping watch!
bossbabygirl: (this is a learning opportunity)

[personal profile] bossbabygirl 2024-04-09 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[well. look. that's better than permadeath or having her brain destroyed psychically.]

She passed out immediately after trying?
rosebleed: @magicratfingers on tumblr (035)

[personal profile] rosebleed 2024-04-09 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Pretty much?

[Rosamund sighs heavily.]

If anyone's got some kind of wake up call spell, now would be great!

[Shaking off these ominous olive/plum petals.]
agamid: (dion005)

[personal profile] agamid 2024-04-09 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ thank god we're all always together! dion will offer to take sheba so rosamund doesn't die ]

Have you checked her vitals?
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[personal profile] rosebleed 2024-04-09 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Bless you Dion, this is why our joyless union will be a fruitful alliance for our vast lands]

Yes, she's fine, she's alive, she's just —

[Makes a face and a frantic gesture.]

It was a matter of seconds, and she was out! Like a light!
agamid: (dion038)

[personal profile] agamid 2024-04-09 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he will put a hand on rosamund's shoulder to calm her ]

Easy, Rosamund. We will have her restored. [ one way or another ] Master Dahut and Sir Owner clearly had their minds affected when they attempted to interfere with the Brain yesterday. It is possible that the direct connection of telepathy overwhelmed her.

At least we have medical facilities now, where we can monitor her. I am sure she will recover as they did, but it may take more time.
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[personal profile] rosebleed 2024-04-09 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay. You're right, it might just be...

[She bites her lip looking at the poor girl.]

I only hope she'll be herself when she wakes up.
polliwog: (60)

[personal profile] polliwog 2024-04-09 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ help! she can stop runnin' when she gets to the crowd of them hanging around. ]

What happened—!?
rosebleed: @bashieashie on tumblr (004)

[personal profile] rosebleed 2024-04-09 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Thank god everyone is constantly in a gaggle all together, we are all such good friends!]

Hi, okay, don't be mad...[Passing the goyle off, her wee arms, help] We were only testing a theory!
polliwog: (fa33)

[personal profile] polliwog 2024-04-09 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ so convenient that everyone just happens to hang around the trash or chipotle or the brain ]

...Hi. I'm not mad. [ he has the same DISAPPOINTMENT VIBES as he did for dahut yesterday though. he's mostly trying not to fret and failing, watching with a disturbed fin flutter as people take sheba's vitals and such. offers her a hand. ] It's all right. Whatever the damage is, she'll just need to sleep it off a while...

[ 4 hours and she can go to the gala probably ]
rosebleed: @magicratfingers on tumblr (035)

[personal profile] rosebleed 2024-04-09 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[NOOOOO NOT THE DISAPPOINTMENT]

Okay. Okay... [Heaving into her hands, aaaah feels bad man.] I'm sorry.
polliwog: (72)

[personal profile] polliwog 2024-04-09 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ HE'S NOT MAD.. JUST DISAPPOINTED...... but no since she obviously feels bad and everyone else is shaking their heads, he'll just clap her shoulder and smile a little. ]

It's all right! It was very bold of you both to try. We never know what will get results.

[ cue what lucien's been doing for weeks ]

Let's just... give the Brain some distance until we know more. Sheba will be right as rain in a few hours.