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GRAVEYARD... 4!
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.
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".
💀 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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My concern with the brain is the extent of its power. If we try to harness it and we fail... [Well. He doesn't need to explain.] It'd be safer to use the trash and the recycling plant. There's already an incinerator there, all we'd have to do is convert it properly. Easier to boost it if we need to than to try and grab only a fraction of the heart or the brain's power.
[I think it would be so funny if it doesn't work because Dahut cleaned too much]
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[uncleans our graveyard]
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[CAN YOU FUCKS STOP FEEDING YOURSELVES TO THE BRAIN FOR FIVE MINUTES]
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You're the expert, man. Let's see what they can do. [we are going to keep sacrificing ourselves to the brain, though.] Is there anything else we need? I mean, besides the stuff we've already talked about.
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I think we need a lot of things, but we aren't going to find them here. [God.] My vote is trying the recycling power first, but if we go with the brain, we'll at least need to set up a lot of testing and safety procedures.
[He's not gonna deny them a way out of here but he is going to be very mad if they fuck around recklessly too much]
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My vote's on the trash first, too. Buuuuut, if that doesn't work... The problem with the brain is that it super kills people if you get too close to it, right? So let's just not get close to it.
If we get the supplies to build a gun or slingshot kinda thing to shoot a wire into the brain from a good distance away, do ya think we could pull energy from it that way?
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[rosamund's an archer and harley's good with projectiles so they could theoretically make a slingshot or even something hand tossed work. maybe. other people here probably also have good aim.]
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Heat conversion isn't hard, at least! [ok genius] So that's a possibility.
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Yeah. I think-- [insert a very intelligent discussion about power plants and heat energy]
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I think that's a safer idea than depending on the heart or brain as our primary source.
[we will sensibly shitpost to using trash]
And we can use whatever's in the factory too to feed the incinerator.
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If nothing else, we could test it out. Try to send a rat over or something. [DON'T JUST TURN THE RATS INTO LAB RATS FOR REAL] If it's not powerful enough, we can look at the riskier options.
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Will we have enough time to test it out first?
[THE BEACONS WILL CONNECT AND THE PATH WILL FORM HOW LONG WILL THEY HAVE]
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You think we'll only get one shot? [WILL THE TESSERACT JUST LIKE BREAK? DAMN THAT WOULD SUCK imagine if they send only one flesh rat over and blow their chance]
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actually never mind blake told scien that apparently they it can work more than once]
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I thought about seeing if we could harness the CEM waves for power too, but that feels like playing with fire...
[Oh hello friend]
What do you think, Vash?
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[ mg mechanics but put into covid form is terrifying ]
These all seem good, though Blake said the organic pieces are probably more powerful? Not that the others won't work. [ Many choices! ] I don't mind opening you guys a rift if it's a struggle getting stuff to work, too.
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[ He will get over issues for his not-friends in the Helly Belly, especially if it means them being safe. ]