GRAVEYARD.

[dropoffs]

GR͏∀VE̴Y͞A̵ЯD     13 DECOMMISSIONED

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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 6 PM EST / 3 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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Comments

[artificialsweetener]

[WELL LATER ON THIS IS ALSO HAPPENING.]

Um?

[egodist]

Clownham takes more victims, I see.

[THEY HAVE SAID NOTHING ABOUT CLOWNHAM]

[artificialsweetener]

[JUST NODDING SOLEMNLY.]

Who knew clowns had such a thirst for blood...

[egodist]

They probably have the most ardent desire to work their way up the food chain.

[like yining]

[artificialsweetener]

Someone should tell them that excessive violence is never the best way to climb to the top.

[Shaking his head... Just be 15 year old geniuses instead, damn.]

[egodist]

Some people lack the skill otherwise.

[but okay to stop shitposting briefly,]

Two fairly injured groups on the same day... It's still curious.

[artificialsweetener]

Especially given it's a Thursday.

[WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED LAST THURSDAY...]

If they have issues during the jump again, that's a whole lot of people who probably won't be able to defend themselves as well as they otherwise might.

[egodist]

I did tell them that I would anticipate it happening again.

Now it seems like things are scheduled... but I don't expect it to go over any better.

[artificialsweetener]

[JUST SIGHS VERY BIGLY.]

Well, I guess we'll see tomorrow... Maybe they'll have a little luck!

[They will not.]

[egodist]

They won't.

We'll see who turns up dead.

[rav3n]

[At least these ones showed up on a craft so they can't blame it on a gas leak]

Did Adrastea take them somewhere?

[artificialsweetener]

[They can still blame it on a gas leak...]

Maybe? Though it sounds like they left without warning the other Senior staff members, so...

[Unless they're a rogue agent, he ain't sure.]

[rav3n]

[True... Luke frowns at the interaction between Adrastea and Europa, but the subs are SO BAD and then the screen cuts away to Todomatsu asking about a second mission.]

"Mission" sounds like they were tasked to do something--planetside, maybe?

[dropoffs]

[ YOU GUYS REALLY ARE JUST.... SUBS... SO FUNNY. Vash pokes in. ] From what I remember, most missions have the objective of dispersing an abundance of electromagnetic waves, which causes galactic storms.

[rav3n]

[They're going to have to deal with a poorly timed commercial break advertising handwiches]

Storms... like the one those--[eugh]--spirits were talking about? Lancion and Everan?

[dropoffs]

[ Vash looks at him a bit confused after hearing those names, then rubs his own temples a bit. ] ... Sorry. My memory isn't what it used to be. [ Anyway, ] If they talked about galactic storms, then yeah. When cosmoelectromagnetic waves get too tangled together in an area, it causes storms. Or something. Space science is weird.

[rav3n]

[Well that's a little concerning, but apart from a brief look, Luke doesn't push for now.]

You think they were doing that, then? Would it hurt them that badly?

[dropoffs]

[ Vash just puts on a goofy smile. Don't worry about it. Science though, back to being pensive and frowning. ] I think it depends... The presence of cosmoelectromagnetic waves usually shows up as weird effects you experience in space once in a while. Those are harmless because the wavelengths are wide, so the frequency looks flat on a chart. Plus, they're few. But... Storms... In theory, they can be dangerous because it's a big bundle of waves with shorter wavelengths, high peaks and low drops. The handbook mentioned different grades of storms based on their size. It's likely they tackled a sizable one.

[rav3n]

[YOU CAN'T FOOL HIM YOU LITTLE SHIT HE IS A FELLOW STEPFORD SMILER.

He listens, though, taking all this in like the science nerd he is. Astronomy isn't his area of expertise, but he's smart enough and works with enough science to take this in with a thoughtful nod.]

...Hey, you didn't happen to find a copy of that handbook around here, did you?

[artificialsweetener]

[THEIR FUCKING SUBS!!!! The dramatic soap opera zoom-ins that we just kept forever...]

Maybe! Whatever it is, they really got chewed up out there...

[At least half of both groups are freaks who just brush everything off.]

[rav3n]

[GASPS IN SPANISH]

So much for "minimal amounts of danger."

[artificialsweetener]

To be fair, I think we proved that false when multiple people died over the second half of our first full week.

[THEY REALLY KICKED OFF THIS PARTY.]

[rav3n]

I guess that's true. [They are slightly different things in his opinion, but, the point stands.

...]

Strange that this happened today, though. [Considering...]

[artificialsweetener]

It doesn't really bode well, does it?

[IF YALL GET HUNTED DOWN FOR SPORT IT'S GOING TO BE A BLOODBATH WITH ALL THESE INJURIES.]

[rav3n]

If they get locked in again, maybe they'll bring medkits this time?

[He doesn't even know everyone conked out because he died first]