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reveriemod ([personal profile] reveriemod) wrote in [community profile] reverielogs2018-06-01 08:45 pm

( 002 » ENSEMBLE ) gravitational.

» WHO? EVERYONE
» WHEN? JUNE 1 onward
» WHERE? ALL OVER THE STATION (literally)
» WHAT? Gravity is always on, until it isn't.
» WARNINGS? zero g, paralysis, the vacuum of space, possible asphyxiation, possible character death





0 0 1 » LOSS OF GRAVITY

The outer rings of Reverie Station rotate around the shaft of the station, using inertial forces to simulate gravity. One moment, this works fine — people are walking along corridors, sleeping in their beds, eating in the mess hall or having a drink at the bar. The next moment? In some parts of the station, a crunching sound can be heard, like metal against metal, and shortly thereafter, the rings cease to spin, causing a jolt to go through all rings.

And then what passed for gravity just stops.

Your food, drink or blanket might have floated off after the jolt. Remember to engage your mag boots, if you're wearing them, lest you follow suit. Good luck getting around in zero g.

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0 0 1 . 1 » UPSIDE DOWN AND FLOATING

The lack of gravity may be disorienting at first for those not used to operating in zero g environments. Fortunately, mag boots mean you can continue walking along corridors — though the boots will engage with what used to be the ceiling of the corridors as much as what used to be the floor. No matter which part of the corridor you're attached to, if any, better make sure to collect anything that may be floating around, lest it becomes a dangerous projectile whenever gravity turns back on.

The mess hall and the gym area in particular are in a significant state of disarray. In the mess hall, some cutlery (of the grey, hard plastic variant) has been left unsecured and is floating harmlessly through the air. The same holds true for a large amount of protein powder. In the gym area, meanwhile, the entirety of the dirty water from the pool is no longer in the pool.

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0 0 1 . 2 » PARALYSIS INDOORS

One moment, you’re walking — or maybe you’re floating, mag boots disengaged. Either way, from one moment to the next, you become unable to move. Your arms, your legs, even wiggling a toe becomes a thing of impossibility. There’s a heavy weight on your chest, despite the fact that gravity is still not back on. Taking a breath is an ordeal. You can’t call for help, you can’t signal to anyone, you can only stay still.

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OOC: The length of paralysis is up to players.



0 0 2 » TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE

It isn't clear why the rotation of the rings has stopped and gravity ceased, but one thing is certain: life on the station is a lot more difficult without gravity, especially for those not used to living and working in a zero g environment. The sensible thing would be to fix whatever is wrong, but in order to do that, you have to figure out what's wrong first.

One way to get an idea might be to put on a suit (if required) and go out an airlock to have a close look at the upper ring, where the crunching noise could be heard the loudest. The objective is to identify the problem and, if possible, fix it — but unless you have the power of flight and can breathe in the vacuum of space, the walk from the airlock to surveying the ring will be taxing in and of itself.

Better not lose hold of the station or each other and whatever you do, do not disengage those mag boots. Hopefully, no debris will come flying at you. The station may be built to withstand it, but you aren't.

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OOC: There are some 20 vac suits with oxygen packs and small thrusters for (weak) propulsion available in the spaces currently accessible to characters; these can be found in various airlocks.

0 0 2 . 1 » FLOATING AROUND

The station may be built to withstand debris, but you aren't — which makes it all the more unfortunate that some debris does catch you. In the side, in the face or in the legs, it doesn't matter: what matters is that the impact is strong enough to disengage the mag boots, which means you are now floating in space.

Did your suit take damage? Do its thrusters still work, or not? Is your oxygen pack still connected properly? If your connection to the station network is still intact, now would be a good time to call for help and hope that someone's close enough to get to you in time before you float too far from the station to still be reached, before your oxygen runs out, before any possible injuries you may have sustained take their toll.

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OOC: With this prompt, the extent of possible injuries, the time before rescue and factors such as oxygen or damage to the suit are all up to players. Please keep in mind that character death is very much a possibility — but that death means relatively little. Should a character die from their injuries or lack of oxygen, they will awaken again. As per the death mechanism outlined in the FAQ, characters are brought back to life (possibly repeatedly, if rescue takes a while), but they lose something. What they lose is up to players as well (a limb, memories, senses, social skills, ...) and the duration of the loss can range from a few days to permanent loss.


0 0 2 . 2 » PARALYSIS OUTDOORS

One moment, you are walking along the hull of the station. The next, you're frozen. Your arms and legs no longer move and there's pressure on your chest. Even taking a breath becomes an ordeal. You cannot move forward. You cannot move back. You can't even signal or call for help.

What choice do you have but to wait out this paralysis and hope that it loses its hold on you before your oxygen runs out? Better not panic, lest you use up more of it.

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OOC: The length of paralysis is up to players.



0 0 3 » WORK IT

For those who've successfully made the walk across the hull of the station to find the problem, it will soon become obvious what has happened: debris crashed into the station and got lodged between the uppermost ring and the shaft of the station, where it is stuck, preventing the spinning of the ring.

You will need to work together to cut through the debris or dislodge it. It's heavy, and you have little leverage in the absence of gravity.

Keep in mind also that if you successfully dislodge the debris, the outer ring will start moving again. Be prepared, especially if you're still connected to the ring by your mag boots. Inertial forces can be quite strong, so you will need to brace yourself or risk being dislodged yourself.

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resleeves: (T H I R T E E N)

[personal profile] resleeves 2018-06-08 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Thought about it.

[ what were you gonna do about it, daisy? ]

I'm not gonna catch the liquid with my hands.

[ gross.

but he did start grabbing bottles that were in his reach. the next step was figuring out where to put them where they wouldn't float away again. ]
morethan084: (angry/annoyed)

[personal profile] morethan084 2018-06-11 02:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Daisy just throws him a look at his retort.]

Could always catch it with your mouth.

[That was sarcasm, but, she's willing to bet he'd probably do it anyway. Now that she has a few bottles in her hands she's looking around to find a place to put them.

Great.]


You can't tell me they didn't prepare this place for something like this happening.

[She's saying it more to herself than him. He might have heard her though.]
resleeves: (T H I R T Y F O U R)

[personal profile] resleeves 2018-06-11 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
There are better uses for my mouth than that.

[ you walked right into that one, daisy. he's not sorry.

if he notices her dilemma with the bottles, he says nothing. just collects a few and holds them while watching her in amusement. ]


I can't tell you shit. I'm pretty sure this place is prepared for us to die. Not like the previous group of idiots made it.

[ remember them? ]
morethan084: (judging/listening)

[personal profile] morethan084 2018-06-12 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Is shutting up one of those options?]

Yeah, well, something tells me whoever brought us here is testing us. Or, you know, weeding out the weak.

[To which she pointedly looks at him.]

You would've thought they would at least have velcro for these sorts of situations.
resleeves: (T H I R T Y E I G H T)

[personal profile] resleeves 2018-06-12 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Weeding out the weak?

[ not a bad guess there. ]

You do realize that means we're all either going to end up killing each other to prove we deserve to stay alive or people are gonna die because they're not used to this shit.

[ death was a commonality for him. people died, they came back, and life went on. here, they wouldn't come back but he was still pretty blase about the possibility of people murdering each other or just dying because they weren't hardy and strong. ]
morethan084: (sideye/annoyed)

[personal profile] morethan084 2018-06-12 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
It’s crossed my mind.

[She’s just hoping it doesn’t reach that point. Daisy is almost always in survival mode, and has been since she was a kid. So at the very least she knows how to look out for herself. ]

Which means we all have to look out for each other.

[Including him. As annoying as he seems to be.]

Help me look for a place to put these.
resleeves: (S E V E N T Y T W O)

[personal profile] resleeves 2018-06-12 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ kovacs gives her a dubious look for that one. looking out for one another. sure, he'd get right fucking on that. time to check in on people to make sure they're breathing and say hi and nod like a fucking dick when he saw them in the hall. ]

What fucking bar doesn't have cabinets or cupboards or some shit?

[ he is, at least, helping because he'd like to make sure this place isn't alcohol free anytime soon. there's a few spaces underneath the bar but kovacs doubts that's gonna work. ]

There's nothing that's going to work. You got tape or some shit on you?
morethan084: (hovering)

[personal profile] morethan084 2018-06-13 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
Do I look like I have tape on me?

[She does have that med kit in her room, but that medical tape wouldn't hold this stuff down.]

Screw it.

[Daisy lets them go and watches them float there.]

There's more important things to be worrying about than saving alcohol.
resleeves: (F I F T Y N I N E)

[personal profile] resleeves 2018-06-13 12:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Remember that stupid question you asked me about finding some place to put these? Now, you know how it fucking feels.

[ she lets the bottles go and he watches them float slowly up towards the ceiling again. he guesses they'll be fine up there now but they're gonna loose a lot of good alcohol if the gravity ever kicks back on. ]

More important like what?

[ yes, he wants some examples. ]
morethan084: (insincere)

[personal profile] morethan084 2018-06-13 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Daisy just looks at him with an emotionless expression. What was that about growing to love this personality of his? Just because she would look out for him like the rest of the people on this ship didn't mean she had to like him.]

Like making sure there's no one else floating around with no way of stopping it.
resleeves: (T H I R T Y E I G H T)

[personal profile] resleeves 2018-06-13 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
What are you talking about, there's a way to stop it.

[ kovacs steps over and slaps a hand against the wall. ]

See these things? They do come in handy.
morethan084: (sideye/annoyed)

[personal profile] morethan084 2018-06-13 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
And if you’re nowhere near one? Didn’t seem like you had easy access when I came in here.
resleeves: (T H I R T Y N I N E)

[personal profile] resleeves 2018-06-13 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
They'll get there.

[ he had, hadn't he? ]

It's not like they're going to float off into fucking space, never to be seen again.

[ or maybe they would. this station was fucked up. ]
morethan084: (sass)

[personal profile] morethan084 2018-06-13 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, well, I’m going to go help. You can stay here and have another bottle hit you in the face if you want.

[Because he clearly didn’t like the idea of helping anyone.]
resleeves: (S E V E N)

[personal profile] resleeves 2018-06-14 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
Think I might do that.

[ stay there, not let bottles hit him in the face. once enough for him. he was going to stay there, grab bottles, save the alcohol.

he was going to be the true hero. ]
morethan084: (sideye/annoyed)

[personal profile] morethan084 2018-06-14 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
Good.

[One less person to worry about. For now anyway. Until he eventually does something stupid and he needs help. Walking was still slower than she would like because of the mag boots, but it's not long until she's out of the bar.]