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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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magneticfields: (Focused)

[personal profile] magneticfields 2018-06-16 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ He definitely wasn't going to ask because he doesn't care if the kids drink.

The second part does catch his attention. Erik turns hard eyes on Kovacs, though it's not Kovacs who's earned them. It's not the petty irritation that Kovacs has earned before that burns under his skin. But the quiet, simmering rage that did not evaporate with Shaw's death. ]


The last time somebody did that to me, I spent the next twenty years hunting him. I killed everybody he associated with along the way. And when i finally found him, my friend held him down while I slowly pushed a coin through his skull and killed him.

So for their sake, let's hope that's not the case.
resleeves: (T H I R T Y F O U R)

[personal profile] resleeves 2018-06-16 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ well.

that strong, intense declaration just made kovacs see the man in a whole new light. he hadn't thought him innocent or free from having some kind of blood on his hand but he hadn't expected the strength of those words. ]


Brutal.

[ to say the fucking least. ]

Let's hope there's no coins floating around this place, shall we?

[ because fucking christ. ]

Guy could be wrong. Just the best theory I'd heard so far since we haven't been given any tools to save the fucking world. And we're not going anywhere so.

[ so. ]
magneticfields: (battle side eye)

[personal profile] magneticfields 2018-06-18 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think anybody here has done anything to warrant that sort of thing. Unless you think we have secret Nazi collaborators lurking.

[ Generally he prefers a quick kill. Even with Shaw, he would have if it had been at all possible. The mutation that kept him alive so long lead to his exceptionally painful death.

The memory of which Charles still carries. Erik doesn't dwell on that. ]


We still haven't gained access to much of the station. I haven't seen any compelling evidnece that they were expecting us to be here at all.
resleeves: (F O R T Y S I X)

[personal profile] resleeves 2018-06-18 12:22 pm (UTC)(link)
If there's anyone like that hanging around, I haven't run into them. Probably a good thing for them.

[ since erik was a little coin happy and apparently really fucking sadistic when he wanted to be. kovacs makes a note to keep an eye on him, at least. ]

That little recording seemed to think someone was coming.

[ why else set that up if they didn't expect someone to discover this place eventually? ]
magneticfields: (side eye)

[personal profile] magneticfields 2018-06-22 07:36 am (UTC)(link)
They tend to be unpleasant company. Better for all of us if none ever arrive.

[ He thinks back to the recording. It had sounded odd, for a number of reasons. ]

Do you think that was made specifically for us?
resleeves: (F O R T Y T W O)

[personal profile] resleeves 2018-06-22 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I think they wanted it to be seen. Just like they wanted their recording about saving the world to be heard. Specifically for this group?

[ probably fucking not. they couldn't have known who was coming. they probably didn't care. ]

Question becomes was it a warning or a plea or something else?
magneticfields: (sad flying)

[personal profile] magneticfields 2018-06-23 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
It probably affords most of the other residents some measure of comfort to think they were specifically chosen. But there is no logic to any of this. And why would the most complex machinery on the station actually work when nothing else does.

[ He thinks of the message again. ]

Perhaps a plea for forgiveness.
resleeves: (T H I R T Y O N E)

[personal profile] resleeves 2018-06-23 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Because the same shit's gonna happen to us?

[ please forgive them because now they were all stuck here, prepped to die?]

Don't know about you but I don't forgive them.
magneticfields: (half light profile)

[personal profile] magneticfields 2018-06-25 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
That would be the logical conclusion. It doesn't seem like they managed to solve anything.

[ His expression darkens. ]

I'm not a forgiving sort of man. Whatever killed them, they're better off.
resleeves: (T H I R T Y T W O)

[personal profile] resleeves 2018-06-25 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ damn that was cold erik. but also, kovacs agreed with you. ]

Don't know if I'd wanna be alive to witness their ultimate masterpiece failing so miserable.

[ at least they could be comforted by the fact that they probably weren't going to be the only ones to die. this place was a death trap waiting to strike. ]
magneticfields: (alright)

[personal profile] magneticfields 2018-06-29 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's not really known for his warmth. ]

We probably will be. Though I can't imagine we'll survive the experience.