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reveriemod ([personal profile] reveriemod) wrote in [community profile] reverielogs2018-05-01 08:33 pm
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( 0 0 1 » ENSEMBLE ) welcome to the inaugural log

» WHO? everyone
» WHEN? may 1 onward
» WHERE? all over the station
» WHAT? introductory log feat. waking up, exploration, meeting over food and noises in the walls
» WARNINGS? potential for body horror, psychological horror, hallucinations, physical injury




( 0 0 1 ) » WAKE UP

Were you asleep or were you unconscious? It doesn't matter: when you come to, there's an odd taste in your mouth and there's a low-level mechanical hum in the air. Your head hurts and you feel nauseous. You aren't anywhere you know: everything around you is metal, from the floor you lie on all the way to the ceiling. You are dressed in a jumpsuit you definitely weren't wearing before.

"We tried to save the world. I think— I think we did the opposite."

The message repeats on a loop. If you look for its source, you find a comms device on the floor next to you. The logo on its wallpaper says REVERIE TERMINAL. Upon closer inspection, you find the same logo on your jumpsuit.

Welcome to your new home.

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( 0 0 2 ) LOOK AROUND

You've woken up — but where have you woken up? It may be time to explore your new home. Rifling through a crew quarter will make the room's terminal lock to the comms device you're carrying; the room becomes yours. That includes everything in it, from the additional jumpsuit to the two extra sets of underwear. In some quarters, you may find remnants of whoever was here before you: a book on the nightstand, a coffee mug still on the table, a lonely sock on the floor.

A look around the shared areas will reveal the bar, some of its bottles already open, the mess hall, observation deck and the gym area with its dirty pool. An even closer look around these areas might reveal basic first aid kits as well as basic tool kits and fire extinguishers. The kits are located near the fire extinguishers in compartments in the wall that are not immediately visible. Hopefully, nothing's on fire and no one needs first aid... but that tool kit might come in handy.

Every now and then, as you explore, you might find yourself standing before a door that is locked. Try as you might, you will not be able to get it open.

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( OOC: What items characters find of those who were there before them is up to players, but please limit it to a single item that is mundane and somewhat useless in nature. )


( 0 0 3 ) HAVE A BITE

Sooner or later, all characters will have to make their way to the mess hall if they want to eat. In the mess hall, here are a number of replicator-like devices that sometimes work and sometimes don't— but after a recent malfunction that some characters may have noticed, they seem to work just fine... or at least as well as ever: nothing is particularly palatable, but at least it's nourishment, right?

So why not sit down at a table, whether it's already occupied or not, and have a meal. Maybe use it as an opportunity to introduce yourself, or just to complain about what passes for coffee around here.

And if coffee isn't your preferred beverage, well. There's always the bar.

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( 0 0 4 ) NOISES IN THE WALLS


For some, it's been over a week on the station. For others, merely a day or two. For all, things are starting to change: maybe you were asleep or maybe you weren't, but surely the scream that reverberates through the station will startle you. Was it human? Whatever it was, it seems to be coming from the walls of the station. Banging, clanging, then more screams.

Are you going to chase the sounds? Hide away from them? Try to investigate?

If you follow the sound of screams through the station's corridors and halls, you might feel someone - or was it something? - grab you from behind and pull hard. But when you turn around or turn your head if you've fallen, there's nothing and no one there. If you investigate and perhaps put your ear to a wall to see if the noises really come from there, or bang on the wall, you might hear something other than screams and clanging. Strain your ears and you might hear nothing at all — or you might be able to make out a soft "help me". It's barely above a whisper. Did it sound familiar? If you try to take apart the wall, two things will happen: you'll feel uncharacteristically weak and lethargic all of the sudden, and you'll find nothing at all but wiring and more metal.

Whatever you do, you'll find that the noises stop after a while, with no discernible source other than "the walls". And then hours later, they'll start again. Stop again. Start again a day later— and then stop for good.

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( O O C ) ACTIONS


Hello Reverie Terminal Operators! Welcome to our inaugural event. We hope you'll enjoy it!

To help exploration and interaction with the station, we have put together ten (10) 'actions' that you can request. These actions range from very minor, such as receiving a small piece of information about the station, to major, which may be a more vital piece of information or something far less pleasant, and are completely opt-in. These actions can help get your character involved in the plot, jump into the plot and its mysteries, and have more of a personal prompt to jump off of if you so wish.

Please note if you would avoid particular kinds of consequences (for example, if you'd rather your character not be injured), and we'll try to accommodate that, but please be aware that heavy themes are in play and the actions may feature body horror, injury and hallucinations.

If you'd like to receive an action, please reply to this comment with the following:


In the future, actions such as these may be "bought" with bonus AC.



Please use content warning in your top-levels wherever necessary.
neuralnet: (03)

[personal profile] neuralnet 2018-05-13 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"--No," Haruto interrupts, intensely worried for this poor man. "Maybe you shouldn't." He frowned, peering into the hole they'd made in the wall, into the mess of wires and connections.

"Did you electrocute yourself or something?"
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[personal profile] donkeyballs 2018-05-15 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm alright," He reassured the other man, though damn if he didn't quite feel it. He pulled his hands away from the wall, as if to check.

"Pretty sure I woulda felt it - gettin' electrocuted ain't a fun experience. Honestly felt more like being punched in the throat with a sedative, but--" He looked back up at the panel, frowning. "That don't make any sense."
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[personal profile] neuralnet 2018-05-18 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Haruto frowns even harder. If there is some kind of sedative agent in the wall, that doesn't bode well for them. Especially him, if it means he can't connect his charging cable. One hand tentatively reaches for the opening, while Haruto internally weighs the pros and cons of trying to do it himself. Depending on the sedative, it might not have an effect on him.

In the end, the necessity of connecting his charging cable outweighs any possible risks.

"It's that clasp there, yes?" Before the other man can confirm, he begins reaching into the hole for it.
donkeyballs: (are you kidding me?)

[personal profile] donkeyballs 2018-05-29 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's i--" He starts, cutting off when the kid just goes for it.

"Hey - careful!"
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[personal profile] neuralnet 2018-06-03 12:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Too late, Haruto is wrist-deep in the wall, reaching for the transformer. His head bows as the sudden wave of exhaustion hits him. His eyelids feel heavy, but he forces himself to keep looking at the clasp. He pushes through the woozy feeling and eventually, after a great deal of effort, he unclasps the transformer from the light. Grabbing his charging cable with his other hand, he is able to connect it instead, though by the time he's through, he can barely keep his eyes open.

Finally, with everything connected, he withdraws from the hole in the wall, collapsing back onto the mattress and just taking a few long, slow breaths.

"Hah... There... We did it."
donkeyballs: (you sure about this?)

[personal profile] donkeyballs 2018-06-06 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
He moves forward, stretching his arms out to catch Haruto if he falls back - but the kid manages to get through the maneuver, so Alex pulls back and lets him collapse onto the bed. God damn. There was something wrong with the walls.

He clicked his tongue in his cheek, glancing at the transformer that this had all been for, cord now plugged into it, and then back to Haruto.

"You alright? You looked like you were about to faint."
neuralnet: (Nino03)

[personal profile] neuralnet 2018-06-10 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Haruto breathes deep and heavy. "I'll be alright." Though, he runs an internal assessment of his systems just to be sure. His body feels exhausted, like he's just run up and down several flights of stairs. And the battery powering his brain has dropped by fifteen percent. It's a good thing they got that cable connected, he probably ought to charge soon.

"I think I might take a nap, though..."
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[personal profile] donkeyballs 2018-06-21 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
"Just - sit down, for a minute. Take it easy." He sounds worried, and indeed, he is - eye flicking over Haruto's face every few seconds to make sure he's still conscious.

"I think maybe no more tryin' to put holes in the wall, huh?
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[personal profile] neuralnet 2018-06-23 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
He's breathing. His eyelids are heavy, and his eyes unfocused, but open. With great effort, he forces a smile onto his face and lifts one hand in a thumbs up.

"I'm all set now. That was the only one I needed."
donkeyballs: (you sure about this?)

[personal profile] donkeyballs 2018-06-23 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
He can't help but give a small bemused smile, before he pulled out his comm.

"Alright, well - I'll let you rest, then, but. You need anything, you give me a call, alrigh'? My username on this thing is rocipilot." He turned the device around so that Haruto could actually read it.
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[personal profile] neuralnet 2018-06-23 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Haruto nods sluggishly and answers, "Tokumei."

Only belatedly, after he shoves his face into the pillow, does he realize that that, by itself, probably doesn't mean much to his new friend.

"My username is tokumei."
donkeyballs: (chuffed)

[personal profile] donkeyballs 2018-06-23 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
It's like watching a tiny child struggle with staying awake, and Alex can't help but find it endearing.

"Alright. Feel better, Kid." Then he slips away, letting the door close behind him.