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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.
lostsymmetry: (to do list)

[personal profile] lostsymmetry 2018-05-14 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
Historian? That does explain a lot. The world doesn't sound like any that he's heard of, but her studies... well. That's closer. Humans are always obsessed with control.

And afraid of anything that overcomes it.

"Can't say that we do." Light. Casual. "What is it?"
veristitalian: (confused and appalled)

[personal profile] veristitalian 2018-05-14 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
"A kind of living being that might be infused into a tool."

She's learned that fabrials are unheard of.

"A firespren in a gem to give off warmth in a cold room without the smoke of a fire. Is this the same?"
lostsymmetry: (domesticon)

[personal profile] lostsymmetry 2018-05-14 12:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"<Domesticon utilizes cutting-edge innovations to produce AI servants guaranteed to meet your needs. Keeping your property efficient, so you don't have to be.>"

It's the same voice. Just flat and cheery, echoing with the robotic brightness of a recorded sales pitch. A moment's pause, and the more human inflection replaces it.

"Hard to say. Humans design us from the ground up. Are spren made, or born?"
veristitalian: (Default)

[personal profile] veristitalian 2018-05-14 02:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"What was that?"

Asks Jasnah, who isn't used enough to canned delivery to take what just happened in stride.

"Who was speaking, was it you?"

They can come back to spren in a moment.
lostsymmetry: (video)

[personal profile] lostsymmetry 2018-05-14 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"<Oops. I'm sorry.>

"Ah... yeah."

Given he's fairly sure they were just talking about whether he was a voice stuffed into a box... yep, those scripts sure might add to the confusion.

"Like I said, humans design us. My manufacturers were aiming for a certain, quality, of interaction."

The word bleeds irony.
veristitalian: (facing up to duty)

[personal profile] veristitalian 2018-05-15 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
"You are designed to speak things you don't remember speaking?"

She asks, barely able to grasp this.

"Like an ardent making recitations, but even more unconscious? And they believed that would improve the quality of your ability to interact?"
lostsymmetry: (stop...)

[personal profile] lostsymmetry 2018-05-15 10:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, memory's not the problem."

After decades of the same canned lines? He almost wishes it could be. But those scripts will be in ready memory even when the rest of him is wiped back to a blank array.

"Let's just say the authentic human voice you hear today took some improvising. And practice."
veristitalian: (traditional old vorin hair)

[personal profile] veristitalian 2018-05-15 01:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"Would you generally prefer to confer with other AI?"

She asks; she can see how they'd be more interesting to socialize with.

"How did you end up in the walls of this station? Have you always lived here, or did you arrive with the rest of us?"
lostsymmetry: (access terminal)

[personal profile] lostsymmetry 2018-05-15 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"Depends on the AI." With a slight note of curiosity, "Why? Would you prefer to be talking with a human?"

Humans are plenty interesting. That's never been the problem. Plus, he's got no complaints about the current chat.

"That last one. I showed up in a chunk of my facility. One of the local techs was friendly enough to hook me up to these."
veristitalian: (facing up to duty)

[personal profile] veristitalian 2018-05-16 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
"No, but we have limitations that you don't."

She perceives, right away. Jasnah is too much a scholar not to see disembodied consciousness as a tremendous benefit.

"Who are the local techs?"
lostsymmetry: (to do list)

[personal profile] lostsymmetry 2018-05-19 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
She is sharp. Still.

"And vice versa. Trust me."

It's almost a joke.

"<Oops. I'm sorry. That information is not available in the database.>"

"No roster that I've seen, but you can try asking around." Ruefully: "There have definitely been enough people prying at the panels."
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[personal profile] veristitalian 2018-05-20 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
"I'll ask, and I'll try to connect them to you, if you like. If you're limited by the work you can ask you to do for them, it would be useful for you to know them all."

And fostering a culture where information is exchanged is their best chance of getting out of here in the long run.
lostsymmetry: (access terminal)

[personal profile] lostsymmetry 2018-05-20 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
More techs aware of his presence means a higher chance of being evaluated. Or, well. Worse. But if they keep poking around, they'll find him sooner or later. He could definitely do worse for introductions than an insightful, well-intentioned historian.

"I appreciate that."

A little wryly, "So if you're running the introductions... can I ask your name?"
veristitalian: (traditional old vorin hair)

[personal profile] veristitalian 2018-05-21 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
"Jasnah Kholin."

She answers, surprised to realize she's forgotten to introduce herself, again. It's very different from home, where children are taught to recognize here, and audiences tend to be formal.

"And yours?"
lostsymmetry: (to do list)

[personal profile] lostsymmetry 2018-05-21 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
"<Greetings. This is the automated system administrator.>"

For a facility they aren't in, and a function he can't serve right now.

"But, you can call me Hank."
veristitalian: (blanched with shock)

[personal profile] veristitalian 2018-05-24 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
"Hank."

She echoes, trying to learn to speak around these automated prompts, which can be more than a little distracting.

"Hank, I need to go find something to eat. But I can find you again in the walls?"
lostsymmetry: (access terminal)

[personal profile] lostsymmetry 2018-05-24 01:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Practice makes perfect. Especially in ignoring his programming.

"Sure. Just, make sure it's a wall with a screen and keyboard."

Shouting at random walls probably won't take Jasnah far. He shuts off the monitor and refreshes it to demonstrate—bringing up the blue Domesticon logo that then flickers, glitches, and resolves to a familiar hash.

"If my face pops up, you'll know we're in business."
veristitalian: (Default)

[personal profile] veristitalian 2018-05-24 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"Thank you."

She says, inclining her head, and stepping back. She will watch out for the panels like this, and will keep it in mind to try to contact him again.