THE DRIFT FLEET

[video] Sarcophagus

Fri, 18 Jan 2019 11:38:58 GMT

Posted by: ultima_mortis

Who: Death and All

Broadcast: Yes

Action: SS Caprine Kitchen

When: Today

[There were a number of apple-like fruits laid out in a large bowl. Death reaches over to pick one up and turned it over in his bony fingers before grabbing a perfectly ordinary looking table knife. He made a nearly imperceptible nick in the flesh and began separating it from the rest of the fruit. As the single peel began to inch its way downward, one might see there is not a sliver of excess fruit attached to it. It was as clean as a fruit peel could ever hope to be.

Poppy's paw flashed over the screen. She hit a few buttons and managed to trigger a filter that gave her and Death motion tracking flower crowns. Then she hit it again and a falling glitter effect was put into effect as well. Death crooked a finger at her and she move. Tiny paws padded across the table until she could lay down invitingly at her master's side. She pawed at his sleeve and began to purr loudly.]

PLAYING WITH THE CAMERA AGAIN? [He leans over and his fingers, in spite of their lack of flesh, trigger some button on the screen. Death is once more in his most natural state. He waves at the camera before returning to his task.] IT WILL BE A FRUIT PIE TODAY. THEY TAKE A BIT OF TIME TO COOK AND COOL, BUT THE RESULTS ARE WELL WORTH THE PATIENCE. THERE WILL BE AN EXPERIMENT, THOUGH. I AM GOING TO ATTEMPT TO FLAVOR THE FILLING WITH VANILLA AND LEMON. RESEARCH SEEMS TO SUGGEST THEY COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER.

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Missing Home

Sun, 13 Jan 2019 03:24:22 GMT

Posted by: itsyagirl

Who: open to all
Broadcast: no
Action: Iskaulit
When: Jan 12 or whenever...time doesn't matter

Veronica has been rather absent this holiday season. While she's made an appearance at the festivities, she hasn't really seemed all there, and has left early from most of them without talking much. For a girl whose life has changed so much so fast, even before the Fleet, one might think it would be easy for her to roll with the punches, but eventually, Veronica tires out, and she's hit that point.

She misses home. She's lonely. Sure, she has Lance here, but much of his time is dedicated to Keith and his team, and Veronica isn't about to take that away from him. He's happy. She isn't going to get in the way of that. While she's befriended people here, it just isn't the same, and she finds herself growing homesick and depressed.

She's spending a lot of time these days just sitting by the bay windows of the Iskaulit, looking out into the deep abyss of space. It's beautiful, and she really does love it, but...it's so cold and isolating. It makes her think of everything that she's lost, all the people who have died for a war that they were never even meant to be a part of... Veronica hugs her knees to her chest and just watches.

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Fri, 09 Nov 2018 17:17:26 GMT

Posted by: fightorflug

Who: Flug, Red Fish and you!
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Red Fish
When: NOW after Flug gets back on his feet

"Greetings Red Fish, this is your captain speaking!"

[And fresh from the medical ward, if the IV drip Flug is sporting is anything to go by. His goggles glint with mischievous glee as he steps away from his desk to reveal a seemingly inoccuous dial adjacent to the hallway doorframe.]

"Presenting Red Fish's prototype teleportation and travel station! Through these terminals I have installed, long trips of carrying heavy cargo, escaping potential threats and lengthy evacuation procedures are a thing of the past! With the turn of this dial, many doorways are now interchangeable! Just remember the terminals will only recognize you and a specific amount of mass your space occupies. Should you need you to add a guest or adjust these parameters simply report to me."

[Or just adjust them yourself through the terminal at the bridge; it's easy enough to identify through the copious amount of sticky note instructions Flug plasters over everything. But hey, he likes to feel important.]

"Observe!"

[And suddenly Flug strides into the kitchen... along with the potted plant from his room which also came along for no discernable reason. ]

"...Occasionally some bugs may occur"

[Private network]
[As useful as the teleporters were, having a side project helped provide good cover up for the other collaborative effort the fleet got up to. Ensuring all lights and cameras are off Flug boots up a different device...]

Initiating beta test protocol.. two.. three.. please respond. I trust everything is still operating efficiently?

OOC: Teleporters on Red Fish! You didn't ask for them, you might not even want them; regardless you now have them! As expected of something cobbled together from a junkyard, they are prone to malfunctions; maybe sometimes you'll wind up in a different room than the one you intended or perhaps your tiny stereo likes to turn on and off randomly when the signals get crossed. It's yours to play with as you please! With that, I am officially back from hiatus. Fluggyboy collapsed after working too hard If you would like to assume you have helped him (in building or forcing his ass to get medical care, feel free!) I'm excited to see new faces :> as always feel free to PM or hmu on plurk!

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Video

Thu, 08 Nov 2018 23:31:27 GMT

Posted by: onlyanapple

Who: Crowley and YOU
Broadcast: Fleet wide
Action: Malum
When: Forward dated to the 10th

[Crowley can be found behind the bar as normal. Unlike normal, however, he isn't here to give you a stupid time consuming network game, or pose a stupid drinking game or riddle. It's not a day for that kind of thing.

He manages to remain pretty laconic, uncaring - but today he is anything but. He also has a very large bottle of wine he's already half polished off. ]

So, today marks exactly ten years since I last saw home. Not just being here, of course. Adding in all my time in that fucking castle, too. It's a fart in the wind, time-wise, really. I've had longer naps.

[He's always been very vocal about not missing home. Hell is back home, recovering after the near apocalypse and waiting to see if they find him and punish him for what he did. Aziraphale has always been someone who's shown up once in a while, hung about for a bit and then vanished off home again. But...but, it's been an awfully long time since he last saw the angel. And for the first time in a long, long time, he's starting to feel a tug of homesickness.]

...But I guess ten years still counts for something, huh?

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video;

Tue, 06 Nov 2018 13:49:47 GMT

Posted by: abracafcku

Who: Taako and alllll y'all
Broadcast: Yes
Action: First Breath
When: 11/7

[Taako's not wearing his costume today, but considering what he is wearing? People might not be able to tell the difference. He's lying on his bed on the First Breath, the wall behind him carpeted in mismatched beaded curtains and hung with shawls of various colors and patterns. He's wrapped up in a giant rainbow colored feather boa and a shimmery white shirt with his wizard hat decked out in rainbow ribbons and stars - it's a huge mess and he doesn't look like he cares.]

Sooo question for all of you nerds out there: anyone out there have experience with dimensional or planar magic or travel?

Because besides the party - which was totally great - this "drift" thing is boring the shit out of me. I thought about blowing something up just to break up the monotony, but I figured learning something might be a smidge more useful.

[But only a smidge.]

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03 - Video [OPEN]

Mon, 05 Nov 2018 16:58:48 GMT

Posted by: luckyescape

Who: Freya Vaughn & YOU!
Broadcast: YES
Action: If you want to swing by the engine room or her room on the Heron, go for it.
When: November 5th

[The screen flicks on and Freya has her boots pressed against the wall with her torso resting against the floor. It's hard to tell which direction gravity is flowing except that her hair spanned around her head in a golden halo.

She's wearing her little red ridding hood costume though only the bright red hood was really visible.]

Remember, remember, the fifth of November.
The gun powder treason and plot.

[She sings the song in a sweet voice that makes it come off as a creepy ring-around-the-rosy type of deal. Freya can't keep the monotone tune up for long before breaking into a warm smile, her light stormy gray eyes glittering as if a sun was peaking out from behind the clouds.]

Couldn't resist that. ANYWAY, I'm calling out because I'm going to go ahead and start a Dungeons and Dragons campaign. I have been making dice but they currently suck! So if anyone has dice let me know or I'm going to just program a random number generator and make people use that. [It's super easy to do with any computer.] So, I'm thinking of ways to make the campaign more interesting to those who are here, so if you're interested but it sounds boring, hit me up anyway. We'll talk.

Who knows, might be fun.

The idea is to have fun. If you aren't going to have fun then- [She waves a hand.] Well, ignore this.

Anywho, that's part 1. Part 2 is about candy. I will eat anything that's left that isn't chocolate. I miss sweet things and I can eat a lot. So if anyone has any, that isn't chocolate, then let me know. I'll take it off your hands.

Also if anyone has pepperoni. It's not a totally random question but related to another conversation.

I think that's all I got right now.

]She flashes the screen a happy smile, flashing her canines in the process.]

Later Drifters.

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mausoleum

Wed, 24 Oct 2018 02:39:33 GMT

Posted by: ultima_mortis

Who: Death and You

Broadcast: Yes

Action: Planetside

When: Today

Action – Planetside Scrapyard

It wasn’t at all hard to find people who took a liking to him or Poppy. Death is in the middle of a more organized scrap yard than most, surrounded by the more artistic types. He’s currently fiddling with metal sheets being fitted to a large grill type of device in what are supposed to be flower shapes. Some people just like to mix themes, he supposes. The metal is easy enough to fiddle with by hand, too, although he does make some cursory attempts to use proper tools for the job at hand. Each flower he finishes gets passed off for welding and more welding until the false verdant nature of the grill is deemed acceptable. Death takes a sit back with the other artists and lets them hash out smaller details like delivery. He is joined in his seat by Poppy, who takes to purring loudly as he watches the new gill get rinsed off for its first voyage.

Broadcast – Planetside, later in the day

Food is a common denominator that brings all together nearly as much as his job or the need to sleep. Death is among people who live for food cooked on a new grill, producing various, slightly singed items fit for a good meal. He has no plate of his own owing to a lack of a stomach, but Poppy gleefully munches on scraps of meat that he breaks up for her convenience. He waves at the feed briefly and turns his hands to petting his cat and reminding her that she is very much loved in all her purring goodness.

I LIKE THIS PLANET. THERE IS SO MUCH PEOPLE CAN DO TO TURN METAL INTO SOMETHING ORGANIC AND LIVELY.

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☼ this is not the greatest song in the world

Wed, 17 Oct 2018 05:29:18 GMT

Posted by: deviances

Who: Eithan + YOU!
Broadcast: Yup - fleetwide
Action: if you want, hit me up!
When: Right the heck now

Pretty sure every world's got folk songs. Ballads. Songs that tell stories. The kind you feel like pretty much everyone knows for one reason or another. That kind of thing. Whatever you wanna call em.

So hey everyone, what are your favorites from home? Happy, sad, scary, epic, funny, whatever. I'm curious.

Bonus points if you hum a few bars. Bonus bonus points if you sing it. Or something.

[ Give him an excuse to play something new on his guitar, won't you? He's boreddddd ]

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action.

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 10:03:58 GMT

Posted by: rebuildyourruins

Who: Thor + you
Broadcast: no
Action: around Baruut
When: mid-to-late october

a. scrap markets

[Thor hates this planet, honestly. It's like a worse version of Sakaar, somehow, and he wasn't fond of that place to start with. The only upside Thor can see to Baruut so far is that he wasn't immediately captured and enslaved in a fighting arena.

Kind of a back-handed compliment.

But after his stint on the Marsiva and then spending a week looking after a shockingly young Loki, Thor's ready to put that baggage in the backseat and go look around anyway. He has a couple of items he's on the lookout for. It becomes quickly apparent though that finding a decent item is the harder task. The low quality of most wares annoys him and it's not uncommon to find him standing in front of a stall keeper, shaking an item at them and being loudly indignant.]

Yes, I know that it has clear sight, but if it only sees in green then what's the point of it as an eye?

[Is that an eyeball in his hand? .........yep. Unfortunate.]

b. watch for falling debris

[You're out in the junkyards proper, minding your own business. Doing whatever it is you decided to venture into canyons of rubbish to do. A distant yelp and a thud rings out somewhere above you - and you barely have time to look up before a body comes smashing down into the junk a few metres away, sending scrap metal and plastic spraying everywhere.

The 'body' turns out to be a very alarmed, very dazed junkyard thief. They scramble to their feet and run away shrieking, not looking back at you or in the direction they fell from. Should you decide to look up though, you'll see Thor pop up over the top of a hill-sized pile of rubbish a fair distance away. He waves to you and calls out:]

You should be mindful where you step! There are thieves about.

c. wildcard

[Thor can also be found bartering for equipment at shops specialising in spaceship parts, lugging supplies back to the Blue Fish, or throwing his hammer around near the Knorst Cliffs. If you have any other ideas, drop a comment or hit me up on dudemeister.]

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Escha + Flug joint post [Video- OTA]

Tue, 18 Sep 2018 16:23:06 GMT

Posted by: fightorflug

Who: Escha appletart , Flug Slys fightorflug , and anyone else ready for some SCIENCE
Broadcast: Yes! Joint broadcast Fleetwide
Action: At the Wonderduck and gracing your screens ans ears, unfortunately
When: Now! The week of augment glitches

[ Here's Escha, standing in the middle of the Wonderduck lab! She's got a long band of bright red ribbon in her hands, and she looks excited! Very excited! ... Too excited, maybe - is she vibrating? We may never know for certain. ]

Ah! Hello everyone! [ Escha is talking incredibly fast - her words are practically running together.] We found out a lot of things about the ribbons, because we were doing a bunch of things to them, like putting them through stress, and fire tests, and examining them under lenses, and trying to break down their components-- Ahh, sorry! I got carried away again. But anyway, we wanted to tell you all what we found!

Turns out, they're flame resistant! Um, mostly. I mean, it takes a lot for the to catch fire. Which you wouldn't expect from fabric! So there's got to be more to it than just that, right? Well, that's what we thought, too! And we kept looking into it! And we found out some other amazing stuff!!

"That's right!"

[And just like that, two rubber-clad arms reach to pluck the camera from above, bringing us to the easily recognisable 'face' of Dr. Flug... What is somewhat less recognizable is the fact that he appears to be upside down. He too is talking rather expediently, but well, that's just Flug.]

"And not just fire, electricity In particular! This fabric has a peculiar reaction to electrical currants. Observe!"

[On cue, we cut a piece of the ribbon stretched above an almost taser-like device that flashes brightly, little flashes of light sparking in brilliant patterns.]

"If Atroma doesn't brand us for thieving, I have the mind to test some of these in a few inventions. It could be very useful to have a highly dura--" [He pans to an still smoldering piece of burnt ribbon from an early test.] "MOSTLY durable fabric to use in place of what would usually be a metal alloy's job."

[ She laughs a little, sheepishly, at the ultra-fried ribbon... but then it's back to excitement as she stands on her tip-toes, so the camera catches the very top of her head! ]

I bet we could all do some amazing things with these! They'd be perfect for conducting bridges!

“Or extending battery life--!”

OOC: The ribbon investigating has begun! Want in? We already have Lab Support and Engineer augments covered. Help us investigate-- if you can get a word in! Between Escha's hyperactivity glitch and Flug's misbehaving gravity there may be some issues. Feel free to specify if you want anyone in particular, otherwise you may get either or both (Possibly at the same time!). Threadjacks welcome~

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video | piracy 101

Sun, 16 Sep 2018 00:02:37 GMT

Posted by: straightouttacarbonite

Who: Han Solo... solo. ~~shut up it was funny in my mind~~
Broadcast: Yep, to anyone who will listen
Action: not really but he's probably around the Caprine if you want him
When: a couple days into the drift

[ sup Fleet. Han is somewhere on his ship, though it's hard to see much over his shoulder. He looks fairly normal and maybe a little bit bored. ]

So the thing about trafficking stolen cargo-- not that I'm doing that or saying we should do that-- is, it's pretty pointless to steal something no one wants to buy. I guess it happens, if you don't know what you're getting.

I'm sure there's a black market for ribbon somewhere...

[ He looks a little perplexed, not troubled, just deep in thought. ]

I mean, there's gotta be, right?

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Video + Action

Thu, 13 Sep 2018 02:32:36 GMT

Posted by: the_tailor

Who: Lance and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Anywhere aboard the fleet
When: Not long after the ribbon glitches begin

( A window into the brain )

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text

Tue, 11 Sep 2018 16:46:27 GMT

Posted by: asphodels

Who: Aerith and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Iskaulit
When: Now

Are there any flowers anyone would like to see here?

I was thinking of trying to get lots of different kinds to grow on the Iskaulit so we could have all the kinds that people liked, so I wanted to make a list. That way when we stop on planets I can try and find them for you!

So if you have a favourite you should let me know, okay? Thank you!

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Pockets of Posies

Sat, 18 Aug 2018 03:40:40 GMT

Posted by: ultima_mortis

Who: Death and You
Broadcast: Yes
Action: SS Caprine
When: Today

Action - SS Caprine (Kitchen)

[Death cannot hum, owing to the fact that he lacks fleshy bits of any kind meant to really facilitate such a process. Not that he doesn’t have an impressive baritone, but the closest he can come to is quietly speaking words out loud with rhythmic pauses meant to accompany music.

Passers-by of the kitchen will see him fiddling with long strips of pie crust as he arranges them over the tops of tins containing his latest attempts at baking. Following the success of the fruit pies and tarts and their cookie cousins, he is moving on to pot pies and the cheeky mincemeat.

Naturally, this calls for other forms of experimentation. Poppy nibbles happily on scraps of meat as Death very carefully curves around the strips into an intricate looking spiral. He takes a step back to admire the work and a new poem springs forth from his jaw.]

LAVENDERS BLUE, DILLY DILLY… LAVENDERS GREEN…

Broadcast - Live from the SS Caprine

[The pie is still steaming when he turns on the feed to show how the crust came out. It’s rather intricate for a pie, but his shoulders are the set hump of someone who is quite proud of himself. Poppy climbs his sleeve to get upon his shoulder and meows loudly at the communication device.]

NOT BAD FOR A FIRST TIME TRYING AN ORIGINAL CRUST. I THOUGHT OF SPIRALS FOUND IN NATURE AND ATTEMPTED TO RECREATE THE OVERALL SHAPE.

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Glitch!

Tue, 14 Aug 2018 05:54:09 GMT

Posted by: dandyofawolf

Who: Biffy and YOU
Broadcast: Yes
Action: SS Blameless and on the Iskaulit
When: Starting on the 15th and lasting for about a week and a half after...

Broadcast

[The video starts with the camera actually falling. There's some chaos and then the sound of a canine yelping. Everything goes dark like cloth fell on it before you can see again that it's...Biffy's salon? The device has been shifted enough to reveal a wolf trying hard to free itself from what looks like the remains of a suit.

When it sees the device on, it scrambles over and...the recording ends.]

Iskaulit - First day of glitch (Closed to Lyall)

[It's been literally years since Biffy last found he couldn't control his changes. For that reason, he's understandably distressed when he suddenly finds himself changed into a wolf. Quite forcibly! It takes him some time to at least free himself from his clothes enough that he can walk normally, even if it means the remains of what are left still cling to him.

So now he's darting around the Iskaulit with his communicator in his mouth since he really has nowhere else to put it. Which means there's now a distressed chocolate colored (with a delightful red colored marking like a cravat on his chest) wolf wearing torn up clothes running around. This is his first glitch that he's gone through so he's not used to it!]

Iskaulit or Blameless - Rest of the glitch period

[Well, he's stuck like this. After the first day of stress now he's just resigned to the fact that he's stuck like this until this place will let him change. So usually he can be found on the Blameless or the Iskaulit. Just wandering mostly to get the energy out of his system since he can't open up his shop while he's like this.

But really it's just him moping. Flopped about looking depressed.

Want to try to cheer up the sad wolf?]

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Video and Action

Fri, 10 Aug 2018 02:59:29 GMT

Posted by: scalpelofmarmora

Who: Ulaz and you!
Broadcast: yes, fleetwide
Action: SS Blameless
When: Various dates in August

Broadcast
August 11 - ( Birthday for an Old Man Galra )

Action
August 11 - ( Celebrate Good Times? )

Video
August 13 - ( Temporarily In Charge )

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2nd Chant - Attack of the Dog Lord

Thu, 09 Aug 2018 12:02:21 GMT

Posted by: reluctantbastard

Who: Alistair Theirin and you
Broadcast: no
Action: SS Blue Fish and the Iskaulit
When: August 9th - end of the month

Hair of the Dog - August 9th to August 24th

SS Blue Fish

On the morning of the 9th, the Blue Fish is going to be a little rowdier than normal as two very familiar looking dogs run around the ship. Accompanying them is an unhappy looking snow leopard that isn't able to fully outrun the bigger beasts. The amount of barking, hissing and running is unusual as they prance around the entirety of the ship, especially outside the room of a certain mustachioed mage.

Maybe someone should page their owner. :)

SS Iskaulit

Free of the confines of the smaller ship, Alistair-the-Mabari finds that running around the larger ship is fun. He spends time outside of the pool, the now abandoned mountain grove, the bars and restaurants. He is lugging around a ball, covered in drool. But anyone adventurous enough to try and approach him will be roped into a very vigorous game of fetch.

Come on. Don't you want to play with the happy doggo?

August 25th

After over two weeks of being a happy mabari, Alistair's augment rights itself and he's back to a person, but it's time for a rather long nap. No matter what anyone does, he will continue to sleep. And as he does, his face will get leaner and lines will start to form around his mouth and eyes. His hair will get darker from lack of sun. And anyone who sees him without a shirt on will notice there are more scars on his chest and arms than before.

[OOC: Hi, everyone! Alistair is going to be a doggo for a while before getting a canon update to the end of the comics. He will wake up on the 1st of September, but until then he will be having fun with Kiter and Riona.]

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Knell of the Bell

Tue, 17 Jul 2018 13:24:15 GMT

Posted by: ultima_mortis

Who: Death and All
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Planetside
When: Today

Broadcast

[Death is a fan of a few things in life. He loves people. He loves his family. He especially loves a certain animal known for hairballs and purring. Thus, when the feed turns on to show Death in slightly tattered robes, it isn’t immediately noticeable what’s going on. Then a tiny ball on his lap shifts around and a calico colored kitten pokes it’s head out over the ridge made by his knees. The kitten mewls and turns over onto it’s back, pawing up at the sky. Death quite calmly tickles the kitten’s tummy and laughs ever so quietly as his fingers are quickly caught and chewed on.]

I LIKE CATS. I ALWAYS HAVE. THIS ONE IS VERY FEISTY FOR HER AGE. [The kitten mewls at him again and licks his fingers.] WELL, YES, I DO LOOK A BIT FUNNY DON’T I? YOU LOOK RATHER FUZZY TO ME. [Another happy mewl.] THAT WAS THE INTENTION. UNLESS YOU WOULD PREFER TO REMAIN ON THIS PLANET? [The kitten turns itself upright and starts a very bold ascent of Death’s robe. It mewls again.] VERY GOOD, THEN. WE SHALL HAVE TO THINK OF A NAME FOR YOU. A FLOWER. WE CAN MAKE IT A TRADITION IN MY FAMILY FOR THE GIRLS.

[The kitten is on his shoulder now and boops it’s little head against Death’s cheekbone.]

POPPY. IT’S A FUNERAL FLOWER, BUT IT COMES IN BRILLIANT HUES SUCH AS RED AND ORANGE. [He nods at the video feed.] I DON’T THINK IT IS WISE TO GO TRAVELING BELOW THE FOG AND THE CLOUDS, BUT THE REWARDS ARE APPARENTLY APROPOS.

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open | action + video

Tue, 10 Jul 2018 01:41:16 GMT

Posted by: rheecon

Who: Glenn Rhee - and maybe you?
Broadcast: Yes
Action: ~~Also yes~~ SS Starstruck
When: Shuffle Day! Plus he just arrived in time for it! Good timing, Glenn!

action: SS Starstruck ]

[ The last thing that he really knew, that he understood and processed, was that his life was over. After that, he couldn't call the details to mind, but the certainty was there. And then, something else happened. He was in a completely different place, somewhere clean, utilitarian but gleaming... and there were stars.

Truth be told, he hadn't gotten past the disbelief, gradually coming to terms with both space and his own continued existence, when suddenly everything changed around him again. Only this time, there was a little tune to greet him, confetti and dessert?

So don't mind him, far more disoriented than he's ever been, stumbling and barely keeping himself upright, staring around the bridge in building bewilderment - and it's rather immediately clear that's what it is, the stations, the windows... space again. However that happened. ]

Um... hello?

[ Eloquent. He'll get to words. Eventually. ]

( broadcast: video )

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Catch all for the month

Sat, 07 Jul 2018 00:08:17 GMT

Posted by: tiedonastring

Who: Hux and Open
Broadcast: None
Action: Yes.
When: Upon arrival in the Yangur system, until next drift period.

( Prompts below the cut )

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Lilies

Sat, 23 Jun 2018 15:56:33 GMT

Posted by: ultima_mortis

Who: Death and You

Broadcast: Yes

Action: Caprine
When: Today

[The Caprine has many wonderful little additions, including a lovely little garden in the cargo hold. In the video feed, Death can be seen tending to various flowering and fruited plants, plucking and trimming what he can very carefully. There are even a few stalks of grain to be tended to, and he strokes the long stalks with the greatest of care.]

I LIKE GARDENING. IT MAY SEEM LIKE A STRANGE HABIT TO GET INTO, BUT IT MEANS THE WORLD IN MY MIND.

[Death lifts up the baskets he has been placing the fruits and plant scraps into and tilts them towards the screen.]

EVERY PART OF A PLANT HAS IT'S PURPOSE. THE ROOTS FOR TAKING IN WATER AND NUTRIENTS, THE LEAVES FOR CREATING FOOD, THE FLOWERS FOR POLLINATION, AND THE FRUITS FOR DISPERSING SEEDS.

[He sits cross legged on the floor and sighs heavily.]

PLANTS CAN, BY AND LARGE, TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES. THEY THINK NOTHING OF THE FARMER WHO FERTILIZES THE SOIL, NOR THE SUN AND THE RAIN THAT PROVIDE THEM WITH LIFE. EVEN LESS DO THEY THINK OF THE REAPER MAN WHO COMES TO THRESH THE FIELD AT THE TIME OF HARVEST. AND YET...IF EVEN ONE OF THEM STRAYS FROM THEIR DUTY, THE PLANT WITHERS AND BECOMES LESS THAN WHAT THEY COULD HAVE BEEN.

I MISS MY WORLD. THERE ARE MANY THINGS ON THAT PLANET THAT NEED ME. ALL I CAN DO HERE IS HOPE THEY ARE SAFE.

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arrival

Mon, 18 Jun 2018 14:48:09 GMT

Posted by: ragingbanner

Who: Bruce Banner + anyone else!
Broadcast: Yes
Action: SS Caprine
When: June 18

[broadcast; video]

[He's managed to make the transition to the Caprine without too much difficulty, but now that's he's "settling in", Bruce is realizing just what being on a ship long term means.]

So, this is it. We just play along with this show, act like nothing is wrong, and hope we eventually get to our destination? That's optimistic. How do you manage to live on ships like this for so long? I've never- This is... it doesn't seem like a good idea.

[He smiles uneasily. He has to resist the urge to pick at his own body, making him twitch a bit. At least he hasn't had any issues so far?]

The food isn't very good either.

[Action on the SS Caprine]

[At least he's used to lab work! Bruce is relieved that is assignment is something he's familiar with (although he did manage to fly a ship once...) and he spends a good amount of time poking around at the ship's equipment, testing both what it can do and what knowledge seems to come to him, because he definitely hasn't worked on a space ship like this before. Or worked around people this casually either. Not to mention the enclosed space makes him very aware of how tight it would be if he were bigger.

That's a great thought.]

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Arrival

Sat, 16 Jun 2018 01:17:39 GMT

Posted by: tellmehowthisfeels

Who: Moira and YOU
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Aboard the SS Heron
When: 6/16

Broadcast

[Have you ever beheld the face of sheer displeasure and disdain all at once? Well here it is again if you have and if you haven't...you learned something new. Because Moira is irritated beyond measure at these circumstances.

Though, likely not for the reason you might think.

Behind her is the lab that is hers now. (She doesn't care that it's supposedly another person's as well.) She does have the Lab Support augment, after all.]

I suppose that this sad excuse for a lab is what we are given to work with here. For something with the supposed funds to bring us here and even provide for such things this is rather...pathetic.

[She lifts a bottle (one will notice that it's her right hand which is decidedly purple, has metallic like veins along the surface and even has very long purple nails on it) and it looks like it's taking all the willpower not to sneer at it.]

Is no proper research done in this place? Are there no areas devoted to scientific discovery? I will have to make do if there are not.

[Then, to be polite, she nods her head.]

Thank you for your assistance in this matter.

SS Heron

[Moira's found herself to be wildly disappointed with all of this. Even the location where Winston was raised was more advanced than this and continued to be after the apes took over and attacked the scientists. Arriving on this ship, she'd looked around for a moment before striding forward. She wanted to assess the state of the lab for herself. Likely it would be equally as unpleasant a sight as everything else but there was just one way to be sure of that fact.

Which meant that one was sure to find a very tall woman who was a new arrival brushing away confetti from herself. She wasn't interested in such childish displays. Not when she needed to know what she had to work with so she could begin to rebuild her research.

Not to mention rebuilding her Biotic Grasp.]

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Don't Dead, Open Inside || Action

Mon, 11 Jun 2018 17:19:51 GMT

Posted by: postocular

Who: Carl Grimes, a bunch of zombies, and you
Broadcast: kinda?
Action: Waystation
When: Right now

(( ooc: This is a blanket content warning for blood/gore/death. So! There are zombies ahead and you’ve found yourself on the waystation! You have two options: evacuate, or fight them off. Things of note to remember: Being bitten or scratched are the easiest ways for infection. We don’t suggest being eaten. Magic will be hit or miss depending on player preference/discretion. Characters who become zombies will be treated as in-character deaths. Standard rules apply! The event will last a total of 24 hours. Have fun, and enjoy all the undead things. If there are any questions or anything at all, feel free to pm this journal or hit me up at skorozima. ))

[ The Fleet has been floating along its predetermined path for the past few days, getting further and further away from the Yadrolla System and toward unknown territory. Along the way, those oh-so convenient waystations continue to pop up at their usual intervals. Identical in every way to every other, boring waystation. Neat, right? There are even some of those familiar orange-skinned aliens and some human travelers milling about and generally minding their own business. It’s a good place to stretch your legs, get sodas of questionable flavor, and take those nifty new pets for a walk!

Interrupting the general peace of the waystation, a shrill siren starts, and a robotic voice comes over the intercom as well as all communication devices on the station and surrounding spacecraft, repeating a monotone message. ]

ATTENTION. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY. LOCKDOWN IMMINENT. ATTENTION. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY. CALMLY EVACUATE USING THE NEAREST EXIT. LOCKDOWN IMMINENT..

[ Soon, it becomes apparent to those on the waystation what the emergency is. A gaggle? A murder??? Just.. a lot of undead. They’re not in any particular hurry, shambling and stumbling along.. until they spot what looks like some good eats. That seems to get them excited, arms stretching forward, teeth gnashing, and more growling than any sort of verbal mishmash meant to be words. ~~THEY’RE NOT A WORDY PEOPLE, OKAY?~~

For those looking to escape, it’s quite easy to outrun them unless you’re not paying attention to your surroundings. Corners can be tough! Just don’t get bit or scratched and all is well, except for their incessant attempts at making you a snack. For those who haven’t come across them before, or have run into some variation of them in another world, they’re resilient up to the point of losing their head or the brain being destroyed. Limbs being broken or missing don’t seem to slow them down, just send them a little off-balance.

All they know is attack and eat.

For those of the fleet still on their ships, they gravitate around the waystation, seemingly not wanting to go anywhere. There is a short window of time from the emergency alert to the entire waystation going on lockdown. Those wishing to help evacuate can do so- but they have to be quick!

Once the lockdown is in place, communication ceases with the waystation. All the rest of the fleet can do is sit and wait, and hope for the best. The doors will re-open twenty-four hours later, once it’s clear the situation is handled and they can regroup, count their losses, and wait once again for the perished to rejoin their ranks. ]

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[Video] 3rd shuffle, 2nd deal

Sun, 10 Jun 2018 23:47:14 GMT

Posted by: cajunspice

Who: Remy and open.
Broadcast: Fleetwide.
Action: Twin Roses, Iskaulit, or wherever needed on the Fleet.
When: June 10 start.

[Some fumbling and the instant image of Remy holding the camera, as well as a brow of his going up, shows that it wasn’t his plan to start a video, before he gives a shrug. Needing time to now prepare for the video, Remy turns it around to focus on a grey cat, Oliver, to entertain those watching while they wait.

He returns a moment later, taking the camera back and sitting on the bed with a pen and pad of paper before writing a message on it, holding it up to the camera once he is done.]

I’ve lost my voice. Augment glitch, not sick. Hate it, hate it all.

[Remy folds over to a fresh piece of paper, again writing in big lettering so it would be easy to read on the camera.]

Started yesterday, ignored it, hasn’t gone. Will be at work and other stuff since I seem stuck with it now. [This one also has a little >/ face drawn next to the words. He had really hope it was just something that would pass quickly, something short that would be gone in a day… it was not. It was why he may had been not as active the previous day, mainly spending it in his room rather than going about the Fleet as normal.

Looks like he was stuck with it.

Remy can be found on the Twin Roses, or at the Space Bar working. And at Málum later to drink his annoyances towards this all away.]

[OOC: the excuse to use cat video bribery found via Youtube.]

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