THE AURORA was once a sight to see. An impressive mining ship, home to many, it could travel across great interstellar distances while providing all the comforts necessary to those within. Its star-sailing days are over now, as it now is a terrible wreckage, with salvage and dangers for those who come near.
It’s also exactly where the new crew members just showed up. URSULA will be immediately sending the on-base crew towards the Aurora, while those who have just arrived have some time to explore. The Aurora, however, isn’t the safest place to be. There are some large creatures in the water, and they may not be friendly towards the crew…
Below is a timeline of events as they unfold, with some further information!
1000: THE AURORA
While the new crew may have arrived anywhere throughout the ship, many will have found themselves in the common rooms, surrounded by the comforts of those who once lived here. Those who choose to wander further may find many rooms throughout, often in varying states of decay. While there are smaller predators on the Aurora and the danger of a wrecked vessel, an unsettling peace pervades the crashed ship. For now, they are safe.
1030: THE BASE
At 10:30 in the morning, URSULA reaches out to all crew members with an urgent message:
”All crew members please report in immediately! Life signs detected on the Aurora! Please stop all other activities and begin rescue mission. Gather any supplies you need, use the vehicles and help any survivors you find. Devices are near the entrance to track life signals once you're on the Aurora. If they're safe, please remember we need to salvage what we can from the Aurora as well. The supplies will benefit any survivors as well.”
Get cracking, crew! Base and Biome have information on what kind of weapons and defenses your fellow crew have had.
1100: THE AURORA
Thanks to the transportation they had built, the base’s crew is able to arrive in record time. They can help seek out their new crew members, take the opportunity to explore more of the Aurora, or just sulk in the transporter. URSULA reminds everyone that salvaging is a key part of their mission, and they should gather what they can before returning to base.
1200: THE AURORA
The crew however only gets an hour to enjoy itself (?) in the wreckage. At noon, URSULA broadcasts to all present, new and old:
”Attention! Dire warning! Reaper Leviathans! According to what I've salvaged of my database, they're apex predators from the westernmost region of the ocean. One signal coming from the west, two others coming out of the Void from deep below the ship!”
The crew may try to evacuate, but it is probably better to prepare for battle or hiding instead. They won’t get enough time to get out of the way before…
1210: THE AURORA
The Reapers are here. Peering out one of the Aurora's entrances will reveal that they are already circling around the vessel, as if they realize something is inside. One even beaches, its entire, 160 foot body soaring through the air before slamming down into the water. It almost feels like a warning. A threat.
URSULA urges the crew to stay inside where it is safe, but if anyone does insist on charging forward, she advises them to split into teams and take on as many Reapers at once as possible to avoid any group being teamed-up on by multiple Leviathans.
NOTE: To fight a Reaper Leviathan, comment under the REAPER FIGHT THREAD comment below! We ask that you work in teams of two or three for the battle to keep threads organized and minimize the number of fight threads the mods will need to work through. Be mindful that these are extremely fierce, dangerous, fast, giant apex predators, and they are very likely to do damage against those who fight them! By tagging in, you are agreeing to put your characters at risk of injury from the Reapers. As URSULA advised, those who don't want to get hurt should hold back and wait.
1300: EVACUATION
Things are looking grim. While the crew's teams make a good fight of it, these Reapers are durable, and they just keep coming back for more. It seems they're on a mission, to stop the crew, no matter how battered they become.
That's when the bellowing starts. Coming from everywhere, a song like that of the cavalry that disorients the Reapers as a large pod of Reefbacks swim in. Several put themselves between the ship and the Reapers, allowing anyone on aboard to safely get into the transports and into the water.
Others begin to fight. The use the concentrated power of their songs to knock back attacks from the front, powerfully lashing their tentacles like whips to crack against the Reapers. In battle they're surprisingly agile, able to spin around in a moment's notice to alternate between confusing and attacking the Reapers.
But any crew members watching can see the toll it takes on the Reefbacks. One Reefback in particular chooses to guide the crew back to the base by swimming along aside them. Thick, dark blood trails in the water behind it but it beats off any curious smaller predators like Stalkers. But its shell is cracked, its 'face' smashed in, and it gets no further than the Kelp Forest before it settles into a dense patch of creepvines for a final rest. It sends out a final cry that somehow feels like a wish for the crew to keep going on to the base, away from the continuing battle.
The rest of the pod manages to drive the Reapers back, though they too have their casualties. Still, the Aurora and the crew are safe for now.
Perhaps that was their only wish.
Direct any questions and plotting to the OOC post and have fun!
[ huh. the noise and the comment caught roderic's attention, dragging him away from the magazine he had picked up to leaf through in idle boredom. he had hoped for a quiet break from all the fiddling he had been doing in the laboratory the last few days but the familiar sound of a can clattering to the ground had gotten his notice.
looking over, it doesn't take him long to see where the source had been and to see who had done it. after taking a second or two to deliberate what to do, he tucks the magazine where he had found it and heads over to where she was. he waves his hand to catch her attention, his expression neutral while his eyes keep flickering back to the growing puddle of beer. shame. he's rather sure that's one of the few they had in the base too. oh well. ]
Um- Hey there. [ this is how you interact with new faces. he thinks. (oh god, he finds himself asking once again why couldn't lie be here with him for this.) ] Huh... Need help in cleaning that up, miss?
[ Roxy perks up when she realizes there is someone else in the commons area with her. It is going to take her a while to get used to being around so many people! But that doesn't mean it's a bad thing. On the contrary, Roxy is tickled there are so many people here. More friends for her! ]
Oh, uhm.
[ Oh no, he's a cutie. Roxy fixes her hair, wets her lips, and clears her throat. Gotta lay on that charm real thick. ]
Yeah, dummy me spilled it everywhere! Just call me butterfingers. So much for enjoyin' a brewski during downtime, huh?
new. ackerly usually gets this sort of thing. he definitely would be better equipped for the situation than someone who floundered at friendly first meetings.
his kneejerk reaction is to ask her if she's okay because- because he really can't imagine someone doing this. that would be weird though. yeah- best to just focus on the task and ignore the way his face turns bright red, unused to this sort of thing happening while he scratches the back of his neck. suddenly he feels ganglier than ever. ]
No. I don't have one on me, miss, but there should be some cloth around here to mop it up. [ because he's found stranger things here since exploring. they should find one that would be suitable to clean up the mess. ] And I'm also, um, Roderic. I'm Roderic. Hi.
Edited (i c/p'd a joke tag to get rid of writer's block. i'm so sorry. ) 2016-05-11 02:29 (UTC)
[ Oh no, he's even cuter when he's flustered. Roxy's not cruel enough to keep up with the flirting, though. While being flirty is in her nature, she doesn't want to make anyone uncomfortable! ]
[ She begins searching the room for something to clean up the mess with, all the while beaming at him with all the brightness of a thousand Green Suns. ]
Call me Roxy. Hiiiii.
[ Still looking-- ] I'm new here? Looks like we'll be workin' on cultivatin' this planet together, huh. I didn't know there would be so many people here. It's kinda exciting?
[ Even when all of the kids and surviving Trolls from all three sessions got together, there weren't this many people. And most of the people here are new faces, too! After spending the first sixteen years of her life without human contact, it is overwhelming... but not in a bad way. ]
[ooc: no worries! i'm sorry it took me so long to respond-- i've been on a slowatus due to work and school, and have only been able to chip away at 1-2 tags a day. but i'm free now :)]
[ that's. that's how you do it. that's how you talk to people you've never met before if you don't have someone grounded like lie or someone smooth as ackerly to help guide you through it. yessiree bob.
.... god. there are times he wished he could crawl into a convenient hole and hide from the world. which is most of the time but right now is a pretty good time.
except wait a minute. what did she just say. ]
Oh. You- This isn't- The whole thing here- Huh.
You know 'bout what's going on then? [ because if that's so that means she's another volunteer. thank god for that too if it happens to be the case. he isn't sure if he'll be able to keep proper eye contact or keep his tongue from getting all tied up around her if he had to explain what's going on. ] Uhhh... Yeah. Pretty excitin' to be involved in all of this. Kind of glad to see so many people are coming in to help out these days. We need it.
[ ooc; not a problem! i've been rather slow myself this week but i promise to do my best to keep up! ]
Kinda. I mean, I imagine I know 'bout just as much as you do.
[ Roxy happens across a towel, finally, and gets busy cleaning up her mess. Ugh. Mom had more refined tastes where alcohol was concerned, and left only the highest-quality drink behind for her daughter. She never had beer before, but that didn't make it any less appealing to her. In fact, she really wanted to try it!
But she's being good, now. No more drink for her, not even a sip. She wouldn't be able to handle her friends being disappointed in her for falling off the wagon again. ]
But I agree. I'm hella pumped knowin' so many people wanna help! It... you know, I think it's really great? 'Cause I come from a place kinda like this and I always wondered what it'd be like to make it livable for people again...
[ after he packs away the can in his bag - what? it's potential material to be reused. - and he finds a cloth, he also begins to mop up the mess while keeping an ear out for any sounds of anything they wouldn't want to come across. fires. cave crawlers. you know, normal stuff.
but then roxy starts talking about where she was from and it grabs his attention. it wasn't a lot of words but it was enough to get the gears turning in that noggin of his. roderic thought growing up in the garden and the grove was isolating. the idea of being somewhere similar to here is pretty... fucking awful, if he had to be blunt.
he ducks his head for a second before looking up again, nodding. ] That's- That's gotta be a real good motivator for you to be here then, huh?
Well. I'll do my best to help you out then. Guess we can think of this being a giant 'reset' button for us and the world. Make it right this time. Sounds pretty noble.
[ "'Reset' button"... that he calls it that is very ironic, at least to Roxy. Her whole life has revolved around a fully-immersive, sand-box style game that superimposes itself over the real world, rather than virtual reality, and fucks things up royally for everyone in every universe imaginable.
She laughs. He's just so adorable, and has no idea just how right he is. ]
Yeah, I guess! I mean it's totes noble, no doubt, don't get me wrong, but my world was kinda going through something similar. Had to leave it unfinished to come here, but yanno, I figure when it comes to causality I'll just go with the flow.
[ She beams. Everything will work out in the end. She hopes, anyway. ] I'll help you as much as I can, too. We'll be up to each others' eyeballs in helpfulness, it'll be coming outta every goddamn orifice. You can count on ol' Rolal for all your ocean planet needs. You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours, etcetera, etcetera.
Yeah. That sounds right. I would like to help ya and the others out. [ he smiles back, tentative and the smile looks a very little hesitant because he doesn't smile a lot but he smiles.
roderic really does want to help her out. and the planet too of course. it's why he's here after all.
plus she's just so damn upbeat about everything. compared to the others who were either justifiably confused or concerned about where they were she was taking this pretty well. it really did help in making him feel less worried he'll do something wrong by accident.
when she mentions notes he looks surprised yet pleased by the suggestion because that's a pretty good idea. he nods, willing to give it a try. ]
Sure thing, Ro- [ can he say her nickname? he's flustered for a second and decides no he shouldn't be that presumptuous on a first meeting. ] -Sure thing. I've been here for a while so hopefully I learned some things that might be of use to you. Anything you wanna know in particular?
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looking over, it doesn't take him long to see where the source had been and to see who had done it. after taking a second or two to deliberate what to do, he tucks the magazine where he had found it and heads over to where she was. he waves his hand to catch her attention, his expression neutral while his eyes keep flickering back to the growing puddle of beer. shame. he's rather sure that's one of the few they had in the base too. oh well. ]
Um- Hey there. [ this is how you interact with new faces. he thinks. (oh god, he finds himself asking once again why couldn't lie be here with him for this.) ] Huh... Need help in cleaning that up, miss?
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Oh, uhm.
[ Oh no, he's a cutie. Roxy fixes her hair, wets her lips, and clears her throat. Gotta lay on that charm real thick. ]
Yeah, dummy me spilled it everywhere! Just call me butterfingers. So much for enjoyin' a brewski during downtime, huh?
You gotta towel, stud?
[ NOT INCONSPICUOUS AT ALL. ]
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[ this is. um.
new. ackerly usually gets this sort of thing. he definitely would be better equipped for the situation than someone who floundered at friendly first meetings.
his kneejerk reaction is to ask her if she's okay because- because he really can't imagine someone doing this. that would be weird though. yeah- best to just focus on the task and ignore the way his face turns bright red, unused to this sort of thing happening while he scratches the back of his neck. suddenly he feels ganglier than ever. ]
No. I don't have one on me, miss, but there should be some cloth around here to mop it up. [ because he's found stranger things here since exploring. they should find one that would be suitable to clean up the mess. ] And I'm also, um, Roderic. I'm Roderic. Hi.
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[ She begins searching the room for something to clean up the mess with, all the while beaming at him with all the brightness of a thousand Green Suns. ]
Call me Roxy. Hiiiii.
[ Still looking-- ] I'm new here? Looks like we'll be workin' on cultivatin' this planet together, huh. I didn't know there would be so many people here. It's kinda exciting?
[ Even when all of the kids and surviving Trolls from all three sessions got together, there weren't this many people. And most of the people here are new faces, too! After spending the first sixteen years of her life without human contact, it is overwhelming... but not in a bad way. ]
[ooc: no worries! i'm sorry it took me so long to respond-- i've been on a slowatus due to work and school, and have only been able to chip away at 1-2 tags a day. but i'm free now :)]
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[ that's. that's how you do it. that's how you talk to people you've never met before if you don't have someone grounded like lie or someone smooth as ackerly to help guide you through it. yessiree bob.
.... god. there are times he wished he could crawl into a convenient hole and hide from the world. which is most of the time but right now is a pretty good time.
except wait a minute. what did she just say. ]
Oh. You- This isn't- The whole thing here- Huh.
You know 'bout what's going on then? [ because if that's so that means she's another volunteer. thank god for that too if it happens to be the case. he isn't sure if he'll be able to keep proper eye contact or keep his tongue from getting all tied up around her if he had to explain what's going on. ] Uhhh... Yeah. Pretty excitin' to be involved in all of this. Kind of glad to see so many people are coming in to help out these days. We need it.
[ ooc; not a problem! i've been rather slow myself this week but i promise to do my best to keep up! ]
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[ Roxy happens across a towel, finally, and gets busy cleaning up her mess. Ugh. Mom had more refined tastes where alcohol was concerned, and left only the highest-quality drink behind for her daughter. She never had beer before, but that didn't make it any less appealing to her. In fact, she really wanted to try it!
But she's being good, now. No more drink for her, not even a sip. She wouldn't be able to handle her friends being disappointed in her for falling off the wagon again. ]
But I agree. I'm hella pumped knowin' so many people wanna help! It... you know, I think it's really great? 'Cause I come from a place kinda like this and I always wondered what it'd be like to make it livable for people again...
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[ after he packs away the can in his bag - what? it's potential material to be reused. - and he finds a cloth, he also begins to mop up the mess while keeping an ear out for any sounds of anything they wouldn't want to come across. fires. cave crawlers. you know, normal stuff.
but then roxy starts talking about where she was from and it grabs his attention. it wasn't a lot of words but it was enough to get the gears turning in that noggin of his. roderic thought growing up in the garden and the grove was isolating. the idea of being somewhere similar to here is pretty... fucking awful, if he had to be blunt.
he ducks his head for a second before looking up again, nodding. ] That's- That's gotta be a real good motivator for you to be here then, huh?
Well. I'll do my best to help you out then. Guess we can think of this being a giant 'reset' button for us and the world. Make it right this time. Sounds pretty noble.
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She laughs. He's just so adorable, and has no idea just how right he is. ]
Yeah, I guess! I mean it's totes noble, no doubt, don't get me wrong, but my world was kinda going through something similar. Had to leave it unfinished to come here, but yanno, I figure when it comes to causality I'll just go with the flow.
[ She beams. Everything will work out in the end. She hopes, anyway. ] I'll help you as much as I can, too. We'll be up to each others' eyeballs in helpfulness, it'll be coming outta every goddamn orifice. You can count on ol' Rolal for all your ocean planet needs. You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours, etcetera, etcetera.
I know, we should compare notes!
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verylittle hesitant because he doesn't smile a lot but he smiles.roderic really does want to help her out. and the planet too of course. it's why he's here after all.
plus she's just so damn upbeat about everything. compared to the others who were either justifiably confused or concerned about where they were she was taking this pretty well. it really did help in making him feel less worried he'll do something wrong by accident.
when she mentions notes he looks surprised yet pleased by the suggestion because that's a pretty good idea. he nods, willing to give it a try. ]
Sure thing, Ro- [ can he say her nickname? he's flustered for a second and decides no he shouldn't be that presumptuous on a first meeting. ] -Sure thing. I've been here for a while so hopefully I learned some things that might be of use to you. Anything you wanna know in particular?