oneandmikleonly: (feathers and bones.)
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[after swimming into the Void and having a very unfortunate dream encounter, Mikleo wakes up gasping and distressed.

he doesn't often take advantage of the wider telepathic network on his own, but he makes an exception a little closer to noon, when most people are likely to be up and about. anyone in range in/around the base will hear his announcement; it sounds very stilted, partly out of embarrassment and partly because his head is still full of distractingly horrible dragon roaring at intervals.]

Hello? Hi. Ah. Mikleo here. I think I made a bit of a mistake yesterday. Since the songs in the dream world seem to be the key to pulling us there, I thought I might try to communicate with whatever was singing in the strange dreams and deep sleep people arrived in some time ago. That song does have a source in the dream world, for anyone who wasn't with us on that mission -- we found it in the Void there, some kind of green light.

It turns out that it's actually a -- a sea dragon of some sort. I heard it while I was awake, but its roaring caused psychic backlash and I only saw its actual form when I went to sleep, so I'm not sure how present it is in dreams versus the real world. Here's what it looks like, though.


[there's a brief broadcast of something huge beyond reckoning, the space all around it wreathed with strange black flecks. he sends only a still silent image, and tries to minimize the impression of it so it's not nearly as direct and terrifying as what he experienced, but it's still pretty freaky.]

I tried to talk to it, but it was...highly malevolent, and not all that communicative. It told me 'it had already begun' -- this might be a reference to those deep dreams -- and when I asked it what it wanted, it just said 'my will.' The Reapers call themselves 'the will made manifest,' so they're probably related to it as well.

...sorry, this doesn't make a lot of sense to everyone, does it? I'll answer any questions if you have them, but I really would like to figure out what to do about this situation, and some way to investigate further. The Reapers have made it plain that they don't like us on this planet at all, so this bodes poorly all around.
upturning: (♒ 12)
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i. your local telepathy network

I've been involved with motor sports for years now. [Her penchant for starting conversations like they're soliloquies seems more invasive over telepathy than in person.] I've gotten used to living my life dangerously. A hurricane's pretty low on my list of ways to die.

[There's a pause, a little drawn out, in which she stops to stretch both arms behind her head. This type of communication will never grow her. She tries to frame the gap as profound, not awkward.]

And whatever a storm does to our base, it'll do to that island just as hard. [And they're currently electromagnetically tugging around that island, and that's a pretty fragile infrastructure, and their base could get vivisected, and that's her train of logic, mostly. But her next proposal is all charm and honey when she makes it.]

So let's take a trip. Just us - you and me, the sea, one of the skimmers...We'll see what we can find. I'd hate for something we could have prevented to happen.

Don't worry. I'm a very safe driver.

two action options below the cut! )

((For folks who want to go on a field trip for the first prompt, I was thinking of making a complete mission jaunt out of it!! And if lots of people want to do something, there can be multiple jaunts. the other two are just, you know, whatever. hmu if you want to talk more!))
princessia: ((anime) 06)
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A. Telepathy (or action if you'd like - she's in the base)

[ The telepathic message comes from one of your younger crew members. A shy child like Elize dislikes having to broadcast her thoughts to a group of people, but she's concerned. She won't find answers if she keeps the thoughts to herself. ]

Um... has- has anyone seen a girl named Mai? I met her when I woke up on the scary ship. I haven't seen her since...

[ She only heard about one or two people going missing... it hasn't crossed her mind that Mai went missing for possibly the same reasons. She had only spoke with the girl once, but it doesn't take long for Elize to consider someone as a friend. ]


B. Action (On the Base)

[ Alternately, the twelve-year-old can be found in the kitchen, arranging sea shells and rocks in a jar in an attempt to make the base more homey with sea decor. The shells and rocks were found during her mission with Tytree. Although it was initially to stock up for food ingredients especially since a hurricane is coming along, she couldn't help but take a few little decorations with her. Perhaps she can find a way to turn them into gifts somehow. Everyone on the crew is a friend! That's what she thinks at least.

The moment she notices someone might be watching her arranging the sea shell decor, she'll freeze up with wide eyes and look down bashfully. ]


...oh. Hello. [ She'll keep her eyes focused on the sea shells. You didn't startle her at all, nope! ] I found these when I was with Tytree. I thought they would make it more... cozy?


C. Dreamscape (Closed to Mikleo)

[ Elize can be found in the dreamscape, sitting on the ocean floor amongst a pod of reefbacks swimming about. In her lap is a pink and purple doll. A doll and also her best friend, Teepo who can only be with her in her dreams. The reefbacks are keeping her extra company, talking and trying to comfort each other, especially after the death of the one Reefback that tried to aid the crew on their escape from the Reapers. ]

I'm sorry I couldn't save your family. I wish there was more that I could do... [ Following those words is a different voice, coming from Elize's stuffed animal: ] Elly tried her hardest!
oneandmikleonly: (shining.)
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I. WHALE FUNERAL - KELP FOREST

Early in the day, before she's seen anyone leave the base, Merrill tries to use the telepathy for a call.

"Hello? One, two, three-- Counting in your head is normal but it's strange when everyone can hear you. But... I thought, the ocean looks very calm and clear today, it would be nice to go pay respects to that Reefback. I can perform funeral rites. So... so! That's all I wanted to say. I'll be going, maybe I'll see people? So, yes, that's all! Have a nice day!"

For anyone who does come to the Reefback funeral, they'll see something very curious. The coral that makes up the 'reef' in its name has started to consume the body of its host, spilling out over the damaged parts and sprouting out through wounds.

Someday soon, this spot will no doubt be a beautiful reef. There could be no better honour.

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II. WHALE HOSPITAL - GRASSY PLATEAU

Later that same day (perhaps right after the funeral!), an intrepid group of crew members will head out to find the rest of the Reefback pod and help fix them up, or just observe and bond with them. The pod's slower and smaller than it was when they saw it last, more than just the one adult lost to Reaper injuries, and the young are sticking to the safety of the group rather than venturing out on their own.

Many of the survivors have extensive injuries and could certainly use the help. The crew is welcomed and musically greeted by the huge creatures when they come into sight, though the Reefbacks don't quite understand what they're there for at first . . . best to be patient, and to try not to get booped too hard by confused tentacles.
tyrian: (to get the hell out of here)
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A; lifepods; closed to Donatello )

B; back at the base; open
[Their mission was more or less a success! No living people--but that was a ridiculous long shot--but some fun things to drag back! There are a bunch of useful items, not to mention scrap metal, but Feferi has her eyes on one thing: the snowglobe, which she is shaking insistently for the fourth or fifth time.]

Look at this! Isn't it neat? [Shake, shake, shake.

...Alternately, you could talk to Donatello about not snow globes.]


(Just note who you'd like to talk to in the subject line!)
oneandmikleonly: (going where we've never been.)
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It's been an exciting time for everyone, hasn't it? Newer or older, Iniidae's expanded motley crew has variously made a whole lot of new friends and acquaintances all of a sudden, seen the sad remnants of the first crew, been chased around by monsters, brought back what loot they could gather, and perhaps cried over the deathsong of an alien squidwhale. IT'S BEEN A TRIP.

Everyone's made it to the base in (hopefully) one piece, though. So what comes next?

(loose) prompts below the cut )