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[Rumors of our death have been greatly exaggerated. As it turns out, we came up with a plan that got us through the volcano with minimal damage. For once, we made the choice that ended in the least disaster. Now, we just have to keep taking care of the planet it a way that's less road-to-helly and more good-intentionsy.

So...You're still alive. It's May now. Animals need saving, possibly from Nancy's curiosity.

Will you go looking for the new Koosh Bush? Are you concerned about the animals who may have been displaced by the volcano?

Will you finally sympathize with URSULA's demands for terraforming and build a nice little island for ~~the cat~~ Naoko and her crew? Well, probably nothing will go terribly wrong this month.]

mistimed

[Whether you opted to venture into a dangerous zone or stick to safer waters this time, here's a catchall for all of your investigation threads! Take some time for yourselves, too, and don't go out on too many missions!

URSULA will be collecting this information until the 14th.

Mission information is over here!

Of course, these missions aren't the only things that will be happening the first half of this month. If you want to use this post for other sorts of threads or toplevels, feel free! I'm not your mom.]

bloodings

action:

[ If there's one thing obvious about the fully-armoured knight in the middle of the hallway, she (or he?? it's very hard to tell) is drenched. Absolutely soaked. Water drips almost comically from the horns on her helmet, and she leaves a wet trail on the floor with every step.

The second most obvious thing: she's pissed. Maybe even understandably. She had to beat up some stalkers that tried to take her armour just to get here. ]

What. The. Hell. [ Worst summoning ever. She stomps furiously through the base, ignoring anything that might actually provide an explanation, and instead accosts whoever is unlucky enough to be in her path. ] You! What kind of second— no, third-rate Master are you, summoning me like that?!

[ Answer carefully. ]

text, some time later:

where can i get some clothes in this stupid place

[ Yeah, that bad mood hasn't gone anywhere. ]

ex_resound725

[Well it's nice that we can talk now! The storm kicked up some trouble so why don't you go help out? There's debris of things from home you may now have the chance to dig up, or maybe someone will help find them with you? There are also debris deposits that URSULA has located about. Grab a friend or two and go check them out!

There is of course also the ordinary work around the base to be done: building and repairing, exploring regions, trying to befriend every single thing we meet. Or maybe you just wanna play video games.

OOC post for missions etc]

oneandmikleonly

[February is a quiet month -- well, sort of. There aren’t any dramatic new developments, such as flaming ships falling from the sky or sudden base-wide plagues. In fact, your character might be finding the ongoing Purrspine migration kind of soothing instead.

But that doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty of work to be done -- biomes to explore more thoroughly; add-ons to the base and island; clues and items found in previous months to put together; science and magic and good old heavy lifting to apply; sea creatures to chat up -- or, perhaps, some Valentines to plan for!

What are you up to, Subnautica crew?]

((as always, please check out the monthly ooc post to see what’s going on! feel free to use this post for whatever activities/missions/shenanigans you desire.))

imsorey

[this text message is getting sent to everyone from Sorey and Mikleo. absolutely everyone]

hey everyone so dirk and percy and we went to visit the planet soul a little while ago and found out a bunch of stuff, so we’ve tried to put it all together to get everyone on the same page --

if you see a weird green light + singing + a lot of feelings in the dreamscape that’s Iniidae’s soul manifesting. It looks like it’s tied pretty closely to the Emperor and Dragon, two halves of a whole. half of it that’s represented by the Emperor wants to work with us, half of it that’s represented by the Dragon wants to get rid of us, so it’s in all our interests to swing the balance towards the first thing.

the weird alien base in the acid river was built by some aliens called Precursors a long time ago to deal with the Carar disease. as far as we can tell the Precursors all died but the Warpers got left behind and the planet kind of adopted them. we asked the planet to stop making them attack us and it said yes, but they’re kind of unpredictable on their own, so if you see one be careful around it. if you were looking into communication with them before please keep trying! they were made to help get rid of Carar too, maybe there’s a way to work with them.

the planet really, really wants us to do something about curing Carar. we already knew it was messing up the Sea Dragon but it looks like a whole bunch of wildlife is infected with it. if you know how to work on vaccines and medicines, or want to learn, we could really use your help. if not, we could still use your help with tracking down and trapping infected wildlife since we need them not to be spreading the disease further. they’re hard to miss: if you see something covered with glowing green growths when it normally shouldn’t be, that’s Carar. curing it might be the biggest thing we have to do to get the balance of the planet to feel more kindly disposed towards us instead of evenly split.

we’ve also spoken to URSULA and she says putting scanners and decontaminants at the base entrances can be done and will help keep us all from getting sick again.

the planet also made it pretty clear that the man-made structures like the base and the crashed ships are hurting the planet. if researching diseases and hunting for missing sea creatures isn’t your thing, we still need to find a way to fix that. it seems like fusing coral to the base and growing plants on it has helped integrate it into the environment, so if we want to keep using facilities we find we can try to do the same to them. if we don’t need a structure or it’s just wreckage on the ocean floor we should look into just taking it apart fully for resources though.

there’s more Precursor facilities we haven’t looked at yet. we’re planning to check the one that was found under Mountain Island shortly, if anyone wants to come. there’s apparently one way down deep where there are lava flows too; we found a video record of it but need to figure out where it actually is, so if you’re in a mood for exploring crazy dangerous seascapes, there’s a mission for you -- we really want to find that one since we think the Emperor’s body and/or her kids might be there. oh, and if you happen to pick up something that looks like this can you let people know? they might be datacards or keys.

thanks to Karkat (hi Karkat!) we also have a device that we can use to help translate all of the information we’ve gotten from the Precursor facilities. if anyone has a knack for picking up languages or doesn’t mind dedicating a few hours to help out with that it would save a bunch of time.

pretty much any time and help you want to give regarding any of these things would be great! it’s a lot of stuff to do but we’ve done a lot of big things already, we can do these too! ⌒(o＾▽＾o)ノ and uh if you just recently arrived and have no idea what we’re talking about we can explain stuff or you can read up on it in the labs! either/or

but also if you just want to relax since we had a pretty tense few weeks we found an island that’s not too far away from the base that has really friendly alien seals living around it. be careful since they’re pretty large, but they’re also pretty friendly if you give them some fish!

[various linked photos and the coordinates for Alien Seal Island are attached to the message.]

splasher

Hey, everyone! Could you all please drop by the island base in the afternoon? By the beach? With the help of others, we've arranged to have a small celebratory party of sorts now that we are, uh, in the clear. It feels like it's been a while since we've all been together, so I hope you can come!

[makoto nods at the camera despite his shoddy skills at making a selfie-video]

There's plenty of food and we'll be having a bonfire. Oh, by the beach!

This-- It's worth celebrating, right?

[he smiles and waves before turning off the feed; do you want to let this guy down??]

[arriving at the beach, there's a setup similar to this one (but less flashy and perfect) and lights throughout the shoreline. all sorts of foods are being served on the tables for everyone to enjoy a meal together--which is weird to think they haven't eaten together before, all of them?]

[it feels like surviving the warpers was an accomplishment all of them need to celebrate and congratulate each other on, even if their roles in the actual doing of things was small in comparison to others. every bit of help counts.]

[celebrate however your heart desires]

[when the sun starts setting and the wonders of the sk are even more visible, there will be a bonfire, set in a pit, cushions spread about for people to relax or fall asleep, without having to worry about something horrible happening to them. said bonfire will also burn throughout the night until it runs out of fuel.]

[smores, anyone? please tell me we got marshmallows.]

(( OOC: feel free to start your own threads! did your character help with the cooking? the setting up? did they just walk in? it's all great, take ownership of whatever you like! ALSO THIS IS MEANT TO BE DATED LIKE, a day after the barrier went down. ♥ ))

ex_resound725

[WELL THAT'S OVER! Here is your post-alien open mingle. Relax! Enjoy not being attacked by aliens! Take a nap! Also you could explore, or do useful things, or otherwise be a productive member of crewciety.

The OOC plotting post has all the info on missions and going-ons. Or: nap!]

imsorey

[They're under attack (they've been under attack) and they need solutions, answers, help in any form that they can get it. There is a constant thread of green light weaving between all of their questions, pointing them to what they just might need to solve this whole mess, but they need to get to the heart of it first. Literally, because it's sort of the planet's heart, somewhere in the dreamscape.

Deep diving into the dreamscape for an extended period of time is something they haven't done before, at least not intentionally, so they do take the time to prepare. With their bodies in the pods they should be safe from any warping attempts, and they can trust everyone in the base to look out for them while they're asleep. They don't know how long it will take them to find the green light they're searching for. But they can try to make sure that they find it before it's too late to count.

Even with adrenaline running high, it's easy to fall asleep in the pods. Sorey opens his eyes first, to see that the dreamscape is as serene as ever. There's a faint sound of the Void Song far, far off, and he tilts his head in that direction before turning around and counting heads.]

Are you guys good to go?

((OOC post for reference.))

oneandmikleonly

[It's a new year! Well, by the fragile construct of calendar time we're creating on this planet, anyway.

Here's a an open mingle for all your January needs! Are you trying to stalk our new alien stalkers back, or reach out to them, or fight them? Building? Exploring the biomes, for fun and/or to uncover more about our alien friends? Researching? Hugging URSULA? Raising Birdogs or getting involved with other wildlife? Making or breaking resolutions? OTHER? Whatever it is you're doing, you can put it here.

Don't forget to check the OOC plotting post to see what's going on and get involved with missions!]

parodeity

The Christmas Festivities take place over the course of the day, though there aren't a ton of games like on Halloween. Besides the base decorations people have been doing all month - including a tree the base is welcome to decorate together, though it's an alien tree - there's Christmas pancakes (...they're normal pancakes) and a bunch of gingerbread and sugar cookies to frost and then devour. There's also candy canes. Lunch is Christmas sandwiches (THEY'RE NORMAL SANDWICHES...but cut into christmas-y shapes) and dinner is some sort of bird meat and potatoes and etc. A fancy spread. Though you can do your own thing, those are all food-related options.

Activity-wise there's karaoke set to a bunch of holiday songs in the entertainment room or there's ice skating at the roller rink/ice skating rink. There will be constant music playing at the ice skating rink. There's also present opening/swapping throughout the day; Dave didn't give any direction as to when it should happen and figured people would do it whenever they wanted, so. There's also a christmas movie marathon occurring randomly throughout the day if you feel like joining in on that.

Near the christmas tree, by the way, is a chair for the OFFICIALLY SANCTIONED SANTA to sit in. There is a sign saying so. That Santa is apparently Asgore.

At night you may want to go on the ferris wheel near Lake Chiron, where the fair is going to be built! The ferris wheel is the only part that is built, but is complete and decorated with lights and bows. Apparently it has also been rigged so mistletoe might happen while you're riding it. But it also might not? So enjoy the view!

And we have our Christmas Gift Meme over here still!

expulsions

[When Percy Jackson gets an idea, it's better just to let him do it even if it's probably a bad idea. Such an idea is how a large group of explorers wind up taking a submarine or two out toward the dunes, Percy swimming alongside them to lead them onward before diving down under the dunes. Let's do a little exploring where the water flows below, shall we?]

i.

[Deep under the dunes the group will find several waterfalls and caves to explore on their own. There's also the acid river he mentioned to a few people, all surrounded by tree-like plants in arches and pathways.

The eel is still there and even more agitated Percy brought friends this time. Do try to take care not to get electrocuted, okay?]

ii

[That's about where Percy stopped the first time, but with a crew now it's easier to keep going. Crew members may wish to follow the river northeast where they will all discover an unexpected and massive structure. It's easy to enter the docking area and check out the inside of the base through the dim lighting.

It's clear that it's different than anything else they've seen before. Crew members can explore the different floors but it's clear that every area has one thing in common. What will you do with these aquariums?]

iii

[Because really, the base itself has a lot to look at. Each aquarium houses weird little creatures suspended in a stasis mode. They're definitely not moving, but it appears the tanks can be moveable.

Aside from that, there are also some terminals that could use some attention. Any of our tech-inclined crew members can fiddle with it enough to bring up a video showing someone large tearing into the facility they're in, knocking in the walls until it settles to its current form.

But if you're not interested in weird aliens or weirder terminals, there's plenty to look at. An elevator-type opening appears to be the in-between of the floors. Be careful where you step though seeing how it'll flip you into Zero G.

Or you can explore to your heart's content. Who knows what else you'll find…?]

wildcard

[What it says on the tin! Here is more information about the mission in-question with other information available. Have fun!]

potentite

[It's a gloomy day according to the video taken from the base island but Jake seems happy.]

Um, salutations fellow crew members!

This week has been... well, frankly it's sucked giggleberries! But I've been working on my powers and, uh, I won't bore you with the details of that? Unless you really want them. Anyhoo! C'mere you rascal...

[A little... bull fairy thing flies into view. Jake pets it and it seems pretty happy with that? So it must be nice.]

You should come play with them. They're awful sweet. And maybe it might turn some frowns upside down! It's worth a try, isn't it?

[He's still so awkward at ending these though so he just kind of waves at the end.]

[Action;]

[Meanwhile Jake really is hanging out with some tinkerbulls. Specifically five of them. Despite looking exhausted, he's in high spirits for once and seems to be enjoying the affection from the critters.]

expulsions

So in non-radiation-leaking news…[There’s a slight pause and then the splashing of water like Percy’s still in the ocean.] Staying away from the Kharaa sounded like a great idea and I might have found something else.

The place where the water flows below. I think I found it. [And for anyone who wasn’t part of the Grand Reef exploration:] When we went to explore the Grand Reef some of the fish kept mentioning something that attacked the Degasi crew and that one of them might’ve sunk to the water that flows below. Problem is I don’t know if that means one of the crew members or one of whatever attacked them.

Anyway, I’m going back. I didn’t get far enough to really explore down there but there’s a bunch of caves and waterfalls that need to be checked out. [A beat.] Annnd some other stuff.

[That’s not ominous at all.] The tunnels should be big enough to get a submarine down there if anybody wants to come with me. [And suddenly he seems a little more commanding.] I don’t know what we’re going to find down there but if you think you can hold your own, let me know. I want to go back soon.

braavado

Video.

Hey, guys. Has anyone else been keeping track of those uhhh "hotspots"--is that what we're calling them now? [A pause, and then a shrug.] Let's just go with that. Anyway, I've been flying out when I can to mark down the ones I've found around Iniidae. If anyone's been doing the same, we should compare notes.

Soooo, I've got a question. [Korra grins, then moves the camera angle until the large mushroom cap she's laid out on the island is visible.] Anyone like mushrooms? I found a whole forest of them in the ocean earlier. This was the smallest one I could find. It wasn't easy carrying it back, but it might be worth it if these things are edible.

Action I.

[If anyone happens to be near the entrance to the base island, they'll be greeted by the sight of Korra lugging the mushroom cap down the halls and in the direction of the kitchens. There's a trail of water behind her.

When she realizes someone's watching her, she'll look up, then back at the water gathered behind her, and smile sheepishly.]

Um, I'll clean it up later?

Action II.

[Or perhaps the others will catch her in the kitchens, when she's already managed to carry the unexpected bounty to its destination. The mushroom cap takes up the entirety of one of the tabletops.

Korra stares at it, hands resting on her hips, face contemplative.]

Okay, maaaaaaybe I didn't exactly think this one through.

ex_resound725

[Wowee! We get hit with a pulse on the seventh! Isn't that fun! Also, a ship crashed, and baby it's cold inside. Some prompts.

A: Pulse: A pulse hit the planet! Life support went out, and that super sucks, but it will only last for an hour. Maybe more sucky: some or all of your powers may or may not have died! That's awkward. Are you disappointed you can't walk through walls now? Has nothing changed for you? Are you now a dead girl because you made a deal some aliens? Are you a sword? Have fun kids, and try not to hold a Class Trial.

B: Salvage: That sure was a ship that went down! URSULA identified it as the Narcissus which is apparently a human military ship so obviously this will be safe and no one is going to come across any type of trouble salvaging the ship. Maybe someone should text Naoko to tell her what's going on. Everything is fine.

C: Blanket-sharing meme: You know what you're here for.

D: ETC: Roxy is putting up mistletoe, there are flowers, people keep building stupid things. Do whatever!]

[ooc: OOC post here??]

superseding

[ Throughout the month, there will be a lot of searching, salvaging, and planting of flowers! Rapunzel and Hotaru want to make a beautiful flower field or garden on the new island part of the base!

Inside, there will be some planters with flowers potted to be transferred outside once they're considered stroong enough. Outside, wherever it's been cleared for them to plant, expect to see buds and flowers. Do you want to be a Disney princess? Do you want to help out? Are you escorting while seeds and flowers are being collected? Do you want to encourage or admire the flowers? Do you want to make friends with Snap Dragons? There are as many options as there are types of flowers!

Come and frolic! Turn the island into the backdrop of a Disney movie. ]

parodeity

So, anyone in the entertainment room area come December 2nd will be subjected to a ridiculous clash of colors and decorations. While the only advertisement was word-of-mouth, it's a six-way birthday party although none of the guests of honor seem to care if people actually celebrate their birthdays; it's possible to just come by for cake and/or random hangouts. The room seems to be divvied up into six pie slices with decorations, with a table in the middle with six cakes. The slices are kind of variable but easy enough to match up to their respective "owner": Jade's is neon green paired with white decoration-wise and seems to mostly be dog themed, although there's also more glitter in her slice than anywhere else; Jake's is less neon green paired with black and the collective Dave-and-Rose decoration committee apparently decided skulls was as good a theme as anything; Dave's is red and black and records although also just really dumb sbahj drawings which tbh have infected the other slices aside from Rose's; Dirk's is orange-and-white and robots; Rose's is purple-and-black and wizards and octopi; Roxy's is pink-and-white and cats and wizards. None of the decorations really seem intended to mesh with any other slices' decorations at all?

The cakes are equally mismatched, although some of them work together. Jade got a Bec-head shaped cake; Jake got another...skull...THEY TRIED, OKAY JAKE; Dave elected himself for hella jeff; Dirk got assigned sweet bro because Rose couldn't convince Dave to Not; Rose herself got a very disturbing octopus tentacle thing, what the fuck Rose; and Roxy got a cat.

There are like six pinatas in various colors and some party games and a movie marathon that seems to have literally no theme beyond being chosen by Dave and Rose and therefore the theme might actually be "what movie will annoy my sibling most" back and forth. So there's. Just a super variety of stuff there. And there's music which Dave seems to have been in control of, although most of it is lowkey so that's nice???

Sorry if you wanted to do something in this room related to not this hot mess today, BUT AT LEAST THEY'RE NOT DOING SIX SEPARATE PARTIES??? Also there are party hats in the colors of each slice (with a dumb paper crown in slice colors for each birthday kid) so pick your poison. There's a generic and very messy "HAPPY 17TH BIRTHDAY" banner so apparently it's just. 6 17s? Nice.

lamortespoir

action;

[ Anyone up early on the morning of December 1st would hear a rather large thump come from the main entrance of the underwater base - as if someone just fell out of thin air onto the floor, which is about right.

Sanson picks himself up, water dripping off his trenchcoat onto the polished floor. After shaking off his mysterious assailants, his first priority had been to return to the base that had housed his friends; but the spiritual signals that come from the base are different and thus he can't be sure that the same people still inhabit it. Using the telepathic network would expose himself if any of Solomon's agents were already present, thus he decided on paying a physical visit first just in case.

He makes a path towards the medbay out of habit: perhaps you've run into him on the way, or are just following the trail of water left behind. He'll get that cleaned once he's sure everyone hasn't been brainwashed.

If Sanson happens to run into you, he'll move over so he can be at conversational distance, but he won't speak directly until he's within said distance. ]

voice, two days later;

Hello, everyone. This is Sanson. I ask this of those here who are attuned to magic; if you are strong of body and vitality, I require your assistance. Please, come meet me at the medbay.

[ The message might sound kind of shady, but the voice that delivers it sounds oddly hollow. Sanson seems to have been afflicted by the Shrooms disease. Even though he's consulted some people about how to treat it, the side effects aren't exactly going away, which presents some problems. Such as the fact that he's starting to find it hard to maintain a physical form. Prana is draining from him faster than he can take it in from the surroundings. While there's an obvious solution to this, it's still something unpleasant. Best to ask first.

If anyone comes in to the medbay needing treatment, he would tend to them in the same way as he did during his previous stint here. However, he has a surgical mask on as a precaution. ]

imsorey

[A soft-hearted group determined to solve their problems with kindness, stubbornness, and friendship (or, you know, something close to that) have been hard at work to find the source of the sea dragon’s illness in the hopes of ultimately curing it and maybe preventing any more horrible nightmares like the ones from the previous month. Sending a drone down into the Void to obtain a sample from the sea dragon instead of sending a person is one of their better ideas, made even more efficient by the fact that Mikleo has perfected the ability to provide their drone with a (temporary) invisibility cloak in order to prevent it from becoming a dragon snack.

Sorey diligently keeps everyone updated on their progress, but it takes several days of observing its sleeping patterns before they’re ready to make a move--the sea dragon doesn’t sleep as often as they’d like, and it’s hard to get a sample of the illness when it’s wide awake. Tonight has led to a stroke of luck; the camera feed from their base of operations in the lab shows that it’s sound asleep, and they’re able to clearly make out the glowing protrusions that are a strong marker of just how sick it is. But getting the sample is the easy part; analyzing it is another thing entirely. When they've successfully secured a sample Sorey sends out a brief telepathic query]

So...is anyone familiar with illnesses that give you glowing boils?

[They might need a little more science than friendship on this occasion.]

((The OOC mission post is HERE for everyone's reference if any additional information is needed! You can be free to assume that Sorey grabbed your character in to help or they wanted into the lab to see what was going on.))

Dive In

It's a MAY-ngle...wait.

ANEMOMALIES+++++ MINGLE (April 1-14)

one » action/text

Post-Storm Mingle (Salvage, etc etc)

FEBRUARY GENERAL MINGLE | OTA

important PSA text

004 ☉ VIDEO/ACTION (MINGLE)

[January 23-etc Open Mingle]

Closed | Journey Into The Void | sometime before and up to the 22nd

JANUARY MINGLE | OPEN

christmas party mingle! icly 12/25

In mysterious fathoms below; Closed-ish Mingle 12/12

video; action

12/10, voice;

二 ; video + action (backdated to 12/3)

pulse, and other, open mingle (12-7 to whenever)

flowers gleam and grow (open mingle)

DECEMBER 2ND, birthday armageddon action mingle

action + voice

Operation: Cure the Angry Dragon’s Sickness

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