returnjourneylogs | SET SAIL: FIRST IMPRESSIONS

SET SAIL: FIRST IMPRESSIONS

January 1, 2022 – January 7, 2022
Welcome to the new year and the Return Journey's opening event! We're starting with something light to get everyone acclimated and so no one feels they've missed too much if they app after the holiday season. We'd like to make it easy for any new players to jump in right away.

If you have any questions about the event, please ask here.

1. What? My name is who? My name is—

Salutations! Now that everyone's respective warden and inmate orientations are out of the way, you've been given a helpful, mandatory name tag. It instantly appears on your shirt and can't be taken off, though where it appears on your shirt is a bit more unpredictable; it's an imperfect science, so it's just as likely to pop up on the back of your shirt as the front. If you try to remove your clothes, the tag appears on your skin; they're waterproof, so a quick shower won't get rid of it, either. What can we say — it's mandatory.

While the tags all follow the standard "HELLO my name is" format and have your name or most common alias, they also include some other information. For wardens, it features a space that declares "I LIKE" and one or two of your most choices hobbies. For inmates, it features these hobbies and "I have killed [x] people" (this may be a specific number or something akin to "a lot of" or "no"). Fun icebreaker, right?

2. Twenty Questions

Speaking of icebreakers, a brief announcement summons everyone to the observatory. Again, yes, it's mandatory; wardens must retrieve absent inmates before any more information is revealed. Better hop to it!

Upon arrival, passengers will discover that the Peregrine's resident bot force has reconfigured the observatory with small, portable cubicles, each with a transparent wall that retains a lovely view of the observatory's massive window. Each inmate is assigned their own cubicle and, upon entering, cannot leave without a warden's say so; the door only unlocks with a warden's CommLink.

Wardens are tasked with interviewing at least one inmate, to get a feel for their prospective charges. They can have as much time as they need to formulate what questions they want to ask, but that might leave some inmates waiting. Maybe that's on purpose, though. In any case, the exercise is over once an inmate is asked five questions and a warden receives five answers.

Archimedes will collect name tags after the interviews for incineration. The robotic owl is, notably, the only one who can remove them.

3. Polite Picnic

The greenhouse doesn't always have enough fresh produce to go around (and often what is collected is frozen and preserved), but given the circumstances — a new mission and new passengers — everyone can reap the rewards this month...if they share. A bot stationed in the mess hall mechanically tells anyone who crosses into range (whether they mean to visit the produce table or not) that they aren't to take more than three fruits and/or vegetables. If you choose not to abide by the rules...well, that depends if you're caught and by who.

The produce available are as follows:

Adalfane: Tastes like cocaine, but very nutritious, especially when eaten raw.
Tuadath: Smells awful, but very hearty when cooked, tasting a little like steak.
Tsanyi: Pure, sugary sweetness. Can be made into a refreshing drink, eaten raw, or sprinkled over a desert.

There are notably fewer tsanyi than adalfane or tuadath. But if everyone's nice and cooperates, each person can get exactly one.

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An eye to the swirling ink. It ought to be miraculous —

One can choke on miracles. The taste of blood isn't so far from his throat as to forget: If hundreds are dead, they're both among them.

"Sloppy,"

Is rich, coming from a guy with 'many' printed on his own. But he must be mollified, or what will pass for it; his fingers fold down, voice settles. Silco rests an arm against the table. Loki quips, and the quirk of his brow is brief: Approval.

(What are politics, but the principal hurdle to change? Grubbing for the status quo,)

"I was an industrialist," There's the old line. "A concerned party."

"Philanthropy gone wrong?" Loki forces the smirk from his face rather quickly, not wanting to antagonize Silco with his banter. Not when he suspects he knows what he's getting at. Ideals and ego colliding in just the wrong way, and all the damage that comes with it.

He debates for a moment which line of inquiry to follow next, before settling on: "What were your concerns, exactly?"

"Men in high places," One leg folds over the other, neat. The sky shines impossibly vast about Loki's shadow — an ill-fitting halo. "Issuing demands."

"Ah, yes. Ones you disagreed with, I'm sure." Loki smirks, amused at how little information Silco is managing to share. "What sorts?"

Four questions. Five, if he quibbles.

(Is that so?)

"Sit, stay," Stand, really — if you lie down in the dirt, it had better be a grave. "Down where you belong."

Loki feels some sympathy, there. He's always been something of an outcast, even with the privilege of his rank. Not that his rank means anything here. Or anywhere else, now.

He runs a thumb over his bottom lip, thoughtful. "So you killed people because you wanted to become the man in a high place, is that it?"

"I killed people because they were shooting at me."

Sometimes. Look,

"That's five."

Silco's right. The lock clicks open, and Loki raises his eyebrows.

"Well, you'll be happy to know there will be far less temptation to kill people here. What with no one shooting at you."

He smiles brightly, gesturing to the door. Silco's free to go.

"And you here with your gun." He takes his time standing. Do it for The Drama, etc. "What a shame."

"Guns aren't really my style. But I'm not planning any unearned violence anytime soon, so you'll just have to wait and see where my preferences lie."

Loki stands as well. He'd offer a handshake, but it doesn't strike him as a gesture Silco would appreciate.

"It was a pleasure, Silco. If you ever need anything, you shouldn't have any trouble finding me."

Or finding ways to avoid asking for Loki's help at all, he suspects.

SET SAIL: FIRST IMPRESSIONS

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i am on episode 6 and man silco is going to hate loki when he finds out he was literally a king

:,-)

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