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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

"I think it would be quite difficult for any cabs to reach us, here. Or any other kind of vessel."

Whether he's simply joking or not, that question redirects Loki's line of questioning. "I take it you've never been on a ship like this before?"

"No, this is my first time getting abducted by aliens. I heard there was going to be more probing."

Fuck you dude, there's no way we're in space.

Edited 2022-01-17 06:10 (UTC)

"Mm, not really in the mood at the moment." He smirks. "Also, I believe most of the others are human, if that helps any. Though I can't say they're all from Earth."

Loki tilts his head. "I'm just assuming you're from Earth until you tell me otherwise, by the way. It seems to be what everyone else does. Annoying, but it tends to be true more often than not."

"What, like the ground? Like dirt? Is it a town? ...No."

He makes a sweeping denial-gesture. Fuck this, he's not playing a guessing game.

"Not affiliated."

Loki's face splits into a grin. "Really?" And yet he seems to be clearly human. One wonders what he'll thinks of the inevitable imbalance that will build amongst their shipmates.

"It's a planet. I knew it as Midgard, if you prefer that name. It's..." He waves a hand. "Fine. No Asgard, but nothing is."

Anyway.

"So, not there. Where, then?"

"It's a planet. Yeah. Why wouldn't it be."

Fuck straight off.

"Unless you're asking so you can send me home? I'm from fucking Mars."

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i'm sorry i'm so slooowwww

<3 no worries friend