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PORT: EMERGENCY LANDING

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 22:00:07 GMT

PORT: EMERGENCY LANDING

June 25th, 2022 – July 4th, 2022
Something's gone wrong.

On June 25th, the Navarch makes an announcement — not over the CommLinks, but the ship's PA system. It might surprise you to find the ship has a PA system, but her tone is brisk, businesslike.

She announces that the Peregrine is making an emergency landing, on the nearby planet of Pugreo. And in under half an hour, the ship lands heavily — crashes, it might be more accurate to say — in the middle of an abandoned amusement park. Or, well, at least a closed amusement park.

The full OOC write-up for the event is here. If you have any questions about the event, please ask here.

1. Crash Landing

Even if you miss the announcement, you won't miss the alarms. They blare down the halls, lights flickering as the ship reroutes power to its forward shields, bracing for too-quick entry into the atmosphere. The message is clear: find somewhere to hunker down and ready yourself as well as you can for impact.

The ship hits the ground at 8:07 A.M., Peregrine standard time, hard enough to disrupt its built-in gravity and tear through a small shed like paper. The crash indiscriminately bounces wardens and inmates off the floor, along with anything else not nailed down. Anyone in the open-air areas — or, worse, near a hull breach — will find themselves thrown overboard. The rest of you, well, hopefully you find yourself with nothing more serious than some cuts or bruises.

Passengers will exit the ship to find it's already evening on the planet of Pugreo, but the locals who come to investigate are friendly and attentive. A few of them make casual mention of an upcoming holiday and the Peregrine's fortuitous timing, but fail to elaborate on specifics.

2. Lookout & Repair

All passengers are asked to secure resources and guard the Peregrine, though those with the means to assist in other ways won't be refused. Wardens especially are expected to keep close tabs on inmates; circumstances make it much harder to tell who is or isn't sneaking around.

There are members of the maintenance crew around, investigating the hull breach and organizing bots. While most of them are too busy for conversation, you might be able to catch one of them here.

The amusement park is quiet, almost desolate without a crowd coming and going, and it's recommended everyone travel in pairs. While the locals have been polite and the park mercifully closed in anticipation of the holidays, the Peregrine staff didn't have time to research Pugreo. And without humans as a steady deterrent, there are wild animals to consider.

3. The Purge

A day or so after the Peregrine crashes, the Deathbed Blossoms bloom — and the Purge officially begins. The aggression of the locals is sudden, but calculated; the ones who show up in the night, to loot the Peregrine and strip it for parts, are well-practiced and familiar with violence. There is little discrimination in their targets.

Not all of the locals participate in the violence, however — or at least not willingly, under the influence of the Deathbed Blossom's pollen. A few people take refuge in the tunnels or use them to flee the city; some seek out the forest-dwellings, reputedly high enough in the trees that the worst of the pollen doesn't reach them.

The pollen will wear off after a while, so long as you aren't constantly exposed to it. It isn't the worst idea to wrestle the badly affected back aboard the ship or even into solitary, whether they're a warden or inmate. The ship's shields keep out the worst of the pollen...so long as no one contaminates the area some other way.

4. Escape

Finally, the ship is space-worthy and ready for takeoff. It isn't back up to 100% after possible sabotage, but the maintenance crew can at least guarantee it's safe.

This time, Archimedes sends a brief ping to everyone's CommLinks. It's time to get back aboard as quickly as possible, lest you be left behind. And after the mimics, the last thing the Peregrine needs are more stowaways, so you'll want to lose any pursuers — and quickly.

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1. Round Two

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 01:22:49 GMT

Posted by: dog_eat_dog

Passengers: Tess and ~*~you~*~
Location: Various locations
Date: Tues, June 21st
Summary: Tess arrives.
Warnings:

( SHE ARRIVES!!!!! )

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remember when you used to be a rascal

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 04:22:56 GMT

Posted by: classifieds

Passengers: Carol Denning + OPEN
Location: Inmate housing and the mess hall.
Date: late June
Summary: Carol has arrives. She is not happy.
Warnings: Carol is very crass and vulgar. And mean.

( Read more... )

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Wed, 08 Jun 2022 01:30:35 GMT

Posted by: lessandmorethanhuman

Passengers: Alex Mercer, Theon Greyjoy, Theo Crawford (And supervised by Loki Odinson)
Location: SIRE
Date: Early June
Summary: Loki is encouraging Alex to meet people, talk to them. So he's arranged a 'playdate' of sorts with Theo and Theon, and is sending them to a location in the SIRE. Shenanigans and maybe actual talking will ensue.
Warnings: Language? Talk of violence?

( Make friends, play nice, and remember what happens in Vegas... )

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Descending into a deep cavern, one prefers to have a bright and even-burning lamp.

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 00:55:30 GMT

Posted by: blackclad

Passengers: Luke Skywalker & You? :0
Location: All over the ship - notably the Athletics Dept.
Date: Several days throughout early June.
Summary: Running? More running.
Warnings: None; will update as needed.

( The sparks of a smoky flare do not improve a situation. )

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what do you have there? A KNIFE.

Tue, 31 May 2022 02:52:25 GMT

Posted by: theartofmadness

Passengers: Jason, William, Aki, possibly Claire later on?? More to be added as needed.
Location: All around the jailhouse.
Date: During the mini event.
Summary: Jason has a knife.
Warnings: Descriptive violence, probably? Language? Nothing major yet.

( Look to ye olde comments )

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MINI-EVENT: MIMICS

Sun, 29 May 2022 00:00:08 GMT

Posted by: returnjourney

MINI-EVENT: MIMICS

May 28th – June 1st, 2022
The Peregrine recently stopped in Bhujerba and took on a whole bunch of new supplies, courtesy of the ship's crew. The transport bots are now positioning those massive pallets of supplies in the storage facility, and wardens (and sneaking inmates!) won't have trouble noticing them: unlike the smooth metal and glass cases that make up the bulk of the storage facility's freight, these were packaged in Bhujerba. They look like great black-and-gold amphoras with matching legs. Practical? Certainly not. Nicer to look at? Well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but it sure breaks up all this minimalist shit.

And then one morning, the passengers will discover that some of the amphoras have been moved, and no one really seems to know by who (though Archimedes has ideas).

This event takes player submissions for what will be found in the amphoras, which you can find on the OOC post here. If you have any questions about the event, please ask here.

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1. Missing!

They're gone.

One day there were dozens of amphoras, lined up in neat rows on a metal pallet, and now their numbers are halved. The storage facility is supposed to be off-limits to inmates, but it doesn't stop them from walking in anyway to poke around. Thieves, perhaps? Stored goods don't just get up and walk away on their own.

2. Fighting the Mimics

The amphoras show up all on their own a few days later, tucked into corners in odd rooms, between rows of plants in the greenhouse, under a desk in the resource library... Anywhere a door wouldn't stop them and, even then, they occasionally sneak in. A sharp eye might notice the slightest variation in color, or question how they got in at all, but a curious cat will find the answer quickest.

When touched, the amphoras come to life, their stands unfolding into four spider-like legs, the body pivoting parallel to the ground. The lid becomes a terrible eye. It may look like a machine, but its thick carapace makes it an insectoid.

What it wants, unfortunately, is to feast on sentient brains.

Good luck!

3. Goodies

Destroying the mimics yields loot: a dropped cache of goods. The problem is there's no way to tell what belongs to who...and finding the intended owner means knowing what that person might want.

Please respond here if you'd like your character to find any items; just remember, it's their job to figure out who it rightfully belongs to! (There's a cheat sheet here with what items are intended for who, but it's always fun to consider who your character would think would want that item...if only to play keep-away.)

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Tue, 17 May 2022 18:08:01 GMT

Posted by: omniavincit

Passengers: William & Claire + potential guests?? (if your char would be in the vicinity, feel free to start a new thread with either one of them)
Location: The Mysterious and Sexy Warden Command
Date: May 15th
Summary: Drinking on the job.
Warnings: William is a mean drunk (I know, crazy)

( shots shots shots )

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surveillance

Tue, 17 May 2022 03:31:59 GMT

Posted by: oinks

Passengers: Amanda & Jason
Location: Darkest hallways of the Peregrine
Date: Post-port, just post
Summary: Hey Jase whatcha up to
Warnings: Stalking and violence, will keep updated as needed

( Are you gonna behave? )

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an omission

Sun, 15 May 2022 17:06:38 GMT

Posted by: grindset

Passengers: Claire + Viktor
Location: infirmary
Date: backdated to second day of port, after this
Summary: everything happens so much
Warnings: terminal illness, self-harm, technological implants and transformation, general medical infirmary stuff, also spoilers for Arcane s01 if anyone still cares about that

( you know those days when you're like, this might as well happen )

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Fri, 13 May 2022 23:08:21 GMT

Posted by: sanctus_dei

Passengers: Theo Crawford and anyone who might want to talk to him, for whatever reason
Location: Solitary
Date: May 5th through the 11th
Summary: Theo has fucked up big time, and is only beginning to pay the price for it
Warnings: Will update when necessary

( what a little ego death can do )

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when is a sibling not a sibling?

Fri, 13 May 2022 02:07:59 GMT

Posted by: expectaspectre

Passengers: Grace, Jason, a big pile of depression
Location: The Peregrine's gym, specifically, The Pool (tm).
Date: Like a day after leaving Bhujerba
Summary: Finally catching up after the Port, about the Simulation, inmates, wardens, and various other goings-on
Warnings: Probably discussion of depression, trauma & death.

( there once was someone. then there wasn't. )

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PORT: THE SKY-CITY OF BHUJERBA

Thu, 05 May 2022 01:45:19 GMT

Posted by: returnjourney

PORT: THE SKY-CITY OF BHUJERBA

May 4th, 2022 – May 11th, 2022
Welcome, bhadra, to the city-state of Bhujerba! The Peregrine touches down on May 4th, in a proper port — airships are the only way on and off the city, so the Aerodrome is a busy and bustling place. As a sky-city built on a mountainous structure floating ten thousand feet above the ground, it has little in the way of wilderness, but it has a sprawling city with deep mines stretching down beneath it. Look down past the railings when the thick clouds part and you'll see the world below; look up and you'll see great blue crystalline structures, a mark of the deep magicks that keep the city in the sky.

The full OOC write-up for the port is here. If you have any questions about the event, please ask here.

1. Disembarking

It's been months since the ship made port, but whether it's been days or months, it's always exciting to see somewhere new. The Aerodrome is thriving with people, passenger ships and merchant ships and military ships alike making berth in the docks, all contributing to the rivers of people pouring in and out of the building. The sounds of the crowd bounce around the vaulted ceilings, humid tropical air hotter still for the press of bodies everywhere. Navigating the crowds takes a certain confidence, lest you get knocked aside by a burly creature carrying a crate on his back, or separated from your companions by a throng of chattering flight stewardesses.

Of course, not everyone will disembark. Inmates cannot leave the ship without a warden as escort, and wardens are responsible for inmates in port — they don't have to be glued to each others' sides, of course, but it's harder to make trouble under a watchful eye.

2. The Cloudborne Tavern

Thanks to the Navarch, there are rooms booked in the Cloudborne for passengers who do not want to trek back and forth from the Peregrine. Staying above a busy and bustling tavern isn't always the most restful affair, of course, given there isn't really a closing hour, but it certainly makes for a life experience.

The tavern below is full of colourful characters, drawn by the ludicrously cheap pints. It isn't uncommon for people to get soundly drunk, but a watchful Seeq keeps an eye out on the place: get too rowdy or violent and you might find yourself thrown out on your ass.

3. The Lhusu Mines

Though the mines are closed, there's plenty to do in the labyrinthine tunnels winding deep into the mountain.

The Paling — Talk with the locals in the taverns and on the streets and you might notice a frequent topic of conversation: the paling's fall. The paling was a Crystal used to create a magick barrier that kept fiends at bay in the mines, so that the miners could work safely. However, something — or someone — has stripped the paling of its magickal energy, and now the fiends have overrun the abandoned tunnels. Sometimes they even make their way out and attack the locals. It is imperative that some brave hero makes their way deep into the tunnels, finds the paling, and recharges its magick power. But so far no one has been up to the task...

Hunting Marks — A bulletin board in the Cloudborne has posters for bounties, seeking hunters willing to deal with the fiends that spill out of the mines. Many are for looking for materials, such as bat fangs fresh from the jaws of the massive, four-winged bats, or bone fragments from the undead skeletons. Or, for the particularly ambitious: the mighty Nidhogg, a colossal snake with a highly venomous tail spike. A prize awaits the first to return with its skin!

Filthy Pirates! — Not everyone ventures in to mop up trouble for the locals: the mines are a considerable draw to those who are happy to risk the fiends for the chance to loot the goods left behind. Many people have fallen in these attempts, leaving gil, armor, weaponry and other goods strewn through the depths. Be careful, though: not all treasure is as it seems.

4. Shopping!

The marketplace is as busy as the Aerodrome, with massive crowds clustered around covered tents, wooden booths, and humble cloths laid out on the stone floor, all bearing incredible wares. The atmosphere is raucous: people haggling boisterously, children scampering between adults' legs, people hollering for others to move, move, as they shove their way through with carts of purchases or goods for sale.

Food is plentiful: turnips and onions are particularly popular, given the season, and tomatoes fetch a high price. Street food vendors sell stewed cockatrice (chicken-esque!), chunks of moist cactus, flank steaks on sticks, and something aptly called "bacon bread".

And, given the war going on and fiends loose in the world, there is no short supply of weaponry and armor. Swords, pikes, bows, axes, daggers, even a small number of rudimentary firearms, all available to those with ample coin. Armor is popular too, with artisans prepared to make it custom within a day or two — leather is affordable, but the price of metal could feed a laborer for a year.

Beware of pickpockets. Happy shopping!

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Just when you thought it was safe to hoard your tickets: BLÅHAJaws

Mon, 02 May 2022 02:15:16 GMT

Posted by: shiftedshape

Passengers: Everyone
Location: The Commissary
Date: 5/1 - 5/7
Summary: Purchases are made, regret is felt, someone eats deodorant
Warnings: The perils of capitalism

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Let's talk with the new warden assigned.

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 01:11:49 GMT

Posted by: lessandmorethanhuman

Passengers: Alex Mercer and Bucky Barnes
Location: Observatory
Date: April 24th
Summary: Alex is meeting with his new warden, and trying to figure out how to deal post Sim.
Warnings: Language? Body Horror-descriptions possible.

( Read more... )

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Fri, 22 Apr 2022 01:46:12 GMT

Posted by: sanctus_dei

Passengers: Theo Crawford and inmates old and new
Location: All over the Peregrine
Date: Ongoing, during the month of April
Summary: Part two of speaking with inmates about his escape plan
Warnings: Theo's dirty mouth, who knows what else.

( jail birds unite )

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#13 or something

Wed, 20 Apr 2022 00:22:11 GMT

Posted by: rank1

Passengers: Travis Touchdown, Claire Fraser, William Temple and Misty Day
Location: The observation area outside the Loading Bay.
Date: sometime in April
Summary: Putting the "fun" in "funeral" by releasing the desiccated remains of a foam wife into space.
Warnings: Travis is going to say some really cringe shit but what else is new. And it is the loading bay, so the door is sometimes open, so if you want to crash it, hit me up.

( I'm real sorry about this but Travis is not. )

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Tue, 19 Apr 2022 03:06:50 GMT

Posted by: omniavincit

Passengers: William and Theon
Location: Mess Hall, appropriately
Date: Oh you'll see (a day or so after pairings)
Summary: Past and future collide!! At breakfast
Warnings: TBD

( It's Taco Tuesday. )

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feeling ungrateful

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 02:56:36 GMT

Posted by: oinks

Passengers: Amanda & Lucifer
Location: Lucifer's open goddamn door
Date: Couple days after this exchange
Summary: You said you'd help, so help
Warnings: Eventual yarns about sim-related violence

( don't tell John )

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just a friendly fight between dormmates

Sun, 17 Apr 2022 12:19:44 GMT

Posted by: theartofmadness

Passengers: Jason Todd & Travis Touchdown
Location: Chapel
Date: a Day or two after Theo and Travis throw down.
Summary: probably honestly a friendly spar that turns into something more intense because they're them?? but maybe not. also shitty language. because they're them.
Warnings: shrug emoji.

( shrug emoji pt. 2 )

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Sun, 17 Apr 2022 00:15:33 GMT

Posted by: sanctus_dei

Passengers: Theo & Claire
Location: Infirmary
Date: Backdated to April 7
Summary: Theo can dish it out but he can't take it.
Warnings: Theo's damn dirty mouth

( turns out, actions have consequences )

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An alien autopsy

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 02:34:31 GMT

Posted by: shiftedshape

Passengers: Loki and Claire
Location: Infirmary
Date: 4/14 (one week post sim)
Summary: Loki allows Claire to perform a medical ~~experiment~~ exam on him in exchange for forgiveness.
Warnings: Nudity (maybe?), shapeshifting

( But like, a real one. Also he isn't dead. )

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it’s only natural… clearly he saw me as special.

Sun, 10 Apr 2022 23:34:39 GMT

Posted by: doppleman

Passengers: Timothy and Rhys
Location: Center Axis, near Infirmary
Date: Immediately after this.
Summary: A familiar face comes back to haunt Rhys.
Warnings: Emetophobia per Rhys 👀

( man... the best i ever got was him spitting on me once. )

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I know the breakdown. Everything is gonna shake now someday

Sun, 10 Apr 2022 01:15:29 GMT

Posted by: lessandmorethanhuman

Passengers: Alex and anyone else interested
Location: Inmate Bunks
Date: After the SIM
Summary: Alex is having a small nervous breakdown, on top of the physical effects of dying in the SIM.
Warnings: Language

( I know the breakdown. Tell me again am I awake now )

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it's that time of the month

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 13:47:03 GMT

Posted by: omniavincit

Passengers: EVERYONEEEEEEEE
Location: ye olde commissary
Date: The week after that most celebrated of Earth holidays, April Fools (April 7-14)
Summary: Brother, can you spare a ticket?
Warnings: Sausages flying AT YA FACE at high speeds, capitalism, adults making bad decisions (financial and otherwise)

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