WEEKEND 0: ORIENTATION

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WEEKEND 0     47 CREW ACTIVE

YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. WE MIGHT HAVE ANSWERS.

 

TO THE JUNIOR CREW OF THE EUDORA: WELCOME.
YOUR ORIENTATION WEEKEND BEGINS TODAY
YOU'LL MEET WITH SENIOR CREW MEMBERS
TO LEARN THE BASICS OF YOUR TOUR.
PLEASE ENJOY YOUR COMPLIMENTARY PACKAGE.

ATTENTION SENIOR CREW DESIGNATES:
PLEASE PREPARE YOURSELVES TO DEPLOY
STANDARD NEW EMPLOYEE MEASURES ASAP.

With a creaking groan on Saturday morning, the stasis bay door finally opens up, revealing a broad, clean hallway and a lit sign overhead that says WELCOME TO THE CSS EUDORA. Lining the walls, you'll find that there are square lockers to grab your non-sentient belongings that weren't inside of your cold sleep pod (your home item and two changes of clothes from your canon). Along with those, you will find that your belongings have been carefully set inside of a sleek, black courier bag, nestled in among a few welcome gifts waiting for you! Upon opening it up, you'll find the following items to use as you see fit:

🪐 A luxurious eyemask, to block out the haters (and any solar flares)
🪐 A handkerchief, with hand-stitched embroidery.
🪐 A mini radio that plays some old tunes from the 90s and back, it also works as a bluetooth speaker for I.R.I.S.
🪐 A moon lamp, to provide some comforting light
🪐 A simple, but useful, multi-tool, closed when you find it
🪐 A small, refillable medical kit, pre-packed for your potential bumps and bruises (1 minor heal)
🪐 A few packets of freeze-dried fruit, to chase away the immediate munchies
🪐 A mini craft cocktail kit, to drink away your troubles (made into a mocktail kit if you are below 21)

Take your time to familiarize yourself with your new surroundings and freshen up in the communal bathroom that's been made available. You will also find that your living quarters have been neatly arranged along a hallway, just waiting for you to find your name on the door—meet your roommate!

Why, you can even enjoy an informative slideshow presentation that plays in the mess hall on all of the screens! It might not be a very big one, but the world of the CSS Eudora is your oyster for a few hours. There's plenty of time between the auspicious announcement and 1500 hours for you to get to know your fellow junior crewmates.

Welcome to the second part of our introductory weekend, this time featuring some of your new home and a few special surprises. Have a look around your brand new home, and if you have any questions, we will field them in the server.

🚀 Your I.R.I.S. and you! Characters will find that their I.R.I.S. communications device is now up and fully functioning. There are quite a few features for you to explore, including crew member profiles. Why not have a look and see just what kind of information has been compiled about you? And who exactly you're working with. The I.R.I.S. itself also comes witih a handy dandy guide explaining all of its fun features.

🚀 Some things to look out for include two events that will occur today and tomorrow. The first event will begin on (2/24) - 12PM PST | 3PM EST, and the second event will follow on (2/25) - 12PM PST | 3PM EST, so stay tuned for a ping in the server. Even if you are busy today, please feel free to tag in at a later time.

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LOCATION CHANGES LOCATIONS STATUSES PROFILES REPORTING PRIVATE CONVOS COMMS DOSSIER

Comments

orientation, saturday

[roseoftexas]

[ (mod voice) take your time you have ages to explore.
me: no, new post right now.




anyway this is really just because i'm out in like 45 minutes, but if you wander past the zero gravity chamber you might spot shu just. stood on the ceiling. like you do. he's dressed in a whole different outfit now, and is staring pretty intently at his wrist.

after a moment he swipes horizontally and hovers his fingers over the keyboard that appears. then he waves them like a baton and something starts playing from the I.R.I.S. he swipes away pretty quickly, so enjoy all like three seconds of that song. he spends a few moments cycling through the various options, before folding his arms with a slightly pinched look on his face.


then he spots you in the doorway, and waves one hand lazily. hi. ]

[riverbeans]

[charles is in his icon outfit for this

as he waves back]

[roseoftexas]

[ wave wave. ]

Exploring the area now they remembered to open the door?

[riverbeans]

If I had to be stuck in the one room any longer, I was going to go stir-crazy, so you bet. [squints at him] How'd you get up there?

[does not yet understand the concept of zero gravity]

[roseoftexas]

Turned off gravity. Floated onto the ceiling.

[ jazz hands.


he does not actually do jazz hands but he does do a little tah dah kind of wave with one hand. ] It's pretty easy to turn it on and off, but I don't really want to do that while I'm on the ceiling.

[riverbeans]

That, uh, seems bad. Think I could get up there too?

[roseoftexas]

Probably. I think it anti-gravity effect's on the whole room -- you'd just have to be careful how you landed.

[riverbeans]

[hmmmm

experimentally jumps...... and now he floating]

Whoa!

[roseoftexas]

[ applauds politely ]

[riverbeans]

[flails a little in zero gravity]

Hey, this is neat.

[roseoftexas]

[ .....




....


nudges him with his elbow as he flails by. ]

[riverbeans]

[pokes him back?]

[roseoftexas]

I was kinda wondering if you’d fly off course.

[ don’t just admit that?? ]

[riverbeans]

Hey... taking advantage of your superior experience, I see.

[roseoftexas]

Would've been funny if it worked though.

[riverbeans]

[SHOVES SHU]

[roseoftexas]

[ drifts lazily into a wall and bumps off it. whee. ]

[artificialsweetener]

[SHU! ON THE CEILING, what will he do...

Dahut will pause by the door to peek inside, waving back HEWWO. He is also in his normal outfit now. Freedom from the plugsuit...]

Looks like we have an answer about where those signals are probably coming from, huh?

[roseoftexas]

[ drop on dahut’s head (no) ]

Yeah. Not great, I can’t exactly cut my whole circulatory system out of me.

[artificialsweetener]

[NOT HIS NOGGIN.]

Not in a place like this, at least! [Help.] But at least we know what we're working with more concretely now, right?

[roseoftexas]

[ BONK. ]

Not how to stop it though. [ that’s the BIG THING HERE DAHOOT. ]

[artificialsweetener]

[He can stop it by dying...]

For now! Every bit of information is a step closer to the answers you're looking for!

[roseoftexas]

[ yeets into space farewell shoe. ]

... Still. [ he twists his arm to look at the I.R.I.S again. ] Nanites that make technology like this possible. Weird.

[artificialsweetener]

[NOT LIKE THIS.]

It's pretty advanced even for me! I'm guessing it's the same for you, too?

[roseoftexas]

There's stuff like this in media and stories, but that's about it. If they exist, it's not well known to anyone.