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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Comments

orientation, saturday

[bossbabygirl]

welcome powerpoint.

[margaret can be found sitting in the bar. she's changed into business casual. she's wearing like. a cashmere turtleneck and wide leg pants entirely in neutrals like an everlane catalogue and sipping a wine spritzer while scrolling through i.r.i.s.

she can specifically be looking at the welcome powerpoint or the profiles, whatever you'd like.]

What do you make of this?

everyone i haven't tagged.

[okay. if we have not yet interacted this weekend, margaret is walking right up to you and extending a hand for a handshake.]

Hi, Margaret Encino. I don't think we've been introduced yet. So nice to meet you.

powerpoint

[barriermaddened]

[Wine at a time like this seems good, she should get some too]

It sounds too good to be true, in corporate terms, doesn't it? Typical, yet appealing to a worker.

[Nothing seemed to jump up at her!]

But of course that can't be all there's to it. It's for a reason we were...forcibly drafted instead of convinced to join them -- as far as we know, at least.

[bossbabygirl]

I'm really not sure what the reason could be. They even do 401k matching? What's the recruitment issue here?

[barriermaddened]

Danger of some kind, perhaps? Or they transport...something inconvenient?

[what we will transport are corpses

our corpses]

finally tags margaret

[pathematic]

[Eunhyuk will shake her hand back. His skin is kind of chilly to the touch, but that's as weird as it's gonna get (maybe).]

Eunhyuk Lee. You seem pretty at ease with all of this.

[bossbabygirl]

Hi, Eunhyuk. [firm handshake and then letting go!] I wouldn't say I'm at ease, but it's possible this is all a very strange misunderstanding. No sense getting worked up about it until we've tried to clear it up.

[pathematic]

And after we do? What if the answers we get aren't satisfactory?

[tombtaker]

[ he won't handshake, but he's not going to be outright unpleasant. ]

Lucien.

[bossbabygirl]

[oh, it's the boy who was screaming on the toilet all day yesterday.]

I hope you're feeling better. The handwiches might help settle some of that nausea.

[anyway she puts her hand away when he won't shake.]

[tombtaker]

[ boy is debatable but the toilet screaming isnt so yeah ]

Never been better. There was never any nausea to begin with, and I highly doubt the sandwiches would be of any help.

welcome powerpoint

[riverbeans]

[charles is in the outfit in his icon as he looks at the profiles...]

A little creepy, honestly?

[bossbabygirl]

Yours is very flattering. Emotional competence! That's so important in this day and age.

[riverbeans]

Thanks, I try. [reads hers since they're unabashedly doing this.] Yours is also very impressive. Are you some kind of merchant?

welcome ppt

[applebough]

[ When she refers to the welcome powerpoint, Yuri almost brightens up. ]

It sounds so good to be true...! Though I'm not sure what some of them are. What exactly is a 401k...?

[bossbabygirl]

Oh, we didn't meet yesterday. Margaret.

[she will offer a handshake before she prepares to explain everything about a 401k.]

It's a retirement plan. You can contribute some of your salary to it, and it goes into a tax-deferred account. As long as you leave it in that account, you can access it when you retire and take a very minimal tax hit. They offer matching here, so if you put a little away, they'll put some away, too. Ideally, you want to be at least contributing the maximum amount they'll match, since that's just free money in your account. It might not sound like much, but the earlier you start saving the more time your money will have to grow. Thanks to the power of compound interest, that growth can be quite significant if you start at our age.

[applebough]

Ah. I'm Yuri.

[ Handshake, go! She listens to what Margaret has to say about a 401k and she thinks she gets it. She's aware that insurance plans exist (and that most of them suck anyway), but... a retirement plan? That... ]

Is it really okay for me to have a retirement plan? The job doesn't seem to be dangerous from what I can tell so far, but still...

[ Imagine living long enough to use the retirement plan?? ]

[pyromance]

[ oh, how direct. diluc returns the handshake firmly. ]

Diluc Ragnvindr. The pleasure is mine.

[bossbabygirl]

[so firm, and then letting it go.]

How have you been settling in? The rooming arrangements are a little unfortunate.

[pyromance]

My condolences. Perhaps you can inquire into a change of sleeping arrangements, should we ever get in contact with the rest of the staff.

[ senior crew... doko... ]

It's... a lot to accustom to. I've not seen anything like this place before.

[drymonster]

[ he has changed into this douchey outfit ]

Encino-san... mm, it's nice to meet you too!

[ handshake! ]

Todomatsu Matsuno.

[bossbabygirl]

[honestly, this is a fit. she respects it.]

You can just call me Margaret or Marge. I think we may be in close quarters for a while.

[drymonster]

[ makes a bit of a face at "marge" because god that sounds so uncute ]

Margaret-san, then!

I'd prefer it if we could just get this all straightened out and go home, but if not... hopefully we can all get along for as long as we have to be here!

THE margaret encino is introducing herself to ME?

[murdergate]

[ nodd will accept the clearly intended gesture and gently grip margaret's forearm to check for any hidden weapons. she is free to do the same back to him, of course. ]

Hello, Margaret. My name is Nodd. Nice to meet you, too.

[bossbabygirl]

[yes. she will mirror his gesture and check him for hidden weapons as well.]

Nodd, great. Getting settled okay?

[murdergate]

Sure. As much as I can. First time on a spaceship.

[ she's giving an aura. ]

Do you work here?