WEEK 3: MINGLE

[dropoffs]

WEEK 3     38 CREW ACTIVE

The sands bury everyone, with or without our help.

 

 

WELCOME TO HYROS

With the heavy mood of the previous week still hanging over the CSS Eudora, it might be difficult to move on with business as usual, and that's okay. Loss is a completely natural part of life, and grief is always close behind. However, a few hours into a routine morning aboard the Eudora, a gentle tone fills the air, reverberating off of the walls of the Eudora herself. A synthetic voice fills the halls not long after: Entering planet atmosphere, gravity tethers engaging. Stabilizing descension rate. Stabilizing... stabilization complete.

Your third dropoff is about to get a little sandy. On the horizon, Planet Hyros rises. The observation deck allows everyone to watch the curve of the planet coming into view. The planet is covered in sand as far as the eyes can see, golden and shifting about like a sea itself. Great dunes swell upwards in great tsunami-like waves as small, sprawled oasis stud the surface, their trees reaching upwards, their clawed fronds of green struggling to reach the brilliant twin suns.

A message from the address seniorcrew@eudora.net pings you in the middle of whatever it is you happen to be doing at 1200 hours. If you're still somehow sleeping, that ping is definitely loud enough to cut through your sweetest dreams and to rouse you from sleep. There is no way to reply to it, so suffer as it opens itself up and reads:

ATTENTION JUNIOR CREW!

Good morning, Junior Crew. We've received reports at 0200 hours of the appearance of void-like rifts appearing spontaneously throughout the Eudora. After significant exploration and through careful examination of these strange entities, we have come to the conclusion that these rifts pose no physical danger to the Eudora's Crew. Please proceed with caution, however, and do not hesitate to report to a Senior Crew member if any trouble arises. - Senior Crew

Following the ping is a notification coming from your I.R.I.S. indicating that there are a few new locations that have unlocked aboard the CSS Eudora and the enrichment concourse. If you have any questions or concerns, you'll find that your Senior Crew is available to take your meeting requests. Their callsigns are lit up at the bottom of your contacts list so text away.

With a new week, comes a new change of scenery. Characters will find a few supplies already in their locker to help in navigating the planet itself:

☀️ A "CHILLEST" branded bottle that carries 16 oz of water and keeps it cold for 48 hours
☀️ A long, UV-repelling scarf to wrap around your head and save you from the harsh rays in a variety of color options
☀️ "Slap 'Em" brand cold packs that can be adhered to any part of your body and are guaranteed to keep you cool in your travels.
☀️ An update to your I.R.I.S. that includes a way to measure the UV Index overhead. It includes alerts.

Hello, Junior Crew, and welcome to your week 3 mingle! Here are a few things to get you started:

⚠️ Upon waking this week, the crew of the Eudora will notice that the effects of the previous week have been replaced with new ones. Large slices of void have begun to appear spontaneously throughout the Eudora, drawing anyone within their vicinity inside with their gravitational pull. This void will only release you and whoever you are trapped inside with only once it has probed your minds, thus sharing some personal thoughts with whoever has been trapped with you. What is shared can range from a cryptic dream, a terrifying nightmare, or maybe even a memory.

Flavor aside, welcome to our unique take on an old favorite, which we simply are calling dreams and memories week. There are two ways that you may work with the effect this week:

Option A. Characters are pulled into a rift together and will be able to guide one another through a memory/dream/nightmare of theirs. Not unlikes a heartgame or a one-on-one CYOA, players may take turns guiding one another through their "scenarios" or they may mix their memories/dreams/nightmares as they see fit, offering a more participatory memshare experience.

Option B. Of course, you may also indulge in the classic memshare as well, where two or more people may get stuck in a rift together. This rift will pull directly from your deepest memories/dreams/nightmares, and will force-project them mentally into all parties' minds to bear witness with all senses.

As you may have gathered from the above, you are not limited to memories alone. Instead, you may choose to share a memory or a dream (either a pleasant one, or a nightmare). All sensations within the dream are felt by the parties bearing witness to it, but these will fade after an hour of exposure. You may share one-on-one or in a group, there is no limit to the amount of people who can be drawn inside of a single rift. If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask the mods on Discord!

🪐 Pick up some supplies. Head on over to Scrap's Surplus Store this week and make a purchase.
🪐 Audiences are open. Please submit all audience requests for the week under the proper header here.
🪐 The HER-MES System is online. Send a message out into deep space here.
🪐 Murder proposals are open. Please submit all proposals (and counter proposals) here by Tuesday, per the times on the post.
🪐 Don't forget your CYOAs. Please head over to Missions to sign up for a variety of CYOAs or to run one of your own.
🪐 Please turn in your PCs for the week. Submit your links under the proper header here.

PLANET OF SAND AND SILK

NAVIGATE
LOCATIONS CHANGES STATUSES PROFILES AUDIENCES REPORTING PRIVATE CONVOS MURDER SUPPLY SHOP COMMS DOSSIER

Comments

[applebough]

[ Yuri has been trying to find Bongy with a practice sword in hand just in case... ]

Ah! There you are--

[ chase and repression work commencing ]

[bongy]

Scree!!!

[ ALARM!! Bongy can recognise an attempted suppression when he sees one. STARTS SKITTERING FASTLY AWAY!!! ]

[applebough]

[ Yuri is giving chase and tries to throw her practice sword at Bongy to make it veer off course or maybe land upside down. I got a 18. What does this mean. ]

[bongy]

[ It means she just straight up stabs it in one of its nubby hindlegs. Its ligaments!!! It is now much more slowly trying to hop away while screeching pathetically in the meantime. Tears are a-flowing. There is a dent in it from when Baiken kicked it. Life as a low-grade Abno is hard. ]

[applebough]

[ ABNORMALITIES MUST BE CONTAINED

Cool. Yuri tries to catch up to it. I can't believe the 3D printed, blunt and curved sword stabbed a raw chicken. Weak ass. ]

[bongy]

[ Hey if Jefe Sinclair can beat down a chicken with a pair of maracas or the LIu Association can do it with their fists then I'm sure a 3d printed sword can do... something. ]

Skee... scree...

[ Just wriggling away quickly while in tears. It is so abused.

Oooooo please don't beat me with your big sword I am level one bongy... noooooooo your sword is so strong I do not know why I am on this ship I am level one bongy!!! Please do not hit me with your big sword I will not drop good items!!!!! nooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ]

[applebough]

[ I want that maraca woman unnerfed.

Is the sword actually still stuck in its leg or is Yuri able to pick it up on the way. ]

[bongy]

[ You didn't ask for this. ]

[roseoftexas]

[ walks past in the background because threadjacking's in style and sees this happening.


keeps walking. kick the level 1 chicken's ass, yuri. ]

[bongy]

[ FOOLS, YOU'VE WALKED INTO MY CHICKEN TRAP!! This is for both Yuri AND Shu. When you both enter his radius, you are punted into a chicken void.

NODE EVENT: THE CHICKEN STRIFE

Some folks are blocking the way.
They’re sitting on a deck, yelling at each other.
“Look at this succulent piece! The rich juice running down the fibers of luscious meat... This is what chicken is about!”
“Wrong. This piece has a clean taste, with not an ounce of grease tainting the tongue. This is the real deal.”
The two turn around at the same time to face you.
“You there! Tell us which is better!”

What do you say?
A: Chicken's chicken, duh.
B: Gotta be the drumsticks, all rich and juicy.
C: The breast, of course, unsullied and spotless.

WELL? ]

[applebough]

[ ......................................... ]

What in the world...

[ She looks so confused in being here. She picks B anyway. Give the sword back, Bongy. ]

[bongy]

[ Could it be you don't enjoy the chicken mind palace? Yuri chooses B, resulting in one of the men letting out a whoop of joy.

“You see! The drumsticks are better!”
“You don’t know what good taste is.”
The person holding a chicken breast let out a baffled sigh.
“Ey! Here’s your reward. You deserve a drumstick of your own.”
Satisfied, the one with a drumstick handed you another from the bucket.
“I’m counting on you to keep that leg up!”
Unsure of what you’re being trusted with, you left the table with the drumstick.

When the dream ends, your drumstick disappears. You only hold the hilt of your practice sword in your hand, the faint smell of spices and chicken lingering being the only proof that that memory ever existed.

Bongy is defeated, broken. ]

Scree...

[applebough]

[ Yuri reaches up to pick up Bongy and stuffs a Tattooed Chicken inside its mouth. It is now cursed with its thoughts being written on their (visible) skin for 6 hours. ]

[bongy]

[ Text appears on its skin.

'Girl, who do you hate breasts?' ]

[applebough]

[ ........

She's not sure what she expected, but she is now holding Bongy with two hands on each side. Firmly. ]

... I just like drumsticks more.

[bongy]

[ Bongy is held like a burger. ]

Ghiigh.

[ 'Drumsticks are more popular for fried chicken...
This was a productive survey. I should tell Papa.' ]

[applebough]

[ Yeah. I'm so glad I'm not playing my usual vore characters because they'd eat it on the spot. ]

... I see. Nodd?

[ That's definitely what it means, right?? ]

Not even a ZAYIN level... what a peculiar thing. I'll return you to Rodya.

[bongy]

[ I'd say that would be valid but Bongy IS raw chicken.

New text! 'New Papa!'

Nobody will ever replaced the OG Papa Bongy... ]

[applebough]

Oh, the original distortion that manifested you. I see.

[ ... ]

Either way... you're getting sent back to Rodya.

[roseoftexas]

[ ....................

what is happening here, he was just a lil guy on a stroll. picks A though. ]

What?

[bongy]

[ What? Shu tells them chicken is simply chicken, duh.

“That’s... true.”
“An irrefutable point.”
They lowered their hands and settled down.
“What a strange thing we were fighting over.”
“They’re right... The one truth is that the chicken is always right.”
After a passionate handshake, the two gave you their bucket of chicken.
“A wise gourmet such as yourself deserves both pieces. Please, take this, we insist.”

Congratulations on your Hot 'n Juicy Drumstick and Dry-to-the-Bone Breast.


Which don't actually exist because when you leave the zone, you hold nothing but lingering memories of five-spice and dry breast (unspecial). ]

[roseoftexas]

[ nice. double chicken that he does not actually own. what a treat. what a gift. may these two remain friends, bonded by their understanding that all chicken is good chicken and should be eaten with respect, forever more.

:amen:







he blinks. ]

[bongy]

[ Looks expectantly up at Shu.

Have you learned the appeal of chicken, my good sir? ]

[roseoftexas]

[ bongy.....



he always knew the appeal of chicken. ]

[bongy]

[ Its eyes are sparkling as it longingly looks up at Shu.

Words appear on its skin, an elegant scrawl of a self-owned businessman writing his own signs.

'COME TO EUNBONG'S FRIED CHICKEN BOGO OFFER BUY A BUCKET AND GET A SIDE OF FRIES FREE@@@@@' ]