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THE N E S T ([personal profile] onemind) wrote in [community profile] station722016-08-14 01:13 pm

[hatch log] pull plug, enter multiverse

CHARACTERS: All
WHERE: The Station + Concordia
WHEN: DAY :025 - :026
SUMMARY: Somewhere deep in Station 72, a hatch happens; new hosts arrive on Concordia.
WARNINGS: Will update as necessary.






YOU WAKE UP and in a very real sense you are born again. You’re not the same person you were the last time your eyes were open. You’ll never be that person again - well, except for you, Jessica Jones. You know how this part goes, don’t you?

You might not know it right away, though. What you do know is that you’re laying down in a place very different than you were before. The walls angle around you, claustrophobic, and they emit a gentle white light that’s faint enough not to hurt your freshly opened eyes. For a moment you feel fine even if you didn’t before you went under. Whatever injuries you might have had, whatever agony you may have been experiencing, whatever fear dogged your heels, they’re all gone. It’s quiet. When you’re conscious enough to take stock of anything beyond that, you realize that you’re wearing your own clothes and that there’s a faint pinch at the base of your skull - notable as the only discomfort you feel. Reach up, feel along the tube running from the base of your neck to the compartment’s back wall. It pulls free without much fuss.

Then it’s not so quiet anymore. There’s the sensation of something more, something louder, something both big and broad and something intimately near to you. There’s the realization that you aren’t alone, that you won’t ever be alone again. You belong here. This is as correct as the murmur of something like muffled voices in the back of your head is somehow familiar, or how the press of emotion that sweeps over you now doesn’t necessarily belong to you but doesn’t feel out of place either.

You can sit up - barely -, and shift out of the pod. There’s a ladder at your feet, and a little cubby just before it with anything you brought with you, as well as a set of crisp, loose-fitting white clothes; while your injuries are healed, whatever you’re wearing is in the exact state it was before. You can hear a sound in the back of your head, a faint buzzing, something like distant waves or the murmur of a party behind a door. Drop down the ladder to the floor of the Nesting Deck and you’ll find you’re not alone - and the those sounds in your head are louder. Other people’s thoughts swim up: some of them seem clear, most of them are a jumbled mess. Some of these people call to you - their voices are louder, their feelings more clear, they feel right. Further, there’s an awareness that there are others like you - not here, not close, but somewhere: an indelible tug at the back of your mind.

Welcome to Station 72. All new hosts will have one day aboard the Station before being whisked off to Concordia to join the others. Get to know the other new hosts, and ask the guardians of the Station - Prince and Cathaway -, any burning questions you might have. By the time the day has passed, Carata will arrive on the hangar to collect you.



MEANWHILE IN CONCORDIA Angel slips into a coma on :025 at almost at the exact same time that some Hosts become aware of missing pieces fitting into place. Those hosts with new brood members waking up on the station will feel somewhere more complete; you might want to let everyone know you’ll be getting new roommates soon.

Everyone might be putting themselves and their broods back together in the wake of the explosion that left the nest down one host and injected everyone with renewed motivation to either find the people responsible or make sure nothing like what happened at Royal Street ever happens again. Things are progressing on multiple fronts, but on DAY 26 there’s an option to put some of those efforts on the back burner...


     ON THE STATION, the new hosts are herded onto a sleek, black brick-shaped transport. Carata, a woman young enough to almost be called a girl, carefully makes sure everyone is seated and strapped in. She’s all gentle, easy smiles and cheerful responses to any questions posed to her. When everyone’s safely aboard, the ship’s landing platform descends through the floor of the hangar. It snaps into place in the airlock and for a moment there’s a beat of perfect stillness, a shiver of anticipation. Then the transport is flung through the shaft, ejected into the wild black of space. There’s a nauseating lurch in your belly as it bursts through the delicate shell of the multiverse and snaps into real space above the blue and yellow marble of the planet Opia. Somewhere, thousands of miles below in the city of Concordia, your brood is waiting for you.

     IN CONCORDIA
IN CONCORDIA, as dark falls, Nirad announces he’s going to fetch Carata and the new hosts from their landing. Anyone’s welcome to accompany him on the hour long drive to the stealth transport’s landing zone. The rented bus - manned by that same (now very stoic) android - takes everyone to the outskirts of the industrial block. They arrive at a different parking garage just as the stealth transport drops out of the sky, shivering into sight as it touches down. The hosts on the ship step down and then the stealth transport lifts back off the rooftop and wrinkles out of sight. It’s unclear how many more time they’ll be able to get away with this.

Get your meet and greets in and stretch your legs; you have a few minutes before everyone piles into the van and takes the long drive back to the Bearings Apartment block where the hosts have rented out the entirely of Level 13. New hosts will find there are rooms there that as of yet unclaimed, and they’re free to begin making this their home in whatever ways they please. Get familiar with your new comrades, explore the city, or maybe just take a well deserved breather. Officially speaking, nothing much happens until--

     EARLY ON DAY 27

A NEW WINDOW POPS UP IN YOUR EXTRANET PANEL...





((OOC Notes: This is the hatch log for all new and recently returning hosts; any threads on the Station should be closed to newly awakened hosts or Station-based NPCs; a top level for Cathaway and Prince will be going live shortly. Any threads on Concordia can be open to both new and old hosts! For anything happening beyond these calendar dates, feel free to create your own logs and posts.

If you have questions about the mission specifically, direct them to the most recent calendar post HERE. You can find a more detailed overview of the hatching process HERE; you might also want to take a glance at the MISSION CONCORDIA BRIEFING. For all other questions, please hit up either the FAQ or MOD CONTACT pages.))




tropism: (pic#10540669)

[personal profile] tropism 2016-08-20 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Giorno. [ a slight flourish of a bow; he likes to play. ] Sorry for startling you.

You can finish your sandwich first, if you want, I'd hate to part a good man from his food.
whowhatnow: (it came from outer space)

[personal profile] whowhatnow 2016-08-20 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
Giorno! Ah, very Italian. I'm Nathaniel. Nathaniel Horn.

[He kind of does a little mock bow in return - it's obvious he doesn't really do it that often.]

What? Are you kidding me? Sandwiches are perfect because they're portable. I mean, I could stuff this down my shirt and it would still be edible. [A beat.] Though I'm not going to do that because it's gross.

[He takes a chomp into it either way, gesturing to Giorno with the sandwich. His voice is muffled because his mouth is full.]

So! Like I said before. What's the first stop?
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[personal profile] tropism 2016-08-20 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
You're not wrong. [ a slight smile. ] I come from Naples.

[ now that they're actually gonna go out, giorno has to think about it a bit more. ] The mall, I think. My wardrobe is a bit lacking.

[ he needs flashier clothes. and these curls don't make themselves. ]
whowhatnow: (mimics)

[personal profile] whowhatnow 2016-08-28 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
Naples? Ooh. Fancy. [He says, like he knows what he's talking about even though he only knows about Italy from movies and books.] The only Earth place I've ever been to is the grand old Us of A, which is exciting, but Italy sounds pretty cool too.

[More sandwich is being eaten right now as he talks.]

Mall? [Chew chew swallow.] Sounds like a plan! I probably need a wardrobe upgrade too, I completely tore my other clothes to shreds a little while back. It was terrible.
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[personal profile] tropism 2016-08-30 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
I've never been outside of Naples, [ giorno says, though that's not exactly true. for the sake of this conversation, however, it'll do for nathaniel. ]

What happened to your clothes?

[ there were certain things in the news; he's also heard bits and pieces about the mission from people. giorno's trying to figure out where nathaniel fits in all of this, if at all. ]
whowhatnow: (it came from outer space)

[personal profile] whowhatnow 2016-09-04 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
That so? Aw, then you're missing out! Traveling is pretty nice! I mean, I'm more used to traveling between worlds more than continents, but the principle's the same.

[He beams wide - a piece of lettuce is stuck in his teeth, but luckily he realizes it, pulling it out with his thumbnail.]

Oh, I just tore through them when transforming. [He says, with a casual shrug.] I mean, usually I'm more careful, but it was a real situation of life and death, honestly.

[He says, with the tone of someone talking nonchalantly about last night's game around the water cooler.]
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[personal profile] tropism 2016-10-03 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Tell me, if it's not too much of a bother. [ said in the quiet voice of someone who loves gossip and whatever's being talked around the water cooler. ]

And traveling's only enjoyable if you have the funds and you're not a dedicated student. [ giorno's not, but. well. he needs an identity, and 'future mafia boss' doesn't cut it. ]
whowhatnow: (mimics)

[personal profile] whowhatnow 2016-10-05 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, it isn't a bother at all. I was just getting threatened by a friend of mine who decided to get all demonic on me, I didn't have anything to defend myself, so I turned into my true form and beat him up before he could beat me up.

[You know, the usual!]

Aw, who needs funds? I mean, sure, if you want to be a stickler to the law, be my guest, but just toeing the line won't hurt you if you just want to have fun.
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[personal profile] tropism 2016-10-11 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ giorno looks at him in surprise, and then he laughs. ] I'm sorry - I shouldn't laugh - but that sounds so absurd. I hope your friend learned his lesson.

And that's terrible advice, Nathaniel. [ but he's more teasing him than anything else. ]
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[personal profile] whowhatnow 2016-10-20 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
It wasn't that absurd for me, but...eh, I let bygones be bygones. It does sound pretty stupid, though, you're right.

[He almost died.]

[But that's fine. He'll wave it off, like he always does.]


I'm nothing but the best person to go to for terrible advice. You know, like that little demon on your shoulder that tells you to do things you really want to do but are too afraid to? That's totally me.
tropism: (pic#9530726)

[personal profile] tropism 2016-10-23 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ interesting. ]

Really? Do you enjoy it, then? Being the terrible little demon?
whowhatnow: (polymorph)

[personal profile] whowhatnow 2016-10-23 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course I do.

[He grins wide like a Cheshire Cat.]

I've been around enough boring people and rules for a lifetime. I just want to have fun with people, you know?