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THE N E S T ([personal profile] onemind) wrote in [community profile] station722016-09-07 03:56 pm

[hatch log] +1, +2, +3, ...+4?

CHARACTERS: All
WHERE: The Station + Concordia
WHEN: DAY :35 - :36
SUMMARY: Another hatch occurs on the Station; new hosts arrive on Concordia and make their way to Bearings - along with a special guest.
WARNINGS: Will update as necessary.






YOU WAKE UP and you will never be the person you were a moment ago. --No. Not a moment. It's been a while, hasn't it? Something feels different. You know intuitively that you've been unconscious for more than just a blink of the eye.

Which might explain how you ended up here: lying in a small faintly hexagonal chamber, a gentle white light emanating from the surrounding walls. It might also explain why any injuries you might have experienced immediately before your escape are also well on their way to being healed. There's something strangely peaceful about waking up here and that feeling persists as you find the tube running from the base of your neck to the compartment's rear wall. But when you disconnect the tube-- Things get loud. A wave of emotion fills the void. Fear, uncertainty, relief, a sense of purpose or loneliness or anxiety; maybe some of these emotions are yours, but they can't all be. After the initial sensory overload, the mental buzz elongates: stretches out into a murmur like the sound of a party behind a closed door.

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. Drop down the ladder to the floor of the Nesting Deck and you’ll find you’re not alone - and that those sounds in your head are louder. Other people’s thoughts swim up: some of them might seem clear, but most of them are a jumbled mess. Every single person here feels like someone you should be familiar with, someone you somehow know. They might look like strangers, but there's something about them that's absolutely vital on a cellular level.

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 your brood members, 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 plans are being put into motion. Stealth missions are being plotted, espionage-laden ploys are being quietly organized, and somewhere Sam Alexander is probably puking into a bucket. If you aren't following someone suspicious - well, maybe you should be? It definitely seems to be in vogue.

But it can't all be derring-do and covert operations; early on Day 35, Carata disappears. Nirad says she's gone to the Station. "I don't know how many more times we'll be able to do this. Someone's going to notice the ship and start asking questions." And maybe some of those questions might lead someone their way. After all, they haven't exactly been keeping a low profile have they?




     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, the rest of your brood is waiting for you.

     IN CONCORDIA
AS NIGHT FALLS IN CONCORDIA, the transport drops into atmosphere and lands in an gutted strip of an industrial waste facility. Once everyone's disembarked, the transport lifts off of its own volition and winks out of sight as its stealth routines come back online. A few minutes later, a transport van arrives being driven by a stoic android. Carata and the other new hosts pile in. It's a long drive to the Bearings Apartment Block, but it feels undeniably like home when they finally reach the Level 13 living space. New hosts are invited to make themselves comfortable. There are as of yet unclaimed rooms, each of which features a customizable digital display wall (pick your color or wallpaper!); there's a fully stocked kitchen (if someone took time to do the grocery shopping) and a great view overlooking Beta Block from the common room. Get familiar with the other hosts, take a well deserved nap or--

     JUST KIDDING.
In the excitement of new hosts arriving, it might be easy to miss it when the powerlift drops back to the lobby a few hours after the arrival of the new hosts. But it's impossible to overlook the android that arrives on Level 13 when it returns. It's stripped down to its most basic parts: a metallic skeleton with a featureless face plate and bright blue ocular inputs, sparks flashing through its internal synthetic viscera like firing synapses.

It looks like a nightmare.

Its jaw unhinges: "I'm looking for Sim Anderson," it says and then abruptly powers down.





((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. Any threads on Concordia can be open to both new and old hosts!

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.))




headinjuries: from my eight year old sister. i'm at a new low (i just borrowed 5 dollars)

[personal profile] headinjuries 2016-09-11 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, well, that's about as much as anyone's ever told me about how it actually works.

[ It's accompanied by a flash of irritation, although that fades fast. It's not like she has any reason to know just how little guidance of any kind he's had to figuring out how to Nova properly. ]

There's this energy field, they call it the Nova Force. The helmets channel it, and no, I don't know anything more specific than that. There used to be a lot of Novas. Now there aren't. So I've kind of had to make it up as I go.
snaphiss: (35234)

[personal profile] snaphiss 2016-09-11 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
[And that's a... concerning idea. She tilts her head, unsure.]

You use something you don't completely understand?
headinjuries: is taking notes on woman's suffrage with a girls gone wild pen. (the girl next to me in class)

[personal profile] headinjuries 2016-09-11 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
It's use the Nova Force, or wait around politely for the Chitauri to leave my planet alone and let my dad go, so yeah, I'll use what I have to.

[ He's spent enough time with it that he feels pretty good about it not backfiring and killing him. ]
snaphiss: that is too many. (tree of life won how many awards)

[personal profile] snaphiss 2016-09-11 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
[And that's a better answer than Mara was expecting. In general, Sam has exceeded her expectations with a surprising consistency, especially for someone as young and clearly experienced as he is. Admittedly, her expectations were very low, but her own brood has failed to meet them repeatedly.]

[Maybe she should stop underestimating him.]


Have you had any training?
headinjuries: this is not even the first time i've woken up in a shopping cart with a concussion. (the saddest part is)

[personal profile] headinjuries 2016-09-11 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ Completely deadpan: ]

Rocket spent a few hours shooting at me and told me not to die.
snaphiss: (34562)

[personal profile] snaphiss 2016-09-11 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
[Disgusted noise.]

I've been training others on the basics of combat. Contact me if you need something.

[Because the more people's lives Mara is involved in, the better, but leaving him untrained with such obvious power at her fingertips... that's worse than irresponsible, that's cruel. It's endangering him and everyone he comes into contact with.]

I don't have your particular skillset, but I know something about defending what's important.
headinjuries: on top of the garage. i'm not even going to ask myself why. (found my bike today.)

[personal profile] headinjuries 2016-09-11 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's a little awkward how many people keep offering him that; he knows it's reasonable but it makes him feel like nobody trusts him to get by okay.

(Which is perfectly sensible of them, bro you are fifteen.) ]


Thanks.
snaphiss: (35234)

[personal profile] snaphiss 2016-09-11 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
[She senses... something through the link, but she can't place it, and honestly, it's not her problem. She's already stretched her neck out farther than necessary for this kid.]

I'll contact you when it's time for the job I mentioned. You should scope out the terrain beforehand. [Hmm, how much does she trust the boy wonder?] We'll visit it tomorrow.
headinjuries: i pet it. like i was pocahontas. (i made friends with a raccoon.)

[personal profile] headinjuries 2016-09-11 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Okay.

[ That makes sense. That should be fine. Time to scope out the best way in, the best angle to not hurt any bystanders, the best direction to take off and do a few barrel rolls before he has to stop flying and come back down to harsh reality afterwards. ]
snaphiss: (2345)

[personal profile] snaphiss 2016-09-11 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Whatever problem he's having, it's not her problem. She remembers that, and moves toward the door.]

You'll be contacted.
headinjuries: i pet it. like i was pocahontas. (i made friends with a raccoon.)

[personal profile] headinjuries 2016-09-11 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...well, sitting around in her room as she leaves would be weird. He gets up. ]

Got it.