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epidemiology2016-08-19 07:17 pm
futurologists) wrote in epidemiology2016-08-19 07:17 pm
Entry tags:
- ! event log,
- achilles (iliad),
- alice liddell (american mcgee's alice),
- ana ramir (original),
- anakin skywalker (star wars),
- arima kishou (tokyo ghoul: re),
- ban (the seven deadly sins),
- chihiro ogino (spirited away),
- daenerys targaryen (asoiaf),
- fiona (borderlands),
- genji shimada (overwatch),
- gintoki sakata (gintama),
- giovanni (dogs: bullets & carnage),
- haise sasaki (tokyo ghoul: re),
- jin kung (mortal kombat),
- keats (folklore),
- keith (voltron),
- king (the seven deadly sins),
- knock out (transformers prime),
- koltira deathweaver (world of warcraft),
- laedo ledo (original),
- lance (voltron),
- meallan lavellan (dragon age),
- nami (one piece),
- natasha romanoff (mcu),
- olivia (fire emblem: awakening),
- peter parker (the amazing spider-man),
- pidge gunderson (voltron),
- rey (star wars),
- rhys (borderlands),
- riza hawkeye (fullmetal alchemist),
- rocky (original),
- sabo (one piece),
- saitama (one-punch man),
- sanji vinsmoke (one piece),
- shizuo heiwajima (durarara!!),
- sieglinde sullivan (black butler),
- sorey (tales of zestiria),
- stiles stilinski (teen wolf),
- takashi shirogane (voltron),
- tony stark (mcu),
- vaughn (borderlands),
- widowmaker (overwatch),
- zenyatta (overwatch)
EVENT ★ LOST IN TRANSLATION
RETURN TO OSKA  Upon arrival in Oska, new and returning recruits alike will find that something strange is going on. Any attempts to communicate with someone who doesn't speak the same language as you will be just that -- like you don't speak the same language. Let's hope everyone is good at charades, because you're going to be out of luck for a full day. On the second day, a text comes across -- surprisingly intelligible to everyone. Is it over? Well . . . Hello, Audentes. We are currently experiencing magitek difficulties, as you may have guessed already. Temporal insects have arrived with our latest arrivals, and as you may imagine, we have had our paws full. cherenkov: We are working out how to mitigate the pest problem for good. For now, please put your unpleasantly huge feet to use and stomp them out. Or other such methods. crowley: We have created a quick patch to facilitate text-based communications, but verbal translation will continue to be down until the insects are exterminated. Thank you for your patience. It's not over. TEMPORAL INSECTS  This invasive species has worked its way in through the rifts along with the newest batch of arrivals, and information on them is available in the library (provided you can read the language it's written in!). It seems they behave like locusts, living quietly within the space between rifts for many years until their numbers suddenly balloon and they begin to swarm in search of food. These bugs move fast and pack a nasty bite, but are unarmored and easily squished. Each one is about the size of a football, and leaves a little tell-tale slime trail that makes it easy to track. They can cling to any surface, and won't hesitate to leap onto attackers and bite if they feel threatened. One can take a decently sized but non-lethal bite out of someone, but a number of them together will pose a real danger. If punctured or squished they tend to explode into moderately acidic goo that can cause caustic burns if not immediately washed off. They are attracted to any area of high temporal energy, which can be literally any surface, corner, or point on or within the castle and its grounds. As they begin to feed they cause temporal distortion in the area. This manifests as the immediate area seeming to flicker backwards and forwards through time. An insect gnawing at a table leg in the dining area, for example, might cause the area to stutter between years and years of dinner parties, ghostly attendants of all fashions and species appearing and disappearing as they enter and leave the affected area. An onlooker can't interact with temporal distortions directly, but if the insect is left to its own devices, it will eventually eat through all of the temporal energy and render the immediate area gray, frozen, and completely inert. It's highly recommended you kill or otherwise chase off an insect before it manages this, as it can do irreversible damage to a world. For affected Oska locations, please see this post. OOC NOTES The translation errors will continue through the rest of the month. For more information or to ask questions, please check the plotting post here! New bounties are available in Oska! Please remember to fill out your squidge success form before August 31, 23:59 UTC! Filling the form out is mandatory, even if you do not have the 3 squidge threads. You will not pass AC if you do not fill out the form. Characters who have been accepted on August 20th are exempt. Please direct questions relating to the success form here. |
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She makes her way to the springs, floating above the ground by only a few inches off the ground, alighting on when she comes up to the edge of the pools. He's not hard to find, there aren't a whole lot of new recruits who fit the bill who are also in the springs. ]
Hello there! Are you Lance?
[ Might well try English first, right? It seemed common enough. ]
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and it definitely helps when that "thing" he's meant to "take" is a pretty girl.
he grins, adjusting himself a bit more so that he doesn't look like a wet loser slumped over the edge of a hot spring... now he's a standing wet loser. ]
That's me. [ should he be curious or wary over how this alien girl knows his name? probably.
but he also doesn't make a habit of looking a gift horse in the mouth. ]
And who might you be, pretty lady?
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She debated giving him the Ampora Treatment, but decides better of it. This calls for a personal touch. ]
I am a god, come to usher you into the next realm. [ Not a lie... technically. She is a god(tier) and Oska is a realm unto itself. ] But you may call me Aradia, if you like. Are you ready?
[ She reaches out a hand, offering to help him out of the pool; like the water, her hand is fairly warm to the touch, moreso than a human's. ]
1/2
he takes a moment to just stare at her warily, a bit of the suave facade slipping off when she offers that hand to him.
aliens, he can do. but gods...? ]
2/2
he takes her hand for a firm shake, grin plastered back on. ]
Nice to meet you, Aradia. I must be the luckiest guy in the world if a god has come to pick me up.
[ next realm? sure. sure. he's fallen through so many wormholes, it's all just one blur after another at this point.
at least the view is nice. ]
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She shakes her head, her hair bouncing along as she does so. It's not magic, just very very fluffy. ]
I wouldn't call any of the poor, lost souls I have escorted lucky! Come with me, you will be here for some time, so you may as well get comfortable.
[ She waves him along with her other hand, ready to head back into the forest. She'll be nice, and take the actual trails, where normal people can walk. ]
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Are you kidding me? Those guys just probably didn't realize how good they had it.
[ but uh... let's turn off his hormones for a second here to finally take some time to look around him. ]
Say, uh... where is "here", anyway?
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[ Could she technically call it that...? Actually, she doesn't really know what to call it. Their hub, maybe? It had been a world in its own right once before, she's sure she was told that at some point. ]
You'll find that there are many here who have met your same fate. Oh, you may also find difficulty communicating with some of them! That is perfectly normal, and you will find it easier over time. You have plenty of it now!
[ ...okay, now she's just hamming it up. ]
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[ lance pauses, actual uncertainty and trepidation beginning to set in as he finally spares a true, panning glance around. it.. looks normal enough. though the more he looks, the more he'll notice — the greenery doesn't look too right. the leaves are strange, and foreign, and there is a scent that hangs in the air that he can't quite place. when he breathes in deep, though, it feels just like the oxygen back home.
he scrambles to keep up with her pace, careful not to knock into her wings. ]
Hang on — what solar system is this in? Are we anywhere near Earth? Altea? Do you people know about Zarkon? Voltron?
[ beuller? ]
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[ The wings, as it were, occasionally flutter and sprinkle him with glitter. She glances over her should, and smiles broadly. ]
As I told you, you are in another realm now, and this is going to be your home for the foreseeable future!
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[ while he's mindful of the wings, he doesn't hesitate to reach out to place a hand on her shoulder, prompting her to stop and turn to face him. it gets a whole mess of glitter on his arm, and that'll be a real pain to wash out of his space suit, but he doesn't particularly care at the moment. ]
When you say "realm" you mean like... another reality? Another dimension? What kind of wormhole did I fall into?!
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[ She stops and turns, taking his hand off her shoulder, grasping it ever-so-gently and giving a light squeeze.
It is so hard to keep a straight face. ]
This is always so hard... are you sure you are ready to hear this? We do not need to talk about it yet, if you are not ready!
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Ready? Ready for what? What the heck's going on!
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[ Okay, honestly, she's just milking it for all it's worth now. ]
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he forgave a lot of things when it came from a pretty face, but she isn't giving him any answers that he's finding favorable. he shrugs his arm away from her grasp, taking a half-step back. ]
No! Just tell me what's going on! Where's Blue?!
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Yeah okay, she's had her fun, so she smiles and laughs. ]
Okay, okay, I can see that I have been out-trolled! [ Not that he was trying to troll her... ] You are in Oska, the home base of an organization called ALASTAIR that works to maintain proper timelines and thus the stability of the multiverse! You have fallen through a rift to get here, and it will take significant energy to send you back, so you'll be here for a while, and you will be helping out with ALASTAIR's mission in the mean time.
I don't know who or what Blue is, they may or may not be here already. We can get you your communicator, and we'll find out that way! [ She turns to keep making their way back through the forest, towards the castle. ] Oh, and don't worry, your home timeline should be safe.
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timelines? multiverses? he'd just got through wrapping his mind around the fact that the universe was way larger than he ever thought, than any of the people on earth ever thought, and now this girl is telling him there's more than one?
his feet slow as she walks, till there is a considerable distance between them. ]
...How far away are we from Earth?
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[ For a lot of reasons. ]
I'm not even sure you could measure our distance relative to Earth, and even if we could, it would likely be incomprehensible to our minds.
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Yeah... that sounds about right.
[ he finally stops, just so he can take a moment to sit up on this large rock in their path. he's still soaking wet, and his armor clings to him like something awful, but he doesn't seem to really care in the moment. instead, he rubs at his face a little, trying to get his bearings.
okay, so... no blue. most likely no blue. what about the others—? ]
Do you know anyone else like me? They would've been wearing similar armor...
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I've seen other humans, but not with armor like that, no. Not that I recall! [ In the interest of fairness, she adds, ] But many just wear their uniforms.
Are you worried about something?
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it doesn't. ]
My team and I — we were doing something. Right before I turned up here. I need to go back, or some real bad stuff's going to happen.
[ they can't form voltron without him. ]
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[ This. This is a problem she can handle. ]
As far as I can tell, ALASTAIR is in the business of protecting timelines! Not destroying them. When you return to yours, everything will be in order. I can't say bad things won't happen at all, but they will be the bad things that are meant to happen.
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[ he feels a little flutter of hope in his chest. ]
Doesn't that sound a little too convenient though?
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[ She flashes another bright smile and holds out her hand, beckoning him along again. ]
Come on, everything will make much more sense... in time.
[ One last time pun for the road? One last time pun for the road. ]