INTRO LOG - APRIL/MAY 18

[phantasmods]

Eventually, Charm starts herding people towards the parked exploratory drone, a few at a time, mostly people who have finished their noodles or other business. "It's almost nightfall at the Station," he says, "and with this many new arrivals, we're going to have to make multiple trips."

(For those who might ask, he also explains that they've chosen not to stabilize the noodle shop for the time being, as the other androids will almost certainly want to speak to Viella, and have no other way of doing so, due to the fact that they don't dream. Aside from that small region, the Fissure is largely stable.)

It in fact takes four trips total to get everyone to the Station. Those of you who don't fall asleep on the way there - the minute you hit stable reality, the inability to sleep vanishes, and most will be hit with a wave of exhaustion - will find that the Station Annex, a building off to the side of the main station, has been finished, at least outwardly.

By the time the first group arrives, the sun is dipping towards the horizon; by the time the last gets there, it's set, leaving a few pink-tinted clouds in the sky. The drones drop everyone off (and that is everyone, even though of you who have fallen asleep) on the observation deck, where those of you who didn't get your fill of noodles will find several buffet-style tables set up with...

...Pizza? Yeah, pizza, in damn near every variety you can think of, including a few things that only loosely fall under the heading of "pizza." Half a table is full of calzones of various varieties; another significant chunk is things that are just desserts in the general shape of pizza, including a couple of iced cinnamon pastries, a pair of brightly-colored "pizzas" made of canned fruit over cream cheese, and a two-layer cake that's just decorated to look like a pizza, with strawberry jam and round slices of strawberry 'pepperoni' sandwiching yellow icing. Finally, the last third of the third table is just three baskets of breadsticks with varying amounts of cheese and garlic, accompanied by two turrens of dipping sauce (one white, one red) and a tower of little plastic dipping cups.

(Those who opt to head directly to bed will find that the banquet gets packed up and moved back to the kitchens around midnight, though it stays warm under a stasis enchantment for roughly the next day before someone packs the remainder into the fridge.)

In the common room, meanwhile, the usual boxes of clothes and trading post sign are set up. Unclaimed rooms can be claimed by writing your name in on a list set up next to the boxes, on what seems to be a broken music stand with a large ROOMS AVAILABLE sign hanging from it. There is also a rather hastily assembled, hand-poked Braille version of the sheet (with the paper punched through in one or two places).

Those who go looking will find that the androids are somewhat more absent than they usually are after an expedition; save obviously for Charm, and Strange who arrives on the deck as usual not long after, you'll have to go looking. Considering the amount of the station you have available, they could be just about anywhere... But perhaps it'd be worth checking over in that new building...?

[Mod note: Strange is the only NPC with a top-level this round, but others may respond to your top-levels, especially in the Annex areas! Consider it a fun surprise. c:]

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later

[founderinglight]

[Heart probably noticed Izunia crashed out in the corner of the deck some time ago. Long after most of the group is gone, he stirs and sits up, yawning and looking around.

...Cue an awkward, sleepy wave. Hey, Heart, hope you aren't waiting around to punch him because not today, dude, he's too tired.]

[myocordial]

[Heart sighs deeply as Izunia stirs, and at first deliberately looks the other way, as if deciding to ignore him. But that wasn't really gonna happen.]

Isn't that what beds are for?

[founderinglight]

Too tired.

[Are you implying that chairs are not for that, Heart?

Izunia just summons a cup of coffee to his hands out of habit, looks at it for a moment, and then dismisses it in favor of a different mug.]

[myocordial]

Oh, well, if you're that tired I can of course understand why you'd want to avoid a bed.

[...He really can't turn the sass off, at all. As Izunia summons that mug, he does raise an eyebrow briefly, but just shakes his head a little.]

[founderinglight]

[It's honestly whatever? He's too tired to deal with sass right now.]

Too far. This was closer.

[myocordial]

Hm.

[He's almost tempted to just leave it at that and go back to pretending Izunia isn't there, because let's face it, he's tired as well. Instead...]

...So how did things go with you two, anyway?

[founderinglight]

[Just. Points at his bruised to fuck jaw for right now before taking a chug out of his mug.]

[myocordial]

[Well, that gets a smile.]

Oh, that's a good hit he got on you! I was hoping that was his work.

Decided to just take that one, did you?

[founderinglight]

[Heart, please, you know what Ardyn's like in the morning. Stop asking him questions.

Izunia just makes a vague mmmmrrrrrmmmmm noise before starting to pull himself out of the chair.]

[myocordial]

[Listen, he has literally nothing better to do than to bother you.]

Well, I'm certainly seeing the family resemblance now.

[founderinglight]

[Umf. Izunia makes his way over to the table and grabs the first food item his eyes land on... A bright red iced cookie.

At least this one's star shaped. After a moment, he gathers his wits together enough for - ]

No shit.

[myocordial]

Ah, and there it is even more so. Now that--

[And then Heart suddenly goes quiet, as he glances down a little and sees that cookie.

Oh.

Boy if that's not eerily familiar, even if it is the wrong shape. But hey, at least the commentary has stopped for a moment, Izunia. Enjoy that sudden silence.]

[founderinglight]

[Honestly? He's not processing even well enough to realize that that stop was in the middle of a sentence until he's like two bites in.]

...What?

[myocordial]

[Boy yeah, that's even worse and Heart can't stop himself from looking very uncomfortable for a few moments.]

Nothing. I lost my train of thought, that's all.

[Because that's not a super transparent deflection or anything.]

Who made that?

[founderinglight]

[Lucky for Heart, he's too tired to pursue it. Later he's going to ask someone what the fuck the deal is with the cookies, though.]

...Coriander, probably.

[This likely answers little to nothing.]

[myocordial]

...Right. Of course.

[A name he doesn't recognize, because why did he expect anything meaningful.]

A lot of new names to get acquainted with, I suppose.

[founderinglight]

Teen girl. Blond. Friendly. Tries to mother.

[That's about all the coherent description you're going to get out of him right now, Heart.

Nomnom. Cookie.]

[myocordial]

Don't strain yourself there. [He shakes his head.] But I see, that type. There's always inevitably one of those.

[It's enough for now, anyway. And yeah don't mind as he suddenly finds some other interesting spot to look at that's not you eating that cookie, Izunia.]

In any case, I suppose it's not really important.

[founderinglight]

Several, honestly. Wren's also that way.

[That's the longest sentence he's managed thus fair.]

Silver hair, girl twin, rides a... thing. Winged spiracorn thing.

[myocordial]

...Spiracorn.

[He almost forgot that Ardyn's world is... weird when it comes to wildlife.

So he just sorta looks at Izunia because my guy what even is that supposed to be.]

[founderinglight]

It's a noun.

[I'm so sorry Heart he's incredibly not awake at the moment.He's not even trying to sass.]

[myocordial]

...

[Give him strength.]

Yes, I gathered that, thank you. I'm... sure I'll know it when I see it.

[Somehow...]

[founderinglight]

Draw you one. Later.

[Oh hey when did that cookie disappear.

...pizzaaaaaaaaa.]

[myocordial]

[Well, with the cookie gone this scene is less upsetting, at least.]

Ah... Sure. I never did learn that much about the wildlife on Eos. Besides it apparently being rather... odd. Compared to most worlds.

But ah, you just... refuel, I suppose. [Man. Humans.] And maybe sleep more, because it really looks like you could use it.

[founderinglight]

Planning on it.

[Sleep is good for the body and the soul.

So's pepperoni.]