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thelegion2016-01-21 12:36 am
legionnpcs) wrote in thelegion2016-01-21 12:36 am
Whistling in the Dark - [Network Post 1]
[The first sign of catastrophe is the entire ship lurching. Legion World is huge so for the whole ship to lurch, that suggests that there's something seriously wrong. Klaxons start blaring and red and blue lights start flashing. Support start start running through the hallways to deal with system malfunctions.]
[Ferro is a people person. He's friendly with most of the staff because he's friendly with everyone. So he notices when one of them doesn't act the way he normally does, carrying himself strangely. He notices something is wrong even more when the man doesn't acknowledge him when he asks if he knows what's wrong and if he needs help with anything in this area of Legion World. So when he sees that staff worker slinking around a corner, walking strange, he follows, takes out his omnicom, and starts whispering into it.]
Uh, guys? Something weird is going on. I know you all felt the ship shake, too. And...some people are acting weird.
[He points his omnicom to show them the technician, who's working on a panel and muttering to himself.]
Cold. Dark. Bring the dark. Bring the dark. Cold.
[A whisper.] I think he might be sabotaging something. [He steps forward, trying to reason with him first.]
Jerem! Jerem, what are you doing? Why are you talking like that?
[The man's eyes go wide and for a moment they see a flash of darkness in them.]
No. More. Poison.
[Andrew gasps but tries to keep his voice calm.]
Jerem...Jerem...you should come with me. To Medbay. You're not acting like yourself.
[The man grabs onto a metal bar to brace himself and flips a switch in the panel. Then there's a malfunction in one of the gravity shields and the hull of the room suddenly breaks, and air starts escaping, causing Ferro to lose his grip on his omnicom. As it flips end over end, they're treated to a blurred view of Ferro flying out into the void. Then the omnicom hits some debris and the transmission goes black.]
[Only about a minute or so later, Ferro appears again, looking shaken. He's in one of the hallways of Legion World and an airlock is visible behind him. He's clearly using one of the hall comm units rather than his omnicom this time and his body is covered in frost and condensation.]
I'm okay! I just flew back in through one of the airlocks. It's a good thing I don't need to breathe. I think Jerem managed to hold on until the backup hull shielding went into place because I didn't see him outside.
Guys, I think he was possessed or something! And I think the ship shaking is things breaking because he's sabotaging them -- and he might not be the only one. We don't know if this is affecting more people!
[In the video, and around all of them in person, Legion World shudders again. The lights where Ferro is go out and the dim red emergency lights replace them.]
[ooc: This comm post can be used throughout the plot for the groups to communicate as they figure things out about the Lux and how to fight them and periodically communicate with each other. The logs for the plot will be in the log comm. Eventually when they come up with a plan to end all this in this post, one of the Legionnaire npcs will do a new post that lays out the complete plan.]
[Ferro is a people person. He's friendly with most of the staff because he's friendly with everyone. So he notices when one of them doesn't act the way he normally does, carrying himself strangely. He notices something is wrong even more when the man doesn't acknowledge him when he asks if he knows what's wrong and if he needs help with anything in this area of Legion World. So when he sees that staff worker slinking around a corner, walking strange, he follows, takes out his omnicom, and starts whispering into it.]
Uh, guys? Something weird is going on. I know you all felt the ship shake, too. And...some people are acting weird.
[He points his omnicom to show them the technician, who's working on a panel and muttering to himself.]
Cold. Dark. Bring the dark. Bring the dark. Cold.
[A whisper.] I think he might be sabotaging something. [He steps forward, trying to reason with him first.]
Jerem! Jerem, what are you doing? Why are you talking like that?
[The man's eyes go wide and for a moment they see a flash of darkness in them.]
No. More. Poison.
[Andrew gasps but tries to keep his voice calm.]
Jerem...Jerem...you should come with me. To Medbay. You're not acting like yourself.
[The man grabs onto a metal bar to brace himself and flips a switch in the panel. Then there's a malfunction in one of the gravity shields and the hull of the room suddenly breaks, and air starts escaping, causing Ferro to lose his grip on his omnicom. As it flips end over end, they're treated to a blurred view of Ferro flying out into the void. Then the omnicom hits some debris and the transmission goes black.]
[Only about a minute or so later, Ferro appears again, looking shaken. He's in one of the hallways of Legion World and an airlock is visible behind him. He's clearly using one of the hall comm units rather than his omnicom this time and his body is covered in frost and condensation.]
I'm okay! I just flew back in through one of the airlocks. It's a good thing I don't need to breathe. I think Jerem managed to hold on until the backup hull shielding went into place because I didn't see him outside.
Guys, I think he was possessed or something! And I think the ship shaking is things breaking because he's sabotaging them -- and he might not be the only one. We don't know if this is affecting more people!
[In the video, and around all of them in person, Legion World shudders again. The lights where Ferro is go out and the dim red emergency lights replace them.]
[ooc: This comm post can be used throughout the plot for the groups to communicate as they figure things out about the Lux and how to fight them and periodically communicate with each other. The logs for the plot will be in the log comm. Eventually when they come up with a plan to end all this in this post, one of the Legionnaire npcs will do a new post that lays out the complete plan.]
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Okay, so -
[Ticking things off on his...three fingers. Good thing he only has three points to tick off.]
He wants dark, cold, and - he doesn't seem too concerned with vacuum.
We need to cover life support controls, and we need to cover anywhere that's vulnerable to an easy hull breach.
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However, this...doesn't match any known species native to our universe that I'm aware of.
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[It's nothing Donnie recognizes either, but really, after immortal feudal ninja lords and alien terraforming doomsday devices, you have to loosen up your use of the word "impossible." The world will always find another way to surprise you.]
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[His eyes pop open wide.]
In fact, Jerem Hald is one of the intervention team members that brought you to the ship, if I'm not mistaken. He's a medical technician. It's possible he became infested while leaving the planet and it somehow eluded our scans. The scans only search for xenobiological hazards and other medical information -- not something so complex as isozonic trails.
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Now we just have to keep this thing spaceworthy long enough to test it.