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The Revival Project Mods ([personal profile] trpmods) wrote in [community profile] revivalproject2025-01-16 12:33 pm

[Event] Of Stowaways and Strife

WHO: The Wanderer, The Agrii Leaders, The Ship AI, You!
WHERE: All Across The Agrii Ship
WHAT: A Mingle Log For Developing Situations
WHEN: January 15th Onward
WARNINGS: Violence, Bloodshed
NOTES: Please see the New Tick Part Two FAQ

Day 1 – January 15th – The Stowaway Revealed | Open to up to three He Rows in one thread with NPC involvement

Those who happen to be present in the Shuttle Bay of the Agrii Ship early in the afternoon would be the first to be treated to an unexpected sight. Perhaps even a familiar one if they were present at the correct time back in September. Which means it begins with a large bundle of what looks like twigs and sticks curled up not unlike a tumbleweed rolling out of a He Row ship shuttle and across the large bay. Thankfully its timing is not one where a large number of Agrii are present in the Shuttle Bay. There are just enough to look curiously at the image presented.

Until, of course, the tumbleweed stops suddenly. Because then it unfolds. Uncurls. Rises up. The Wanderer untangles until the three legged plantkin stands tall. Well, tall for itself. Next to the height and bulk of an Agrii it looks frightfully fragile. Perhaps especially so with the way that the few Agrii present look at it with clear fear in their eyes. Maybe that even makes sense, given the fact that other than the He Rows they have deliberately invited, the last time a non-Agrii was present on their ship, it was an attack.

So, of course, all metaphorical hell breaks loose. One Agrii faints dead away in shock. Another shrieks some high pitched note of fear and runs out into the halls. That’s definitely going to go well. Yet another, of course wearing a faction token in a specific shade of orange, gives an ululating sounds that is undeniably a warcry, grabs his ‘weapon’ (if you can call a heavy cooking spoon a weapon) and charges at the plantkin.

Needless to say, it’s an interspecies incident in the making. One that has the Ship’s AI letting out an alarm and requesting He Row intervention in the Shuttle Bay.

Strangely enough, the Wanderer seems unmoved by the display of pending violence rushing toward it. It did get through the zombie storm after all. Or maybe it just doesn’t understand the concept of true violence being visited upon it by another sentient being.

Maybe someone, or someones, should step in anyway.


Day 2 – January 16th – A Council Session Gone Wrong | Open to up to three He Rows in one thread with NPC involvement, preference for at least one He Row with Medical or those with first aid/medic training. Thread likely to split into medical and containment focuses.

Timely intervention by the He Rows was decidedly a saving grace in the situation. Thankfully the combination of quick thinking, willing hands, and their powerful reputation managed to defuse a situation before it got too destructive. Of course from there the question had to be what to do with the Wanderer, whom the Agrii overwhelmingly seemed to react to with fear or distrust. The Wanderer, to its credit, seemed to meet everything it had encountered thus far with a benign interest. And, thankfully, it had its own supplies on hand for any damages that would be dealt to its own person, seeing as it was unlikely the medical facilities here were suited to tending to a plantkin.

From there the decision for how to proceed seemed obvious. The Wanderer wished to observe. The Agrii leaders needed to discuss the situation and how to handle the reaction of their people to it. Interviews and interrogations needed to be had. All four Agrii leaders, Te Mi included, insisted that this initial discussion must take place without He Row involvement. The Ship’s AI promised to oversee these discussions and report back to He Rows immediately on all relevant information once conclusions were drawn.

So when it comes down to it the intercomm kicking on the next morning at the same time that He Row devices relayed the announcement isn’t at first a shock. No, it’s the content that is the concern.
Help! He Rows help! He has hurt my friend! Mu Ly is hurting him! Help! Urgent help! Mu Ly is hurting him!
Overwrought emotions are not the normal purview of the ship’s AI. This outburst is… Well, it is as emotional as the synthesized voice can manage. It’s clearly upsetting the Agrii in the corridors as well, though the ship seems to be dealing with that. Any time an Agrii flees into a room or hall that no He Rows would need to access to get to the Gathering place, the AI shuts the door and seals it. Is it protecting its crew, trying to prevent something worse, or just desperate to get help for whoever their ‘friend’ is? Either way the summons is clearly urgent and there is a desperate need to reach the Gathering place.

Which only makes more sense when the first He Row arrives on the scene and sees the chaos. Seeay, Te Ra, and Ga Re are doing their best to hold Mu Ly back while avoiding the pair of bloody butter knives in two of the angry, snarling Agrii’s hands. Meanwhile An Nu is holding a fallen Ny Ak in her arms, Ny Ak’s already typically pale purple skin shades lighter than normal. Te Mi is busy with his hands bundled up in his blue sash, pulled from his body to be pressed firmly against multiple parts of Ny Ak’s torso. The youth’s hands and sash, as well as Ny Ak’s goggles and Te Ra’s face, are colored by spots and smears of a dark purple-pink fluid that is clearly Agrii blood.

And across from Te Mi rests The Wanderer, which has in its hands a large woven satchel (where could it have hidden this) and is taking out some faintly glowing moss.

“Come help,” The Wanderer calls out. “This One knows not how to heal Speaking Animals and has no strength to restrain.”

The Agrii themselves, save for An Nu, are not talking. There are noises of struggle in the battle to restrain the still snarling Mu Ly, scared noises from Te Mi, and pained whimpers from Ny Ak. An Nu merely repeats something over and over again in the Agrii language, with pain and desperation in her voice.


Day 3 Forward – January 17th Onward – Social Strife | A general prompt for all He Rows to possibly build their own prompts off of.

Something was triggered in that moment yesterday. Maybe it was the Ship AI’s desperate plea. Maybe it was the fact that no attempt by the Ship to isolate the Agrii actually succeeded in keeping all Agrii out of the halls when Ny Ak was transported to the Medical Wing, or the other Agrii leaders shown to appropriate places of safety or confinement in apparent states of shock or rage. Or perhaps it is just that word travels quickly, and things were read between lines. What is clear is that a catalyst was introduced into a closed system, and the orange faction Agrii clearly saw a signal in the snap that occurred.

The posturing and almost fights He Rows saw from New Tick until the 15th have changed. It’s no longer just implication, there’s action behind it. Purple and unaffiliated Agrii move in groups, trying to avoid isolation. Orange-faction Agrii find ways to prowl the corridors and of course, start conflict with any isolated Agrii or groups they feel they can take. Sometimes it’s one on one. Sometimes it’s two on one. Sometimes it’s one or two on seven. Either way it’s clear that each time Orange is the aggressor. And it’s just as clear that the other Agrii don’t know how to handle this change or properly defend themselves, leaving it to the He Rows to intervene.

Thankfully the Ship’s AI is still trying to do its best to protect its crew even though it is clearly still distraught over Ny Ak’s status. Alerts go out regularly to Security rated He Rows or any He Rows who have shown competence and willingness to break up the fights. It does its best to isolate any Orange-Faction caught starting violence in their rooms, but it seems like they keep getting out to start more trouble. Some Agrii even seem to be switching to orange bands just to protect themselves, even if they don’t seem as eager to commit violence.

It’s often worse with the rare instances of uncommon green-banded Agrii that frequent the Under Engineering area getting cornered. They seem driven to continue their work to protect the Ship’s AI and preserve and repair areas. To learn, as it were, in the image of their leader. The leader they also have taken to holding a vigil for outside of the Medical Wing. These are the attacks that can become the most brutal, and send the Ship AI screaming the loudest and most urgent summons for help to.

The only Agrii group that does not get directly touched by the violence are those Blue-Faction that are clearly still young. Older members of Blue, and there are more of them now, are not immune to violent Orange outbursts. The youths, though, still seem sacred and protected from all sides, and walk the halls unharrassed. They serve to deliver meals to restrained Oranges or hiding adults of other factions. They do their best to walk with He Rows to help them find sources of trouble faster. They assist in every way they can imagine, even though Te Mi is not seen among them, as like An Nu he never leaves Ny Ak’s side.

Oh, and then there is The Wanderer. Because of course there is. The non-orange Agrii still seem not to know what to do with it, and the Oranges posture aggressively toward it. Thankfully the Agrii have proven time and time again to not be able to catch up with the Wanderer when it chooses to ball up and roll away at speed. So that particular prey is rather elusive, especially as it does not risk going into the water. So it lives up to its name, walking the halls, exploring, touching things, making notes, and leaving an air of unease in its wake. Not that it seems to notice. The Wanderer seems to be having the time of its life, stopping Agrii and He Rows both at random to ask them questions.
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[personal profile] ziedrich_bearer 2025-02-12 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, that's... frustrating. Gladio sighs. He was raised as a protector, so guarding those under attack just felt right to him. Curses.

"Ifrit's balls, this is frustrating," he growls. "This isn't a place we should be in!"
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[personal profile] deal_me_in 2025-02-12 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Cayde nods. "Oh yeah, I'm sure most of are pretty much agreed on that point." But at the moment there doesn't seem to be anything to be done about it.
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[personal profile] ziedrich_bearer 2025-02-15 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but at least he can say it. And Cayde was old enough that Gladio didn't feel bad admitting it around him. He's trying, after all, to help young people here. To keep hope in their hearts and goals in their minds. Cayde, though, is old enough to maybe handle Gladio's frustration.

"Still can't stand by and let people get hurt. On either side. I just wish I knew why the ones that follow that Mu Ly guy are so aggressive."
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[personal profile] deal_me_in 2025-02-15 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
Cayde's got a few centuries on Gladio, it's true.

"'course not. Guess they have some of us pinned right for heroes," the Exo chuckles. "As for that, that is not something I have not been privy to. I just know someone else is bound to get hurt when they don't know how to properly use a weapon."
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[personal profile] ziedrich_bearer 2025-02-20 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
Now that was not something a guy heard every day. Probably good he didn't get too reminded of it. The scale would bring another person to mind and he didn't need that right now.

"I mean... I guess I was raised to it. Frustrating as it can be at times. I just... Fuck, disarming them feels wrong too. It feels like they should probably just be taught how to handle it properly. But who knows if they even want to learn that. And wouldn't it just run the risk of making them more dangerous?"

Why did it all feel lose-lose to him?
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[personal profile] deal_me_in 2025-02-20 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
"It's complicated," Cayde volunteers, which is an understatement.

"Honestly, at this rate it might be better for them to separate completely. But that can't be done when they're stuck on a ship."
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[personal profile] ziedrich_bearer 2025-02-21 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Ramuh himself probably couldn't untangle the complications presented.

"That's not a bad idea. I just worry about the population size. If it's a long term separation you might run into a genetic bottleneck."

Yes, he thinks there's good reason to be concerned there.
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[personal profile] deal_me_in 2025-02-22 06:58 am (UTC)(link)
Cayde chokes on a laugh then. Or at least sounds like it, because technically he doesn't have lungs and all the connected bits to really do so.

"Whoa, now you're making it sound like we're starting a farm or something! I was just making an observation, I for sure am not putting forth any solutions to set in stone. And anyway, who are we to be dictating what these guys decide to do? They've already made it clear they want to handle things their own way, and I think it's better we don't keep them being so dependent on us."
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[personal profile] ziedrich_bearer 2025-02-24 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Gladio rolls his eyes. It's not like that at all.

"It was a genuine concern back home and so we had to be careful about who was... involved with whom," Gladio sighs. "And we had a lot more people than these Agrii have. But I don't know much about their biology so I could be wrong."

And they shouldn't be dictating anything. Though that didn't mean Gladio wouldn't try and keep the peace.

"I don't want them dependent, but I think letting them kill themselves off is probably wrong."
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[personal profile] deal_me_in 2025-02-24 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm not saying we should either," Cayde says, shaking his head. "But unfortunately it's extreme events like that that make turning points, whether they realize they've screwed up real big or they should backtrack and rethink their lives."
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[personal profile] ziedrich_bearer 2025-02-25 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that... tracks with how much Gladio knows about history back home. He groans.

"I had enough of being part of history books for one life time already. Now we're giong to have to do it here too. Wonder how they will remember this. Remember us."
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[personal profile] deal_me_in 2025-02-25 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Cayde smiles wryly.

"Remember, they've also been watching us all the time we've been on Temba too."

So who knows what all they're already known for.
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[personal profile] ziedrich_bearer 2025-02-26 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Gladio grimaces at the reminder. That's always awkward to remember. He likes to forget it most of the time.

"Worst reality TV show ever."
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[personal profile] deal_me_in 2025-02-26 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"And yet it seems like it's been pretty popular," Cayde shrugs. "People like spectating and watching people suffer so long as they're not the ones experiencing it. Does that make people sadistic?" He starts looking around like he can spy a camera to fix with a Look.
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[personal profile] ziedrich_bearer 2025-02-27 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Perhaps. And probably indulging in a good bit of... Shit, it's a term from a language I don't speak. A Nif term. Sorry. Taking pleasure in the misfortune of others, rather than direct suffering."

Gladio wished he could come up with a look too, but like hell he knew where to look.

"Too bad we can't use a signal jammer."
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[personal profile] deal_me_in 2025-02-27 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Cayde slides a look around, voice lowering.

"...not to say we haven't considered it. Maybe localized will work better. Sending anything up too high hits some kind of barrier and I'm not sure where that's coming from." He brightens. "But hey, now that we're out of atmo' maybe someone can figure out how to rig something up."
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[personal profile] ziedrich_bearer 2025-02-28 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Wait, there's a barrier? Gladio looks shocked to hear that. And then he's pondering.

"Wish I knew how to do that stuff. This would be a good place to just, you know, drop something. Or at least fuck with the satellite network."

Because he was certain one had to exist.
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[personal profile] deal_me_in 2025-03-01 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
"We've got a few brainy types who can probably rig something," Cayde considers, grinning.
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[personal profile] ziedrich_bearer 2025-03-03 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Which of course they will need to see how they can support.

"Should we split up and find some? Figure out if we can help them get something rigged up?"
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[personal profile] deal_me_in 2025-03-03 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"Couldn't hurt," Cayde shrugs. "Seems like we have free time anyway."
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[personal profile] ziedrich_bearer 2025-03-04 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
They really do. Gladio finally pushes up from the chair he had been napping in. Even if he really wanted to nap, this seemed like an important thing to do, and do soon.

"Who would be the short list for people that could do this?"
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[personal profile] deal_me_in 2025-03-05 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
The Exo strokes his chin thoughtfully, glancing towards the ceiling as though it holds the answers.

"Tony, the purple kid probably... Dustin's not here anymore..." he murmurs as he tries to sift through his encounters in the past years.
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[personal profile] ziedrich_bearer 2025-03-05 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, those are both good choices. Gladio considers who he knows and shakes his head. Those two seem best.

"Split the search up then. You want Donnie or Tony?"
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[personal profile] deal_me_in 2025-03-05 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"I've spoken more with his brother than him, so maybe it's better I go bug Stark. Think I'm overdue for that anyway," Cayde grins.
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[personal profile] ziedrich_bearer 2025-03-06 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Gladio nods and heads for the door.

"Gotcha. I'll see if I can't pry the kid from his fretting. Let's send them to the hangar maybe? Gotta be supplies there. Or less Agrii so they can talk and plan more freely."

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