0001: A New Beginning

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Whatever your activities before, they're interrupted by a sudden lurching feeling, like someone's put a hook into the pit of your very being and yanked. There's a brief burst, a brilliantly twisting tunnel? And then silence. Stars fill your vision, along with bodies, machines, and not much else before everything mercifully goes black. The shock of it, more than the lack of air.

And then, there's sound. There's not much at first. Beeping. Lots of beeping. Some of it is irritatingly loud, and apparently it's the cause of a lot of excitement. When vision returns, the first thing to note would be alien writing blinking in your field of vision, displayed on a monitor or a clear bubble somewhere. Alien, but familiar enough for you to read "Awakening". Whatever that means, you're apparently not alone, as people in black and white uniforms are rushing through the large room you're in, the room filled with people hooked up to all kinds of machines. Of course, some of them don't look entirely like people.

All of a sudden, a haggered face fills your field of vision. "Great Shades of Elvis! Another one! Look, please remain calm." The poor nurse turns and starts to fiddle with some of the machines surrounding you. "There's been an accident, but you're okay. Try to stay quiet and don't disturb the other patients. Someone will be with you in a moment." They turn away to shout across the room, as if that wouldn't disturb anyone. "Hoi, Oglaf! Mark this one as alive so Security can take them for the briefing!" He gestures at some official looking people in red and black uniforms assisting other patients into wheelchairs. "Just flag one of them down, they'll take you to the briefing. We'll explain everything. Just don't panic, you're in good hands." He grins and pats your shin. "Welcome to the Fleet, eh? 'scume, someone else is starting to budge and I gotta make sure it's not some poor sot swallowed his tongue again." With that, he leaves you alone with your thoughts and the bright lights.

[Medical Arrival | Hangar Arrival | Briefing | Post-Briefing 1 | Post-Briefing 2]

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np!

[pinkspaceprincess]

"Um, it's no problem. I'm just a little surprised that you forgot so quickly! I said hello to your robots, and told you a little about the Cydonia..."

Actually, wasn't it rather strange? Certainly there were absent-minded people around, but she'd seen Eve entering information about their conversation into her database.

[spearsurfing]

She pauses, looking to one of her drones. It makes a quiet chattering sound and shakes its head (er, body). Sorry, Tsumugi, never seen you before.

"There is no entry on 'Cydonia' in Eve's database," she states simply, turning back to face her. "You are most likely confusing Eve with some other passenger aboard this ship. It is a misunderstanding."

[pinkspaceprincess]

"Eh? Well, if you say so," Tsumugi said, looking a little confused. "But I'm sure I saw you enter all that information into your database. In that case, should I introduce myself again? I'm Shiraui Tsumugi, from the seed ship Cydonia. And you're Eve of the Nasods, right?"

Right? Because otherwise this was going to be confusing.