Reverie

So. I found something very important. [Lapis says, with a tone of which that suggests that it's not really at all important, especially when its punctuated with an ugly snort of laughter. Whatever it is, Lapis seems to have gotten a huge kick out of it, considering she's waving around the magazine article she is. She quickly clears her throat and begins reading:]

"Lapis Lazuli is a gemstone known to reduce stress and bring peace. It brings harmony and deep inner self knowledge and encourages self awareness. It provides qualities of honesty, compassion and morality to the person and stimulates objectivity, clarity, and creativity. It is also known for assisting in inspiring confidence and helping one express their feelings and emotions.

Lapis Lazuli boosts the immune system, purifies blood, lowers blood pressure, cooling and soothing areas of inflammation. It alleviates insomnia and vertigo, and overcomes depression. Lapis Lazuli benefits the respiratory and nervous systems and the throat, vocal chords, and thyroid, cleanses organs, bone marrow and thymus."

[She pauses, and waves the article again, clearly amused as hell. For anyone who knows Lapis, these all sound like bold faced lies.]

You know, I'm kind of flattered people believe this about me. I have no idea what half of these things I supposedly fix are, but you know. I'm your Gem for this stuff, apparently.

two questions is it normal for humans to lose limbs like ive seen some bugs that just grow them back are you all like that or what and secondly are they finders keepers i mean youre obviously not using them anymore so like why do you need them right

because i found an arm just wanna know if someones claimed it or not since it was just kind of there

I'm going to the planet below sometime soon when I feel like it. This is an open offer to anyone to come with me. Just know that I refuse to guarantee anyone's safety, so if you can't survive in space without oxygen or on unknown planets with unknown atmospheres, you might wanna reconsider coming along.

Also I can only bring like, three people, because I don't feel like carting around more than three of you. [She holds up exactly three fingers.]

Other than that, I'll need someone to look after Pumpkin while I'm gone. She's very important to me so if you screw up I'll make you regret it.

[As if on cue, an extremely adorable sentient pumpkin jumps up onto Lapis' lap, looks into the communicator, and barks.

And then licks the screen. Enjoy your pumpkin kisses, station.]

[ooc; i'll probably rng if more people wanna go and have Lapis hit them up privately!]

[ Six days since the music started. Six days since the station began the slow descent in to whatever sleep deprived madness it is currently in. Apollo doesn't technically need to sleep but even he is feeling the effects of 144 hours of non-stop power/shower tunes, judging by how he looks on the video feed. Tense. Worn. Considerably more haggard than his usual sunny self. It's not a good look. ].

Six days. Six days. [ He repeats himself through gritted teeth; there's almost an edge of pleading in there (won't somebody give them a break?). Nearly an entire week with no break from the relentless noise and it's making everyone on the station fall apart more than usual. ]

Has anyone figured out where it's actually coming from yet? Consider this an open call for ideas on what to do to stop it. Before we kill each other.

[ Although truthfully Apollo wouldn't mind a bit of casual violence right now given the familiar intro of the latest song that plays in the background... ]

hey

raise ur hand if youve been abducted by aliens before

cool

now lower it if youve escaped

now use ur hands to tell me how

and for those of you not flapping ur hands around: dont let this shit get to you. its 101 bullshit. theyre probably studying longerm effects of isolation or systematic community building on a nonorganic environment or whatever bullshit the mad scientist of the week cooked up. social experimentation. the fucking showtunes are making it pretty obvious.

i mean has anybody been experimented on yet?

physically. i mean physically. blondie is probably torture but not what im talking about

ps: who the fuck took my name. do i got fans here? if yes: youre fucked up. i should not have fans. look at bludhaven if u need somebody to feel warm and fuzzy about

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My name is Peter.

I've taken sometime to try to catch up on this network to get a grasp of what's going on. Very helpful. There are a few things I wanted to ask.

Has anyone encountered a limitation to something they were able to do before?

I know that items going missing is not uncommon, but I still felt it was important to ask if someone has encountered an item I was holding before waking here. It's something akin to a sigil.

[ What up Reverie Terminal, it's your glowy superdad back on the network again. Apollo is looking pensive today and not quite his usual sunny self. Next to him is someone who's making his first public appearance: Kaldur'ahm faces the camera, gills at his neck clearly visible, a reserved smile on his face. He gives a nod. ]

As you all know, several areas of the station remain inaccessible to us. I believe several people have been talking about ways to open them or attempting to do so already. Brute force may be a means to gain access to a central command deck or something similar. If enough of us work together, especially those of us stronger or superpowered, we may be able to get through.

[ Here, he glances at Apollo, who adds after a beat: ]

Dirk raised a good point: what if those doors have been locked off for a good reason? What if there's something on the other side that needs to be locked away like, I don't know, a pathogen? Or whatever it is that's wiped out the original station crew?

[ Apollo lifts a hand, as if to stem an imaginary silent protest: ]

I'm not saying we shouldn't still give it a go, because after that video Henryk received it's been made pretty clear to us that we need to get off this ship as soon as possible. But it's something we should maybe be prepared for.

So what we're asking is whether or not there's anyone out there who's good at forcefields? Or might have some insight in to how we should tackle this? Just in case we open a door and, uh. Regret it.

[ Apollo frowns a little, determination replacing the pensive expression from before. ]

So there you have it. I know Amos has some good ideas about creating an airlock in case we open a door to an unpressurised deck. But has anyone else got any ideas? [ to which Kaldur adds: ] We would welcome your thoughts and input.

two questions here

has anyone thought about hitting up the planet down there instead of staying on this weird space station or am i the first one to come up with this great idea

whats with all the humans here and why is this place 99 organic life youd think thered be a little more of a selection around here if everyones being kidnapped from this place and that