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meadowlarklogs2020-02-08 01:58 pm
EVENT #008 AFTERMATH LOG
WHERE: Lots of places—potentially? Mostly New Amsterdam as the focus.
WHEN: March 4, 2512
WHAT: Unlocking of the gates and the game's fast travel network.
NOTES OR WARNINGS: Uninvited visions.
The vision itself is almost instantaneous once the last of the four gates activates, hitting the Displaced no matter where they are. It doesn't matter where that individual Displaced is: if they're in New Amsterdam, at one of the gates, or sleeping, they'll see the same vision. A flash of seven colors (red, blue, black, gold, orange, red, and white) followed by an image of a nomadic people heading up a long, stone bridge that appears to be naturally occurring. At the end of the bridge is an open, lit-up triangle that acts as a gateway, inviting them inside. Then there is another flash, followed by the nomads walking through the gate and ending up in a different, new location. And then another.
Any understanding of this vision isn't immediate. The answers won't be apparent until later, when there is an innate understanding of what they've learned and what they've unlocked for themselves. The world has opened up to the Displaced, and in some ways, it's there for them to access and even take for themselves if they so choose.
After the vision ends, any of the Displaced located at the four ruins will immediately begin to glow in all blue before they fade out of view and find themselves crammed into a new location. The relocation is immediate, and if anyone checks a map via their neural implant to see where they are geolocation wise, they'll be able to tell that they're underneath New Amsterdam. For anyone who's been in the underground cave system of New Amsterdam, they may think their surroundings are familiar, if not the same. After all, this area has been locked away for a very long time.
One more thing is apparent: they've landed on another form of gate that needs to be unlocked. After the numerous trials and puzzles the Displaced have faced, what's one more?
◉ The puzzle to solve is right beneath the feet of the Displaced on a bronze-colored mechanism. At the center of the mechanism are multiple overlapping triangles, and on the outside, there are five separated triangles that sit individually.
◉ Solving the puzzle involves connecting a daisychain of Displaced and having five key focal points step on the triangles at once.
◉ Once the puzzle unlocks, there will be another understanding: that what they saw in the vision belongs to them. Any of the Displaced outside of the caves will know what it means.
◉ With that work done, it's time to explore. The underground cave system of New Amsterdam is half-inhabited by the sprawling megacity, and half-uninhabited and untouched. This part of the cave system was locked away for centuries, and just like the other ruins, there are some relics and lost items from the past. The eras vary: some are early medieval burial sites with items like brittle, forgotten swords and shields, while others are crosses and manuscripts that refer to this location as the center of the Holy Roman Empire.
◉ The manuscripts are a mix of imagery from Catholicism and the same, omnipresent geometric imagery.
◉ The way out of the cave system involves touching a hand to a handprint alongside what appears to be a door. This print will only appear to the Displaced, so they will be able to move in and away from this location largely unobserved.
Now that the gates trip is done and the Displaced have new answers—if potentially unhelpful ones, depending on their perspective—it's time to return to their lives. Surprisingly, New Amsterdam has no festivals going on, as if it's time to now be hungover from a February that involved nonstop partying. The city has been cleaned up and everyone's returning to their jobs as if the city around them is not in a constant state of revelry.
◉ Ah, it's time to return to work! No one is required to lose their jobs, but it might take a bit of groveling for the Displaced to return to where they were working before. (With the exception of the Red Wings bar. Poor Mister Doctor Stephen Strange.) El will have sent along any excuses to any bosses who might need an explanation. Ze's used to this gig by now.
◉ What about those cities left behind? No one planned on abandoning those gates at that exact moment. They will remain open to the Displaced. Anyone who had a hotel room in New Oslo or even kept stuff stored at New Beijing will find that they can just teleport back via this new fast travel system.
◉ Though for anyone who's been dealing with tampered food, maybe it's time to go take a break. You know where's a good place to do it? The Displaced-run Red Wings bar. Ah, poor Mister Doctor Strange, at least the people coming in out of nowhere are all Displaced looking for proper food and a drink. It's time to mingle, share notes, and see what's what. Might as well get to seeing where there's overlap—and what to do next.
◉ Or it's time to explore! The world is finally open and available to one and all. Well, to one Displaced and all.
◉ The information on these gates and what they do won't immediately be available to El and Gaby. It's up to the Displaced if they decide to share with their NPC friends. (Of course, if it's mentioned via the Morningstar network, then they'll know!)
This is meant primarily as a laid back, return to life log for the Displaced after their exciting trips around the world (and trips-to-be, most likely). Any questions about the aftermath should be directed to our aftermath questions thread!
Our CR meme will be posted on February 14th (Happy Valentine's Day!), and our arrival log for all newbies will be going up on February 15th.
Thanks again for making this a great event!
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I'm jealous.
[Only a little.]
With how often we were in the dark in the pyramids, it was easy to lose track of time. Nothing disorienting though, just the difficulty of being fully indoors for an unknown amount of time.
Thank you for sharing the pictures.
[Ginia pauses and glances at his fresh drink.]
Am I going to have to cut you off at some point and call a cab for you?
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Klaus doesn't reply neurally, mostly taking in her story of the pyramids. More to ask Hope about, really. His eyes find her again as she signs once more. )
I suppose that depends on what you think I can handle. But, I assure you if it becomes an issue I shall be cutting myself off. ( Whether he will or not, that remains to be seen. ) How has it been returning to the mundane and menial?
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[And they can leave it at that. She's a bouncer here, but people have been fairly well-behaved on her shifts. No one throwing punches at her so far, though she hasn't worked a shift where a home game is going on too.
Ginia pulls a bit of a wry face at his question.]
I feel like I want to sleep the day away and also climb the tallest building in the city.
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( He signs sharply, in jest but also clearly feeling his underlying seriousness kick in, which means it's time to take another sip. )
Antsy, then. Understandable. Once you've gotten that kind of taste, how can you deprive yourself. It's a good thing these gates are fast-traveling. Perhaps we should plan our own expedition somewhere.
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And it's as if everything is completely mundane now. She, like all the other Displaced, are still strangers brought to this world for an unknown purpose. There are plenty of mysteries to work through.]
I'm still reading through on the cities. Anywhere you've thought about going?
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( Maybe with Timothy. He does think for a second, fingers tapping along his glass. )
I suppose I'll have to do more research and get back to you. Plan a weekend away?
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[New Tokyo, but largely because those were two that seemed somewhat reachable in some way. With a much larger list of possibilities to work with, now the possibilities seem endless.]
I'll pen you into my calendar. Though probably not anytime soon. I think I need to pick up double shifts for awhile.
[Strange might have been joking, but guilt runs deep in people like her. The extra money won't hurt.]
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( As for New Beijing. He signs. )
New Beijing was odd. It was corporate in a way I didn't like. Electronic and modernized and all wrong. Even the monuments were replaced. Or, under water. Honestly, after spending a day exploring, I focused on other pursuits.
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Have you been to Beijing in your version of Earth? Or traveled much in general?
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[It's a fascinating slice of human culture, a sign of how people moved and mingled and all grew together and then apart.]
How many languages do you know?
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( His eyes ask her if she believes him. )
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[Her smile turns a little more interested. Fluent in six and partially fluent in three more, she believes it when he says he's fluent in nine.]
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[Evident enough from the way he dresses too. Ginia can always appreciate someone knowledgeable.]
I'm fluent in six. ASL, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian. Partial in Japanese, Chinese, and Korean.
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[But there is something nice about knowing the language without needing assistance.
At the reminder of work, Ginia sighs. It's slow enough no one's been calling for her attention, but she should make the rounds again.]
Can I get you anything before I head off?
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( He doesn't want to keep her. He's all ready being his own bad influence. He recognizes it. He is Kol Mikaelson's brother and all. He too had a hedonistic time. Several. )
No, I'm afraid not, but I do thank you for the offer. I will see you around, Angela?
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Don't be a stranger, Klaus.