welcome to the horologium.Some of you know it is coming. The World Jump, the chaotic thrust into a new universe. But some of you are new, and though you know what the mission is, it is a bit . . . troubling, sitting around and waiting for something to happen. But eventually, you get a message on your watch. It shows Astoria . . . dark hair framing her features, her voice light and musical. She sounds like herself, for the first time in some time . . . that spark of determination back in her eyes. A MESSAGE FROM YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD WITCH. "It is time, my beloved Travelers, to go to our new destination . . . and I want you to know that I have the utmost faith in you. Akvos' loss has hurt us all, and I know that many of you doubt our mission. But please believe me when I say that you have done the best job anyone could ask of you. Akvos' destruction was not your fault . . . and to our newest members of our Circle, welcome to our journey. I can only hope that your journey here will work out to the benefit of us all."
That being said, you are journeying to the Horologium . . . it is a ship that has sent out a distress beacon. I am not sure when, or where, but I can feel great darkness, emanating from that place. I believe you all can combat what is done there, without interacting with the Void . . . so please, be safe, and I will see you all when you return."
And, just like that, there is a pull in your stomach . . . your vision blacks out and you feel the sudden sense of vertigo, a sensation of falling, and then . . . nothingness. You open your eyes, and you are suddenly waking up in the midst of . . . fog?
 THE AWAKENING.When you wake, you are greeted by metal — there’s an expanse of silver all around you. The cot you’re laying on is somewhat rigid, like a flattened wedge of cotton more than anything, encased in a capsule-like structure. Should you inspect your surroundings, you’ll find that there are three more cots in your room..or more notably, another person in the room in of itself. Depending on where you’ve been roused from your slumber, however, you’ll find that your circumstances differ.
➜ If you’ve woken up in the northeast wing of the ship, there seems to be a pool of saturated pink goo at your feet. It sticks to the bottom of your heel and collects at the very center of the room, oozing from the cracks and crevices within the metal lining of the walls. And even more notably, the goo has a particularly saccharine scent, as though it’s meant to be...consumed. Looks like you had the misfortune of waking up in the wing adjacent to the kitchen.
➜ In the northwest wing, the ship is functioning at an all time low. When you wake, the room is illuminated for a brief moment...before flickering out, only to leave you in pitch darkness. Power returns to the room intermittently and only for a few seconds at most, but it appears as though you and your newfound roommates will have to navigate the darkness if you want to leave.
➜ In the southwest wing, the fire alarm in your room has been activated for some inexplicable reason. It’s an obnoxiously loud siren that slices right through the whirring of the machinery around you — and it goes as far as to trigger the sprinklers hanging from the ceiling. Water sprays from above you, hopefully ensuring that you’ve woken up if nothing else has. It doesn’t seem to be draining either, so it may be for the best that you escape with some haste.
➜ In the southeast wing, your circumstances are for the most part rather unremarkable. An untouched room, mostly intact...until you try to open the door. It won’t budge — unless you have some form of super strength, your muscle power is rendered useless on its own. You might just have to commission someone else to help you...
Beyond your room, the word “Horologium.” stretches across the wall.
Welcome to your new home.  WHISPERS IN THE DARK.In a way, it feels as though you’re suspended in time.
The ship is always humming, always whirring as it makes a haphazard attempt to function. The noise comes to a halt every so often, leaving you with nothing but silence and the idle creaking of the floor beneath you.
There are remarkably large, bright white doors that divide each and every wing. A circular window is positioned at the center of all 4 of these doors: but nothing can be seen through it. It’s likeness is that of a black hole’s, like someone had gone as far as to paint over it.
On every door, the same word is emblazoned in black lettering: EXIT.
Except the word itself appears to be scratched out to some degree — as though it were scrubbed out in a fit of desperation but remained no less.
When you see the door, you might be overcome with excitement. Or perhaps not. Regardless of what your reaction is like, the lights around you will dim and flicker at an alarming frequency. For a moment, it’s almost as though the gravity around you has slowed, and the hallways are becoming narrower by the second.. Voices and faces from the past emerge in your mind. You see someone you shouldn’t; they’re calling for you. They’re here with you right now, beckoning you to come closer...
If you reach the door and attempt to open it, it won’t budge. And the further you walk away from it, the more the effects will subside.
But there’s no telling if you’ll sleep well tonight.  INVESTIGATIONSThe ship is fitted to house approximately 500 people — it’s a bit of a ghost town, however, lived in but abandoned no less.
The chairs are in the mess hall aren’t aligned perfectly. The tables are a bit crooked. The lounge is lofty, but not pristine. The rooms may be barren, but it’s hard to shake the feeling that they were somehow someone else’s before they became yours. There’s an array of locked doors, varying in sizes and shapes, all of which withhold something potentially useful to you. You may be inclined to visit the lounge, the mess hall, rifle through the bedrooms . . . the ship is yours to explore.
However, how you interact with the ship is….entirely up to you. There is something to be found everywhere. Regardless of what you do, where you investigate and how, you might be tempted to look behind your shoulder.
After all, every decision you make matters...right?
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acatalepsy_logs2019-02-12 12:27 pm
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But the downside is that using his power makes him eventually drain his energy and need to rest. So after a long cooking session, he collapses into one of the booths by the window and sleeps. When he wakes up, he glances blearily out the window out of habit, only stare into the void of space.
It twists at his stomach. It makes him feel small and alone. When he looks away he sees Konoha staring too, a plate of food in her hands. Then she turns at hands it to him.
His stomach grumbles loudly. He's a teenage boy who spends a lot of the day exercising... he usually eats a lot.]
No. This is great. Thank you.
...Do you need more help today?
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But then he's the tired one, and she can't help but feel responsible, even if the service they're providing to the rest of the Circle is a very necessary one. So she musters a smile for him even if she's scared of the sight just beyond the window.]
No, it's fine... You should rest a bit more... This might not be happening without you, after all.
[She waves the plate of appetizing, non-goop smells beneath his nose before offering it over.]
I need to take a break, too.
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[He takes the apple and bites into it. It tastes like any apple. It really is amazing the sort of powers people have here. If her power were a Quirk it would be incredibly complicated, similar to one of his classmates, where she has to know the genetic makeup of the things she creates.
Then he glances out at the window.]
It's kind of a lot... huh. It's so empty and yet, overwhelming. It never felt that way back home.
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Punching the doors... ? Don't do that...
[She'd tried kicking one, and sure, it had worked enough to get her out of the room she'd woken up in, but it also left her hooves and hocks aching.
When he looks out the window, however, she can't help but follow his gaze, unease at the sight making her fingers tighten over the tray left in her own hand.]
"Space"? ... I didn't even know it existed. How is it so big?
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[He runs a hand across his knuckles. They're slightly bruised. Still, that doesn't really matter. Or at least he doesn't.]
You know the sky back home? That's where we are. Like up close to the moon.
But... it's so big that we probably aren't even near Japan.
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But he mentions their location, and she can't help but look to the window, anxiety spiking just a bit, clear on her features at the sight.]
I don't think... We're anywhere near there anymore, no. This place is like... even bigger than the ocean. And I heard that went on forever.
[She's never really seen it in person for herself, but.]
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But we haven't been to space at all. Some people say if we focused our technology, we could but we haven't yet.
[He glances out again and then back at her.]
Some people think space actually does go forever.
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[And frankly, they sound kind of terrifying. Trains were a scary enough experience for her in Struxta, and that was underground. ... And now this was. Like a plane in space.
Eight million myriad of gods, what has she gotten herself into... She wonders for the right millionth time.]
But- It doesn't really.
[Right? Right?]
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[He frowns and tilts his head.]
And... I dunno. No one's ever been out there so how can we really know? Even if it seems impossible... sometimes impossible things do happen.
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[Woah, this was making her brain hurt. Konoha's brow furrows in deep, philosophical pondering, arms crossing a bit tighter.]
Like... forests sometimes don't have an end but they do turn into plains eventually... or a mountain... or a field...