Move 14 (Chapter 1.14)

[yhlee]

[I want to apologize for the egregious lateness of this move--I have bipolar disorder and was struggling with some depression stuff for reasons completely unrelated to the game.

Also, uh. I'm trying to get the whole party time-aligned again but given that we're still resolving multiple threads, it may take a bit longer. My apologies!]

Move 14

Year 361, Month Three, Day Sixteen (Sunday), evening

Mikodez and Istradez [NPC] on Moongray Station, confronting a HATCHED EGG, ca. 20:25

[Continuing from this comment by pengwern.]

Istradez [NPC] fumbles for a moment with the explosive, then swears. "The hell, Miki, are you screwing around with passcodes again?"

The hatched mothling continues its soprano hum as it now starts to circle in the air before Mikodez and Istradez, in apparent distress. Then the humming intensifies, and it launches itself at Mikodez with a series of high-pitched squeals, almost like a puppy. Istradez advances; the mothling attempts to hide behind Mikodez, as if beseeching his protection.

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Year 361, Month Three, Day Seventeen, ass o' clock Monday (wee hours)

on the Bumblebee/Wasp/Mothra

around 00:50, in the hold of the Wasp

Remi works companionably with Alaric in order to provide the mothlings with a suitable environment. Midway through the work, he asks hesitantly, "I noticed that you speak of the heptarchate as--as a visitor. Might I ask, if it's not impudent, what it's like outside the heptarchate? Is it--better?"

around Monday 1:75

[GM FIAT: I'm making a maintenance move for Kaliyan and Ankat. For the nonce, we'll say Yehan appears to be holed up in her cabin and has sent a DON'T BOTHER ME note to anyone who asks her to emerge. Kaliyan, Ankat, and Yehan are currently inactive.]

Ankat, having heard that Iawa is the one to go to for any medical issues, shows up and asks for painkillers for himself and Kaliyan. If pressed, he will explain that they're both suffering migraine-level headaches and muscle aches, a known side-effect of outprocessing/formation break in former Kel. He adds that he would really prefer not to trouble Ashari with such a minor problem, but it's obvious to Iawa that both Kel are going to be out of action for a while, and that could be anything but "minor."

It's up to Ashari whether they catch wind of this if Iawa doesn't outright tell them, and what, if anything, they want to do about it, considering the general chaos going on tonight.

around Monday 2:10

[continuing Ashari, Sasha, Sulen, and Virmad debating Quill and freeing the moths]

"Excuse me," a diffident voice says during a lull in the conversation. Gerae, looking rather the worse for wear, has poked his head around the corner. "I couldn't help overhearing--your ship is a living animal? Like Fluffy?" At the stares/glares/??? in reaction, he sheepishly holds up a small device. "You forgot to relieve me of my lockpicks. One of my first cases involved a thief, and she taught me picking locks during the interrogation, I think in the hopes that I'd show her special consideration during sentencing. You forgot to search me when you brought me here...anyway, are the moths friendly? Fluffy's very friendly, you know."

the holidays

[yhlee]

I'm going to be out of the country from Dec. 20, 2017 to Jan. 1, 2018, and very limited internet access, and I imagine I won't be the only one with other commitments/etc. over the holidays. So the latter half of December through New Year's we'll go on break from regular moves, although people should feel free to do side RPs or planning posts or art, etc. :)

If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to get in touch with me either in comments, via PM, or via email (yoon at yoonhalee dot com).