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RP Session Recaps; A selection of recollections.
Topic Started: Mar 7 2017, 12:18 AM (71 Views)
Mars Nalani
Newbie
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3-4-2017 Session Recap
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Participating Players: Mars Nalani, Tau
Characters Utilized: Mars, Zakara, Esther, Banshee, Ekene, August

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It has been a little over two years since the unraveling of the Epsilon organization and the shut down of the Navis. Several stationed crew members were assigned elsewhere, Kami was relieved of her duty as commander of the ship, and many of the collection of characters hosted by the Navis sought new lives or disappeared into the shadows.

A peace that settled over the ARKS fleet after the incident is now waning. August Touline, former ARKS Internal Affairs agent, was accused of colluding with the Epsilon group during her investigations, prompting ARKS to label her as a scapegoat and pass the blame for allowing the activities to occur. She has been the only ARKS member serving full-time on the ship for the last two years, where she's been ordered to unravel the last of Epsilon's threads. During this time, she took interest in the suspicious rise of Darker activities in the wake of supposed peace. Her research has come to the frightening conclusion that Falz is making a comeback. Sadly, a compromised mental state combined with a past of "criminal" activity has led to no one believing her discoveries, even to this day.

In the present, Mars Nalani returns to the Navis for the first time since the disbandment, seeking information regarding the whisperings of Falz' return. He has rejoined ARKS officially in the wake of being suddenly abandoned by his girlfriend of more than two years, Quna. He arrives hoping to find his group of friends following the same trails, but instead finds the command room empty, old, and worn, save for the fully stocked bar. Upon his arrival, he encounters Zakara.

Zakara sums up the situation regarding the others; no one knows where anyone is, really. Zakara explains that she's still working towards paying off her educational debt while trying to make sense of the Epsilon events. She has no solid information regarding Falz, but shares the same suspicions as Mars. She expresses negative opinions of the new ARKS policies and wishes Mars well before departing. Mars begins cleaning and restoring the command area.

A short while later, Esther arrives. With the collapse of her family business after the Epsilon event, she has become a landlord of sorts, renting out space in her family's mansion to make a living. She explains to Mars that her sister, Kasumi, hasn't been the same, having become even more reckless and mysterious in recent time (not to mention a horrible business partner). She hints that Amie may still be on board the Navis. After catching up with Mars, Esther departs when Banshee arrives.

Banshee chats with Mars for a while, explaining more about the Falz/darker situation than anyone up to this point; her position as a leader within the ARKS military grants her access to that information. ARKS military units are dying in droves on planets once thought to be cleansed of darker infestations. She chides Mars a little for his decision to rejoin ARKS, but offers him a place to stay seeing as he's being kicked out of Quna's apartment by her managers. The pair agree to try and stay alive together. Banshee departs.

After Mars finishes restoring the room to its 100% former glory, Ekene arrives. The pair, not having interacted much beforehand, discover they've been placed in the same ARKS unit and share a drink. Mars departs to catch the last shuttle back to the main ships and gather his belongings to go stay with Banshee. Ekene remains to finish her drink.

August arrives shortly thereafter in a sleep-deprivation-induced haze. She's flustered, rambling rapidly about needing to find Aithne. Upon seeing Ekene, the first human face she's seen in three months, she panics, thinking it's a hallucination. She explains to Ekene that she's been doing nothing but chasing false Epsilon connections, inventorying every item on the Navis as per her duty, and piecing together scraps of information about the darkers. Ekene worries for her friend, expressing concern about her 102 hours with no sleep. She offers to take her gathered information to Aithne in exchange for August catching some Zs. August falls asleep, and Ekene carries her back to her room.

-End of Session-

(Next session is scheduled for 3-18-2017 @ 9PM Central, Ship 10 on PSO2)
Edited by Mars Nalani, Mar 7 2017, 01:51 AM.
 
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