Arrival

[letsplayamod]

The moment is a bit different for everyone. Perhaps you were just minding your own business somewhere, others may have been in more... dire circumstances. Regardless, you were approached by a figure you can't quite picture, and they offered you an accord; in exchange for aiding them in the healing of a world lost to chaos, you would be granted something almost unheard of. Godhood.

And each of you said yes, more or less.

A blurry hand, shifting and rippling, reaches out to you. You feel a glow of warmth, unlike anything you've known before. As soon as you think you can describe it, you wake up.

The room you're in is plainly furnished, but it's about the size of a small flat. Plenty of room to stretch your legs. Don't get too comfortable, however. On the bedside table each room has is a letter; handwritten, it's wrapped around a bronze key. The lettering could only be described as the platonic ideal of 'neat and precise'.

If you are reading this, than our deal has been made. You've awoken in a place that will surely feel strange, so I want you to take some time to acclimate. Meet with the others. Breathe. I shall be along shortly.

-A

Whatever that means becomes more apparent as you step out of your housing and behold the world around you. The building you were in, and every piece of architecture you happen across, is blatantly pre-modern. Yet, something about it is otherworldly. Stone and iron and glass as far as the eye can see.

But above you was where the real questions were. It wouldn't be right to say the sun was shining on you now, nor would it be right to say it's the dead of night. Instead, the sky is a hazy mixture of both, wrapped in suffocating storm clouds that are threatening rain. Everywhere you look, into the horizon, it's the same.

Welcome home. Take your time and explore. Nobody ever said godhood was easy.

Comments

[latinumsbetter]

Not much of how I got here from the outpost, but I do remember making a deal and writing up a contract.

[sweetsynergy]

Oh, you actually got to sign something? I mostly recall a verbal agreement.

[Maybe she came out of that fight worse than she thought.]

Vanity, by the way.

[latinumsbetter]

Quark. [th corner of his mouth quirks up into a smile again] And I wouldn't be here if I hadn't signed something.

[sweetsynergy]

Good thinking.

[Some she probably should have done herself, but- ah, desperate circumstances, live and learn.]

Do you happen to have a copy on hand?

[latinumsbetter]

[at that, Quark lets out an annoyed huff, folding his arms]

Unfortunately, no. My data pad didn't come with me, and just looking at this place doesn't give me a whole lot of confidence that I'll find one here to rewrite it. At least I can remember what was on it, but I'm going to demand a copy whenever this "A" shows up.

[sweetsynergy]

I found a few things missing as well.

[She moves for just a second to adjust the glasses she doesn't actually have at the moment, before covering it by just folding her arms.]

If nothing else I suppose that lack of oversight in our transport can be a bit of leverage in formalizing things with A, when they show themselves.

[latinumsbetter]

A bit of leverage never hurts. Especially if it could get us our things back. Personally, I hope they show up sooner rather than later.

[sweetsynergy]

Are you missing anything besides- what, a data pad, you said?

[latinumsbetter]

A data pad, the latinum I had in my coat, and my mini-pad with all of my daily revenue calculations on it.

What about you?

[sweetsynergy]

My glasses, I didn't need to have much else on me at the time.

[She makes a small gesture in the air, indicating the rough size.]

This big, black frames. AegisCorp branding on the arms. They'll be keyed to my biometrics, so no mistaking them for another pair.

[latinumsbetter]

And no one else would be using them either. [he huffs, folding his arms] It's strange to take something like that. My data pads I could see, and obviously the latinum, but biometric glasses? Unless they can be reprogrammed in some way, they're not much use to anybody else, right?

[sweetsynergy]

They wouldn't be, no. And there would be much easier ways of stealing AegisCorp's data, if-

[There were still a reason to. Thoughts for later.]

-they were inclined to.

[latinumsbetter]

So there's gotta be some other explanation. I can't think of what it is, but our host would probably know.

[sweetsynergy]

They should! And hopefully they'll be inclined to share without difficulty.

[latinumsbetter]

And if they aren't, then I can use that contract to lean on them a bit to get some of my things, at least.

[sweetsynergy]

You're quite confident in the set terms, then.

[latinumsbetter]

Of course I am. Why would I sign a contract with terms that I wasn't confident in?

[sweetsynergy]

Fair enough! I'll be interested in seeing how it holds up.