( OPEN ) sora arrives and space is hard

[heartkey]

WHO: sora and YOU
WHERE: eluvio and bajikan!
WHEN: within the first few days of his arrival here
WHAT: sora is being bad at space in various places
WARNINGS: none!



oo1; eluvio - training facility's anti-grav room

[ Look, in his defense, he didn't think this would happen. During his exploration of the ship, he couldn't help but curiously try out the anti-grav room in the training facility. It started out pretty cool — he's flown before, but this time the feeling is a bit different, considering he could control himself much better when he was flying rather than floating in zero gravity. But after having lost momentum, he's ended up ... being unable to reach the switch to turn it off.

So he spends quite a while flailing about fruitlessly, trying to get to that switch. ]

Aw, man, now what am I gonna do?

[ Lucky for him, in the next moment, he can hear someone outside the room, catching a glimpse of them outside the window on the door. So he shouts, putting his hands to the sides of his mouth like it'll amplify the sound. ]

Is somebody out there? I could really use some help in here!

[ Thankfully, there's a switch for the room's gravity on the outside too, so at least it'd take very little effort to save him?! ]

oo2; bajikan - acedia

[ Sora has wandered his way down to Bajikan, excited at the prospect of exploring and the possibility that he could maybe somehow find his friends (it's reaching, but who knows — better to check than not!). And thus, he's ended up in the Acedia district.

He's been to many different worlds before now, so the prospect of seeing another world isn't so new to him — still, it's exciting and interesting (it never stops being those things), and it shows in his expression as he silently 'whoa's at everything he walks past. This district is certainly a beautiful, peaceful-looking place ...

And before long, he's starting to feel the effects of the district's air, yawning as he continues to explore. He stops to look at one of the stores he's passing when suddenly ... he loses his balance and sleepily falls back into whoever is behind him.

Whoops, sorry. At least he's not asleep, just a little tired. ]

oo3; bajikan - ira

[ Sora's only just arrived in the district, so the air hasn't gotten to him yet, and is looking to check out this arena he's heard of when suddenly he's being dragged into a back-alley fight. Okay, well less 'dragged into' and more 'he got hit in the face with a can out of no where'. After a moment of getting over the initial shock, he's quick to turn his attention towards the rough-housing men in the alleyway. ]

Hey, what was that for?!

[ He's certainly not happy about getting hit like that for no reason, and the only response he receives is some scoffs, some comments about how a shrimp like him shouldn't be here anyway, and then ... another can to the face — or rather, almost to the face, as he dodges that one now that he's on his guard. Except instead of hitting him, it hits whatever unfortunate person is behind him at the time.

Sorry, person. ]

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[heartkey]

[ It's fine, Sora can handle a little fall ... Really all he cares about is getting back on the ground at this point.

But he's extremely relieved to see Victor at the door, nodding enthusiastically at his question. ]

Yeah! Can you do that for me?

[genice]

( Victor nods, holding his hand up in a stopping gesture. )

I'll up gravity slowly, so try not to flail around? It'll bring you closer to the ground without hurting, but try not to push off again until it's back to normal.

( because that trip back to the ground will hurt, depending on how this teenage handles himself on the landing. Victor moves to the controls rather than activating the hard switch, upping gravity by degrees, until he's back at Earth gravity levels. at that point he disengages the door lock, opening it and peering inside. )

Got a little out of hand in here?

[heartkey]

Got it!

[ He'll do his best not to flail around!! And he visibly steels himself as he feels the gravity shifting, trying not to move too much even if it feels really weird as it's shifted to normal levels. ]

Whoa —

[ He can't help but flail a little, but only at the last moment, so he ends up landing on his feet before falling back. He's totally fine, at least.

But he responds to his new friend's question as he stands back up. ] I guess you could say that. I had no idea it'd be so hard to move. [ Crossing his arms. ] It's a good thing you came along. Who knows how long I could've been stuck like that.

[genice]

( Welp, he's up and moving, clearly he's fine! Lackadasical as Victor's evaluation skills are, it's all following on the tail end of seeing the ship (still running just the necessary systems, yes, but gravity was one of them, and a room that played around with it wasn't difficult as far as workloads) in much more dire straits. Sora's picking himself up a good skillset, knowingly or otherwise. )

Someone would have seen you sooner or later. ( Victor steps out of the way, waving his hand dismissively as he goes. ) You learn a whole different way to move when you're in zero-g. A few friends who used to be here were kind enough to show me how.

( Friends who have since... well. No point lingering on sad things. )

It'd be good for you to figure out, considering gravity's just a suggestion onboard the Eluvio. So! New arrival?

[heartkey]

Used to be ...?

[ He can't help but notice that choice of words, though Sora repeating that part is more to himself than him asking Victor about it, so he wouldn't mind if it went ignored for now. It's just that that suggests you can leave, something he'd like to do if he can.

Either way, he straightens up and nods his head in response to the last bit. ]

Yeah! Just got here a little while ago. [ He looks a little embarrassed. ] It's that obvious, huh?

[genice]

( He laughs, shaking his head and giving a toss of his hand. )

Not necessarily. But those of us here a few weeks ago were shoved into having to deal with zero gravity out of nowhere. I feel like someone who'd experienced that would have acted a bit differently than you were, is all.

( More determined, more distressed. Victor isn't sure which, or some other emotion altogether. People are so variable. )

In any case, welcome to the Eluvio! Most everything's been shut down since systems failed back in February. The gyms are some of the most functional regions on ship.

( That said: he offers his hand for shaking. )

Victor Nikiforov. Nice to meet you...?

[heartkey]

Wow ... Sounds like I've got a lot to learn about this place. [ So they got stuck in zero gravity, like he was ... and a bunch of things have been shut down? He's assuming life here isn't exactly going to be easy, but really, when has that ever slowed him down before anyway?

He smiles, though, and reaches a hand out to shake Victor's. ]

Sora. [ Is his name. ] You, too, Victor. [ It's nice to meet him! Really nice, since he'd still be stuck here if he hadn't. ] So you've been here a while, huh?