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crystalnexus2020-03-31 01:44 am
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Welcome to The Nexus!
The Nexus is no stranger to new arrivals, welcoming approximately 0.83 Drifters a day on average. Today, however, is unusual. A great many more Drifters seem to have appeared all at once, a major influx unlike any seen in over a century. Unprepared to handle so many new faces needing explanations all at the same time, the Welcoming Center is positively abuzz with activity - and all of their brand new citizens are thrust into the fray of the ensuing mayhem of volunteers attempting to calm them.
A. Arrival
One of the main rules of those tasked with receiving new Drifters is to be prepared for anything - for anyone to show up in any state of being, including but not limited to: being in need of immediate medical attention, being in a fit of violence and rage, being completely nude, and any combination of such dramatic situations.
While this is relatively simple to handle if there are only one or two new arrivals on any given day, the number of arrivals this day has greatly exceeded expectations, and so has the chance for those dramatic situations to occur.
It is clear that the Welcoming Committee was not prepared to handle an abundance of these situations happening simultaneously.
Whether you as a new Drifter are experiencing one of these situations, or are simply caught in the crossfire of such circumstances, the typically calm and tranquil setting of the Welcoming Center's rooftop is currently one of chaos. Colorful uniforms of flowing linen denote the volunteers clearly familiar with what is going on, attempting to keep people orderly and diffuse the tension, though they seem to be having mixed results.
B. Orientation
Over the countless years since the Welcoming Center had first been built, a great number of different approaches to integrating Drifters into the populous had been attempted, until it had been decided that one on one personal greeters who took the time to approach new Drifters with empathy and undivided attention was the most successful at curbing the stress of arrival.
Such an approach is practical when dealing with the typical trickle of Drifters; it is, unfortunately, impossible to assign individual greeters to a veritable flood.
Having to resort to some of their more archaic methods, whole groups of Drifters are assigned to singular greeters, with yellowing brochures that had to be dug out of storage being passed around for the masses. Even an old film has been unearthed, and is being projected for all to see on one of the large white walls within the Welcoming Center.
Welcome to The Nexus! Assuming you are calm enough to make it through orientation, you are given this general overview:
The Nexus is a city existing in the crossroads of an interdimensional Rift, and you have been pulled here from your own place and time - and unfortunately it's a one way ticket no one can control, so everyone present is going to do everything they can to make sure you live here comfortably for however long you may be here. You are given access to housing accommodations, a communications device, a map of the city, and the contact information of whichever lucky greeter was assigned to your group.
Assuming you aren't calm enough to make it through orientation - wait, no, where are you going? Please don't just leave through the front door, we haven't finished explaining everything yet, and -
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This is a special open event post to get the ball rolling on this sandbox! Feel free to use the prompts here, to come up with your own, or to simply start posting to the community! You may have your character be one of the many new arrivals, or you may have your character be an already established citizen dealing with all the discord, it's entirely up to you. Expect there to be several vague arrivals and volunteer characters that aren't player characters, and use them within your prompts however you see fit!
Have fun!
A. Arrival
One of the main rules of those tasked with receiving new Drifters is to be prepared for anything - for anyone to show up in any state of being, including but not limited to: being in need of immediate medical attention, being in a fit of violence and rage, being completely nude, and any combination of such dramatic situations.
While this is relatively simple to handle if there are only one or two new arrivals on any given day, the number of arrivals this day has greatly exceeded expectations, and so has the chance for those dramatic situations to occur.
It is clear that the Welcoming Committee was not prepared to handle an abundance of these situations happening simultaneously.
Whether you as a new Drifter are experiencing one of these situations, or are simply caught in the crossfire of such circumstances, the typically calm and tranquil setting of the Welcoming Center's rooftop is currently one of chaos. Colorful uniforms of flowing linen denote the volunteers clearly familiar with what is going on, attempting to keep people orderly and diffuse the tension, though they seem to be having mixed results.
B. Orientation
Over the countless years since the Welcoming Center had first been built, a great number of different approaches to integrating Drifters into the populous had been attempted, until it had been decided that one on one personal greeters who took the time to approach new Drifters with empathy and undivided attention was the most successful at curbing the stress of arrival.
Such an approach is practical when dealing with the typical trickle of Drifters; it is, unfortunately, impossible to assign individual greeters to a veritable flood.
Having to resort to some of their more archaic methods, whole groups of Drifters are assigned to singular greeters, with yellowing brochures that had to be dug out of storage being passed around for the masses. Even an old film has been unearthed, and is being projected for all to see on one of the large white walls within the Welcoming Center.
Welcome to The Nexus! Assuming you are calm enough to make it through orientation, you are given this general overview:
The Nexus is a city existing in the crossroads of an interdimensional Rift, and you have been pulled here from your own place and time - and unfortunately it's a one way ticket no one can control, so everyone present is going to do everything they can to make sure you live here comfortably for however long you may be here. You are given access to housing accommodations, a communications device, a map of the city, and the contact information of whichever lucky greeter was assigned to your group.
Assuming you aren't calm enough to make it through orientation - wait, no, where are you going? Please don't just leave through the front door, we haven't finished explaining everything yet, and -
This is a special open event post to get the ball rolling on this sandbox! Feel free to use the prompts here, to come up with your own, or to simply start posting to the community! You may have your character be one of the many new arrivals, or you may have your character be an already established citizen dealing with all the discord, it's entirely up to you. Expect there to be several vague arrivals and volunteer characters that aren't player characters, and use them within your prompts however you see fit!
Have fun!
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In roughly the year and a half he's been a member of the Welcoming Committee, this was probably the second worst day he'd ever experienced. All the noise was bad enough to deal with on its own, but worse than that, they were simply too understaffed to deal with the physical volume.
Touya allowed the medical professionals to take care of the more pressing emergencies; his job was to quell the panic among those having total meltdowns, which involved jumping between quite a few people in a very short amount of time.
Wearing the colorful uniform that denoted him as an official greeter, Touya approached anyone that seemed to be handling their sudden change in setting with, well, anything less than grace, with his hands held up in a calming gesture.
"Hey, hey, it's gonna be alright. Try to take a few deep breaths and I can explain what's going on."
B.
Well this was a less than ideal way to handle the new arrivals. But what choice did they have? Touya found himself wishing, probably for the two hundredth time in his life, that he could be in six places at once, but as it was, his workload was about to get quintupled in only one day. He still had three or four newer Drifters he'd been assigned to still relying on his help, and now he was being assigned at least twenty more...
As the (pretty cheesy looking) orientation video faded out and the lights in the hall were being turned back on, Touya turned to his group of newbies and held out a set of pens and brochures.
"Well now that that's over... hey everyone, I'm Kinomoto Touya, I'll be the one to help you get adjusted here in the interim. Some of the information in these pamphlets is a little outdated, but these should help with some of the bigger questions. If you have any other questions, I'm here to answer them. I'll give you my cell number, too, so you'll want to write that down for when we get you your own device. You'll be able to call or text me pretty much any time if you have any troubles. Just... try not to bother me at three in the morning unless it's an emergency, yeah?"