event } lime, coconut, explosions

[seeingyou]

WHO: All y’all
WHAT: A nice vacation to ease everyone in
WHERE: Various locations on Alkonost Island, including Navi
WHEN: Sept 12-30
WARNINGS: Use ‘em in your threads if needed!

Welcome to Alkonost, the beautiful tropical island on the planet Tetagari where you have just made an emergency crash landing! You’ll be here for a while, so settle in and get cozy with your new shipmates until Navi is repaired and ready for takeoff.

Alkonost is a small island with an eponymous beachfront village, with the rest of the land covered in tropical rainforest, dry forest, and grasslands. Most of the land is still wild, as the Alkonost population is centered at the beach, though ancient ruins can be found a bit more inland. Alkonostians are a humanoid, amphibious people, with light green skin, gills, and webbed fingers; they are friendly and welcoming to tourists, business contacts, and intergalactic refugees alike.

Speaking of business, the main exports of Alkonost are various types of fish, shell jewelry, and a unique, dark red pearl that is only cultivated in the waters surrounding the island. These red pearls are highly prized on other islands and provide the bulk of income for the Alkonost population. They’ve also recently attracted a band of pesky pirates, which has taken to raiding export ships and even the pearl farms themselves, on occasion. Warning signs are posted near the shoreline and will be explained by locals if asked.

While visiting, you can elect to work as part of a fishing or pearl farming crew, or with one of the island’s fruit collection squads, and you’ll be paid daily in fresh fish and equally fresh fruit. For necessities of the non-consumable sort, the village open-air market is open every day for all of your shopping needs. Otherwise, grab some sun on the beach, dance and sing around bonfires at night, get to know your fellow passengers, or just chill on the ship and get to know Navi.

Comments

[eyediot]

[Jon's with Martin, but. Well. Trying to be a bit more composed. He doesn't think a computer AI will understand the very human need for niceties like 'please'.]

We were just. A little confused about, um. This ship and what it does, does it. Have the capability of time discrepancies?

[seeingyou]

[navi’s head tilts quizzically toward jon, like they don’t quite understand the question.]

The ship is me - I am the ship. What do you mean by “time discrepancies”?

[secreteary]

Jon and I- [pointing back and forth between them] -are from two completely different points in time. There's almost a two year difference! What do you have to say about that?

[seeingyou]

[navi’s solid black eyes follow martin’s gesture back and forth between jon and himself. navi can sense martin’s agitation but doesn’t understand why they’re the specific target of it, except for the part where their passengers have a history of agitation over their situation. navi blinks slowly and calmly.]

Time is a construct.

[yep ... that’s what navi has to say about that.]

[eyediot]

So.... cryptic. Not very helpful.

[He looks at Martin, rubbing at his bandaged hand nervously. Then back to Navi.]

So it just doesn't... have any real process to follow?

[secreteary]

[Martin groans in irritation. to his credit, he doesn't lash out, but instead pushes his glasses up to pinch the bridge of his nose for a moment of grounding and temperance.]

Could you elaborate, please? Time might be a "construct" to you, but it's a linear experience to...to humans like us.

[seeingyou]

[well, that was apparently not the right answer. a wave of lightly frustrated confusion goes out from navi via the glyphlink.]

I’m sorry, I would like to be more helpful but I don’t understand what you’re asking me. It seems that you’re both familiar with concept of time and how it works - you say you experience it in a linear fashion, so what would you like me to elaborate on?

[secreteary]

[breathe. calm down.

inhale.

exhale.

good.]

I...am from a point in time that happens two years after the point in time that Jon is from. I would like to know...how. And why.

[...]

Please.

[seeingyou]

[ahhh, ok, that makes more sense. and the “please” is appreciated - hell, anything better than outright hostility and yelling is appreciated. navi nods slowly.]

The reason you are here, as far as we can tell, is because of a rift in the fabric of space-time. People such as yourselves are brought here from different realities and times, but we don’t know why. The arrivals, as well as the people affected, seem to be entirely random. Tim has suggested studying the phenomena after my remaining people have been located, so we may have a better answer then, but I don’t think that will be our focus for a long time.

[secreteary]

[well, that name is a punch in a the gut. Martin takes a second to get his bearings.]

"Your remaining people"?

[seeingyou]

[navi tilts their head in a questioning manner; they don't understand what caused that sudden, anguished sensation coming from martin. but they don't ask, instead focusing on answering the question.]

My people are called the Navigators. We escaped from our Creators, and those who survived and have managed to evade capture are scattered to any number of points in this universe.