reach the residents

[ximilian]

● ● ● REACH THE RESIDENTS

For any questions you want to ask Viveca or Degar and receive an IC response, please direct them here. Please indicate in the subject line who you are trying to contact.

// VIVECA

Hi, what can I help you with?

// DEGAR

Today was gonna be the day, but they'll never throw it back to you. And by now, you should've somehow realized what you're not to do.

▶ NAV

Comments

[starer]

[A huge purple alien used a bunch of stones to wipe out half of life in the universe. So maybe the concept of magic should be a little more familiar to him that it is. But rather than belabor the point-]

16th December 1991.

[The night the Winter Soldier killed Howard and Maria Stark. The night Hydra got their hands on copies of the real serum.]

If I want to undo that, what else would I need to give up?

[vivecai]

... ah.

[ a soft exhale — showing her quiet understanding of the significance of that particular date. ]

Bucky —

[ there's conflict in her voice, wanting to help him and yet not wanting to doom him to another contract, and in the end, she sighs. ]

That will be between you and the Orb. You can offer it something and hope it accepts... or wait to see what it asks you. Just, remember... you have the chance to deny it, or bargain with it. If it senses weakness in you, it won't show you mercy. The Orb isn't making the bargains out of kindness.

( ooc mod note: if bucky ends up wanting to go ahead with the regret change, please approach the mods about that and we can figure out a suitable price for the regret change! )

[starer]

What kind of things does it usually ask for? Cause it's not like I've got much to give.

[Not that he really has a choice. One way or another, he needs to change his regret. So if the orb can really sense those kinds of things, he knows he won't be coming out of it on top]

Pretty sure a couple of knives ain't gonna cut it.

[...no pun intended, of course.]

[ooc: Sure. I'll go hit up the contact post now!]

[vivecai]

It depends on a lot of things. [ what his regret is, how big it is, how desperate he is when asking for the change. ]

But whatever it is, it will be something valuable to you. For a pianist, it might be their ability to play the piano. It might be your memories of one single person. It might be binding you to this station forever. It will be significant... that is all I can say with certainty.

[starer]

I've gotta go back home after this. That's the whole reason I want to change my deal.

[Because if he's stuck between dying or being trapped here, he's not too sure there's really a difference. And his memories, well... Those will always be off-limits.]

How do I talk to it?

[vivecai]

I understand.

[ for a moment, she sounds almost wistful — but as she keeps speaking, it's very matter-of-fact again. ]

Since you're not in the immediate vicinity of any orb, the easiest way is to sleep. It'll know, and it'll speak to you... much like you were originally contacted to come here in your sleep.