pigeonhq starters!

location: starlight falls

location: outside avatar edition

where: turntable express

the record store is dimly lit, with only the glow from the counter lamp and a few overhead lights providing illumination. mercury is sorting cassettes from a cardboard box, slow and methodical. he hums starman quietly as he works, lost in his own little world for the time being.

when he hears the telltale ring of the bell alerting him that someone has entered the store, he looks up, pushing his glasses further up on his nose. he gives a small smile at the newcomer before continuing his work. "if you're here for something specific, i can help. if you're just browsing...take your time. i'm in no rush."

location: observatory

on days that kermit isn't working, he likes to spend some of his time in the observatory. he finds a sense of peace in being able to look out into the vastness of space, like somehow, he just knows everything will be okay when he looks out there. it's a silly thought, but it provides him some comfort, leaving earth wasn't an easy choice for him.

he hadn't been able to sleep much, tossing and turning in his bed, so he decided to come here. it had to be the very early hours of the morning, but then again, time didn't really matter here. he looks into the screen displaying footage of outer space, sitting cross-legged in front of it. when he hears footsteps approaching, he turns his head in their direction. "morning. or...whatever time it is here. i didn't think anyone would be up this early. you have trouble sleeping too?"

Milo wandered without hurry, drifting from one display to the next, fingertips brushing along the edges as his eyes traced each label in quiet fascination—velvet static, sunburst delirium, midnight hush, neon confession, gravity sleep. None of them sounded real, not in the practical sense; they read like moments, like moods, like something you’d feel at 2 a.m, something between here and there. Part of him supposed they were exactly that, each one specifically designed to fulfill any needs a person could seek. Sleep, lessen stress, become one with zero gravity.

He lingered on one vape, then another, turning a sleek device over in his hand as if it might tell him more if he looked long enough. His head tilted slightly, attention snagging on the presence of someone nearby, and he glanced sidelong at them briefly. “Do you suppose there is a universal vape?” he asked, curiously, giving the device a small, absent spin between his fingers. “One that you can change the flavor with the turn of a knob, or do you suppose you have to refill them every time?”

Open starter for @pigeonstartLocated in any communal part of the ship

Eurydice had had no issues with operating her Cosmo Link since take off, naturally, as someone who worked on the team that developed, refined, and maintained the technology. Not everyone had gotten the hang of the new technology so quickly, however, and so Eurydice had found herself having what felt like more conversations in the past week than she had had in her entire life before the starship.

Open starter for @pigeonstart Located at Another World Virtual Reality Centre

Bo wasn't feeling particularly ready to to dive into any virtual reality scenarios just yet, not with the throbbing shiner consuming a great part of his face. The thought of encasing a black eye in those goggles made him wince, but even so, he had come to check out what was available. He had been an avid enjoyer of VR games back on Earth, and while he was excited about his new adventure in his real life, he thought that it was only a matter of time before he'd be going back to his old habits.

"How likely do you think those two will make things on board interesting?" Nodding towards a couple, how they were making out in the hot tub overlooking the stars, before smirking at her acquaintance. "First, they introduced themselves to each other. They swam together, talking, laughter between them. Then, they started fighting over in the water park because that one—" she says, pointing to the tallest of the two, "looked at the lifeguard a second too long. Now, they're kissing and making up in the hot tub, which is definitely need to be disinfected after they're done. All within the past twenty minutes. Now, my theory is that they're already a couple, and taking advantage of this adventure to start a new life and have a little fun by pretending to not know each other. I work fast, but not that fast. What do you think? Already got your eye on anyone, or simply enjoying the beginning of our voyage among the stars?"

👽𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜: burcu yilmaz & up to player ( @pigeonstart )

🧑‍🚀𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗: the acquatic centre

"Did you ever imagine this? Growing up?" Ora stocked up some records before glancing over. It was weird: going to work, as if in any other regular place... Yet if you looked out any window, there was stars. There were planets. "Y'know, when I was a kid, I had a dream where I was lying on a planet, yet there were stars and planets all around me. I was reclining back, just like I would under a tree, but there was no gravity. No spacesuit to keep me safe. Just space, and I could bounce from planet to planet if I wanted to. This feels pretty close to that. It's... surreal. Like any moment, I'll wake up in my shitty bedroom, hearing my shitty roommates throughout our shitty house, ready to tackle Toronto for the day."

👽𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜: morgan "ora" hotchner & up to player ( @pigeonstart )

🧑‍🚀𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗: turntable express

"How ready are you to fuck an alien?" Their grin grew mischievous. "I'm just saying: a lot could happen in the next twenty to twenty-five years before we get there! What if these Cosmo thingamajigs are genetically mutating us, slowing our physical ages to make us live longer and look like we're ten, fifteen years younger than our biological age? What if aliens also move to Mundus Meus, causing us to co-live with them? Do you think they could be homogeneous or diverse, just like humans? What if we could procreate with them? What do you think a human-alien hybrid baby would look like? Ugly-cute or cute-cute or ugly-ugly-but-in-a-cute-way?"

👽𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜: iris clover & up to player ( @pigeonstart )

🧑‍🚀𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗: space gamers