#this story ended up meaning so much to me
The misfit cast of a one-shot of the dialectsystem my friends and I played last summer. We played as a doomed Martian colony in the years after losing contact with Earth, in a social climate of political dissidence, alienation, conspiracy and religious zealotry. To the surprise of absolutely no one, it ended in absolute fucking tragedy and completely over the top gay angst.
The mother of Mars, and the death of them all. Hippie turned cult leader, preaching the colony’s inevitable unity with the red planet, and at the end, brings it by her own hands.
Doc:@hgb94
The colony’s last qualified medical practicioner, and the martyr. Nota qualified therapist, but hasn’t bothered correcting anyone on that. Infiltrates the cult and seduces Juno in a last attempt to stop her plans. She falls in love with Rigby too late, but gets to die in her arms.
Rigby:@nilim
Black market trader and profiteer. Has little loyalty for anyone but her loved ones, and as the state of the colony worsens over the years, goes from making the most out of the situation, to trying to assure the survival of the few people she cares about. In the end, she fails to convince them to flee. She chooses to die with Doc.
Napoleon:@kimabutch
Head engineer, and their last figure of authority. Old friend of Juno, parent figure to Lackey, and carries the weight of the colony as it all starts to come down. In the end, they die in a last attempt to save just onemore person, as Juno opens every airlock of the habitat at once.
Lackey:
One of the colony’s three rover pilots, and the survivor. Young, idealistic, and fiercely loyal to Napoleon, but begins to keep dangerous secrets once pulled into Rigby’s opportunism. As conflict grows, she has more more hope and trust to lose than anyone. In the end, she is the one to lead the handful surviving colonists away from the habitat’s hollow remains.
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