Infinite Stars - Visual Novel

09/12/2024

Tabitha Diary Entry B7

Location – UIC Tabitha, Engines Room

User - ▋▋▋ ▋▋ ▋▋▋

Time – 4:00 SET

Well, the engines packed up again.

Luckily, a Cephilusk transport ship was passing by and offered to spot us a replacement for the part that had burnt out in hyperdrive.

Unluckily, they were still wary of us after the whole parasite situation (thank Tabitha we got past that). They refused to come on board and install it for us.

This left the underdeck mechanics with no other option than to try and figure things out via an old-fashioned video call. It was all going swimmingly until the translator began glitching. For all the lessons we've had in Cephilusk etiquette, none of it could've prepared us for the absolute maze that was navigating half-translated Cephilusk metaphors.

The Cephilusk mechanic, Mehlunk, was more than happy to help though. From what we could assume from her expression, she was having a blast. Turns out she loves humans.

Next time though, we should just call on the Mah’Abeu.

02/12/2024

Tabitha Diary Entry B6

Location – UIC Tabitha, Medbay

User - ▋▋▋ ▋▋ ▋▋▋

Time – 22:00 SET

We gave Cleo his new toy. He wasn't impressed. All he did was give it a few bats before smacking it under a chair and walking away.

We’ve been trying to get him to play with it nearly every day now, but Cleo has absolutely no interest in his mouse.

We tried to entice him by dressing it up with a ribbon and a wire and wiggling it around.

Nothing.

We even tied it to one of the security officers-- Lindiwe was NOT happy-- so he had something to chase while she went on patrol.

Still nothing.

Ah, well. Sure, it cost three months’ worth of savings, but at least he looked happy for the few paws he threw at it.

Worth it.

02/12/2024

Tabitha Diary Entry B8

Location – UIC Tabitha, Deep Storage

User - ▋▋▋▋ ▋▋▋▋

Time – 24:00 SET

Special delivery came in as a gift for one of the Earth ambassadors on Emik-Aloo, 30 years of service with those little guys. He had his choice of just about anything from Earth and he picked an old-old school pinball machine from the 1990’s. Amazing those things even work after all this time.

Going to be honest, we had a feeling the captain knew exactly what was on board when we loaded it – some of us are thinking he even volunteered to drop this off on our course. Rumour has it that the captain – yes, the one who would rather take on pirates with only a hand laser than give up our credits – was actually a pinball wizard back in the day.

Apparently, those were more common back in his day and it was pretty obvious to us under deck that he was going to check it out.

So, we made a trap.

We set up ▋▋▋*error*▋▋in there with a camera, hid them behind the box and they got to be our camera feed – sure enough, we got him.

The man blasted through three high scores within a half hour, didn’t even break a sweat, but our mole got too excited and cheered him on. Blew our cover.

We don’t know what happened to them after that, but our camera got this last still before the feed went dead.

RIP.

28/11/2024

Tabitha Diary Entry B5

Location – UIC Tabitha, Recreation Centre - Gym

User - ▋▋ ▋▋▋▋

Time – 15:34 SET
While members of the crew have a set amount of physical activity they're required to keep up with each month, it's up to them whether they want to go any further than that.

It’s no surprise that when you’re travelling through space on a giant cruiser, there’s only so much you can do to keep yourself busy between stops at refuelling stations.

But if you’re on the security team, maybe this is just what you do for fun. My underdeck sector was in the gym for their routine physical and of course, security was in there.

It was hard to ignore. Ensign Veera spotting for Lieutenant Abbadi, screaming louder than any person her size should possibly be able to. Lieutenant Abbadi was also about one breath away from tossing that barbell into the ceiling. Quite the sight.

It took a while to get some of my team over to the physicals area. I don’t blame them. I think it’s the shorts.

27/09/2024

Tabitha Diary Entry B4

Location – Ukmöngo Galactic Market, Wreth

User - ▋▋▋ ▋▋ ▋▋▋

Time – 12:42 SET

Well, it took a lot of convincing and creative scheming, but we finally did it! We got the Captain to stop at that dodgy backwater bootlegger station.

Some of the crew have been craving Sweet Gloobles, found exclusively in unregulated stores.

Two Standard Earth Time hours of navigating, half an hour of asking for directions, and having to shoo away the same petty thief twice, (He kept trying to peel the access panel from our Dolphin shuttle), we found it!

Arganzul’s cat emporium.

We negotiated to buy a toy mouse from Mr Arganzul himself. It was tedious, as he kept getting distracted by his own merchandise. We settled on the toy mouse, since if we tried to pick anything else up, he would slap it out of our hands.

We returned with our bounty of yummy cat food, a toy mouse, and the closest equivalent to a collar we could find. Cleo is gonna love this!

20/09/2024

🎃 Halloween Art Competition Announcement! 🎃

Greetings, Guys, Ghosts and Ghouls!

We’re thrilled to announce our Halloween Themed Art Competition! 🖌️✨ Show off your creativity and celebrate the spooky season with us and the crew.

The winner will receive a custom in-game character portrait! 🏆
(Curious about how that works, check out this post from Wraiith303: https://www.patreon.com/posts/111974494)

How to Enter:
🎃 Create your Halloween-themed artwork featuring your Mah’Abeu or at least one member of the crew (Cephilusk characters count too!) celebrating Halloween in their costumes.

🎃 Share your artwork on your social media (Instagram, Twitter (X), etc.) with the hashtag for your entry to be valid.

🎃 Post your entry in the Discord server’s creative corner under ⁠unknown or ⁠unknown with a link to your socials where you posted your artwork.
Use the hashtag to ensure your artwork is entered into the competition.

Important Dates:
❌ Closing Date for Entries: Monday, 28th October 2024
🏆 Winner Announcement: Halloween, 31st October 2024 🎃

Rules:
✅ Your art must include your Mah’Abeu or at least one member of the crew celebrating Halloween in their costumes (Cephilusk characters also count as crew).

✅ Remember to post your entry on the Discord server’s creative corner (under ⁠unknown or ⁠unknown with socials) and use the hashtag to ensure it is submitted into the competition.

✅ Share your artwork on your social media (Instagram, Twitter, etc.) with the hashtag for your entry to be valid.

Remember to have fun and let your imagination run wild! We can’t wait to see your amazing creations.

Happy Halloween and good luck to all participants!

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20/09/2024

Tabitha Diary Entry B3

Location - UIC Tabitha

User - ▋▋▋ ▋▋▋

Time - 11:00 SET

We have tried for about a week now to acclimate Cleo and Lahn'kush; even using the old Earth method of keeping Cleo in a room next to him.

It has taken a while but we finally made progress -

Cleo jumped on the table and Lahn'kush hasn't flared his tentacles once!

Lahn'kush has been making a weird sound and hasn't moved yet but our team agreed it is probably friendly!

13/09/2024

Tabitha Diary Entry B2

Location - Emik-Mik Scavenger Ship UT12

User - ▋▋▋ ▋▋▋▋▋

Time - 2:33 SET

The good news is our team was brought on to assist with some bargaining between the UIC Tabitha and a crew of notoriously tech-savvy Mekai-kas.

It gave us the perfect chance to get our hands on some new equipment and upgrades for under the deck.

The bad news is our security head got stuck in their doors. We tried to warn him that Mekai-kas are a very small race.

We are an hour off schedule while they try to wedge him out.

12/09/2024

Tabitha Diary Entry A6

Location - UIC Tabitha

User - ▋▋▋▋ ▋▋▋▋ ▋▋

Time - 20:00 SET

Today we introduced Cleo to things he's never seen before.

07/09/2024

Tabitha Diary Entry B1

Location - UIC Tabitha

User - ▋▋▋▋ ▋▋▋▋ ▋▋

Time - 2:33 SET

Today we introduced our guests to the local fauna of the ship.

Lahn'kush complained about scratching outside the door to the Cephilusk holding and claimed it was some sort of pest. Luckily, our ship has a local pest control officer.

We brought him Cleo, thinking he'd understand that our pest control is run by an animal but instead, we learned two things:

1. Cephilusks have no idea what a cat is.

2. They are absolutely afraid of cats.

We are too afraid to tell him the scratching is probably Cleo... And our team has been put on for Cephilusk etiquette lessons with the Mah'Abeu.