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alphacomplex2014-11-01 09:59 am
thecomputer) wrote in alphacomplex2014-11-01 09:59 am
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DAY 00
[Good afternoon, Citizens!
Your consciousness blurrily returns as the transport tube your comatose body was stored in opens up, admitting you access to an unfamiliar room. One wall is covered by vertical tubes, one occasionally sliding open to admit another confused person. The wall across from you has a sign saying "PROCEED TO CENTRAL HUB", with an arrow pointing at a red doorway in the corner. The wall to your right contains an unlabeled, dusty, and poorly-lit hallway with blue walls, floor, and ceiling. You can't see the end from here.
Somewhere on your person, you will find a thin, smartphone-sized object that wasn't there before. One side of it is lit up with a red background and a number of disabled menu items. Most of the screen is taken up by another message saying "PROCEED TO CENTRAL HUB".
What is this place, anyway? And who are these people stumbling in through the transport tube array?]
[[Beyond the three prompts below, anyone may start their own prompts to mingle or go off and do their own thing or whatever else they want!]]
Your consciousness blurrily returns as the transport tube your comatose body was stored in opens up, admitting you access to an unfamiliar room. One wall is covered by vertical tubes, one occasionally sliding open to admit another confused person. The wall across from you has a sign saying "PROCEED TO CENTRAL HUB", with an arrow pointing at a red doorway in the corner. The wall to your right contains an unlabeled, dusty, and poorly-lit hallway with blue walls, floor, and ceiling. You can't see the end from here.
Somewhere on your person, you will find a thin, smartphone-sized object that wasn't there before. One side of it is lit up with a red background and a number of disabled menu items. Most of the screen is taken up by another message saying "PROCEED TO CENTRAL HUB".
What is this place, anyway? And who are these people stumbling in through the transport tube array?]
[[Beyond the three prompts below, anyone may start their own prompts to mingle or go off and do their own thing or whatever else they want!]]
LOADING AREA
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I won't accept this breach of justice! Whoever's responsible, come forward immediately!
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Perhaps with careful deliberation, this emotional, enclosed environment could be easily comprehended. He just has to maintain a calm mind and not jump to any conclusions and there's the shiv.]
TAKE ME HOME, MORONIC CREEPERS, BEFORE I SLICE OPEN YOUR STOMACH AND PUT A STAKE IN YOUR HEART! VAMPIRE STYLE.
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[At this point, "you wake up somewhere you weren't before" was more-or-less standard. But as the girl with white hair looks around, she notices one thing that was clearly not: she had even less idea where this was than where she was before.]
...this place is completely different.
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Why.
[He rolls over to his back and groggily opens his eyes.]
... Oh. Bloberta, I told you not to redecorate. You know the neighbors talk when they see our house doesn't look exactly like theirs.
[He turns over, grumbling and still lying on the ground, and sees... another person, being let out of the transport tube.]
Why are you in my bedroom?
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No, this is definitely not where he was before, that much is certain.
It might honestly be a little worrisome that someone managed to get the drop of him.]
This is new.
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Re: LOADING AREA
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BLUE CORRIDOR
You probably shouldn't let it reach zero.]
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Well, that was worth a try.
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CENTRAL HUB
On the north wall, over a door labeled "LOYALTY CHAMBER", the room is dominated by a huge video screen. It simply reads "PLEASE STAND BY", but as soon as all twenty people are present, it switches to an emblem of a massive eye, looking down at the gathered crowd. It speaks, the voice sounding almost human.]
Congratulations, Citizens! You have been selected for Alpha Complex's 230th Computer-Sanctioned Team-Building Exercise! For the next several days, you will all learn the true meaning of teamwork while getting to know your peers. Once you have demonstrated a proper appreciation for the value of teamwork, you may return to your designated Home Sectors.
The rules of this team-building exercise are now available on the PDC. Your roles will be assigned as soon as night begins.
Thank you for your cooperation, and remember that treasonous elements lurk around every corner!
[After that speech, the PDCs are unlocked, with all basic functions enabled. The Computer will remain active for ten minutes to 'answer' any questions, after which the screen will switch back to showing the current time and PLEASE STAND BY.]
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[ You'd think that after 10 years of being dead, a guy would be ready to eat just about anything, but now, as Yomiel stares at the FunFood before him, he finds... ]
Never mind, I've lost my appetite.
[ Just gonna... push that aside and pretend he's not totally sulking about it. ]
2 - Personal Unconsciousness Areas
[ It has not escaped Yomiel's notice that there are more people (currently) in the "exercise" than there are functional bedrooms, and, as such, he's moved to claim one for his own early on. (One of the ones nearest the hallway back to the Central Hub and Hygiene Sector, to be exact--when you style your hair this elaborately, you need all the shower time you can get in the morning.) He hasn't bothered to lock the door, so if anybody checks to see if the room's occupied, they'll find him there in the chair, focused on whatever it is he's doing on his PDC.
It might take him a while to notice he has company. ]
Food Sector
[Mukuro's got an extra-large helping of Hot flavor FunFoodâ„¢ of her own, idly chomping on it with no apparent objection to the taste or texture.]
[1/2]
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Central Hub
Okay! I know the situation is suspicious, but if we're going to be stuck together for a while after this, we should all get to know one another!
[And SALUTE.]
My name is Seryu Ubiquitous, age twenty, imperial knight! My main hobby is justice!
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Er...it's nice to meet you. What do you mean, your hobby is justice?
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For the time being, though? Enclosed spaces have never been anything that he's particularly thrilled about, let's put it that way, and he's got to do something with himself lest he get a bit agitated.
He's not bothering with the mundane things (like figuring out how food works around here, claiming a damn bedroom, actually doing things that might be beneficial in any way, shape or form) because as far as he's concerned that's all secondary; for the time being he's pacing the corridors, his hand trailing lightly along the wall next to him. His eyes are half-lidded; he seems pretty lost in thought, all things considered.
Granted, when he's not there he may be making an attempt to socialize, albeit a bit of an awkward one; don't be surprised if he collides with you at some point in time. Literally collides, though the hit is gentle; nothing more than an accident, someone walking into you because he wasn't paying attention to where he was going.]
Wow, sorry about that –
[The apology is rushed and seems a bit too flippant for its own good, but at the very least he'll have reached out for your arm to make sure that you're steady on your feet.
His touch lingers for about half a second too long, which is definitely a thing, but hey, maybe he's just an awkward kind of guy.]
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[The dark, purple-haired girl give him a tiny smile, her expression pleasantly blank. Meanwhile, the tiny monkey-shaped mouse (mouse-sized monkey?) on her shoulder gesticulates angrily.
If she's bothered by the prolonged touch, she doesn't seem to show it.]
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If it weren't for the incredibly unfamiliar technology, he'd be rather content to assume this was some scheme the others had cooked up to get rid of him. (It still might be, how would Greed really know the difference?)
He starts out in the corridors, trying to get a good idea of the layout of this place. Greed isn't entirely certain how to go about claiming a bedroom-- or if he even needs to, so he doesn't worry about it.
After getting a feel for the layout, Greed can be found in the food sector curiously examining the strange... whatever the hell it is that passes for food in this place.
He's not doing much in the way of trying to socialize, but he does mutter to himself once in a while under his breath.]
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You can find him around the personal unconscious areas, claiming one of the bedrooms for himself. It didn't take long for him to realize that there aren't enough bedrooms for twenty people so he's going to get this out of the way early.
Later he'll be in the food sector, with a few samples of FunFoods. He just looks at the "food" with a disgusted expression before taking a bite... and he immediately regrets his life decisions because this isn't worthy of being called food, it's edible disappointment and misery. ]
...What is this crap?
[ He doesn't particulary feel like eating more so he'll just take out the portable chessboard he had with him. Thank heavens his abductors at least let him keep this thing - Aristotle once said that chess will raise your spirits and be your counselor in war, so maybe it'll help him figure out what to do with their current situation.
Taking out the pieces, he sets up a problem to prompt his brain into thinking mode. ]
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What's that?
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food sector;
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Despite her whole demeanor, she was pretty freaked out by what she'd heard and seen. Having to kill people? She was just in the middle of a mess like that back home! Juniper was still awaiting a guilty verdict, even though she never did anything! There was no way Junie did anything wrong!
Ugh. At least the beds were soft. Robin had spent a few minutes in the unconsciousness area trying whatever bed she saw by flopping onto it and groaning loudly into the sheets. It helped the stress a little, but not much.
She didn't like the corridors at all. There were no decorations, or windows for that matter. It couldn't be farther from the hallways of Themis academy. She slammed her hands against the walls, clearly frustrated by how claustrophobic the are was. There just wasn't any passion here, no art.]
corridors!
Given what we're here to do, breaking your hands might not be the smartest idea.
[His own hand remains pressed lightly against the wall; he's been...checking things.]
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It's one of the ways to not only investigate, but to get the upper hand. After all, this is, in part, a competition. Depending on what team she'd be on, she'd either have to kill five or fifteen people. She'd rather not have to kill anyone, especially since this involved not only complete strangers, but someone she actually knew, but it can't be helped. She didn't have much of a choice in the matter.
Nevertheless, she's keeping composed as she quickly heads towards the unconscious area first; although she doesn't have any plans on staying here as long as that computer said they would be staying, she needs to take on precautionary measures. One being to find the comfiest bed first before anybody else gets there. Which means potential arguing between people over the beds. Though she does also notice that there are four extra rooms that are out of order. She knows there are twenty of them, but were there initially supposed to be more? Or were those rooms out of order because of their last game? The voice did say that this was the 230th time, after all. . .
After a short nap - which, honestly, was just Rin thinking things over in her head, keeping track of her conversations, especially with Sakura having different memories than she did. And the fact that she called her "nee-san". Older sister. It was surreal, even though she knew that they were related by blood. But she had already cut all ties with her. This is troublesome.
After a while, she's going to be staring at the gross food in the food sector with the spoon, sticking her tongue out in disgust. This is just ridiculous; they should have just allowed them to at least cook their own food... ]
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Central Hub
Need something?
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Any reason you've decided to camp out here and not use one of the rooms?
[He'd honestly just been passing by, but she has his attention now.]
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Central Hub Again!!
[some may or may not have noticed a tiny purple haired kid mostly sticking to himself and away from the crowd ever since they woke up from their transport pods. while everyone's doing official, polite introductions, he finally speaks up]
Listen up! Instead of shaking hands and trying to pin down who's going to be your new best buddy here, you all better be taking this sci-fi novel reject of an experiment seriously. It's pretty stupidly obvious we don't belong here, and I don't know or care about you guys, but I intend to play this straight and get back home.
If you're going to waste time "getting to know" each other, I suggest you sort out who's the dead weight and who wants to win.
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[ Her voice is dripping with sarcasm at this point as she stares Paul down with a menacing, yet "I'm superior than you" glare. ]
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LOADING AREA
However, the next bit is a bit less expected. Ten minutes later, a pod slides into one of the transport tubes, and another Moge-ko emerges, complete with all memories up to moment of destruction.
If you check your PDCs, you may notice that one of the User IDs has changed: It now reads "Mogeko-R-███-2".]
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ITS A ZOMBIE! STAB HER IN THE BRAIN BEFORE SHE INFECTS THE REST OF US!
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tags u again on the same mingle w/e w/e
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Tell me how to make pruno out of this stuff, robot!!
[The man lies down in fetal position, hyperventilating. He's surrounded by packets of FunFoods and the man has no idea what to do with any of them.]
At least give me that...
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...sir? Are you alright? If you're looking for something better to eat, I can try to help.
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LOADING AREA, AGAIN
Attention, Citizens! In the spirit of team-building, the termination of your fellow participants outside of the rules of the exercise is frowned upon. Accordingly, Citizen Mogeko-R-███-2 has been given one penalty, in addition to a reduction in Clearance Level. However, since her Clearance Level cannot be reduced any further, this has been increased to two penalties.
Thank you, and have a nice day!
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This is just getting stupid!
[...Thank you, Kimbley.]
Look, someone else here had a damn point earlier - this is a team-building exercise, right? We're put here and told that we're going to have to play this stupid game because some fuckhead decided that was a good idea - I don't know about all of you, but I'm not exactly here for that sort of thing, so I'd suggest that you guys all just sit the hell down.
Especially the damn idiot who keeps getting herself blipped off the map!
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I said I was waiting for the stupid speeches to start earlier; I didn't think they'd have to be mine. Don't make me make another one.
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Yeah! Listen to him, man! Stop killing each other, it's not natural!
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[After her earlier indignities, Moge-ko was desperately in need of something to make herself look better. So she looked at the food selection available to her. And began screaming.]
Where's the proscuitto? Marshmellows? Macarons? What's this stuff?! Moge-ko needs a cheer-up meal! This isn't a cheer-up meal!
Personal Unconsciousness Areas
[After choking down the unappetizing meal, Moge-ko had gone to the bedrooms to do the only thing left to cheer her up: taking naps. Now she's curled up in a bed dozing off when her ears twitch at the sound of footsteps.]
Sorry. ♪ This room's Moge-ko's. ♪
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[...Hold on, she's not here yet. Robin heard Moge-ko from the corridor.
Okay, she's here now.]
All this place has is that green slop!
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EVERYWHERE
Attention, Citizens! Night curfew begins in one hour. Please proceed to your Personal Unconsciousness Areas. At 22:00, the doors will be locked.
If anybody is outside of their Personal Unconsciousness Areas when the curfew begins, they will be executed immediately.
[This is probably a good time to sort out the last issue: There are 20 of you, and only 16 rooms. Who's doubling up?]
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[At least she was already planning on leaving the tent for tonight. ...Is she permanently rooming with Moge-ko now? This is a problem.]
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