Daycycle 112 [ October 16 - October 22 ]

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daycycle 112

[Oct 16 - Oct 22]

[OOC Plotting for this Dacycle can be found here.]

Early Morning [0800 - 0900] — All Troubleshooters Report for Duty

No Special Troubleshooters have been selected for a mission this morning.

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Morning & Afternoon [0900 - 1600] — Service Firm Positions
All Troubleshooters not assigned a mission should report to their Service Firm for their daily duties, unless specifically assigned a different shift.

Free Enterprise is pushing a new, adjusted street form of No Fear (Dynomorphin). The original pharmaceutical is meant for those in Ultraviolet ranks, but this form is much dirtier, cheaper and more addictive. In order to get people hooked, they've put a healthy dose in the wagon wheel's ORANGE and RED level coffee-like supplies. The drug causes a very bullet proof feeling of euphoria. Side effects include paranoia, hallucinations, increased sociability, increased sex drive, panic attacks, excited delirium - extreme agitation and violence, and the temporary loss of feeling in nerve endings (inability to feel pain). A standard dose lasts four hours. Withdrawal symptoms include nosebleeds, sweating, nausea, dehydration and blinding migraines. For those that want more of the drug, Free Enterprise will make it easily accessible.

At 1200, a squad of Grey Ops will arrive at Medical Services to escort Caitlin Snow away for suspected treason. Anyone asking for additional information will be told it's classified and warned not to continue asking questions. Approximately fifteen minutes later another squad of Grey Ops will arrive at Internal Security to lead Vision away. Anyone asking for additional information will be given the same party line.

At 1400 today, Jack Harkness will be summoned by Mind Control to the Production offices on the twenty fifth floor. There he will be offered a position in Media Production where he will assist with the Teela O'Malley show. This position will come with a clearance level promotion of ORANGE, since the talk show star doesn't associate with anyone of lower clearance level. Jack will be responsible for ramping up the excitement levels of the live audience and the personal entertainment of the star.

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Evening [1600 - 2200] — Citizen Improvement
All Alpha citizens are encouraged to better themselves through Alpha’s wide variety of educational, entertainment and cultural opportunities offered each evening. Attending these sanctioned events are not mandatory, but is highly encouraged by The Computer. Citizens choosing not to take advantage of these opportunities, have a growing number of other options available to them in how to spend their hard earned credits and free time.

Tonight’s event will be at 1900 in Meeting Room G, Wagon Wheel Floor 24 and will be hosted by the Alpha Smiling Club. Join us tonight for refreshments and tips on faking it until you make it!

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Alpha Curfew Restrictions
All Alpha citizens should be in their quarters within the Wagon Wheel by 2200, unless they’ve been given permission from a GREEN or higher clearance level citizen. Sleeping Aid gas is dispelled each night in the Wagon Wheel at 2200 to assist citizens in getting a productive sleeping period.

Confession Booths
There are hundreds of confession booths available around Alpha Complex if a citizen would like to communicate directly with the computer. Please use these confession booths to report mission statuses, report treason or terrorist acts, unregistered mutants, confess your trespasses against Alpha Complex, request propaganda or speak with Your Friend, The Computer, at any time.

Comments

[im_ironman]

"You have my word, you'll be made aware of all of the upgrades."

He's just really excited at just the opportunity to actually get to work on a bot that wasn't the Computer itself. Tony has been salvaging pieces here and there from work, things that he knows wouldn't be missed so that he could build something, but having the chance to actually tinker on the PetBot is enough to lift his spirits more than even finding out that he was being released from the hospital today.

At her laugh, Tony can't help but laugh as well. "Oh. Yeah, I guess I could. And good, I'm glad you didn't mean that, because I already know that particular business venture wouldn't get very far."

As they make their way to the back, Tony's curiosity grows with pretty much every step that they take. He doesn't know where she's taking him, so it's hard to tell what to even expect, but when she reveals the 'secret lair' he lets out a low whistle under his breath as he looks around. "Wow, kiddo, this is...quite a space." Especially the whole production, with the machines and the robot men moving about. He almost even asks what the machines that were shut off would be used for, but suddenly Lydia is speaking, and Tony blinks over at her in surprise.

"Seriously?" It's asked more in disbelief than anything else, because he really hadn't been expecting that. And it should be easy to say yes, because hell yes this would be a great opportunity to be able to do something away from the eyes of the Computer, but...there's Cisco. As much as he hates the AI that is his supervisor, he actually enjoys working with Cisco, and leaving him behind feels wrong. And, well, he'd miss him, too. Besides, they work well together, which is rare for Tony to actually find in someone, and all of that is what makes it hard for him to accept without even thinking about it.

But, with his mind thinking about it, he's also thinking of the possibilities. Not only of what he can build, but what he and Cisco could build away from prying eyes.

"I'm flattered, Lydia. Really flattered, actually, and I'd love to." He pauses, briefly. "What... If you don't mind me asking, other than me, were you thinking of adding anyone else to the staff you're allowed to have?"

[sanguinescry]

"That's such a shame," she teases. "This place could really use some better options gifts to give," she adds with a little smirk. In a place, though, where real food is a hot commodity, she tends to think that Tony picked really well from the limited selection available to him. Maybe she'll have to start working on edibles, too...functional as soap but edible. It's a thought worth shelving for now to consider later. It probably isn't possible in a place like this, or if it is, it'll be expensive as hell to manufacture, but maybe someday it'll be worth doing.

His whistle earns him a nod and little grin. "I know, right? I thought you might like that," she says. Lydia isn't all that impressed because she hasn't ever been all that interested in machinery but someone like Tony? It makes sense that he might be interested in the back room at her shop more than she is. Tony's initial question is met with a nod. "Seriously," she assures him.

It isn't a selfless decision on her part. Sure, she'll be doing Tony a favor, giving him a mechanical lab and a legitimate reason to order supplies for whatever he wants to do and there's no way anyone can question whether he's using them "correctly" or not, because as long as he stays within the guidelines of ordering parts for machines or bots that she already has, no one would even think to check. The machines and bots are all in working order, but they're not perfect and it isn't inconceivable that she might hire a mechanical engineer or someone with that skill set to come in and soup them up. The production value would be the same, in the end, as far as the average Alpha would be able to tell, anyway. This is entirely a win-win, she thinks. He gets those benefits and she reaps the benefits of weapons that might actually be useful and which, even better, aren't available on the Infrared Market for the right price. That's the important part. Tony will have the advantage of knowing exactly what's available with just the smallest bit of research. He'll be able to develop things that can trump the available weapons force and no one else will have the same ability to research what they'll be up against. All in all, until he's ready or able to reach out to the Computer to ask about his own lab to create new, more safe but effective weaponry to keep Alpha Complex safe and under control — or whatever verbiage he might use to butter the Computer up the way she did with her soaps — this is the safest way they can function in this vein.

Lydia smiles when he takes her offer but her eyebrows lift with curiosity when he goes on to ask whether she was thinking about adding to her staff. "I...hadn't really thought about it much?" she asks more than says. "I don't need anyone on my staff. I'm not hiring you to actually work for me — although, it wouldn't suck if you could actually maintain the machines and bots for me once in a while as needed — you know? They kind of do everything I need them to do on their own, now, so...I hadn't considered asking anyone else," she admits. "...why?" Translation: who did you have in mind and how does it benefit me to take them on?