Daycycle 116 [ November 13 - November 26 ]

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daycycle 116

[Nov 13 - Nov 26]

[OOC Plotting for this Daycycle can be found here.]
[The Charity Ball Entertainment post is here.]
[This DC has been extended through 11/26.]

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.

Matt Murdock's office will be assigned to defend the most recent Specials accused of treason. He will not be allowed to contact the traitors directly, but he will be given the task of preparing his cases. He has 48 hours to prepare.

Jack Harkness has been selected to plan the entertainment for tonight's Charity Ball, thanks to the popularity of his performances during the Alpha Talent Show a few days ago. When he asks The Computer for help, several specials are assigned to him. Izzy Lightwood will be his event planning assistant and "Stiles" Stilinski will assist in MCing the night's event. Due to their popularity, all Specials will be approached about being auctioned off for dances in order to help raise money by Jack, Izzy and Stiles. They will also be asked if they're willing to take part in specially planned choreographed dances. Dance lessons will be provided for those that require them during the afternoon hours.

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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 begin at 1800 at the Alpha Museum of Fine Art and will be hosted by The Humanists Alpha Society for the Arts. Tickets to the event are 1000cr and can be bought up until an hour before the event begins. Attendees have been given special permission to wear Old Reckoning clothing for this event only, as long as it is the same color as their clearance level. Specials may notice that many of the Alpha Citizen's outfits have gotten key parts of Old Reckoning clothing wrong, with buttons instead of sequins, for example, or men wearing ties that are much too long and go to their knees. Alpha's Very Special Forces will be present to ensure the safety of those attending.

An entire wing of the museum has been cleared as a makeshift dance floor. In an attached room there are several tables covered in white tablecloths and set with the crystal and china that usually only graces Violet citizen tables. Along the wall is a massive buffet made with real food and including an elaborate ice sculpture. There is a bar in the corner where Alpha's finest spirits are being disbursed freely. For the first hour, the focus is on the food and mingling. The music playing is calming and instrumental. There are some that steal the dancefloor for a slow spin, but the majority of the attendees seem reluctant to move away from the buffet.

And then at approximately 1900, Jack Harkness will take the stage and begin the evening's real entertainment.

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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

[satnalahcsauoyekil]

Zee looks doubtful at that. How could she come here by herself and not look like a loser? Isn't that kind of the literal definition of loser? She's in the younger iteration of the Justice League and she's a bad ass, but at heart, she's still a sixteen year old girl who still has to go to high school. For her, even though Zatanna is largely immune, there is still that instinct to be self-conscious because that's just what sixteen year old girls do.

"I'm having — hic — so much here, I hope they do this every day," she slurs a little with a huge grin. She knows that's an exaggeration of a possibility. Even if they did this more often, every day would be a bit much. She's liking the way she feels after drinking some alcohol and filling her stomach with actual food; she's loving the way she feels like a girl finally, now that she can wear a dress. While she'd never really been a big fan of dresses and skirts back home, it's still nice. It's like making up for the fugly jumpsuits that don't fit her at all which she's been stuck wearing all this time.

"You have really pretty hair," she says suddenly, reaching toward Gracie to touch a lock of it, curling it around her forefinger briefly before realizing belatedly that she's invading someone else's space, and she takes her hand back to herself, cheeks going a bit pink and shoulders and chest wracking with another hiccup mid word. "Sor—hic—sorry."

[dorkify]

Zee is young and as she gets older she'll get more confident (hopefully) and will realize that it doesn't make her a loser to go to events alone. It makes her a loser to stay in when she really wants to go just because she'd have to go alone. However, Gracie is glad that Alcide was kind enough to bring Zee so that she didn't have to come alone, so that she could have fun. She's also glad that another of her friends, Alcide, is here.

Gracie laughs at that. "At least monthly would be nice." She wouldn't mind getting dressed up and having fun like this more often. She likes feeling like a girl as well and of course the food is amazing. She'd almost forgotten what real food tasted like. It would also help everyone keep some weight on. Gracie knows she's lost weight she didn't need to lose because of the soylent.

The compliment makes Gracie beam. "No, it's totally okay," she tells the girl quickly. "And thank you. I like yours though. It's so shiny."

[satnalahcsauoyekil]

Nodding, Zatanna smiles. "I'd take monthly," she agrees. Monthly would be better than once and done, which is what she suspects will actually be the reality. It's kind of a bummer to think about, really, so she's going to try not to think about it. "If for nothing else, for the food alone," she thinks aloud.

The food is probably the biggest benefit of this thing. The dress had been the draw. Zatanna doesn't really like wearing dresses, but it feels a lot nicer to be wearing a dress than a jumpsuit, she'll admit that easily. She'd rather just put on a pair of jeans, but baby steps, she guesses. It's the little things in life, right?

She's glad that Gracie doesn't take offense to being touched without permission and Zee blushes a little at the returned compliment. "Thank you," she says quietly before hiccuping again. "It usually looks nicer like this all the time back home, but this is because I stopped at Lydia's thing before coming here," she admits, suggesting that her hair never looks this nice here in the Alpha Complex, because she never really puts in the effort. Even if she did, it's not like she's got the tools she had back home. There are no flat irons or frizz serum here.

[dorkify]

Gracie looks to the food and nods a little in agreement. "I know. I think I've stuffed myself to bursting at least twice since this thing started." It seems a crime to let all that food just sit there when they know that they'll go back to soylent and very little 'real' food.

The dress had been a draw for Gracie as well, but she hadn't known there would be food. She'd simply wanted to wear something that wasn't a jumpsuit, to feel pretty for a little while instead of frizzy, baggy and plain. She'd much rather have a pair of jeans and a hoody as well, but this is special and she likes that.

She respects personal space, but she doesn't mind having hers invaded a little when the intent is clearly innocent. "I went by Lydia's too!" She even helped a little with some makeup and hair. "She's really nice. My hair is usually pretty frizzy. I've suggested that frizz serum is a thing she should make."