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

[whattingawhat]

It's funny (or it would be if they weren't the ones with the issues) how each of them respond so differently to bad relationships. Honestly, she'd hoped that Alcide would react to how she looks dressed up. She's reacting to how he looks dressed up; she's simply more subtle, but she's currently thinking that she's very glad she told Derek not to let her get naked with anyone during or immediately after this party. It's not that she doesn't want to get naked with Alcide (quite the opposite actually) but she doesn't want to confuse and muddle whatever relationship they've got (or are in the process of building) with more sex. Plus, she's got to figure out how she feels about Spike not being here and what she's going to do about that before she actually starts any sort of romantic relationship. It's Alcide's interior, rather than his exterior, that puts Buffy in danger of falling in love with him. Yes, he's gorgeous, but gorgeous means very little in the long run. She'd learned that with Angelus.

She shrugs a little. Buffy isn't sure it makes sense, but it is what it is. At least they can choose not to drink the bubble drink if that's what they want.

Swaying is good. She likes swaying. She rests her head on his chest and closes her eyes for a moment. She's basking. She thinks she's earned that. When he finally speaks, it's a rumble in her ear and she lifts her head to look up at him, a smile tugging at the corners of her mouth. She hadn't thought about the invitation; she'd just blurted it out so she hadn't had time to form any expectations of his answer, but it's clear that his agreement to go dancing with her makes her happy. "Yeah?" She's giving him that sunshiney smile that's hard not to smile back at. "We could go in a few days. I mean if that worked out okay for you. Maybe right after dinner, just head down there and--it'll be fun."

[rouxgaroux]

Fewer complications would be nice. Although Alcide isn't sure he would know what to do without them. He's more accustomed to working around them than he probably should be. When he'd been younger there would have been a time when being with someone who wasn't a wolf, someone who wasn't pack, would be unheard of. Wolves in his world can be very insular for the most part. But at some point along the way, Alcide broke away from that way of life and that line of thinking. He's different from the rest. And he doesn't want to go backwards.

When she smiles like that, Alcide finds it hard not to smile too. His lips slowly pull into one that makes him look just a little bit goofy, he thinks, so he quickly gets that under control so that it's just a small grin.

"I like that idea. Less fancy. Smaller affair. Just you for company. I'm good with that." The song ends and they're still swaying slightly - until Alcide notices they're doing it and he stops, his hand slipping away from Buffy's waist but the hand holding hers still lingering a moment longer before letting go too. "Guess I should go find Zee... make sure she's not too drunk to stand up." He says this with fondness. Zee's his best friend.

[whattingawhat]

In all honesty, Buffy wouldn't know what to do without those complications either. She probably should consider dating someone 'normal' again, but someone normal will get killed in her world. Someone normal won't understand the complications that come with being the slayer and despite the fact that she is neither slayer nor is he wolf here, she still thinks that's some of Alcide's appeal. He knows what it's like to live in the supernatural world. They understand each other.

She likes that goofy smile, likes that she can make him smile that that when he doesn't ordinarily smile like that.

Now it's her turn to smile like a goof, ducking her head so that it hides the smile a little. She doesn't notice the lack of music either, to be honest, not until he stops dancing. She nods a little, disappointed that he doesn't want to dance a little more, but he's right: he needs to go check on Zee. "Okay. Good luck. Besides, I'll see you later tonight."

Room mates, after all.