daycycle 122

[Jan 15 - Jan 21]

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

Early, Early Morning [0200 - 0400]
At approximately 0200, several explosive devices planted in Technical Services by PURGE will detonate, damaging several memobanks. In a rush to prepare for the morning upload several Technicians will mistakenly put the wrong memories in the wrong banks. They will catch their mistake before the final upload, but as a result several memories will now be shared across different alpha citizens' consciousnesses. These memories will be experienced as dreams and characters will retain knowledge of them when they wake.

Memory Swap Pairs

Adam Parrish - Derek Hale
Zatanna Zatara - Oliver Queen
Steve Rogers - Ronan Lynch
Katniss Everdeen - Matt Murdock
Morgana LeFey - Tony Stark
Clint Barton - Allison Argent
Isabelle Lightwood - Lydia Martin
Buffy Summers - Barry Allen
Emma Swan - Parker
Cisco Ramon - Gracie Cannell
Natasha Romanoff - Jack Harkness
Primrose Everdeen - Alcide Herveaux

Room 1101 will be woken up at 1200 when a squadron of Internal Security Gray Ops come to arrest Bucky Barnes for treason. He will be led away at gun point and his roommates, Ronan Lynch, Adam Parrish and Oliver Queen will be immediately taken into IntSec for questioning. They will be questioned about the activities of their former roommate for several hours before being sedated and returned to their room before 0500. Bucky's roommates will not remember his arrest or their questioning when they wake, though they may feel the lingering active effects of the sedative for several hours into their day.

The memory of Bucky Barnes having ever been present in Alpha will be erased with varying degrees of success from all those he came into contact with.

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

No Specials will be selected for a mission today.

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

At 0900 it will be discovered that the shooter from Steve Roger's assassination attempt has, ironically, been assassinated along with her guards in Armed Forces the night before. The letters mod will be left written in the shooter's blood along her cell wall.

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 the Commissary and will be overseen by Clint Barton. Izzy Lightwood from Medical Services has been assigned to assist him in giving a demonstration on basic first aid and wound care.

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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

She can understand that, the weird and the uncomfortable. She can't imagine how it would actually feel, but she can understand why he'd feel weird and uncomfortable about it. She murmurs a 'thanks' because she's got no idea what else to say.

Yeah, she notices the way it doesn't reach his eyes. That concern is still on her face. She moves one hand up to rest her palm against his cheek, the pad of her thumb stroking his cheekbone gently. Her brow furrows a little as she tries to follow what he's saying. Gracie isn't dumb by any means, but she's not a genius either.

"So it's kind of like that nightmare that hangs around, the one you can't really get out of your head." She knows that probably doesn't even begin to describe it.

The intimate gesture is a little bit new, but Cisco leans into her touch anyway. She's a comforting presence in this place. It's so dark here all the time and Gracie, she helps him see that sometimes, there's still light.

Her assessment of the situation is simple, but accurate. Cisco nods. "Yeah, sort of. Like a nightmare that hangs around because it feels like you actually went through it at some point, even if you never actually did," he clarifies, because that part is important. He still remembers what it feels like to have his heart stopped when a speedster sticks his hand into his chest to do so. It hurts, by the way. A lot.

But the reality is that it never actually happened to this Cisco sitting here right now. Reverb, yes. Cisco in the other timeline, yes. But not this Cisco, so knowing exactly what it feels like creates a cognitive dissonance that's hard to shake sometimes. Gracie can't ever really understand it, but that's because neither can Cisco and without being able to understand it, he certainly can't explain it. "...are you okay?" he asks, lifting his head away from her hand to push a piece of hair behind her ear. He's used to weird. It doesn't get better, but it gets easier. Gracie's still new to all of this stuff.

It is new, but she hadn't thought twice about doing it. She'd wanted to comfort Cisco and that had seemed a way to do that.

"Oh, Baby," Gracie says quietly, moving in to slide her arms around him and hug him tightly. She really can't imagine how that feels at all, but she hates that Cisco knows how it feels, that he has that memory of being hurt even if he didn't experience it directly.

She pulls back from the hug and nods. "I mean...it's all weird, but it's sort of like...like I've fallen into some sort of book. I feel it, but it's not happening to me. Mostly, I'm just glad that you're okay and that you didn't have to experience anything too embarrassing like....my first hangover and the preceding drunkenness that went with it," she teases him.

In spite of himself, Cisco smiles at the pet name — no one's ever called him that before; it's nice — and he returns her hug in kind, even though he can tell it's meant to comfort him. It's a good feeling, especially in Caitlin's absence, to have physical comfort. With Caitlin, it's entirely pseudo-sibling closeness, but this is nice in its own way.

"Right, yeah, that's what it's like for me, too, I get it," he replies, moving a hand to hold the side of her face. He smiles a bit at that. "Now that sounds more like the kind of memories I'd rather have gotten, though," he teases back affectionately.

He isn't joking, though; he'd rather something with a little more levity, honestly. But what's important is that she's not upset with him. At the situation, sure, that makes sense. But not at him. That's what matters.

Maybe if she had more time to think about that pet name, she wouldn't have used it just because she couldn't be certain that he'd be okay with it. She's grateful for the mutual comfort, because especially in this place she's not going to turn down a hug, nor is she going to miss out on giving it.

She rolls her eyes at that, still smiling though. "Oh really? I'd offer to repeat those memories for your benefit, but I think you'll feel differently when you're the one holding my hair back," she laughs softly.

She does understand that. It would be nice to have the unimportant memories, the ones that don't shape you as a person. She knows he's not responsible for this. "Also, I've heard you do the naming. It's kind of your thing," she teases him.

Laughing a little in spite of the context of the conversation at large, Cisco holds up both hands in a weak defeat before wrapping his arms around her again. "Okay, no you're right, you win. I'll let you have that one," he concedes, admitting defeat. Still, he would prefer memories like that to the ones he got because he imagines that silly-embarrassing would trump the hell out of painful-and-emotional if Gracie had to choose.

A grin crosses his expression and he gives a nod meant to look humble when the smirk is clearly anything but. "I do. I do do the names; it is kind of my thing," he agrees. "I'm pretty proud of some of the ones I came up with, I mean...some of them are pretty freaking good, if you ask me. I'm just saying."

Cisco sighs a little. It's getting kind of late and they probably shouldn't stick around here for too much longer if they want to get back to their rooms before curfew. That'd be a pretty stupid ass thing to get arrested for, wouldn't it? Not being in their rooms by curfew? Totally lame. Cisco leans in and gives her a chaste little kiss. "We should probably get going soon..." he admits regretfully.

Oh, Gracie would much rather him have silly and embarrassing memories. Of course, she's sure they both would rather not have each other's memories at all. They'd rather share those memories with each other over time. On the bright side of things, if anyone had to get her memories she would have rather it be Cisco or maybe Alcide. She wonders if this really was a glitch or if there had been intent in giving these memories to other people. She doesn't like thinking that way, but it's become hard not to in this place.

"Mmmm. Now I'm just going to have to come up with a quiz for you. I'll throw powers at you and say 'give me a name'! In the most low pressure way possible, of course." She says it teasingly, choose to steer away from thoughts about intent and glitches. She'd rather just enjoy this moment.

It would be a totally stupid thing to get arrested for. She returns the kiss, sighing and nodding. Yeah, they probably should. "Upside of us both being stuck in this color, which you wear a lot better than I do. You can walk me to my room."

With that said, she slips off his lap and holds her hand out to him. She's always glad that she's met Cisco and that he likes her the way he does, but it's on days like this that she's truly grateful for it and she realizes how much having him here makes this place better for her.

Daycycle 122 [ January 15 - January 21]

daycycle 122

[Jan 15 - Jan 21]

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