Daycycle 132 [Mar 26 - Apr 1]

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daycycle 132

[Mar 26 - Apr 1]

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

Early, Early Morning [0000 - 0600]

At 0400, Clint Barton and Parker will be arrested and charged with treason. All former roommates will be questioned for several hours before being sedated and returned to their room before 0600. Former roommates in question will not remember the arrests 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 those arrested ever being at Alpha will be erased with varying degrees of success from all those they came into contact with.

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

No Specials have been selected for today's mission.

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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.

At 1000, it will be discovered that certain foods distributed among the Citizens have been contaminated with an unknown opiate, most likely by the Mystic Secret Society. Unfortunately, this discovery takes place after breakfast has already been served and effects all clearance levels and citizens, including Specials. Only some may have ingested the contaminated food, but the side effects that have been observed so far include, but are not limited to:

Euphoria
The inability to falsify information.
Drastic and almost impossible mood swings, from pure elation to devastating depression or anger in a matter of seconds.
Elation only
Moodiness only
Psychedelic symptoms, such as seeing colors or moving pictures
A nearly uncontrollable urge to keep moving
Lethargy
Random thinking/Inability to focus
Spontaneous giggling

And others.

An investigation has been opened to look into possible suspects to be held responsible, but until then it is advised that Citizens make an effort to avoid contaminated food, although it isn't possible to tell the difference between tampered stock and untampered stock.

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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.

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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

Closed to Bucky, early evening

[a_man_out_of_time]

It's been two days since Natasha was shot. Two days since Tony's hand was the one that pulled the trigger. Two days since it felt like reality has shifted, but Steve still can't put his finger on why.

He's never been someone who was so serious that he could never joke, or smile. Steve saved that part of him for missions, when he needed to maintain complete focus so he and his team could accomplish what he'd set out to do. Still, even back then, an occasional smile could still manage to peek through. But for two days now, Steve's felt like some part of him has been turned off. That he's lost the ability to feel levity and instead, all he knows is a stern determination to fix what happened. He has to figure it out.

There are too many dangerous questions with unknown answers. When did Tony's conditioning start? Who is trying to kill Natasha? Does any of this have something to do with the mod killings?

And of course, Steve would be lying if he said that there wasn't a part of him that was always worried about Tony. But he tries not to think of that now, as he stands in front of Romanoff's door, knocking. There are things he'd like to tell her, and the rest ... the rest will just have to wait.

"It's me, Steve," he says, as if Natasha wouldn't be able to recognize him by his knock alone.

Closed to Tony, evening

[a_man_out_of_time]

All Steve really knows is that yesterday night, Tony hadn't come home. He's still unsure if that's a good way to describe it, since it's not exactly like they're living together, but it sure feels that way. Tony's presence made it that way. Being missing though is enough to make Steve worry, but he also knows that Natasha would tell him if the camera feeds had put Tony in a dangerous place, and she hadn't called. So if Tony hadn't come home last night, it's because he hadn't wanted to.

And honestly, Steve isn't surprised. What happened at the hospital had left part of him feeling bent out of shape. He can't imagine how much worse Tony probably feels, especially since- well. A lot of things.

In the end, that's why Steve gives him space. He doesn't call or text or try to force his way into Tony's life for 24 hours. It helps, obviously, that they're now also attempting to track some kind of brainwasher. It also 'helps' that the last time he saw Tony, all his movements felt like him cringing at the sight of Steve. So yeah, space.

But Steve's learned this particular lesson before. Yes, The investigation is urgent — especially since it now sees like he's running two — but the last time he gave Tony space, it hadn't been the right thing to do. Steve knows now that if he always gives Tony more space, it not only gives the wrong impression, but nothing between them would ever get resolved.

And Steve cares. He cares enough to make sure they talk. To make sure things get resolved.

He does check on Tony once, on 132, even if he doesn't try in any way to make his presence known. Just a quick pass through bot processing, not even into Tony's workspace but just a look through the door. Just to make sure he was alive and healthy and there. Not missing. That's all Steve needed to know, and once he saw Tony working, he left.

But they're bordering on 48 hours now, and two whole days feels like Steve's limit. Which is why, in the end, despite how easily he could have spent the rest of the night with Bucky, he doesn't. He comes here instead, and stands right in front of Tony's new door. ORANGE now. He stares at it for a few seconds, taking a deep breath, thinking through what he knows he wants to say.

And then he knocks.