Daycycle 13 [ DEC 26-31 ]

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DAYCYCLE 13

[ DEC 26 - 31 ]

[OOC: This Daycycle will run for six ooc days instead of the usual 5 ooc days from Dec 26-31. ]

MORNING

Troubleshooter Team: Alec Hardison & Jason Wilcox

Mission:  There is an INDIGO corridor in R&D that we want you to inspect.  We’ll give you 5000cr each at the end of your mission just for walking from one end to the other.  Here are vouchers to let you walk through it legally.  Make sure you wear these telemetry suits when you go through it.  

All other Troubleshooters:  You are to report to your Service Firm positions for the day, until called on for Troubleshooter duty.

Intel:  The Humanists staged an attack last night and left many citizens temporarily blinded by pepper spray.  There is a 1000cr reward for any participants being handed over for punishment.

A special was attacked yesterday by an anti-Specials group.  Steve Rogers has asked to address all Troubleshooters in regards to this incident.

AFTERNOON

The afternoon is mostly uneventful.  Save for a Vulture pilot who crashes his copter into the Armed Forces mess hall at approximately 1423.  What is initially thought of as a treasonous act is quickly determined to be a Happitime overdose and is hushed up by the highers ups.

EVENING

The evening is launched with a very special and mandatory showing of the Teela O’Malley show.  The show begins by describing the state that humanity was in when The Computer took control.  People were a slave to their whims.  Alpha Complex is held up as a paragon of innovation and cooperation among people and technology.  In fact, many REDs watching the show may not recognize the Utopian society being depicted as anything close to the society they find themselves in.  It ends with a touching montage of citizens swearing their allegiance and thanks to The Computer that brings the legendary host to tears.  

Sleep aid gas is expelled at 2100.

Comments

[whosalicewhite]

"I never believe anything I'm told." That's not true, but he doesn't need to know she can be rather gullible at times.

"I don't believe the computer, and I don't believe someone can move up so quickly without helping the computer."

What's that? A clear and concise answer? Really?

Wait, what might that be? A sharp object pressed into his side?

Yup.

[shrinkage]

Hey, look. She's coming toward him. Maybe they'll shake hands and agree to disagree or she wants to talk it out or--

Oh.

"Ah! What--" Ray's hand goes to his side, pressing against the small patch of wet red blooming there. "What are you doing?!"

And yet he's still not self-preserving enough to call for help or run away. But golly gee does this thing ever hurt. A tone sounds from speakers they can't see, the disembodied voice echoing:

"ＶＩＯＬＡＴＩＯＮ ＯＦ [_{ＨＹＧＩＥＮＥ ＳＴＡＮＤＡＲＤＳ}] ＤＥＴＥＣＴＥＤ. ＣＩＴＩＺＥＮ [_{ＲＡＹＭＯＮＤ ＰＡＬＭＥＲ}], ＴＨＩＳ ＩＳ ＹＯＵＲ [_{ＳＥＣＯＮＤ}] ＶＩＯＬＡＴＩＯＮ. ＹＯＵ ＮＯＷ ＨＡＶＥ [_ＴＷＯ] ＡＣＴＩＶＥ ＷＡＲＮＩＮＧＳ ＦＯＲ [_{ＨＹＧＩＥＮＥ ＶＩＯＬＡＴＩＯＮ}] ＡＮＤ [_ＯＮＥ] ＡＣＴＩＶＥ ＷＡＲＮＩＮＧＳ ＦＯＲ [_{ＲＥＳＯＵＲＣＥ ＷＡＳＴＥＦＵＬＮＥＳＳ}] ＲＥＣＯＲＤＥＤ."

[whosalicewhite]

What a stupid question. She is stabbing him. What else could he possibly think she is doing, for --

Loud disembodied voices out of loudspeakers are always a bad sign. It means authorities. It means someone has seen something she doesn't want them to see. It means that rather than make him hurt more, her weapon of choice is slipping back into her pocket.

It means she's going to make one thing clear: "You're on your own. I was never here."

[shrinkage]

"You're just going to leave?"

Ray's voice pitches higher, as his shoulders slump lower. The ouch is still plenty but his incredulity at the situation outweighs it.

"You stabbed me!"