Daycycle 21 [Feb 14 - 20]

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DAYCYCLE 21

[ FEB 14 - FEB 20 ]

MORNING

This morning begins at 0500 for those assigned to RED rooms 1102 and 1105.  In 1102, Tony Stark and Samantha Groves will be woken up when IntSec Gray Ops come to lead Matt Farrell away at gunpoint for treason.  Alternately, in 1105, Barry Allen and Gaius Maecenas will be woken when the Grey Ops come to remove Peggy Carter for treason.  Peggy Carter will escape and make it to the end of the hall before she is cornered by another group of armed IntSec agents and roughly led away.  The commotion and the firing of a laser pistol will no doubt wake the other rooms along the Specials hallway.  Hardison will immediately disable the specials network until they can be sure that it isn’t compromised.  Specials will not be able to use it for the entirety of this day.

Troubleshooter Team: S. Groves and Morgana

The confession booth at the intersection of corridor AEX 39224X and AEX 342232G is drawing way more power than it should, but we’ve got orders to keep it running under any circumstances.  Shut down the six other booths in the area by entering this shut down sequence at each one.  All confession booths should’ve downloaded the anti-virus software upgrade last night, but if they are hostile, you may escape by any means necessary.  Just note that the booths themselves are laser proof.

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

Intel: Anti-virus software was upgraded last night and should have stopped the erratic behavior of the robots.  However, if you run into a hostile unit you have permission to power it down in any way necessary.

AFTERNOON

Throughout the afternoon IntSec will pull Tony Stark, Samantha Groves, Barry Allen and Gaius Maecenas to the IntSec headquarters in the top part of the Wagon Wheel for interrogation regarding their roommates’ treasonous activities.  The acts of treason that their roommates have been accused of will not be made clear, but the interrogations will not be entirely friendly.  Fists and feet might ‘slip’ in the course of the investigation if it is believed that it will get them more information.  (Those being interrogated may note one particular female IntSec interrogator wears silver toed boots.)  Each interrogation will last approximately an hour before each citizen will be released to return to their positions within Alpha.

EVENING

A Remedial Nuclear Safety program will be hosted in the Commissary at approximately 2000 tonight for any citizen who needs a refresher on what to do in the case of a nuclear meltdown.  Sleeping gas will be expelled in the barracks at 2100.  Many citizens will find that it causes disturbing and troublesome dreams.

Comments

[adamparrish]

Unless he's working, Adam is never too far from Ronan. Sometimes he's actually with Ronan, sometimes he's just in the peripheral of him. He's slowly inching himself away as he does what settling in that he can do here, which isn't a lot, but enough to not be entirely uncomfortable as he'd initially been. This is still far outside of Adam's comfort zone. Luckily, Adam is accustomed to going outside his comfort zone.

This happens to be one of the times when he's not just keeping Ronan in sight. He jogs up to him while he's exploring and tapping his bicep with his knuckles. "Hey. You wanna go look around over there with me?"

The place in question, the place he's gesturing toward, is the clone tank storage. Adam isn't entirely sure if he believes their clones of themselves. And he has no idea if that area is restricted to them at all. But he wants to look. He wants to investigate. Are there more clones of him and Ronan there, in that building? He isn't sure it's something he wants to investigate alone.

[fictor]

Ronan prefers it that way. He can keep an eye on Adam; he can protect him, at least that's what he tells himself. It has absolutely nothing to do with his feelings for Adam, with the fact that Adam is one of his favorite people, here or there, or with the fact that he has a gigantic crush on Adam. Nope, nothing to do with any of those things at all. He doesn't worry too much about Adam sneaking away from him. He knows that Adam will be close, and if he's not, Ronan will go looking for him.

Ronan turns at the touch despite having heard Adam's approach. He smirks at the question and nods. "What're we waiting for?" he asks as he turns toward the clone tank storage.

Ronan doesn't have any idea that the area is restricted either. He doesn't really want to believe that they're clones of themselves. Of course, in a way that's comforting. At least back home, Gansey isn't freaking out, Noah isn't disappearing and Blue isn't fussing over the both of them because Ronan and Adam are gone. Whether he wants to believe it or not, he's with Adam on not wanting to investigate it alone.

[adamparrish]

There are a lot of questions that arise with the idea of their being clones. Yes, it's disturbing. Yes, it's also comforting. But how far does the cloning go? Are they capable of cloning other things? Like, say, replicators in those Star Trek episodes. If so, then why is the food so crappy here? If the tech is so powerful, the AI so powerful, then why does it feel like the living is so minimalist?

For a seemingly futuristic place, this is nothing like the future sci-fi shows would have you believe exists. Which, Adam thinks, means they're holding back in order to control the population. It's strategic. It's about power.

"Have you found out anything new about this place?" Adam asks as they walk.

[fictor]

Ronan is a bit intrigued by the idea of the clones. After all, he'd dreamed a clone of himself once to distract the night terrors in his dreams. He'd pulled it back into reality and watched it die. Adam had watched as well. He figures it can't be much weirder than that. He kind of wants to find the clones and poke at them, to see if all of his clones are really an exact replication. Of course, the idea that he is a clone is more disturbing. He doesn't know much about Star Trek, but better food and a holodeck would be awesome.

No. It seems more backwards than forwards. Ronan hasn't thought of it like that, but Adam is probably right. There's got to be a better life available to them, so why aren't they living it?

Ronan's voice dips to a whisper and he switches from English to Latin.De transplantatio exorti. Rebellio esse a re. Adhuc vultus in ea.

[adamparrish]

"Rebellionem? Gratias." Adam speaks quietly under his breath, walking so close to Ronan that their sides are gently bumping together so that only Ronan can hear him. He's so pleased to hear that someone is fighting back. He thinks it goes without saying that he would want to be in on that.

The front doors to the cloning facility seem to be guarded. Adam grabs Ronan's wrist and leads him around the side of another building so that hopefully they can come at it from another angle. Stealth is him today, he guesses.

"Audivi quod egrederetur populus de linea AI crimen immitis." He adds quietly. "Si adnuntiatum est aditus ad ipsum proprium?"

[fictor]

He snorts and grunts a little with a chuckle that says 'right?' without having to say a word. "Multis qui nescio. Et tamen. Tu?". Yeah, Ronan figures that Adam is in if there's a rebellion. For as much as Adam doesn't like to get in trouble, he can't sit still and do nothing either.

Ronan follows Adam easily, glancing around the corner a little. Adam is much stealthier than Ronan. He's always hit things front on. Subtlety has never been his strong point.

"Non merda". He smirks a little, the sarcasm in his voice coming through. It's an AI, of course it's evil and cruel. Watch a sci-fi movie and it'll tell you that. He shakes his head at Adam's question though, his scarred eyebrow quirking up in question.

[adamparrish]

Even the idea of a rebellion helps to ease Adam's mentality about this place. From what he's been noticing and hearing about this place, there should be a rebellion. Free thinking humans should beat a dictator of an AI. Right? Right.

While Ronan likes to ram into life face first, Adam has perfected the finely tuned nuances of sneaking. He knew how to sneak into his trailer back home without anyone knowing he was there, without being noticed. Right now he's using all of those skills.

Only Ronan Lynch would know how to say 'no shit' in Latin. It amuses Adam every time. "Fiunt cum te ponam."

With their backs to the wall, Adam watches quietly as some people with clearance enter the building past some guards. He watches the code they put into the keypad. They wait as another comes again. He watches the code again, hoping he got it right. Then he glances back to Ronan and nods. They're going for it.

Adam reaches into his pocket and withdraws one of those happy pills they're supposed to be taking. He tosses it across the way. When the guards go to investigate he grabs Ronan's arm and jogs, light-footed, across the way. He quickly inputs the numbers and hopes like hell that they work. The door beeps and opens, he and Ronan step in. Adam reminds himself to breathe and looks back to make sure Ronan is good. The adrenaline is ramped up pretty high for him because he isn't used to breaking the rules. He has no clue if it is for Ronan too.

[fictor]

It is a comfort that people aren't taking this lying down so to speak. There are evil humans and often power makes people (and apparently AIs) corrupt, but Ronan likes the idea of fighting a human better than the idea of an AI and in order to do that, the humans have to get control first.

Yeah, Ronan is totally counting on Adam here to get them through.

His teachers are not usually impressed (and yet, in a way they are). Of course, Ronan figured out how to curse in Latin. He simply nods at Adam's assurance and goes back to letting Adam lead this thing.

Ronan follows, trying to be as quiet at Adam, slipping in close behind them. Ronan is having fun doing this and that's pretty clear on his face. He's still grinning like a sharp-featured fool when the alarms go off and lights start flashing. This (irrationally) makes Ronan furious and he starts looking for someone or something to fight.