Daycycle Day 23 [ FEB 29-MAR 5]

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DAYCYCLE 23

[ FEB 29 - MAR 5 ]

MORNING

This morning even the most vehement of those Special haters seem to be preoccupied at the briefing.  The whispers aren’t about the new arrivals but the opportunity to go to the surface.  The Briefing Officer doesn’t waste any time in announcing those that were chosen.  Out of the twelve Troubleshooters selected three specials, Tony Stark, Ray Palmer and Barry Allen, are named as part of the expedition.  Some Troubleshooters seem disappointed while others look extremely relieved at not being named as part of the group.  The expedition will set out at noon with a projected return time of 48 hours.

Troubleshooter Team: D. Grayson and R. Lynch

This particular mission is considered a high-clearance level despite being assigned to RED troubleshooters.  Dick and Ronan will be selected for the mission and immediately led out of the Commissary in order to be told in private.  They are to travel to Bingham’s Arms Emporium located on the outskirts of the Armed Forces sector.  There they are to render the supervisor, Victor Bingham, unconscious and take him to one of the scrub bots located at Internal Security headquarters.  They will be required to wear masks provided when obtaining the traitor in order to protect their identity from retaliation.

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

Intel: The word glitch has begun appearing on confession booths in the Technical Services sector.

AFTERNOON

At approximately 1400 a small explosion will occur in the R&D sector, causing it to be evacuated for the rest of the day.  It is unknown what caused the explosion, but rumor has it that anyone introduced to the invisible gas in the area will begin to go into convulsions before losing consciousness.  That will not stop some people from getting masks and searching the abandoned warehouses for products that will gain money on the black market.

EVENING

At 2000 the Genuine Credit Opportunity Club will hold a special presentation in the Commissary for those interested in earning astonishing amounts of credits for minimal work.  THIS IS NOT A TRIANGLE SCHEME.  Sleeping gas will be expelled at 2100.

Comments

DC22 → DC23

[shrinkage]

Ray's been clumsily prowling around for about 2 weeks now, looking for a suitable abandoned area to use for a base of Specials operations. It's not terrible work aside from the ever-present panic that he won't have a good enough excuse or enough credits to bribe whoever catches him out after curfew.

So the shriek that Ray emits in surprise is nothing considering he loses his footing when he spins around to find the source of the sounds and faceplants.

RE: DC22 →

[utilitybelted]

Dick may have mastered the art of sneaking up behind people like Batman, but he most definitely had not mastered the art of standing by impassively and looking imposing (it was hard to look imposing when you were a shorter-than-average sixteen year old), because when Ray shrieked and fell over, Dick burst out laughing.

"Oh man, sorry, I didn't..." he could barely speak for giggles "Didn't mean... to startle you..." which was technically a lie, since he had, but he still felt bad for how much he'd surprised Ray.

Once he'd finally got his laughter under control, he held out a hand to Ray to help him up.

[shrinkage]

Once Ray heard Dick's voice, and rolled over, he blinked up at the kid. And blinked a little more. He was still in a bit of a daze as he reached up to clasp Dick's hand in his and beginning to climb off the ground.

"Oh man, Dick? You scared the crap out of me." He started to laugh, once both feet were planted firmly on the floor beneath him. It was clear no damage was done beyond Ray's blood pressure skyrocketing momentarily. "What are you doing down here?"

[utilitybelted]

Dick felt a little less bad about laughing at Ray when the older man started to laugh too, particularly as he seemed to have been unharmed from his fall. He grinned enigmatically at the question.

"I could ask you the same thing," he pointed out, toying over whether to continue to be vague, but making the split decision to trust Ray - after all, he'd been snooping about as well "Just looking, I like to get a layout of the place."