Daycycle 103 [ August 14 - August 20 ]

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daycycle 103

[Aug 14 - Aug 20]

Early Morning [0800 - 0900] — All Troubleshooters Report for Duty
Samantha "Root" Groves and Cisco Ramon, have been selected for today’s mission. Details are below:

"Confirm circuit breakers are functioning properly by creating short circuits to test them."

Please debrief the computer on the status of your mission by the end of the Daycycle here.

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Morning & 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.

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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.

Tonight’s event will be at 1900 in the Commissary and will be hosted by the Amateaur Dramatics Group. You're invited to come see the one woman show that Mind Control called too "boring" to put on early morning television.

Specials Event - All Specials with knowledge of Specials HQ have been invited to a surprise party to celebrate wanted fugitive, Dick Grayson's, seventeenth birthday.

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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

[preemptiveforgiveness]

"Me either," he tells her with a dramatic sigh, but that smile is still on his lips. "I'll definitely have to thank Steve and Morgana for allowing you to work your magic." As for the rest..."I'm working on it. I think I can just about handle the ingredients on a semi regular basis." He gets real food often enough that if he hoards it she might be able to cook something. Of course, he doesn't yet have the kitchen and he's not sure he can hoard enough fresh stuff and have it stay fresh.

It's definitely his subtle way of telling her he heard that and he's fine with it. Really, she shouldn't worry so much about things like that. The dancing around is a necessity in this place because of their level difference. However, he does still consider them a couple and she's not the only one emotionally invested. He probably wouldn't call it love yet, but that's because his own experiences with 'love' have been pretty bad. He cares very much for her. He's attracted to her; he enjoys spending time with her and would like to spend more time with her.

"It's okay," he tells her. He doesn't necessarily need a place to sit or to put his plate. It's just easier to hold her hand and not concentrate entirely on eating if he's got a place to put the plate. He likes the way she touches him, even though they're light, little touches, he likes it. Once she's got a spot cleared and she's led him to it, he puts his place down carefully, making sure to check the edge of the table with his fingertips. Once he's got an idea of that, it makes it easier for him to pick up the slice of pizza and take a bit without looking awkward. He makes a little hum of approval and gives her a thumbs up before chewing and swallowing so he can verbally confirm his approval. "You're a pizza Sorceress," he assures her. "This is great."

[sanguinescry]

Lydia can work with Matt being in the process. Somehow, she doubts that he'll be able to find the kitchen to use, that is before he manages to get himself another promotion, but the idea is still nice. She finds herself sometimes envying that Matt can count on at least a meal a day of real food whereas she sort of has to just...look forward to the one day a week when she gets some. All the more reason to work harder on getting her own promotion to YELLOW. Steve's even luckier, getting real food for every meal, but Lydia would happily settle for one a day. She's getting there. She's positive that she's well on her way. At least, she really hopes she is.

The silly title makes Lydia laugh and she pops a piece of carrot into her mouth. "Pizza Sorceress, huh?" she asks. "I'll take it. I'm glad you like it," she says and it sounds a little bit halted because she doesn't want to overdue it with the pet names so soon, worrying that, like Jackson, he'll grow sick of it faster that way, and she has to bite back the urge to tack it on, now that it seems to be okay with him for her to do. "After we eat, I'm gonna go pull Dick aside to give him his birthday present, so I'll leave you to mingle with others then. That way I'm not completely hogging you all night, bae," she jokes and that time when she uses a pet name, it's mostly in jest.

[preemptiveforgiveness]

Yeah, finding a kitchen will be the hardest part. He doesn't have access to it the way that Steve does. The best they could do together is to use some of the lab equipment that Lydia has stashed down here and Matt isn't sure how much cooking she could do with that. Anytime they eat together, he shares his real food with her, electing to save it for his evening meal. He doesn't think it's fair that the real food is dispersed the way it is. Though, he does recognize it's incentive to advance through the levels. He hopes that she is as well simply because it will make seeing Lydia easier.

He takes another bite of the pizza, nodding and humming his approval again. She's not going to make him sick of it, but he's not accustomed to it either. He's never been in a relationship where pet names were a thing. He could get used to it though. He nods a little. "I don't mind being hogged," he assures her, "But you're going to have to tell me what bae means." When he is on the internet, it's not generally learning slang and he's old, Lydia! Remember?

[sanguinescry]

In spite of herself, Lydia laughs a little at the question by reflex. That's fair enough, it makes sense that he doesn't know what it means. Leaning her shoulder against his and tilting her head up to kiss his jaw, she laughs again.

"It means 'before anyone else,'" she giggles, popping another carrot into her mouth. "I don't mind hogging you, for that matter, but I probably shouldn't. Plus, like I said, I've got to give Dick his birthday present. I'm gonna go do that now while he doesn't seem tied up with someone else. So I'll be back to hog you in a little while," she replies and she puts down her plate entirely, leaning in to kiss him again, this time on the cheek. "I'll see you in a bit."

With a gentle touch to his face, fingertips ghosting over his jaw, Lydia takes her leave to go get Dick to give him his gift. She'll catch up with Matt later.