Daycycle 104 [ August 21-27 ]

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daycycle 104

[Aug 21 - Aug 27]

Early Morning [0800 - 0900] — All Troubleshooters Report for Duty
There is no Mission assigned to any Specials today.

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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.

At approximately 1400 today all power within the Wagon Wheel will shut down as part of a Nameless Secret Society Demonstration. The backup generators will be disabled. All citizens within the Wagon Wheel at that time will be stuck. Locked doors will remain locked. Elevators will stop. Lights will go out. Many opportunists will use this to create pure chaos. This demonstration will go on for the next five hours.

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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 2000 in Meeting Room B, Wagon Wheel Floor 25 and will be hosted by the Spontaneous Loyaly Demonstration Organizers. Learn how to put on a spontaneous demonstration in order to show your loyalty to the computer and Alpha Complex in an effective and memorable way.

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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

[whattingawhat]

Buffy really has no idea what very special forces do. She can make several guesses, but since she's seen no evidence of vampires, demons or other monsters, she's wrong about most of those guesses. When the wagon wheel lost power, Buffy had gone out into the complex to check on people, to find out what's going on and maybe to find out something she didn't know before.

However, when Steve calls her back, she goes without any idea of what to expect. It turns out not all of this stuff is foreign. Buffy turns all the equipment over, giving it a confused look. "Are you sure this isn't The Initiative?" she asks at one point as she plays with the night vision goggles. "Do these make me look fat?" Yeah, she's got the goggles on and is looking at Steve. Honestly, she really does know her stuff, though he probably doesn't believe it right now.

She slides the vest over her head, gets it tangled up in her hair (velcro plus long hair=head-cro....or something like that). "Seriously," she says from the depths of the vest, "I usually just wear a cute top and heels to fight evil."

She also chimes 'rolling' in response to 'let's roll out'.

[a_man_out_of_time]

The series of comments he hears from Buffy keeps raising his amateur flag. He doesn't answer her first two questions — partially because he's putting on his own gear, partially because he needs to monitor everyone on the team, and partially because he has no idea what the Initiative is and he's convinced the body image question was rhetorical.

Who asks that kind of question in the middle of a mission?

But she's complying, even if she has her own commentary along the way. That means something, but Steve also means to keep an extra lookout for her while they're out.

Between Armed Services and the Wagon Wheel are a few subsectors, but because of how frequently Armed Forces are deployed, a few streets are kept mostly empty just so the soldiers can move out quickly. It doesn't take them long before they're right outside the Wagon Wheel.

Steve motions for the two Troubleshooters with generators to stay near the back before ordering two more to go check the doors. Buffy, you're staying right here, next to him as they wait to see if the doors are blocked.

[whattingawhat]

And unfortunately, she's not likely to impress Steve much until she gets her powers back. Sure, she's still got all the knowledge and experience and that helps. That insures that she can actually kick some ass, but it's not impressive, or maybe that's just her pining for her powers.

Gallows humor! It's a coping mechanism, Steve! She's relieving stress and providing comic relief!

Welcome to Giles' world. She always has her own commentary for just about everything. So sorry, Steve. That won't get any better no matter what. When Buffy stops commenting the world is in danger of ending. Literally.

"Assure them you're bringing a casserole or a pie! Everyone likes pie," she comments as the two troubleshooters move forward to check the doors. She's also going to give her nails a look while the door guys are doing their duty. She frowns at her hands. "Couldn't they have woken me up with a manicure?" That's more to herself than anything.

[a_man_out_of_time]

It’s almost funny how not funny Steve finds her comments. How did this woman even get assigned to Very Special Forces? Is she telling them to offer pie? Did she just check her … nails?

It was a good thing they all had night-vision goggles on, otherwise the half-astonished half-angry glare he was giving her might hurt someone.

The doors open without any resistance however, and the rest of the team heads in immediately afterwards.

“17th floor,” he says. “Stairs.”

Now let’s see what Buffy can do.

[whattingawhat]

Someone misunderstood the meaning of Very Special? Yes, she's telling them to offer pie, you know, to get someone to open the door. It's a sound idea! Maybe and she's not doing anything except waiting, why shouldn't she check her nails?

That glare would probably make her wince. She doesn't know Steve well enough to be pleased with herself the way she would if he were Giles.

Once the door opens, Buffy hops to attention and heads up the stairs. She's got a billy club in one hand, her gun still on her hip (she can't even express how much she didn't want to take the gun).

The first person falls to a well aimed billy club at the back of the head. Buffy actually yells out 'Sorry!' when the person falls (she still doesn't like this hurting humans thing despite the fact that she's very human right now). After that, things get a little more hairy. The first time Buffy gets hit, she goes to the ground, her face feeling like it's exploding and taking her brain with it. She pushes herself up, getting to her feet and swinging the billy club up as she does, taking down the guy that hit her. She's not the strongest soldier Steve has and she's not the most disciplined, but she gets up every single time she gets knocked down and she knows her stuff. Her punches are dead on and text book perfect, but it's clear she's used to having to pull them and it takes her a few times to remember to punch with every bit of her strength. She can't jump kick the way she's used to, but she still knows how to do an impressive number of kicks and where to land things for maximum pain.

[a_man_out_of_time]

When the confrontation begins, Steve only shouts orders if someone in their squad starts falling behind or needs backup. For the most part, everyone seems capable of handling themselves. He stays closer to the back, and to their portable generators, to help the two Troubleshooters assigned to protecting them.

A certain voice yelling “Sorry” as she billy-clubs people in the head however, does manage to catch his attention. That’s when he sees Buffy get hit and her body hits the ground. “Get up,” he whispers under his breath as he flips an incoming attacker over his shoulder, before turning to look back in her direction.

There she was again. And again. And again. Steve can’t help but shake his head and smile. Perhaps he’s misjudged her.

Getting up to the 17th floor is a mixture of complicated and agonizing, however. It doesn’t help that they’re carrying two large machines with them, and given Steve’s lack of super-serum strength, he certainly can’t do it alone. Eventually however, they do get there.

“Summers and Smith,” he starts, motioning for Buffy and one other Troubleshooter to go first. “When we pull open the door, I want you to cover as much ground as possible on this floor. Find out exactly where the riot is happening. Count the number of civilians involved. Return immediately. Do not engage. Understood?”

There were over a dozen different departments that belong to Internal Security on this floor. The last Steve heard, Forensics was hearing the most in their hallways, but that intel was old.

IDK I made stuff up.

[whattingawhat]

Buffy doesn't really hear those orders. She's wrapped up in the battle, wrapped up in the heat of it and she remembers that part of her that loved this, even if she hasn't got that part anymore (and is that how it works? or is it still suppressed? She's not even sure and wouldn't know who to ask).
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It's only polite to apologize when you're billy-clubbing someone in the head! She thought about lying down. She thought about pretending that she was unconscious or just admitting defeat. After all, who could blame her? She's five foot four and weighs all of 115 pounds wet. She just couldn't do it. Even without super strength and speed, grace and agility, she still can't quit. She's never been good at it.

So she gets up. Again and again. She's aching and hurting and she'd like a hot bath, but instead she gets up and she does it all over again.

Really, Buffy would appreciate it if they could all have their strength back. That'd be super. Steve probably would too.

She's surprised when Steve gives her the order, trusts her enough to get away from him. She's also very pleased by that. She feels that wiggly, proud thing in the pit of her stomach that she used to feel when Giles got proud of her. She nods a little to let him know she hears him and she takes off, trying to avoid any sort of combat. It's harder than she imagined and once she literally has to put her hands in the air and play the tiny blonde card.

She returns with information: over a dozen citizens involved, still outside Forensics, but they've moved to security and some of the improvement wards, maybe trying to break someone out?