daycycle 105

[Aug 28 - Sept 3]

Early Morning [0800 - 0900] — All Troubleshooters Report for Duty
Felicity Smoak and Natasha Romanoff, have been selected for today’s mission. Details are below:

‘In order to help us improve our combat simulators, you will need to run through any combat situation you encounter at least three times. On the second pass through, engage the combat at a greater range than originally. On the third pass through, attempt it at a much closer range. You will provide tactical notes to our staff afterwards. If the simulators catch fire, or fail to respond to override commands... note that too. The eggheads were supposed to have fixed that.’

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

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.

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 1700 in Hangar 15, Armed Forces Sector and will be hosted by the Alpha Complex Dogeball Association. Join us for a game of Alpha Dodgeball! All clearance levels above INFRARED welcome.

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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Natasha shakes her head when Felicity thanks her, and her heart truly aches for the poor woman. She looks like she’s seen death itself, and if they’re being realistic for a moment, she almost did. “Don’t thank me,” she points out with patience in her voice that would probably make Rogers or Barton raise an eyebrow if they were there, “we helped each other. Don’t think I didn’t see you get a couple of shots in there. Hey.” Natasha approaches Felicity and bends to a crouch before her so she can meet her eye, forearms draped on her knees to let her hands fall loosely. “Look at me. Teamwork isn’t about saving each other, it’s about working together. You did exactly what you needed to do and we’re both here because of it. Whatever is going through your head right now, just end it with the fact that you’re alive, alright? I have a feeling that we’re going to have a lot of close calls in this place. What matters is that you’re here. And look at it this way.”

Natasha stands when Felicity starts to move up, her back straightening as she does. “You know who to go to now when you need a teammate. We’re walking out of here with more of an advantage than what we walked in with, that’s what matters in situations like this.” Particularly because now, Natasha knows that there are most likely a lot of people like Felicity around these parts that will need her help just as much as Felicity did. If she can provide some sort of comfort for her, perhaps word will get around that Natasha is willing to help those who need it. They’re more powerful if they work together in this place, Natasha doesn’t need to be there for a full month to already recognize that.

”You ever want help practicing with that gun, you just come to me. A girl has got to be able to watch her own back. For now… let’s get you out of this hell box, huh?”

There’s just something about Natasha — a certain fearlessness in her eyes, on par with Oliver — that makes her listen. Felicity decides right then and there that she wants to be like her. Tough. Strong. Calm under pressure.

She nods twice when Natasha offers to help her practice her aim. Being able to shoot at all and hit — that had been one of the best things to come out of this. It isn’t until Natasha is telling her that they can leave that Felicity realizes that that was it. They’d made it for all three rounds. The simulation and the mission was over.

“Yes. Yes please.”

She’d certainly have another story to tell Stiles the next day. Somehow it no longer seems fair that his mission hadn’t involved robots bursting into flame or trying to hunt him down and kill him.

*****

Later that night at dinner, when Felicity gets to spend some time alone, she pulls out her PDC and finds Natasha in her contacts list. She was the only Special named that, so it made it easy to figure out which Natasha she should be texting. When it arrives, it’s encrypted to her, and it reads:

Natasha, it’s Felicity. If you ever need a friend who’s more than a little familiar with computers, you’ve now got one. I may not be that good (yet) out there, but in here, I am pure magic.

A few seconds later:

Okay maybe not pure magic because that’s just not possible and hacking computers is a total science. But you know what I mean.

Natasha Romanoff, you’ve just made yourself a friend.

Daycycle 105 [ August 28 - September 03]

daycycle 105

[Aug 28 - Sept 3]

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The end! (if you're cool with it)