daycycle 107

[Sept 11 - Sept 17]

Early Morning [0800 - 0900] — All Troubleshooters Report for Duty

Morgana LeFey and Isabelle Lightwood, have been selected for today’s mission. Details are below:

‘Your old-issue PDCs are being replaced with the new model, yet again. Here are two protypes that we need tested. The range of tracking should be increased by 25% from the last model and the lie detector should be more sensitive to partial truths. Test them and write a thorough written report and turn it into R&D by the end of the day.’

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 1900 in Alpha Complex Art Gallery and will be hosted by the Alpha Photography Society. Tonight we'll feature a gallery of our member's best works at the museum. (The current trend in Alpha art is a binary black & white approach to art. Enjoy!)

Alternatively, word of the final Alpha Boxing Championship run by Free Enterprise is spreading fast. Alpha Special, Ronan Lynch has fought and won against two of Alpha's most formidable boxing champions to date. Tonight he goes head to head with Julio Casey who beat his last opponent so badly that he had to be replaced with a new clone. The final fight will take place in an unused battle bot arena in the R&D sector this evening at 2000. Bets are being taken by Free Enterprise and officials have been paid off to ensure that the fight won't be interrupted by IntSec.

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

His brow furrows because he does hear that in her tone and it worries him. It also makes him angry. He'd like to hit whomever had taken his anger out on her. He watches her, eyes focused only on her, trying to block out every other visual stimuli. His breath catches. "I'm sorry, Lydia." And this time, he isn't apologizing for something he's done. He reaches out to run his thumb along her forehead, pushing hair off her face.

He closes his eyes at the kiss, taking a deep breath of her. He glides his fingertips over her skin, soaking in every sensation from the feel of her lips to the feel of her skin and the smell of her. It centers him, grounds him.

He takes another deep breath and nods a little. "Okay," he tells her. "Okay." He's got no idea how they're going to do that, how they're going to make anything okay, but he takes comfort in her words anyway. He winds his fingers in her hair, holding her close, eyes still closed. He's not sure what it says about him that he's more comfortable in the dark, more comfortable with his eyes closed.

Lydia shakes her head at his apology, but she doesn't actually say anything. There are worse things than being shoved into a locker and yelled at. It wasn't like Jackson had always treated her that way or anything. It had been the one time and in retrospect, he'd mostly been scared because he hadn't understood what was happening to him and he'd placed the blame on Lydia.

There were worse things than being targeted and attacked for being something she hadn't chosen to be. Yeah, she'd been hospitalized and, okay, the A.S.S. had nearly killed her, but it was just one time and she'd been fine the next day.

There were worse things. She had to tell herself that to avoid allowing herself to feel like a victim, because she's Lydia Goddamn Martin and she's nobody's victim. Nobody's.

She's quiet as Matt seems to use her to find his center and some part of her feels a surge of pride that she can be that person for him in this place. He might not know it, but he's that person for her, too, now. "Okay," she echoes softly, nodding and peppering little kisses on the apples of his cheeks. "I can do this tomorrow, Matt, I'm not in a rush with the beauty blenders."

She shakes her head, but he keeps his hand on her face, touch tender and gentle. He keeps his eyes focused on her, willfully shutting everything out except Lydia.

He wishes he'd been here during that. He hates that happened to her and he would like to beat everyone that had anything to do with it within an inch of their lives. He's so grateful that she's okay now.

Her attitude is good and that's part of what has Matt falling in love with Lydia.

She has definitely become that person for him and he's so glad that he can be that person for her, so pleased and proud. The way that she kisses him makes him smile ever so slightly. He nods a little at her reassurance. "Okay. Why don't we spend the rest of the night on the couch?"

With a little smile that falls just short of her eyes, Lydia nods at Matt's suggestion. She has to bite back the urge to ask to stay the night with him again because they promised one another they'd take it slower and she's already stayed with him several nights this week. Too many is too fast and too invasive of her, she thinks. If he invites her, she'll absolutely go, but she's not going to ask him on her own.

"That sounds good," she agrees, taking his hand in one of her own and leading him toward the couch. "Can we just be gross and cuddle for a while? Long days require extra recharging, right? I always figure that's the best way to achieve it."

He hasn't been able to see Lydia long enough to really notice that the smile falls short of her eyes and really, if he were thinking further ahead than a few minutes at a time, he might be able to guess that she's disappointed. It's not that he doesn't want her to stay the night with him, more that he still worries she'll get caught.

"That sounds like the perfect way to spend the rest of the night," he smiles ever so slightly at her.

Daycycle 107 [ September 11 - September 17 ]

daycycle 107

[Sept 11 - Sept 17]

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