Daycycle 108 [ September 18 - September 24 ]

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daycycle 108

[Sept 18 - Sept 24]

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.

Death Leopard is back! After nearly having nearly all of it's members hunted down and exterminated after the parade fiasco a few months ago, new leadership has arisen within the secret society and has been secretly recruiting new members hellbent on destruction for destruction's sake. A large number of Death Leopard members work within the Armed Services divison and at approximately 1400 today, a large shipment of weapons will be stolen.

At 1500 Death Leopard members stationed throughout Alpha will cause utter chaos by careening through Alpha in stolen motor cars, blaring loud music and shooting up the place. For the most part, they are not aiming for people, but their goal is to accomplish as much property damage as possible and announce their return. They do not, however, have any qualms at shooting officials clearance level YELLOW or higher. They have several grenades that they will use throughout their reign of terror, tossing them at random store fronts and service firms.

All Troubleshooters will be called on to stop them by any means necessary.

It will later be discovered that during this show of blatant disregard for Alpha Citizen Life, two more shipments of weapons were stolen.

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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 1700 in Meeting Room F, Wagon Wheel Floor 27 and will be hosted by the Volunteer Form Checkers. Help Alpha Complex by volunteering your time to check forms this evening as the scanners in the Housing, Planning & Development sector is down.

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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

[im_ironman]

Even if Tony isn't exactly known for his punctuality, he actually arrives early to Technical Services. He still doesn't think that he's the best person for this kind of thing, but after seeing Vision and how disoriented he had seemed, and then remembering his own experience... Well, he wants to help.

As he waits, he drums his fingers idly against the side of his thigh while leaning against a wall. It's not out of impatience at all; he's mentally 'writing' code before the drumming turns into pressing imaginary piano keys. It's an old habit, something that he used to do ever since he was a kid so that he could keep his brain busy while waiting, and it's not until he hears the sound of footsteps that he glances over to find the girl walking out of one of the rooms. It still throws him off to see kids in this place, but he doesn't let that surprise show on his face.

If anything, he looks perfectly pleasant as she walks in his direction. "Hi. New arrival, right? I'm Tony."

[stillplaying]

She stops in the doorway upon seeing the man standing there. Her footsteps had been quiet to begin with, a habit the glitch memories claim stems from all those years of hunting the woods. But there aren't woods in the Alpha Complex. Just another reason to be confused by the memories. Memories that can't be real because as the man continues to play an invisible piano, she continues to rub at her arms searching for burn scars.

Katniss isn't a kid. She's seventeen and she's certain that she should be dead. That she never should have lived to see this age for a number of reasons. But she doesn't think she's been a kid for a long time now. Not since age eleven. The glitches say that's when her father died and all responsibility of a family fell on her shoulders. (Real or not real?) That seems logical enough, be it Panem or Alpha Complex. Still, she doesn't hold herself like a seventeen year old girl. Her eyes reflect a soul that's lived much, much longer than that age. She's seen things, done things, and it's aged her.

As he approaches, she remains in the doorway. Katniss watches him carefully. There's suspicion on her face, brows knitted and eyes narrowed. Her lips are pressed in a weary line and though she feels extremely weary, she also looks ready to bolt at a moment's notice. She doesn't reply, doesn't even nod in response to his question. Her head does tilt a little to the left as she watches him. Waits to see what he'll do next.

[im_ironman]

As oblivious as Tony pretends to be, he roamed around in too many social circles from a very young age to not pay attention to nonverbal cues when they're right in front of him. Especially when Katniss entire demeanor is all but telling him to back off, but even if she may not be a kid, exactly, she still looks young enough to him for him to label her as such.

He doesn't let his features change, though. He remains as casual as possible, although he's a little bit more alert to her movements even if he doesn't quite show it.

"I'm...part of the welcoming committee. Sounds weird, I bet, in a place like this. But it's just to try and give you a better lay of the land, you know?" He pauses, but it's brief. "Wanna take a walk for the tour?"

[stillplaying]

Backing off would be good. It would give her a chance to figure out her thoughts for herself and convince herself that the glitches aren't real. Or try. Try as hard as she possibly can because they're killing her right now. The memories keep threatening to drown her as much as memories possibly can. She doesn't want to listen to him talk because it takes time away from trying to figure things out for herself. She doesn't want him to even notice her because any sympathy just hurts even more.

But Tony's words do permeate the haze in her mind. Welcoming committee. Better lay of the land. Tour. Words that all seem to imply that she's never been here before. That she was recreated. That... that those glitches might be real? Katniss hadn't understood a lot of what had been said to her. Her grasp of biology is, overall, basic. She does know what she wants to think though. She wants to think that, however she was made or remade, this is the only life she's ever had. She doesn't want those glitched memories. She wants them gone. Utterly gone.

Katniss continues to regard him suspiciously. This time though, rather than staying silent, she does speak. "Does that mean I'm not from here?"

[im_ironman]

Tony waits for an answer, half tempted to send a message to Rogers to ask him what to do in situations like these. Because he's torn between leaving her alone, and also not wanting to leave her alone because she doesn't look okay at all, but he also knows if he takes out his PDC devise she might get spooked or something.

But then she speaks, and Tony's expression relaxes in the slightest. In relief, and because this is something he can actually answer.

"No, you're not. I'm not, either. The...Computer gave us a second chance. To be here."

It's words that the scientists spewed at him when he woke up, and then again when he fought the conditioning, but he only uses it because he knows they're listening even if he wants nothing more than roll his eyes at himself for saying that crap.

"It's disorientating, this whole thing, which is why we do these. The welcome wagon thing," he explains with a slight wave of his hand. He's rambling, but well. Considering the situation, at least he's not talking a mile a second right now. "I won't force you to do it, so it's optional. But you're not in this alone."

[stillplaying]

That's not what she wants to hear. That's one of the last things she wants to hear period. Katniss doesn't want to be Katniss. She doesn't want to be that sisterless girl from District 12. That sisterless girl had healing burns and skin grafts all over her body. This body lacks all of that. It would be so easy to believe those glitched memories are incorrect and that she's always belonged here. So easy.

The fact that this man says otherwise almost hurts. She hadn't realized the intensity in which she wanted to believe everything told to her in the past couple of hours. Or how much she still wants to believe. A second chance? Hah. She doesn't deserve a second chance. That's the last thing she'd ever deserve, especially according to those glitched memories.

She should be dead. Dead with no possibility of ever getting a second chance. If what he's saying is true, then they made a mistake. Katniss Everdeen of District 12 is one of the last people who should ever get a second chance. The thought is reflected clearly on her face. Her scowl is rarely as prominent as it is right now.

"The glitches?" she asks hesitantly, ignoring everything else that he's talking about. If he's the welcome wagon, that means he's supposed to answer her questions. Right? Well, that doesn't matter. Katniss isn't good at following the rules to begin with. He can answer her question or not. But she'll ask anyway.

[im_ironman]

Tony does his best to not outwardly stare at her, but now he's growing concerned for the girl. The way she's so quiet, Tony doesn't really know how to react to it. He's used to working a room, but his experience with teenagers is minimal, and he isn't quite sure how to really approach this situation.

But, he doesn't turn away. He wants to make sure that she'll at least be okay. Or, at the very least, that she makes it out of the building before someone took her back in for more brainwashing treatments with that damn video they liked to show people upon arriving.

The problem is, though, that she's asking those questions here. He doesn't know how much he can disclose, and how closely they're being watched, before someone catches on to what he's saying. For a moment he even considers getting closer to her, just so anyone around them won't hear what he's saying...but considering how spooked she seems, approaching her probably isn't that great of an idea.

"They're...memories," he says, more or less under his breath. "We should get out of here, if you want to talk about this."

[stillplaying]

Maybe if circumstances had been different, maybe if her most recent memory hadn't been her sister's death, she would be more responsive to Tony. She'd listen or argue with him or, at the very least, understand that the Computer is not her friend. The Computer is nothing more than another President Snow or another President Coin, using her for its own purposes.

But right now, she's too addled and too fragile to really think. The pain and guilt and self-loathing are the only things she can really focus on. She shouldn't be alive. She doesn't deserve to be alive. And if she has to live, does she have to be the Katniss Everdeen the glitched memories depict? For the first time in her life, she'd welcome hijacking if it offered an escape.

"I don't want them," she says sternly. She doesn't want them at all. If he's been here longer, he might know a way to get rid of them. So if Tony starts to leave, she'll follow.