⇨ POLARIS

[ringleaders]

Who: Everyone!
When: Days 102 - 109
Where: Polaris
What: With the Ringmaster kidnapped and the rest of the carnival imprisoned, characters find themselves at the mercy of a Winter Fae called the Mother of Invention.
Warnings: Graphic experimentation in places.

TRIALS & TRIBULATION↴ After a day of cleansing and processing, where all the belongings and attire of their old lives are stripped away and replaced with something newer and more form fitting, the former members of the carnival will find themselves let loose into the Farm for the first time. A sizable green area, filled with orchards growing inorganic looking fruits and field ready for tending, the Farm is where they will be spending their days for the forseeable future. Food and drink are no longer needed, and so every day is an endless cycle of work. Technicians are seen only when necessary, and when being taken from your place of work to your lonesome cells at night. Every day, there are new postings on the "Production Board", where various dire sound scientific trials ask for subjects. The majority won't be forced, at least not yet, but the system is at work to push its participants to the brink and force their hand. After all, volunteers make the best subjects. ► PRODUCTIVITY: As explained elsewhere, characters will be forced to compete to attain enough Productivity Point to be considered Satisfactory. There are literally not enough points to go around for everyone to attain this, which means that at least some people will be deemed "Below Expectations" by the end of the first four-day cycle. What this means has yet to be discovered, but the Technicians have grimly warned against it. Productivity involves many tasks, including orchard picking, tilling, planting, harvesting, watering, maintenance, and more. Any task you can think of that would take place on a plantation is applicable here. Beyond that, the Production Board awaits you, offering precious Productivity Points in exchange for your cooperation. How you become Satisfactory is up to you, but it's every person for themselves. Only one person can turn in the credit for harvesting or preparing fields, and while you can certainly try to help others by letting them take credit for your work, it's a sure fire way to fall behind the herd, especially if you are already in a low Classification. Fruits and fields will miraculously grow overnight, and will be ready for a new day when you are. You've been told not to eat anything you harvest, but right now you aren't hungry anyway. ► POLARIS BY NIGHT: During the night, you are left alone to your thoughts and maybe an annoying roommate. Solo or in pairs, the entire night will be spent in small sleep pods, as shown on the locations post. Is it possible to sneak out? It doesn't seem like it is, but who is to say? The real question is if you want to dare to try. There is one hour of rest before and after seven hours of darkness. Even if you don't usually have to sleep, you'll find yourself oddly weary and inclined to rest. Supernaturally, almost. ► PARTICIPATION: Sometimes participation in experimental trials is manditory, sometimes it isn't. You are free to handwave your character having been pulled aside for minor examinations, such as blood tests or aura scans. Each time, you will be pulled into a separate part of the station and analyzed by a Technician and heavily automated machinery. Anymore more complex than basic check-up level tests will be posted about in a section called "TRIALS" in the body of the post below.

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⇨ TRIALS BY ICE

[ringleaders]

Both mandatory and volunteer scientific trials will be posted here. For ones that you can volunteer for, please reply to the comment expressing your interest. For mandatory trials, please reply with the character requested so that I can give you the low down over what is happening behind closed doors. Trials will be posted with what date they take place on.

For those that have requested Magitek modifications, those threads will be started beneath this header as well. Reply to the prompt, and I will explain to you what happens.

VOLUNTARY TRIAL SUBMISSION: DAY 103

[ringleaders]

VOLUNTARY TRIAL : TEST GROUP 700

REQUIREMENTS

» 1-3 SUBJECTS

» HAVE EXPERIENCED TEMPORARY DEATH BY ANY MEANS

» 1-3 SUBJECTS

» CONTROL GROUP THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DECEASED

TRIAL SPECIFICATIONS

Full aural diagnostics of pre-death and post-death candidates. Nature of death and resurrection required data. Preference for resurrections by entity called 'Ringmaster'. Further resurrections may be required.

[scientificist]

Herbert doesn't LIKE dying but he would like a look at their methodology and they're GOING to resurrect him if they kill him so. He was eaten alive by extradimensional eels and jellyfish. Huntsman rez.

His reagent-infused body is going to make him honestly difficult to kill.

[spaghettimonster]

Papyrus will doublecheck with Sans before he volunteers this info, since it's hard to explain how he knows without mentioning what Sans knows.... If Sans prefers to be an anonymous source, Papyrus can almost honestly say that he heard about it was from a little talking flower who isn't here with them, and that he believes them because the others he's met from home all remember different events than he does.

Anyway!! He has it under good authority that he's died before, though he doesn't remember it - in a time loop that kept undoing his death. Does that count as resurrection?

[betheman]

Day 103 is when Gon finds Yuuya again so naturally, Gon has to shove all his fruit progress at him and sign up for a trial because he is Worried,

He's trying not to think about that last line. THIS SHOULD BE FINE, HE'LL BE FINE!!!

Data wise-

> Exsanguinated by vampires in the Vampire War, resurrected via an Egg that the Ringmaster prepared. Took a while for that magic to stick- like, a few months while.
> Exsanguinated by vampires again, this time temporarily turned by them. Ringmaster helped pull that junk out later on. He's not sure if this counts as...Dying.
> 'Portland'; briefly rewritten into reality as an honest undead vampire of sort, and then restored to his proper body and life afterward. Details would be given as...best he could.
> The Prince's 'hunt'. He was transformed into a beast, killed in a hunting competition, and then resurrected by the Prince after the fact.

[moonfang]

He has not been dead! Yet. Control group eeeyyyy.

[textsfromhotland]

-Alphys has not died before

-Alphys also thought she was signing up for a more rudimentary aura scan and did not expect to be involved in an experiment about death. OH BOY HER FAVORITE.

[chronosynthesis]

There's probably no way Syr's getting off on farm labor alone even tho this already sets a bad precedent for the trials.

Syrlya has died and resurrected, he'll preface his situation had nothing to do with the Fae and was instead the result of magic from his homeworld, in vague terms. Vague partly because he still doesn't know 100% how that actually worked, he's not the necromancer.

VOLUNTARY TRIAL SUBMISSION: DAY 104

[ringleaders]

VOLUNTARY TRIAL : TEST GROUP 700

REQUIREMENTS

» 1-3 SUBJECTS

» NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY

» POSSESSES LIMBS GROWN FROM MAGICAL EXPOSURE

TRIAL SPECIFICATIONS

Limb segmentation and long term examination. Initial trial will be short, allowing subjects to return to work. Estimated trial period: One Week.

[alphudo]

Sure, why not. Yuusei'll sign up for this. What could go wrong?

[osteothropy]

That death thing sounds like a big no despite the fact that Sans has definitely died, so he's going to go for this instead. STEAL HIS LIMBS, HE DON'T GIVE A FUCK. HE HAS TOO MANY ANYWAY.

[reflash]

Limb segmentation sounds bad. But Yukio isn't super (emotionally) attached to his tail anyway so he'll sign up for that.

VOLUNTARY TRIAL SUBMISSION: DAY 105

[ringleaders]

VOLUNTARY TRIAL : TEST GROUP 700

REQUIREMENTS

» UNLIMITED CANDIDATES ACCEPTED

» CONTRACT FORMED WITH ENTITY 'IGNATIUS' THE 'LORD OF CONFLAGRATION'

TRIAL SPECIFICATIONS

Auric examination of contract bonds between subjects. Parallel investigations into ███████████████████ starting ████████████.

[impatientdefense]

Hey, something that applies - and makes that brief oath pay off a little. Beau's down.

[alphudo]

If Yuusei's allowed to be in multiple trials simultaneously, he'll be down for this one too. He's a bit curious as to what his contract with Ignatius actually did to him, if anything.

[anti_nonsense]

Rita's decided she's going to make an effort to improve her standing here... but even as she starts working her hardest, she knows she's got two days of below-average performance to make up for. So when she sees a trial posted, she signs up immediately.

She doesn't like the sound of it... but if it's related to Ignatius, maybe it'll help her find out where he is or what's happening to him.

[moonfang]

Yeah sure why not. By day 105, Zangetsu will be so neck deep in despair that he'd probably just lie there like a dead body for any experimentation. Eta4life.

[textsfromhotland]

This one seems safe?? maybe??

VOLUNTARY TRIAL SUBMISSION: DAY 106

[ringleaders]

VOLUNTARY TRIAL : TEST GROUP 700

REQUIREMENTS

» ZETA-708

» ZETA-713

TRIAL SPECIFICATIONS

Examination of entities codename 'TRIAD'.

VOLUNTARY TRIAL SUBMISSION: DAY 106b

[ringleaders]

VOLUNTARY TRIAL : TEST GROUP 700

REQUIREMENTS

» 1-6 SUBJECTS

» SUBJECTS HAVING RETAINED OUTER-SPECIES ASPECTS FROM WORLD TITLED 'PORTLAND'

» PERFERENCE FOR 'ANGELS', 'DEMONS', AND 'FAE' TRAITS

TRIAL SPECIFICATIONS

Examination of lingering consequences from reality bending magic on pending colony 'Earth'.

VOLUNTARY TRIAL SUBMISSION: DAY 107

[ringleaders]

VOLUNTARY TRIAL : TEST GROUP 700

REQUIREMENTS

» 1-4 SUBJECTS

» NO QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY

TRIAL SPECIFICATIONS

Experimental magitek enhancements and etheric gene therapy.

MANDATORY TRIAL SUBMISSION: DAY 107

[ringleaders]

MANDATORY TRIAL : TEST GROUP 700

REQUIREMENTS

» SUBJECT ZETA-713

TRIAL SPECIFICATIONS

N/A

VOLUNTARY TRIAL SUBMISSION: DAY 108

[ringleaders]

VOLUNTARY TRIAL : TEST GROUP 700

REQUIREMENTS

» ETA-704

» ZETA-708

TRIAL SPECIFICATIONS

Etheric gene therapy sample test.

VOLUNTARY TRIAL SUBMISSION: DAY 108b

[ringleaders]

VOLUNTARY TRIAL : TEST GROUP 700

REQUIREMENTS

» 1-6 SUBJECTS

» NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY

» PLEASE APPLY IN PAIRS

TRIAL SPECIFICATIONS

Social experiment.

VOLUNTARY TRIAL SUBMISSION: DAY 109

[ringleaders]

VOLUNTARY TRIAL : TEST GROUP 700

REQUIREMENTS

» 1-6 SUBJECTS

» CLOSE CONTACT WITH ENTITY 'THE VOID'

» ALTERNATIVELY: CLOSE CONTACT WITH ENTITY 'CREATION'

TRIAL SPECIFICATIONS

Examination and implementation of the etheric potential of polarized entities.