Lost Carnival Mods (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
ringleaders) wrote in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
lostcarnival2018-10-17 01:22 pm
ringleaders) wrote in lostcarnival2018-10-17 01:22 pm
Entry tags:
⇨ POLARIS 2.0
Who: Everyone!
When: Days 110 - 114
Where: Polaris
What: After a mysterious explosion shakes the station, the staff of Polaris struggle to maintain order while the test subjects fight for freedom with the aid of hidden allies. Productivity info is here.
Warnings: More graphic experimentation.
When: Days 110 - 114
Where: Polaris
What: After a mysterious explosion shakes the station, the staff of Polaris struggle to maintain order while the test subjects fight for freedom with the aid of hidden allies. Productivity info is here.
Warnings: More graphic experimentation.
THEORY & CONCLUSION↴ At the midnight between Day 109 and Day 110, something happens. For most people, it won't be clear what - yet, they are shaken by it just the same. Violent tremors appear out of nowhere, rattling the entirety of the Polar station, violent enough to throw sleeping test subjects off their bunks. The source is unclear, but there is a sudden flurry of activity from staff as power flickers and is lost in various parts of the facility. Subjects, for the most part, will be left to their cells while they try to sort things out. The next morning, the staff are late picking people up. It's more like 6:30AM than the usual 6AM when they arrive to take people to the farm, which is a bit of tardiness that is entirely without precedent. Any questions about the incident the previous night will be waved off with the explanation of 'technical difficulties' that have been 'resolved.' ► DELTA: The three new Deltas will be left in their cells for even longer, waiting to be picked up, instructed that they would be escorted elsewhere instead of to the farm. Around 6:45AM some unfamiliar technicians will arrive and tell them that they are here to begin their processing into Delta. They are led into a previously untouched section of the station, where they are invited into a somewhat more intimate medical room to be asked some cursory questions and given a check up. Then, their suits will be removed, and they will be provided with their new uniforms, which they can apply like normal clothes. Delta life begins there. There will be a top level for the initial parts of their processing to be played out. Ultimately, however, they will end up being given a tour of the new Delta facilities, which amounts to a waterfront area that borders the new apartments they'll be staying in, as well a small supply shop where they can pick up an allotted amount of 'amenities' per day, based on their level of productivity and other achievements. This includes luxury items like food, pleasant smelling soaps, or other hygiene related tools. There are even small things like decorations or pictures of other places available, though they are fairly expensive. The first day will mostly involve the processing, a tour, and some basic training regarding the new tools they will be using, such as the mandatory visors and basic computer access. The next day, observation shifts in the farm will start, as will participation in trials. ► FARMING: The Farm will continue as normal, though it seems like there are fewer staff observing it at the moment. The ones that are there seem a little bit more tense than usual. Power is still down in some places, but the Farm is thankfully still active. Sometimes the productivity turn-in scanners might be a bit glitchy, so try not to panic if it measures fewer points than you're due. ► TRIALS: Trials are continuing as projected, though with the most broad of experiments already under way, they may be more selective. If you have an idea for a trial you can be sure to share it with the staff, and they will take it under advisement! Any information you want to provide is encouraged, they will say, especially if it involves notable traits about you or your fellow test subjects - or perhaps behavioral patterns you've noticed. You might even be rewarded! |
no subject
Rather than try to use charades for the next bit, he just shows off one of her notes though; they need a Plan. Gongenzaka's idea involves...well. Images of Rita, the Supervisors, and other reliable sorts come to mind, and the tin-can telephone again.
He figures if they all plan together....then their ally can gain better footing.]
no subject
He reflects a note of Gild's as well, with some thought. The inside person will come to them, and this needs to be a united effort. But there's hope.
And an urge. He wants to start telling people.]
no subject
In any case, it's a string of affirmatives- and then a very quick 'SLOW!' sign; the tin can telephone is around, but so are the cameras and radios, and the persisting sensation of caution.
And, well, sorry Yuuya but he's going to show a picture of Strange for this. And a big X and a bunch of police lights. Not the best example of things, but there is the feeling that he worries telling the wrong people would set off a 'Bomb'.
Or more accurately, 'scatter' everyone like 'mice'- everything running in all directions! (It happened just rescuing Yuuya after all, not that he'll say it here.)
So, with a more calming feeling, he connects the tin-can telephone to those people from before again. He invites Yuuya to add or take from the list, certainly!
But they must be careful.]
no subject
Then there's a nudge, like he wants Gongenzaka to take the lead here. He's obviously got a better sense of what to do from here than Yuya, who was never the best at this kind of large scale planning. As well...
He thinks about the message about how to transfer marks--and this the power they were granted. If he ends up somewhere that he can't really use it, well. He might have to.]
no subject
Oh well, he doesn't pursue that. Instead he just feels a bit bashful, but will STEADFASTLY TAKE THE LEAD-
And very quickly protest against Yuuya passing up his mark, to the point of actually fumbling with some of his berries.] Mnh-
[The berries are scooped back up, and put into the basket. Focus, focus-
He focuses on the image of someone being bathed in light, or receiving a sword; and emphasizes, perhaps, a need for it. For Yuuya.
They could need that Anywhere!]
no subject
He's not quite sure how to use it, though. Fire and light, and finding things, and... enhancements.
There's a questioning feeling. Does Gon have any ideas?]
no subject
Whatever.
The point is, it's not the first time he's sat on a 'boon' waiting for the right moment. So wait for the right moment.
Beyond that... A magnifying glass comes to mind for 'Finding Things', followed by a picture of Suzu, as well as some other things Yuuya would have known Gongenzaka to carry around. They could find their stuff!
Or, more daringly- a magnifying glass upon a metal snowflake. This is the best look for Mother of Invention he has, shut up. The point is, maybe they could locate her somehow, and avoid or pursue as needed.
There's a number of question marks- and an image of that note about needing a plan again. As well as Gongenzaka's own reply- they need to find their pieces, first. All of them, together.
Then, they'll know how to act.]
no subject
But using it to know where the Mother of Invention is and avoid her is clever, and that's why he asked Gongenzaka.
He nods outwardly, and then emphasizes Rita. He'll try and talk to her. Now that they're this much closer, there has to be something she can do.]
no subject
Ah-
But then he realizes something. He brings up the image of Rita- and moves her slllloooooowwwwly closer to the idea of cameras and radios. Technicians are probably monitored too. Maybe even more-so. Sure feels like it at least.
The feeling of caution prevails- and the 'Shhh' image as well. Another image, of a jumble of nonsense words appears, before the idea of a hand carefully going over them to 'Pick and Choose' shows up.
Speak carefully. Choose what you say, Yuuya. A large 'X' appears over the tin can telephone, with Yuuya's image. He can't share info the same way they are right now- so watch those words!]
no subject
I'm not going to jeopardize this. [He almost mumbles. Have a little more faith in him (Strange is an outlier because Yuya trusts Strange more than any reasonable person should).]
no subject
And have a 'Shh', while Gon coughs aloud for the sake of covering that mumble. (Boy, does he trust too much indeed though-!) He then sighs-
A feeling of understanding, and faith is certainly there. But with it comes a trembling fox in Gon's colours- he's just. Nervous, okay?
A '1' shows. They have one shot, or at least he's pretty sure. After that....
He doesn't want to think about it.]
no subject
He knows he hasn't been the strongest or most faithful lately, but... now he knows they really have a chance, and they're going to make the most of it. They're all getting out of here.
No matter what happens in the short term.]
no subject
The bush...is just about emptied.
There is another sigh- and Gongenzaka pauses to pull the other close for a brief, but no less crushing hug. Right. Right...]
...It seems we are finished here already. [In a few ways.] ...Yuuya... ...Regardless of what occurs, you will be alright, hmm? ...
...Even if you can cling to Eta... It will be better than falling further, alright? [Just one last reminder to do their best before they separate- and one last burst of comfort through the line, for the better message.]
no subject
I'll get through it. [He assures that much, at least.] I saw Lambert yesterday. In the farm.
[You know, Theta man.]
no subject
He doesn't have strong hopes for where they were for those few days after all.]
no subject
[And there has to be some sort of relief in that, right? Relief that, if Yuya falls that far, he won't be gone completely.]
no subject
[Gon, for his part, isn't getting relief.]
...Please, Yuuya. ...Just try, for now, [He pleads.] ...I, the man Gongenzaka, do not doubt that the 'Technicians' here had reason to warn against that rank.
[There is little more they can say that won't be arguing in circles. Gongenzaka gives Yuuya time to respond- but from there, with a curt nod, goes to find work to do.]
no subject
[Maybe when they hit Delta, sure, but Yuya has no hopes in being able to manage that.
And he's not supposed to be thinking in the long term.]
no subject
...Y...Yuuya...
[It wasn't that he didn't think he was trying.
It was that he feared the way he spoke of Theta meant he was giving up on that end of matters. A rescue was in the works, certainly. But that didn't make the danger of dropping less real.]
no subject
It's a moment before he doesn't breath quite so angrily, his shoulders drop and his expression crumples a little.
Slowly, he reaches for Gongenzaka's hand with his.] Gongenzaka...
[He's afraid, too, of a future here. That's why he wants to try so hard to make this rescue a reality.]
no subject
...Not 'try', then, but rather, 'continue'. Continue to hold on, Yuuya, [he says quietly, before the hug ends. They'll do this. They'll succeed.
That optimism keeps shining through the connection, until they separate and walk out of the other's range.]
no subject
He won't go anywhere. Not forever, if Gongenzaka won't. And they'll get out of this together.]