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lostcarnival2018-10-17 01:22 pm
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⇨ 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! |
Day 110
The high-pitched, frantic voice that follows is likely only marginally more familiar, since they haven't exactly spoken, but in either case, if Syrlya was trying to place it, he won't get long to try -- the conversation ends abruptly and Eruka lurches through the hedge, eyes wild, the tips of her frazzled hair going from wobbling, globule-filled slime to puffing steam, and she almost bowls Syrlya over in her haste to get away.
"W-w-watch where you're going!" she yelps, despite the near collision being entirely her own fault.
no subject
"You're the one running." Which, hm. Why does she seem so harried? "What happened?"
no subject
"Nothing!" Eruka near-screams, only barely remembering in time to catch herself and keep her voice to a low, panicked hiss. "Nothing happened, why would you think anything happened, I've been here this whole time doing this farmwork like I'm supposed to!"
no subject
"Calm down. Breathe. You are going to draw more attention with shouting."
Which is probably the last thing she wants (or needs) right now.
no subject
no subject
"Better?" She's not, so Syrlya's going to move right on. "Now. What was it that spooked you that badly?"
no subject
"I-I told him it was a stupid idea!" is what she starts off with, immediately deflecting blame, since this feels like the sort of thing that can make her get in major trouble. "But all he cared about was getting to that fae!"
no subject
"Who was it?" He has a good guess who it was. "And why is he not with you now?"
no subject
"That stupid magician ... he turned to fire in the middle of ducts and a robot started trying to put him out. We got separated. I don't know what happened to him."
a.k.a. she didn't stick around to find out if it was going to go for her next.