⇨ POLARIS 2.0

[ringleaders]

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.

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!

Comments

[betheman]

Oh- Yes, there's a sense of interest coming through. That is possibly useful.

He'll repeat an image Lambert sent him....prefacing it with Lambert talking 'at' him, in his mind.

Various eyes along the walls, lights on, they themselves frozen...and the lights and eyes slowly closing before they move on. To more easily get the idea in, Gongenzaka uses his 'blaring siren' example of cutting the cord. If she can focus on alarm systems, and defense systems, that will be a huge plus!

[anti_nonsense]

The defense systems... hmm. In truth, Rita doesn't know much about them. But...

She'll try to work with the imagery Gongenzaka's provided. She'll show him four figures with barely enough features to identify them as herself and the other new Deltas. The two representing Tyki and Yukio, she moves to associate with the eyes and sirens. The ones representing herself and Sans instead move to a different space, represented with an examination table, needles, test tubes.

Two of them in security, two in research. Maybe those in security will know where to start when it comes to messing with these systems.

[betheman]

Understanding comes through- so he needs to check with them. Got it.

Yet, there is hesitance...When he shows Tyki and Yukio, there is a sense of unfamiliarity. The desire to trust, but the knowledge that he simply doesn't know them well enough.

There is a sort of prod against the other- What does she think? Should he reach out to either of them?

[anti_nonsense]

Well... maybe? The feeling Rita returns is sort of an affirmative. He can try if he wants, basically.

Although... maybe Rita can handle it.

Once again, she borrows some of Gongenzaka's imagery, returning to the idea of the box within a box. In the inner box, these figures representing the four Deltas are bound tightly in chains, unable to move. But when they move to the outer box, those chains loosen significantly, allowing them to move their arms, turn their heads, that sort of thing. They have some breathing room there.

Maybe she can talk to some of the other Deltas herself. Just, not here, where they aren't permitted to talk freely. But there... that might be worth a shot.

[betheman]

Ahhh...that could be something.

He pauses in his thought, and then has another idea- the image of Rita and those other Deltas, out in their 'free space'. Rita holds some sort of paper slip, it seems- words seem to fill it directly from her hands. The paper is passed to the others, who slowly gain '!' symbols above their heads in understanding.

Gongenzaka doesn't really know how her ability works entirely...but she could probably use that pretty easily to get the others filled in, right?

There is a moment of hesitance, as if he wants to add something more... ...But in the end, there is no further thought. Instead, one more feeling of hope. A sort of 'good luck'.

[anti_nonsense]

There's a sense of affirmation, and of confidence. She can do that. It's easy.

All the other stuff isn't easy, but she'll take it step by step. At least they still have a few ways of communicating, even if they can't speak freely.

[betheman]

Indeed they will.

The image of a sheet of paper rolling up, with a sense of finality comes forth. They seem to be done with what they can discuss for now.

So he brings the image of the false 'sun' in the Farm's sky, as well as a clock, and a question mark. Chat again tomorrow? If she sets a time, he can contact her then...assuming she knows when she'll be around.

[anti_nonsense]

Sure, she supposes. Hopefully one or both of them will have more information by then. Using the model presented, Rita selects some arbitrary time, though she double-checks the schedule in her visor to make sure it won't conflict with any appointments.

She will be around the next day, but with the True Name trials underway, she'll be spending much of her time observing those participants, and will likely be found standing somewhere near one of them, watching silently.

[betheman]

He'll see her later then.

One last burst of hope, and then a sense of farewell before the line cuts- if Rita pays attention, she'll only really see Gongenzaka in the corner of her eye, heading for some other work task.