⇨ 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

[starseedling]

He's never really been sure what would happen if his gem was removed from his body completely, but the idea of him just straight up dying as a result isn't that surprising. He's a hybrid between gem and human, and he's always sort of known that he needs both parts to exist. The idea that they can just shut him off like this, that they can separate him from his gem whenever they want... it mostly leaves him feeling despondent.

"Maybe they just... shut off the connection...?" Maybe they did it on purpose? If people are going to try to escape soon, and the technicians still have his gem, then what would happen? "I have to get it back."

[betheman]

"Nh...that is an understatement," he manages, grimacing. And there isn't much he can say along those lines when it comes to exercising a way to get it for that matter. Using soul chatter in patches, while already watching for Technicians, is one thing.

Starting up right in front of a pair...would be dumb. "...Hnm. No doubt they have given little indication of where it is, or when it would be returned..." He grumbles.

Mostly though, it'd be awful nice to narrow down the thing's location.

[hippocarnival]

"We won't leave any part of you behind, okay?" Yuya knows, by now, that he's going to help with retrieving their things. So mentally, he slots Steven's gem as part of that. It probably won't be kept the same place. It's probably in one of the labs... but he'll make sure they get it.

"Take it easy right now." In case that do it again. "We'll stay with you."