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DAY ELEVEN
 Complex Population: 14 It's 8AM, and you wake from that deep, dreamless sleep that enforces curfew as always. There's breakfast available in the cafeteria if you want it, as well as meals from 11AM-12PM and 7PM-8PM, but otherwise? The day is yours. Take your time to explore the complex, relax, and enjoy each others' company, as who knows what the next day has in store? Though as you explore, you may notice that there's a few new doors unlocked and several new places for you to spend the day as a result of finding the Overseer. However, one door remains locked for now... Maybe this is Ciel's doing? Or maybe Judy has other plans... You can always ask her, but for now, you should take the chance to gather as much information as possible before deciding how to handle the Overseer. For once, there's nothing amiss about the Complex. This post is for the first day as defined in the schedule. This post is for general mingling and CR buidling, and will not include significant plot interaction. ic rulebook character statuses character profiles private conversations graveyard |
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PROGRAM INSTRUCTIONS
The mission of this complex is to fully research a new technology to modify memories of its users extensively, and to determine the full extent of modification as well as any side-effects that may arise from their usage. Preliminary testing determined that users may face increased mental stress, lowered inhibitions, and other psychological problems as a result of having their memories modified.
Residents of the complex are divided into two groups:
1) You, the science team. Your Lounger's memory protocols were disabled, and as such, you should experience no side effects from being sustained by the Lounger. You may feel some weakness and grogginess for the first week, but proper hydration, meals, and exercise should have you back to normal within the week.
2) Residents. Your sector has been populated by thirty residents from a variety of socioeconomic backgrounds. These residents have gone through the full modification process, and as such, will not remember their previous lives. New memories are procedurally generated by the AI operating the general functions of the facility, so there is expected to be little to no overlap between residents' memories.
Preliminary results indicate that reminders of their past memories can cause a variety of side effects ranging from increased stress to seizures. As such, for the sake of not contaminating results, we would also like to remind you that you're bound by your non-disclosure agreement and may not disclose the nature of this experiment to any residents. Disclosure will result in immediate termination by a third party.
Finally, because of the classification of this experiment (TS), the experiment is also intended to only permit the survival of employees who have been granted proper clearances. Upon the start of Phase II, the complex's biosensors will activate, and the complex will be on security lockdown until the sensors indicate the correct number of participants to ensure safety, as we believe the subjects will be unstable and unable to cope with life after the facility.
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[He feels something wet coming over his lips - he reaches up a hand, and pulls away his fingers to reveal blood.]
G-Great. [He says, trying to stem the flow of the blood from his nose with his hand again, staining the bandages on it a bright red. The information here is...well, it's a lot to take in. Full modification process? Third party doing the termination? New technology that affects memory?]
I think we need to find whatever that Lounger thing is. Maybe we can stop this - [He gestures to his bleeding nose.] - from happening.
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[Damn.
Alice grimaces and brings up her arm to mop up some of the blood coming from her nose with her sleeve. This isn't good - they need as much information as they can get if they're going to figure out what to do about this.]
I saw... some things that looked like pods in another room last night. Maybe that was them? But I don't know how they work and Lee-Lee and I didn't stay there for very long.
[...maybe the scientists have instruction manuals in here somewhere.]
Look around and see if there's anything with instructions for that. If Cici's really trying to help us, then maybe he thought ahead enough to leave notes for when we could finally reach this place. I'll keep reading - I can deal with a nosebleed.
[She navigates back to the menu and clicks on "Phase II".]
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PHASE II INSTRUCTIONS
With the modification portion of the experiment (Phase I) over, Phase II can now begin. Phase II's goals involve methodically applying stress to the populace as intensive form of the extent of memory modification as well as side effects that may arise. Because of the preliminary results indicating that these factors may arise under pressure, the purpose of Phase II is to apply stress testing to the modification process.
The formulated stress test takes two forms:
PHYSICAL
To assist in gathering valuable data, we would like for scientists to work together and select one resident every other day to induce stress in. We have provided a variety of tools for this function, though we leave the methods to your discretion. However, as these residents will be alerted to your presence, they must be terminated upon completion of your chosen tests. This can be included as a part of the test, or it may be a separate process depending on what you feel is the best course of action. The passing of a resident will prompt the second form of stress testing the next day.
PSYCHOLOGICAL
To explore the potential psychological effects of the modification process, stressors have been added by implementing a rudimentary judicial system. For each passing, a trial will be conducted to determine the guilty party, at which point they will be executed. However, the stressor is that no evidence or assistance will be provided for these trials. We expect residents to undergo great psychological distress when facing these complex moral decisions, and we also expect that they may eventually turn on each other in paranoia. This is expected, and this provides valuable data. In the trials, your role is simply to observe, though we recommend playing along as to not alert the populace to your presence.
Please note that by the nature of the system, you are not exempt from this process. We recommend discretion for this reason, as unfortunately our employees cannot be protected from this mandatory process.
Should you have any concerns about the experiment, please know that all residents have signed waiver form 3B-27 to consent to full cooperation with this experiment, thereby allowing this experiment to comply to the ethical guidelines of the National Science Board. They may not remember doing so, but admittance to the complex required these forms. Further concerns should be directed to your Overseer, as Human Resources is not currently available for comment.
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[He shudders, fingers digging into the side of his face. He had started to think less of the staff once certain things were revealed, but now his hatred of them rises back up in his throat like bitter, acrid bile.]
This is sick. [He says, with more emotion than he's meaning to let on.] That last paragraph is a lie, Judy told me so. We agreed to be here, but we didn't agree to be part of this...this deadly farce.
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[Alice agrees with him readily, though perhaps not for the usual reasons. She can't say she would never agree to be a part of an experiment like this - but she would only have agreed if she was in a position of power. If she had been one of the scientists.
The fact that she's not, the fact that there's even a slim chance she could have been slaughtered if any of the staff members had chosen her for one of their stress tests... It's proof enough to her that this isn't entirely true.
She makes one last face at the text, then navigates back to select "Complex Map". If it's on a staff computer, then perhaps it has locations or notes she's not already aware of on it.]
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However, on the third floor, only the power grid is described. After that, there's a lot of technical text: ]
OPERATIONS OFFICES : Includes offices for the normal operations of th0000x60001
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 2.5.32-220.e16.x86_32 #4
Call Trace:
ffffDATA CORRUPTED
DATA CORRUPTED
DATA CORRUPTED
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x1c0005c2 in main () at DATA CORRUPTED
Segfault detected. Please contact your system administrator.
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Alfie... do you understand any of this? [Relying on others isn't really her thing, but if they're going to figure out what's going on, she's going to have to. At least Alfendi is someone who's proven himself trustworthy.] ...and do you still have your notebook? We could write it down just in case we need it later.
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[He does have his notebook! He pulls it out from under the crook of his arm, wiping his nose with the back of his sleeve before digging in his pockets for a pen.]
Yes, I do, right here, though I haven't had to use it recently because of the sudden memory sharing between us two... [But it's still a good reference material, so he hasn't thrown it out yet. He starts writing it down, sticking his tongue out in slight concentration.]
Anyways, it looks like something went wrong somewhere. Maybe with Judy? We'll have to find out. [And a pause, as he remembers something Alice said earlier he didn't get a chance to ask about because NOSE BLEEDING.] And...wait, Alice, I'm sorry, but...you're not human?
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[That does seem to be among her skills. If she could hack, then...
While Alfendi gets to work copying down the error message, she'll step away from the terminal and start examining the rest of the room. Are any of the chemicals labeled? The filtration system controls are mentioned in the description - are they clearly labeled or will she just have to stare at buttons in a very puzzled manner while she tries to figure out what they do?]
...hm? Oh, I'm a half-elf. [She smiles faintly, but then her expression becomes serious as she starts looking over the other things in the room again. She keeps talking, though.] From the sound of it, our worlds are pretty different, but only one of my parents was human.
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[He finishes writing down the error message, pocketing the pen and slipping the notebook back under the crook of his shoulder as he turns back to Alice.]
In my world, magic is nothing but fancy. Of course, some people believe in magic, and they try to make each other believe in it through various tricks and deceptions, but people like my father usually saw through such things.
[Everything has a logical solution. That's what his father's exploits always seemed to say, time and time again. He's silent for a moment. To think he wouldn't hear about his father's exploits ever again, or talk with the man, or just know that he's somewhere out there, solving puzzles to his heart's content...]
[He feels very empty.]
I guess it must be strange for you, to imagine a world without magic. [He comes up from behind her, peering over her shoulder.] Find anything useful among these chemicals?
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[People like her aren't really welcomed by either humans or by elves - generally only by their immediate family, and hers is long dead. It's never really mattered to her that she's a half-elf or that people hate her, though. If anything, it's just made her motivated to become so powerful that nobody can look down on her.
When he falls silent, she watches him for a moment. Alice isn't good at comforting people. She's never really known what to say or do, but -
One hand comes up to squeeze Alfendi's shoulder as gently and as reassuringly as she's even capable of. The last eleven days have at least taught her that not everyone views their parents the same way she views hers.
Anything she could say doesn't really seem like it would help. He may not be dead sounds hollow, and Maybe he was part of one of the earlier experiments and escaped isn't a good scenario. It's what she hopes for for Decus, but is it what Alfendi would want for his father?
She's only known him for eleven days. She really can't say. So rather than offer him empty platitudes, she'll do her best to be here, and to continue the conversation when he changes the topic.]
Well, acids would be useful, but...
[They're probably not authorized to take them, either. It's a shame. She glances over at the controls for the filtration system and huffs.]
It would probably be more useful to figure out how that works. Maybe-
[Ah. Judy can hear them, can't she? She gestures for his notebook, and if he hands it over, she'll write down a suggestion.]
maybe we can alter the dosage to make it easier for us to wake up at night if we have to