WEEK 2

[bathymetric]

So far, good news! You've managed to avoid killing! A week has passed in the facility, but how many more are there to go until one of you tries out Rule Seven? I mean.... we know, but.

No new areas just yet, it remains you guys and yours here for now. Well, and Angel, but again - you don't exactly see her unless you want to. It's more than a little lonely... maybe someone ought to shake things up.



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[ ooc: Welcome to Week 2, your first case week! Remember to turn in regains here, your AC for last week here, and if you like, come visit Angel's office hours here!

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INVESTIGATION

[philoxenia]

[ Monday is... well, it sure is a Monday!

Mira's feeling particularly restless, so she... actually ends up going to the gym. She does some stretches here, but most notable is that she's trying--very hard, but not doing very well at all--to take on one of those punching bags. Her form very much sucks, mostly because she's never done this before, but... everyone starts somewhere, right? ... Right.

After that, she heads to the library to return some books she's been reading, and she, as usual, spends some time there. She seems to be taking some notes, too, but she's also investigating the crime books.

And then--she heads to the vending machine to put in more of those coins. She ends up with a bit of junk again--is that a map? huh--but when she puts one certain coin in, what she gets is-- ]

Wh-- h-how did you get in there?!

[ That sure is a dog. Who seems extremely happy to see Mira. She pulls her close, looking stunned, before she starts checking her to make sure the poor thing is okay. ]

I can't believe you were in there...

gym

[archboxer]

[It's been her routine to visit the gym regularly. She has a lot of frustration to work out, after all! Still, there's someone new at the punching bags. Rhea watches from a distance before walking closer.]

Ah--Mira? Excuse me, you seem to be having some difficulty.

[philoxenia]

[ She's only half-paying attention to if someone enters, but when Rhea approaches, she at least doesn't jump. She does look a bit sheepish, though. ]

Oh-- Rhea. I've... never done this, so...

[archboxer]

[She didn't say but she could tell. The form was all wrong. She was expending too much energy to be effective, not to mention the way she was standing--that would be rude to say, though.]

I know a few things that might make it a little easier on you, Mira.

[philoxenia]

Really? You-- you don't have to do that, if it'll take you away from your own time here.

vending machine;

[valentinus]

...There's animals in this?

[ ...he really shouldn't be surprised, honestly. ]

[philoxenia]

[ She nods, and the dog? Looks curious about Vincent. Mira holds her back, though. ]

B-but it's more than that-- She's mine. From home.

[valentinus]

Your dog, then.

[ He'll state simply, watching the curious animal with hardly much interest. But, all dogs are good in his book. Well, most. ]

What's her name?

[philoxenia]

Mm, I've had her for a couple of months.

[ An actual baby, who keeps trying very hard to go to Vincent. ]

Daisy. [ Her ears perk up at her name. ] Behave yourself, okay?

INVESTIGATION

[bathymetric]

[ Unfortunately, Della's already rummaged through most of what there is to find in here! However, if there are any flavor questions you have in particular, or anything you want Mira to take a real close look at, we're happy to accommodate! ]

[philoxenia]

[ Oh, bless you Della.

She is interested in seeing if there are any accounts of, say, crimes she would be familiar with. We're talking Ted Bundys and Gary Ridgways, stuff like that.

Mostly, she's trying to gauge if whoever's in charge here might be familiar with her world and time. ]

[bathymetric]

[ So interestingly, there aren't really any exclusively crime history texts in here? The section on crime is almost entirely the weird No Credited Author guides - not just to murder, either, frankly the majority is about how to commit other crimes, nearly all involving very little in the way of physical harm! Theft is a big one, large-scale larceny apparently being a favorite of the non-author, and the general sense is pretty much "how to commit crimes in the modern world for personal gain."

There are a few real-world models used as examples, that's where Mira's going to find actual indications of crime. You like DB Cooper, Mira? The author sure writes a pretty scathing review of his work. Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy gets a chapter near the start of one of these, there's plenty of historical figures named in there. The closest any of these books really get to a Ted Bundy is the book on forming cults for monetary gain, which makes reference to several real-world ones. ]

[philoxenia]

[ Ex...citing!! And not at all concerning! She's absolutely writing down her findings. At least there's no Murder 101 here, but it's still definitely a thing.

Alright, let's head to the psychology section, if no one's investigated that! Mostly she's looking for stuff on social psychology experiments, like.... the Stanford Prison Experiment, for example. ]

gym

[hardnosed]

[ oh this is just sad to watch... eventually, from across the room, Jasper pronounces: ]

You've never done this before.

[ It's not a question. ]

[philoxenia]

Not... really, no.

[ Rhea had given her some tips earlier but, ah.... ]

[hardnosed]

So you're trying to get stronger. [ Which is, admittedly, pathetic, but humans don't seem to be locked into their forms quite as much as Gems. She's probably only come to this realization because Della tried to explain organic reproduction to her, so in a way that nightmare actually accomplished something! ] Because of rule seven?

[ If she were as small and weak as Mira, and two eight foot tall alien warriors were also here, she'd probably be trying to get swole too. ]

vending machine

[emberserker]

[Anna's here to put coins in for junk when --]

Where did you get a dog? The live worms were one thing, but don't tell me that came out of the prize machine.

[philoxenia]

She did.

[ Daisy is lounging in Mira's lap, but when Anna speaks, she perks up and regards her curiously. ]

Just like everything else, but... she doesn't seem to be hurt, or anything.

[emberserker]

This entire place is ridiculous.

[Anna doesn't give the poor dog any attention, just turns back to the machine.]

I suppose it'll hold all kinds of things. Size doesn't matter in there, either.

vending machine

[shieldsister]

I would ask how that's possible, but I'm going to assume it's magic and stop questioning it now.

[Hi, Mira. Oh my god Aela's so done with the crazy tech here. Everything is magic until proven otherwise, including how a dog was able to be in that vending machine full of weapons without being injured.]

[philoxenia]

That's what I've been thinking.

[ HONESTLY. There was just a whole-ass dog in there, but she seems okay! ]

She... wasn't in a carrier or anything, either, but at least she's not hurt.

[shieldsister]

That's good. She's yours, I take it? What's her name?

vending machine

[nothingcanstop]

[ A dog? A dog?! Ohhh, a dog! Here's Della. ]

Whoa...! Look at the size of...! Where'd you find this cute pup?!

[ ...This is a human-proportioned corgi, not a duck-proportioned corgi, so. She looks a bit bigger to Della than she's used to. ]

[philoxenia]

[ Daisy is caught off-guard enough by Della that she doesn't immediately bound over, but Mira holds her back all the same. ]

She came out of the vending machine, if you can believe it.

[nothingcanstop]

...That asshole put a dog in the vending machine?!

[ duck tantrum count: 2 ]

What kind of scumbag would even do something so absolutely-- [ So her voice keeps going higher and it's turning into just angry noises. ] I can't believe him!