WEEK 5

[bathymetric]

That's three murders now - and this last trial got more than slightly out of hand. It looks like you might be in for another tough week... or at least, maybe that's just the refusal of this place to change too much. You lose Saturday again, but maybe six-day weeks are starting to feel normal by now. Who knows? The cycle of day and night continues apace, changing so little.

Speaking of change, though, there's a new area to look through, the biggest and most complex yet. And the end of one wing of the facility, from the looks of it - though you can probably guess where more areas might start to open up.

And speaking of opening up (segues!), this week if you're out particularly late, you might sometimes see Angel out and about! So hey, maybe change is on the horizon.

Just gotta hope it's a change for the better, don't you?



SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

[ ooc: Welcome to Week 5! Remember to turn in AC here, threads for regain coins here, and if you feel so inclined you can visit Angel's office hours over here! Or, if you want Angel to come to you, that's now an option! Simply put a prompt after lights-out into your toplevel and indicate you want Angel in the subject line, same as investigations! ]

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SUNDAY

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MONDAY

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TUESDAY

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WEDNESDAY

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THURSDAY

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SUPPLY DROP

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[ In the box in the lounge, Angel leaves...

- Some honeycomb and a bottle of linseed oil for Therion
- A book on flower symbolism for Mira

And uh. It's not really addressed to anyone in particular, but in the museum cartography room there's now a replica of Michelangelo's David. ]

MOTIVE

[bathymetric]

[ In the morning, another Tuesday means another announcement. ]

As usual, please gather in the meeting room.

[ Welcome to the meeting room, everybody! Judging from how Angel is standing off to the side, it’s not an envelope week this week! The screen turns on, minus a couple dead pixels where someone went and scratched it. ]

Good morning, test subjects. I've been thinking, and perhaps the motivation you lack is a willingness to return to the worlds you left behind. You already know I am capable of moving up and down your personal timelines with the machine that brought you here. So my offer is simple.

Surely you all have something you regret doing or… not doing, as the case may be, at some point in your lives. Perhaps something as grand as a life you failed to save, or as simple as… a ride you’d rather not have caught. I’m sure you don’t need me to tell you what choice you most regret in your life, what you might have done differently with the added benefit of hindsight.

Well… I could help you change that choice. Take the road less traveled, send your life in an entirely different direction. Think on it.

[ And the screen cuts out! ]

Investigation!!

[nothingcanstop]

[ Saturday continues to not exist. Lovely, fun, wonderful. Just a day lost to try and process all that which was Friday.

It really is becoming routine, isn't it?

So, part of that routine is checking the new part of the facility, because...of course there's one. From the get-go, she seems...more enthused about it? ]

No creepy windows! Nice. Nice, an improvement. Digging it. [ And then she walks into the aquarium. ]

...

Nnnnerp!

[ DELLA DUCK OUT no seriously she turns tail and books it. Not for her today, no thank you!!

Now, the museum is much more her speed. The fossils room draws her right in. ]

Ohh, how lovely, more stolen goods the Prof wants to show off. ...Hold up, is that a full-on no fakes Triceratops???

[ So that's got her attention for awhile! And, eventually, so does the cartography room, for investigation. This whole area's pretty big, so...she's gonna break it down. Let's take a closer look at those maps! ]

[mouflon]

[ Before noon, Rin can once again be found at the vending machine. She's never been a fan of mornings, and never has that been more obvious than it is now, as she feeds coins into the slot while still blinking sleep out of her eyes. For the most part, the rewards that fall out of the machine are the usual fare — barbecue sauce, some sort of weapon, ooh, another diamond — when suddenly, the machine deposits a black and green ball.

Hey, isn't this one of those pokeballs? Rin thinks, recalling the trial two weeks ago. There's even a button on it. Her thumb moves toward it, and before her sleep-addled brain can catch up to what she's doing, she presses down.

For the second time in two weeks, Rin cries out from the vending machine room. At least she just sounds startled, this time?

Later in the day, Rin can be found in the art room. It doesn't look like she's making use of any of the supplies, though. Instead, she's rolling a round, red gem between her fingers, absorbed in some last-minute contemplation. Still, eventually, she does what needs to be done: she throws it in the kiln and doesn't leave until she's sure it's good and cracked from the heat.

Finally, she can be found in the meeting room. She had a lot of time to think while she waited for that crystal to crack, and that's why she's... yelling at the video screen? ]

Hey, Professor, don't you think it's a little late for you to start having second thoughts? Or, how about this — if it made you so sad, why don't you let us go?

bones

[emberserker]

Apparently so. Haven't you noticed something?

investigation!

[emberserker]

[Anna heads to the new area in the morning, because why wouldn't she. The weapon wing of the museum seems pretty interesting, so she'll be poking around there in the morning, investigating. First let's hit the walls -- can she get a closer look at that pirate flag?

Later, in the dining hall, Anna is eating something... sensible? I mean, potato salad is kind of gross, but at least she's not trying to put away a whole chicken. Maybe she's over eating her feelings. She's writing something down on a few sheets of paper, though.

In the sewing room later, she gets back to work! Soon enough, she's setting a finished jacket on a dressmaker's dummy and getting to work on some dress pants. It's not like she doesn't already have any, but hey, more clothes that aren't Nic Cage dresses.]

Investigation!!

[bathymetric]

[ Okay, so! There are a lot of maps here - some of which, notably, are not of a standard human Earth! There's even one of your Earth, Della. ]

vending machine

[emberserker]

Oh, what is it?

[Anna can be heard down the hall, walking towards the machine with a sigh. She stops in the doorway and... stares.]

Ah.

Vending Machine

[ladygeryon]

[Nira's been taking care of Slade now that Piers is gone, and she looks up in surprise when the Obstagoon's ears perk up and he starts heading towards the vending machine. She actually smiles when she gets there and sees the giant frog-thing.]

Oh, is that your friend, Slade?

Fossils

[ladygeryon]

Looks like a deformed Bastodion, but I guess you'd know better what they're supposed to look like...

Dining hall

[bolderfell]

[Uhhhh gross.]

What is that.

[Mayonnaise was apparently invented on Earth in the 1750's, what is Therion even looking at.]

Investgation

[ladygeryon]

[Nira's finally out and about again, and seems quite intrigued at this new location. She spends quite a bit of time in the museum, specifically the weapon section, studying the various blades with an intrigued look, though she doesn't try to grab any. She can be found taking a few photos of Slade, and Jewel dressed up in various pirate outfits, though.

She also spends some time with the rocks, looking even more fascinated as she studies each one. She's also on the lookout for any that resemble that purple gem they found last week, or any that might have evolutionary stone powers.

Later on, she can be found taking Jewel through the garden, strolling slowly and almost enjoying the view-until they come across the poisonous plants, and she lets out a groan.]

Of course.

[She can also be found spending time in the arcade, playing a few video games but without much concentration. She seems to prefer the ones that don't require fast reflexes, and occasionally seems to get a bit more aggressive in combat-based ones.]

...Adam'd probably love this room...

[emberserker]

Lunch. What's that look for? Surely you've seen vegetables before.

investigation!

[snackooed]

[ Perhaps it's surprising, but the area Ema gravitates to first here isn't the museum; instead, the garden seems to be what's getting the serotonin rolling today. She doesn't really know a heck of a lot about these flora, don't get her wrong, but the atmosphere in here is such a breath of fresh air that she can't help but want to spend a good while poking around. ]

I hate to say it, but they're beautiful...

[ She starts over by the flowers and trees, and works her way around clockwise, just checking to see if there's anything out of place around here as she explores (though, she certainly wouldn't mind if there isn't).

After she's done in there, the arcade is actually her main haunt for the rest of the evening. She's got a non-alcoholic drink in her hand, and she's spending more than a bit of time hanging out near...more retro games, interestingly enough! She's a big fan of the way that the rolling ball feels in her palm as she moves around in Centipede, and no one can really resist the allure of Ms. Pac Man for too long. Of course, her game of choice is Tetris, and she spends quite a while near that one trying to get the high score... ]

[mouflon]

Why is it so big?

[ Toxtricity is like. As tall as she is. She doesn't like it. ]

[emberserker]

I'll bet it's one of Nira's. Or Piers', it certainly looks like it would know him.

[mouflon]

Are they all this tall?!

[ It can look her in the eye! That's threatening! ]

[mouflon]

[ hhhhgh

Well, it doesn't seem angry, or hostile, so Rin can... safely take her eyes off it, she guesses. ]

This is what it came in, so I'm guessing Piers.

[ladygeryon]

It depends. Most of them get taller when they evolve, of course.

[emberserker]

[frown] Which leaves the question of what to do with it. Honestly... Where I come from, monsters are just a story you tell children to keep them from using magic in public.