WEEK 1

[bathymetric]

Well, you've now met the brains of the operation, as well as the shockingly nice-looking young lady in charge of day-to-day business. Now all that's left is to get used to your accommodations - there's 24 other people in similar shoes to yours to meet in this building, you know! And who knows how much longer you might have them...

The daily routine in the facility quickly becomes obvious - the only way to tell time moment to moment is to check the strange device The Professor gave you, but at the same time every day the lights in and out of the facility go up, and at the same time every night they go down. Otherwise, it's almost maddening sometimes, how little happens in here. At least you have a few rooms with enough to hopefully keep you occupied. Who knows what secrets they might hold? And there's always that vending machine, if you can find something that fits in the coin slot...





MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY
FRIDAY | SATURDAY

[ ooc: Welcome to Peace Week! Enjoy it while it lasts. Remember, office hours for The Professor's Assistant are over here if you're interested, while regains can be deposited over here! ]

Comments

[drladysounds]

[Shelley averts her eyes. This is the woman who spent like two weeks so carefree in his captors' hands she played board games and lounged around. Better not mention that, she figures]

I'm working on some super-secret things on the side! But you can't be singleminded about this. If you spend all your time stressed about this, you won't be able to be effective.

[She says, but it's just an excuse. Although she does have plans and is trying them, she's in no hurry to really get out now that she spent the night in this place]

[emberserker]

If I'm not singleminded, I won't get anything done. I care about one thing, and anything that doesn't help with that doesn't matter.

[drladysounds]

Isn't that dangerous? When things don't go like you expect it hits hard when it's the only plan you were invested into.

[emberserker]

[That wasn't what she wanted to hear, clearly, as Anna slams her hands down on the table.]

I don't need to hear that from you! No matter who gets in my way or what they plan to do about it, I'm going to get what I want. This place is a wrench in your life too, isn't it? Act like it!

[drladysounds]

[Shelley is silent for a moment. Golly, this is quite the firebrand she's dealing with. Hmmmm...]

How long do you expect it'll take you to get out of here?

[Have you given a deadline to yourself, Anna? Sure sounds like 'as soon as possible' applies here]

[emberserker]

What, are you timing yourself? The sooner the better. I was two seconds from changing my life before this.

[drladysounds]

Something like that. If you do manage to find a way out before I do I'll have to admit you were right and change. It'll be the age of the new and more aggressive Shelley Winters.

[Huh. That so?]

Maybe you could be sent back to the exact moment you were brought here.

[emberserker]

I'd better, if it's possible. It isn't as if anything else they're doing follows logic.

[drladysounds]

You're very picky, for someone who uses magic. I dunno how magic works but it doesn't seem to fit logic.

[It's an unusual way to think about it, she's sure]

[emberserker]

Of course it does! You can't just wave your hand and say you want something to happen and it does. You have to know how to do it, know the limits of what you can do, and get past those limits with skill.

[drladysounds]

You make it sound so easy yet so complicated at the same time.

[...she wasn't tempted to even try magic, ever, but this sure makes her want that even less, hah!]

[emberserker]

That's how it is with things worth doing. I've devoted my life to being a mage. I couldn't imagine doing anything else.

[drladysounds]

At least you have something to do with your life. Got me jealous, there.

[Shelley sure doesn't know what to do with hers]

[emberserker]

You're telling me you have no ambition whatsoever?

[drladysounds]

I do! What I don't have is the luck to reach my goals.

[All of her careers so far had unavoidable obstacles so far, half of them caused by herself. It'll be like a decade before Shelley reaches success as a writer]

[emberserker]

Not born under the right star...

[Anna's fingernails dig into her palms. She turns on her heel and begins to walk out.]

Ridiculous. If you're going to just give up like that, then you're right.

[drladysounds]

[For a moment Shelley watches Anna go. Maybe she's right? Maybe...maybe she should go on anyway. It doesn't matter things went wrong. Perhaps...]

...yes...yeah. Yeah! She's right!

[While Anna walks away, Shelley goes in the opposite direction, raving loudly]

What am I waiting for? I will rebuild the townhall with my own two hands! How hard can be to create your own government system? And I also will keep sneaking into the press building and write articles whether they want it or not! And then I'll fill the world with the best and spiciest romance tale ever known to man...!

[...there she goes, vanishing in the distance with newfound enthusiasm. Well...thanks, Anna? That has got to be good for something, at least]