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...





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[ 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

[fivestagegod]

[Yeah, for some of you this is like. Multi-track levels of shitshow that he is blissfully unaware of at this point in time, lord.]

I don't disagree that there's possibly some kind of personal stake involved in this on his part, but I have to wonder what it is - he did say that we're permitted to kill literally everyone in the building if we figure out a way to do so, which seems a bit strange if he's trying to get something out of this.

[mouflon]

I guess if he only cares about the results of his experiments and not its parts, it wouldn't matter? That, or he's confident we don't have the tools to pull something like that off. It's hard to say when he won't even tell us what he wants to test in anything but the vaguest of terms.

[fivestagegod]

It's like he's never heard of poison.

[Thanks, Birkin.]

I think that if we're being forced to work on assumptions alone, "a purely social experiment" is the safest bet we have. In that case it's less about method and more about overall results, as you said, and a bad outcome is just as interesting as a decent one. Besides, apparently this is all being run by some kind of messed up psychology professor. We'd be a great teaching tool.

[mouflon]

If he'll even be able to discuss it with them. He did say this is a side project, when I asked about them.

[fivestagegod]

That doesn't always mean no one's watching. Just not the people that probably should be.

[mouflon]

Apparently. Didn't he mention funding?

[ ... ]

Wait. What kind of people are funding this, then?!

[fivestagegod]

Neither of my first two thoughts were comforting.

[mouflon]

I mean, if they know what the money is going towards, I can't think of any answer that would be.

[ One messed-up psychology professor, okay. But multiple people who think this is a good use of their time and money?? ]

[fivestagegod]

True enough. It would most likely be people who benefit off of human experimentation or sadists, I'd think.

[mouflon]

I'd say it's hard to be one without the other, but... [ She trails off, making a frustrated noise in the back of her throat. ] I guess... It could also be someone who is interested in the technology used to bring us here, and doesn't care how it gets tested. Or all of the above, if it's coming from more than one source.

[fivestagegod]

That's also a strong possibility, yes.

[As usual, he doesn't seem overly bothered by any of this, but it certainly is something, isn't it.]

I'm actually not sure if it's better or worse for them to be sadistic about it. Like I said, I've had my share of experience with the mad scientist sort. Usually it's not so much wanting people to suffer as it is just not caring if they do.

[mouflon]

I'd rather deal with someone who doesn't care about my pain than someone who wants to drag it out of me, personally. Better chances that they still have some kind of line they won't cross.

[fivestagegod]

That's fair enough. My thought was that sadists at least do want to drag it out - gives more time to solve things, usually, they dislike things ending too quickly. The Professor will allow it, but it's likely to at least not be encouraged.

[mouflon]

...I guess I can see your point, too. [ Even if she says so grudgingly. ] Well, we'll learn sooner or later, but I don't intend to let him beat me either way.

[fivestagegod]

Consider it something we have in common.