week 2

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Week 2

[The second week in the Champion Excellence Program kicks off on a somber note. Chitanda, Toby, the Griffin- all three of them gone, two of them in one fell swoop. If anyone thinks to check the profiles on their P.I.P.s they will find that the dearly departed Champions' profile photos have been greyed out.

Right on the dot at 7 am the mechanical woman's voice chimes to awaken the remaining champions on Sunday morning, as she has for the past week. After the initial wake-up call though there's a new message tacked on:]

Congratulations, Champions! By surviving your first trial, you have unlocked the second floor of the ship. A new mini map has been added to your P.I.P.! To access the second floor please stand on the teleporter and select the floor you wish to be teleported to.

[The new floor isn't the only thing floating around the ship though, at least metaphorically. When the Champions are awakened they have regained one new memory from the ones they've lost. Starting again on Sunday, as well, Jamie and Bolton will be back to their usual office hours in their usual locations.]

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday


[ooc: welcome to week 2, everyone! Check-in has begun and don't forget to submit your memory regains!]

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THURSDAY

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[imnotfat]

[Byakuya Togami hates this spaceship.

He hadn't expected the PIP to make loud static noise during the night. Sleep hadn't come at all that night, and when morning came, he was very tired. That's why during most of Thursday he stays in his room, sleeping to recover. Togami wasn't unused to staying awake until late, but that was different from what he's used to. The fact he was wearing a cone of shame didn't help get good sleep, either.

Around 5:00 PM he leaves his room, wearing the cone of shame. Togaminime's head can be seen through the bedsheets, peeking out and not moving at all. He also has the diaper bag, there's something blue and plastic peeking out from it.

Reading is bound to make him sleepier, so he avoids the Library. Instead he goes to the showers. He takes out the inflatable pool he randomly received -- for some reason -- and starts blowing into it. This is going to take a while.

But with perseverance anything is possible. Once it's inflated Togami fills it with water and starts dragging it to the Zero Gravity Room. No food allowed or drinks allowed, huh. Well this isn't a drink.

Anyone who goes into the zero gravity room may see a large floating blob of water, just going around and bouncing. Uh, and Togaminime is inside the ball of water. Not a shining figure of parenting, this Togami. Togami is holding onto the straps of the diaper bag, which he tied to one of the ladders, and observing the ball of water around. Also the inflated kiddie pool is floating around too.

What's this guy doing now?]

[yukionna]

...have you lost it, or something?

[ togami finally cracked, everyone, time to go home ]

ZG room

[kingshaming]

[Xander had largely avoided this room: the concept of space already bothered him, but THIS was a bit too much for him right now. But seeing what Togami is doing h can't help but watch.]

A rather grim way to die.

[Drowning in a bubble you have no ability to even TRY to swim out of? To a man like himself who can't even swim when the water ISN'T in Zero G, it was horrific- though no fear shows on his face, just discomfort]

[yukionna]

[ Rukia will call out to anyone entering the cafeteria around lunchtime, her sketchpad in her arm. ]

Consider this a poll: do they have a holiday about rabbits, where you're from? [ ... ] It has something about colored eggs and a dead saint, so I think it's a religious one, but I can't remember its name or what it's about. [ It's not just about the rabbits, ok, she promised Lightning she'd ask. ]

[ Alternatively, you can catch her in the library in evening. Tired of being in the Ye Oldes Club, Rukia is looking for any books that might give her an inkling of how this future tech works. Granted, she knew how to, say, work cellphones and washing machines, but didn't really know how they functioned, and while it was something she could brush aside back home, it was starting to make her feel a little stupid. And just her luck, there's one title that stands out to her, Introduction to the Magnetic Phenomena.

Except, it's on the very top shelf.

Rukia grimaces, trying to jump up to grab it, but alas she can't stay in the air long enough to even touch it, let alone yank it down. This was never a problem back home when she could just walk on air, come on. Climbing on the shelf, she figures, is a little too dangerous, so she begins stacking books from the lower shelves to use as a set of stairs. Um. Maybe that isn't the safest idea either. ]

Cafeteria

[misplacedxsheath]

You're thinking if Easter, although its origins are more complex than that.

[Uh-oh, nerd mode initiated.]

library

[decarded]

[...

Yeah, that's definitely not safe—for Rukia or the books.]

Do you need help?

Cafeteria

[cyan_maid]

[Oh, hello Rukia. Are we talking about rabbits? They're the shit.]

Yes, they do. It's called Easter, and it's supposed to be about Jesus, but my Dad and I aren't particularly religious, so we do more of the rabbits and eggs kind of thing. It's actually really cute.

Cafeteria

[stitch_in_time]

We had rabbits on Gallifrey, yeah. No holidays about them, though.

[He scratches at the back of his head a bit.]

That's probably Easter you're asking about though, they celebrate it on parts of Earth.

library

[bylight]

[Lightning has been watching this for a few minutes now. She knows what book Rukia seems to be going for, but this was a little too entertaining to just go over and grab the book for her. The height challenged young woman was going to get herself hurt.

So when the book stairs are being made, Light crosses the room and grabs the book, holding it out for the bunny loving girl.]

Don't break your neck.

cafeteria

[curdle]

[ here comes the fun police ]

It has naught to do with rabbits, if you speak of Easter Sunday.

BOLTON ALERT

[damnfourthemerald]

[Shadow might grumble and bitch and moan about losing, but still, cleaning the showers isn't so bad. He'll do it. Grudgingly. So first thing in the morning, just to get it the hell out of the way, since they're supposed to do it all damn week, he has...decided the easiest way for him to do his part is to splash soapy water all across the floor, strap some scrubby brushes to his furry feet, and skate around. With the friction, it's hardly the same experience, buuuut it's the closest he can get right now. He might even look like he's mildly enjoying himself.

At some point, Shadow can be seen in the library flipping through a dictionary. And then hurrying back to his room. Nothing is wrong and nothing happened and he doesn't know what you're talking about.

Though at some point, for a solid hour, he sits outside Bolton's conference room with whatever the hell this thing is. For a while he just does one continuous note. Just...forever. If Shadow even has a musical bone in his body, it doesn't convert to this contraption, and when he starts sliding his fingers around, the horrible horrible screeching is...maddening. Hope nobody's having a meeting in there. (This is not at all a complete waste of time and only a pyrrhic victory since he also subjected his ears to this.)

In the afternoon, he returns to the library, going through the shelves and making a list of books. Book by book. Because fuck it, if someone's gonna start it, might as well be him, right?

He'll get bored of that, though, and end up in the music room with his weird little noisemaker. Seems like it should stay in here. For safe keeping? Actual real honest-to-god music might be nice.]

whaddup

[theoverseers]

[At some point during that solid hour, Bolton comes out of the room to get more coffee and comes back wearing a pair of huge black headphones. He gives Shadow a thumbs up on his way in.]

music room

[ratherdoweddings]

Oh, that's so cute-looking! What is it?

Music Room

[misplacedxsheath]

[Well, how about someone sitting at the piano? He's not great, it's obviously not something he's been studying extensively, but it's real music. If a bit on the dramatic side.]

[tasteslikesurvival]

[Kurumi is in her gym outfit again, today. Like yesterday her windbreaker is never coming off. In the morning she'll be in the cafeteria trying not to wince at her coffee. She's trying but it's very hard to be an adult. Ugh. Why didn't she try drinking lattes when she was back home?

Later it's back to the gym. This time she's just tossing one of the basketballs against the wall and catching it. One, two, three... Kurumi mouths the numbers as she catches the ball each time.

After lunch she's in the library. The book she has in front of her is Christine by Stephen King. Next to her are several of the Dark Tower books and a copy of Eyes of the Dragon. Kurumi is staring at the book, swallowing a little. Crap... She shouldn't have picked up this one, she knew it.]

Morning because he's easily summoned by coffee

[theoverseers]

[Bolton just came to refresh his own coffee supply, but when he sees her struggling through coffee he grabs a fresh cup immediately and sets to work at the espresso bar. It's like a piano concert, the way his hands move practiced along the machinery, the way it sings as he steams the milk and pulls the shot. He pours a little dollop of white chocolate syrup into the bottom of the cup, pours the shot in, and tops it off with the steamed milk.]

Try this, it's a little sweeter.

library

[voltrounds]

Hey.

[So obviously what Kurumi really wants right now is to hear an unexpected voice from right behind her. Obviously. There's no reason to doubt this.]

cafeteria

[refusedtoleave]

[Natsuhi isn't even paying attention to the coffee, she has other things on her mind. Like-]

Where did you get that?

[ratherdoweddings]

[In the very early morning, Yurika storms down to the trash compactor and tosses something very small in. Hopefully no one saw that.

At more reasonable hours of the day, she'll be in the cafeteria eating at mealtimes, or in the art room, where she's happily working on a sign covered in glitter and sequins. What could this possibly be for?

In the afternoon, she's set the sign up in the cafeteria with everything in the "can trade" section here. You can find her eating crackers and cheese, since she got two of those mini cheese wheels -- she'll share if you want, even if you don't have anything to yard sard.]

art room

[almightyconflagration]

[McBurn also decided to stop in the art room today because he's looking for ideas on how to use his own annoying gift in a way other than what was likely intended. He probably should toss them in the trash, but as long as reaching the compactor requires dealing with Bolton, that's not happening.

He's still a bit embarrassed at the idea of approaching Yurika after she told him and Margulis to get a room, but he needs to show he's not bothered by it. He'll walk up behind her, but so quietly she may not even realize it until he's right next to her.]

What's that for?

[cyan_maid]

[Jane does a quick clean-up of the showers today - everyone worked so hard in the girls' one yesterday, it's fairly easy to maintain - before settling into the gymnasium for the morning. She may not have gotten anything resembling comfortable, sporty clothes to wear, but doing something a little active in a set of silver footie pajamas never hurt anyone. Mostly, she's focused on the punching bag in here - some of her reflexes in the dodgeball game have her curious, and she's taken to giving that bag a good pummeling. It's nothing extraordinary in terms of skill, but she is hitting that thing hard, and seems genuinely surprised with each hit.

You'll find her in the library in the afternoon, carefully selecting books from its tiny mystery section or seated in a chair, lightly sketching something that might be a basic outline of Chitanda from memory. What is she up to...?]

[almightyconflagration]

[After the fiasco that was the day before, McBurn decides to just avoid the cafeteria like the plague. Which means he won't be going anywhere besides the first floor today.

He'll be in the art room for a time trying to come up with some sort of annoying way to make use of one of the "gifts" he got. He's got what seemingly appears to be a bright red balloon that is blown up and tied off, but it's definitely not one. He seems stuck on an idea of what to do with it and could certainly use some input.

He'll also be in the library around the time of Bolton's office hours, but won't be going into the conference room. He's just pretending to look at a book when he's actually looking more for when someone will actually make use of Bolton's office hours.

Other than that, he's going to be looking for anyone who has been remotely friendly to him around mealtimes to see if they can sneak him out some food from either the cafeteria, kitchen or diner.

He'll also be avoiding shower cleaning duty again until the PIP annoys him, this time it will be not long after lunch and then he'll be in the men's shower doing a not so great job cleaning.]

Mods please, investigating the music room

[stitch_in_time]

[In the morning, after scrubbing out the showers, the Doctor can be found in the music room. He's carefully looking over the instruments, scribbling a series of circular characters on a notepad. He's looking, as usual, for anything out of place, but more specifically to see if there are any electronic instruments available or if everything is acoustic.]

[Later in the morning he can be found in there experimenting with some of the instruments, playing a few simple tunes on one of the recorders before shaking his head and putting it back.]

Nope, still doesn't feel right anymore.

[Later on, he can be found in the diner enjoying something besides the cafeteria food and MREs. It's a simple burger and fries chips, but it's some actual food for once. He does seem to be paying a lot of attention to the little model rockets that are bringing out the food, tracking them around the restaurant and back into the 'kitchen' area.]

How the hell they're cookin' all this on demand is what I'd like to know.

[bylight]

[Seeing as she was distracted by quite a few things yesterday, Lightning almost forgets about her little gelatin experiment in the kitchen. Both of the sheets are still in one piece, so now she has to figure out just what shapes to cut them into. So carefully, with a knife, she starts to cut out a green shape that is supposed to be a chocobo, and a red one that looks like a moogle. Sans the little bubble above its head.

If there's cookie cutters... well, someone get some for her. Else shell keep free cutting shapes.

After that, she will be doing her shower cleaning duties a little too thoroughly. Military and personal standard and all.]