Welcome to the Program

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Good Morning, Champions. In the interest of maintaining healthy sleep patterns, a day/night cycle is in effect. Your presence is expected in the cafeteria in exactly one hour.

[The voice comes through not a large speaker, but through the device that's attached to each Champion's arm. Further investigation of the features of the device will reveal a list of profiles, a mini-map, and a list of rules. The hallways are shiny white and silver, with running lights along the floor and lights on the ceiling, and at the junction of the hallways is a sign with a knife and fork icon and an arrow pointing down the hall.

Welcome to the Excellence Program, Champions. Time to get to know your teammates.]

Comments

[le_mat]

[Akira was leaning against the wall nearby, frowning down at the PIP he was looking through. He's had some time to talk to a few people now, and it's becoming clear this isn't a Palace.

He looks up, pushing up his glasses]

Kidnapped.

[quadjumps]

Kidnapped?!

[ yuri seems really alarmed by this for a split second, but then he scoffs and the Cool Guy (tm) face comes back. he crosses his arms and sulks, clearly unamused. ]

Tch--I'm not surprised. I guess I'd be worth a ransom.

[le_mat]

[Akira makes a soft noise of surprise at that. He hadn't considered ransom. Probably because the hearing and getting sued had almost bankrupt his mom. But since these people knew about his double life... he definately was worth that huge bounty]

...lets hope it's just ransom.

[quadjumps]

Of course it is.

[ he says it with certainty, looking up at the other boy beneath his bangs. ]

What else would it be?

[le_mat]

... I'm not in the clothes I last remember and have a pda embedded in my arm. I shouldn't have to say what sick things this could be for.

[he's fought too many shadows of people with twisted desires to doubt what kinds of things people steal others for. And those rules aren't helping]

[quadjumps]

... What, you think this is some kind of experiment or torture chamber?

[ well

shit. ]

[le_mat]

Could be. It's all really elaborate for just holding people.

[quadjumps]

...Yeah.

[ damn. finally...someone who's making some sense around here. sense out of...whatever this is. ]

And they're feeding us, too. Most kidnappers wouldn't do that kind of shit, would they?

[le_mat]

Probably not. This is set up for a long haul. That's what scares me.

[quadjumps]

...They're waiting for someone to act on Rule Seven.

[le_mat]

...

[He scowls tries to shove his hands in pockets he doesn't have. He doesn't have to answer- his agreement is clear]

[quadjumps]

[ yeah. that's...yuri's reaction, too. to shove his hands in his pockets but, alas. ]

Yeah. It's just a matter of when that's gonna happen.

[le_mat]

Maybe.

[There's a glint of steel in his gray eyes. Not denial: he knows people do stupid things when they're scared. He knows this. But a refusal to accept that it's a given outcome. Resistance]

Unless we can cut this off at the root before it starts.

[quadjumps]

And how do you plan on doing that? We can't do jack shit to the "Overseers" or whatever.

[le_mat]

I don't know yet. But it won't be the first time I've gone into a fight and had to improvise. I'm not going to do something stupid and get us all killed... But if they brought us here, then there's a way out.

Just can't let anyone else panic and do something stupid until then. Keep things calm, hopefully.

[quadjumps]

...Are you some kind of gang member or something?

[ holy shit dude!! ]

[le_mat]

[He sheepishly rubs the back of his head- the slight embarrassment is legit enough that he's probably not bullshitting to look cool]

Sorta.

[quadjumps]

Yeah? For the yakuza?

[ UHHHH ]

[le_mat]

What no- No! Do I... do I come off as Yakuza?

[he seems legit concerned about this]

[quadjumps]

You're Akira Kurusu, so I'm assuming you're from Japan. I took a wild guess.