theairlock | week 2

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.]

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

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[He sits, but at her words he look like he just bit into a spoiled lemon]

...I can't promise to answer, but you can ask.

[Oh geez. Okay, from that look, she certainly won't be trying to pick his brain apart. Jane sits across from him, hands folded.]

With what sleep you did get...did you have a dream last night? A dream that felt real? You don't need to tell me what it was about.

I did. What happened in it was something that, if you asked me yesterday, I would say was impossible. But it felt like no dream I've ever had.

...

And after something Jamison told me, I have fears that it might be the truth.

[Jane nods grimly.]

Miss Yurika said she had a dream like that, too. It felt very real, didn't it? And detailed and everything, like you were right there in that moment, right?

Yes. Between that and what I was told I believe that Seth was right: our memories have been tampered with.

Jamison confirmed it to me a few days back, and told me... something he claims comes from my own 'future'. I held the knowledge until I could confirm it- telling the others this when there was nothing we could do with the information would have just caused more stress.

[He made a choice, one that might not have been fair- but he made it regardless]

[Her expression flickers to a frown. Jamie knows the details of their forgotten futures? Then surely Bolton would know of them, too - which doesn't surprise her. If they're the ones who chose them to be here, or at least need to corral the whole gaggle of them, they need to have information on who they're working with.]

That's what I'm thinking, too. It's not something I'd have believed last week, but...I had a dream as well, and it was too real not to be a memory.

[It is also so incredibly embarrassing for her. Really, what a fumbling bumble.]

Do you think they meant to tamper with our memories? Or...are they just working with something that might've happened to us on accident?

Who can say? Bringing us from our own realms could have untold effects, I'm sure. He didn't seem to know it personally, exactly. He read it off his PIP. Like I was a character in a history tome.

It was... eerie.

[A deeper frown.]

They've likely got files on us on their own PIPs. Not that that's surprising to me - how else will they figure out ways to push our limits and keep us in line with what they want? And in the meantime, all we get are those dinky little profiles on them, in addition to each other.

[He pulls up said profiles, frowning at them almost as deeply as she was]

The balance of power is heavily in their favor... though wouldn't it be something if Bolton was in fact allergic to peanuts? It would be a fitting assassination for him.

[....joke? Yes? No?]

[...It is almost funny. Almost.]

I kind of had a friend of mine die in his sleep by someone shoving peanuts into his mouth. He has a very severe reaction to it...er, well, it wasn't him per say, more like...an extra life, you could call it. So, I'm sorry if I'm not keen on jumping on that sort of assassination bandwagon.

[But yeah she's not saying don't try to kill Bolton with peanuts]

Ah... my apologizes. Though I admit, I'd much rather strangle his reedy neck anyway.

[Though Bolton isn't exactly reedy- though who ISN'T compared to Xander?]

It's alright. There wasn't really much we could do about it, anyway.

[Though after her dream last night, her time seeing Jake's body on Prospit is all the more prickling and bitter.]

I think we'd all like our shot at him, but we can't just rush in and have at it. Considering what we get should we be apprehended for murder, I don't want to experience what'll happen should we outright hurt an Overseer.

He already had a bit of fun at me for... dozing off in the cafeteria. I stood no chance- if he wanted to hurt us we'd have no way to stop him.

He what? [She looks shocked. Xander's kind of a strong looking guy, what in the world could have been done to him?!] No wonder you look so out of it! What did he do?

[He actually turns slightly pink]

I slept through most of it, but he was able to move me into another room to scare me- and I must be at least 30 pounds heavier then him.

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[Oh dear now she has to know what's in there.]

Do you know what room it was? Perhaps it was one of those new ones on the PIP map?

It was the locked one that none of us could get into, actually.

[He's actually sad that Chitanda will never know- but also glad that she will never know]

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[Of course it would be the locked room they can't access.]

And so the only way in is to break the rules...the less serious ones, at least. It must have been absolutely dreadful in there to frighten someone like you, Mister Xander.

I think it surprised me more then anything- when you're half asleep it's not hard to do.

Still...hmm.

[Now she's wondering, does she have to break a rule to get in there? Will she be put in there if the Overseers figure she's breaking a rule on purpose? So many questions...]

What a tame sort of punishment...I really expected something much more serious.

As was I- it was more like he was having a bit of fun at me then anything.

I wouldn't be surprised if messing with us is how they get their kicks.

It certainly gave Bolton a chuckle.

[A sigh.] I really am sorry, Mister Xander. But I suppose, if all they do is laugh at us, it's better than...alternatives. We can all stomach a bit of laughter.

... fair. He could have done much worse to me- I should be grateful all I got was a scare.

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