airlockedmods: [Champion Excellence Control Environment] (C.E.C.E.)
airlockedmods ([personal profile] airlockedmods) wrote in [community profile] theairlock2017-01-09 12:13 pm
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the mock mingle

[An hour ago you woke up in a bed that wasn't yours, awakened by a chirpy, feminine voice coming from the device on your non-dominant arm. The voice cheerfully requests that you exit your sleeping quarters and to please make your way to the the main deck of the ship for a debriefing on your circumstances.

It was around this time you might have noticed the clothes you last remember wearing are gone and replaced with this little number. If you take a moment to check out the Personal Identification Program on your arm, you'll find a touch screen with a few icons that lead to a series of 21 profiles and a series of apps that lead to note-taking functions and a number of customization appearance screens. The profiles all contain a photo of each Champion, their name and title, their age, species and world of origin.

As you stumbled out of your chrome-y quarters (into an equally chrome-y hallway), with every step the floor lights up under your feet, illuminating the dark ship a little at a time. On one side of the hallway are a series of mechanical doors with screen pads embedded on the walls next to them. A quick flash of your PIP will open them for you without hassle. On the opposite side of the hallway are a long string of windows showing nothing but vast amounts of stars and the deep, dark blackness of deep space. Once you reach the end of the hallway you'll find a large central living space with 20 other people, the same people from the profiles, either there already or filing in along with you. Floating well above everyone's heads in the middle of the room is a large computer screen. Once everyone piled in, the screen blinked to life and the same voice from your PIPs greeted you in the same peppy tone from before.

The voice introduced herself as the Champion Excellence Control Environment or C.E.C.E. before welcoming you to the Deep Space Champion Excellence Program, explaining that you were selected for this program based on being the best in your particular field in your particular world, hence the title of "Champion". In this program you will be expected to live communally together here on the ship for as long as possible. The ship is fully-functional and fully-stocked for an extended stay.

Oh? You don't want to stay and participate in the program? That's alright, there's an easy fix to that! All you have to do is kill one of your fellow Champions and not get caught. That is easy enough, right? Right.

When the debriefing is complete, the screen dims but doesn't turn off completely. If need be C.E.C.E. is available to answer any more questions you have throughout the week. For now, you're free to explore the ship as you like. There's the communal dining hall, a zero gravity room, a kitchen, a holo deck, the central living area and the personal quarters everyone woke up in.

Go make some friends, dears, you may be here a while.]
misplacedxsheath: (Who thought that was a good idea?)

[personal profile] misplacedxsheath 2017-01-10 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm the Commander of an entire naval fleet, you think capturing me unnoticed was a simple task? I don't doubt their stealth skills.

What I do doubt is the wisdom in assembling a group such as this and giving us a deadline for making them regret antagonizing us.
waitforit: (12)

[personal profile] waitforit 2017-01-10 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He might need a few more weeks to go grimdark. ]

Then some other guy beats him and you start over again.

[ He'd say "it's just a game, bro" but he's talking to a giant bipedal hedgehog. He shrugs. ]

I dunno, he hasn't been given the chance, so who can say. I don't remember who's like, the mayor of Green Hill Zone or whatever, so I can't really say.
refusedtoleave: (What are you doing)

[personal profile] refusedtoleave 2017-01-10 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[She tears her glare from the map to look at the girl.]

And? Even if they didn't notice us go missing. Someone would notice this. Some of these places are cities or nearly impossible to get to!
waitforit: (10)

[personal profile] waitforit 2017-01-10 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I dunno, man, maybe your security system needs an upgrade. Who knows.

[ Barney takes a drink of his coffee. Boy, this coffee is fascinating. ]

Right, it's not something someone could just pull off in a week. It's... it's insane.
Edited (added a lil more nerves) 2017-01-10 22:07 (UTC)
semperperatus: (ALL OF MY FRIENDS ARE DEEEEEEAD)

[personal profile] semperperatus 2017-01-10 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Unless our mighty overlords want to kill a bunch of nothing, pretty much.

...

[It'll still hurt. It always does. The look in his eyes betrays his seemingly strange reaction.]

It's...pretty much gone already.
Edited 2017-01-10 22:11 (UTC)
refusedtoleave: (What was that?)

[personal profile] refusedtoleave 2017-01-10 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[Natsuhi nods her head towards him, even if she keeps her eyes on her screen.]

He's right! There's no way you can get away with this.
voltrounds: (B01F. The first hope-filled step)

[personal profile] voltrounds 2017-01-10 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[RICKY IS THE WINNER. Although it's not like she has any stuff she could have lost...]

Oh, no, I'm just trying to get the layout of the room as accurate as possible.
have_a_heart: Kanade plays the piano (Default)

[personal profile] have_a_heart 2017-01-10 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
It is impossible. Yet... securing all of us was also impossible.
misplacedxsheath: (Hmmm...I'll consider it.)

[personal profile] misplacedxsheath 2017-01-10 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Our security system is state if the art, directly out of our R&D. It would take exceptional skills to infiltrate the command portion of our flagship.

At any rate, I doubt this is as spontaneous a decision as they're claiming. But the resources they would require for such a threat are considerable. Not to mention the high profile, carrying out this threat would vastly increase their chances of discovery. For those of you with people outside these locations who would care about your rescue or avenging the destruction of the targets, this threat is a gamble at best. Nobody is that good at covering their trail.
strikemonster: (i'm almighty mai-lakai)

[personal profile] strikemonster 2017-01-10 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not programmed to lie, Mr. Hedgehog. It's just not programmed to think.

[Mai is incredibly calm for someone who's just been told a whole city that vaguely looks like Kyoto is going to die.

Nice try, Overseers. That's not her District and Yuuta's dead.]
damnfourthemerald: (Default)

[personal profile] damnfourthemerald 2017-01-10 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Then you have nothing to worry about. An empty threat only meant to provoke.
damnfourthemerald: (Default)

[personal profile] damnfourthemerald 2017-01-10 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Just as well. The last thing we need is an AI capable of independent thought who might gas all these places on its own whim anyway.
damnfourthemerald: (Default)

[personal profile] damnfourthemerald 2017-01-10 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Trouble to program and maintain, but less so once it's up and running for the people it's for. So long as they know what they're in for.
damnfourthemerald: (Default)

[personal profile] damnfourthemerald 2017-01-10 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Your world leaders would at least have something to say about it. I just know I wouldn't want to be in his rule. [Because he's a strong independent hedgehog who don't need no ruler.]
stitch_in_time: (quit interrupting my brooding)

[personal profile] stitch_in_time 2017-01-10 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah. Fantastic.

[Deep breath. The Doctor might look calm, but the cheerful attitude he maintained for most of yesterday is gone.]

Cece. Your bosses, these Overseers. You can get messages to them, yeah? More directly than we could by just screamin' into the cameras.

[Arms folded, looking directly up at the monitors that made up Cece's interface.]

I want you to ask 'em what exactly happened to the last people that threatened London.

[Totally not a bitter tone, there.]

They've done their homework, they'll know.
lycoctonum: (How dare???)

[personal profile] lycoctonum 2017-01-10 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's a large almost Victorian house on the corner of a city. It's a peaceful looking place even if it stuck out compared to the other houses.

Ginko... does not seem pleased. She grits her teeth and actually throws her cake down.]


That's not going to happen.
misplacedxsheath: (Who thought that was a good idea?)

[personal profile] misplacedxsheath 2017-01-10 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
If nothing else, they assume everyone who would retaliate would be killed by the neurotoxin. Orgulla and the nonorganic Realians would survive a poison formulated for ordinary life.

Heh, and I'd pay for a front row seat should Albedo get his hands on them after they inconvenienced his plans so thoroughly.
voltrounds: (B15F. Lord of the celestial ocean)

[personal profile] voltrounds 2017-01-11 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
...are we sure she isn't?

[Oh good something to think about that isn't people dying. Ricky is POUNCING on this.]
damnfourthemerald: (Default)

[personal profile] damnfourthemerald 2017-01-11 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
Nothing is sure right now.
voltrounds: (B11F. A mysterious cerulean wood)

[personal profile] voltrounds 2017-01-11 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
Well, no, but I want to make sure it isn't something we're just assuming.
have_a_heart: Waking up. (mnnnn)

[personal profile] have_a_heart 2017-01-11 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
[After the motive, Kanade is... well, she never has much in the way of facial expressions, but she's gone to the dining hall to pick at her cake. She might not notice you if you sit by her, but still.

In the zero-gravity room later, she's actually doing more than just passively floating; instead, she's bouncing and spinning off the walls, kicking to move in new directions. It seems to be going well.

Well, mostly. After some time, you might hear a crash. Later, Kanade will be walking through the hallways, blood seeping through her uniform from her right elbow -- though she doesn't seem to feel it or be reacting much. If she sees you, she'll look over.]


This is not healing. Where are the bandages?
have_a_heart: Kanade disappointed. (so now what)

[personal profile] have_a_heart 2017-01-11 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
Are you a delinquent?
have_a_heart: Kanade dodging and attacking. (instant reflex)

[personal profile] have_a_heart 2017-01-11 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. I thought that I simply did not have mine because my computer's reach did not extend beyond the school.
have_a_heart: Bad reaction in an imagine spot. (oh. no. bad acting.)

[personal profile] have_a_heart 2017-01-11 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
The food packets would also make a mess.
have_a_heart: Kanade in Yuri's scope. (targeted)

[personal profile] have_a_heart 2017-01-11 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
C.E.C.E.-san said that it would be our job to catch a killer should they succeed. Did she not?

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