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.]
mikooon: (plead- to leaves)

THERE IS NO RIGHT OPTION. ALL ROADS LEAD TO (DEATH) ROME

[personal profile] mikooon 2017-01-12 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Awww, I just finished a bowl!

[As if attempting to look less suspicious, she quickly grabs a bowl, putting a few slices in.]

It's good to eat fruits! [IF THEY ARE POISONED. NO ONE WILL HEAR YOU DIE.]
semperperatus: (WHY THE HELL AM I IN SPACE???!!)

[personal profile] semperperatus 2017-01-12 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
No, not disagreeing, I'm just going to...excuse me...

[GETTING A DAMN UNPEELED BANANA OK]
Edited 2017-01-12 15:14 (UTC)
mikooon: (annoyed- behind darkness)

[personal profile] mikooon 2017-01-12 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
There's nothing wrong! You don't think there's anything wrong with them, right? Right?

[SHOVES BOWL IN FACE AGGRESSIVELY]
curdle: (Default)

[personal profile] curdle 2017-01-12 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
'Tis a prayer for deliverance and justice. Thus spoke David in the face of his accusers. The Lord heard him then. [ Of course, she has not nearly as much confidence in her own righteousness. It's why she stopped. ] He saith -- if there be any truth to the false witness they bear, then to let him die in shame, but if his enemies lie to accord the same to them. I take comfort in that.

[ ... ]

It does seem not all here would the same.
semperperatus: (WHY THE HELL AM I IN SPACE???!!)

[personal profile] semperperatus 2017-01-12 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Ghh--

[haaaAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH]

Calm down! I just...don't want apples right now...!

[THOSE APPLES LOOK ROTTEN]
mikooon: (huffy- leaving our skin and burning coal)

[personal profile] mikooon 2017-01-12 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmph! Have it your way.

[Tamamo then dumps the entire thing in her mouth.

In the first few seconds following, she realizes that this is a bad idea. After all, despite all known anime physics, there is no fucking way Tamamo can store an entire apples within her mouth. There is no way she can swallow this. There is no way she can chew, or...]


Mffffm.

[HER CURRENT STATE IS YOUR FAULT.]

Mrrrm! [Tamamo turns around. She proceeds to fucking take a dustbin and spit it all out. As if you weren't suspicious enough it was poisoned, right?]
almightyconflagration: (012)

Holodeck

[personal profile] almightyconflagration 2017-01-12 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[McBurn came up to see if the holodeck might be available because he had an interesting idea to make things a bit more fun between him and some who used weapons.

Instead he gets to see Tamamo resorting to crotch violence. Well, that's unique.]


Didn't anyone teach you that doesn't actually work?

[Now it becomes debatable on who should run, because McBurn is a masochist who would actually like it.]
mikooon: (stare- fate turning back)

[personal profile] mikooon 2017-01-12 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hey man, we practice Love and Acceptance here. All kinks are welcome. Maybe.]

Oh? [She lifts her leg.] Would you dare to test that out?

[She's not advancing, though. It's more like a, 'can I actually kick you?', rather than a 'sup, i'm gonna rip off your **** and then I'll *****'.]
almightyconflagration: (011)

[personal profile] almightyconflagration 2017-01-12 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, this is a guy who got the shit beaten out of him and his comment was about how good it was.]

That depends on if you'll let me turn the heat up a bit. It's only fun for me if I can fight back in my usual style.

[To give her an idea of what he means, he wills a small fire to appear on his right hand. Might be a clue that the fire innuendo is literal.]
mikooon: (catchall- slipping through our hands)

[personal profile] mikooon 2017-01-12 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, this is a simulation. Not too much damage can be done, right?]

Go easy on me, will you? I'm just a poor, defenceless little thing, after all! [No, that's a lie, especially in the holodeck. She knows this magic isn't real, but all she needs to do is believe her abilities will work, and it all comes rushing back to her fingertips. If he wants fire, she can play with fire. Or she can use omikuji as spell bombs, or try to freeze him in the ice, or...]

But, it's always good to get a little exercise. Oh, and do close the door behind you, it might get dreadfully messy.

[If you don't mind, ladies first.

Tamamo jumps farther away from McBurn, and what appears to be strips of paper starts materializing around her. Paper versus Fire? Surely, that seems like a bad combination. Now that she's made her distance, though, she's prepared for any attack.]
curdle: (Default)

[personal profile] curdle 2017-01-12 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Once she gets what Petral is supposed to mean, understanding crosses her face, and she nods. ]

Forgive me my ignorance. Your church is new to me. Yet surely you will be heard, even in the most unholy wilderness... or so did mine teach me.

[ She's not sure who, precisely, she's saying that for, or why she's venturing it without being asked. ]

After yestermorn, I had thought I might be alone in the faith.
almightyconflagration: (010)

[personal profile] almightyconflagration 2017-01-12 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's totally heard that sort of thing before and doesn't believe it one bit. That crotch kicking she did showed she has some skill and she's fast. May not be a skilled swordsman like Duvalie is, but the speed may be similar to his partner's. He'll gladly close the door because who knows, depending on how far she can push him he may have a mess to clean up.

He doesn't even mind the distance. He's both a ranged and close up fighter since he can use fire and a sword. As her paper is materializing, fire appears around him.]


How good of exercise it is will depend on how long you can last and how good it is for me.

[His fire may be dampened, but it is still real. He's going to be holding back for now, but mostly because he knows the number of people who can handle him when he's not are very few.

For now, he'll let her make the first move before he attacks. He's giving her one last chance to call it quits after seeing the fire.]
waitforit: (06)

[personal profile] waitforit 2017-01-12 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I know, right? Maybe one day they will be worthy, but today is not that day.

[ Did you think your lack of enthusiasm would dampen his excitement. Wrong. ]
waitforit: (15)

[personal profile] waitforit 2017-01-12 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
That answered none of my questions, but okay.

[ So Griffon lives in a church? Barney would've figured like. A canyon. Or Hogwarts. ]

You got someone waiting for you at home?

[ A.... dude griffin? ]
waitforit: (03)

[personal profile] waitforit 2017-01-12 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
You okay?

[ You're like, the closest thing to a bro that he has here, okay, don't die. In fact!! Barney recognizes that kind of stiffness because guess what? Bus crash. He's been there. There's almost a note of sympathy in his voice for all that he tries to sound totally awesome. ]

You're not like, injured or anything are you?
waitforit: (14)

[personal profile] waitforit 2017-01-12 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
To this day I have never encountered anyone with a super power as great as yours.

[ He hadn't encountered anyone with superpowers before, but. Semantics. He's being overly dramatic by far, yet here we are. ]

Involuntary innuendo powers. Damn, this is opening up a whole new world of plays for me.
waitforit: (02)

as if I could turn down the chance to get Barney kicked in the crotch

[personal profile] waitforit 2017-01-12 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The holo deck is Barney's favorite denial room, boy it's so much easier to pretend he's not kidnapped in space when he's here. Unfortunately when he walks in and finds the room in use (by a cute girl, no less!) he sticks around, watching her.

And then she starts talking. And kicking. And... yeah, Barney's going to make a run for it.
]

Well, I can see this room is occupied, so I'm just gonna go, bye!

[ He steps way back and speaks very, very quickly, turning around and bolting. And assuming Tamamo gives chase, he'll yell, his voice growing pathetically higher-pitched as he runs: ]

Please for the love of God, I have so much to live for!
voltrounds: (B10F. The forest's silent king)

kitchen

[personal profile] voltrounds 2017-01-12 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[This music definitely just started playing somewhere.

Ricky doesn't say a word. She just backs away slowly, not breaking eye contact. Sadly this strategy is unsustainable since she doesn't happen to be even with the doorway.]
curdle: (Default)

[personal profile] curdle 2017-01-12 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Those are some intimidating talons, and without intending to she leans back and away from the sight. ]

Surely even while you speak, they listen. Fear you not their intercession? [ Okay, she has to say it. ] And... and what manner of beast are you? How did you come to the English tongue?
voltrounds: (B15F. Lord of the celestial ocean)

kitchen

[personal profile] voltrounds 2017-01-12 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you sure you know what you're doing?

[Just looking at that mixture makes Ricky's tongue hurt...]
curdle: (Default)

[personal profile] curdle 2017-01-12 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
And it bothers you not at all.

[ It's really a question, but could also be interpreted as a flat statement of distaste! But a pious, respectful girl would never be that rude. Duh.

Of course, she's not entirely wrong about this most likely being a killfest in the making, just as she wasn't wrong about the kneeling. ]


I cannot bear it with such good grace.
semperperatus: (just realized so many r3 hand jokes)

[personal profile] semperperatus 2017-01-12 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Mn, just an old injury, it comes and goes.

["old injury" as in "literally got all of it yesterday"

He waves it off because no one on a murder station needs to know he's...what's the term? Right, legitimately vulnerable.]


I'm fine. I'll be fine. Nothing some aspirin can't fix.
Edited 2017-01-12 18:13 (UTC)
semperperatus: (what the fuck is my life seriously)

[personal profile] semperperatus 2017-01-12 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Do I need to get an ipecac?

[GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH SUSPICION CONFIRMED??]
Edited 2017-01-12 18:15 (UTC)
waitforit: (08)

[personal profile] waitforit 2017-01-12 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I feel that. Aspirin's lame.

[ Barney shudders at the memory. Considering he just had his accident a few months ago (as far as he's concerned) he doesn't ache the way he used to but boy does he remember... ]

Too bad they can't hook you up with something stronger. I remember being on Vicodin, that was awesome.
semperperatus: (spoilers the lady he's talking to's dead)

[personal profile] semperperatus 2017-01-12 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Probably a bad idea to not be alert, though.

[Drinking...the nothing, hah.]

Guess its a good thing this isn't real, at least?

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