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.]
strikemonster: (so i don't get all the ladies)

[personal profile] strikemonster 2017-01-10 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
They only hold the Tournament of Zones once a year now, so it's not so bad. [Mai, Barney doesn't even know what that means.] I'm surprised you didn't hear the news when the Usha invaded, though.
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[personal profile] waitforit 2017-01-10 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I got no clue what that means, sorry.
strikemonster: (marshall home and gary dickens)

[personal profile] strikemonster 2017-01-10 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Aliens invaded Japan and divided it into fifty zones around thirty years ago. To combat overpopulation, they created the Tournament of Zones, a quarterly bowling tournament. Whoever wins doesn't have to face the Sweep. [SHRUG.] I thought this was common knowledge.

[Maybe if you hadn't been so focused on trying to METAGAME, Mai, you would have realized that when C.E.C.E. said "worlds," she meant "everyone's from different places."]
waitforit: (04)

[personal profile] waitforit 2017-01-10 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
Wait, what?

[ Holy. Shit. Barney would probably be laughing if this kid didn't look 100% serious. ]

Are you... [ Shit it's too bad The Hunger Games came out in theaters in 2012, damn! ] Are you serious? You guys decided to cull the weak through some kind of bowling league? Holy crap.

[ Yeah no that sounds fake. ]

I know I don't keep up with NHK, but I think I would've heard if aliens invaded Japan.
strikemonster: (john patracky and norton duke)

[personal profile] strikemonster 2017-01-10 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
We didn't. The Usha did, right after they invaded in 3020.

[It's the year three thousand. Not much has changed but they lived underwater Japan is being controlled by evil aliens.]
waitforit: (05)

[personal profile] waitforit 2017-01-10 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
3020?

[ Barney does a doubletake. ]

You're kidding, right? You're from the future? Where aliens make people bowl for their lives?
strikemonster: (say i'm not athletic)

[personal profile] strikemonster 2017-01-10 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Hang. Hang on, hang on. The future?]

. . . What year do you come from? [ISN'T EVERYONE HERE FROM THE YEAR 3050.] Has the Usha invasion not happened yet?
waitforit: (04)

[personal profile] waitforit 2017-01-10 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
Uh, it's 2008. No alien invasions or anything.

[ Unless you count Lady Gaga but she's not even a thing yet! ]
strikemonster: (not a single man will try)

[personal profile] strikemonster 2017-01-10 08:15 am (UTC)(link)
[...............................]

You're ancient. [She's still a teenager, even if she's from a dystopia.] No wonder you don't know anything.
waitforit: (13)

[personal profile] waitforit 2017-01-10 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, rude, kid. Barney Stinson isn't "ancient," [ He is making those air quotes irl of course, ] You just happen to come from some bizarro future where aliens force people to play lame sports against each other. I mean if they had to determine the fate of your zone, they really should've gone with lesser tag.

[ Barney, that's not even remotely the problem here. ]

If it were my future, we'd have laser tag.
strikemonster: (not a single man will try)

[personal profile] strikemonster 2017-01-11 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think the aliens would give you much of a choice. Unless you're saying you're gonna rule the world.

[She seems. Extremely skeptical about Barney's ability to rule the world.]
waitforit: (01)

[personal profile] waitforit 2017-01-11 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Nah, I'm good with a tiny slice of Manhattan and being the Champion of One Night Stands. The world isn't ready to be ruled by someone as awesome as me.

[ Barney for President though... what a great idea... ]
strikemonster: (not a single man will try)

[personal profile] strikemonster 2017-01-12 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
Of course it isn't. [Totally deadpan.] How would they ever handle the Champion of One Night Stands and his awesomeness.
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[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. ]
strikemonster: (so i don't get all the ladies)

[personal profile] strikemonster 2017-01-13 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
Well, somebody must have recognized it. You are here, after all.

[Is she being genuine or sarcastic? Who knows.]