Week 2

[airlockedmods]

[Other than the reappearance of the Overseer, there's no real change in the routine. PAL still makes the morning and night time announcements through the PIP on each Champion's arm, and still the Champion unitards are freshly laundered and re-hung each morning in their closets.

No other floors unlock, but Cece and Kip will still be appearing randomly to chit-chat.

All you know is... something has to change soon.]

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[ooc: Don't forget to to turn in your AC for week 1 and submit your threads for the Benefactors!]

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[honoraryembryon]

[ ... Oh hell no. He's so mad right now. But uh, if you're letting his abilities slide a bit, Roland is trying to suppress his anger and wondering... electricity... electricity. What can he do with electricity...

Electricity isn't super amazing as a power. He could electrocute someone, sure.

... He... what about machines? Maybe he could make PAL listen to him somehow? ... But how? And why does he feel like he's done this before?

He is not going to let anyone die here. He is not.

... Roland's Atma Mark is definitely glowing, because he's mad, but it's at least not taking over his body this time. Just his hand. He's trying to exercise some control. ]

... I knew it. They were actually incompetent. But I never expected Cece to... be innocent too...

[everylittlesecret]

She's an intern. Of course she's innocent. Interns are never told anything, which is why they snap.

[You gonna be okay there, buddy? Nari will be closenby just in case. She can cancel your electricity out if she has to.]

[honoraryembryon]

[ VERY... controlled exhale, here. ]

... You might say that, but... I don't know. I didn't trust her. Something about the idea of keeping her boss "on-task" really bugged me. I... guess I was wrong, though. Wouldn't be the first time I've been wrong about someone.

Either way, what I'm wondering now is... how much control do we have back?

[ Because PAL, you might have been an idiot and he might be able to do something besides murder someone-- ]

[everylittlesecret]

When I spoke with her, she was perfectly happy being in the background and just doing her job... But now I kind of want to see if we can protect them, too. Even if they aren't Champions, they are only Overseers in name now. We're in the same boat.

[Ahahaha...]

Enough that I know for a fact that I could easily kill someone now.

[honoraryembryon]

... I might be able to, too. Shit.

[ It's said quietly but in this "well this is a problem for both of us isn't it" kind of way. Because of all the people here the DEMON THAT CAN REND, SLAUGHTER, and then DEVOUR his enemies is... not a good thing!!! ]

But yeah, we should probably protect the idiot and his poor assistant. Ugh, I... feel bad for doubting her now. Uh. Listen, Nari--I wanna go do something real quick, can you follow me into the kitchen?

[everylittlesecret]

[This day is just getting worse, and she had such a lovely morning of peanut butter on pancakes.]

The kitchen? Uhm... sure?

[Is this going to be their one on one meeting spot?]

[honoraryembryon]

[ Please understand Nari this is safer for what he has in mind. He looks at what's in the kitchen... hmm, what appliance would they not mind nuking if he kills it? ]

... Okay, do we have an appliance in here that's safe to, uh, maybe try something on that no one will miss because it's really minor? Definitely not the coffee maker. We need that. Something small.

[everylittlesecret]

[As long as it doesn't involve her getting hurt, she's fine.]

....... only thing I can think of is maybe the crockpot? Or the juicer.

Throws out the mod signal potentially

[honoraryembryon]

... Juicer. I can't conceivably see us needing the juicer...

[ OKAY SO. He's going to try something here, give him some leeway. He'll sort of. Unplug the thing and see if he can try something mild: it shouldn't be that hard, right? He's practically electricity itself. Surely he can direct his will via the current into this machine to turn it on, if his powers are working again like PAL says they should be...

His immunity might not be there, and he doubts it's going to come back because then how will they ever contain him here, but--if his electricity is back, he might just be able to do something.

It's, uh, certainly going to be flashy if it works though. ]

[airlockedmods]

[The juicer harmlessly turns on but that's about it.]

[everylittlesecret]

[GOOD Nari was... going to get worried if something much worse happened. So. Roland is a backup battery right now. That's...neat?]

That didn't do much.

[goteachother]

[Staring worriedly after you idiots from the safety of Nishitani's jacket, ftr

Don't leave each other alone... Maybe if she thinks it hard enough they'll hear.

If only.]

[buddyoldpal]

Ohhh, shit ya can do that glowy thing even more now, huh?

[ Hot, ok. Daily reminder. That's hot. Not even a little disturbing though,
not as far as Nishitani is concerned. He's keeping it chill. His dumbassery helped last time, right? ]

Gotta admit I expected Cece-chan to be the one pullin' Larimer's strings, so that was a bummer. A house robot is gonna be a fuckin' tough nut to crack, if that's what gets us outta here.

[honoraryembryon]

[ You are like... this weird omnipresent yakuza man making bad advances in his life, serving to remind him that, hey, yes, it's bad to let out his inner demon because you'd probably find that hotter.

Thanks Nishitani. ]

As did I. A bit strange she's not... honestly, I didn't see that one coming at all. They seem to have some sort of former history? We may need to protect those two... that is, Kip and Cece.

[buddyoldpal]

[ It's like he has a radar sense for hot, strong people. Sure, let's go with that.

He's still kind of a man child, going by his whine here, though. ]

Ughh, do we hafta? Ain't they the ones who got us into this shit show?

[honoraryembryon]

Yes, we "hafta". Protecting idiots from murder also includes those idiots, unfortunately, much as I'd LOVE to let Kip die just for the sacrilegious act of being a complete and total moron in my vicinity and murdering perfectly good coffee.

[ SIGH ]

Cece may not deserve it, though. And from the sound of things, they were possibly brought on without knowing the circumstances. Kind of idiots if they thought that rule was just an artifact, in my opinion, though. I mean, what kind of person reads a contract that "may" have included murder of people in it at one point and goes, "ha ha, that had to have been a joke!"

[ You can hear the verbal eyeroll. ]

[buddyoldpal]

[ Nishitani sighs. Being a nice person is not his strong suit... but if someone he likes, he can at least try. ]

Fine. Guess I won't try ta mess with 'em if I see 'em down the line. Even if they're both fuckin' idiots.

[honoraryembryon]

Well. I mean. You can mess with them a little.

[ Side-eye towards where they ran-- ]

Just... I dunno, don't make it TOO much worse? I somehow doubt the lackeys are our "ultimate evil" in this situation. They're likely just hired goons.

[buddyoldpal]

[ He shrugs. "Ultimate evil" sounds so ominous, Roland. ]

Right. Ain't much point in messin' with small-fry when the boss couldn't give a rat's ass what happens to 'em.

[honoraryembryon]

[ What else! Do you call the big cheese in this situation, Nishitani!!! The people behind this shit? The Network?????? ]

Yeah, that's sort of my point. If they just left them here to possibly be murdered on live television for ratings, I'm... pretty sure the boss or bosses or executives or whatever they are don't really care what happens to them. Kind of tragic, in a way. It's why I feel bad for them more than anything; they clearly had no idea what they were getting into as much as us.

I mean, I'm still kind of angry they had more knowledge than us, for sure, but... the middle path. I can't stay mad, if that logic dictates the middle road means being between the two extremes.

[buddyoldpal]

[ The Producers?? The Head Honchos?? Not all villains are gods, Roland!! ]

True, they're dumber than all of us, sure, but they better fuckin' spill whatever they do know, else my patience is gonna run real thin on 'em, dumbasses or not.

[honoraryembryon]

[ ... Well. Kip is a moron so he wouldn't blame him. But. Listen. He's from a Shin Megami Tensei game. Every villain is clearly some kind of god or demon or something, ok. ]

Just TRY not to kill anyone, all right? I really don't want to have to restrain you.

[buddyoldpal]

[ Unless they're Louis Cypher, then they're just a charming young blond lad who wants to help take you down the path to chaos......... ]

'Course, 'course. Don't gotta worry about that. I'm gonna need a better reason than weak-ass promises ta decide somebody's better off dead.