MISSION: RELEASE THEM BACK INTO THE WILD

[initiates]

Date & Time: April 27th - May 1st
Location: Wollongong, Australia, 2464.
Characters: All voluntary transports + maybe a few drafted ones.
Summary: Make those stay-at-homes leave their nerdcaves! My god, do they even know what sunshine looks like???
Warnings: none planned, will be updated accordingly!

The city is old, dark, and very, very quiet. A good deal of the buildings are crumbling and old, but the ones that are actually inhabited glow like candles in the dusk the Transporter has dropped you into. All of these buildings are infested by wiring pouring in from every angle, ensuring that each inhabitant in his or her little block of a room has every modern convenience available in 2464.

There is no one on the streets, no public transportation, and even cars look scarce. But that doesn't mean there's no movement. Maintenance drones, controlled remotely, run deliveries or work repairs. Armed law enforcement drones patrol on rounds through the city, although their mechanized attention is mostly turned outward. Still, they might come to investigate a ruckus within the city limits. And if the persons causing the ruckus don't respond to peaceful attempts to get them to cease, the drones might attempt to subdue them with paralyzing technology and haul them in for a night in the city jail — another dark, unused place.

If you get hungry, there are entire warehouses dedicated to the production of foods. It can't be that hard to sneak in and collect a meal, right? Or you can hack into the system and order whatever you want, if you're good with that kind of thing. Or you can just scavenge—or fast for four days, maybe—if thieving and hacking aren't your style.

And somewhere around here, in those glowing, secluded towers, behind the legions of automated drones, live the reclusive citizens of Wollongong. The methods are up to you, as long as you can get them to come out and breathe the fresh air somehow.

[[ ooc; Mission details are here! This will run from 27th of April to May 1st, with those on the mission returning to Exsilium at the same time that the new arrivals show up. It's an optional mission, but if you'd like your character to go along that would ICly sit it out, feel free to say that the Initiative drafted them for this one.

There aren't any teams or structured threads to this one, so go wild! ]]

Comments

[trickstermentor]

Some would say yes, though I think that perhaps some would say I am doing a more atrocious job than is strictly necessary. I haven't had the chance to play one of these before.

[He gets up, brushes the dust from his jinbei pants and shoulders the didgeridoo.]

Care to try for yourself?

[givetheslip]

No. Thank you.

[She answers immediately. Her mouth isn't going where his has been.]

When they asked us to perform acts of sabotage, I don't think they meant the aural kind.

[trickstermentor]

[Oh but he brushed his teeth and everything!]

No, but it would be an awfully dull world if everyone did everything they were asked to the letter, don't you think? Besides, it would be woefully ignorant of me to neglect this opportunity to enjoy the cultural aspects of this little expedition. One doesn't get the chance to blow a didgeridoo very often after all.

[givetheslip]

You may have a point. I didn't come here with the intention of doing exactly as they asked and no more.

[She gives him a dubious look.]

But I fail to see the value of playing around with that...thing.

[trickstermentor]

Didgeridoo.

[He tucks it under his arm and shrugs.]

And actually, there's quite a bit of value in playing on. It's actually a traditional and very ancient instrument made by the indigenous peoples of this country, and has been proven in medical studies to reduce snoring and obstructive sleep apnea through strengthening muscles in the upper airway. You have to have very controlled breathing to play it properly you see... which explains why I can't, I've been woefully remiss with my circular breathing exercises.

[givetheslip]

[Maria pauses for a long moment to consider his words.]

Are you as much of an idiot as you seem, or are you very good at putting on this facade?