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

[flightybookshrew]

We are attempting to disrupt an entire social structure and ensure that it cannot be reestablished.

If you think you can do that without being noticed, please, feel free. But that sort of change is violent, regardless of whether or not we attempt to 'remain in the shadow.'

[duplicitoussight]

I see, I see!

And is a violent change what you're planning to do with the shut-ins here?

[flightybookshrew]

Yes. Although hopefully not along the same vein. [She shrugs.]

I was thinking we could find some way to make them voluntarily leave their isolation.

[duplicitoussight]

I don't think you'll find the solution by watching them. They're don't move much, if at all.

[flightybookshrew]

No...but you would think they would want to get some exercise. [Rose frowns.] Or find someone to have sex with.

This is ridiculous, I can't imagine it and I grew up constantly using a computer.

[duplicitoussight]

[He smirks at that.] Well... they weren't kidding when they said everything was provided for them inside!

[flightybookshrew]

[She wrinkles her nose.]

I think I'd rather not dwell on that.

[She peers back inside for a moment, then steps back, shaking her head.]

I don't suppose you have any ideas?

[duplicitoussight]

I do, but they're bad ones. [Aka, ones that will mostly likely get them caught.] I'd figure with everyone cutting wires, the power would've gone out a while ago.

[flightybookshrew]

It's possible the buildings have their own backup power. It would be almost a necessity for whenever they need to perform maintenance on the citywide power grid.

[Still...]

Perhaps we should check the basement.

[duplicitoussight]

Are you planning to blow it up? [He's joking. Mostly. He grins at her.] Sounds good to me! Ah, sneaking in shouldn't be too hard...

[flightybookshrew]

Of course not, that would burn the building down.

[She turns and starts walking around the building, looking for ground access.]

We will need something heavy, though. And blunt.

[duplicitoussight]

Hey, hey, but that'd accomplish the mission to get them outside, wouldn't it?

[From his backpack he takes out a pipe, waggling it. It's something he picked up from one of the warehouses.] Would this do?

[flightybookshrew]

I think the goal is to get them out alive. Or at least relatively uncrispy. But consider it a back-up plan.

[Some searching found a door, and she shoved it open, glancing back at him.]

A pipe. That looks just about perfect. I do like the classics.

[duplicitoussight]

Good, good. [He shoulders it, following her in. He glances back to make sure security hasn't spotted them.] What would be looking for?