open log » ❝ The VR Program ❞

[initiatesnpc]

Date & Time: August 5th, mid morning.
Location: Anywhere characters happen to be/the VR.
Characters: Everyone.
Summary: From August 5th to August 8th, characters are plunged involuntarily into the VR Program.
Warnings: Potential violence within the threads.

When the chance arises, she's quick to take it. The programming is incomplete, she knows; the simulation isn't ready — but she's not likely to get another shot at it. And so she moves, slipping through security codes to input the command. The machines hum to life with nothing but a flicker of a green light in a dark room, and it takes only seconds to establish connections. The signal is sent out; the weapons respond.

In a single pulse, reality drops away.

There will be darkness at first as the mind realigns itself to the signals being sent it. Slowly, the darkness fades, forms take shape. People take shape. The setting is terribly familiar, plucked from the user's own mind. It might feel like a dream at first, with events playing out as if predestined, the would-be dreamer moving through a familiar and unalterable route in them. But as things begin to feel more and more realistic, as more senses more fully connect to the simulation, awareness will change. This is not a dream. This is more than a memory.

Welcome to the VR.

Only 20 minutes later, in some underground quarters, Doctor Sponde is roused from an undignified sprawl. He's hastily briefed and shuttled toward the command center, looking grim. He knows the problem demands an immediate fix, but… well, this is some complex machinery. It could take some time. It could take days. He gets to work.

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[payback]

Scratched up and scared herself, if not horribly injured, Rin tore through into Eridan's memory. A glance identified the aliens around here as trolls, although she couldn't give them names - she still couldn't figure out WHAT was going on but still with sword bared Rin came closer to the trolls.

"Hey?" Uncertain. She didn't bother asking what was going on. She doubted anyone else had much more an idea than she did.

[caligulas_aquarium]

"Hey." He recognizes the voice, but he doesn't sound annoyed by her appearance whatsoever. He almost sounds calm, but it's mostly his wracked nerves at work taking priority over his attitude.

The other troll raises her weapon and revs it up, at which point Eridan raises his own weapon, but...

"Howw do wwe get out of here? I mean if you can enter I'm guessin' wwe can exit the fuck outta here somehoww."

[payback]

Rin doesn't know anything about the situation or circumstances, or she'd more than likely be on Kanaya's side. As it is she's figured somewhat that the only real people in these visions are the people not spitting out rote death threats. She raises her sword and edges closer to Eridan.

"I just ran and ran. And then it was like it tore." Not a good explanation, but that was what it had felt like.

[caligulas_aquarium]

"I hope you're able to fight, then."

Kanaya sprints towards the pair and leaps, literally throwing herself at them with her weapon primed. The direction she swings her weapon once within range is at an angle starting in Eridan's direction, aiming for his head and torso but carrying through with the swing to aim for Rin's midsection and legs.

Eridan, though, he just backs up to evade and gets out of the way, leaving Rin to deal with that herself.

[payback]

To an extent Rin was expecting an attack. Everything else had attacked her so far, after all - or most everything, so she threw herself backwards and out of range on quick feet (the raging adrenaline helped).

She had to curb herself before running too far, unfortunately - it looked like there was a long drop to be had, which. Could maybe be the way out.

"Can't YOU fight?" she took the moment's reprieve to jab back, inappropriate as it was, and then pointed. "Try jumping!"