(OPEN | Mutiny Log) Well it's been so long

[alittlesweptup]

Date & Time: Nov. 16 ~0300 through Nov.19th ~0230hrs, 3133
Location: Housing, Cafeteria, VR rooms, hallways etc (read: everywhere)
Characters: YOU!
Summary: Mutiny on the moon base! Vital systems are offline, mutineers are making PA announcements, and there’s conflict and turmoil brewing in the halls. Dun dun duuun!
Warnings: None yet (possible violence?)
Notes: Specify a date and location in your top comment. You may specify multiple dates/locations. A timeline for the plot and the IC PA announcements made during are available HERE.

[In the dead of night - or as close to ‘the dead of night’ as is possible to have in moon base - a small group of transports finally make the move they’ve been planning for weeks. Pre-determined teams, maintaining radio contact throughout, simultaneously take control of the Transporter Room and take multiple systems offline.

One moment things are normal; they next, they’re not. With a last message flagged as ‘maintenance’ left on the network, the network cuts out. A moment later, Transports across the base find themselves losing contact with the ground or shifting in their sleep and gently floating out of their beds from the force as the gravity drops. Lighting flicks over to emergency only: bathing corridors and rooms in a desolate, lonely red. Doors work - and then they don’t. Transports will find themselves confined to housing (and washrooms), the VR rooms, and the cafeteria; it’s plenty of space to be comfortable and largely covers most Transport’s basic needs (unless you’re fond of cheery light or having your feet on the ground in which case you may be out of luck).

Hours later-- Click-HHHSSSHK-click!

A woman’s voice speaks over the moon base’s PA system, echoing through the dark corridors and off the odds and ends gently floating through them thanks to the lack of gravity regulation. The voice is rich and accented, with a certain practiced ease to it - one that sharpens to a point the longer she talks:]

Testing. Testing-- are we good? Christ, I'm not echoing, am I? No?

All right good. Listen up, fellow transports. As you might have noticed, some of the base's general systems have gone offline: this, I assure you, is absolutely intentional. There's no need to panic.

So moving on from the understandably frustrating to the even more frustrating, I'm sure you all have also noticed the fact that we're currently all stuck-- starving and defenseless-- on the bloody moon. In a base that was, up until a few days ago, overrun with zombies. And before that, thousands of lives were bombed right out of existence, and before that, an entire world-- and before that we were all still being thrown at the United Earth for the sake of dying off repeatedly in a war we never stood a chance or had a say in. Transports have been treated like pawns since day one, and I'm sorry, but we don't deserve it.

If we're giving up our lives and our freedom, I'd say it's about time we earned ourselves a little equality.

We deserve a say in what goes on in this fight, and with that in mind, a few of us have decided to hold onto the transporter for a while. Just until the Initiative agrees to treat us like people instead of ammunition. Trust me, we’re not here to hurt anyone; none of this has to end badly. But it does need to end. Things have got to change. And if this is what it takes? This is what it’s going to be.

We need your help; please don’t make it any harder for us.

[The PA clicks off, pitching the base once more into complete radio silence.

Near the end of the first day, gravity regulation is re-established. The network is brought back online the following day, allowing everyone to communicate more freely. Lighting doesn’t come back online until the 18th and the door regulation isn’t normalized or operable until the 19th. Throughout the four days, the mutineers make multiple PA announcements.

In the mean time? Keep your friends close, come to the aid of your neighbors; help with reconnaissance and choose sides - are you neutral in this mess? Are you trying to help bring systems back online and root out the mutineers? Are you sympathetic to the mutiny and trying to sabotage those Transports standing for the Initiative?]

Comments

[controlledvariable]

[No she's really too tired for this.

She makes a little sound somewhere between a huff of breath and a whimper as her head drops onto his shoulder.]

Jesse.

[Stop it.]

[hostage]

[He laughs and squeezes his arms around her in a tight hug. Not a sexy hug. Just a silly, kind of ticklish one.]

Ooookaaaaayyyyy.

[controlledvariable]

[That's better; she manages a small laugh, hugging him tight in return.]

I swear you're trying to get me into trouble.

[hostage]

I would never do that and leave witnesses.

[Hi, Mike.]

[controlledvariable]

So I'm safe while Mike's still here?

[Hi, Mike.]

[hostage]

Totally. I'm not, but you totally are.

[controlledvariable]

Don't worry, I'll protect you.

[s

t

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p]

[hostage]

[And now he swoons back against the pillows. Join him or don't, Steph. Up to you.]

But what's that gonna cost me?

[controlledvariable]

[...She joins him.]

That's for free, 'cause I like you.

[hostage]

Awww. Awwwww.

[He circles his arms around her waist and settles in.]

[controlledvariable]

[She's already gotten a hell of a lot of cuddles from Saul, but right now the only thing that makes this bearable is physical contact, so she can't really turn down the offer.]

I'll deny it if anyone asks, though.

[gotta maintain her reptuation.]

[hostage]

[It's not like Jesse minds, desperate to please and starved for affection as he is. He rests his cheek on her shoulder.]

I get that a lot.

[controlledvariable]

Maybe you need better friends.

[No but really.]

[hostage]

Mmm.

[Probably.]

[controlledvariable]

[She shifts a little, just to get comfortable, curling her fingers around the back of his neck.

Then she's just quiet for a while, taking some comfort from his presence.]

You know we love you though, right?

[Her and Lisbeth and Saul and Mike.]

[hostage]

[He glances at her, surprised. It's not so much a shock that they care about him, because they've all proven it to him more than enough over time. But he doesn't hear it a lot. And he doesn't know why she's saying it now.]

Yeah. Yeah, I love you guys, too.

[Is everything okay?]

[controlledvariable]

[She just had all her emotions ripped out for a few hours; no, everything isn't okay.]

Good. [And he gets a kiss on the cheek.] Even if you're a dumbass sometimes.

[Her tone is fond, at least.]

[hostage]

[He's more worried she's planning to go off and die or something. Do not go where others who have loved Jesse have gone, Steph.

She's probably just stressed, though. Yeah.]

Gee, thanks.

[controlledvariable]

[She hums, a little amused, snuggling closer and closer her eyes.]

It's okay, I'm an idiot, too.

[Well.

It's true.]

[hostage]

[Mumbled into her neck:]

Nooo, you're noooot.

[controlledvariable]

Have you met me?

[She's pretty sure he has. Considering the cuddling.]

[hostage]

You're totally smart and stuff.

[Jesse argues good while mashed into Steph's collarbone.]

[controlledvariable]

Yeah, that's why I managed to get all my feelings yanked out.

[~sarcasm~]

[hostage]

What makes you think that's got anything to do with how smart you are?

[controlledvariable]

I shouldn't have tried to take her alone.

[It was cocky and stupid. Nevermind that if someone else had been there, Max could have done the same thing to them.

A beat, and a shaky breath.]

That post about the Initiative, I dunno if you saw it, but that was me. Roslyn was really angry about it, 'cause it was stupid, and I think she was right.