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Charlie Cutter ([personal profile] alittlesweptup) wrote in [community profile] exsiliumlogs2013-11-16 06:11 pm

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

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?]
inhumanity: (Triticum turanicum)

[personal profile] inhumanity 2013-11-23 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Then we're agreed. Marvellous! Let's take these away from you. [He snatches away the protein bars. NO MORE OF THAT, THANKS.] Nutrition isn't just about health, you know. You have to feed the mind with the joy of eating.
notpeterparker: (I will destroy you)

[personal profile] notpeterparker 2013-11-23 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I don't think I can argue with that! [She giggles, letting some of her excitement show. It's an improvement over her earlier mood anyway.] I didn't like eating them anyway. They don't even seem like they'd be edible...

[She glances around, making a very serious face before lowering her voice.]

In fact, I've been doing some investigating and while I haven't found any proof yet - I don't think these things are meant to be edible at all!

[These are the kind of things Carol gets into when Gustav isn't around okay.]
inhumanity: (Passiflora alata)

[personal profile] inhumanity 2013-11-24 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
[He takes a step back, putting a hand to his mouth.] Do you mean we've been eating faux-food? Has all of this consumption been a lie? In that, all our people have been transformed into a deception!
notpeterparker: (I'm listening maybe)

[personal profile] notpeterparker 2013-11-24 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure yet, since I don't have proof. But I'm certainly going to find out!

[So serious she's the best reporter.]
inhumanity: (Gelsemium sempervirens)

[personal profile] inhumanity 2013-11-24 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
No time to waste. [He becomes quite serious.] This pressing question takes priority at all. Sustenance is the very soul of our selves. So long as we don't know this, we do not know who we are.
notpeterparker: (Thinking)

[personal profile] notpeterparker 2013-11-24 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[No Chris don't indulge her.]

I suppose no one's watching the cafeteria all that closely what with all the chaos going on...
inhumanity: (Helianthus annuus)

[personal profile] inhumanity 2013-11-27 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
[but it's fun]

Like the plants that wait for the winter season to regrow, now is your perfect opportunity to investigate.
notpeterparker: (Reading Rainbow)

[personal profile] notpeterparker 2013-11-27 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
It really is the perfect opportunity, isn't it? Okay, it's settled! I'm going to discover the truth about all that horrible cafeteria food!

[How exciting! And it'll keep her out of trouble during the mutiny. Sort of.]

Oh, but first!

[She sits down what she's carrying, fishing out some bandages. She'll hold them out to Christopher like a good NPC.]

I was actually going to make some first aid kits, because I don't know how big this conflict is going to get yet. But even though you probably won't need them, you ought to take these anyway. Just in case things get more dangerous.
inhumanity: (Phoradendron leucarpum)

[personal profile] inhumanity 2013-11-30 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Christopher is actually, genuinely surprised for a moment. Soft, he smiles and accepts.] The gift of healing from a friend is a preventative measure. What harm can come to me, knowing I have your kindness guarding my back? Thank you, Carol.
notpeterparker: (Glee face)

[personal profile] notpeterparker 2013-11-30 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
[She beams, feeling a similiar kind of happiness whenever the Vice-President would give her a rare compliment on her work. It was hard for her to understand why she felt this way, but after these past few months of stumbling around and failing to figure out how to be an adult, it was nice when she felt like she did something right.]

You're welcome. I'm actually learning how to make first aid kits! So when I have more supplies, I'll make you a proper one. [She tries to sound mature and professional, but she can't really hide that child-like happiness.] A-anyway, I actually hope you won't need it.
inhumanity: (iris domestica)

[personal profile] inhumanity 2013-11-30 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[It is probably experience with Rail that has Christopher reaching a hand out to pat Carol on the head.] Even for experts such as myself who never get hurt, there is always a need.
notpeterparker: (Smiling)

[personal profile] notpeterparker 2013-11-30 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Carol's used to head pats, so she doesn't even flinch or blink at the gesture. It's a nice, familiar feeling that makes her think of home - more specifically, walking alongside the Vice-President whenever they would visit a big city.

It leaves her with an odd feeling. Maybe homesickness? Still, her expression doesn't change much. It's not like thinking about it would change anything, right?]


Oh, well, I'm glad then! [And then she looks a bit surprised at herself.] Er, I-I mean, not that I'm glad there's a need! I'd prefer it if there was no need at all for things like this, I just meant...

[She sighs a bit. Someday she'll learn not to mix up her words.]

I'm glad if it's useful to you, Mr. Christopher.
inhumanity: (Zephyranthes candida)

[personal profile] inhumanity 2013-12-03 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Christopher chuckles.] Hm, Carol? Are you secretly hiding a warmongerer's heart? This must be what they call yellow journalism!
notpeterparker: (I'm listening maybe)

[personal profile] notpeterparker 2013-12-03 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
[She huffs.]

H-huh? Oh no, that's not it at all! Um, even though I'm not really sure what warmonger means...but whatever it is, I'm not hiding anything like that!