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[badfeyth]

WHO: Ghost (badfeyth), Reno (astraphilia) , Johanna (keepgodwaiting) , Lestat (perfectdevil) , Alhaitham (justscribing) , and Kaveh (fussiest) .
WHAT: The "Monologue With The Moon" player plot!
WHERE: [emphatic shrug]
WHEN: 1/6/24
WARNINGS: Possible references to murder, violence, related dark themes, medical equipment, Omelas Kid™ Scenarios, shady institutions and their operations, etc.

You are standing in a nondescript, space-age sort of room; the walls are a silver metal so polished that you can almost see shadows of a reflection in it, and the floor is likewise sturdy and reinforced. There are two Star Trek-style sliding doors leading out of the room, one on the left wall and one on the right. Both are currently in open position, enabling you to see out into the corridor beyond; it looks pretty much the same out there as your surroundings in here. Maybe there are doors; you'd have to look closer to check.

Currently in the room with you is a pretty normal-looking wooden podium that's clearly seen some use (though in what ways, you'd have to look more closely at it to determine), and a very abnormal-looking escape portal that's just kind of floating in midair, definitely big enough for even a very tall human to walk through, but for the fact that it's behind an impenetrable forcefield. You're welcome to hurl yourself at this, hit it, whatever, all that you want, but unfortunately it ain't budging under any method currently available to you or your party.

Really, your circumstances look something like this:

The other thing you might notice is that your clothes have received a slight glam-up, in the sense that clipped to a pocket, lapel, belt loop, or other convenient area of your attire is some sort of ID card. That might be worth having a look at.

Speaking of having a look at things, maybe you ought to look around?

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☆ STARTING ROOM ☆

[badfeyth]

[See the big red X? That's where you are. There's like four other people with you and thankfully you probably recognize all of them. There's clearly some sort of shenanigan afoot and you appear to be stuck in the middle of it.

Please feel free to use this top-level to interact with others; if you intend to explore and need to interact with the setting, please put your movements or actions in bold so that I can find them and provide responses more easily!]

[perfectdevil]

[ Lestat, ever aware of his own appearance, first starts out by looking at his ID card to figure out what that's all about. ]

[justscribing]

[The first thing Alhaitham does it look around the room and identify everyone else in here with him, which conveniently are all people he recognizes.

The second thing he does is look at his ID card.]

[keepgodwaiting]

... Fuckin' hell.

[ Doors in this goddamn City. Christ. Constantine blinks around at the group in some consternation. Lestat, at least, is in a position to pick up the way her heart rate just spiked. This is the kind of situation that seems like it could lead to PvP, and she considers herself at a disadvantage as far as combat goes, in this crowd.

Looking at the surroundings, she continues: ]

Anyone recognize this? [ She glances at Reno, Alhaitham, and Kaveh, since she knows Reno at least isn't from Earth.

And since everyone else is looking at theirs, she glances at her ID card, as well. ]

[fussiest]

[ kaveh's first thought: how did they get the silver polished to such a sheen?

kaveh's second thought: why would they polish the silver to such a sheen?

there is an expression that traditionally men, who have been known to demolish and reconstruct buildings for the sole purpose of improving the look of the place, take on under duress. kaveh is making that expression right now.

but anyway, also as per tradition, he's going to first look at his ID card. ]

[astraphilia]

[ and here's Reno, fashionably late. like everyone else, he starts by checking his ID badge to find out what fun moniker he's been assigned; he also, like some of the others, pats himself down, although for him it's less concern about the outfit change and more a check to figure out if he still has all his stuff on his person.

namely because Reno doesn't go out without at least one knife on him, and this is already looking to be the kind of situation that he'd feel better about being armed for. ]

Strongly recommend not fuckin' open any of these doors until we know what we're about. [ and that's the Turk instinct kicking in. this isn't Reno's first time somewhere dangerous, and he knows nothing good ever comes of blazing ahead without assessing the lay of the land.

but he's also just Reno, here, so he adds, ] I ain't anybody's boss, I'm just sayin' ya might get eaten by a tentacle monster 'cause you ran off all haphazard and then where are we gonna be.

🖋 fuck around and find out 🖋

[keepgodwaiting]

[ After establishing that, yes, writing in the journal with the blood ink will get them out of here, Johanna does take a moment to approach the journal. It's hard to do so without being at least a little obvious about it, of course -- there's not a lot else in here to provide distraction -- but she does her best to be discreet.

Turning to a blank page, she taps her fingers against the fountain pen in thought for a moment, then writes: ]

In this Agency, Johanna Constantine, aka agent Mystic, is part of assigned to the medical staff.

[ And then checks her ID card's border. ]

☆ DOOR #1 ☆

[badfeyth]

[Door #1 does not open immediately on proximity, but Johanna's ID card will, in fact, cause it to unlock and slide open! Like in the main room, these are Star Trek sliding doors that recede into one side of the wall, so there are no hinges and no swinging in or out.

Is she planning to just walk right in, or does she want to ready herself/take any preparatory actions in any way prior to the door opening?]

[keepgodwaiting]

[ In deference to Reno's wise words, Johanna stands to one side of the door when she taps her badge on the sensor. Should any tentacles come shooting out, she hopes they'll miss her. ]

INVESTIGATION COMPLETE

[badfeyth]

[While people are still welcome to nose around this area as much as they want, all escape-relevant clues have been located!]

☆ DOOR #2 ☆

[badfeyth]

[Like Door #1, Door #2 does not open immediately on proximity, but there is a sensor fairly overtly set into the wall next to it — it's not trying to disguise its mechanism for getting it open or anything like that. Like in the main room, these are Star Trek sliding doors that recede into one side of the wall, so there are no hinges and no swinging in or out.

Please let me know if you're planning to just walk right in, or if you want to ready yourselves/take any preparatory actions in any way prior to the door opening!]

[justscribing]

[Well first he's going to inspect the sensor for any sort of color coding just so he can see who's right or wrong about that.

And then he'll leans over to try and listen through the door for anything on the other side.]

INVESTIGATION COMPLETE

[badfeyth]

[While people are still welcome to nose around this area as much as they want, all escape-relevant clues have been located!]

[keepgodwaiting]

[ At some point after investigating the room full of murder, Johanna takes a quick detour over to the library that Alhaitham and Kaveh mentioned. She's curious. This is where Ghost grew up, a place that shaped her. A place where one would regularly be escorted to the med bay to be "monitored" and where someone had the power to create the means of their own destruction.

In a profound sense, Johanna knows, standing at the door of the library and looking around, this is like reading someone's diary. A deliberate act of invasion of privacy.

Still.

She goes over to sit in a beanbag, lets her eyes go unfocused, and just checks out the vibes. Lets the room tell her what it is. ]

☆ DOOR #3 ☆

[badfeyth]

[Like its fellows, Door #3 does not open immediately on proximity, but there is a sensor fairly overtly set into the wall next to it — it's not trying to disguise its mechanism for getting it open or anything like that. Like in the main room, these are Star Trek sliding doors that recede into one side of the wall, so there are no hinges and no swinging in or out.

Please let me know if you're planning to just walk right in, or if you want to ready yourselves/take any preparatory actions in any way prior to the door opening!]

[keepgodwaiting]

No one's been in here yet, right?

[ Having shared her observations with the group, Johanna heads for door #3 and taps her ID card.

And though she does not stand to the side to avoid tentacles, she does pause to observe the room before going inside. Gotta check for floor! ]

INVESTIGATION COMPLETE

[badfeyth]

[While people are still welcome to nose around this area as much as they want, all escape-relevant clues have been located!]

☆ DOOR #4 ☆

[badfeyth]

[Like its fellows, Door #4 does not open immediately on proximity, but there is a sensor fairly overtly set into the wall next to it — it's not trying to disguise its mechanism for getting it open or anything like that. Like in the main room, these are Star Trek sliding doors that recede into one side of the wall, so there are no hinges and no swinging in or out.

Please let me know if you're planning to just walk right in, or if you want to ready yourselves/take any preparatory actions in any way prior to the door opening!]

[perfectdevil]

[ ID CARD GO SLAP

He'll walk straight in, providing there's no immediate horror waiting on the other side. He's pretty excited by the prospect of meeting a tentacle monster, though, so... ]

INVESTIGATION COMPLETE

[badfeyth]

[While people are still welcome to nose around this area as much as they want, all escape-relevant clues have been located!]

☆ COMPARING NOTES & GENERAL DISCUSSION IDK ☆

[badfeyth]

[WILDCARD ME CAP'N]

[keepgodwaiting]

[ Emerging from Room #1, and pitching her voice to carry: ]

Hey, we found a computer that tells jokes. Arche, do you play music?

[keepgodwaiting]

[ Placeholder/handwavey tag to establish that Johanna's observations about room #1 are: that there's a computer named Arche who's listening in; that she thinks green is for field agents, yellow and blue are for desk jockeys, and white is a mystery still; that the vibes in the med bay are weird but not noticeably full of horror so maybe the weirdness is her own baggage; that something was happening involving blood draws or transfusions. ]

[justscribing]

[Alhaitham holds up two journals. Please don't mind his beanbag tirade in the rest of the thread.]

We found a library full of writing between Ghost and another person. These were among multiple journals related to their studying.

☆ DOOR #? ☆

[badfeyth]

[One mystery remains to you, but fortunately you've got all the pieces necessary to assemble the statue in the Shrine of the Silver Monkey...

...Or do you?]

[astraphilia]

[ Reno is once again going to examine the secret door to the Shrine of the Silver Monkey... he is working from the assumption that they need to find both podium items and also that the key cards are relevant.

so two actions, both mostly just confirming understanding: he will once again look at the size of the circular impression on the podium as well as looking for any place where two keycards might need to be used simultaneously (that feels like something they would do at ShinRa). ]