Days 8-11 - Test 1: Aptitude

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Who: All Initiates
What: LACUNA begins her testing phases
When: Days 8-11
Where: Area 2 - Testing Grounds
Warnings: To be updated, but as this is a testing regimen, it will most likely contain language, violence, mentions of sensitive topics (up to and including pondering the murder of children)

At 06:00 hours on the morning of Day 8, every terminal, be it the one in the living quarters or one of the personal terminals within the rooms, begins broadcasting the sound of a klaxon. This sound, loud enough to reverberate, continues for 30 seconds before it ends as abruptly as it began. The lights raise and after they are fully illuminating whatever area your character may have been rudely awoken in, LACUNA's cold voice fills the silence.

"Good Morning, Initiates. Today will begin Testing. Our first Test Round will be for Aptitude measurement only. As such, blows that would otherwise be fatal will spare you. You have one hour to prepare. Afterwards, proceed to the cryopod chamber for further instruction. Thank you."

As incredibly forthcoming as she's been previously, any attempts to question her further are met with cold silence.

(OOC: The Test will be divided by day and function, and for more information, check out the sweet prompts below, also organized by date! You're not required to use this post, but it may be easier if you haven't found a partner! Feel free to make your own posts, either as actions or network posts as well! Remember, it isn't 100% necessary to obey her commands...)

Comments

[hard_decisions]

"It's rather outside of mine, unfortunately."

If Fred were here-

Well. That was a line of thinking he'd been working very hard to avoid since he got here. She's not here, so it does no good to dwell on it.

He inhales heavily to calm himself, forces a neutral expression.

"Still, if you're more versed in the arena of sophisticated technology than myself, I will be a bit more optimistic about our odds."

[movesahead]

Darius catches the slight twinge and politely ignores it. If whatever could be bothering the man was something that he wanted to share than that was his own choice. Darius wasn't going to pry.

"The AI, yes. The rest of it, I can't say I'm terribly used to. Especially this whole transversing universes situation."

[hard_decisions]

Wesley chuckles. It's a bit bitter.

"One gets used to it."

In his experience, the other universe wasn't the problem, it was whatever occupied it that tended to be upsetting.

Although Illyria mentioned a dimension comprised solely of shrimp, which he had to admit sounded rather disgusting even without face-devouring demons being involved.

"Though if we are in an entirely separate dimension, escaping this facility and LACUNA's control won't be the only obstacle. Holes in reality aren't easy to come by."

[movesahead]

"Which is why my thought is toward reprogramming rather than escape." There was a fine line there. Escape, to Darius, meant just getting out of the facility. Reprogramming LACUNA meant learning their captors' goals and plans. It meant getting home to where they were supposed to or wanted to be.

"The problem is that LACUNA's shut up tight. I can't get to her wiring."

I SWEAR I'M NOT DEAD

[hard_decisions]

Of course. It wouldn't be that easy. No doubt, the only convenient access point would be beyond the livable boundaries, where the air was deliberately kept so cold that it would be lethal to attempt to find it.

"I fear the only solution there may be to play the long game. Cooperate until we find an opening she's failed to consider. If she ever does."

Which sounds like it would be a long time coming.

Well. Still better than Wolfram and Hart's perpetuity clause.

[movesahead]

"My thoughts exactly." It was nice when someone thought the same as him. It rarely happened, even with Liam who was often times on the same wavelength, but it was nice when it did. "Head down, moderate compliance, and doing whatever we can to make this place livable while we're at it. That last part I actually stole from one of our other inmates. He's been cleaning since we got here."