WEEK 1

[akudamods]

So, the first day is over. You are confined in various ways for the foreseeable future. There are two overseers you can bother, and pods they want you to get into, but many of you would rather do anything else. Honestly, even the flurry of posts on social media don’t seem particularly interested in talking up this prospect; when searches for the titles start to get results, they’re mostly about the posters’ own avoidance or occasional morbid fascination. There are even one or two newly taken pictures of the particularly outrageous and photogenic poses. At least photos are rare enough that you can be confident not every move is being watched. Conditions are much better than Saturday to wander all the way down to the Execution HQ Ruins, take the shuttle to the police station, or investigate other parts of the setting. As the weather forecast said, Sunday and Monday are smoggy and sunny.

What will you do?

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[akudamods]

[The monitors display a bunch of wildly colored line graphs. On top, there are some that are associated with numbers. It'd take a lot of experience with a specific measurement system to be sure, but heartrate for example seems like a no-brainer. Then a lot of Greek letters. Sometimes two Greek letters are used to label one overlapping line graph. Then there is one unlabelled graph at the bottom, a bit larger and bolder so it is easier to see.

For Loremaster the line stays basically straight.
For Fixer the line goes down.

He is welcome to take a picture or even full-length video. The data does not copy over as data, of course.

The desk is spotless.]

[priori]

[ Hm. He's used to different measurements of data so he'll need to probe further before being able to determine exactly what this is supposed to mean. Give him a second to look around the room and—ah. There's Belial.

Not a sentence he uses lightly. He stalks on over and rather than asking for anything, he pulls open Belial's stupid jacket and grabs an item from one of the pockets. When he's done, he turns on his heel and ignores anything Belial might say. Because Belial is Belial.

If he sticks this half-elixir in another pod and starts it up, what kind of readings does he get? If any.

Note that if it breaks Belial is gonna have to clean it up. ]

[intimations]

[There's only a faintly quizzical look when Lucilius comes marching over to him and... pulls open his jacket? Okay, this is happening--]

Ahahaha! Demanding as usual, Cilius. I didn't think you were that into exhibitionism, though.

[But he'll just stay here chilling by the wall unless he's needed for anything else with like, his jacket just hanging open I guess.]

[priori]

[ Note to self. Next time kick Belial in advance. ]

[intimations]

[priori]

[akudamods]

[There's no button or anything on the side. In other cases, the humming starts once the lid is closed. This is also when the monitor even turns on. The corresponding monitor has not turned on when the bottle of elixir has been placed inside the closed pod. Come take it back out?]

[priori]

[ Nah, it touched Belial so it can live in there now. Based on nothing happening, the pod probably only reacts to organic matter.

Can he kidnap a citizen...? Hm...

Yes, but after a second he decides it isn't worth the hassle when it probably won't lead him to any new discoveries. He's gonna walk to another pod and shove one of the cores he's hidden in his sleeves into it. This is sort of like a heart. Kind of. Or maybe it's more like a soul.

Same result? ]

[akudamods]

[Same result!]