CALHOUN HOUR - SURVIVOR

[vivariummods]

At the crack of dawn, presumably, Calhoun gathers everyone in the first floor warehouse to make an announcement. "That's right, it's time for another of my special events!" He seems pretty pleased with himself. "I noticed you lazy, fat test subjects really let yourselves go last round! It's like I don't feed you here or something." "Well, I'm worried about your health, always lazing about and not getting proper exercise. So, I decided to be the change I want to see in the world, and so we're going to do something a littttttttllllllle different this time." "To stop you guys from getting soft from all the fun you're having here, it's time for a little workout." From one of the doors Calhoun never lets anyone go through there's a loud, metallic banging sound repeating, as if something is trying to get out. Calhoun does not seem troubled at all by this. In fact, he seems pretty excited. "The rules are simple, everyone's getting sixty coins to use as they see fit. You'll notice the vending machines on both warehouse floors. Anyone who isn't caught will even get a memory back." But what does that mean? "So go on, survive for 23 hours, I'll even give you a five minute head start. Good luck!" And with that he scurries off. Should people hang around they'll get to witness that same door open five minutes later. From the door comes several figures, human in shape but something is very, very wrong. They seem to be robotic, skeletal humans. At one point they must have had some synthetic skin over them but most of it seems to be melting or ripped off. They don't move very fast, mostly they shamble about until they focus on a target. Better hope it's not you! BASIC INFO ✖ FIRST TEN HOURS ✖ LAST HOURS ✖ POST EVENT MINGLE

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[detectiveofthewest]

ALL THE BETTER

Heiji fished out another knife and tossed it to Sasuke wow, look who was using them like a pro now, Clive would be so happy.

[not_that_sasuke]

Clive would kill him but he tries not to think about that as he snatches it out of the air, correcting his grip and sending it flying for the wires. A short buzz, a shower of sparks, and the robot whirs to a stop.

...Are they finally safe?

[detectiveofthewest]

Well... there was no more clanging and clanking of creepy humanish zombiebots, so... maybe? One of the robots that was lying on the ground sort of weakly opened and closed one of its hands, but Heiji picked up a chair from the nearby small table and gave it a quick whack.

Then he sat down and stretched out his legs. "Well, looks like it's mission accomplished. Nice job, there, Sasuke."

[not_that_sasuke]

He lets go of a small sigh of relief, his posture relaxing considerably now that they are no longer under threat. "I can't believe that actually worked." Of course, it probably helps that Heiji is completely insane when it comes to dealing with these things, but even then...

[detectiveofthewest]

"No kidding," said Heiji, chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool leaning back in his chair.

"But that's a couple less robots on everyone's back." His stomach growled. Oh. Right. He hadn't eaten all day. "...ugh, I'm seriously starving, though."

[not_that_sasuke]

"The cafeteria doesn't have any food anymore, either..." He wandered over there when he first felt the pangs of hunger, but after seeing there was nothing to be had, he'd simply resigned himself to going without.

"The longer this drags on, the harder it will be to keep avoiding them... I wonder how many people will be able to make it?" He can't help but worry-- he seemed to do alright without too much food, but a lot of the others have become accustomed to having a steady supply, even if it wasn't all that good.

[detectiveofthewest]

Heiji shook his head. "No way to tell. And it's impossible to keep track of everyone with all these robots skulking around. Well, since we only have to do this for 23 hours, food isn't going to be too much of an issue. Rest, though -- I dunno."

After all, Jake was like a thousand years old, he probably needed his naps. "So what's your plan? Gonna hide out somewhere?"

[not_that_sasuke]

"Probably... I think I can avoid them as long as I keep quiet." And we all know how easily that comes to him. "What about you? Are you going to keep trying to take them out?"

[detectiveofthewest]

"Not the whole time; we got 23 hours in here. But I am going to try and take out a couple more before this is over with. Gotta pace yourself, right?"

He winked at Sasuke. "Don't worry, I ain't going to do anything too dangerous. Although I am kinda worried about a couple of the others. You seen Simon around lately?"

[not_that_sasuke]

Spoiler alert: he's still going to worry.

"...No, I haven't. I hope he's alright." Sasuke... probably should have gone to find him, but his first impulse upon seeing those robots was to simply bolt for it. It was all too easy to imagine Simon being dragged away to the elevators, potentially pre-fainted.

[detectiveofthewest]

Eeesh. That wasn't good news. "Well, if he keeled over and fainted someplace safe, he'll probably be all right. If not, uh..."

Yeah, Simon was doomed. "...Y'know what, I'll keep an eye out for him."

[not_that_sasuke]

"...Thanks. I'll try to look for him, too." Wow, he's an awful person, just ditching like that. He should probably try to locate Simon first thing. "Good luck."