vivarium | CALHOUN HOUR

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CALHOUN HOUR - CAMPING

It's another day, it's another start of Calhoun Hours. Bright and early in the morning, Calhoun marches into the middle of the first floor lobby and shrieks into his megaphone.

"All right, up to the Garden with all of you! C'mon, hurry up, I'm not going to wait for you lazy bunch!" He impatiently taps on his paw on the ground, but then stops. "Hmm, actually, nah, take your time. I'll just meet you all there in a jiffy!"

And with that, he rushes off to take the stairs to the Garden. Listen to him and slowly make your way, or rush up, it doesn't matter. After everyone assembles in the artificial room, Calhoun is standing by the waterfall, staring off into nothing. He just nods to himself a few times and doesn't even seem to notice the presence of the test subjects though. It's not until about ten seconds later that he turns and tilts his head.

"Whoa, don't sneak up on me like that, test subjects! Sheesh, trying to give this mouse a heart attack?" He huffs but then slides back to his regular mood. "So! Today's event will be called camping! Yeah, I got no clever name for it, sue me, but whatever, go set up a tent or other prep-work. I couldn't bring in all the supplies for this so you'll just have to make due until later tonight."

He runs away from the waterfall, but manages to trip on nothing a few steps in. He stays on the ground, as if trying to trick everyone that he's going to stay there for a while, but then pushes himself back up to make his way to the centre of the Garden. He then raises his arms out, as if he's presenting something.

"Even though I didn't manage to grab everything, I hope you like what I did to the place! Sure looks like a real campground, huh?" Asides from a few tent kits scattered around, there... isn't actually much at all. A few of the screen grids (that normally display the sky) are either turned off to a boring black colour or in a constant static display, but asides from that, everything looks exactly the same. Calhoun doesn't seem to really care though as he keeps on talking.

"Soooooooooooooooooooo, get to it, or something. Do whatever you test subjects do during events like these, chip chop chap!!"

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[Sasuke has enough presence of mind to make a dash for Calhoun as he leaves, but he reacts too late and runs too slow-- all he's able to do is pound on the door once it's slammed shut.]

[ Dark or not, Jake is still able to tell the general direction of where the door is (after listening to Calhoun skitter off and Sasuke pounding on it). He traces his hands over the door, trying to find the edge. He can barely manage, but he does get a slight grip on it with the tip of his fingers. ]

Hey! Someone grab the other side of the door!

[ He shouts, in case anyone needs to figure out where to go. ]

[Just. bamboozled. Seriously what the hell just happened. He doesn't rush over but he does approach, heading more to Sasuke's side.]

Jake, I don't think that's going to work... [Helpful.]

[ He gives Hershel the Look, though you may not see it with all this flickering nonsense (at least until the lights completely go out). ]

You got a better idea then?

Oh. Well, it was a good thing Heiji left a lot of his shit in the garden. He flicked on his pocket light and jammed the blade of his shovel in between the edges of the doors where Jake had pointed them out (though he did not jam it into Jake's fingers, because that would be counterproductive and terrible).

Would this even be successful? Who knew?

"Everyone okay so far?"

[He hits the door one more time, more out of frustration than anything else before backing off.]

I'm fine.

[But he's got a feeling that may not last as this continues. They're sitting ducks, trapped here like this.]

[ As much as Heiji and Jake tried to pull the door apart, it just would not budge. It seems useless to try. Best to give up now. ]

"Alright, well. We've got water, at least, and we're not totally in the dark. I think it'd be a good idea to try and stay calm, not use up too much air all at once." Because who knew if the ventilation systems were even on...

"Did Calhoun say anything to anybody before he left? Anything that could be a clue? Or did he just go from zero to sci-fi horror?"

Actually, I spoke some with Calhoun today. It seemed a little glitchy, but I couldn't get any useful information. Nothing to suggest...this.

[she gestures to the darkness, which probably no one can see due to the darkness]

He's been glitchy for a little while now. He must be malfunctioning. [Hershel tries, sounding pretty unsure regardless. He rubs his arm.] It's getting colder- that's not just me, is it?

[So it is. Great.]

...It might be better for us to head back to the tents for now. They might give us a little insulation.

[ Once the whole door opening thing has failed, Jake stands back up properly. ]

Guess the power going off is taking the heater too, but are you suggesting we just wait this out in our tents?

We might be forced to wait it out if nothing happens. But in the meantime, if we stick to the tents, we won't freeze as quickly while we talk.

Not everyone can stay in one tent, but... we could always send someone over to another tent temporarily if any of us come up with something.

"I think Sasuke's right. It's better than trying to start a campfire with the exits closed off," said Heiji. "And by the way, I got a couple flares left for light, but I think we should save 'em for later."

He started toward the tents, waiting for the others in case they didn't have a source of light to walk by.

Rather than all of us hunker down, I think those of us who can should search the room before it gets too cold. It'll be easier to figure out our options once we know what we have to work with.

I think that's a good idea, we should probably assume that we may need to stick in the tents for a while. Best get anything we may need to do or find outside of them done now.

I can help investigate, then.

[He may not be at 100%, but it's enough.]

Heiji thought quickly, then tossed his flashlight to Sasuke. "You guys use this and look around, then. Clive can't walk right now, so I gotta make sure he's okay and knows what's goin' on. I'll be back after I take care of him, all right?"

And then off he went, using his lighter to return to the middle of his garden, where he would a) get Clive into a tent, b) tell him wtf was going on, and c) lend Clive some of his extra clothes since Clive probably couldn't move around to warm himself up very well.

[ Jake didn't exactly like the idea of just sticking in the tents, he'd rather try to get out, but he completely understands so he doesn't push it. ]

Then sounds like a plan. I'll take the north side of the Garden.

[ And when he means 'take', he means investigate, but be goes through his pockets for his own flashlight clip that he stole from the Red Room and turns it on. Let's get this thing done!! ]

[Sasuke catches the flashlight, scanning the side near the doors.]

Then I'll check out the south along with anyone else who wants to investigate.

[Starting with... the area immediately around the door because why not. Anything around this tree, perhaps?]

After he took care of Clive, Heiji would be joining Jake on the north side. Enjoy investigating with someone who'd run through everything with a fine-toothed comb, Jake 8')?

He'd probably start on the other end if you asked.

[ The characters may search all they want, but it will prove to be useless. Everything is the same, asides from the new tents, so there's no progress there. After a short while of that, each and every single grid turns on. Each screen shows a single familiar figure donned in a gas mask and black raincoat. A rasping voice sounds in the room - still just as cold, distorted and metallic. ]

It’s been a while, test subjects. I see that you’re in quite the dilemma here.

Well, look who showed up to the party.

"Yeah, you could say that. Your pet mouse pitched a fit and bounced. Do we have you to thank for that?"

I've had no part in what happened to my assistant, I assure you. I don't make such obvious mistakes.

[ Zero doesn't move, as they speak. ]

Edited 2015-02-09 03:34 (UTC)

[Well. This is a thing.]

So trapping us in here was Calhoun's plan? Or was it the result of his malfunctioning?

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