EVERYONE'S TRUTH - BEGINNING

[vivariummods]

Since the second group's first Calhoun Hour, the mouse in question hasn't appeared in the warehouse for longer than 30 minutes at a time. He only arrives during the early mornings to tape a random fruit of the day (apples, oranges, and pears so far) before scurrying off with his wagon. He refuses to provide any sort of medical relief for any of the test subjects, and does nothing more but providing the bare minimum to survive. So, when Day 9 rolls around, three days since that faithful finger breaking/eye blinding experience, it's no different; Calhoun comes in, tapes up some bananas, then promptly leaves afterwards, all without a word. An hour after he leaves, though... The screen in the Greenhouse, up against the wall besides the entrance, finally comes to life for the first time. It flickers on and on, flashing brightly. At first, there's nothing but static. Soon enough, though, it stays a consistent green tint. A blinking cursor hovers at the bottom and stays there for a few seconds, before it begins to type. DO NOT DRAW ATTENTION TO YOURSELVES COME TO THE LOBBY AND GO THROUGH THE NEWLY OPENED DOOR I WILL MEET YOU THERE....... And it ends there...

Comments

[elliexir]

I can distract it, no problem, but uh, someone else gotta do the disabling part. That's not me.

[ She holds up the flash drive for anyone to take, whoever is good at electronics or whatever. ]

[babel_hacker]

[He raise his hand.]

...I know my tech. More of a software kind of guy, but I can also handle hardware as well.

[fushuuu]

If we get it distracted, then hit it harder from behind, we should be able to hold it down long enough that you can do your thing.

It'll try to fight back. So we'll have to move fast and hard.

[toybombs]

Th-this sounds so dangerous...

[She's starting to shake at the thought. Fighting? Even though they can be shocked through their bracelets??]

P-please be careful everyone.

[Surely they wouldn't hold it against her if she didn't participate, right?]

[elliexir]

Yeah, we gotta take it out fast because the bracelets hurt a shitton, so wait till I distract it enough then go for it.

[ She'll hand the flash drive to Atsuro because she doesn't know what the fuck to do about that, then turn to Rio. ]

Uh, it's probably better if you sit this out, Rio...

[toybombs]

[She folds her hands gingerly, careful not to aggravate her injured finger.]

...I'm sorry. I'm really useless for something like this, aren't I...?

[elliexir]

What, no, think of it, like...

[ She pauses for a second. ]

Back up. You know, if things get hairy.

[toybombs]

[She doesn't look entirely convinced, but she does eventually nod her head.]

I-I'll do my best to help. If there's anything I can do, please tell me.

[1st_response_is_anger]

What did you want me to do? Help you hit him hard or help you patch yourselves up if you screw up? *Because Maria is multi-talented like that.*

[fushuuu]

Whatever you prefer.

Maybe stay back and see what's needed. The robot is pretty small, so we probably don't all need to pile on at once. But if it escapes...

[1st_response_is_anger]

Good idea. *Ordinarily she'd probably be up for bashing something but breaking a finger kind of puts a damper on that. Also, she's the only actual adult among them. She has the strange impulse to try to be somewhat of a good example. Perhaps she'd been someone's mentor or big sister before? If only she knew.*