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thefoundation2019-06-07 11:56 am
foundationmods) wrote in thefoundation2019-06-07 11:56 am
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Round 4 TDM
All of you have been given notice within the last week: new duties, ones that require you to temporarily relocate to a remote site in California. The actual Foundation site is about what you would expect from the Foundation: functional, but not exactly comfortable. For the week or two it takes for all the Agents to be relocated, you are at that site, waiting for further instructions. Nothing too terrible happens during that time, as this site is primarily for the containment of one large SCP, and any other SCPs at the site are Safe. There is plenty of time to enjoy the nearby forest or lake if you like, the local Agents don't seem to mind if you go outside so long as you're back by dinnertime. There are no towns nearby, though. The site is the only bit of civilization for miles.
Once the final Agents arrive the real work can begin. Until then, just relax and get to know the area, and possibly each other.
All of the Agents involved in the 'final cut' are brought into a meeting room, where an Agent that may be familiar to some is waiting. He goes over the basics of SCP-6593 and how it operates. A couple dozen Agents will enter the house and live there for a few weeks, completing challenges and living out life in that strange house. He is quick to explain that not everyone present will be participants in the 'game' itself: those not picked as participants from the people at the meeting will be support staff working in the background, making sure everything runs smoothly and ready on standby should anything go wrong. But given the years that it has been since any fatal accidents have occurred, he doubts that this will be anything other than a rather boring containment procedure.
Everyone will have a couple hours to do a 'meet and greet' before heading out to the site to explore it. Say hi to your co-workers, everyone! You're going to be working in close quarters with them for pretty much the whole summer.
The containment site, a short 20 minutes away by truck, consists of two buildings: a house and a large, enclosed studio. The studio is currently closed off- the Agent in charge will explain that final preparations are still being made there- but the house is open for exploration.
Feel free to check out the layout of the house and inspect anything you wish! Be careful though, as the mental effects of the house itself (as listed on the SCP page) will start to slowly affect characters as soon as they set foot inside the house itself.
As part of the final testing to see who will be the participants, on-site Agents have set up a trial game. For this game, characters are paired off and each given a small buzzer that attaches to their arm. One half is given a card with a 'password' on it, as well as five-ish related words that cannot be said. The Agent with the card needs to get the other Agent to say the 'password', but cannot say the word itself, nor any of the other listed words. If the Agent with the card says any of those words, their partner will receive a mild electric shock. If their partner guesses incorrectly, then the Agent with the card will receive an electric shock. Once the correct word is said by the partner, the roles will reverse and they will go again. When both sides have done both roles, the game ends.
The shocks are automatically set to be annoying, but not high enough voltage to injure someone. That said, this IS an SCP, and sometimes accidents can happen...
You're only exploring the site, and yet someone has already made a mess of things. Maybe someone destroyed the kitchen trying to make a milkshake. Or maybe they dropped some sensitive equipment into the pool. Or hell, maybe they took all the booze out of the rec room. Whatever the case, someone has committed a heinous crime, and you're tasked with finding out who did it. Someone's going to get reprimanded for the slip-up, and you really don't want it to be you. Not when the lead Agent is known for being a hardass on people.
Track down the booze-thief/kitchen-destroyer/criminal mastermind and make sure they take responsibility for what they have done.
There is a strange machine in the house. It looks like a vending machine, maybe? But when you put in a dollar, Weird Shit comes out. Sometimes it's booze, sometimes it's a shirt or sandals, sometimes it's pool floaties. Hell, sometimes you even get weapons! And there's these weird fortune cookies in there too.
What does your character get? And are they sharing their strange loot with any acquaintances?
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Threads from this TDM can be counted as canon for the game if you choose. ICly, these threads (except for prompt 0) will all take place on June 7th, 2019.
AU workshop
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[Well now she seems a little embarrassed for her harsh reaction.]
They can spread a lot of diseases, and my hometown was always careful to keep them out, so...
[She waves a hand slightly, a helpless gesture.]
...I'm sorry. Maybe that reaction was too much?
[She has zero qualms about smashing insects that are out for her blood, but she can see how strange it would seem for people not of her world.]
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No, no, it's fine. I'm really not.
I don't think your reaction was too much or anything.
[ She did find it a little funny, but...Aqua doesn't think it was highly unusual or anything like that. ]
I don't believe I've encountered many insects like that back at home, but I don't doubt that bugs can be like that in other words. Honestly, I know if it were like that for my own home, I'd have reacted the same.
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You're lucky. It's true we didn't really have to deal with them, but they're horrible little creatures. [Said bluntly, though with a laugh.] It makes me miss the comfort of home sometimes.
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Hopefully neither of them meet Gonta, eh.]They can be inconvenient. Knowing cockroaches exist is proof enough of that at least.
[ ... ]
Do you mind if I ask what your home was like? We've all come from such different backgrounds and worlds, it's kind of made me curious.
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Me? I'm from a district of seven villages. It's very rural compared to this time... only one of our buildings is allowed to use electricity. That's why we rely on cantus for many things instead.
[She's glossing over things, but she's also used to it by now.]
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It does sound rather rural, but I imagine that's what makes it nicer for it.
[ Though, at the word, she can't help but be a tad more curious. ]
What exactly is a cantus, anyway?
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