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Event: Emergency Repairs, Part Two

EMERGENCY REPAIRS
The tablets finally finish their download in the early afternoon. The tablet beeps and the program opens immediately to a network that looks very much like their normal one, albeit empty of conversation. Then, a voice and a face--it's one some may recognize as that of Robert Miller. "Let's make things appear in a way you'll understand, shall we?" For those outside, this seems to do nothing. For those down in the depths, however, they will find themselves compelled to enter the normal room if they weren't already there. The bizarre, incomprehensible room begins to shift and go dark. Similarly, it seems as if the others down with them are vanishing as well--but only certain people are vanishing, depending on who you are. Everyone sees different people disappearing, until only a small group remains. Finally the tablets of those outside display the room in the depths and the people in it. Some of the people in it. Everyone who signed up has been split into groups, and only group members will be able to see each other. Each group is connected to one of the areas in the town, and those still in town may only interact with and see members of their representative group. The groups are as follows: Residential Zone One Angel (phaseshifter) Quark (averytinyparticle) Tavros Nitram (uncertainty) Residential Zone Two Fiona (plundering) Charlie (mightyratslayer) Zach Spencer (majorlazer) Ice Tunnels John Watson (jumpthegun) Frisk (despiteeverything) Haurchefant Greystone (silverfuller) Downtown Rhys (headjacked) Enoch (warriorscribe) Rydia (blessedmaiden) Cecil Palmer (staytunednext) Robert begins to speak again. "The administrator is no longer in control--at least for this little stretch of time. I'll explain what she meant before: if you don't do repairs here quickly, people outside will begin to die. But trying to repair the whole thing all at once would be pretty difficult, so having groups is much easier. You're each responsible for part of the town. Your efforts will hinder the other groups--not only because people work better when they're competing but because I find it's much more efficient to give resources based on skill level. Enter the other room whenever you're ready, and don't worry--you can talk to the people you're responsible for over the network. Behave! They can see you." The video stops. This network is the only one available for the duration of the event, and so no one in a different group or area may communicate with each other. There is no option for private messaging or filtering here. Each group will be tasked with doing the repairs, but it seems as if Robert has very kindly rearranged things in a way that can be understood. Entering the repair room, it seems the angles have straightened out and the colors have quieted. It seems very small, in fact. There's a door, locked, and holes in the wall, large enough for the arms (or legs, if one is so inclined and so flexible) of each group member. The instruction is simple: "Reach into the holes for identification. All group members must participate." Simple, right? But that surely isn't everything you have to do... As the event progresses, groups will be presented with various tasks that they must complete. Some will be simple, and some will be difficult. Things start out at even difficulty, but the more any one group falls behind, the more difficult things will be, and the less they will have available to work with. Those outside may help their group via communication over the network, but they cannot see or interact with any other group. Interactions between the group underground will take place in the log post. There will be an OOC thread for group communication and for group answers, one per group number. Most of the time the problems posed will be ones that only need to be played out to solve, although sometimes there will be specific correct answers that must be presented. There will also be a progressing symptom list for those stuck in buildings above ground. It seems like Robert wasn't lying about that, either. Good luck.

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Taking it they can't abstain or tie the vote again?

Correct.

Are they able to speak to @robertmiller at all during this?

Nope! They can try, of course, but there's no response.

Could they say they want to vote for themselves or would that be treated the same as an abstention?

That would be treated the same as an abstention.

Well, if Robert Miller is going to continue to be the sadist he is, they will vote for Fiona's team and tell him in no uncertain terms over their tablets that this is a lie, a sham of 'repair job' for the Admin, and they don't want anyone to fail. It rather defeats the purpose of repair. Dr. Watson is very disappointed in you, young... dead man.

They're the third group to complete this task. They will be let through into another room. This one has (tasteless mush) food, water, and a bed for each of them, as well as an attached bathroom. It looks like it's a rest room--the opposite door even reads "Break time!" On one of the walls is a display showing how much energy they gathered so far in the form of a graph, with each part colored differently for each room. The energy they have gathered is as follows:

TASK ONE: four bars
TASK TWO: three bars
TASK THREE: four bars
TASK FOUR: two bars
TOTAL: thirteen bars

They're well ahead of their quota for the day!

No more tasks will be assigned until tomorrow (OOCly).

During their break, the voice of @ADMIN comes in--barely. It sounds strained and broken up with static, as if it has to fight to be heard at all. "If you have any extra energy, please give it to me now." They can give up to two bars of energy away right now if they want, but they don't have to, and can also choose to give away less than that.

After this, the next door opens. The room is pitch black, with nine points of light like broken electrical circuits. They can't see it, but those watching over the network can see all the walls separating the group from the broken circuits. There is a table with new circuits beside the door, but everyone can only take one, and if new circuits are brought too close to other new circuits, they'll break. Luckily, there are extras on the table. Robert's voice speaks up: "Repair the circuits". They must rely on the eyes outside to lead them through the maze. They have to rely on their own ingenuity and items at hand to take the old circuits off without hurting themselves with the electricity surging through.

This is the only room of the day. You have all day to come up with a plan/begin to play it out, though you only need to present us with your plan of attack and who outside will be helping you. We'll let you know your results at the end of the day!

First and foremost, the team will request to send all of the energy they can that is above their 'quota' to the administrator. If that's not an option, they'll send the max of two bars.

For the circuit room, the following teams are set:

Alfie guiding Frisk
Steve guiding Haurchefant
Peggy guiding Watson

Haurchefant will remove his armor to avoid being accidentally electrocuted and set it near, but still inside the entrance to the new room. John has a full box of latex condoms that will be distributed among the group to cover one of their hands with as much latex as possible while still being able to move. Watson and Haurche also have leather belts that they'll wrap around their hands for further protection.

Haurchefant and Watson will be on circuit removal. They will be guided to the different circuits separately, coordinated by Peggy and Steve so they're not duplicating effort. Watson and Frisk will each carry a new circuit to their first destination with Frisk and Haurchefant heading out first as a team and then Watson heading out a little after to give them some lead time.

Haurche will remove the circuit with his fireplace poker and move onto the next while Leon directs Frisk on how to replace the new circuit. Leon has specialized knowledge here. Shiro will also be listening in. While they're doing this, Watson will remove a circuit with the wrench that Frisk lent him. Alfie will direct Frisk back to the table and to each removed circuit with Leon and Shiro taking turns to direct them (until Frisk gets it down themself). If Watson and Haurche finish before Frisk is done replacing circuits, they will have Peggy and Steve direct them to the table, then the remaining replacement circuits. Everyone will coordinate so that Watson and Haurche are not on top of each other or going to the same locations as Frisk. They will proceed to replace circuits until the job is complete with guidance from Shiro or Leon.

They will be taking their time to do all of this carefully as opposed to rushing through it. They don't want anyone hurt and they figure they have extra above their quota.

Edited 2016-06-16 05:18 (UTC)

They do very well--they are the first group to finish this task, and when let into a new break room (it looks identical to the first) will see a second bar beside the first:

DAY TWO TASK: four bars
BONUS: four bars
TOTAL OVERALL: nineteen bars

They're well ahead of their quota for the day! Good job!

During the break, the administrator whispers to them--"If you have any extra energy, please give it to me now." They can give up to five bars of energy. They can also give fewer bars, or none at all. When break ends, they are let into a room with a monitor pressed into a wall. It looks like they'll be taking a quiz today. They will have to collaborate on answers, as they can only submit one set of answers for the entire group. They will not be informed as to which questions they got correct or how many total they got correct, they will only be told at the end of the day how well they did in comparison to other groups. The quiz is as follows:

Describe the house in which the Prophet lived.
What is the current calendar day?
Who in town is acting as a mole?
What does the eye symbol mean?
What happened to Norfinbury?

Edited 2016-06-16 14:16 (UTC)

They will give five bars of energy to the ADMIN.

Describe the house in which the Prophet lived.
A-frame with wooden floors and walls over nearly-indestructible metal plating. There is an electronic noise in the walls.
What is the current calendar day?
January 18
Who in town is acting as a mole?
No one. (If this is an unacceptable answer they will choose the alternative of @robertmiller.)
What does the eye symbol mean?
It is a symbol for the Admin.
What happened to Norfinbury?
There were protests against a babysitter and a devastating plague.

After submitting their answers ("no one" is allowed as an answer to question three), they're let into the next room. A head shot photo of every other member of every other group is shown on the wall. A question is beneath the photographs: "Which person do you hate most?" They must select one of the photographs to continue.

The team will inform the room at large, @robertmiller, @enoch, and the network that can actually respond to them that they do not, in fact, hate anyone. This is an insane and sadistic game that Robert Miller and whatever creature is controlling him are playing. Enoch is a good man. He is a strong man. And he can endure this. They know that he's stronger than whatever this sadistic game has planned for them. They're not picking civilian women and children or people they know who have been hurt already.

They will ultimately press the button to select Enoch.

They are the first group to complete this task! The next room contains another quiz, though one with only one question:

"What are those above ground suffering from?"

Watson will provide the current list of symptoms, as provided by Alfie, along with a note of 'MN Poisoning' at Frisk's suggestion. In case this is asking for a cause, as well as symptoms.

After inputting their answer, they receive a response: INCORRECT. However, they are let through into the next room--a break room! Their energy total will be provided after all other groups finish.

Their energy quota is on the wall:

TASK ONE: two points (tied with every other group)
TASK TWO: four points
TASK THREE: one point
TOTAL: twenty-six points

They're well ahead of their quota. Good job!

Again @ADMIN whispers to them--"If you have any extra energy, please give it to me now." They can give up to eight bars of energy. The next door opens up after the break. Before they leave, however, there's something else to address. Watson is stopped. The images of the residential group one members show up on the wall. "These people hate you." Haurchefant is stopped. The images of the downtown group members appear on the wall. "These people hate you." After that, they're all free to continue on. It seems like they'll be starting out with a series of questions--or rather, the same question multiple times:

"Between these two groups, if one has to fail, which would you rather fail?"

They have to choose first between residential zone one and residential zone two, second between residential zone one and downtown, and third between residential zone two and downtown.

They'll give away 8 bars of energy. Feed and redistribute well, Admin-chan.

Watson's response to the photos is a snort: "Do they? Reckon I shouldn't've made fun of Angel's jumper that one time." Haurchefant is similarly dismissive.

They'll choose the following:

Zone Two
Downtown
Downtown

Edited 2016-06-17 17:11 (UTC)

They're the second group to finish this task! The next room is--the same question again?

"Between these two groups, if one has to fail, which would you rather fail?"

Again they must choose three times: between their own group and residential zone one, between their own group and the ice tunnels, and between their own group and downtown.

After a few minutes spent with Frisk convincing the adults that it's okay, they'll go with their own team for all questions.

They're the second group to finish this task! When they enter the next room, it's pitch black except for glowing blue words that seem to be floating in midair. "You value yourself least. Please provide a sacrifice from each member to continue." The holes return--one each, the size of a finger. Each character must place a finger (or other similarly-sized body part) into the holes, where it will be cut off, to continue. There is no instant wound sealant, but there is gauze and string enough to create makeshift tourniquets.

After this, the wall dilates open to reveal the second half of the room: it's another maze. It seems they only have to get to the end this time. They can see, but the whole thing is a twisting labyrinth. Those outside watching their struggles have a bird's eye view. There's water on the ground. The room is slowly filling up with it.

Robert's voice speaks: "Two groups hate one of your members the most." A five-pound weight is attached to the ankles of Watson and Haurchefant. Nothing further happens.

They have the rest of the day to work their way through the maze before they drown. Results will be given when all groups finish. Good luck.

Okay. They're going to be pedantic puzzlers here since 'sacrifice' doesn't mean body parts to them necessarily.

Will a pen or pen-like object count as a sacrifice?
Will a tuft of hair ~~Haurchefant's beautiful silver elf hair~~ count as a sacrifice?
Will the tip of an ear count as a sacrifice if they can get it in there?

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