R1 DEADLAND

[lockdownmods]

[it’s strange, for the people who were already dead, the shift in scenery is sudden and complete. For those who have just arrived? It’s like you’re back where you left?

How strange.

But if you ever need her, you can always reach out to the guardian of this place.]

LOCATIONS
Note: locations lag a week behind the living counterparts

Comments

[starswink]

You... were just pretending you couldn't get here...

[God, that made his heart stop (and his face redder, of course.) Yoosung sighs sharply in an attempt to shake that off. He can't believe this!! (This is why he is Weakness: Gullible.)]

Thanks. I should give you my thanks? Bu-but we haven't been introduced yet even -

[He really thought he would have more time than this to mentally prepare]

[preconstruction]

[ thumbs up!!!!!! ]

[starswink]

[wow!!! he did a good job!!!!

this is still a lot to process but maybe he will feel proud later or something]

[childrenofinvention]

I just so happened to be working on it while we were talking.

[So maybe he just stretched the truth a little bit??]

I spend a lot of time in here, but not all of it.

[Right. Greetings.]

...Anyway. Lucian, at your service.

[preconstruction]

Thank you for sharing.

[ share with the rest of us tho ]

[childrenofinvention]

Knock yourself out. I never want to read anything like it ever again.

[To read it, this is honestly some of the dullest material yet.

exp.1.0.1 -- 02/06 -- greenlighted -- system failure -- code:209867 -- missing parameter x
exp.1.0.2 -- 02/19 -- greenlighted -- program failure -- code:2105 -- x-y+?? = ??
exp.1.1.1 -- 03/04 -- greenlighted -- connection failure -- code:9998 -- component m not found
exp.1.2.1 -- 04/20 -- greenlighted -- system overheated -- results inconclusive
exp.1.2.2 -- 05/12 -- greenlighted -- program failure -- code:3214 -- component y malfunction
exp.1.2.3 -- 05/23 -- greenlighted -- program failure -- code:2105 -- power loss

...

There's a whole lot of this, recording what had to be hundreds of separate tests. The last one however, is unlike any of the others.

exp.96.42.73 -- 09/22 -- STOP

Yet there's another page attached with "exp.96.42.73" on it. And it has a lot of unclear mumbo jumbo on it but there's one word that stands out. SUCCESS.]

[preconstruction]

You said this was from the physics lab?

[ from jimmy ]

[childrenofinvention]

Sure was. From the old head honcho of the science department, himself.

[preconstruction]

James. How long ago was this?

[childrenofinvention]

Let's see... guy became headmaster about seven or eight years ago or so... I got this tid-bit right before the guy got promoted.

But the last entry there? That suspicious thing? Happened 15 years ago.

[preconstruction]

I see. Thank you. I'm sure the others have questions, if you're amenable to them.

[starswink]

[Taking a peek at this file]

... I don't understand this at all.

[preconstruction]

To be honest, I don’t either. But I’ll work on it.

[ he’s got all the free time in the world now ]

[starswink]

Really? Well, at least it's not just me.

[He thinks for a moment though. He doesn't know much about the school from a long time ago but... he did see that tablet video of the bigger Fayflower that was for superheroes. Maybe there's at least a chance he knows something about that.]

Hey, Lucian? By any chance, do you know any people called Brynn and Yui, or Kasumi and Arden?

[childrenofinvention]

...well, not personally, no. But I've heard of them as much as I've heard of any of you before now.

...

I read student files for fun every now and then. But back then it wasn't really as important as it is now.

[starswink]

[Yoosung is pulling it together, but wow.]

Nice to meet you... I'm Yoosung Kim, and this is... everyone else!

[nailed it??]

[childrenofinvention]

...heh. Nice to finally meet you all.

[It's kind of embarrassing when it's all formal like this.]

[starswink]

[Payback for embarrassing him first, clearly!]

But if you spend most of your time here... does that mean you're usually invisible or something?

[childrenofinvention]

Nah. Means my body is in the Robotics Lab just takin' a nap.

[starswink]

That's a lot of time asleep, isn't it?

[childrenofinvention]

The less involved I am with everything goin' on over there right now, the less gray hairs Vee will have.

...but of course, she wants us around in case there's anything we can do to help.

Now that you guys are here, it's not so boring.

[starswink]

[V?! What's that jerk doing here- oh wait he just means Vivienne....]

Are you supposed to help us, then?

[It would explain why Vivi left their files in such an easy to find spot.]

[childrenofinvention]

Well, yeah. Vee's my friend. So... of course I wanna help her.

[She cares about all of them so-- so does he.]

[starswink]

[Vi-care-iously.]

Then really, thank you...!

[He smiles warmly, but he does trail off a bit.]

Um... I know I said I'd kiss you as thanks, but there's a lot of people around...

[childrenofinvention]

[Oh. He still remembered that reward talk. Lucian almost seems surprised at first before he turns it into a grin.]

Well if I must, I can take a raincheck on that.

But you owe me.