R1 DEADLAND PT2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

[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

[supportrole]

Okay!

[ He starts to aim-- and then pauses when he realizes he has a question he might actually be able to get a legitimate answer to. ]

Oh, question! Do you know if closing your non-dominant eye actually helps with aiming? We were debating that when we were throwing darts a while back.

[starswink]

I know what that sounds like.... Hope he had it better than Jaehee at least.

[He didn't work himself to death right...]

tfw I thought I'd tagged this

[donotlick]

Fuck that guy in particular, if you ask me.

[ Yeah, he strangled him right? Not cool. Hank hates him on your behalf, 2D. ]

I think I like Human People the best. If only because the joke is we're fucking digital now.

[donotlick]

Ehh, it depends. Since you're getting started, yeah. Closing one eye'll make it easier to aim because you don't have to wait for both your eyes to focus on the target.

[ Hank demonstrates by closing an eye and firing off a shot. He nails it, a bullseye because he really is a great shot. ]

Cops like me'll wanna practice shooting with our eyes open, though. Especially if it's our service pistol. [ He fires with both eyes open. This one misses, but only by a few inches from his first shot. ] Yeah, since I ain't used to this gun, it'll take practice to get it just right. So closing your eye helps with precision, but it won't work too well if you're facing down a perp.

[supportrole]

Well, he never had to take care of anyone else's cat after business hours, so it probably wasn't that bad.

[throwabookatit]

We can actually...make things, now? That sounds...

[ Well, it sounds a little out there to Rebecca, but they are literally living in a computer, so.

Maybe if she just tries to change the color of her headband... ]

...Hold up, what's to prevent any of this from...oh, you know, if- if someone's just thinking about something. Can we accidentally create things, if we aren't careful?

[ Here she is. Getting caught up in it without trying. There's Rebecca ]

[starswink]

I knew it... regular bosses don't do that. But other than that it was exactly the same, huh?

Did you ever have any pets of your own?

[starswink]

Haha, I dunno.... I just wanna crash the generator again. Vivi said it's okay cause our power source is separate!

[supportrole]

Probably not exactly.

Uh, I had a hamster once?

[ It also died... ]

[lovedanime]

[Getting worked up - not angry at Yoosung, just his interest thoroughly piqued by this]

Then the first generator in the school has an internet connection anyway?

[itwasfeyt]

[...They really hadn't spoken much back then, had they? But Mishima had bee here for some time, and Maya sees fit to get to know everyone here a bit more than before. After all, what do they have now... if not time?]

So... [She settles in front of him, a cup of coffee held in both hands. She enjoyed the warmth.] How long... have you been in here, Mishima?

[itwasfeyt]

Oh! Hi, Hollyleaf!

[Maya raises her hand, and coffee cup, in greeting. Half the time she wonders where you've gone off to, girl.]

We're just talking to each other today. It's to learn a bit more about one another, sine we're gonna be here for a while.

[supportrole]

Oh! Fey-san, hey.

[ He smiles, sitting up a little straighter, and takes a quick sip from his cup before setting it back down on the table. ]

Well... it's been a little less than a month since Yoosung got here, and it was.... maybe three weeks before that? We kind of had a timeskip or something where we just stopped existing for the two months in between. Which I guess makes more sense now that we know about the whole AI thing.

[starswink]

When we found it the first time there was a weird puzzle....

[starswink]

[Yoosung seems really amused by that answer.]

Oh, cuuute! You know, the RFA had this Q+A once where they asked us what animal we all thought each other were like, and hamster is what Seven said I was like... cause I'm small and I try really hard, like a hamster in a wheel. He said it was because I'm nocturnal too with my gaming, so I guess there were a lot of reasons I'd make a good one! You want me to be your new hamster?

[This interview is a real thing that happened, but he's joking. He swears. Probably.]

[itwasfeyt]

[Much like the last class, Maya's here to at least hear about what new wonders of the digital world Connor's going to elaborate on.

And this time, she seems way more enthused.]

Wait, so you mean we could just make things out of thin air if we really wanted to?

[Because that sounds wild.]

I could just snap my fingers... and get a burger or something?

[supportrole]

[ Oh, huh. Mishima had kiiind of written off 2-D's ability with visual art after seeing the kind of crappy sketches in his notebook last week, but this medium suits his style a lot better.

Ordinarily he might take issue with someone painting graffiti on their shared school walls, and probably would have been the one to report it, but a) he'd already painted the faculty administration office himself so he might not have much room to talk, and b) fuck this school tbh. (Also this sort of stuff kind of makes him think of Sakamoto a little, even though as far as he knows he never actually vandalized anything.) ]

Hey, this is pretty neat.

[ Oh, that black cat-- that's got to be Hollyleaf, right? He subtly looks to see if he's been included too, and tries to pretend that he won't be really disappointed if he hasn't been... ]

[supportrole]

[ Mishima laughs; he can kind of see it, but it still doesn't seem like the most flattering comparison. ]

I dunno, it might be hard to find a big enough wheel.

[ Anyway, Tama was a good hamster and everything (probably, he's actually still not sure what makes a hamster good) but sharing a room with him was hardly on the same level as the sleepovers Mishima and Yoosung had had here. ]

Besides, I think I kinda like you better as you.

[ He's looking into his eyes with affection while saying that, and might get a little closer than intended. ]

[childrenofinvention]

We can upload our conscious here-- but we're still in the lab in the real school. But Vivienne... thought it was better if we didn't bother the other students.

She thought they might be afraid of us because of the ones that aren't like us.

[childrenofinvention]

Well... I just tell the others.

But I could probably take them!!

[SHE COULD NOT.]

But... Lucian's the one who usually deals with them. Or Prier.

[childrenofinvention]

.....are you serious?

[SHE'S LAUGHING.]

God you're all nerds. But by all means, I'll put in a good word for you.

Soooooo. What were you hoping to find?

[donotlick]

[ Yeah, she is a child after all... ]

Right, and what do they do? Should I be worried about getting deleted here or what?

[childrenofinvention]

Heehee. No, you're not one of the bad guys, silly.

But if it was a bad guy well-- they'd probably get rid of them. The only kind of people that can come here are just data.

[starswink]

Well, first could you tell me what that room is? You have it hidden behind a bookcase and everything....

But I also wanted to find something that scans a Barcode if you have one!

[childrenofinvention]

...hmmm. Well. If you reeeeeally want to know, I cooooould let you in.

[She's grinning like the cheshire cat.]