snowblindrpg | Event: Consolidation Theory, Part Four and Five

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Event: Consolidation Theory, Part Four and Five

Characters: red-marked characters and their new friends
Location: ???
Date: Morning 354, Morning and Day 355
Summary: A quiet morning and a confusing morning, or maybe they're both, or maybe they're neither.
Warnings: gore, psychological horror, warn for specifics in the subject lines

Part Four OOC Post
Part Five OOC Post

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[Tadashi's gaze darts back to the, in his eyes, completely empty entranceway.]

Nope, a hundred percent real. I've got a theory about it, if you're interested?

[So far dragging people through the door hasn't worked, but maybe if he sits down and talks through the possibilities with someone, Tadashi can finally spot which angle to come at the problem from. With any luck, they can be out of here before anything else happens.]

[Rhys considers, then gives the younger man a game smile.]

Most of this science stuff tends to go over my head so I have no idea if I'll actually follow it, but I'm game if you are.

]He scoots over as much as he can manage with his arm, indicating that he's not going to go for Tadashi's throat or anything. Just the company is good, and if he can add anything to Tadashi's thoughts? It's worth a thought.]

[There's only a moment of hesitation before Tadashi pushes purposefully through it and steps over. He slides slowly to the ground to sit to the side of Rhy, his muscles protesting the entire way down.]

Don't worry about it. Just talking it out helps sometimes. [He shakes his head, smiling slightly.] Besides, a lot of this stuff is over my head, too.

[A.I.s are one thing, but what he's read about here is on another level. Tadashi isn't even sure how far away they are from nanobots. It would almost be exciting to see the future of tech if he could get his hands on it in any meaningful way.

Tadashi takes a breath.]

Okay, my first theory is that the barriers on the door are coded to certain people genetically. Or to the nanobots in their blood. Do you know if anyone has tried to throw anything through the barrier yet?

I totally get that. I'm not a scientist, but I've got my own sorta...craft, that needs talking out sometimes.

[He settles in to listen, nodding thoughtfully. He's a little relieved- this is something he can actually follow.

Not that he's dumb, it's just that he's not a science guy. But he can follow this.]

The nanotech in our blood do a lot of crazy stuff. So they're apparently pretty far along tech-wise. Keying them to a force field? That doesn't seem too far out of reach, considering everything else that's happened here.

[He considers, and shrugs, before reaching over carefully to pick up his empty milk cup from the half-finished tray beside his bed. He pitches it lightly at the cell wall.

To Tadashi, it simply hits the floor and rolls. Rhys, however, apparently sees something different.]

Bounces right off. So, that's kind of a no.

[Tadashi's gaze follows the cup's path and he frowns.

Well, that's one aspect nailed down if--

His attention immediately switches back to Rhys as the other man speaks.]

Bounces right off of what...?

[A quick glance confirms the location of the cup. Tadashi winces before he even tries, but curiosity drives him back to his feet. He shuffles stiffly the few feet to the cup. Once he has it in hand again, he tosses it lightly back to Rhys, one eyebrow arched in question.]

[Tadashi, no. Don't throw things at the guy with no depth perception. Rhys tries to grab it, but it flies by him and lands on the bed as Rhys flinches. Sheepishly, he picks it up a second later.]

The cell wall. The force field. The blue glowy shit that's keeping me in here?

[He looks at the other man uncertainly.]

[Tadashi's disbelief has a more cautious edge to it now. He crosses over to retrieve the cup again, this time passing it off to Rhys instead of tossing it at him (and there's a quick wince of a smile to apologize for almost hitting the other man earlier).

That done, he backs out of the cell again and readies himself.]

Blue and glowy? Got it. Okay, this time, try to toss it like you would if you wanted me to catch it. Like all of that [gesturing at the blue and glowy thing he still can't see] isn't there.

[No harm done. Depth perception is overrated, and Rhys has actually been without it for a few years now.

Rhys frowns slightly, but follows the younger man's instructions, tossing the cup fairly well toward him.]

See? Bounces right off.

[When it lands close to him, Tadashi slowly reaches down to scoop up the cup. He examines it in his hands for a moment before looking back to Rhys, eyes narrowed.]

What do you see now?

You picked it up, off the floor.

[His brow is furrowed with confusion, but he's following things pretty well...except for insisting the barrier is there and that it stops the cup.]

...I don't know, though. I mean. Hell. I'm tired and wasn't that long ago I was screaming at a dead woman? So maybe take it with a grain of salt, but I know I can't get out, and I definitely see the barrier. Wouldn't be in here if I couldn't.

[He'd be out and helping other people. Or just huddled for comfort.]

Okay, hang with me another minute — I think we’re seeing different things. But I’m not absolutely sure.

[Tadashi waits to make sure Rhys is on board, then tosses the cup through where the barrier supposedly exists. It passes through just fine, landing and rolling.]

We both see that nothing stops it, right? If the barrier is coded to individuals, it’s not going to affect inanimate objects.

[Rhys just blinks again, still frowning. This whole thing is kind of messing with him.]

No, it just bounced off the barrier again.

...I don't know how that works, but that's what I'm seeing.

I'm going to go get it in a sec. I know this is starting to seem like the definition of insanity....

[Doing something over and over again and expecting different results is sort of what science is all about sometimes, though.]

Right, so do you see it inside with you, or outside with me?

It's...

[Tadashi is starting to make the puzzle harder, and Rhys's frown deepens. The more of this he tries to figure out, the worse his headache gets.]

It's out there with you.

[In spite of his frustration, he's still being agreeable, even friendly toward Tadashi. It's the damn barrier that's getting to him.]

[Tadashi tosses it back to Rhys, through where the barrier supposedly is. He's fairly sure of how this is working now.]

And now it's back in there with you. No barrier from what I can see. I'm starting to wonder if my first theory was completely off the mark. I think it's less some sort of genetically coded force generator and more to do with individual perspective.

It wouldn't be the first time, honestly. This place has messed with perception before, mostly time perception. But it's also done crazy stuff like made us a hundred years old, remember things that never happened...stuff like that.

[Rhys had been a very tired, bitter sixty-year-old. It had sucked.]

The nanites in our blood do all kinds of weird stuff...I don't really know much about the tech but I know they can influence us in some pretty extreme ways. Keep us awake and alive through massive amounts of trauma, for example.

Which means it's absolutely not a stretch to say that any number of things we perceive might not actually be the way we think they are.

[That being said...]

Why only some of us, if that's what's going on? The other things you mentioned... did only some people experience it or was it the same for everyone?

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Event: Consolidation Theory, Part Four and Five

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cw: mention of Noisy Black

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