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affliction mods ([personal profile] afflictionmods) wrote in [community profile] theafflicted2022-05-28 05:58 am

01.50 - week one, saturday

W1 SATURDAY
The first week of the Personal Enrichment Course draws to a close, which means it’s time for the first lesson. Hopefully by now you’ve gotten to know your classmates a bit better - but if you haven’t, that’s okay.

This first lesson is just going to be teamwork exercises, after all.

Bright and early Saturday morning, you wake up. Maybe you had a good night’s rest, or maybe you hardly got any sleep... Either way, the sun is shining, the day is beginning, and Lorelei's voice suddenly comes through everyone's tablets as well as the P.A. system on campus.

”Good morning. All students must report to the lecture hall by 8 o’clock for their first lesson. Lessons are mandatory. Please report to the classroom with its doors open.”

Which gives you about thirty minutes, so it’d be best to hurry. Do you want to be tardy? And if you think about bailing, well… you know what might happen if you fail the course.

When everyone gathers in the same hall they awoke in, Florence is there to greet you. They will gesture for everyone to take a seat, and once seated, the projector in the room turns on. Say hello to Lorelei and her usual cup of coffee.

“Good morning, everyone. Welcome to your first official exercise; today’s activities are designed to emphasize teamwork and cooperation so you are all more prepared for dealing with what’s yet to come. I have already split you into teams for the day, via raffle. There will be two activities total, and you will be completing them in the same teams. Regardless of whether you get along with your teammates or not, you’re going to have to figure out a way to finish each exercise successfully.”

She keeps that same calm, collected smile on her lips as she props up what appears to be a tablet of her own on her desk.









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[personal profile] exofractured 2022-05-28 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[To Hien, still looking a little twitchy:]

I suppose we didn't receive the shock they threatened. Are you familiar with these symbols?
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[personal profile] selfconcept 2022-05-28 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ... ]

Okay. Time to move over to the symbols. Hold on...

[ He looks at Phantom. ]

Mostly. Does the first symbol look like a mountain? The fuck is that?
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[personal profile] exofractured 2022-05-28 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
A mountain, and then... the thing those miscreants were using at the rally yesterday?

[HE'S NOT LOVING THESE.]
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[personal profile] selfconcept 2022-05-28 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. So that should be mountain, megaphone, uh...

[ ... ]

Factory? Boat? What is that? Speaker should be last though. Can you relay that to them?
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[personal profile] exofractured 2022-05-28 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Very well.

[Megaphone vs speaker is nebulous to him but here's hoping the defuser side is familiar.]

Press the four symbols in this order. Mountain. Megaphone. Factory-boat-saw object. Speaker.
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[personal profile] sicklysweet 2022-05-28 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sorry, we drew lots and Owen is in charge of symbols.]

None of these things look like a factory.

[The only factories he's seen had a lot more gears and steam.

He also doesn't know what a speaker is.

Or a megaphone. Sure, he saw Miach with one, but that doesn't mean he knows what it's called.]
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[personal profile] goodfaiths 2022-05-28 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, got it!

[ Doot, doot, doot, doot.

...Ding ding ding! Winner winner!
]

Phew!
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[personal profile] selfconcept 2022-05-28 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He's so glad Riku is there. ]

Name color of the wires from top to bottom.
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[personal profile] mirrite 2022-05-28 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Blue, red, green, and yellow.
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[personal profile] exofractured 2022-05-28 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
And the serial number? In full, with any symbols.
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[personal profile] mirrite 2022-05-28 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[WTF kind of serial number is this]

*(&572
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[personal profile] selfconcept 2022-05-28 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Could you specify if the numbers are on red or yellow wires?
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[personal profile] mirrite 2022-05-28 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
What do you mean, on wires? They aren't near the wires.
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[personal profile] selfconcept 2022-05-28 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He definitely read that wrong. He takes a moment to think. ]

Give us a moment.

[ He turns to Phantom. ]

Alright, let's figure this out.
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[personal profile] exofractured 2022-05-28 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Red last. Blue before red.

[Is he collaborating, or just thinking aloud as he reads this? Yes.]
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[personal profile] selfconcept 2022-05-28 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
So that would make... green, yellow, blue, red. Does that sound right?
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[personal profile] exofractured 2022-05-28 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
...yellow before green?

[Wait, he's cross-referencing and panicking a little. He wants to get out of this with zero pain if possible.]
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[personal profile] selfconcept 2022-05-28 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ... ]

Oh. You're right. Yellow, green, blue, red.

[ This is why he needs someone else to double-check things for him. ]

Sounds good?
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[personal profile] exofractured 2022-05-28 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Right. Relay that.

[He's totally the captain now.

Please let it be right.]
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[personal profile] selfconcept 2022-05-28 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Aye, aye. Captain. He even gives Phantom a quick salute before relaying the info: ]

Yellow, green, blue, red. Cut the wires in that order. We double checked it with each other, so that should be right.
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[personal profile] mirrite 2022-05-28 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Yellow, green, blue, red. Got it.

[Once he's said that, he's going to go ahead and cut the wires in that order.

WILL HE GET ZAPPED OR NOT, Jeopardy theme starts playing...]