03 ▒ EVENT: STRELA OUTPOST ▒ ASSIMILATION

[ataraxites]

CHARACTERS: Ensemble production!
LOCATION: Strela Outpost.
WARNINGS: Mind horror, hivemindery, etc.
SUMMARY: Communal brainwashing.
NOTES: Divided by locations; players are free to indicate which day/stage, and to begin new subthreads wherever they'd like!

Looks like the authorities have apprehended you and have brought you in for processing. After being forced to wait in the waiting room, you're brought to the assimilation room - a terrible white cell, where you're trapped for hours, sentenced to be slowly stripped of your individuality.

Comments

[suddenlycaptain]

[ Carolyn's face when the map is pulled up is probably far more telling than she'd like it to be, but it's not her fault that technology where she's from is a bit more clunky than that. ]

That... looks incredibly useful.

[ Ahem. Focusing now, leaning forward to look at the map. ]

Even if they did, we'd probably still be in the same area. The station's only three miles long.

[galacticheroine]

[Shepard smirks a little at Carolyn's sudden awe at sleek Mass Effectian tech.]

You don't know the half of it.

[Seriously. She nods her head a little at Carolyn's assessment, squinting at the other buildings she'd marked off in the area]

So the most direct route for evacuation would be this-

[She draws a line through the buildings, back to where the shuttles are, avoiding places where she'd marked regular patrols]

So that's the easy part. The hard part is getting these people out of here.

[suddenlycaptain]

Willing to share?

[ Not necessarily now, since it's not exactly the time, but perhaps in the future. ]

I'd guess there are cameras of some sort in here, too -- if we do break out, they're going to know. [ Cameras makes more sense than "creepy hivemind knowledge", anyway. ] It'll be messy.

[galacticheroine]

Once we're out of here. Right now though, I've got a few tricks up my sleeve.

[Just about literally. A quick check tells her her mini-fabricator is still in place, which means despite the fact that she's been relieved of her guns, she is still very much armed and dangerous.]

I've been up against situations like this before... I don't see the complete lack of resistance these people have much, though. I'd prefer to get out of here without anyone getting killed, captors included, but I don't know how much of a reality that is.

[suddenlycaptain]

Good. [ Carolyn has a claw -- long and sharp and curved, tucked away in her belt. If they have to fight their way out, at least Shepard won't be the only one armed, and the guards aren't exactly equipped for anything long-range themselves. ]

I keep forgetting you're from the nicer part of the universe. Not killing the captors wouldn't be an option most people would think of where I'm from. [ But Carolyn's for it, if they can do it. If not... she's not exactly going to miss them. ] Or getting everyone else out, for that matter. But hopefully we can pull it off.

[galacticheroine]

It's not their fault they're like this. [She sighs, running a hand back through her hair as she considers the situation] I'd like to know what's causing this, but... first things first, make sure no one else ends up assimilated.

[suddenlycaptain]

[ Fault wouldn't matter back home, but Carolyn doesn't say anything. She just looks around. ] Right. [ Which is going to be hard as hell to do. ] I think there are a couple of doctors in here; if someone does get hurt, they may be able to help, as long as it's not one of them.