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Challenge  Cypher's Invitation    Challenge #01
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Played by    32 Posts Asena Noir
In a normal world this would have been considered a total crime against humanity, why create a stronger version of what they are trying so hard to destroy? It was sickening, twisted, and a bit insulting to top it all off. Nadir claimed it to be a super-soldier, but all she could see was a problem that quickly needed to be taken care of. " The military higher-ups obviously don't have two brain cells between them then.", she snapped knowing that anyone that approved of this was obviously an idiot. "It's only a super-soldier till it gets hungry..."

She listened to those around her, taking in their reactions and only hearing one other person speaking out against this act of insanity. It wasn't right and if they couldn't see that then they could just become food for it and any other infected, why keep fighting them if some lab can just create more, even worse infected. She didn't believe it could get worse, until it did, watching the creature take a bullet to the head only to recover like it was nothing. " How do you expect to control something like that? Walk it around on a fucking leash like a dog?", she was absolutely horrified, and rightly so.

Tag : Ananke Drakos Micah Scofield
Posted 08-09-2021, 04:19 PM
Played by    8 Posts Tatiana Beckett
As much as she wanted to be interested in every aspect of this man-made monster all she was really worried about was if this was going to happen to her and if so how long. What exactly had they done to this thing to make it this way? Were there things she needed to avoid? She had so many questions she couldn't outright ask which was frustrating to say the least. " It really is amazing when you consider that it used to be a human.", she muttered more to herself than anyone.

She flinched the second the monster was shot in the head, the sight of blood making her nose wrinkle, she certainly wasn't prepared for all of this. Like most, she didn't expect it to heal after being shot in the head but much to her amazement within seconds it was back to screaming. She was torn between being horrified and astonished, her mind was trying to work out all the possibilities on how this came to be.

Tag : Ananke Drakos Micah Scofield
Posted 08-09-2021, 04:27 PM
25 Posts Plot/NPC
A stern look is thrown in the direction of the two most vocal Military officers, the look on Dr. Nadir's face making it clear her displeasure in their outbursts.

"I do believe I requested the brightest minds to attend our unveiling—" a pointed glare in the direction of a nearby scientist, who scuttles away in shame— "but I suppose not everyone is able to appreciate the true majesty of this event. A shame, that Military dogs are not able to grasp the future of the very organization they're working for." A snobby look down the end of her nose at the two officers, before she turns to those that seemed most interested in the spectacle taking place.

"Project X was lovingly created through mutation of the DraC-2 virus, a natural occurrence that we've seen take place over the last eight decades. We've simply mutated it ourselves, and through this practice, we've also been able to reprogram its brain to take our orders."

Dr. Nadir pressed a button on a console closest to her, and suddenly the fortified straps on the chair release their grasp of the Infected, allowing it to slowly move its limbs and proceed to roll off the chair. The screaming stops, as the creature realizes it's now free to move, and begins to curiously crawl around the padded room. Occasionally it stops to sniff — a lack of sight meant it had to rely on other senses.

"Project X proves that the initial trials of Draculin would indeed have been a success to begin with, if only Cypher had held off on its initial public testing for another couple decades. This new super soldier will give the Military the means to expand far past No Man's Land — to reclaim what humanity lost eight decades ago!" Cheers fill the room from those that seem to indulge themselves in the experiment, even if not everyone attending seem so thrilled.

"Thank you, everyone. Now if you would be so kind—"

Dr. Nadir's speech is cut off by a scream.

It's followed by an explosion of bullets as the Infected in the room suddenly stops its pacing long enough to lunge at the guard still in the room, bared fangs quickly ripping the man's throat out. The scientists in the room immediately launch into panic mode, a red light flooding the room as armed guards begin running in the direction of the room's entrance.

"Shit! Shut it down, shut it down now!" Dr. Nadir screams into her comm device.



CHALLENGE ROUND


  The next staff post will be on September 12th.

Posted 09-05-2021, 09:58 PM
Played by    59 Posts Ananke Drakos
"Brightest minds." Hah. Then Ananke definitely shouldn't have been invited to this meeting. In turn, this just points to how inane this whole affair is, and the Specialist is all but counting down the seconds until something goes wrong.

She's proven right very quickly. Half a pretentious speech later, Dr. Nadia's plan goes wrong, the Infected in the padded cage goes haywire, and Ananke is slow clapping in the most sarcastic way possible.

"Wow," she says, deadpan. "I'm so convinced. You've proven me wrong. Truly, the people have Cypher have such superior minds." Below her, the guard being devoured alive makes his dying screams- it might have been considered cruel of her to ignore them, but in her defense, Ananke hears those sounds on a regular basis. Watching a man get eaten alive in front of her is nothing new. As the guards bolt away and the scientists lost their collective shits, Ananke just claps. "I see the money and effort has been more than worth it. What amazing results."

It's probably more than a little petty to be acting like this.

"I'm sure all the guards are extensively trained in handling Infected, too. How many years on average did they serve in Nest Elimination again?"

Oh well.

Posted 09-11-2021, 06:50 PM
Played by    32 Posts Asena Noir
Asena snorted at the doctor's attempt at an insult knowing damn well she might not be the brightest the stronghold had to offer (unless you count the brightest language) but she sure as hell was smart enough to know not to make something like this. ” Just because you are book smart doesn’t mean you have a lick of common sense lady.”, she said with a laugh rolling her eyes. ” Just because you can doesn’t mean you should~ Keep that in mind when you go to make your next monster”

She wasn’t impressed in the least, it was horrifying that they were even allowed to create something like this as if the world needed even more infected. Every bit of the money that had been spent on this ridiculous monster would have been better spent on more advanced weaponry and better defenses but nooooo they had to dump it into this bullshit.

It seemed the shit had finally hit the fan and she hoped the doctor enjoyed eating every bit of crow that was coming to her, serves her right. She looked to the doctor with an arched brow, watching her react to the horror of her guard being eaten alive by her little monster. Asena enjoyed every single second of it, Ananke's reaction was pure gold and sure enough, she found herself unable to contain her laughter. " It is so tame doctor! Let it out, send it to reclaim our lost lands! It is a total success!" The sarcasm was thick, her gaze soon going over to Micah half expecting him to do something weird.


Tag : Ananke Drakos Micah Scofield
Posted 09-12-2021, 02:02 PM This post was last modified: 09-12-2021, 02:03 PM by Asena Noir
Played by    8 Posts Tatiana Beckett
Tati watched the monster closely, her face practically pushed against the glass watching its every movement. It was mesmerizing how grotesque it looked, the way it moved, acted, all of it was so captivating...it would be wonderful to see what it could do out in the open. The carnage that thing was sure to evoke would have been something to experience, something a lot of people had coming to them starting with these scientists trying to play god. It was doubtful that something like that could truly be used in the way the good doctor had hoped but stranger things had happened so who really knew?

She was fixing to ask another question when suddenly the monster began its attack, ripping out the guard's throat as if it was nothing. A gasp left her at the sight, biting down on her lip as she listened to Dr. Nadir yell out. ” Oh wow, it made that look so easy.”, she whispered to herself before looking back at the group. ” Now might be a great time to leave so the good doctors can get their pet under control.”


Tag : Ananke Drakos Micah Scofield
Posted 09-12-2021, 02:24 PM
Played by Andromeda    32 Posts Micah Scofield

The excitement of Dr. Nadir's voice, her reverence over the completion of her project, reflected in Micah's own glittering eyes. This was the zenith of Cypher's scientific progress- the pinnacle of the decades of research the organization had down on the virus, work that Micah's entire family had slaved over for generations. He could feel his fingertips pressing deeper against the glass, his nose tips squished against it, as Dr. Nadir brazenly released Project X and allowed it free reign of the enclosed space. Miraculously, it did not lunge for the guard, only obediently paced the room, seemingly controlled by the console before Dr. Nadir.

Micah saw it before the doctor did, or much of everyone else in the room. His wide eyes of wonderment died into a frown as he noticed something was off about the creature's movements. He realized that its steady paces about the test room were not the result of some programmed command, but the creature stretching out its previously constrained limbs. The steps were too natural, the swings of its fanged head too wide, for it to have been a controlled by some exterior force that was not its own bloodlust.

Its nostrils flared then, as its predatory eyes locked onto the ignorant guard in the room. Micah opened his mouth to scream at them to run, but nothing came out, as the creature lunged and captured the guard in its claws. The next thing Micah saw was another firework of fresh blood and guts, only it was met with screams of panic and horror from the scientist in the adjacent room.

The doctor stepped back slowly then, admist the shouts of Dr. Nadir to shut down the operation and the footsteps of panic scuffling the floor. His lean arms hung loosely at his side, mouth slightly agape, as what he had foolishly believed to be Cypher's magnum opus was all a sham, a failure. His eyes captured that of Asena. And then he was calm, as he shrugged his shoulders and responded flatly, "Wouldn't have happened if I lead the project."

Tag : Asena Noir Tatiana Beckett Ananke Drakos
Posted 09-12-2021, 03:31 PM
25 Posts Plot/NPC
The entirety of Cypher is thrown into pandemonium, guards rushing to get down the hall and head in the direction of the padded room's entrance — the scientists, quick to try and regain control over Project X, even though it was clearly too late for the guard inside the bloody room.

Dr. Nadir paces back and forth, fear and worry creasing her normally expressionless face. She appears to ignore most of the taunts thrown her way, right up until Micah makes a comment about being on the project, at which point she finally rounds on the most vocal of the group: Asena, Ananke, and Micah. The rest of the event-goers look at one another, unsure of what to do.

"You absolute useless Military buffoons! While you stand there and run your mouths, that thing is doing its best to get out of that room! Have you lost your minds, or do you just not think unless ordered to do something by your superiors?" All previous semblance of stoicness is gone now, lost in a frenzy. "Do you not realize that thing is right down the hall?"

The brutal shriek of metal being torn asunder rips through the air as the Infected tears its way through the heavily armoured doors, making quick work of breaking out from its jail.

There's screams from the guards as the Infected descends upon them, the hallway lit up by gunfire. Dr. Nadir screams incoherently at the scientists in the room as they quickly shut the door behind the guards, but it's only a couple seconds before pounding can be heard on the doors. The event goers are in a frenzy now as they try to scramble out the exit on the opposite side of the room.

You see two options that you can do:

[ DEFEND THE ROOM ]  or  [ TRY TO LEAVE ]

Which do you do?



CHALLENGE ROUND


  The next staff post will be on October 17th.

  Make sure you OOCly specify which of the above actions your character is trying to do.

Posted 10-04-2021, 10:14 PM
Played by Andromeda    32 Posts Micah Scofield

Bodies that begin jostling Micah in a panic to get out of the room tore his gaze from Asena's. Inside the blood-splattered room, the test subject clawed at the metal door, the sole barrier between it and freedom. If Micah were not caught in the tidal wave of terror, he may have sacrificed a few moments to set himself down and observe the subject with his data pad clasped in his arms. What fascinated him was its ability to understand that the door meant escape, freedom. Had it recalled how it got in there? Seen the guards enter through it? Or maybe recalled some brutal memory of before it was experimented on? The thought only made Micah more disdainful of the project- not that it had failed, but that it had failed before proper observation was taken down (proper mostly meaning taken by Micah himself ).

As stalwart as Micah appeared, even he could not ignore that death would arrive soon in the form of a freakish experiment if nothing were done. It had seen the people ogling it from behind the glass screen- if it were a one-way viewing, it would not be able to ignore the enticing smell of the collection of event goers, or their shrieks as they scrambled for the exit. Micah's eyes flashed to Dr. Nadir, the sheen of panic that had glossed over her steady composure. He then looked at the control panel by her hands.

There may have been a way to contain or subdue the beast. There should have been, if its strength and ability to manipulate reinforced steel had been accounted for. He looked back at Dr. Nadir, and where he tried to feel pity or compassion there was only resentment. Micah straightened his lab coat and, with a walk as sure and casual like he were excusing himself for the bathroom, fled with the rest of the crowd towards the exit.

Tag : Asena Noir Ananke Drakos Tatiana Beckett

OOC: Micah is trying to get the fuck out of there.
Posted 10-13-2021, 10:42 AM This post was last modified: 10-13-2021, 10:42 AM by Micah Scofield
Played by    32 Posts Asena Noir
It would be an outright lie to say that Asena wasn’t taking some pleasure in all of the chaos that now surrounded the doctors precious project X. It was a real I told you so moment and honestly, she wanted to bask in just how right she and the other military officer was when they said this was a bad idea. She kept a pretty straight face up until Micah had to open his mouth and say something to further put salt in the doctors wounds that she just burst out into a fit of laughter starting with a snort. ” Yeah none of this would have happened if he had lead the project.” , she absolutely cackled at the doctor despite the seriousness of the situation.

It wasn’t until Nadir began going off on the three of them that the laughter stopped, and she made a quick step or two in her direction. ” How would you like us to fight this thing off?” , she started with a snap as she approached the doctor with clenched fists ready to knock her back on her ass. ” I suppose I could toss you at it and make a break for it, at least then we know there wouldn’t be another one made. I’m sure it’s excited to meet you, especially after you just had it shot in the face for funsies.” , she growled out through clenched teeth on the verge ripping into Nadir, they were all going to be dead soon anyways so what was stopping her? Looking back over her shoulder she noticed Micah making the most casual exit from this shit show he possibly could. " You leaving me behind? You don't want to stay and meet this thing? Should be lot's of fun.", she called out to him with the most sarcastic of tones.

OOC: [Stay and defend the room I GUESS D:<]

Tag : Ananke Drakos Micah Scofield
Posted 10-14-2021, 10:52 AM This post was last modified: 10-14-2021, 10:53 AM by Asena Noir
Played by    8 Posts Tatiana Beckett
It seemed things were starting to get out of control very quickly now, the monster was out and it was making its way ever closer. Normally she would be excited about something like this, the opportunity to get to know something so gruesome up close and personal would have been a dream…but there were so many potential targets for this thing that she couldn’t help but worry just a tad. She hung back from the crowd for the longest, listening to the doctor rip into the other three while the rest of the room seemed to break out into even more of a panic flooding back towards the exit in an attempt to get out.

She was torn, she could stick around to meet this thing up close and personal but risk being exposed herself or she could go along with the crowd and miss a once in a lifetime opportunity. It wasn’t until she heard the banging on the other side of the doors that her mind was made up, she had to go. ” Hurry, it’s coming!” , she yelled as she began trying to push her way through the crowd feigning fear the best she could.

[ Try to leave]

Tag : Ananke Drakos Micah Scofield
Posted 10-14-2021, 12:25 PM This post was last modified: 10-16-2021, 06:16 PM by Tatiana Beckett
Played by    59 Posts Ananke Drakos
"Yes, that's exactly what happens," Ananke says coolly. She takes her sweet taking out her revolver- she doubts anyone will complain about it now considering the circumstances. "In fact, if I act without an order from a superior, I get reprimanded. It's a shame, but that's how the military works." The more hysterical Nadia becomes the colder the specialist gets; nothing earns her disapproval more than someone whose abilities fail to support their over inflated ego.

Obviously the idea of an infected on the loose would send any civilian into a frenzy, but as someone with extensive field experience, Ananke knows that one infected set free in a room full of dozens of people isn't nearly as dangerous as it sounds. For her. And if the fools running Cypher get hoist by their own petard, it's no skin off of her nose.

Even so, the idea of trying to exit doesn't sound like an attractive one, considering the rush of people who no doubt are thinking the same thing... Ananke looks at her gun, and then at the door, before making her decision.

"Hey." She clamps her hand on the shoulder of the nearest guard. "Give me your gun. And your armor while you're at it."

After all, if she's going to [stay and fight] then she'd rather be better equipped while doing so.

Posted 10-16-2021, 05:29 PM
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