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Those that sleep will awaken to a pitch black room with nothing but the faint red glow of the emergency lighting. This glow seemed to frame the ceiling of the room and gradually pulsate between a dimmer glow to a glow almost bright enough to read by then back down again. Every electronic device in the entire academy, dorms, and general building on the SHIELD grounds would display a black DOS-like screen with bright crimson lettering that read a simple, cryptic message.

SYSTEM ERROR
LOCKDOWN MODE INITIALISED

NEW MESSAGE



Activating the new message brings up another black screen with a mostly legible message to the students of SHIELD Academy. This ominous message doesn't seem to be salvageable by even the most brilliant of computer programmers. The file is just corrupt and there is nothing that can be done for it. It's a wonder the thing opened at all, to be honest.

the ⬛yste⬛ has bee⬛ compr⬛⬛ised
time is short so make haste
you have ⬛⬛ ho⬛rs to get out ⬛efore th⬛ purge
sub⬛outine demo⬛⬛sh⬛s ⬛⬛e ⬛uil⬛⬛n⬛ to con⬛ain
the th⬛⬛⬛t
t⬛e cent⬛al c⬛⬛pu⬛e⬛ m⬛st be rea⬛⬛⬛d and reb⬛ot⬛⬛
dea⬛ti⬛ate the l⬛cking mechanis⬛s on yo⬛r door by
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Those that didn't sleep would have found the lights had suddenly gone off around 0400. Shortly following the assumed harmless power outage, the usually white glowing strips lining the edges of every room would have faded to a red that indicated a warning. The red lettering on the screens would have followed after that and finally, a good ten minutes into the disquieting silence, the blue message alert appeared. They would have found their doors locked, and the windows all barred by solid adamantium panels.

There is no riddle to be had here, no teacher seems to be present to consult. The students were alone, required to rely on eachother, their own cunning, and their unique abilities.

For those poor souls trapped in the Hazard Room, well... just don't make any sudden movements. The training protocols seem to still be active. Fortunately, they are set on moderate difficulty. You had been looking to hone your skills and blow off a little steam. Well, you just got your wish.

Mod Notes: Treat this post like a mingle-log. OOC plotting can be found here.

Targets and Weaponry: SHIELD bots come in a variety of sizes from no more than a foot in height to nearly four feet and come armed with a plethora of weapons designed to subdue and capture. Weapons designed specifically to counter the abilities of those that live here, just in case they lose control.

Small built-in turrets keep hidden behind sleek panels in the ceilings of most hallways and in the ground outside. These turrets fire wide range of power nullifying munitions as well as good old fashioned taze rounds.

Targeting sensors on all the machines and turrets use facial recognition to identify each student. Their powers and weaknesses are recorded in the main SHIELD database, which it refers to and decides the best course of action.

Hallways

Date: 2014-08-25 05:34 am (UTC)
anythingwithstrings: (Out of Here)
From: [personal profile] anythingwithstrings
"It's baiting you!"

Congrats Nat, you're now hearing strange disembodied voices, this one seems to sound like a student, a girl. But there is nobody in this corridor.

"It's trying to lead you into an ambush, surround you and take you out. I can hear some of the turrets priming but they aren't active yet till you'd need to retreat back this way."

Date: 2014-08-25 06:51 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] spiderette
The voice is unfamiliar, but its definitely not robotic and Natasha counts that as a plus over what's currently attacking her. Except she's got no idea where it's coming from. Overhead speakers? Can whoever it is hear her back?

Either way she heeds the warning, stopping her pursuit and changing her course, dashing down a side hall instead and taking a shortcut through one of the empty labs. Something's already happened here, from the way there's broken glass crunching underfoot and something smells downright rank. She hopes whoever had been caught in here was alright, but she still had bots to lose.

"Thanks?" she calls out as she heads for the door on the far side of the room, yanking the impromptu desk barricade out of her way. "Where the hell are you? Do you have surveillance up?"

Was it someone in the server room trying to rest the system maybe?

Date: 2014-08-25 07:33 pm (UTC)
anythingwithstrings: (Small and Alone)
From: [personal profile] anythingwithstrings
"This is sorta the start of a quid pro quo thing. See, I'm outside. I can hear everything going on for part of the campus. But I'd be of more use inside, and not dodging the outside security drones. You're closest and doing best."

"I'm Maya, I can manipulate sound, it's how I can hear you and twist things so I can talk to you from where I am."

Date: 2014-08-25 10:05 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] spiderette
"You want to get inside?" Natasha echoes skeptically as she ducks down a hallway that looks to be clear. If she's got her bearings right, she can make a left down here and maybe find an exit at the other end of the gym. "Are you nuts? Everyone else is trying to get out!"

Date: 2014-08-27 05:46 am (UTC)
anythingwithstrings: (Cruel Eyes)
From: [personal profile] anythingwithstrings
"Yes, because there's not a lot of viable cover out here. I can trick bots into going in other directions but eventually it will figure out what I'm doing and come find me."

"There aren't any answers out here. The generators are caged in Adamantium like all the windows, the computer room is the weaker point. And by weaker I mean nearly impossible with what the security is doing to keep everyone from getting there is technically easier than actually physically impossible. I also can't hear into the Hazard Room, which means its active. Plus, it isn't like opening a door to get me in, won't let people out that really thinks out here is safer."

Date: 2014-08-27 01:38 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] spiderette
"Hazard Room is sealed." She'd checked, especially since she suspected Billy might be in there and who knew who else? What did that mean and what was happening in there? Or anywhere for that matter, as a bot rolled into sight at the other end of the hallway and she cursed as she dipped into a roll to dodge a neutralizing blast. She came out of the roll beside the machine and yanked open the panel on the side, reaching inside to indiscriminately rip out a handful of wires. The bot froze with a hiss and a pop, sparking threateningly before shutting down entirely.

"Alright, fine. Almost there. I still think you're crazy, but hey, whatever." Besides, wasn't she just as crazy for staying in here when this place was crawling with defenses? There seemed no end to them.

Date: 2014-08-30 06:52 pm (UTC)
anythingwithstrings: (Out of Here)
From: [personal profile] anythingwithstrings
"The Hazard room is active, I'm not sure if it's a fault in the system or if it's a part of the security. But there are generators in the walls that produce a soundwave that messes with my hearing so I can't tell what's going on inside. I'm guessing it's part of some other anti-powers package to keep whatever happens in there inside the room."

"Got any plan for letting me in? And maybe we can wedge the door open or something so people have a way out if they want to trade the frying pan for a nice hot fire.

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