@everyone (un:mayor hotdog)

[oorah]

[ that's right, frank is reprising his old title. more for recognition than because he wants to assert any sort of authority. he just has something Important to ask everyone. he looks nervous, but it's no more than usual, if you know him. if you don't, here he is. a hobo dad with a bone to pick. he doesn't make eye contact with the feed, but one will notice him signing one-handed as he goes, like it's automatic and he doesn't even realize he's doing it. it brings that leather bracelet he always wears into focus, woven in the celtic knot for 'leader' if anyone were familiar with such things. ]

I've been here about six months now, yeah, and... I've, I've seen a lot of weird shit. [ he quirks the tiniest, lopsided smile. ] That's not really limited to this place though.

Anyway, when I came here, me and a couple other people noticed we had superpowers. Stuff we could do we couldn't before, and I never really thought there was a pattern, 'cause a lot of people say they don't have powers or if they do they've never manifested. And sometimes we get temporary stuff, like all this fire and ice shit... Well.

[ he has to clear his throat - this is already so much more than he usually says at one time. he snaps his fingers to bring out the pyrokinesis he's been honing, a lively flame dancing over his fingers. but then he's shrugging and picking back up the sign as he speaks again. if you know any type of sign language you'll recognize a few words, but that it's different from the one you're familiar with. ]

Two things: I think the abilities might be related to the colors we get. Three red scrubs I know can all do the same thing. But that's not really scientific without a bigger sampling, okay, I know, so I was thinkin'... If anyone wants to try and force 'em out, I might've figured that out too. I've seen it happen when people are in danger or really stressed out, so if we can simulate that, we can probably see if there's any merit to this theory.

If you already know what this place gave you, you could tell me what you can do and what color your watch is. I'll go first: I'm a teal scrubs and I can sense imminent danger. And if you don't know yours and this sounds like something you wanna do, I'm at House Six like usual.

Uh. Yeah, that's it. Hotdog out.

//IC EDIT AFTER THE FACT://

In light of guests I have staying for the Winter season, I'll take my meetings at South Village Fountain Park. We can head out from there if anyone wants to do something stupid.

I am NOT volunteering to attack/scare/whatever you and your friends. You guys can do that to each other and let me know what happens.

OK now that's really it back to whatever the fuck you were doing
-🌭

Comments

[nonstopnarcissist]

She mentioned seeing something similar, so did another navy scrubbed person.

[oorah]

[ guess that would make sense, it fits neatly with his theory but yet again tugs at sensitivities. no one here talks. maybe he does have to be the one to break the cycle. at least in small ways. ways that can't fundamentally destroy him the way reims did. ]

so far i've got at least 3 in red, black, navy and gray that have the same powerset then. when's it stop being correlation and start being causation, science guy?

[nonstopnarcissist]

[ Tony can feel the judgement. ]

We had other priorities like- building watchtowers, finding a cure for the plague, you remember the plague, right? Scrubs stuff, while useful, was put on the backburner as it's nonvital and not likely to get anyone killed. Worst it's done is sexually frustrate someone.

[ But Wyno's always been some kind of special. ]

Anywhere else? I'd say we need more data. Here? things are organized enough for me to assume similar scrub colors = similar scrub powers with similar triggers within each color.

[oorah]

[ sexually frustra- oh because she's red, right? he remembers suddenly, and decides he's never tugging on that thread. ]

no but it's a tool if we learn how to use it. we need as many of those as we can get.

so you're backing me up on this?

[nonstopnarcissist]

Jensen made pretty good use of it in the mines. Something with a kinetic blast? I think he's yellow.

What, you want The Old Stark Endorsement?

[oorah]

[ all these new colors. wasn't that girl - hawke? yellow? ]

you're the smartest guy here. it's not that weird if i want your opinion.

[nonstopnarcissist]

...Okay, fair. It seems like we're all given these fight or flight responses so we don't actually get ourselves killed while figuring out how to survive. Maybe more data's available in the next level down of the Bunker. I know Sam and I are trying to work out an expedition to get there but we've got some tests that need doing first so we don't, you know, kill her when we do it.

Bruce and Sam are also working on trying to get a good look at our DNA, see what's changed.

[oorah]

why would it kill her? isn't she already dead?

bruce told me about the dna thing, definitely worth checking into too. sorry i can't stress enough how little was getting done before you guys got here.

[ it makes him testy sometimes!! ]

[nonstopnarcissist]

Reasons she volunteered as tribute.

Undead? I don't know, we didn't cover that, but if she ends up phased solid with a rock wall in her lungs, I'm pretty sure it'd kill her for good. That's to be avoided.

You know me, I'm a mover, a shaker, a helper.

[oorah]

i still don't actually know what you're trying to do but OK i'm for people not dying too. in a general sense.

[ whatever!!! how does he get in on this information loop that's all he's been trying to ask for. ]

and i appreciate it. but this could be just as important as everything else. it's another piece of the puzzle.

[ conspiracies are kind of his whole thing ]

[nonstopnarcissist]

We've got tests to run, I'll loop you in when we've got more figured out.

Put a chart together, post something up in the Inn.

[oorah]

OK i'm around if you need help.

like a progress chart or?

[nonstopnarcissist]

Something like it? Known statistics. It's only science if you write it down, otherwise you're just fucking around.

[oorah]

we were never allowed to write anything down in the kind of experiments i was privy to. old habits.

i'll get something together.