Paranoia - "Training Day"

[Ves]

*quickly following Sparky's example, he dons his red jumpsuit and armour, and proceeds to their destination*

[Shadowe]

Chem swiftly follows suit - pun intended - practically falling out the door as he struggles to get his booted foot through the leg of the red jumpsuit.

"Come on, everyone! Friend Computer is waiting! Yurp!"

[Solar]

Solar hurriedly puts on the jumpsuit and follows the others through the door and down the corridor to their new destination

[Kitmarch]

A bunch of Random Green clearance security thugs troop in, grab those remaining in the room by their dirty INFRARED jumpsuits, forcibly eject them into the corridor and cite them for Poor Hygiene.

[Kitmarch]

Our friends troop bravely down the corridor towards their destination. This being alpha complex, corridors are not just corridors. There is still a hustle of Infrared and Red clearance life wondering around.

The group enter a corridor junction, not far from their station. Straight ahead is a set of vending machines. A citizen in a Red jumpsuit appears to have his hand stuck in a slot and is yelling for assistance.

On the right is a set of the omnipresent Confessional Booths, where citizens may confess treasons to The Computer in privacy, and where appropriate medication can be dispensed or charred ashes be disposed of. A Red citizen is leaning against the door of one, doing something with his hands that looks like reading an invisible book. Another emerges from an adjacent booth and deposits a used bag of Algae Chips in the trash receptacle.

As our friends enter, an infrared nearby looks up and asks "How's business" just before a passing scrubbot, which looks like a giant washer/dryer with arms and wheels, whizzes in from a side corridor, grabs Jake-R and shoves him inside itself on rapid clean cycle.

From the communal bathrooms, a citizen emerges, beams brightly at everyone and declares "May the harmony of the cosmos be with you!" just before the vending machine with the stuck citizen catches fire.

[Shadowe]

Chem looks around at the almighty chaos ensuing around him, frowns perplexedly at the citizen who emerged from the bathroom spouting gibberish, and says "Huh?"

The scrubbot looks to be the simplest for him to deal with. A simple matter of repair and corrective programming... If he had any tools on him.

"Oh, Leader! I suggest that some of us aid that poor man, there," he points at the citizen stuck in the burning vending machine, "while the rest of us attempt to free our colleague!"

[Sparky]

Nodding, Sparky looked at Chem.

"We shall all go help the man in the vending machine. Jake-R is more than capable of handling himself, as he has been brought up properly by Friend Computer. Or do any of you think that Friend Computer hasn't taught him how to handle himself within Alpha Complex? ." Quickly glancing over them all, Sparky nodded again.

"Besides, we are not true Reds yet. That man over there is, therefore he takes precendence over Jake and deserves our full attention! I have complete faith that Jake-R can get himself out of this situation in, eh, the happiest way possible. He was promoted to Jake-R for a reason, now, let us all go help that other citizen. GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN, JAKE-R!"

"BUT EVERYONE HURRY HAPPILY. WE MUST GET TO Anni-O-KLY-4 IN ROOM 13GH728!"

[Ves]

*frowns at Sparky as he strolls past, heading to their designated destination. He then calls out clearly*

That man is calling for help and assistance, clearly he is not having fun, therefore he is a traitor and must be treated as such.

If you wish to assist this person in their treasonous behaviour and go against the wishes of Friend Computer, then you too, will be guilty of treason, and that's not much fun.

[Kitmarch]

The cosmos proclaiming guy levers himself off the restroom door, pushes it shut and departs, ducking neatly out of the way of the top of the vending machine, which has just blown itself across the room. The trapped citizen is getting quite... agitated.

Having finished Mandatory Emergency Cleanliness cycle, the scrub bot deposits a tumbledried Jake-R in the middle of the corridor and trumbles off.

While all this is going on, a Green clearance guard positions himself squarely in front of Sparky-R and demands "What is yer security clearance, citizen?"

[Jake]

Jake-R breathes heavily, strewn across the floor looking agitated. He glares momentarily at Sparky behind his back, as the group is occupied with the security guard.

He pushes himself to his knees and begins coughing up little bits of murky water. In between the coughs he tries to maintain a happy expression by smiling.

[Sparky]

Looking up and grinning from ear to ear, Sparky looked at the Green guard.

"Sparky-R-JNR-1. We're on our troubleshooter training mission. We need to report to Anni-O-KLY-4 in room 13GH728, but that man there is in trouble, and as a fellow Alpha Centre citizen, I thought it best to get him out of that machine and then report to a higher clearance that he's broken a machine."

[Kitmarch]

The guard beams at Sparky-R and says "Well, just between yous and me, friend; don't go round saying you're only "almost" Red if you are. Pretending to be a higher clearance is treason and all.

[Jake]

Jake-R finishes sweeping off the water from his clothes and steps forward, just behind Spark-R and smiles at the Green guard. "If Spark-R has lied about his security clearance i think Friend Computer deserves to know and decide whether he should be punished. Not reporting treason is treason."

Jake-R smile wider and looks around at the group for opinions or comments.

[Kitmarch]

The guard slaps Sparky-R on the shoulder in a friendly fashion and departs, neatly sidestepping the flailing form of the citizen who has managed to finally remove his arm from the vending machine.


In the meantime, Ves-R's PDC starts beeping for attention.

[Ves]

Waiting patiently for the others, Ves-R takes his PDC and arches an eyebrow inquisitivly

"Yes, Friend Computer?"