MarinaNova Asylum

Today is Day 323. Funny how those add up over time. Every day just listening for your new number. Not that any of you can claim to have been here since Day 1 of course.

Where were we? Hmm, oh yes, sunny and mild. Perfect day for captivity and some new playmates.

"One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be." —Oscar Wilde

(OOC: Kiosk requests will be handled by Veridical unless otherwise requested. Warden request post | Mail submissions)

[ Video ]

Is this thing on? [There is some squinting and grumbling and head tilting until Varrick decides that, yes, the camera is rolling. He straightens up and strikes something of a self-important pose.] Yes. Hello. I am Varrick, and I seem to have found myself in your … prison?

[He leans in conspiratorially.] Between you and me, I have been in some prisons, and this one takes the cake. This is some set up, huh? Even better than the one I built for myself! [If only Zhu Li were here to see it with him.]

Anyhoo. Let’s talk shop. Who's the big cheese around here?


[ Action ]

[Want to meet Varrick face-to-face? He'll be hitting up the shops, trading out the jumpsuit for something more fashionable.]

[Video encrypted to Defense Force]
We've been working on a solution to our Tyki problem for awhile. We have a lot of partial ideas instead of a slamdunk, but it's time to make one of them work whether it wants to or not.

We're taking his noah. That's the part of him that drives him to murder and gives him his powers. What's left should be a regular man with a lot of bad memories. [Her voice gets a little softer, but she only allows herself to think of that day he'd lost his noah during one of the prison's many malfunctions briefly. Of the way she held him as he cried and wrestled with the pain as it took him back over. She has a mission to stop him from hurting her people—her team again.]

We're going to start with Tieria's hacking idea. We're in a virtual system, and it's time to see if we can use that to our advantage or not. I need all people with advanced technology knowledge on hand whether it's against the wardens' rules or not.

I need the rest of the investigative team and anyone with magical know how or experience working to solidify plan B if we need it. We're down a few witches, but there may be ways of increasing our powers with magical items that we get through the wardens.

Everyone else needs to be on patrol. We picked today because new arrivals are coming in. That means the wardens and engineers might be just a little bit distracted with that, but we also know screwing with the system can lead to problems so don't be surprised if there is a power outage or some dangerous glitch. We're doing this to protect, so we've got to minimize the harm we might cause in the process.

[Another pause.] This may not be a popular course of action. We took a lot of heat over returning Spike's soul to him. We're playing with lives to save lives. Even if they bring us back once we die it doesn't make death meaningless. It doesn't make killing okay. It's only a matter of time before it's someone else unless we do something. So we're going to do something now. We've waited too long already.

(OOC: Respond to video here)

[Action | Mingle]
[The Defense Force headquarters is buzzing with people working out the details of the situation and attempting the hack while others are out and about in the dome to be encountered by anyone.]

(OOC: Please feel free to tag yourself in and tag amongst yourselves! Kitty's is here.)

[OOC Information]
(The results have been handwaved that the hack will be successful and Tyki's noah will be written out of his virtual settings by later today (day 323). There will be no power outages or glitches as a result of this, however there will be a powers event on day 324, so maybe they inspired the engineers. If you wish your character was in the force to be more a part of this, don't worry, we can backdate your membership. People can also tag the DF members on patrol or stop by the headquarters. We want to include you! Plotting/questions for this can go here If you want your character more directly involved in the hacking then please sign up for a punishment but you can be involved less directly without getting caught.)

[ the young woman who appears on the network's video feed is calm and composed -- regal in spite of her prison attire. ]

My name is Princess Leia Organa of the planet Alderaan. I am on a diplomatic mission to Bakura on behalf of the Alliance in response to a distress call we intercepted. This act of hostility is unwarranted, and in direct violation of the truce I have secured with Governor Nereus and the Bakuran government. We have no interest in persuading Bakura to abandon the Empire. There is very little point in holding me captive here unless you wish to make an enemy of the Alliance during this time of crisis.

[ or, more immediately, an enemy of luke, han, and an irate wookiee who was quickly tiring of the bakurans' xenophobic nature. han had been itching for a "real" fight since they went planetside, and luke-- it doesn't show, but panic swells within her as she realizes that she can't feel him. she can't feel him. she'd grown used to being able to reach out and brush his presence in the force. not being able to was-- ]

I demand to be put in contact with my escorts, General Solo and Commander Skywalker. If you find that request to be unacceptable, then patch me through to Commander Thanas of the Imperial Navy. With your cooperation, we can find a solution to this misunderstanding.

[ Having had his meltdown off-screen, Petrov's voice isn't quite as panicked as it could've been. He hasn't figured out how to get it to be voice only, so there's a lot of shaky camera work of a bunch of hedges and other assorted garden greenery. It's kinda disorienting to watch. ]

I didn't see the one thing I'm actually wanted for on the list. No one knows I've been taking money, and. [ He's failing at staying calm, now. ] None of this actually lines up! What I did for the guild is perfectly legal, and there's nothing else "grave robbing" could possibly mean. Why am I apparently in an alternate dimension. I'm in jail for the wrong reasons, definitely by the wrong people, and that's COMPLETELY unacceptable.

[ He pauses deep in thought, but also in attempt to get himself a little less wound up.

It is an extremely long pause where recording stops entirely and then eventually restarts. ]

T, this is a public channel, isn't it. This isn't a direct line to the wardens at all, is it. Um. Sorry for saying such MISLEADING things. I used a little... hyperbole... because this is all. Overwhelming. So overwhelming. A hero of the realm would NEVER misplace funds, no matter if it's just fancy lunch once a week, every day.