Vas Captio Journals

Do you ever feel like you're being taken advantage of?

Because I do, all the time. Everybody comes to you to for answers to solve their problems but when you're going through a hard time they never give a damn, because you're the one with all the answers. Why would you need help? Why would you need support? It's not like the people who you love are dead or anything, it's not like you've been through anything serious and need a shoulder to cry on. Why can't you just deal while everybody else runs head on into the firestorm with their super powers while you sit back and watch until they can use you for your brain? And people wonder why I acted like an idiot for so long.

You do everything you can to help and all people do is either die or abandon you. I hate that this place doesn't feel any different from home. I hate that I can't look forward to going back because there's nothing to look forward to. I'm tired of it. I'm tired of all of this.

Do we have anybody who went missing tonight at the black out? Everyone that I live with seems to be where they're supposed to.

I'm tired of making the lists of people that are here. I would like somebody else to actually do that for a couple of weeks because my wrist hurts. My mother told me that I was going to get carpal tunnel from typing and working on computers, but if anything the amount that I write in this damn journal is going to give it to me first.

That's the reason that I haven't been doing it, that plus the fact that sometimes other things are pretty distracting and amp up my anxiety levels higher than I, or other people it would seem, like. I need to relax, I even want to, but in a hell like this it isn't exactly easy, you know. Derek sometimes helps.

I appreciate you Derek.

Okay, so that was interesting.

I am pleasantly surprised to discover that the town is still in good repair though it makes me a bit anxious about what they are going to do this week.


~Sydney

I know you're probably loving this no sun thing, but it has me kind of freaked out.

Hey, anybody here want to fool around or something?

I realize this isn't at the top of anyone's priorities list, but would anyone be interested in a get together soon? Not a meeting, but a social gathering. To break up some of the monotony of scavenging and the various work everyone has been doing. Perhaps an afternoon at the cleaner of the two lakes? Or an evening bonfire?

-Inara

Apparently this experiment doesn't just have a physical component.

If anyone sends a private message to Jo's journal, it also shows up in mine. I just realized.

I wish I hadn't seen any of that.

[Sydney]

So, they stick you with a baby?

[/UNFILTERED]

Look, I am like...the least parental guy in the world, but even I can feel shitty about what they've done to these poor little babies. What's with the baby hate? It's so not right.

What was the purpose of the experiment last week? For that matter, what is the point of any of this?


[Bellamy]

I am incredibly embarrassed about my behavior.


[Adrian]

Are you okay?

I have a present for you.

This is your doctor speaking:

The liquor store is closed until I'm not using it as an damned infirmary anymore.

From what I'm gathering there are a lot of varied illnesses out there - some of which may be communicable by their description, some may not.

At this point I can't keep jumping all around this damned place to get to everyone.

Do the following conditions apply?
1. You are unable to breathe regularly
2. You cannot tolerate eating / drinking
3. You are weak / unable to stand without assistance
4. You are running a fever above and beyond what you consider normal
5. Have lost consciousness (outside of those little phantom things this place seems to think is so damned cute.)

Those are all things that require medical care. Please come to the pharmacy. I've set up the liquor store as an infirmary as best I can. Each aisle has a bed area.

To anyone with medical training
If you feel able to function as a triage runner, I would appreciate it. Otherwise, another set of hands in the infirmary would be great. Please follow universal precautions. If you don't have gloves and a mask get in here and get some.

Filtered to Jo You've been doing great. Don't run yourself into the ground.

[ SIRIUS ]

Hello, Sirius.

I didn't see you check in on Jo's post, so I hope that means you haven't fallen ill. If you haven't, could I trouble you to come by and sit with Kaylee for a few hours? She's not feeling her best and I don't want to leave her alone. But I'd like to go help Jo with some of the others who are sick as well as get some fresh supplies.

-Inara

[ SYDNEY ]

Hello, Sydney. I'm just checking in again. Have you been able to work out everything with the young man you know from home? You haven't become sick, have you?

-Inara

[Against Kai]

Hey, guys, I don't know if it makes any difference to anything you're all talking about, but I...might be able to control this guy.

Hello. I recently woke up here and am seeking more information about where we are and how we ended up here. I speak a number of languages, but Vas Capito doesn't translate into anything that I can determine. Do we know anything about The Management and what their intentions are?

Also, has anyone ever heard of an organization called the Alchemists?

This is a lot later than I'd have liked it to be and I'm sorry about that. My name is Felicity Smoak and I've been keeping the list of people who are here. I'd appreciate it if anybody whose name isn't on the list could check in with me that way we can keep track of people and make sure that we're looking after one another. I'm keeping track of this, and making it public so that others can do so should I not be available.

So if you could please check in I'd appreciate it.

( LIST OF PEOPLE: )

For those of you that have just arrived I'm assuming that you have some answers since I'm late to actually getting this up, but if I can help in any way please let me know. As of right now the pattern that we know is that once a week we get new arrivals and are given either a dome-wide experiment or individual experiments. So far we've had 2 weeks where there weren't individuals taken. The experiments thus far are about teamwork, trust, and working with the person that you're paired with from what I can tell. People black out as a whole while the experimentees are taken and those who are in charge here call themselves the Management. They have spoken with us via an entry of their own once. They call this an experiment and refer to themselves as scientists.

I think those are the major points, but I'll answer any questions I can. Thanks, everyone.

- Felicity

WHO: Inara & Sydney.
WHAT: New Arrivals!
WHEN: Day 49; Evening.
WARNINGS: None.
STATUS: Complete.

( The boom of distant thunder stirred Inara from her sleep. )