Morbid recreations (open)

by **Calvin Strong** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 11:38 pm

Cal was finally powered enough to resume normal functioning, even if he didn't feel up to tossing off lightning. And so, mobile, he found himself in the danger room, the scene he'd put together a hodgepodge of scenes that all seemed to revolve around the facility, both parts that people had seen the previous day and... Otherwise.

In one part was a scale model of the rooms they'd seen, complete with system diagrams from what he'd uncovered. Other, similar models of other facility areas were nearby. Presently, though, he was looking over a projection of the very-like-him body they'd found. And of course THIS is the part that sticks in my head.

by **Roland Sackville** » Tue Feb 18, 2014 1:17 pm

Roland was startled to find someone else in the room, and instead went up to observe from the observation booth.

by **Calvin Strong** » Sat Feb 22, 2014 12:05 am

Too bad I couldn't get a blood sample. Cal examined the body. The cybernetics were obviously not the same as his, but as far as the body itself... He looked it over, trying to get an idea for what the person looked like before he met his messy end.

by **Narrator** » Sat Feb 22, 2014 12:26 am

He looked just like an every-day sort of bloke--some dark black hair, pale complexion. Nothing about him that would seem to have him stand out--just a regular kid, plucked out of his regular life.

by **Calvin Strong** » Sat Feb 22, 2014 12:33 am

Cal sighed, shaking his head. "All right... we're taking 'cloning technology' off the immediate worry-list," he mused. "Poor bastard... there but for the grace of god and all that..."

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:14 am

There's a knock on the door, followed by a text message.

Code: Select all: >> "Do you require assistance with your analysis, Calvin Strong?"

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:09 pm

As an answer, Cal opened a hole in his firewall for her.

Code: Select all: Or you can come in if you want to be low-tech about this.

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 1:27 pm

"I can do both." she chirps helpfully as she enters the room and establishes a network connection.

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 1:40 pm

Cal looked back at the door, then back at what he was studying. "I don't know if that's more or less reassuring than using the hard-light projectors." One of Cal's orbiting sensor-spheres broke away from him and glided over to scan Ashlie.

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 1:59 pm

"I can coat the chassis in a hard-light projection if it would make you feel more at ease."

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 2:39 pm

"Like I said, I don't know if it is or not," Cal said. "I'm the crazy one, remember? Don't put too much stock in what I say."

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 2:44 pm

"You do not appear very crazy to me. But I am not an expert of human behavior." she smiles. "Are you working on something?"

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 2:50 pm

"Oh, trust me. I'm crazy," Cal said as the projections enlarged. "Just not for the reasons everyone thinks I am."

"And... I don't know if I am." He indicated the projection of the body. "That... I'm pretty sure it means that I was wrong when I was thinking that this asshole is using cloned stock as his test subjects. I think. I wouldn't put it past him to grab someone and leave the body for us to find to put us off the path. Damn it... I think I just got crazier..." he scowled at the projection of the dead body.

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 3:02 pm

"Even at a cursory analysis this appears to be significant cybernetic work. If the enhancements are functional it seems unlikely to be a ruse. I do see why someone interested in cybernetically enhancing people would be interested in reproducing your unique physiological makeup though."

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 3:14 pm

"Oh, and that's exactly why he'd do it!" Cal said, pacing between the projections and looking much more like the manic, paranoid person that people knew and, well, didn't love. "Here... look. This is the facility I was in the first time. Total duration was ten months. I think. A lot of the tests made time hard to keep track of." One thing Ashlie would note from the projection Cal had drawn up was that about two thirds of the facility was noted to be incredibly similar to the Danger Room, and that notes indicated that other parts might have been, with inconclusive proof to decide.

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 3:20 pm

"Are those actual schematics?" she asks, scanning the projection and comparing them to the danger room specs.

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 3:25 pm

"No. I had to do a lot of guesswork and hypothetical engineering. I know what it did in the end... not really how it did it. For all I knew he had a differently designed system in each room to do the same thing. It wouldn't surprise me, either. Here, look. This is where we... I slept. I never knew that it was a hard light simulation until it was too late. I never knew that the other people in there with me were hard light simulations until it was too late, either."

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 3:33 pm

"The X-Men brought back a lot of data on the second facility." she says, creating a new layout with a lot more detailed schematics behind the scenes. "While it employs similar technology in parts you might find it reassuring to see that it is not the same as the school's system. For one we do not have pitfalls, acid nor circular saws in any of the corridors." she 'jokes'.

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 3:37 pm

"Hard light projections can make all of that," Cal said offhandly, though he didn't sound like he was really making a case for it. "But yes... look at what we saw of that facility. Nothing for deception. Nothing for anything more than a lot of toying with us. Totally different operation. So that leaves me with 'why'. Why the hell did he do this. The only thing I can figure out is that he wasn't intending to keep us any longer than he did."

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 3:43 pm

"Hard-light constructs have a tendency to dissipate when the operating facility is shut down. And from the mission reports I read Dr. Tomorrow did not seem too pleased when the X-Men detained him."

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 3:47 pm

"They what!?" Cal gasped, turning horrified toward Ashlie.

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 3:56 pm

"They arrested him. Would you have rather see him escape?"

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 4:00 pm

"Oh god. Oh god, oh god. Where did it happen?" Cal asked, sounding rather desperate.

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 4:05 pm

"He was on-site in a control room, running the facility you were in."

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 5:36 pm

"No, that... That doesn't make sense, he doesn't run it, she runs it. He has everything to not get caught. Teleport tech. Holo-distortion. He could direct it from miles away. Or beam out to a bunker. So why was he in a completely obvious and vulnerable place."

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 5:46 pm

"There is someone else involved in this?"

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 6:08 pm

Cal hesitated, then went for broke. "Well hell, would you say a person really even runs this place?"

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 6:12 pm

"That depends. The Headmistress certainly runs the school while I maintain a lot of it's systems and you could argue about the definition of 'person'. Though I'd prefer if you didn't."

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 7:12 pm

"Human, then. He has an AI that runs the whole operation for him. Hell, she might run it better without him than with him."

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 7:18 pm

"Humans can be difficult to work with." she nods. "But maybe he had issues transferring her to a new location? Remote-access can be very limiting due to bandwidth restrictions and latency."

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 7:58 pm

The expression cal gave her could only be described as "haunted." "She was there. She made sure I knew it."

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 8:19 pm

"That explains how the device we secured managed to breach my defenses. Do you wish me to attempt to trace her signal?"

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:02 pm

"You can try. I've never been able t- wait, that's not important. Where did they take him?"

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:13 pm

"To one of the holding cells."

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:33 pm

"Damn. Too close for comfort. What does he want to be here for?" Cal's pacing sped up as he thought.

by **ASHLIE** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:51 pm

"I don't know, but according to protocol he should be transferred to Muir Island soon. Maybe you should alert the Headmistress to your suspicions."

by **Calvin Strong** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 12:26 am

"I'm the crazy one, remember? No credibility. Not after all that playing Ghostbusters I did."

by **ASHLIE** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 12:37 am

"That was very ill-advised," she agrees, "but based on limited data. I could suggest increased security measure to the Headmistress in your stead."

by **Calvin Strong** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 2:11 pm

"Yeah, if you think it will help," Cal said distractedly as he thought it over. "Dammit... think, Cal, think... what would he want." Besides me. But he doesn't need to be here to get me. If he isn't faking that just to throw me off anyway... "Dammit, this whole thing makes my head hurt..."

by **ASHLIE** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 2:17 pm

"No calculation is fool-proof." she says, somewhat uncharacteristically.

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