Zero Divide: Episode #2 "Black Star"

[Shayuri]

"I'm fine," she replies. "Just...had a memory swim up and smack me in the face. Nothing too relevant to now, I don't think."

She looks over the others. "What, Alan's going to stay behind?"

 

[James Heard]

There is silence in the room but Alan thinks he hears Michael talking to someone out in the hall... well he thinks it might be Michael, it could also be one of his duplicates.

Alan waits patiently for the authorities to come, not wanting to risk moving around in the dark anymore than he has to else someone shoot him by accident.

 

[Victim]

Ashley shrugs at Haven. "Not particularly; I was thinking more along the lines of putting it back. Too late now however."

"If Alan doesn't want to him, I'm not going to force him. I just hope he doesn't give out too much information." I really thought Haven or Ian would be more likely to disintegrate from the pressure. Too bad. "Let's go."

 

[Hammerhead]

The Elevator

"You know, I left one of my clones behind on that floor," Michael says. "I'd rather that all of us got out of here, and Alan doesn't die from his own stupidity. The cleaner I'm chatting with now seems a little ignorant about who we are and how many we have; any suggestions on what I can tell her, especially if I want to save Alan?"

The Dark Hallway

"Fifty years...I thought it was something like that. It really is nice to see you again; it's a little gratifying to see one's protege grow. You're looking good, by the way," he adds with a laugh.

"I am the real me, as much as I can be. I don't remember my death; the neural backup doesn't quite reach that far. Can you tell me what happened, what caused my death? My association with Reese and all that followed, right?"

Michael pretends Ashana never asked about the others.

 

[Vanifae]

The Elevator

"You know, I left one of my clones behind on that floor," Michael says. "I'd rather that all of us got out of here, and Alan doesn't die from his own stupidity. The cleaner I'm chatting with now seems a little ignorant about who we are and how many we have; any suggestions on what I can tell her, especially if I want to save Alan?"

Dee glances at Michael with a look that literally says ‘are you joking?’ she thinks for a moment longer and then says aloud, “If that idiot wants to stay behind why risk yourself for him, obviously he has a death wish and we are probably better off without him. But if you insist on protecting him and you haven’t been killed out right yet then maybe they might take him into their custody… which may just be worse then death.”

The male voice from the speakers interjects, “It is advisable that we vacate this location at our earliest convenience.”

The elevators starts heading down.

Michael

She affixes her assault rifle to her back, it compacts itself down to be easily stowed, and draws a pistol with her right hand. She has a slightly conflicted look but iron resolve forms in her eyes, “You didn’t answer my question. Tell me what I want to know or I will shoot you.”

Alan

Alan feels himself dragged and then slammed against a wall, he isn’t harmed but is jarred as two men become visible wearing dark composite plated suits with helmets that hide their faces. The currently gripping his neck speaks in a voice that sounds fairly neutral almost mechanical or perhaps electronically modulated but recognizable English, “Where is Doctor Tighe?”

That sounds like your name.

 

[James Heard]

Alan

Alan feels himself dragged and then slammed against a wall, he isn’t harmed but is jarred as two men become visible wearing dark composite plated suits with helmets that hide their faces. The currently gripping his neck speaks in a voice that sounds fairly neutral almost mechanical or perhaps electronically modulated but recognizable English, “Where is Doctor Tighe?”

That sounds like your name.

"I'm Doctor Tighe. I'm unarmed and I am cooperating."

Alan opens his hands to show that he has no weapons of any sort in either of them.

 

[Vanifae]

"I'm Doctor Tighe. I'm unarmed and I am cooperating."

Alan opens his hands to show that he has no weapons of any sort in either of them.

He puts his pistol inches away from Alan’s forehead, “So you are Doctor Vanessa Tighe? I highly doubt that,” he glances to the second armored and armed figure.

“Retinal scan is done, Doctor Alan Tighe, deceased; that does not make any kind of sense,” the second figure says.

“I guess he wasn’t lying,” he backs up keeping his weapon targeted at Alan, “How did you get here-”

“More importantly where are the others, you were not here alone,” the second figure speaks.

 

[James Heard]

"I was in here when I came out of the simulation. The others left, through the elevators."

Alan frowns.

"They left with someone who called herself 'Mira.' She was the one who claimed to be running the 'rehabilitation' simulation. Rehabilitating, not deceased," he corrects, a bit absentmindedly.

"Supposedly rehabilitating. It could be a sophisticated interrogation program too, to keep everyone off balance. Some of the others don't even know their real names any longer."

He looks patiently at the gun barrels without any apparent fear.

"Vanessa was in the simulation too, if that's any help?"

 

[Shayuri]

(OOC - Meep, point of confusion. Was Mira WITH us when we woke up? I thought she was just a character and voice in the simulation...)

 

[Velmont]

OOC: No, Mira is not there. Or I am pretty confused.