i was on my way to work when i realized i'm wasted

[capemods]

WHO: A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE
WHERE: Here, there, everywhere.
WHEN: Anytime from 6:00 PM to the wee hours of the morning; feel free to tag in with a specific time in your subject header.
SUMMARY: Chronos and Vector are failures and half the City goes apeshit!

It's been a lovely, warm, sunny day in the City, winding into a nice warm afternoon that definitely doesn't feel like the first day of Fall. As the sun gets lower and lower in the sky, however, something goes wrong. It's a very discreet malfunction, and even people in the general area probably won't notice it; what they will notice, however, are the temporal shockwaves emanating from the malfunctioning device.

Not to mention the eventual effects of those shockwaves. Is that man standing in the middle of the crosswalk with a lampshade on his head? Where did he even find a lampshade?

Comments

[hackeralastair]

"Um...sort of?" Alastair had to think; being in the City for almost a year and a half made some events blur together. "The Porter herself has done a number on people before, but she usually makes some kind of cryptic announcement when she does. Lately people have been going missing and acting weird, there's been all kinds of accusations that people have been brainwashed." His expression hardened briefly as another flash of doubt lurched through his stomach.

[satisfiedsigner]

"Brainwashed?" Kiryu scowled over at him, not really because of him but because that was the most repulsive thing he'd heard lately. It was something he could easily see Security trying if they were here too. "Brainwashed to do what? By who?"

[hackeralastair]

Alastair bit his lip before answering - keeping his cover was getting harder and harder each day. "Nobody really knows. I hacked a transmission from the Major the other day that said maybe up to thirty-five percent of us are affected, but nobody knows why or how."

Only a small part of that was a lie. A very small part.

[satisfiedsigner]

Kiryu couldn't think of anything to say to that. It was too unnerving. That was proportionally a lot of people; at least one of them could be a victim just by the numbers. He had no idea how many people that might include, but any amount was too many.

He crossed his arms and turned back to the window, trying not to show how unnerving that really was.

[hackeralastair]

Alastair got up and went to join him, coming up beind Kiryu and only setting a hand on his shoulder. "I know I keep saying 'don't worry,' but that's all I know how to say right now. I don't know how to fix it no matter how badly I want to."

[satisfiedsigner]

He smiled a little; that sounded familiar for other reasons. "Yeah, I've given that speech enough times to know. It's okay. I've been through worse. It's just weird feeling like I have no idea what to do."

[hackeralastair]

Alastair attempted a smile. "Have some dinner and hang out?" he offered. "Go see the shark tank in the Mancave?"

[satisfiedsigner]

Blink. "There's a shark?"

[hackeralastair]

A huge grin. Alastair loved that reaction. "Yep. See? There's cool stuff to check out later, so you don't sit around worrying all night."

[satisfiedsigner]

Kiryu grinned back, still annoyed with the whole situation, but it wouldn't do any good to dwell on it. "Yeah, I wouldn't mind seeing a shark. That's cool."