i see the strings that control the system

[hellisforchildren]

WHO: Your Acting Mayor and OPEN
WHERE: City Hall!
WHEN: Sunday, May 8th through Thursday, May 12th
WARNINGS: None yet?
SUMMARY: Alex is doing his best to run things, feel free to bug him with issues, complaints, offers of help, attempted punches to the face, whatever!
FORMAT: WORDS, but make sure to mention when you're visiting in the subject line!

He'd set up food lines, he'd begun establishing a peacekeeping network, he had people in place to handle the power plants, the biggest jobs were out of the way. He even had someone else picking up the slack. There were still things to do, there would always be things to do, but for right now, just for this one moment, he thought he might get a moment's rest.

Boy, was he ever in for a surprise.

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Tuesday night

[lyingbrat.livejournal.com]

Lyra slumped in a chair in front of the desk, Pantalaimon sitting half asleep in her lap as she sipped on a thermos full of coffee. The shadows under her eyes were obvious, and her hair was even more wild than usual.

"People from out of town are coming in. And a lot of 'em en't here to help."

[hellisforchildren]

He pushed up his glasses as he rest his forehead in one hand. "You mentioned that might be a possibility. I had the tunnels blocked off, but you wouldn't have to be Snake Plissken to break into this City."

He took a moment to compose himself and stood up to offer her a hand. "It was Lyra, right? Do you happen to know where most of the activity is centered?"

[lyingbrat.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, but I was hoping I'd be wrong," Lyra mumbled, shaking his hand before tracing out a rough map of the City in the space over the desk in glowing white lines, using illusions to illustrate her words.

"I'm probably missing a few spots, but a lot of it's centered here and here," Lyra said, pointing to two areas that started glowing red.

"They're ordinary criminals- easy enough to deal with, but it's keeping me busy."

[hellisforchildren]

Alex resumed his seat and replaced his glasses as he watched her display. "Have you spoken with the Red Queen? I'm sure she could allocate some backup to the patrols in the area, assuming we have any to spare."

[lyingbrat.livejournal.com]

"I'll do that- not sure how much backup we have though. Do you know if ImPorts who turned into kids kept their powers?" Lyra leaned back, rubbing her eyes.

"Things could be a lot worse, though."

wednesday night!

[tinycliche.livejournal.com]

[ Who knows how it got in. Possibly because all the security in the building is currently distracted by shiny objects, or possibly just because it's sneaky, hungry, and there might have been food in this strange labyrinth of City Hall.

Khisanth is both disappointed and annoyed by the time she claws her way up onto the desk in the middle of the room, though. Who's idea was it to not have food anywhere around in here? Big orange eyes fix onto Alex, a thin tale lashes in irritation.

Someone's got to feed her. ]

[hellisforchildren]

[ But Alex, who might have fallen asleep until she stuck her nose in his face, is just going to jump straight up out of his chair and back against the wall. ]

Holy shit!

[ If he had a moment to think about it, he'd realize he's rather hungry as well. ]

[tinycliche.livejournal.com]

[ And she'll just watch, unmoving and entirely unimpressed. He looks like the biggest human she's seen around here, maybe he'll do more than try and tug at her tail when she demands food. ]

Thou hast not near enough rats in this maze.

[hellisforchildren]

Uh. Um. ...Yeah.

[ He tries to rub the sleep out of his eyes and cautiously moves back toward the desk. ]

We, uh, kinda cleared them out a few weeks ago. There was a whole big thing, biblical level plague. You might've enjoyed it.

[tinycliche.livejournal.com]

[ STANDING UP, striding toward the edge of the desk with... all the grace of a not-quite-coordinated kitten. But she's trying, okay. ]

So what willst thou feedest me instead?

Wednesday, midday

[trueltning_fury]

[tall, dark, and grouchy barging into your office, Alex, and woe to anyone who tries to play door guardian today]

[hellisforchildren]

[ He doesn't have a door guardian. Maybe he should've considered getting one. But he's just gonna look at all this grumpiness and not understand what it's about. Still, he'll give him the courtesy of rising out of his chair as Geddoe approaches. ]

It was Geddoe, right? What can I help you with?

[trueltning_fury]

[he's like this all the time, though the irritation of being surrounded by children is heaped on top]

I was in the area and thought to check in in person. I wanted to know if the situation had changed any.

[hellisforchildren]

[ Alex offered his hand, and motioned to the seat in front of the desk. ]

Other than having more structures in place to make sure we can last through this, not really. The Red Queen should've been in touch with you about how she's running op for the peacekeeping crews.

How've things been going in your neck of the woods?

[trueltning_fury]

[he modestly waves it off and chooses to stand, gloved hands at his sides]

I have not been in touch with the rest of the police force, no. I know Jack Bauer is still in his position, but we haven't spoken.

It's... [sigh] ...on the edge of chaos. Not having any vehicles on the streets helps, but by being visible I've become a target of children wanting to know where their parents are. They're starting to get scared, and I don't blame them.

[a bit of a stern frown] Can we trust that something like this will just wear off after time?

Thursday Morning

[daft_old_man]

Getting answers was hard when you were dealing with children. Well, no, he had to take that back because usually children were the most forth coming of anyone, but these children were mostly just confused and lost which meant he wasn't getting much. This also meant it was time to head to the top so to speak.

Perhaps there was a secretary or security person who tried to stop him even as he waved his psychic paper in their face which read: Agent John Smith CDC, but he breezed on past right into the mayor's office, slamming the door in anyone's face and pulling out his sonic to lock the thing up. Really, people had no idea how helpful he could be!

Spying the large leather chair behind the desk he practically bounced over and plopped down before proceeding to go through the desk drawers.

[hellisforchildren]

Alex had gotten up to get coffee when he found the door locked and sounds of rummaging within. Oh, this is the absolute last thing he needed.

He was angry enough that he had to keep himself from throwing his coffee mug at the door, instead taking a big gulp and setting it down before proceeding to bag on the door. "What the hell is going on in there? Open this fucking door!"

[daft_old_man]

Oh, that's a new voice. With a bright smile the Doctor points his sonic at the lock and with a 'click' the door opens. Of course he continues to sit there going through papers and...what does the mayor need with some of this stuff?

[hellisforchildren]

Alex burst into the room with all the sturm and drang he could manage, His coffee mug was left neglected near the foot of the door.

"Alright, buddy, you better start making with the answe-- What the hell are you doing?"

He stomped up to the desk and started slamming the drawers closed, narrowly missing the doctor's fingers. "Who even are you?"

[daft_old_man]

He spun in the chair as the young man slammed shut the desk drawers. Out came his hand and that smile brightened just a bit. "Mr. Mayor I assume. Hello, I'm the Doctor. Now, from what I can tell this incident is spread over a wide area of the city but seems to effect citizens at random. Unfortunately my colleges have refused to supply me with a child necessary for analysis, so the first thing I need is one effected citizen."

thursday night

[xuffasch]

Damian may have scaled the wall to knock on a window instead of using the front door, which he sees as entirely too orthodox.

[hellisforchildren]

Alex got up when he heard the knocking, but barely peeked through the curtains until he saw who it was. He opened up the window and let the kid in.

"Robin, what brings you around? Got a sitrep for me?"

[xuffasch]

He jumps through the window and into the room, all the while balancing two paper mugs of coffee. Wordlessly, he hands one over to Alex.

"Tt. No reason. Though I'm surprised you haven't gone crazy yet."

[hellisforchildren]

He accepts the coffee with a smile, then taps his forehead with the other hand.

"You think that little of my mental fortitude?"

[xuffasch]

He rolls his eyes, a gesture so exaggerated it's probably visible through his mask.

"It has less to do with you and more so with the situation. But wait, let me guess--you're one of those who loves being in charge."