august mingle;

[thecommissary]

This is the general mingle log for August. Feel free to post open top levels for: new arrivals, job duties, general hanging out in common spaces, bonding with your block, and anything else you can think of. There will not be a catch all for the event, so you can put event starters here or in their own separate log!

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[shinra_dog]

"It's nothing."

The words came out fast, practiced, habitual. After another moment, though, Reno rolled his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Actually, fuck it."

He sighed, squared his shoulders, and shifted on the stairs to better face her where he sat. "Okay, Shinra -- where I worked -- we had some pretty advanced VR systems in the works. They were still prototypes, but they could connect multiple people in a single simulation. Usually it was just used for combat training sims..."

He shrugged. "Now just 'cause Shinra is gone doesn't mean that sort a' tech doesn't still exist, and... well that's the only thing I can think of that makes sense."

[killersong]

"So in English, that would be..." Dinah's not down with all the tech talk. She's not exactly ever been in the position to have computers and stuff. But she's beginning to grasp what he means."So like a computer program?"
Maybe not?

"So this is all a computer game?" She swigs her drink again. "The hell would they put a load of criminals in a computer game for?"

[shinra_dog]

"Well..." Reno squinted, then visibly gave up. "Close enough. And I dunno. Free research? We ain't exactly paid participants. There must be some kinda purpose to it."

He glanced around the club again, looking at the lights, the dancers, the different structures.

"I mean, why else would we be having this shared experience? You don't really believe people can naturally share dreams, do you?"

[killersong]

"Can the prison do that? Force us to take part in their fucking research?"

Without even asking any of the prisoners if they want to do it? Isn't that a violation of privacy? Then again, they've all been strip searched god knows how many times. Perhaps privacy isn't a thing in prison?

"I don't know what to think any more. I thought I was a good person for a long time... or at least, not a bad person." She shrugs unhappily. "I guess that's not true either."

[shinra_dog]

He shrugged again. "Might makes right, an' all that. You have enough power an' influence, you can do whatever you want -- 'til you don't anymore." He scoffed. "I know I ain't a good person. I sure as fuck belong here."

Aquamarine eyes looked back over Dinah with curiosity. "So why would a not-bad person end up in a place like Obsidian? What's your story?"