( MEMES ) TEST DRIVE >> 005.

[contagio]

THE TEST DRIVE



Like it or not, you've been dragged from your world into the sanctum. It's a pretty nice city, all things considered--sci-fi, high-tech, glamourous.... Except, of course, for the giant dome encircling it, and the threat of glitching, contaminated zombies at your door. Looks like humanity's built itself a fortress that looks suspiciously like a cage, too. 

The object of this meme is to get people familiar with the world of the Sanctum, and to try to see if their characters would fit in a sci-fi utopia such as this. Here are your options:
1. Intro: Waking Up. Make your intro post, folks. You wake up in a strange place, and get a strange transmission to go with it. There's a pair of glasses connected to some sort of communications network, but otherwise not much else in the room with you. What are you going to do? 

2. Environmental Glitching. Why the hell is it so hot inside the dome? Wasn't it just the perfect temperature yesterday? 

3. Genetic Altering. What it says on the tin. Want a go? Want to suffer the side effects? Want to keep someone you love from getting something done?

4. Memory Glitch. Nobody seems to remember you. Literally. Not your housemates, not your coworkers, not your friends. It's like you never existed.

5. Military Training. Everyone's got to start somewhere. You're training the green folks, maybe you're one of the newcomers yourself. Maybe you haven't even touched a gun before in your life. Either way, you'd better start now.

6. Network Glitches. Strange messages are coming through the network, embedded in posts from other users. Beyond anonymous and completely untraceable, these posters claim that Bifrons has changed more about you than you know. It's suggested that you look into past dealings with Kilo to gain better understanding of what you're up against. Do you investigate?

7. Wildcard. Choose your own adventure or create a cocktail from the presented options! The choice is YOURS.

Comments

Alison Hendrix | Orphan Black | 4

[hotglue]

[ Alison doesn't bother to set her glasses down when she opens up a channel to the network. The view for the observer is that of the sidewalk as she makes her way down the street. ]

Would anyone like to explain to me why in the hell no one seems to remember who I am? I just got sent away from work because my boss had no idea what I was doing there. And no one else recognized me either! Tell me I didn't get stuck in some kind of temporal time loop because that would be a bitch of a thing to add on top of what's already happened to me.

voice

[colorfulapathy]

Maybe they just wanted an excuse to fire you and replace you with a robot double.

[hotglue]

[ She scoffs. ]

I've had enough of doubles, thank you.

[colorfulapathy]

But have they had enough of you?

[hotglue]

[ She laughs. ]

That's, no, that's good. I like that one.

And no, we all work together. Imagine if we didn't, God.

[colorfulapathy]

Then there you go. They took over your place at work and you'll never see your job again.

[hotglue]

Oh, I didn't mean at my job, I meant in life. No, the only one here with me is the crazy one. And that is an adventure in itself.

[colorfulapathy]

This is life. [That much should be obvious, really.] Have you ever thought about how you might be the crazy one?

[hotglue]

There are many levels of crazy.

voice

[goddamngrenades]

...do you have proof that you worked there? Or like. Recordings of yourself on the network?

[hotglue]

Nn, no. I had no idea that's the kind of thing I would need to keep on hand.

[goddamngrenades]

Okay, that's fine. When you got here did you make any broadcasts on the network? I might have them. Prove you've been here.

[hotglue]

Ye-es, and I'd like to think it was rather memorable. I don't suppose you remember ever seeing me either.

[goddamngrenades]

Nope. But it happens sometimes. Usually the person vanishes or gets disappeared when that happens thought so...you're kind of an anomaly- Oh hey there you are.

Okay. They have fucked with everyone's heads. That's- new. You say or do anything recently that might be anti bifrons?

[hotglue]

Are you kidding? Of course not.

[goddamngrenades]

Piss off any of your bosses? Talk to the CoHo?

[hotglue]

Welll...I mean, my boss can be kind of overbearing. I wasn't being, you know, insubordinate, though, I was just speaking my mind.

[goddamngrenades]

About what?

[hotglue]

...Is that important?

[goddamngrenades]

If it got you collectively wiped from the network, yeah.

[hotglue]

It was just about, you know, time pressures for the working mothers in our office. I offered to take some hours for someone and he wasn't having it. But I know what it's like to have kids at home and to need to get back to them. I thought I'd give her that chance.

[goddamngrenades]

...that isn't something that'd get you erased. Admirable, yeah, totally, but not something that gets you vanished.

[hotglue]

I knew it.

So what's going on here?

[goddamngrenades]

Collective glitch, maybe? I can't think of anyone else I've forgotten besides you.

[hotglue]

Collective glitch.

So what now, I put in a request with the help desk and tell them to fix their glitch?

Because let me tell you, it's not so nice being forgotten.