Calibrations Waiting Room Mingle

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WHO: ALL HE ROWS
WHERE: The Secret Tunnel, which has become the Calibrations Waiting Room (or was it always...?)
WHAT: Mingle log for literally anything you'd like to take place in the waiting room between sleep cycles during the event
WHEN: June 3 - July 10
WARNINGS: Please mark individual threads with warnings

For those that have heeded Ga Re's warning, the door within the secret tunnel - which looks suspiciously like the hatch to one of your shuttles - is wide open, waiting for you. You walk through... and the door behind you disappears. You’re now standing in a cavernous, cold, white waiting room. There are hallways leading off the main corridor with names above each. One of them has your name and will draw you toward it, inevitably.

And on the wall, in pink, running letters is written this single greeting:

‘Welcome to Calibrations’.

The secret tunnel has become a large waiting room with chairs, tables, and the same food dispensers available in the shuttles. There are also communal bathrooms - one for each gender - with several toilet stalls and shower stalls in each, including basic shampoo and soap dispensers, like you might find in a hotel. The water isn’t hot, so hopefully you don’t mind lukewarm showers. Somehow, at least, it never goes cold.

Branching off the main waiting room room are the labeled hallways. At the end of each short hallway is a door, with the same character’s name written on them. Anyone can enter any room, regardless of the name written on it. Everyone has their own room, though of course people can share. Each room has a simple bed (approximately queen-sized) and a set of drawers.

You can opt to spend time in your room or in the larger, common waiting room. (And if you do, you can thread it out here!) But every 16 hours, you'll feel a compulsion: You need to sleep. Right now. You find yourself going into your room (or someone else's, if you really want). But you’re drawn to the bed. You can’t help but lie down. And then, you fall asleep.

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[tempredmental]

"Mn... that sounds nice."

Keith hadn't meant to overhear him, but too late now. Besides... expressing a desire for a hot shower wasn't exactly some deep dark secret.

"We do have access to the ships between missions... maybe, once we're out of here, I can use the one on my ship to get that in." He shrugged. "There are also the hot springs, but, if you're looking for privacy, the ships are probably a better bet."

[backoff]

No one means to overhear others. Cloud openly said it even if he didn't mean to. He looks over at Keith while giving a nod to him.

"How do the ships work exactly? I didn't really go back to them prior to ending up in the tunnels." He had other businesses to attend to and keep himself busy. Since he didn't know how else they worked, he didn't really feel the need to go back there.

"I will keep all of this in mind. Ships sound where I would want to be for that." Hot springs weren't really for him, he'll give everyone a ten second countdown before he needed to get out.

[tempredmental]

"Oh, well..." Clearly this wasn't the same Cloud Keith had met previously. He considered it... "The ships only open if you're assigned to them. So, you go over, and there's a panel by the door that you can use to open it. If it's your ship, it'll open up for you. They have showers in there." He shrugged.

"They're not really 'working'... so much as they don't fly unless the Agrii want us to go on a mission. When we're here, they're kind of in like a lockdown mode. I last used the pilot datapoint that's in the hangar, and so I have the knowledge to fly it, but I can't get it off the ground unless the Agrii let us." Keith's tone was annoyed at that part. He wasn't happy at the tease of having a ship, but not being able to take it anywhere.

[backoff]

Cloud didn't know anything about the ships or Keith. He tilts his head to the side as Keith goes to explain. Of course the Agrii hold more power than what had been told to him. Cloud's slowly finding out more and more about them. It feels as if the Agrii hold their cards. Cloud wonders there could be a different outcome to this pulling heroes to a planet that needs saving. "I see. I didn't know that they only open to those assigned to them. I will have to give it a try once we're out of the tunnels."

He considers what Keith said about having the knowledge to fly but not being able to fly them at will. Cloud frowns at that. "Is there anything else that comes with that knowledge of the datapoint? The Agrii seem to hold too much power." And there's not much that they can do about it. Cloud can only take care of what's in front of him for the moment. He wouldn't mind having some extra information on the pilot datapoint.

[tempredmental]

"Yeah, actually. It's more knowledge than having the pilot augment for Drift Fleet had," Keith said. "I can do basic repairs and stuff, too. Like, I know more about how it works, and can sort of fix stuff if it breaks, I guess? Also, I remember all the upgrades the ships had back in Drift Fleet, but none of them have them right now, so it's kind of useless knowledge at the moment." Keith shrugged.

And it was all good, Cloud. Keith didn't mind answering questions. That was easier than, say, making small talk.

[backoff]

Cloud caught the words Drift Fleet. He wonders if there might be more of them here. "I'm not familiar with any of the augment you're talking about. I was told a bit about Drift Fleet." But knowing that repairing and stuff for the ship does hold his interest and he may give it a consideration. "Is there a reason you went for the piloting datapoint?"

Anyone could be curious about that. He looks at Keith studying him a moment before giving an introduction. "My name is Cloud Strife. How long have you been here and how long were you at Drift Fleet?"

[tempredmental]

"I'm Keith. I'm actually a pilot back home, so it felt familiar. Drift Fleet didn't give us a choice like we have here, though. It just assigned us. I guess I was lucky to get something I already knew." As for how long... Keith looked thoughtful for a moment. "I um... a few years now, I guess. It's hard because I went home and came back a few times while I was in Drift Fleet. So time feels a little... mixed up." He shrugged. "As for here... probably a year or so... I was in the first group of arrivals."

[backoff]

"What were the other augments that you could get assigned to in Drift Fleet?" Cloud wondered what other similar events might be happening. Keith and a few others already knew about the calibrations from coming from Drift Fleet. "Did you remember your time from Drift Fleet when you went back home?" Or did he forget? Will this time here be remembered?

He rolls his lips together anxiously. "How many others are left from the first group of arrivals? From how long you've been here, you must have seen people come and go often."

[tempredmental]

"Well... they were all ship-based... so there were things like communications and engineering and piloting... medical, security... stuff like that. There were also 'civilian' roles, like chef and personnel." But then Keith shook his head.

"I never remembered the Fleet back home, but, when I came back, it was all there again. Took a bit of getting used to, and could really mess with your head a bit, and ability to keep track of time."

He took a moment to consider the next question, though.

"I'm not sure, to be honest. I know a good number of people have left, though. The turnover seems... I guess kind of steady. We don't seem to be losing or gaining in number... just swapping people out."