[Open/Closed] All hail the wank storm!

[terreifying]

Characters: Open except for the kitchen, which is closed to Chidori and Maya
Setting: Throughout the Tower and finally in the cafeteria kitchen
Format: Anything goes
Summary: After Rei's network post, Rei's gonna gather some friends to eat popcorn with while enjoying the network chaos
Warnings: None right now

1. All over the Tower

Rei can be spotted on any one of the "outdoor" floors, skipping around happily and peering around for anything that resembles corn. She's really excited for finally getting friends to enjoy something with.

2. Kitchen/Closed to Maya and Chidori

Sadly, there seemed to be no corn in the Tower...yet. But Rei has a backup plan. If there's no popcorn, then make cookies! With that thought, she bounces into the kitchen.

Comments

[terreifying]

She's a girl our age. She has black hair and bangs like yours and she was wearing some traditional jewelry.

[floreatnoctem]

...I haven't spoken to her, but I think I know who you mean.

[Hard to miss someone dressed like that, after all.]

I suppose we can start mixing in the meantime.

[terreifying]

What's her name?

[Rei had never asked her that.]

Mixing sounds good.

[She turns to the ingredients.]

Hm...do we put the eggs in first?

[floreatnoctem]

Don't know.

[Chidori doesn't know everyone.]

Flour first, not eggs.

[terreifying]

[Rei picks up a measuring cup and starts scooping up the flour.]

Are we gonna make only one batch? Or two? Maybe two since we're gonna be be giving them away?

[floreatnoctem]

Two works. I don't think more than that is a wise idea. They might not like it.

[And by 'they' she of course means the tower management.]

[terreifying]

[She laughs and shakes her head.]

Who doesn't like more cookies? I think even Ruana likes sweets, right?

[floreatnoctem]

Yes, but that doesn't mean they'll like us having anything they don't give us. Some of them are a little strange like that.

[terreifying]

[She quickly makes a face.]

We aren't babies.

[She had already rebelled against her "parent" and taken her first step toward growing up.]

And the materials we use came from them. That should be enough.

[floreatnoctem]

[Chidori looks, for a moment, slightly amused.]

No, we're lab rats. That's worse.

[She starts measuring out flour carefully, shrugging.]

They just like to let us think we have any kind of choice in what they wind up doing to us.

[terreifying]

[Rei doesn't know what to say to that, as she had chosen to participate in her first experiment.]

Maybe next time they should make a sign-up sheet. I'd sign up. I'm pretty hard to hurt, after all.

[floreatnoctem]

Most of us here don't want to be experimented on. But if you want to make the suggestion, go ahead. I doubt they'll listen.

[terreifying]

Then I'll pop it into the suggestion box. Next to the request for popcorn.

[floreatnoctem]

...did you really request popcorn?

[terreifying]

Not yet. But I really should. It seems lots of people wanna eat some and I couldn't find corn anywhere.

[floreatnoctem]

I hope they don't wind up giving it to you in an unpleasant way.

[terreifying]

How can corn be unpleasant? Unless each other the kernels held some sort of alien baby?

[floreatnoctem]

You would be surprised.

[Pause, blink.]

...though that doesn't sound like a half-bad idea. Hope they didn't hear it.

[terreifying]

Well, even if they did hear it, would they remember all of it?

[floreatnoctem]

Who knows? I never really understood how they come about their punishments for people.

[terreifying]

Were you ever punished? I haven't been so I don't really know how appropriate the punishments are.

[floreatnoctem]

If I ever was, I never took into consideration the fact that it might not just be another part of whatever experiment was going on.

[terreifying]

[She nods, and cracks some eggs into another bowl.]

Has there actually been anyone who got punished?

[floreatnoctem]

[She pauses in mixing her own ingredients to consider, biting her lip.]

...my brother.

[terreifying]

...Oh.

[She falls silent for a long while, focusing on just the ingredients.]

Is he alright now?