001 | Video | Day 142

[taserhappy]

[The video feed opens and is fixed on a Darcy that is very much freaking out but trying to pretend like she isn't. Her tone is almost forcefully non-chalant.]

Look, I've said it once and I'll say it again. I am not getting stabbed in the name of science.

[She glances beyond the camera, no doubt taking in the bleak asylum looking surroundings.]

So, uh, whatever the plan is here. Saw or Gothika or Blair Witch... I'm not cool with it. I don't even like horror movies.

[That's a lie. She loves horror movies, but with a bucket of popcorn and the ability to scream at people too dumb to run when they should. Or just plain, GTFO.]

Also, let's get real. I'm not a virgin, but i'm not a total slut, so there's a 50/50 chance I can get out of here alive. Why don't we just skip to the end where I live to tell the tale of the creepy science place. Unless you want me to forget this place even exists. Forgotten.

[She bites her lip.]

Listen, I'll do whatever. Just don't kill me, okay? I've got a lot of living to do. And no one's going to get any points for killing a lowly intern. You should aim higher. Have some standards.

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[bluesrat]

[The face on the screen is middle-aged, lined and narrow, and very concerned.]

Are... you okay? Is somebody there threatening you?

[taserhappy]

[She squints at the screen trying to decide if he has a trustworthy face or not.]

That depends. Are you asking because you want to help or because someone's fallen down on the job?

[bluesrat]

[It's so trustworthy it may be hard to believe, but it's a face that's seen hard times, so he tends to empathize. Now he looks confused, then a little startled.]

I... what? It's just a lot of people here seem to be in trouble when they first arrive, and we've got nobody to help us out but each other.

[taserhappy]

[Darcy squints harder, angling her head away from the camera as if trying to make a final assessment.]

People? As in multiples?

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[blackmagus]

Don't worry, Miss Intern. You should be safe enough for the time being. [Fortescue knows the look of someone who's being too casual, and offers a friendly smile.] And you're not in a cinema, for what it's worth. [Though this would probably make a very interesting film, she imagines.]

[video]

[taserhappy]

Safe enough?

[That's not exactly safe, is it? Still, that smile is a little reassuring at least. She doesn't look like a total psychopath and most B-level movies have psychopaths that are readily recognizable, at least.

Darcy lets out a small sigh of relief.]

If I'm not in a horror flick, then where the hell am I? What is Cape Kore? Should I be checking for my kidneys or something?

[video]

[blackmagus]

It's a scientific facility. That's what we've gathered, at least. I don't know where exactly we are, but we're being studied. Or we were.

[Wrong genre, Darcy.]

Your kidneys should be fine. The only thing they take off us are electronics.

[video]

[taserhappy]

What?

[Cue the phone being momentarily set down so that Darcy can dig furiously through her bag. Yep, her taser has been removed. Along with her phone and her ipod.]

Shit!

[She picks up the phone again, looking more pissed than scared.]

Well, this sucks balls.

[video]

[laevisilaufeyson]

The thought hadn't crossed my mind until you'd mentioned it.

[He lets that sit, head tilted faintly to one side and eyebrows raised just slightly, just enough to account for the verbal omission: but now that you have mentioned it...]

One rather wonders, all the same, why it is that you think anyone would wish to go to the trouble of bringing you all the way here simply to murder you.

[video]

[taserhappy]

Okay...

[Not the kind of response she was hoping for, guy. And now that you've totally creeped her out, have a small frown.]

Why don't we keep it that way, buddy? Out of mind, out of the realm of possibilities, right?

[She furrows her brow.]

Why else would anyone bring me all the way out here to a deserted looking science center, better known as a creepy ass [Hand quotes.]asylum?

[video]

[laevisilaufeyson]

Not to kill you. That would be a spectacular waste of time and resources when the job might just as easily be done in situ. Perhaps -- and I would wager this the more likely answer -- someone thought you might make a particularly good test subject.

[Not I, says this face, and for once it tells the truth.]

So too the rest of us, who are not bound by such motivations, and to whom you have just broadcast your preoccupations.

[video]

[taserhappy]

[Her expression grows more suspicious, but he does have a point. Kind of. Not that this doesn't still sound like the plot to a horror movie.]

Test subject for what?

[And okay, if he's right she probably did just make a fool out of herself, but what conclusions was she supposed to have jumped to?]

[toldinthebook]

I'm not exactly sure what movie this is supposed to be like, but I wouldn't tempt any killing.

[taserhappy]

Tempting? Who said anything about tempting?

[Whoa, whoa. Slow down there. She was going for the opposite.]

I was trying to give them reasons not to kill me.

[toldinthebook]

Yeah? It might not take them much.

[ Not if they were really dedicated to this ]

We're in some science lab.

[taserhappy]

Some creepy ass science lab.

[Sorry, the correction had to be made.]

Like hell I'm going down that hallway with the flickering lights.

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[monticora]

No one is gonna kill you.

[ He pauses to fix the camera angle. He's smiling, but only because he's adjusted to this crappy place. ]

It's more of a group kidnapping. It sucks. Trust me. Worst that's gonna happen is that you'll get bored.

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[taserhappy]

[Oh, hello. Darcy freezes for a moment before reaching up to straighten her glasses.]

Uh huh. Well, I'm a lot less afraid of boredom than death.

[She nods towards the screen.]

Any ideas on what they want with us?

[monticora]

I did get dragged under by a sea monster once. That was when we were topside though. Which seems to no longer be an issue. Still sucks.

[ The ghosts thing was a pain in his ass. The machine was a bitch. This whole place was a bitch. ]

We're basically their lab rats. They push until it hurts.

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[intraining]

I'd definitely say less Blair Witch and more first movie SAW. Only no one is really sure if there's a Jigsaw or not. And with a lot less creepy puppets.

[ dude, if charlie can at least get some kind of understanding on general pop-culture, she'd be the happiest nerd here.

not that there's much competition between nerd-doms, she'd still be really excited. ]

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[taserhappy]

[Finally! Someone who speaks her language.]

If I see a puppet, I'm lighting it on fire, just on principle.

[Never mind that she doesn't have a way to actually carry out that threat. She should probably do something about that.]

They took my taser.

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[intraining]

Probably the best bet, last thing we need is a Chuckie meet-up, am I right?

[ shhhh, details. charlie knows enough people that can light a fire on their own that it's basically like she can do it. ]

They took my ipad. [ a.k.a. she totally gets you. ] They've got this creepy vendetta against tech, from what I've learned.

[video]

[massenergies]

[ At the very familiar sound of Darcy's voice, Jane catches herself smiling. Just a little bit.

Should she be relieved to have another familiar face around or be upset that someone else has been kidnapped and brought here? Now's not the time to figure it out, because she's contacting Darcy before she's sorted everything out in her head. ]

It's not a horror movie, Darcy. [ ...she thinks. ] Everyone's been really helpful so far, don't worry. Where are you?

[ Jane's out the door of the room she'd been nosing around in and charging down the hallway before the last part of Darcy's broadcast finally registers. ]

Wait, you weren't offering me up for a sacrifice, were you?

[ Following the chain of command, she would be right above Darcy. ]

[video]

[taserhappy]

Jane?

[Darcy has never been so happy in her entire life to hear that voice. She smiles wildly.]

Where are you? Is this what being kidnapped for three hours was like. Tell me this isn't Asgard.

[Her smile stalls and then thins.]

Of course not! I meant some SHIELD lackey. Not you. I just meant on principle, if people are going to kill people, they shouldn't kill interns.

But again. Where are you?

[video]

[massenergies]

I was in one of the labs. [ She rolls her eyes, not completely understanding what the reason is for everything to look so similar. ] They all look the same here, so it's hard to tell honestly.

[ Jane approves of any and all suggestions for their captors to torture SHIELD lackeys. ]

Maybe we should start marking the hallways or something...

[ This is said more to herself than to Darcy. She gets a little distracted wondering if someone's drawn a map, but then remembers oh yeah she's doing something important right now. ]

Just leave where you are and start walking. We'll run into each other eventually. I wonder if these things have GPS.