Night 1: Political_Upheaval
The iconic sail-shaped tower at the center of Makuro City loomed grandly on the skyline, its white-bleached exterior proudly showing off the purity of core of those who worked within.
However, tonight would be the first in a series that would tarnish that purity, and as the sun set on the grand metropolis, four figures gathered in a dimly-lit room in a lower level of the factory that most never visited and rarely thought about. Hours later, they filed out again, prepared to enact their wicked plans.
Alarms blared, jolting many a hero from their recharging stations. As they rushed down the elevator chutes to mission control, the cause for the alarm became clear – Lockdown had been activated; every door was sealed, and many of the normal systems had stopped entirely. Zib and Quatl ran around the control center, frantically pushing buttons and checking computer screens. “Something’s overriding me; I can’t stop it, and I can’t look to see what the problem is!”
“Could you at least cut the alarm?” One veteran hero complained, and a few moments later, the building had settled into relative silence once more.
It took another half-hour, but Zib was finally able to restore interior monitoring. The gathered heroes peered over his shoulders as he toggled through various security camera feeds. There was nothing notable showing up yet.
Click. Hall.
Click. Atrium.
Click. Dismembered Hero.
Clic-
Wait, what? Zib quickly switched back to the previous view, and everyone gasped at the grisly scene. In the simulation chamber, a pile of metal and servos sat in the middle of the bright white floor; an enhancement of the scene showed a Quaza Crystal, cracked neatly down the middle, sitting atop the wreckage. The armour pieces were a mixture of black, white, and lime green, and on a nearby wall was a dried splotch of green goo, imprinted with another hero’s form.
Nathan Slimer, (@Political_Slime) Hero, killed by Undercover Villain
It took a long moment for the shock to wear off – the notion that another hero could turn on them like this was unthinkable! However, it took a much shorter period of time to round up a group of suspects.
@Nicholas_Vantastic: Has remained oddly chipper even after this shocking revelation, claims to just be trying to keep the mood light, man.
@CaptRanakiPakewa: Seen lurking about more remote corners of the factory, claims to have been looking for some memory drives he’d lost down there some time ago.
@MT_Zehvor: Uses an extremely sharp sword as primary weapon, claims to have been recharging all night after his own apparently rather exhausting Catch ‘Em And Cuff ‘Em mission.
@Greencapps: Arrived only after the alarms were shut off, claims to have sensory issues.
It was decided that one of these heroes had to be the imposter, and so would be sentenced to execution – if they could disable whatever was keeping the lockdown procedure active first, questions could be asked later.
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