Peace Week

[mockmods]

[So, with introductions made, you're all left to your own devices for the time being. Explore, make friends, try not to go insane in your new surroundings. Maybe organize a game of that Trailseeker thing? Your time is your own.]

[You are woken every day at 7:30 AM by the same robotic voice that woke you on day one. At 11pm each night, a similar message plays reminding everyone about the start of quiet hours and dimming the lights.]

[If you want to talk to Penny, she can be found in the Security Office if she's not anywhere else in the Facility. Office hours appear to be whenever.]

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday

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[mockmods]

[You know how in cartoons, when someone sets off a stick of dynamite and it leaves a little outline of them against a wall or whatever?]

[This isn't really anything like that, but it might be kind of similar if you squint, and ignore the smell of burned human.]

The Trusty overstepped his boundaries. The Assistant failed to effectively dissuade him from future transgressions, so I stepped in personally. Is that sufficient explanation for you, Shounen?

[mightdoriya]

[Izuku listens to the voice as it explains to him what happened, but only...sort of. He doesn't come any closer to the site of the blast, because he doesn't really have to to see that someone just died and he will not be going any closer than this, thank you. Actually...the one thing keeping him anchored is the fact he's being spoken to, and he has someone to answer. So he does, quickly, his voice clipped and his feet rooted to the floor.] What did he...do to overstep boundaries? [What on earth did he do to deserve being blown up on the spot, basically. Adreniline is also a hell of a thing for Izuku, as it tends to be, so it's likely the full gravity of what just happened isn't going to hit him until he's coming down from that.]

[mockmods]

[Please, Izuku. Incinerated, not blown up. Possibly vaporized. ...By a very large explosive fireball.]

He was attempting to force access to a locked area of the Facility.

[All this still in the same pleasant tones that have informed everyone of the start and end of the day in your time here, like the Researcher is just discussing the weather.]

[mightdoriya]

[Hey guess what, shut up, blown up incinerated either way you just killed a guy, man Izuku takes a shaky breath through gritted teeth, his mind racing.] Is it against any rules to be here right now? Are you going to do this to anyone else?

[mockmods]

Don't forget who makes the rules, Shounen.

[And at that instant, everyone's electronic ID's chime. There's been an update.]

I had thought that not engaging in breaking and entering would be considered common sense, but perhaps I overestimated you all. I will be more specific in the future.

[mightdoriya]

[He was juust about to ask about that little oversight. Turns out that it's not one at all.] The rules said we could explore freely. If he tried to break down the door then I'll concede to being wrong on that, but otherwise...I don't see much point in even having certain rules if you're just going to change them. [Izuku isn't going to stand there and say that breaking into the locked room was a smart idea, but...it would at least have potentially gotten them some kind of information. He can understand where the thought was coming from.]

[mockmods]

And you have been allowed to freely explore the unlocked areas of the facility. I can easily remove the rule if you find it too confusing.

Damage to Facility property is also forbidden. Picking a lock can be quite damaging.

[mightdoriya]

[Izuku's hands ball into fists, staying stiff at his sides.] And should we assume "punishment" means immediate death? [Just so we're clear, and all. This death was...needless. Pointless. Even if he was getting into something he shouldn't have...he'd done nothing to deserve such a horrific demise.]

[mockmods]

I am told being prepared for the worst means one will rarely be disappointed.

A trite aphorism, but generally correct.

[mockmods]

...that means yes, you should assume punishment to mean death, Shounen. Or more accurately, not all punishments may be death but any punishment may be death.

As I said, I will attempt to be more specific.

[mightdoriya]

[He sucks in another breath, one that's sharp enough that it's accompanied with a soft "tch". He's not going to argue that or anything, though. He asked for clarification and he got it.] Please make sure that you are so this doesn't happen again.

[mockmods]

[The electronic IDs chime again.]