Down The Rabbit Hole (Alice/Assignment)

[Emily Suddenfield]

OOC: Alice Scevidinia

Emily was seated in the school library. She was watching, frame by frame, the video she'd stolen from the restricted section months ago. Of the Administrator and some girl. A girl with black hair, screaming....she needed to sort out who this was, quickly. Asiv was not forthcoming with his answers.

She would scribble some notes in her notepad, understanding that no one...no one at this school was barking up the tree she was. It was on her shoulders- it was why she left the Captain title behind. Well, part of it. She also came to the realization that nobody would come to look at her as their leader. She was just an element of control to the populace, someone to fear. They needed a Captain that would rally the people. Krane...may or may not be that person.

She sighed, leaning back and looking around her.

It just felt like too much.

[Alice Scevidinia]

Ah, the library- a lovely place to spend time in between classes. While stories and standard literature always bored the young blonde, music books, logic puzzles, and wordy science books were more her cup of tea. The library had it all! The tiniest recording of a scream could be heard, however, which drove Alice to turn the bookshelf corner to see the former school captain writing something down. "Did you hear that?" the girl whispered- as it was a library-, referring to the noise from before. Naturally, she was very curious as to what had just been watched or listened to. Hopefully, Emily would provide some answers.

[Emily Suddenfield]

Em looked up at the voice- ah, the girl from the other day. she was the only one that knew Emily was the masked fighter from the assault on 259. And that was done on purpose- Emily had plans laid out, but it would be difficult without partnerships. She didn't know this female, but judging by the tentative nature of her and her compatriot, she assumed them to be fighters and somewhat intelligent. Good first alliances for the Gang she was planning.

She brought up a hand and gestured the girl forward.

"C'mere."

She'd come around to see Em removing, cleaning off the DVD and putting it back in.

Feb 11, 2016 19:38:28 GMT -8 Zack Asiv said:

Putting in the DVD and hitting play however would show a seemingly old video as the date on the bottom was around ten years ago.

A man in a grey suit with slicked back blonde hair and a sweet looking goatee would be standing on a podium.

"Welcome students, I am Mr. Dimir. I will be this schools Supervisor over looking the elected Pillar System, along with #260, #552, #1368, #312, and many others. So we will bring up your School Captain Zack Asiv to elect his first P-"

The video jumps to another date about a week later. It fades in on a young Asiv training with a young Victor Kaar, they seem really into the fight, but laughing as if they were just playing. The video jumps quickly flashing a scene of someone wearing a white tank top covered in blood screaming, before flashing to a new date, showing Asiv and someone else with a black cloth face mask covering the lower half of his face visiting a hospitalized Victor. He seems conscious and laughing while they talk shit about the fight he was in. It flashes to the date of the riot, Asiv is being held down as some sort of odd injector is put over his right eye, spraying an odd red mist into it. It glows red soon after and the camera is slapped to the side as he lets out a scream. The video ends.

The scream is almost identical to the flashed image.

Once it was done, Alice would note Em was leaning back with her arms folded, staring at the screen before gesturing.

"I stole this from the archives, restricted section. I have been suspicious of the going-on's of this school for quite some time. After seeing this....I know there must be more than meets the eye to this place. Everyone is just too wrapped up in the bullshit of the Pillars and SHCP to see it. Which may be part of the plan."

[Alice Scevidinia]

Alice moved over towards Emily and observed the video quietly, lips pursed and expression not showing any sign of reaction or expression. The red mist and injector... the screaming. She crossed her own arms, but held back any solid response as she thought about it. Zack Asiv... he was the supervisor, right? She wanted to ask Emily specifically what was going on, but it would be a stupid question, as obviously that was what the former school captain was trying to find out. "Interesting and confusing," she stated, musing on her own opinions on the video she just watched. "What do you suspect, and what have you calculated so far?" Alice continued. It was hard to jump right into this, not even knowing the context or any past knowledge. She was given a single piece of a puzzle, and could not assume the big picture just from that alone.

[Emily Suddenfield]

Emily would reach over and tab back to the tank-top wearing screaming individual and pause.

"Well, I've guessed that was Asiv." She would roll the time back to Dimir. "This man, Dimir, sold the Pillar and corporal punishment system in tandem. The idea being to break students using four of the strongest, to both establish order and do his bidding in general. In return they'd likely reap rewards such as money, power over others and grade bumping. I have no proof- just guesswork." 

She rolled the tape back to Asiv face down, getting sprayed.

"Now, this red mist....makes me think of the last time I fought Asiv. He bled red from the eyes and his strength became immense. Whatever they did to him gave him power. I have yet to figure out what they took in return but...it connects with someplace called the "Correctional Facility", which I assume is the state-funded one. I've been trying to dig up what I can, but Asiv has been incredibly tight lipped about it, likely due to my position as School Captain. It's one of the reasons I resigned the post."

Emily would look to Alice.

"I'm telling you this because I'd like your help with something."