Jacob- Goodbye
Nora- And Jacob
(Jacob looks back at her)
Nora- Have a good day
(The door closes behind Jacob)
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?- The “Recruitment Program'', a way for new personnel to be initiated into The Enterprise but unlike most occupations, who mainly get their staff voluntarily, The Enterprise gets most of its employees from…
(Several buses pull into The Enterprise parking lot unloading prisoners in jumpsuits being led by police)
?- …Life-sentence to Death row inmates
(The prisoners are led into the building by Enterprise personnel who lead them through a different entrance on the side of the building labeled “Recruitment”. As they are led into the building some are amazed at the sheer scale of the place. All of the inmates are lined up in rows of 10 and by the end of it there are 348 inmates all together)
[A/U: R/B = Red and Black tie]
R/B Associate- ATTENTION!
(All the prisoners look to the front)
R/B Associate- AS WE PROCEED WITH THE “RECRUITMENT PROCESS” CHIEF RAYLEIGH WILL GIVE A SPEECH TO WELCOME YOU ALL INTO THE ENTERPRISE, AS SHE BEGINS TO SPEAK DO NOT INTERRUPT AND DO NOT SPEAK UNLESS EXPRESSLY SPOKEN TO, NOW WITHOUT FURTHER INSTRUCTION I PRESENT: NORA ISACC RAYLEIGH
(The prisoners begin to see Nora walking down through an appearing staircase; she goes to the mic and begins to talk)
Nora- WELCOME NEW ASSOCIATES OF THE ENTERPRISE I AM GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE DECIDED TO TURN YOUR PATHETIC LIVES AROUND AND TO BECOME LESS OF A BURDEN ON SOCIETY
(A lot of the inmates don’t take that statement lightly)
Nora- AS YOU MAY KNOW THIS CHANCE TO BE IN THE ENTERPRISE ONLY COMES ONCE A YEAR AND SINCE IT WOULD BE A WASTE TO HAVE YOU DIE WITH NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT, WE CREATED THIS PROGRAM TO NOT ONLY RECUPERATE OUR LOST PERSONNEL BUT AS TO OFFER YOU A SECOND CHANCE, NOW OFFICERS IF YOU WOULD *gestures to the police*
(The officers go to each inmate, gives them a piece of paper and then takes off their cuffs)
Inmate 1- *in head* Why would they take off the cuffs?
Nora- NOW, I AM LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE BASICS OF WHAT THIS JOB ENTAILS, ALL THOSE STRANGE OCCURRENCES THAT YOU HAVE EITHER WITNESSED OR HEARD OVER THE YEARS, WILL BE IN YOUR CARE TO CONTAIN AND RESEARCH FOR THE BETTERMENT OF MANKIND; THIS JOB WILL BE PERILOUS AND MANY OF YOU MAY DIE BUT YOU PROBABLY KNEW THIS CONSIDERING YOU WERE ALREADY FATED FOR THAT ANYWAY. ANY QUESTIONS?
(Everyone is silent)
Nora- GOOD NOW LET’S BEGIN
(Nora puts her hand forward and closes her eyes)
Nora- ✡︎□︎◆︎ ⬧︎♒︎♋︎●︎●︎ ♌︎♏︎ ♌︎□︎◆︎■︎♎︎ ♌︎⍓︎ ⧫︎♒︎♏︎ ◆︎■︎♓︎❖︎♏︎❒︎⬧︎♋︎●︎ □︎❒︎♎︎♏︎❒︎ ♋︎■︎♎︎ ⬥︎♓︎●︎●︎ ♌︎♏︎ ⬧︎◆︎♌︎🙰♏︎♍︎⧫︎ ⧫︎□︎ ⧫︎♒︎♓︎■︎♏︎ ⬧︎♏︎❒︎❖︎♓︎♍︎♏︎ ◆︎■︎⧫︎♓︎●︎ ⧫︎♒︎♓︎■︎♏︎ ♎︎♏︎♋︎⧫︎♒︎ ♍︎□︎❍︎♏︎ ⧫︎□︎ ♐︎❒︎◆︎♓︎⧫︎♓︎□︎■︎📬︎ ☞︎□︎❒︎ ⧫︎♒︎♏︎ ♐︎□︎◆︎■︎♎︎♋︎⧫︎♓︎□︎■︎⬧︎ □︎♐︎ ❒︎♏︎♋︎●︎♓︎⧫︎⍓︎ ♋︎❒︎♏︎ ♐︎♓︎♍︎🙵●︎♏︎ 🙰◆︎⬧︎⧫︎ ♋︎⬧︎ ⍓︎□︎◆︎❒︎ ●︎♓︎❖︎♏︎⬧︎📬︎ [A/N translation: You shall be bound by the universal order and will be subject to thine service until thine death come to fruition. For the foundations of reality are fickle just as your lives.]
(A red marking appears on all of the inmates backs and then disappears)
Nora- NOW THE SCORING YOU’VE BEEN GIVEN ON YOUR PAPER WILL TELL YOU WHICH ASSOCIATE YOU WILL BE ASSIGNED TO AND NOW THE AVAILABLE ASSOCIATES WILL PRESENT THEMSELVES; RED AND BLACKS?
(The R/B tie associates walk up on the extended podium. There are a total of 7; 4 male 3 female)
Jacob- *raises hand* JACOB ABER MAVERICK
David- *raises hand* DAVID BARCLAY
(Next was a buff, olive skinned, old man with a bald head, green eyes and long gray beard he was about about 5 inches taller than Jacob)
Gennady- *raises hand* GENNADY TILO WULF
(The next was a smaller brown skin man,darker than Jacob), with earrings, a small afro, gray eyes and an up tight demeanor)
Enzokuhle- *raises hand* ENZOKUHLE ATTWATER
(The next was a woman as tall as David, with dark skin, brown eyes and her hair tied in a bun)
Janis- *raises hand* JANIS ISABELLA BURKE
(The next was a shorter girl with red hair, being split into 2 cornrows, similar to Nora’s, with pale skin and a more relaxed demeanor)
Shannon- *raises hand* SHANNON EVEREST
(The last girl was the shortest of the R/B ties, she was asian in appearance, with long black hair that flowed down with one lock on her forehead and black eyes)
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Yuina- *raises hand* YUINA HAGIHARA
Nora- NOW THE BLUE TIE ASSOCIATES
(There are 80 blue tie associates present and after they all say their names Nora proceeds with the program)
Nora- NOW GO TO YOUR ASSIGNED ASSOCIATE AND THEY’LL GUIDE YOU THROUGH YOUR FIRST DAY
(Jacob just stands there with a scowl on his face which David takes notice of)
David- *sigh/whispers* Try to lighten up man
Jacob- No
(David just rolls his eye at his behavior. After a bit of time a girl with a scar on her face, hair in a ponytail and a few tattoos,walks up to Jacob)
?- You Jacob?
Jacob- Yeah
?- Guess I’m with you then
Jacob- Ok, stand here
(She then stands behind him as a man with white skin, a bald head, faint beard and a missing tooth, comes up to Jacob and stands behind him)
Jacob- *in head* Seems he read the assignment
(After another man with brown skin, short hair and a small tattoo, and another woman with tan-ish skin, long black hair and a nonchalant expression, came up to him everyone stopped buzzing around and have found their assigned associate)
Jacob- Alright nice even split we got here, could I see your papers
(All 4 of them give their papers up)
Jacob- *looks between them and the papers* Ok so your Sara, Phil, Deonte and Rosalin
All- Yep
Jacob- Ok come with me
(Jacob leads them through the main building of The Enterprise and then to Sector 7: Containment)
Jacob- Make sure to follow me and to not get lost
Rosalin- Uhm, Mr. Maverick I heard someone call your name I sounded urgent
(Jacob looks at the group skeptically for a bit)
Jacob- Alright I’ll be back, don’t touch anything
(Jacob leaves)
Rosalin- *smirking* Wow I can’t believe he fell for that
Phil- How could a dumbass like that work in this place?
Rosalin- Doesn’t matter *looks around* you guys wanna scope this place out
Phil- Yeah
Sara- Sure
Deonte- I’m in
Rosalin- Alright
(They go through the containment sector and Deonte gets a bad feeling)
Deonte- Hey, don’t you guys think it’s weird how unguarded this place is
(Sara looks around and notices that there are next to no associates where they are)
Sara- Yeah it’s weird
Rosalin- That means more peeping time for us
(They get to a door that reads “O-77” and Rosalin peers inside)
Rosalin- Yo guys let’s check this out
Sara- What makes you think we're gonna be able to go in there?
(Rosalin then pulls on the door and it opens with little resistance)
Rosalin- *confused* Wow that was easier than I thought
Deonte- I don’t trust this
Phil- I’m with Deonte on this one
Rosalin- Stop being such fuckin pussies and come on nothing’s gonna happen
Sara- But-
Rosalin- C’mon gurl, 7 is a lucky number anyway and this one’s got 2 of ‘em
(They all go into the room and see a weird triangle/trident/staircase shaped thing with many weird colors and textures all over it)
?-Idiots
Sara- Alright so we’ve seen it let’s go *turns around but looks behind her* guys?
(Rosalin keeps going closer to it)
Sara- ROSALIN-
(Rosalin then touches the weird triangle thing and starts to get sucked into it)
Rosalin- PULL ME OUT PULL ME OUT!
(Phil and Deonte rush to try and pull her out but she gets sucked in. Then Phil and Deonte meet a grim fate as Phil gets burned alive not being able to scream much before becoming a singed husk of his former self and Deonte gets turned into a pile of writhing flesh that looks at Sara. Sara throws up after witnessing this and hobbles her way out of the cell)
?- *nonchalant* Seems like they didn’t make it
(Sara looks to her right and sees Jacob casually leaning up against the railing)
Jacob- At least you have some manner of brains up here *points at his head* or just dumb luck
Sara- *horrified* What. The fuck. Was that!
(Jacob takes out his phone and ignores Sara)
Jacob- *ringing/someone picks up* Hey Séphora, you and Akoni are gonna need to come down to O-77’s cell, got some new test data for you *hangs up*
(Sara runs up to Jacob and grabs him by his suit jacket)
Sara- ANSWER ME ASSHOLE!
Jacob- *nonchalant* You mean that? That was just your friends
Sara- *angry* WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM!
Jacob- You know as well as me
(Sara then lets go of him and goes into thought for a bit)
Jacob- *unbothered/fixing his suit jacket* You guys might just be the dumbest group I’ve ever had
Sara- *snapping out of it* WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY!?
Jacob- I’m not wrong, am I? Why do you think I left you behind to go find who “called my name”? You think I would just fall for that? Why do you think the door was just left unlocked, for your benefit? *gets in Sara’s face* No. This was a test and you barely managed to pass it
(Sara then backs up from him and balls up on the floor)
Sara- But they were my friends
(Sara then hears a piece of paper being unfolded)
Jacob- Rosalin Faudel…convicted of mass genocide, kidnapping, rape and manslaughter; sentence Death penalty
(Jacob whips out another piece of paper)
Jacob-Phil Conners convicted of illegal drug trade, arson *looks into O-77’s cell* hm fitting,and assassination of a congressman; sentence Death penalty
(Whips out another)
Jacob- Deonte Berlise Hendricks Thorton convicted of aggravated property damage, hate crimes, torture, terrorism and piracy
(Pulls out one more sheet of paper)
Jacob- Sara Lee…convicted of illegal drug trade; “birds of a feather” I guess, human trafficking, kidnapping, severe extortion, fraud and robbery
(Jacob then puts the papers away)
Jacob- Such bad people and only one of them survives *crouches down next to Sara* I’d say it’s well deserved
Sara- Shut up
Jacob- Looking at your paper, I’m surprised your so shaken up “human trafficking, kidnapping”, I wonder what happened to those people you sold, couldn’t have been good
Sara- Stop
Jacob- And what about the kidnappings I wonder what you may have did to them, maybe the extortion is part of that or the drug trade and then robbery, huh, it must be money that drives you
(Sara stiffens a bit)
Jacob- *Standing back up/crossing arms* I guess I’m right, *its silent for a bit* so you're one of those guys, huh, the ones that have this flippant attitude or inflated ego up until you have your crimes laid out to you and you become a weep mess, figures
(They stay in silence for a bit until Sara begins to speak)
Sara- W-What is this place…
(Jacob looks at her, leans back on the railing and then sighs)
Jacob- The Enterprise
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Case File
O-77
Object/Organism/Oddity
Name: “The Contradiction/Paradox”
Gender (If applicable): N/A
Species (If known): N/A
Age (If known): N/A
Height: 2 ft (0.6096) [variable]
History: The oddity was found in D-5 after research teams were sent out for a third exhibition of the area. Enterprise personnel found O-77 on a pedestal-like structure deep in D-5’s domain. When being retrieved Associate Ulysus Bermini fell victim to it as he was liquified upon touching O-77. Precautions have been taken so that this does not again transpire.
Description: This object is described as "the manifestation of a contradiction." It is a portal/wall its 1D/2D/3D/4D/5D its tangible and intangible it's there and not there it's bright and dark it's tough and brittle it's alive and dead etc.
Ability: The object's shape varies from the Penrose triangle, impossible trident, Penrose stairs, impossible cube, and other impossible shapes with no defined area or mass or even presence. During testing it has been known to grant, harm or kill individuals. The results seem to be random to anyone who comes in contact with it. It doesn’t seem to have any motive and seems to just exist as is.
Containment procedures: O-77 is to be monitored constantly and cannot be touched with physical contact lest you be put in another dimension or what not. Its danger level is between Purple and Brown but could be Red/Black so it's closely monitored.
Transporting procedures: O-77 is to be transported in its standard tungsten-bullet proof casing and is to not be tampered with under any circumstances unless approved by head research Séphora Reed, Akoni Montaque, by Chief Nora I. Rayleigh herself or at minimum R/B tie clearance