Aftermath [locked to everyone except Kokichi, Mac, and Price]

[piper90npcs]

Hi Hey hi, uh, so I reached out to Lonestar because I wanted to talk to all of you.

I wanted to thank you.

Because, well, I just found out what happened at the...project. With the reality alteration anomaly? Which sounds terrifying! By the way! And you had every reason to make sure the scientists and soldiers involved had a little "accident," because what they were doing was horrendous.

[Quotey fingers.]

But she said you brought them all home safe and I don't care if it was because of being morally opposed to, y'know, murder or not wanted to get in trouble. Either way, I wanted you to know it was a big deal.

She actually got sent to the project because Boyle just reaaally doesn't like her but she's the only K we have in the labs, which means she's the only one that can help you there? And that's where the shock collar assembly is locked away.

And since she warned corporate about the risk of the project losing containment, and tried to get it shut down, and then it did lose containment, so she looked right, now she's in better standing. And they'll probably keep her in the labs instead of trying to send her off-rig again. Which can help all of you.

[He gestures for someone to get in frame and a nervous-looking woman in a lab coat shuffles over.]



[They'll recognize her: It's one of the Jorg scientists that was rescued from Darlington.]

This is Other K. She's the reason the project failed. When she couldn't convince Jorgmund to shut it down, she sabotaged the shield machine because she knew you'd probably get sent in and might actually put a stop to what was happening there.

[Other K waves nervously at the camera, looking like she'd rather die than be the center of attention.]

An Announcement

[piper90npcs]

[Celeste shows up on their screens, bright-eyed and as perky as ever.]

Good afternoon, humans and folks,

I come to you radiant with exciting news about your karmic reward for succeeding at your mission. As you must know by now, success is a manifestation of your energies, and as a gesture of acknowledgment towards the Jorgmund staff you brought home safely, we at the Jorgmund would like to gift you with access to one of most ancient, powerful and resilient energies in the cosmos: that of water.

As of right now, every one of you will find your showers working. Hot and cold running water to take your burdens and give you the juicy muscle relaxation you need to perform intensive self-care.

[Well, more like "lukewarm and cold."]

Except for Wrath. Apparently there's a plumbing issue with your quarters and all the water is freezing? Maybe this is a lesson from the cosmos, a reminder that you might have some more groundfloor foundational work to do on your channels before you can really enjoy the benefit of aquatic self-care.

[Poor Wrath, and poor her roommates.]

[Might have something to do with shaking a scientist. Hiccup got off the hook for mouthing off at the same scientist only because Gambit worked a little mojo.]

Now, I would like to make sure that everyone approaches this gift with the right aura, because, as I mentioned, we are talking about manifesting abundance and success, not just having things handed to us. There may be some slight issues with water temperature, which I encourage you to reframe from a "problem" to a "learning experience" or a "tangible lesson". When the universe gives us discomfort, it's a call to search inside for our places to improve and rise up as growing, evolving creatures.

The executive team would also like to remind you that using another New Hire's showers is prohibited, due to certain regulations against possible incidents of fraternization. Additionally, the group showers are currently closed for maintenance while work crew repairs them. It's best to make sure there's no false impressions of impropriety.

That's not all, though. The Jorgmund leadership has also seen the ways that you can grow as individuals and wants to nurture your inner creative spirits. Your afternoons will have a new block of activities: clubs!

[Because they now realize you guys all apparently know how to work together to solve the kinds of big fucking problems they're stumped by or even accidentally cause, and they want to tire you all out.]

You'll find a list of possible clubs to join, that will allow you to participate in social meet-ups with fellow Jorgmund staffers and develop into more multi-faceted beings. You'll get to mingle with new friends outside of your fellow New Hires, because diversity is a strength.

Joining a club so you have an extra activity period every day is mandatory, though we'll make sure you all have plenty of time to train and also enjoy things like my meditation classes.

And before I sign off, I'd like to instruct everyone on a breathing exercise to try in your new private showers. Place your hands at rest below your navel, with your palms up, as if they were bowls to capture the memories the water carries as it rushes over you. Take deep breaths and imagine all your worries as a ball of light. Swallow. Feel the light travel down your esophagus to your digestive system. Feel how gravity unites both you, and the water, so that you can begin your day in a cleansed, productive mood, ready to be part of your family here at the Jorgmund.