[Day 8 - Early Morning] The Dollhouse (???)

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After an abrupt stunning and a good night's sleep, Nadia would awake to feel rather sore and the concrete ground did absolutely no favours. The light was rather dim in this room and she could perhaps get the faint scene of mildew before she opened her eyes. She was without her possessions, including her PAD and with it, her connection to the Network. It looked like a locker room of sorts with three shower enclosures, much of the glass caked with scum and calcium build-up over the years without a good clean-up. There was also an equal amount of sinks and stalls. There were a set of lockers closest to the single metal sliding door that would lead to the room, all of the doors were open and they were stripped of all contents. There was a crate in the room, filled with a few plastic water bottles and several packs of liquid rations, both with straws built-in for easy consumption on Luna. The ration packs seemed to be daily nutrition for Henry Line clones, high in protein and necessary fat for their highly physical bodies.

Nadia wasn't tied up and was free to move. However, she would find out that she wasn't the only person in the room. There were three others, some sitting on the benches and seemingly resigned to their fate. From what Nadia could see of them, they were all clones.



There was a red-hair Malloy line woman, the sort of clone found in every Malloy family of restaurants and pubs. They came in both male and female, all of them with that ridiculous Irish accent. She sat with armed crossed, looking a mix between upset and fearful.



A Tenma, a driver and delivery clone. He sat there with slouched shoulders and looking almost catatonic with no idea of what to do.



The last clone was from the Cordova line, used in high-end restaurants and customer service. He would approach her directly and would offer a hand directly to stand. "Are you all right?" He would ask smoothly with a slight suave air about him. Considering his situation, it wasn't his intention to sound this way but conditioning was hard to turn off.

[Nadia Avaline]

Nadia wouldn't accept the hand right away, taking it all in was a slow process for her and she was still lightly rubbing at the spot where she'd smacked herself against the shop stall that never was. A few more seconds of that idle processing however, and she'd focus in on his hand. Taking it, coming to a stand.

"I do not know.." she says, glancing around the room. That detachment in her tone which wasn't quite conditioned in, but wasn't conditioned out and came more naturally after her time with Elizabeth held true. Standing tall, appearing somewhat proper despite the circumstance. Without access to her PAD she gave a cursory glance seeking out public access points, but the rest of the situation certainly wasn't suggesting such a thing would be likely.

"I am confused."

[Boogiepop]

There weren't any public access points, unfortunately. The closest thing was perhaps the terminal where employees were check-in but that was deactivated for Nadia to even consider the tethering process in making the terminal link with her BMI to have Network access.


Felix Cordova

The clone would help her stand to her feet and lead her toward the bench where the other clones were seated if she was willing to join them. They didn't seem to pay much attention to Nadia or regard her, perhaps more concerned about themselves or a bit lost in their lack of purpose. The clone would give her a small smile in an attempt to reassure her. The way he moved certainly seemed to have less practice in it, less 'automatic'. Despite not being in a job where he was serving a table, he seemed fine with the unusual circumstance to a point. Much like how humans normally are able to adapt.

"That would make all of us. We saw them bring you out here in the middle of the night," he said with a gesture to the door before putting a hand to his chest to introduce himself. "I'm Felix, Cordova line. I'm not familiar with your line. We thought you were somebody else at first."

Somebody else, being human.

[Nadia Avaline]

"Avaline series, meant for systems operations for defense and construction," she rattles off with the cadence of a practiced tag line. Taking the seat that she was brought over toward she takes another moment to look around the room with a renewed sense bought on by her progress in processing everything. Focus first placed along the faces, marking each of the different types of clones present before eventually working her way toward the door where her gaze lingered a moment.

"There aren't any access points," she reports, distant. Looking to Felix she observes him for a moment, a slight technological zoom of her eyes focusing in on him, "I'm Nadia"

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Felix Cordova

"A pleasure to meet you Nadia...well, in the circumstances that we're in." He offered an apologetic smile and followed her gaze to the door. "We're not getting out that way unless they want us out. It's a tight spot and we tried the vents too and they're barred up completely. It doesn't look like this is their first time doing something like this, especially with all of the trouble of moving us around all over the place. We don't know it for sure but we had a very good idea that we're probably not on Earth right now. The air is pretty stale and everything feels completely off."

[Nadia Avaline]

Nadia's brow furrows a bit at the revelation, glancing around the faces once more. Shaking her head a little, "No, you are not on Earth. You've been brought to Heinlein from Earth which seems.. strange," she says, trying to parse understanding from it but the reasons of such individuals were certainly beyond an individual such as herself. No matter toward how intelligent she might be, the reasonings people do things was often beyond her.

"Why?" she asks, looking to Felix as if he might have that answer as well.

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Felix Cordova

Felix had his mouth agape at the mention of Heinlein finding it to be a rather shocking turn of events on the matter, his eyes did look a bit bewildered as he looked around the room. It was a long way from home. A long way from any possible freedom.

It was perhaps a moment before Felix could collect himself with a shake of his head, letting out an exasperated breath at this. He crossed his arms and got to thinking for a bit. "...Why? I don't know...I don't think they're with Jinteki at all. Before all of this, I was caught and the warranty department at Jinteki deemed that it was better to replace me than recondition me. That was basically supposed to be the end of the line and they took me to be 'recycled' but then I was led to the back exit and someone put a black bag over my head then...a lot of things happen but now I'm here. From what I heard, the same goes with these two too. There was a lot of sedating, moving, sitting and moving again. The whole thing feels like a blur."

[Nadia Avaline]

Nadia listens intently, though she's not sure exactly what for she does have an exacting manner for picking up the details when she can.

"I was.. wandering. Away from where I was supposed to be, and then there was this woman," she begins to then describe Sadie with a strange analytical manner and exacting precision in detail, much as a person could manage to recall. After doing so, she'd continue, "she was going to show me the way to return toward the hotel, and then another showed up with obscured features. I do not know more about them but I remember running.. pain, and then I woke up here," she places both hands into her lap, smoothing out the roughness of her pant legs into that crisp look fancy wear like that manages well.

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Felix Cordova

"I see..." he murmured as he slowly processed the story in thought. "That's really unfortunate of you but it seems that your capture was probably more sudden than planned. There are a few of them and one of them looks like the woman you mentioned. I had never seen a masked person. I don't know what they're planning or want with you but that means that you must have someone out there who's going to notice that you're missing. Friends?"

After a pause, he would mention something else as the most likely connection with a faint frown at the word use. "...an owner? Do you think they'll bother looking for you or they'll just have you replaced? You said you worked system operations?"

[Nadia Avaline]

Nadia was silent, giving space between when he spoke and she did. Allowing herself the extra time to settle. Given the space , she would eventually speak again.

"Yes. I operated net security for Elizabeth Mills. I do not believe she would simply have me replaced, Avaline series are a significant investment," she replies, almost proudly. "Miss Mills is not a woman who would let got of such a loss lightly, I think. other than her? Perhaps, I sent a message to a-" she shakes her head. Leo Knight was a strange man, from her perspective, and she rarely could be certain the intentions of strange people.

"I do not know, it is possible."

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Felix Cordova

"Okay, that's something we can consider...The three of us are supposed to be recycled by now and I don't think many people would seek us out even if we weren't." He gave a shrug of his shoulders. Then again, someone was sent to find him when he ran off from his job.

He glanced to the others, who had no input or reaction to this chatter they had between each other. When turning back to Nadia, he did lean in, a bit assertively than any clone would normally do. Even if it is speaking to another fellow clone. "Nadia, I'm going to need your input and cooperation on this. I was thinking that maybe we could try to break out of here. I don't think the others are going to do anything about this. I know there must be probably...three of them. I can't be sure if there are more or less of them outside. Maybe we can do something and to get their attention and break out. They don't seem intent to kill us, at least. Not yet. Do you think you're going to be found soon or do you think our chances are better overpowering them?"

[Nadia Avaline]

When Felix leaned in Nadia almost seemed completely unaware at first, catching herself leaning back a few seconds later, and then trying to somewhat correct as she realized he was speaking enough to be able to catch the idea of what he was saying. As he spoke her eyes searched the room. No one here appeared to be in any shape or form to be able to overpower someone, but perhaps her understanding of such was skewed when comparing them against Leo or Chief Slee. One thing was certain though..

"I.. do not have any access points I can see. I am.." she shakes her head, "physical confrontation is not a expectation for Avaline series. Neither do I know if someone might find us soon. Mr. Knight might be aware, but I do not know how he would find me. If I were with Miss Mills I could find this place by searching for my PAD, but-" she didn't finish, the suggestion was silly after all. She couldn't very well be in the position to find herself, not based on her positioning at least.

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Felix Cordova

It perhaps wasn't the answer that Felix was expecting and he did offer a small frown at that as he leaned away. He kept his voice low, however, in case someone should hear them if they listened in. "...our chances don't exactly seem all that great, then. Okay, there goes one plan if we can't fight them off, do you have any other ideas then?"

There was the sound of pounding on the metal door as if someone slammed struck on it with their fist.

"HEY! DID I HEAR TALKING IN THERE!? NO TALKING!" Would call out a gruff male voice.

[Nadia Avaline]

Nadia wasn't eager in her replies. Which meant the gruff voice called out long before she'd even considered replying. With that command there was a gnawing need to follow the directive, certainly, but it helped that she too wanted the conversation to end if it could. With all what felt like mere moments of time things had changed so rapidly she'd scarcely had time to catch up with herself. Nadia pulled her legs up so that her heels hooked against the edge of the bench, allowing her to wrap her arms around them. In the tense silence that immediately followed she sat there with her head now resting between her knees in a purely unique reaction.

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Felix Cordova

Felix looked obviously disappointed at Nadia, both at her lack of response and the body language that she adopted. This was some hope that there would be some want to escape from the other clones, especially when they found themselves in a place that wasn't exactly their purpose or natural. However, human did have some authority here. Still, he did feel some inkling to reach out whatever threads he could get.

"Just think about it, okay?" He would whisper to her before sliding a bit away to his portion of the bench, making it seemed like they've never talked in the first place.

"ALRIGHT, I'M COMING IN! NOBODY NEAR THE DOOR!" The male voice would below out. There would be a moment that followed before the door would slide open finally and a man emerged from the door. He was in his 50's and dressed in a worker's jumpsuit, it was distinct from the one that Sadie wore but seemed to be tied to some maintenance of some other part of Heinlein. There was some cybernetics on him with his metal arm.



He would glare at the clones with his gaze sweeping around the room as he held a box with one hand. After he realized it seemed clear and there were no funny things happening, he began to toss a few bags on the ground. The bags were clear and each of them seem to have clothes in them, uniforms, and each matching their profession. Nadia was the exception here and it looked like there was just another Malloy outfit in her place.

"A change of clothes. Clean up and get dressed." He ordered them.

[Nadia Avaline]

As Felix looked to her with the last whisper, she'd only answer with a look of her own. Enough so that their eyes met briefly. Perhaps in some part there was the worry of what saying something might invoke, but truly she had no idea what to say. Giving herself the time to churn through all the possibilities of how all of this could possibly go down. A long list of potential avenue and consequences.

She'd near completely lost herself in this thought, apt toward tuning things out, so much so that she only came to as the bags of clothing were tossed onto the ground. Looking up to see the image of the man before them, and focusing in on his cybernetic arm. Cogs turning she focused in on it for a moment. Worked the process in her head on what it might take in order to tap into the interconnectivity between so many things that was hidden beneath the surface, or above, depending on one's interpretation of the Net. Pathing out the idea on how one might take control of something that wasn't normally expected to be able to be controlled through impulses sent through like that. A process which would begin, but she wouldn't be certain if it would work ever. Still, in that moment more than any other the idea of it was born.

Nadia would wait until all the others were taken and then about five seconds more before she'd get up to claim her own. Sitting with it she'd look at it through the plastic, losing herself into thought again.

[Boogiepop]

While the arm was cybernetic, it wasn't something that was connected to the Network in any way. There might have been stories in the deep sea of the Network where a hacker was powerful enough to even force people to shoot themselves but that was a legend or a modern fairy tale. While possible in theory, it was just a theory to many.

The man would give a glance at each of them and seeing only signs of cooperation, he got a good enough idea that he didn't need to stick around. He wasn't interested in seeing people get dressed and however long it took to get ready. Taking a few steps back, he closed the door behind him and left them on their lonesome. While Elizabeth had never stepped into a Mother Malloy in her life, Nadia might recognize the outfit from her wanderings. It was a black dress with puffy sleeves and an emerald vest

The clones would take their appropriate clothing and retreat to their own separate shower stalls to wash up as ordered.


Felix Cordova

Felix wasn't so immediate with this request, picking up his bagged uniform and looking to Nadia. It almost looked like he was going to say something else but figured that if the other clones were already complying, he may as well do the same. He walked off to his own shower stall to do the same.

[Nadia Avaline]

Nadia took the moment alone. While the others prepared themselves, she merely sat with the attire she'd been given. It was a strange affair, one that she would likely never have worn otherwise. There was a strange sensation to the new and yet not so new experiences she was collecting today. Things that weren't expected, suddenly became a new reality. Breaking barriers of what seemed possible could be something altogether worth pursuing. Nothing was going to happen in a day, and she had the now to contend with. A minute after the others went off to their own showers to change and prepare Nadia would stand, and see to doing the same.

Nadia, as ever, was precise with her movements and manner. For what efficiency her manner granted her in time saved the price of her preciseness matched in what was spent and she'd take a fairly average length of time alone. Though it was without the outward fretting one might otherwise expect from someone who was rattled by this turn of events. Rattled as she was, it was a strange calm she found herself breaking into and out of at a moments notice. She'd feared something like this before, and yet for now it strangely felt rather familiar.

[Boogiepop]

Despite their obvious plight and their similar states of hopelessness in the situation, it seemed some of the other clones were able to find some normalcy in being asked to prepare themselves. It wasn't the ideal environment but they both managed to go about their routine, taking a shower to get cleaned and changing out dirty clothes that were starting to look more distinct with their days in captivity. It was a return to normalcy, to a degree. The Tenma clone would comb his hair back and the Malloy would find a standard make-up kit in her things, applying it at the sink after she got dressed.


Felix Cordova

Felix was perhaps a bit more hesitant about the whole deal. He would offer a few glances to his fellow clones and there was a clear look of pity, yet also disdain at the same time. He was easily more of an individual than part of the group, finding no normalcy or comfort in what they were asked to do. There were a few shakes of his head and glares given at the wall. However, despite his reluctance in the matter, he would eventually get cleaned and get dressed as ordered. The last thing he wanted was this whole process to get forced on him.

The Malloy and Tenma would be finished first in their routines, they were orderly and efficient with their time. Both of them would walk over and stand at the bench, waiting to see what came next. It wasn't so much at they were expecting to be let out for complying but more waiting to see what came next and seeing if they would be allowed to proceed with their 'day'.

[Nadia Avaline]

Dressed in the outfit of a Malloy, Nadia couldn't help but feel awkward. From high rise, fast living, quick thinking to this flowy getup that took up far more space than the suits she was familiar with. Uniforms from back at the beginning, when she was younger, were even less than that. In a way, it reminded her of getting used to not being in those uniforms and switching into the suit. She kinda hated it, but one wouldn't be able to tell with the neutral expression she held when viewing herself in one of the mirrors.

Breaking from the thought she glances over toward the Malloy clone applying her makeup. Looking back then to the mirror at her own face, makeup was never a large part of the routine. Shaking her head, she decided against any crazy ideas. Lingering by the mirror she tried to catch some sight of Felix in the reflection, watching him.