[WORLD TWO | LOCKDOWN]

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Who: All coven members in the apartment building
Where: Shehui Apartment Complex #43
When: Day 188
Open/Closed: OTA with telepathy potential for those who aren't currently there

[ Unless you're a you-can't-tell-if-it's-night-or-morning-at-this-hour owl, then you probably don't even notice the apartment complex goes on lockdown. At around 3:30-4:00 AM, the front doors lock from the inside, all elevators stop operating and individual doors require a special clearance ID in order to be opened -- something no one who isn't a high-level monitor would have.

This means you're likely sleepy and snug in your room, totally ignorant of the issue. The exceptions are those on the leisure floor or outside at an early morning job -- if you try to leave your floor or come back to the complex, respectively, you'll find that it's impossible because of the lockdown.

No one else will know until around 6:00 AM. Everyone's ID cards will begin to beep, flashing a message that lockdown procedures are in progress, and they will be visited shortly by a monitor who will be speaking to them privately.

Whether or not you decide to wake up because of this information, you're certainly confined to your quarters until this whole thing is over -- which will be around 4:00 PM. Even after the monitor comes, asking you one-by-one to step into a chosen bedroom to have a conversation, you'll be stuck with your roomies until the whole ordeal is over.

Time for some small talk...?

OOC: If there's only one person in your character's room, ICly they will be moved to a nearby room (of your OOC choice) in an effort to cut down on room visits. This will allow you to tag into another room, not just imagine your character staring at the ceiling on their own for 10 hours! Also, you can say that some characters slept over or were hanging out in another room if you wish. ]

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FLOOR ELEVEN - ROOM THREE

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[ Shirley Fennes, Kaisar Lidfard, Edna ]

[hearsthesea]

[Shirley isn't doing so great. Technically she knows that nothing overtly dangerous is likely to happen, probably, but it's more than evident that the Shehui government has been looking into the coven and that rings several alarm bells alongside the fact that they're all confined to their apartments. She'd hoped that Shehui might be better than Crusand or Gadoria, with how they accepted people from the outside. She's not so sure now.

She doesn't scream or cry, because that would be too loud. She's too preoccupied to get up and do something productive. So instead she just sits on a couch on the living room, huddled in on herself and staring at the door with a wide-eyed sort of wariness, not sure if they're going to come in with weapons ready or if things will be more tame. She's still debating which.

At some point she's made a cup of tea for herself, but it's gone cold after sitting an hour untouched.]

[ex_tenzoku558]

[ sleep isn't something that seraphim require, but that doesn't mean edna has any desire to wander outside in the cold at strange hours while everyone else is snug in bed. besides, she can think of much worse situations than being stuck on lockdown, annoying though it may be. if anything, it's just this staring at the door shtick that's starting to get old. ]

Letting your tea get cold is taboo in some cultures.

[ oh god edna not now. ]

[hearsthesea]

[Shirley hears that, but she's stuck between her own thoughts and the door ahead and it takes a moment for Edna's words to fully sink in. When they do she blinks and grabs for her cup, then makes a face when she sips it and realizes it's gotten cold.]

Oh. I...excuse me. I didn't realize it'd gotten so late. Or--it's still early right now, isn't it?

[Shirley's also not used to being woken at 6 AM, so her internal clock's a little off too.]

[ex_tenzoku558]

[ ......... ]

A hot breakfast would be nice, either way. [ a short beat. ] It's not like they're going to march in here and stop us from doing that.

... unless we cooked it up with some magic.

[ SHRUG. ]

[hearsthesea]

I'm not very hungry.

[Her nerves are taking care of that well enough. But then again, Edna could be a different story. Politeness kicks in.]

Do you want anything?

[ex_tenzoku558]

[ seraphim don't necessarily need to eat either, but edna's willing to humor her. ]

If you don't eat, you'll be weak. If you're weak, you'll be slow. If you're slow, you'll die. ... In the event that something should happen, anyway.

How about strawberry waffles?

[hearsthesea]

[Waffles. Shirley can do waffles.]

We do have some strawberries, don't we? I can use those.

[She gets off the couch and heads for the kitchen, though not before pausing to take one last look at the door. Cooking is a welcome distraction, but not enough of one that she can forget herself.]

[ex_tenzoku558]

I'll help. Besides, I've already assembled the ingredients.

[ edna turns to follow her, everything prepared and portioned on the counter as promised. ]

My waffles are great, so you'd better have some.

[hearsthesea]

You prepared all this already?

[Not that she's complaining, but Shirley really must have been out of it. Then again, that isn't much of a surprise. She gives Edna a weak smile, trying to focus her attention on cooking for now.]

Thank you. I'm sure your waffles will be delicious.

[ex_tenzoku558]

Of course. [ she waves her hand dismissively. ] Save your utmost gratitude for me for when they're finished.

Now [ full on business mode ] follow my instructions exactly. Got it?

[hearsthesea]

Um--

[Wow, this got more intense than she was expecting. But it should be fine, right?]

Okay.