[OPEN] Prick your fingers, it is done, the moon has now eclipsed the sun

[manufactured]

WHO: Albert Wesker (eventually) and whomever decides to join him (presumably you!)
WHERE: Dreamscapes.
WHEN: Slightly backdated to 8/24.
WHAT: Dreamdiving.
WARNINGS: Medical experimentation, brainwashing, child abuse, violence, body horror, depictions of self-harm, a general blanket warning that Wesker has been through Some Shit and as such this is probably going to suck on several levels.

[It's cold.

It isn't the familiar drop in temperature that might come from the weather, but a sterile, artificial chill, the sort associated with medical work - hospitals and laboratories and other places that bring with them a sharp, chemical smell and an unpleasant sense that you don't really want to be there.

Of course, the metal table against your back probably isn't doing much to keep you warm, either.

Trying to sit up will be a bit of a problem, given the heavy restraints locked around your wrists and ankles, your hips and your upper body; they're a combination of metal and leather, old-fashioned and imposing, clearly designed to restrain something very, very powerful, and they're keeping you from going very far. You can look around enough to tell that where you are is...probably not somewhere you want to stay for long - it is, in fact, a laboratory of some sort, full of instruments and vials and jars of things that don't look very nice, the metal walls giving way somewhere just on the edges of your line of sight, turning into something else - a sort of open entrance to what looks like a cave of some sort. Either way, it'll probably take you somewhere that isn't here if you follow it. Tipping your head back will show another potential exit to the area - a metal door in the wall near all the instruments and materials.

Of course, you can't really utilize either route if you're bound down, now, can you? You should probably work on figuring out what you're going to do about that, first.]

Comments

[scythegun]

[Disturbed how? Are they broken? Did something break out of these, because he is really not going to like that.]

[manufactured]

[Are you going down that way to check it out?]

[scythegun]

[Assuming he can't get a good look at them from back here, yes!]

[manufactured]

[Moving toward the back of the room, none of the fluid is on the ground; however, some of the tubes are marked with bullet holes that didn't manage to penetrate the glass, and the one furthest toward the back seems to be set up near a computer console of some sort. That one, however, is surrounded by shards of broken glass, the face of it completely broken. There's still no fluid whatsoever on the floor, however, so it seems to have been drained for some reason before the tube broke; there's also no glass inside the tube, so the glass likely didn't break from any sort of outside force.

In front of it, however, there's blood. Lots of blood.]

[scythegun]

[Does it look like the glass could have been shattered by something that was inside the tube? Because that is absolutely his assumption here and he really doesn't like it.

As for the blood, does it look fresh? Did something happen here recently or did Umbrella just not clean up after whatever happened here?]

[manufactured]

[That is absolutely what it looks like.

The blood doesn't look fresh, but it's got that sort of browning texture to it that implies that this didn't happen all that long ago. Not immediate, but really, really recent.

There's more of it in the direction of the computer consoles as well, if you take a glance around.]

[scythegun]

[Thanks, he hates it!

He's got his briefcase so he can hopefully handle anything that might still be lingering around here, but with any luck he won't have to run into whatever caused all this. The computer consoles look interesting, so sure, let's see what's going on here, aside from more blood of course.]

[manufactured]

[There's a lot of blood over here, for one thing. It seems to have been smeared against the desk structure that the consoles are set up on, as though someone was thrown against it, and there's even more on the floor - it looks like someone was gravely injured here, and judging from the amount of blood it's likely that they bled out - there's enough that this doesn't look survivable. So you might want to watch where you're standing. There's also some small shards of...something black lying on the floor near all the blood, but at least it's only shards - fragments or remnants of something as opposed to a device of some sort that's going to hurt you in any way.

The consoles seem turned on, but they aren't displaying anything; they're giving off the sort of ambient blue light that implies they're in some sort of sleep mode. There's a mouse and a keyboard in front of them, though.]

[scythegun]

[Oh eww, gross... But there's no body around here, right? So either the person survived all that blood loss or someone (or something) moved the body...

Yeah, he really doesn't like this.

The black shards are interesting, but he's not going to pick them up, can he get an idea of what they are just by looking at them?

If not, he'll return his attention to the monitors, might as well shake the mouse and see if that'll wake it up!]

[manufactured]

[They look kind of like someone broke those sunglasses your boyfriend tends to wear, actually. That's fucking happy.

It's probably for the best that you don't try to touch the keyboard - it's not dripping with it, but there are traces of blood on it as well. Not enough to be a true hindrance, but let's not get that on our hands, shall we?

Waking up the computer using the mouse will get you a screen with a hazy logo on it; it's red and white in alternating colors, and it looks like it's shifting and fluctuating a little but generally retaining its shape. Probably representing the umbrella the corporation is named after.

However, it seems the computer is locked; there really isn't anywhere for you to input anything, and in fact, judging by the display, it looks like someone's already tried - there's a grey error message box popped up, like a failed login of some sort. The text is displayed in the error message in a way that's...very 90s looking.

USER: Wesker, Albert
CODE: ********
ACCESS DENIED

...Promising.]

[scythegun]

[OH THAT'S HAPPY. THAT'S NOT TERRIBLE AT ALL.

Anyway, yeah, okay. He'll just. Try to focus on the computer. Okay. That's probably Umbrella's logo and that... is definitely Wesker trying to log in and being denied okay cool.

Is there anything else to note about the computer setup over here? If not, he's going to look at the blood on the floor again - does it seem to be leading anywhere?]

[manufactured]

[Strangely, it doesn't. There's a very definite arc of blood from in front of the stasis tube to the desk, implying that whomever got roughed up there was likely thrown against the desk console, and presumably that's where they bled out... But that does leave the fact that logically there should be a body, or at least some indication of wherever the hell the body went, but weirdly enough there's neither.]

[scythegun]

[That's... not a good sign, um. He has no idea what to make of that. Given what he's seen so far it's likely that Wesker is the one who was roughed up, which could explain why there's no body if he was able to heal after taking that much damage... But that doesn't explain where he or whatever attacked him went. Hmmm.

Are there any other doors in here besides the one he entered from?]

[manufactured]

[There aren't. One entrance, one exit. Are you done looking around, or are you going to check the other side of the room?]

[scythegun]

[So maybe they went in the direction of that glowing orange light...

Well, there's no sense in rushing out of here without checking the other side of the room. He's worried about Wesker, certainly, but if whatever did that to him is still around then Jaeger's probably not going to be able to do much to it, so! Let's go check out the other side of the room while he tries really goddamn hard not to panic, sure.]

[manufactured]

[Thankfully, there is not more blood over here, nor are there more shattered remnants of your boyfriend's belongings. Some of the machines look a little out of place, almost like they were knocked aside by something or someone making impact with them, but whatever happened there doesn't seem to have drawn blood. Some sort of scuffle, sure, but nothing that turned overly violent. Probably.

That said, there's something on the ground near the machines that looks a bit out of place.]

[scythegun]

[Well that's... strange. He was expecting more blood...

Well, there's a thing here! What is the thing?]

[manufactured]

[You got a card key! That will probably be important later.

...Welcome to Resident Evil.]

[scythegun]

[oh god fucking dammit this better not lead to a stupid puzzle—

Card key obtained! Is there anything noteworthy about it? He'll pocket it after he's done looking at it and he'll head back out the way he came - is there anything to note on the way toward the other hallway?]

[manufactured]

[It's black, and it has the Umbrella logo on it, but it doesn't seem to be otherwise special.

That said, as you enter the hallway from this room, you'll notice something strange almost immediately - the lights burst on to their full strength, as opposed to looking like they're going to give out at any moment. Like someone turned a generator or other power source on, maybe.]

[scythegun]

[Ah, great. That's not alarming at all!! This is fine.

Is there anyone around? Can he hear anything if he just stands and listens for a moment? If not, he'll proceed back toward the hallway, but it's worth checking.]

[manufactured]

[It sounds like the power may have been restored in some way to large parts of the building - the ventilators seem to be working better, there's some generalized ambient noise as opposed to the silence from earlier... It seems the building's more or less functioning again, for better or worse.

Still heading toward that bend in the wall and the orange glow beyond it?]

[scythegun]

[Hmm... He figured there were more people than just him and Birkin in here, but he doesn't really like this. Something about it is making him uneasy...

Well, given the blood and everything, he's absolutely going to proceed to that bend. He'll pause before taking it, just listening to see if he can hear anything abnormal. If not, he'll proceed, but he's going to be very cautious about it.]

[manufactured]

[You'll start hearing the source of that orange glow as you approach the bend in the wall - judging by the soft crackling echoing through the next section of the building, it sounds like fire.

Not a lot of it, it doesn't sound like the next area is engulfed in flames or anything, but there's very definitely some sort of open flame involved.]

[scythegun]

[Open flame, huh... Well, you'd think this place would have a sprinkler system or something to take care of that, but hopefully it isn't anything too bad... Time to check it out. He'll round the bend, so what's going on here?]