Re: The Battle Royale S2 [Round 1: Grande Adventures]
07-17-2010, 10:15 AM
Originally posted on MSPA by Pinary.
It was immediately obviously to Jeremy what the facility was. The assortment of monitors displaying live feeds from scattered cameras around the area was exactly the kind of thing he'd expect to find in a surveillance office.
Geoff stopped just inside the door, completely flabbergasted. Jeremy chuckled as he slipped by. "Man, you are all kinds of behind the times. Close the door behind you, come on. I'll fill you in."
Tentatively, Geoff closed the door and moved to one of the displays.
"Right, okay. This is called a computer. It's basically a really complicated machine. You use these to control it-" He gestured to the mouse and keyboard. "-and what you do shows up on the screen here." He moved the mouse around a bit, moving the cursor on the screen. "The different things you can do are called programs, and-"
Geoff cut him off with a wave of his hand. "Listen, there's no way I'm getting this in a few minutes. Bottom line: what's all this stuff here for?"
Jeremy paused a moment before speaking. "It's surveillance equipment. Each of these screens is showing an image from around this general area."
Geoff considered this. "So, they can watch a bunch of this place from right here?"
"Exactly."
"Then that raises the question- what were they watching for?"
"Well, if they saw it from here, we should be able to go back and check. This sort of place usually keeps records of this sort of thing."
"Alright. Where would they be kept?" Geoff looked around for another door, perhaps leading to a room with shelves full of paper.
Jeremy chuckled. "It's all in here, man." He pressed a few keys and the image on the screen began to rewind. Save for them, there hadn't been much activity lately.
Geoff stared at the screen for a few seconds before blinking and shaking his head. To do this sort of thing would probably make you a Major back home. Maybe they had different standards where Jeremy came from.
After a few minutes, something flashed briefly across the screen. Jeremy leaned in, clicking a few more keys and going back. It took a few tries, but he eventually got it on screen. Unfortunately, all they could see was a dark, silvery blur.
Geoff pointed at the screen. "Hey, what are those numbers there?"
"That's the time this image is from," Jeremy replied, "and that's the current time in the lower right."
Geoff frowned. "They're almost the same," he said, "except for the date."
Jeremy frowned as well. "Yeah? What about it?"
"Can we go back further?"
"Yeah, sure. How far?"
"Show me the day before that, at the same time."
Jeremy clicked a few keys, and the screen flickered, then showed a very similar image. Frowning, he brought up the day before, and the day before that. All had the same silvery blur.
"Kid, we need to go," Geoff said, moving towards the door. "If that's what caused happened here, we probably don't want to be around for it."
"No kidding."
It was immediately obviously to Jeremy what the facility was. The assortment of monitors displaying live feeds from scattered cameras around the area was exactly the kind of thing he'd expect to find in a surveillance office.
Geoff stopped just inside the door, completely flabbergasted. Jeremy chuckled as he slipped by. "Man, you are all kinds of behind the times. Close the door behind you, come on. I'll fill you in."
Tentatively, Geoff closed the door and moved to one of the displays.
"Right, okay. This is called a computer. It's basically a really complicated machine. You use these to control it-" He gestured to the mouse and keyboard. "-and what you do shows up on the screen here." He moved the mouse around a bit, moving the cursor on the screen. "The different things you can do are called programs, and-"
Geoff cut him off with a wave of his hand. "Listen, there's no way I'm getting this in a few minutes. Bottom line: what's all this stuff here for?"
Jeremy paused a moment before speaking. "It's surveillance equipment. Each of these screens is showing an image from around this general area."
Geoff considered this. "So, they can watch a bunch of this place from right here?"
"Exactly."
"Then that raises the question- what were they watching for?"
"Well, if they saw it from here, we should be able to go back and check. This sort of place usually keeps records of this sort of thing."
"Alright. Where would they be kept?" Geoff looked around for another door, perhaps leading to a room with shelves full of paper.
Jeremy chuckled. "It's all in here, man." He pressed a few keys and the image on the screen began to rewind. Save for them, there hadn't been much activity lately.
Geoff stared at the screen for a few seconds before blinking and shaking his head. To do this sort of thing would probably make you a Major back home. Maybe they had different standards where Jeremy came from.
After a few minutes, something flashed briefly across the screen. Jeremy leaned in, clicking a few more keys and going back. It took a few tries, but he eventually got it on screen. Unfortunately, all they could see was a dark, silvery blur.
Geoff pointed at the screen. "Hey, what are those numbers there?"
"That's the time this image is from," Jeremy replied, "and that's the current time in the lower right."
Geoff frowned. "They're almost the same," he said, "except for the date."
Jeremy frowned as well. "Yeah? What about it?"
"Can we go back further?"
"Yeah, sure. How far?"
"Show me the day before that, at the same time."
Jeremy clicked a few keys, and the screen flickered, then showed a very similar image. Frowning, he brought up the day before, and the day before that. All had the same silvery blur.
"Kid, we need to go," Geoff said, moving towards the door. "If that's what caused happened here, we probably don't want to be around for it."
"No kidding."