Colossus By Design: Season 2 - Log 86

[March 23, 2166]
[The Kremlin]
[Moscow, Russia]
[Russian Mainland]

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"This shocking footage is from a witness to the destruction--"

"Survivors of the catastrophe are wondering why their little port city was--"

"Is this sudden appearance from these creatures a sign of the coming--"

"I swear, the way that giant...... thing swooped down on those birds was like the wrath of the Lord almi--"

"There are still several hundred cases of missing persons after the--"

"Who else could be next? Can the G.U.D. guarantee our safety?"


Within the security station of the third sublevel of the Kremlin, the world's largest containment facility of super-powered criminal and terrorist delinquents, several holographic projection monitors are blaring the news from around the world. The subject of nearly all of them? The recent destruction of a large portion of the city of Chennai in a battle between the titular Gamera and Gyaos, monstrous and extremely powerful beings that have not been observed by the public eye for years on end.

The reports, interviews, and footage that surfaced following the aftermath leave the two security guards enamoured, much to the chagrin of the assistant of Dr. Anna Maximoff, Larry Potler.


(Larry Potler): Guys, I was JUST asking if you had the security footage from last night.


Much to his dismay, the two security guards are still fixated on the news, apparently having not paid any attention to Mr. Potler for the past thirty minutes he's been standing there. However, this frustration serves as great amusement for the Post-Human prisoners housed on that particular sub-level.


(Larry Potler): GUYS!


The two security guards finally look up, a bit surprised to see one of the research assistants staring them down.


(Harry Pesci): Marv, did you hear something?

(Marv Stern): I thought I-- OH! Mr. Potler! Hey! Hi!

(Larry Potler): Seriously, you're making us all look bad to the prisoners!

(Marv Stern): Well, it ain't like they're going anywhere! We're the Sticky Guards, not the Wet Guards! We "stick" to our jobs, not letting anything "slip" past us.


Both Harry and Larry visibly facepalm, although Marv doesn't quite understand why they're doing so; conversely, the prisoners are left in an utter riot and laughing uncontrollably.

Harry is still shaking his head at Marv's lack of humour as he presses a button on the security station's dashboard, instantly gassing all of the cells holding the prisoners on the containment facility's third sublevel. After they've all been rendered unconscious, Mr. Pesci releases the button and halts the gassing process. However, Larry Potler continues to glare at the two of them, leaving both security guards quite confused as to why he's responding the way he is.

In a fit of frustration, the research assistant storms into the elevator and goes down. Once he leaves, Harry and Marv return to watching the global news.

Whilst the two guards aren't paying attention, one of the prisoners manages to awaken before the others, being careful not to attract attention to herself. The Post-Human slowly takes a look from the other side of the hard-light barrier at the screens in the security booth, curious about one particular screen. But what is it about this one holographic projection that has her interest piqued?

It's certainly not interesting enough for the two security guards, whose attention is focused on the other screens with regards to the news about the Chennai Catastrophe, as it's now being referred to as by the Global Union of Divisions.

So what could be on it? On that one little screen in the corner away from all of the others is a local news report from a large but unremarkable Synthetic manufacturing facility of STRQ Industries, located on the outskirts of the city of Salvador, Brazil.


(Milo Tinajero): *TV* As you can see, for reasons unknown, Goliath Super-National Bank has bought out the Synthetic manufacturing arm in Salvador from Android-endorsing STRQ Industries. How this came about despite the company's normally stingy attitude with regards to their property is still being looked into by our experts.


After hearing this report, the Post-Human prisoner can't help but smile widely; she even chuckles a bit. Marv Stern and Harry Pesci the security guards perk up, prompting the prisoner to head back onto her cell bed.


(Harry Pesci): You hear something?

(Marv Stern): Nah, I don't think so. Back to the news. Oh, and switch the channel on that one monitor in the corner, would ya? It doesn't look important.

(Harry Pesci): Why can't you do it?

(Marv Stern): I lost the remote, and you're closer, anyways.

(Harry Pesci): *sighs* One of these days, Marv. One of these days.