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two scientists sat at a glass table, all around you are these weird glass tubes. the scientists look at liam and mara with curiosity. “please state your names.”

“Liam Thorn,” He says.

“MJ Bellanre,” Mara said, using her nickname as opposed to her real one.

one of the scientists wrote the names down and smiled only slightly. “my name is dr. vandros. i will talk you two through this only once so pay close attention.”

Liam nodded and crossed his arms.

Mara took notice of the smiling scientist, but didn’t react to it. she pretended that she didn’t even see it. She nodded once again and waited for further instructions.

Two of the scientists each went to Liam and Mara, grabbing their wrists and turning their arms around to see their forearm. they each held a syringe. “We will be injecting a tracker and the formula that will create the simulation.” the two guards injected it into your arm. “we can control you through this tracker, but only when we absolutely need to. we respect your freedom.”

Mara was about to say something, but she remained quiet. She looked at where they put the tracker in and looked back at them.

She then decided to ask something, “And what exactly is the formula made out of?” she asked.

Julian was about to say something but held himself back. He looked at the syringe as it was placed into him and then glanced up.

dr vandros continued her speech. “once we turn on the simulation your body will shut down but not your mind. you will find yourself in an abandoned building where a hit man lives. you will be given choices of what to do. follow your instinct.”

“My instinct would like to know what was in that formula,” Mara repeated.

dr vandros smiled softly, “nothing that will harm you. it only lasts for an hour and then it completely breaks down.” she wrote something down. “now, are you two ready?”

“Okay.” Liam says silently.

Mara gave one final nod as she made her own mental notes.

dr vandros smiled and flîcked a switch. “see you two soon.” [ s i m u l a t i o n ] : you stand in an empty gross smelling apartment that is completely torn apart. you hear snoring from the other room. this is a hit man’s home. his computer and wallet that holds his id is sitting on the counter along with a knife. there’s a handwritten note on the table with some sort of drug. the room where he is sleeping is open. what do you do?

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Liam takes the drug and takes it over to the sleeping man and pours it into his mouth.

[ Liam’s s i m u l a t i o n ] the drug does nothing to the hit man but he starts to stir as he starts spitting out the drug. what do you do?

Liam sighs and walks over to the counter to grab the knife and looks at the handwritten note.

The first thing Mara did was scan the room for any traps. She checked the main room for any alarms and thermal sensors. Now she had a choice to make. She could go ahead and just kill the man, but he could have some information. However, in this day and age, everything should be on his computer. Whatever she did, it had to be fast. The man was sleeping, that would be the perfect opportunity to kill him and it eliminated the main threat. She knew exactly where he was and he was in one place. However, if she checked the computer, maybe that would have everything she needed or not. She decided to check the computer and investigate the area

[ Liam’s simulation ] the note : addison gray : $1,000 hayes lincoln : $35,000... etc.

“That’s creepy,” He muttered, he walks over to the computer and looks around clutching the knife.

[ Maras simulation ] the computer consists of all the hitlists and the people he’s planning to assassinate. there is also a profile on his messages of the benefactor who is giving the money out for every kill he makes. there is an option to delete the documents of hit lists and people or you can contact the benefactor or continue on to deal with the hit man

Mara didn’t delete the documents, nor did she contact the benefactor. Though that was something she needed to do, but perhaps in a more secure location. she couldn’t waste time. She continued to look through the laptop to see if she could find the names of the assassins.

[ liam’s simulation ] the computer is unlocked, and is opened to a document of hit lists and people the man plans on killing. you can delete these documents, reach out to the benefactor, or continue on with the man

[ maras simulation ] nothing is found on the other assassins

“That’s gross,” Liam gaged and read through it, he that walks over to the man and cuts his throat.

[ Liam’s simulation is over ] he is brought back to reality and the scientists eyes liam, waiting for him to wake up. “Mr. Thorn are you there?” Dr vandros asks.

Mara closed the laptop. She planned on reaching out to the benefactor later, but now the question came. Did she kill the hitman or did she question him? The chances of him knowing who the other hitman were slim and the benefactor had to know that. But what if he did? However, he was posing a great threat to society. She decided to check his wallet and id and take finger prints of the knife while she was at it.

Liam wakes up after coughing, “Uh yeah...How’d it go?”

[ Maras simulation ] the wallet is filled with tons of ben franklins and many different fake ids. the knife is covered in dry blood. you have short time until the simulation formula turns off

dr vandros looked at the other scientists. “very well.. i will walk you out. i would like to discuss the results.”

“Alright.” Lim says and gets up.

liam**

Mara had pretty much all she needed. She could use the fake ids to could access to the benefactor and get information off of the street with these fake ids. With the laptop and the fake ids, she now had access to the ppl who were running this operation. Now she could get in from the inside. She gathered up all extra evidence before going to the hitman’s room and did something between his toes to make it seem like it was just a heart attack. (I forgot what you actually do) Now, it was time to infiltrate the system.

dr vandros stands up and guides liam to an empty room near the exit. “we’re all thinking of putting you in the executioner group.”

“Wow,alright sounds good with me.” Liam shrugged, “Thank you for your time.”

[ Maras simulation is over ] A different doctor was there to wake her up. “are you able to move?” he asks.

Mara stood up and smoothed out her clothes, “Yes,” she responded.

dr vandros nodded, “of course. we’ll have schedules posted for your group once we simulate all the others.”

“Great,” Julian waves goodbye and steps back into the hallway.

the scientist nods, “we have figured that you will belong well in the counterspy group. we’ll give you more information later. please go and get some rest, your body will be sore in a few minutes.”

“Thank you,” Mara said, before leaving the room. It was the most she had said all day.

Livvy walks into the situation room, “Hi.”

Lyra is here.

dr vandros nods at the girls, “please star your names.@

“Livvia Thorn.”

“Lyra Hayes.” she says.

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