2018.07.31 Things Are Looking Up

Things Are Looking Up
An ordinary day with an ordinary man
IC Date	July 31, 2018
IC Time	Morning
Players	Richard Cromwell
Location	Prospect

6:00 AM.

Richard's eyes open, and he rolls onto his side to look at the silent alarm clock on his bedside table. The digital readout appears to match his preferred time to awaken. His glasses rest next to his alarm clock, waiting to be claimed by their owner.

Richard slowly rises from his bed from one side, taking the moment to carefully restore the shape and coverage left by his sheets and comforter. Some people mule-kick the bedspread during the night, but he scarcely moves. The minor chore completed, he moves on to the next task.

SELECT uuid, created, sender FROM feeds WHERE created >= '2018-07-31 02:26:47 UTC' ORDER BY 2 SORT DESC;

The hygiene ritual is no different for others than it is for Richard. Flossing first, followed by a waterpik and then a sonic toothbrush. The shower will take no more than six minutes and thirteen seconds, including rinse and repeat. He will towel off, and hang it up. Since three days have not elapsed, he will not deposit it in the laundry to be washed later.

Richard does not make breakfast most mornings, at least in the traditional sense. There is a frying pan in a cabinet and eggs in the refrigerator, but he instead fetches a container that is marked for the current date. He opens it up and deposits the contents into a blender with a motor measured at 2 horsepower. This is followed by ice from the freezer, and the blending begins.

uuid = 'F97C5D29941BFB1B2FDAB0874906AB82'

Need expert decision based on following inputs, goal is minimum casualties: Source of Deviant activity is in Toronto, Canada. The Masses are being recruited for potential Nephandic sympathizer masquerading as the leader of a doomsday cult. Numbers are in the hundreds, and there is a plot to shut down the power to a hospital. Once the power is shut down, members wearing masks are going to run inside and butcher patients and personnel alike. No one is to be spared. Data strategems and available personnel are submitted in standard format, please advise.

Richard looks down at his phone while sipping his meal replacement concoction. Much to his delight, it appears as though his order of a new Apple Lightning cable will be arriving later today.

Probabilistic models with Markov chains are complete. Histograms A, B, and C have been exported. SWOT analysis rejected. Sending response for uuid = 'F97C5D29941BFB1B2FDAB0874906AB82'

A combing of the hair is followed by the suiting up of the body. Richard watches himself in the mirror as he knots the tie around his neck. It is the second to last thing he does before packing up his briefcase with the essentials: leather-bound portfolio, calculator, mechanical pencil. Once it is strapped over one shoulder, he makes his way out of his apartment.

uuid = 'B8A9F715DBB64FD5C56E7783C6820A61'

Request forecast of counterintelligence risk: Subject resides in Foundation Construct in New Orleans, Louisiana. Enlightened male, age 27. Conducts numerous transgressions of an unsavory nature with new recruits as well as Deviants within the city. There are suspicions of critical data, including personnel dossiers, being passed along to viral hematophages and lycanthropic metamorphs. Senior Operatives are looking for quantitative outcomes to supplement empirical evidence to justify time-sensitive response to this. Conjecture is in standard format, please advise.

Richard locks the door behind him, tucking his keys into the pocket of his slacks. He makes his way down the hallway and to the elevator. In a few more moments he is outside of the apartment building. A red ball slowly rolls its way toward him, coming to rest an inch away from his shoes. He looks down at it before bending to pick it up. Two twin children approach, differing in gender. He offers them a perfunctory smile before tossing the ball back to them.

Counterintelligence risk model based on conjecture. Predictive methods and risk analysis quantified and formatted. Adjudication complete. SWOT analysis rejected. Sending response for uuid = 'B8A9F715DBB64FD5C56E7783C6820A61'

Richard starts to make his way down the street, the weather warm enough to threaten obscene levels of heat. But it is only a short walk before he will get to his first meeting with a client. An insurance company has hired him to help make their next audit ironclad. It will be hours of poring over documented standard operating procedures and comma-separated values in countless spreadsheets. It's enough to put a spring into the man's step, if he were inclined to do so.

uuid = '35D6D33467AAE9A2E3DCCB4B6B027878'

Solicitation for statistical models based on the following data: Surveillance Construct in Boston, Masachussetts has uncovered a bacteria culture similar but unrelated to Vibrio cholerae. It is believed that the bacteria has been manufactured, designed to lay dormant until enough time passes before it can become active. It is in our drinking water, and is likely to be fatal in half the time of its more known counterpart if not counteracted. Research indicates that the bacteria may be nullified with a reactive that is synchronized, but we are unable to determine the initial seed value for the data-dependent timing variation. Encrypted research attached.

Richard makes his way to the office building for his first client, opening the door and approaching the front desk. The security person knows him by face and by name, addressing him as 'Mister Cromwell' with a smile. Richard smiles reflexively, showing off his unimpressive teeth. He signs in, and waits for his contact to come down and retrieve him.

Algorithm reproduced. Kerckhoff's principle not applicable. All constraints and optimality conditions are satisfied. SWOT analysis rejected. Sending response for uuid = '35D6D33467AAE9A2E3DCCB4B6B027878'

Richard shakes hands with the woman that has come down to greet him. "Have you gotten coffee yet?" she asks him, to which he shakes his head.

Response from F97C5D29941BFB1B2FDAB0874906AB82: Acknowledge receipt. Operation in place. With any luck, we'll take the leader alive and get the location of his master. These psychopaths won't know what hit them.

Richard follows the woman to the coffee pot, where the office intern has started to pour them both coffee. "How has your morning been thus far?" she asks affably. "You take it black, right?"

Response from B8A9F715DBB64FD5C56E7783C6820A61: Received. Security has been notified. A confession has been elicited in record time. Punishment is pending further orders from our Administrator. You have our appreciation.

"Just an ordinary day," replies Richard. "And I do. No cream or sugar."

Response from 35D6D33467AAE9A2E3DCCB4B6B027878: We got your model and... you found the seed. We'll have the city's water supply cleaned. Thank you so much!!

As the coffee is poured, Richard raises a finger, "Actually, maybe cream and sugar today. Things are looking up."