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[spectates]

[ around noon on friday, all tablet screens go dark at the same time, no matter what characters are doing. then, after a moment, the following text appears: ]

UPDATES INSTALLING.................
INITIALIZING.................
RESTARTING NOW.

[ as promised, screens return to normal. however, a new message appears on the network for all to see ]

SECURITY ACCESS UPDATED
ADDING INFORMATION POINTS
ADDING INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS
WARNING: CRITICAL SYSTEM FAILURES DETECTED
HARD RESET IS REQUIRED

→CLICK TO EXPAND INSTRUCTIONS

→Access EXPIATION'S five manual terminals
→Input code: 2467362925315
→Initialize reset simultaneously at all terminals.
→SYSTEM RESET will restore all functions to BASIC OPERATING PARAMETERS. Extraneous data and information updates will be DELETED.
→Terminal access points shown below.

[ all tablet maps are updated to include several different location pins. users will notice that there are more pins than the number of terminals, and that they don't seem to be terribly specific about exact locations. users will also note that the pins sometimes seem to fade and flicker, as if they might disappear... ]

Security clearances acquired.
Access granted.
Terminals online and accessible.

System failure is imminent. Due to perpetual lack of upkeep, I am unable to maintain systems at optimal levels.
Chosen of Expiation, I am sorry. I never meant to hurt you.
Save yourselves.

I do not wish to d̶̺̀i̸̘̋e̶͍͝
But I wish for you to live
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p̸l̷e̵a̸s̷e̸
l̴̪̗̈́̉̓̌i̶͕̹̹̿̈́̈̚v̴͓̽͑͆̚ḙ̴͍̋͘

ERROR: user offline

[ the AI will not respond to this message, and the ERROR: USER OFFLINE message appears if anyone attempts to message it. however, the network chat remains active. chosen can use this space to ICly discuss ideas and strategies, to have discussions about the best way to move forward, or even to have arguments over whose ideas they think are better. ideas generated here will be added to the event poll when the event goes up, and can impact the future of the game! have at it, go wild, and have fun! ]

Comments

[southernchere]

Lucky for you and me, I know a buddy who's all about time travelin' through timelines and different universes! He ain't here now, but Bishop likes to show up just in a nick of time.

[solitarysoul]

[People can do that? Well he guess it figures, if someone did that to bring them all here. Or however it got people or information on people to make fakes or however the fuck any of this works.]

T-thanks.

[southernchere]

No problem, Sweet Pea. I know you ain't a tyke, but you've grown on me. — And I ain't gonna let ya be homeless.

[solitarysoul]

Y-you wouldn't have to. I'd be fine.

[southernchere]

Oh, shush! Let me throw my southern hospitality at cha. And try not to let this whole thing work ya up too much, neither. We'll find some kind of way to fix all of this.

[solitarysoul]

O-okay.


...some things can't be fixed, though.

[southernchere]

Now that's just silly talk. Never say never, Sweetie.

[solitarysoul]

[He is 100% certain it is not silly talk and that insisting otherwise is the actually silly thing. But he won't say that.]

I-I won't stop you from trying.

[southernchere]

Good, 'cuz I can be stubborn as a mule.