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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

[murderingjustice]

sometimes they do. although, in their cases it seems like they have become part of the system's coding, imitations of their past selves. living ghosts, if you want to be poetic about it.

i suppose you could say that, although the mechanics of it were a bit more complicated and founded in cognitive spience. but yes, finding a portal or something alike to it would be ideal. and i am hoping that at least one of these terminals could hold answer that brings us closer to the truth.

and that year has taught some of us to be vary. i would hate to let my fate to be decided by someone who has no idea what they are doing. i'd rather kill that person myself.

[mightymorphin]

It's funny how you can talk about all this info you have, but no one can say for sure what the hell's going on here. Are you planning on taking another year or two to figure it out? While we're all getting brainwashed into killing each other again or waiting for more glitches to show up?

Don't let your mouth write a check you can't cash.

[murderingjustice]

It must be very easy for you to come and sit down on a table that has been set and prepared for you without you having to contribute. For the longest time we had nothing to go with and barely understood the workings of this world. Now we see there is a pattern, know how to play around the rules and are closer than ever to finding out the truth.

We need to make decision, yes. But I will not be letting a misguided fool with a bleeding heart to make that call, not when my own life is dependent on it.

[mightymorphin]

First I might get us all killed, and now I'm a bleeding heart? Which is it?

Considering I've been here for months and haven't heard ANY of this until now, you long-timers aren't giving me the impression that you really want any of the rest of us to help. Are we messing up your table settings? Using the wrong soup soon?

Go play with patterns all you want. The rest of us actually care about going home.

[not here, but was reading/listening]

[southernchere]

[ she could kiss them if her lips wouldn't give them the lights out. but she is super proud of this response. xoxoxoxo air kisses! ]