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??? ([personal profile] spectates) wrote in [community profile] expiationnet2024-09-13 10:43 am

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[ 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

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! ]
digthefuzz: (watch | frown)

[personal profile] digthefuzz 2024-09-15 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
Well I'm not much of a computer wiz at all so I feel like it's more than just a confusion point!
I'm confused about if this computer person's alive and what's the best thing to do here
So you think resetting's definitely bad news? I just want to know your reasoning
spidermenaces: (Default)

[personal profile] spidermenaces 2024-09-15 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, kinda
It is in it's own way
And there's... Well, I mean, just the morality of killing something aside, right, because it is kinda alive, it's like a person, but it isn't alive the same way you and I are, they're... It's kinda complicated there, but yeah, let's put that aside
You have phones, right? So basically what is being said here is when you clean your phone to factory settings
You had all your things in it, and now you have nothing, it's clean, it doesn't recognize your typing
Doesn't know your passwords
Doesn't know anything
So the technical problem is, we don't know what the factory settings are, what it looks like, what it is
So think of it like this, think as if this was a person who is sick, we should treat it
digthefuzz: (watch | distracted with food)

[personal profile] digthefuzz 2024-09-15 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
okay. I follow you! I think.
I wasn't sure if resetting would be like killing or not so that's a really good thing to clear up.
Because killing is definitely not my thing!
Okay so it really comes down to figuring out how to treat it
spidermenaces: (BExuPko)

[personal profile] spidermenaces 2024-09-16 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, exactly

And you can definitely help with the whole teleporting thing
Zip, zap
digthefuzz: (watch | sly)

[personal profile] digthefuzz 2024-09-17 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
True! I'm sure that'll be real helpful for getting to terminals at least.
And I won't even charge any fares! :P
spidermenaces: (R0MYnRW)

[personal profile] spidermenaces 2024-09-17 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Right?! Best thing about teleportation and transportation stuff
digthefuzz: (watch | who me)

[personal profile] digthefuzz 2024-09-18 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
Dude totally! It definitely helps a guy feel useful. I'll be ready to do my part when the time comes!
spidermenaces: (ggHjAA1)

[personal profile] spidermenaces 2024-09-18 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Cool, that's perfect, man!