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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


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[personal profile] incorrigibles 2024-09-22 02:37 pm (UTC)(link)
so what i'm getting is there's not an abundance of sports people, here

might be a good thing, though. and not like i've really been one since i died, anyway. there's no cricket team for dead people, at least far as i know
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[personal profile] computation 2024-09-22 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't let your dreams be dreams, Charles. What's stopping you?

Apart from reality crumbling around us.
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[personal profile] incorrigibles 2024-09-22 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
yeah, that's just a slight hiccup in my plan to form a city-wide cricket team

nah, i'm good. i don't really miss it all that much. besides, i get to whack stuff with my bat enough anyway
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[personal profile] computation 2024-09-23 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you? Are there ghost cricket bats?

Hitting some kneecaps, I hope.
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[personal profile] incorrigibles 2024-09-24 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
no, just regular cricket bats that are magically fortified

i mean, metaphorically, yeah. sometimes literally
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[personal profile] computation 2024-09-25 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Ghosts AND magic? Wait, can I get a magically fortified cricket bat?
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[personal profile] incorrigibles 2024-09-25 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
well, yeah, just lump it all under "supernatural stuff". there's demons and witches and psychics too

uhhh, i guess? i could try and get one for you if you want one
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[personal profile] computation 2024-09-25 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I so, so want one.

Can I hit demons and witches and psychics with it? Does it do anything apart from hit really hard?
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[personal profile] incorrigibles 2024-09-25 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
course you can. that's the whole point, it's enchanted to hit supernatural shit, and it hits hard.

[ it also hits stuff that is supposed to be incorporeal, like ghosts! and you can throw it around like a boomerang. it has all kinds of fancy applications... ]

right, well, as soon as we're done with this whole saving the ai thing, i'll put getting a bat for you first on my list
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[personal profile] computation 2024-09-26 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ As a total normie, she so wants something that can hit supernatural shit. ]

I change my mind, I'm absolutely a cricket fan. Pip pip tally ho and whatnot.
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[personal profile] incorrigibles 2024-09-26 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
oh bloody hell

just never say that again and THEN i'll promise you to get that bat
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[personal profile] computation 2024-09-26 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm just taking the piss, mate.
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[personal profile] incorrigibles 2024-09-27 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
oh, fuck right off

[ /affectionate ]
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[personal profile] computation 2024-09-27 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
🦗🏏💕✨✨✨
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[personal profile] incorrigibles 2024-09-28 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
fine, fine, i give up

you win this round
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[personal profile] computation 2024-09-29 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Whatever part of us makes it through this, I'll see you on the other side 🦗💖
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🎀

[personal profile] incorrigibles 2024-09-29 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
yeah. you too. and for what it's worth... good luck with everything.