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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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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

[digthefuzz]

Okay, now it's getting a little too trippy! I think things are weird enough without me wondering if I'm real.

[Nervous laughter!]

But yeah, you make a good point. It's definitely more advanced than any kind of computer I've seen! I'm sure it can be advanced enough to be alive. Only problem is, I'd really rather be watching bad sci-fi than living it...!

[arachnerina]

This is really making Inception seem easy to follow.

[What year did that even come out? Will Kurt get the joke? Hard to say, it's always impossible to keep straight what years all her friends are from, since they're all different. Oh well.]

You and me both. I get us having superpowers means we've got to deal with a lot of weird stuff, but this is like. Extreme.

[digthefuzz]

[Way, way past his time... Kurt's not even sure if she's mentioning a movie or some science thing!]

Um, yeah, I'm sure this... really outdoes that thing! And this is definitely on a whole other level from the weirdness I'm used to. If this is all just a computer thing, I really hope we can dial things down to a fun kind of sci-fi! That'd be a nice change of pace!

[arachnerina]

I mean, if we can alter the programming to make this place a chill summer vacation, I'm here for it. I'm sure we could all use that kind of break. But the sentencing stuff can totally go.

[She isn't sure if the programming team can do that level of editing, but it's wishful thinking.]

[digthefuzz]

That would be so dope! No wait, I mean lit! But yeah, exactly! It would be awesome if we could dump the bad parts of this place. Then spending some more time here wouldn't be so bad!