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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
I̷
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

[coolerjunpei]

like who the mastermind is, right. somebody with a compsci degree, if i had to guess. every asshole college professor i ever had smashed into one guy.....

and yeah yeah i've seen movies. it's just, you know. how much great power do we have, really?

[apeshift]

so you think there's an actual person behind all this shit? that would make things a lot easier, but personally i've never been that lucky.

none. which is why it's our responsibility to get more power, no matter what.

[coolerjunpei]

in my experience there usually is, but i wouldn't call that lucky, either.

too bad nobody can agree on what more power looks like around here...

[apeshift]

long as it's a person and not an entire system or army or some kinda afterlife bs, i'd count that lucky. it's easier to deal with a tangible target we can...persuade.

i'd start with an actual answer on what the hell we're doing here and go from there.

[coolerjunpei]

be honest, do you mean kick the shit out of them when you say...persuade? that's an incriminating ellipsis.

with or without breaking as much stuff as possible on the way?