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

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[ 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
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→Initialize reset simultaneously at all terminals.
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→Terminal access points shown below.


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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.
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But I wish for you to live

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entreats: (she says we need to bridge burn)

[personal profile] entreats 2024-11-07 12:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, of course that sort of thing!

[ She says it like it's natural.. Even though having been in this place for quite a while now sure has proven to Ange that it's not that natural at all, given how many people are shacking up here.. ]

Why would I even have a crush on anyone at all? Ever? That's ridiculous!
digthefuzz: (watch | totally cool)

[personal profile] digthefuzz 2024-11-07 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Because it's a normal thing? Especially for us happening teens!

[Finger-guns!]

I mean, not that there's anything wrong with really not feeling that way. Whether you get those feelings or not, all's good in the hood! I'm just saying.
entreats: (when you feel like promising me that)

[personal profile] entreats 2024-11-20 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Without any hesitation: ]

It's not normal!

[ Maybe for other people it is. They sure make it look normal, anyway. But for Ange it feels like the furthest thing from normal, and surely she can't be the only one who feels that way. ]

If you say there's nothing wrong with not feeling that way, then you can't say that feeling that way is normal. [ We must fight the heteronormativity, Kurt!! It's important!!

Even if the world is ending, apparently!! Maybe she just refuses to let this be one of the last things she's ever heard.. ]
Edited 2024-11-20 14:57 (UTC)
digthefuzz: (watch | teasing you)

[personal profile] digthefuzz 2024-11-21 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Fight the power!!]

You're making the logic really complicated right now. If there's nothing with A, then carry the 7 and divide by the square root of what we said about what's normal...

[He teases a bit and laughs.]

What I'm saying is both can be normal. There! That's my totally mathematical conclusion!
entreats: (it's never good enough to feel right)

[personal profile] entreats 2024-11-22 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
.. fine.

[ Apparently Asnge is at least willing to give in to that one. Small victories.. ]

We can call it both normal. But you should know that people seem to think my side of it is abnormal way more often than they think dating is abnormal. Some people could learn a lesson or two about that. [ ... ] Though I guess it doesn't matter as much when we are likely all about to die.
Edited 2024-11-22 13:15 (UTC)
digthefuzz: (watch | distracted with food)

[personal profile] digthefuzz 2024-11-22 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
We're not avout to die! [He frantically interjects, trying to assure himself of that as much as her.]

But yeah, I get your point. Back on high school at home, it did feel like the pressure was on for everyone to pair up! I don't think I ever really knew someone who had no interest in the stuff at all...

...But if that's considered abnormal, I see that as another reason for me to treat it as normal. Being a mutant, I feel like we 'abnormals' have to get along - like it's normal.
entreats: (trying to bloom in snow)

[personal profile] entreats 2024-12-01 01:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you seriously trying to compare a lack of romantic interest to a superpower?

[ Okay, she knows that's not what he's doing. Not really, anyway.

But there's something about the thought that feels a little bit ridiculous to her. Especially when she thinks that - despite the way the world treats them for it - the powers the mutants get are largely beneficial. ]
digthefuzz: (watch | i got my eye on you)

[personal profile] digthefuzz 2024-12-01 03:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay that's really making it sound way too simple! Being a mutant isn't just superpowers, you know. I'm just saying, we both got things going on the rest of the world doesn't see as normal, but we can!

At least you don't have to worry about being chased with torches and pitchforks for your thing! [A beat.] Oh wait, but you've got the witch stuff going on too. So, uh, I guess we could have that in common!
entreats: (and with everything you said)

[personal profile] entreats 2024-12-08 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He's comparing mutants and witches, huh..

.. for a very brief moment Ange imagines Kurt in one of those poofy dresses the witches back home wear. It's kind of a funny mental image, really. Even though she's keeping it to herself for now. ]


No one knows I'm a witch back home though, you know. You guys' mutant thing seems a little more public, considering there's such a large group of you.
digthefuzz: (watch | check it out)

[personal profile] digthefuzz 2024-12-09 01:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[Witchever works!]

We used to be under wraps! It wasn't that long ago that mutants became public knowledge and things got more complicated.

Anyway, the point is, we'd be in the same boat if people know! ...I think that's the point I was making. It's been a long talk!