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expiationnet2024-09-13 10:43 am
spectates) wrote in expiationnet2024-09-13 10:43 am
Entry tags:
- !event,
- !npc,
- !spectates,
- arcane: powder / jinx,
- blazblue: ragna the bloodedge,
- bungo stray dogs: nikolai gogol,
- fh2 termina: levi,
- final fantasy xiv: fandaniel,
- limbus company: dante,
- metro: miller,
- my hero academia: katsuki bakugou,
- original: fauna,
- person of interest: root,
- reiwa no dara-san: dara,
- rotrk: richard plantagenet,
- spiderverse: gwen stacy,
- star trek aos: leonard mccoy,
- x-men 97: morph,
- x-men 97: rogue,
- x-men movieverse: scott summers,
- yohaji: douman ashiya,
- yyh: kurama
TEXT | sender: [ unknown ]
[ 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: ]
[ 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
→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.
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! ]
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! ]
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Nope! But there's no denying what it's growing out of is our prison. We don't know if it can let us out, or if it can even go outside of the bounds of how this place is programmed.
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What kind of prison do you think we're in?
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[It's an honest answer, for what it's worth. She hums again, quietly, a little more of the friendly cheer giving way to contemplation.]
But... if you don't think it's the AI's fault we're here, then I think we should try to help it. It thinks it's helping us, so... maybe if we can find a way to fix it, it can help unplug people without messing anything up.
...I don't want to lose my memories of this place. Even if it's true that the place isn't real, the time we spend here is.
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Look, I agree with you. Us, the Chosen? We're the only real thing about this place. But we can't be afraid to take an opportunity to escape when we have it.
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[She injects a note of cheer into her voice that she isn't really feeling right now.]
All things come to an end, right? Thanks for reminding me. That's something really important to remember.
[She's truly not trying to be facetious! And yet it could sound that way.]
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You know, I'm glad you don't seem to think that doing it will kill us, but I'm still detecting a distinct note of fatalism here.
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Best case scenario, what happens for you if we do escape Aldrip? Everybody gets to go home?
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We're probably all hooked up to a computer of some kind, right? And I doubt we each have a computer on our home world. Maybe there is, but it's more likely that we were physically brought somewhere and hooked up to one.
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Sorry. I guess I have a lot to think about.
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Do you really have positive feelings about this place?
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[A soft exhale like a sigh.]
Yeah, I guess I do. I made a lot of friends here who are really important to me, people I could never have met. I was able to see a lot of people I thought I'd never be able to see again! I know things have been really bad since you got here -- really bad -- but it wasn't always like this. Things were never perfect, but...
It's okay if you don't understand.
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[But that's as much as they want to say on that topic.]
Maybe I can't understand. The moment before I was brought here... I was at the bedside of my best friend, who'd been badly hurt. I don't even know if the rest of my team survived the ordeal we'd just been through.
I know I'm not the only one that's left a lot of important things behind.
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I'd never disappeared for them in the "real" world, so I guess I just assumed time didn't work right or would just put us back when we came from like we'd never left. But the not-knowing... [her voice gets softer for a moment before she finishes,] I know. It's really hard.
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But this whole thing isn't about me. Scott and Rogue have both been suffering from the glitches. Then the gnosia thing... this place is already dangerous.
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[A quiet breath, then an equally as soft, regretful sigh.]
But... yeah. I'm doing all of this because of Scott. And... it seems like he's made his decision, so I'm gonna support him. Sorry, Morph-san.
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I just hope it turns out like everyone seems to think it will.
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So... let's make a promise! If we both make it out of this, we'll meet up and I'll make you a drink.
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That sounds great. I get the feeling I'm going to need a drink or three once this is over.
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We'll get through this. So... take care of yourself? And I'll see you on the other side, hopefully!
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