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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


[ 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! ]
spidermenaces: (fDiqWeV)

[personal profile] spidermenaces 2024-09-15 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
It's what it thinks it wants because it wants us to be safe but it isn't thinking about itself
Someone has to
solitarysoul: commisioned art (Default)

[personal profile] solitarysoul 2024-09-15 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
what's best for it and what's best for us might not be the same.

why is resetting not good? won't it just turn back on?
spidermenaces: (20)

[personal profile] spidermenaces 2024-09-15 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but we don't know what it will turn back on like
solitarysoul: (uh?)

[personal profile] solitarysoul 2024-09-15 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
my tablet turns back on the same as it was.
spidermenaces: (GnGBN1R)

[personal profile] spidermenaces 2024-09-15 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Not the same concept dude
solitarysoul: commisioned art (What?)

[personal profile] solitarysoul 2024-09-15 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
it isn't? why not? aren't the both computers?

[There weren't really any computers in his life up until the very end and even then he didn't interact with them much.]
spidermenaces: (GnGBN1R)

[personal profile] spidermenaces 2024-09-16 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
No, the resetting you thinking is like turning off and on the lights
The reset we are talking about is kinda like redoing the electric parts from scratch without knowing what is going to happen if we do
solitarysoul: commisioned art (What?)

[personal profile] solitarysoul 2024-09-16 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[Do what now?]

why is it called the same thing then?
spidermenaces: (XbgSHnX)

[personal profile] spidermenaces 2024-09-17 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
It's

Uh

No idea
solitarysoul: commisioned art (Default)

[personal profile] solitarysoul 2024-09-17 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ugh. Why do computers have to be so confusing. He has a mind to think someone did this on purpose just to mess with people.]

so you think its bad and we shouldn't do it. okay.

[He doesn't know enough to agree or disagree with that, really.]