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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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[There's a pause, before he switches this to private.]
Kurt, have you spoken to Morph and Rogue at all?
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Yeah, I have. They're... not so much on board with playing nice with the AI...
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Is it common for the X-Men to disagree like this? Like... when there's a moral crisis?
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Kurt pauses as he considers an answer. He finds himself thinking back to his most recent moral conflict back home - when he and Rogue couldn't see eye to eye on what to do with their petrified mother.]
...Yeah, it happens. I guess that's the thing about being a family. Even if we make a great team, we're still different people. We're not always going to see eye-to-eye on certain things. But it's still possible to talk through it, I think. After all, we X-Men are still always good at coming together as a team.
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Coming together as a team. In a crisis like this, when the world is on the line, isn't it even more important? There's just one other issue about that.]
Guess it's just a little more hard when our thoughts on how to go about this are on opposite ends of the spectrum. [...] But we are better as a team, you're right about that. It's possible to still reach them, right?
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But not impossible. I- I kinda backed off, but there's still gotta be a chance of getting through to them. ...I know it can still happen.
[And maybe Scott, the leader, is the one who can make it happen. Not his Scott or their Scott - this one right here. Kurt has faith in him.]
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...
Is he just making excuses? It's starting to feel like that. If this Scott was here, or if that other Scott was here... well, they're not. That's the reality of it and it's starting to sound pathetic even to his own ears. Maybe it is still a little silly for him to try and convince two fully experienced adult X-Men, but. He should try, right?
He needs to try.]
I'll reach out to them. I talked to Morph earlier, but I'll do it again. And... and I'll talk with Rogue too.
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[And now he does feel bad that he didn't try harder in convincing either of them. Still, maybe this is something that Cyclops can achieve. But he'll be on standby just in case.]
And I'm here if you need me for those talks too. Either way, the fuzzy man's got your back!
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I... I know. Thanks, Kurt.
[He's almost tempted to ask his friend how his Scott brought the X-Men together, but no, he's going to try and figure this out.] Guess even Cyclops needs pep talks here and there, huh?
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I guess that's part of being a team too. We can all help each other.
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You know that means I'll be coming after your ass if I see you needing one.
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Just remember later, you asked for it. I won't hold back.
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