TEXT | sender: [ unknown ]

[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
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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

un: ushiromiya

[entreats]

[ This is a serious situation. Ange is well aware. But while she's reading other people's discussions at the same time, she might as well-- ]

How common exactly do you think a power like that is?

aaaaange

[querulus]

you never know. there's all kinds of freaks and weirdos around here.

reunited once more!!!!

[entreats]

I think the whole freaks and weirdos thing has more to do with people's personalities than with their powers in this place.

[ Pleasant as ever, really. Some things just don't change.. ]

But I think it's just you. So. You know. Congratulations on what people will likely decide is your new job now.

quentin does not miss her bc memory loss but i do!!!

[querulus]

love that for me.

hey, my team at home would've already thrown me at it by now. "hey quentin here's an ibuprofen now go download god-bot. good luck!"

the burden of greatness i guess

[entreats]

If it helps, Scott will probably try to stop that plan from becoming reality. Since he really cares about you, even if he acts all huffy about it.

[ ...

Kind of a weird thing for a stranger to be telling you, huh, Quentin. But Ange may not be fully realizing that he doesn't remember her. ]

[querulus]

[...]

aw hell another person who remembers me from before? don't tell me you're mad at me too.

whatever i did, i don't remember it okay?

[entreats]

You can't say that and then not give me details as to who has been yelling at you.

I mean, I'm not mad, for the record. You were one of the few people in this place who seemed to actually understand things when you were here before. So I guess that makes me the opposite of mad to see you, really.

[querulus]

some anonymous. they weren't exactly forthcoming about identifying information. seemed pretty upset.

good to know somebody is "the opposite of mad" to see me, though. that's new.

... wait you're not crazy or something, right? because that would be really disappointing.

[entreats]

Oh, sure. I'm crazy. A total psychopath. You better watch out.

[ .. this would probably work better if this was a voice message, given that Ange's dry tone isn't fully translated into text, but.. well, she figures it's kind of obvious that it's there anyway.

Even if there's enough weirdos in this place who would say that sort of thing genuinely, she thinks. ]

We know each other through Scott, if that helps. [ Not that she expects him to get his memories back - it could be a different version of him, for all she knows - but it might provide him with a touch more context. ] I'm living with him.

[querulus]

idk, summers has some pretty crazy friends. that doesn't mean much. [He gets the sarcasm, though, even without hearing a voice. He respects it.]

guess i'll meet you soon enough. kid's supposed to be building me a new room as an apology for giving my room to the blue elf. really nice of him tbh [Quentin definitely didn't just invite himself to live there again and then expect Scott to magically produce a new room within an arbitrary timespan. Nope.]

which one are you?

[entreats]

Depends on what 'ones' you've heard of. I'm not entirely sure I want to know how Scott would describe all of us to someone new.

[ Not even because she thinks he'd make fun of him.

Oh no. It's so much worse. It's that she thinks he would be sappy about it. ]

I'm Ange, if he's mentioned me at all. Not the blue guy, certainly not his girlfriend. The other one.

[querulus]

"the other one" huh? identification by process of elimination. i like it. very mysterious. very demure. very mindful.

well ange if we survive this clusterfuck i guess i vaguely look forward to knowing virtually nothing about you. lol.

[entreats]

It's more fun if it's a mystery, right? If story tropes are anything to go by, it might even save your ass from what's about to come.

Stories with loose ends are no fun, after all. You can't die before you find out what that mysterious girl is like.